Well hello! It's been a bloody long time, hasn't it?
Worry not loyal fans, you've all been waiting for this... the next Chapter. But there's a twist! This Chapter was not written by me, but by a wonderful fan called PhantomPhoenix4, who very eagerly and kindly offered to finish this story for me. So please, read it, enjoy it, review it, then go back to PhantomPhoenix4's page and thank her for reviving it!
Now finally, after seven years, I give you...
Chapter 11: Sharkbait
For hours Marlin continued to ponder his thoughts as he unconsciously rowed deeper out into the calm black sea. Soon the sun broke over the horizon showering his world of black in gold rays to reveal a world of crystal-clear blue.
"Wow," breathed Marlin as he stopped rowing. He'd never seen anything like it. He gently reached down to the floor of the boat and shook Dory.
"Dory wake up. You need to see this!"
"Uh," came the very sleepy reply as Dory slowly awoke. "What is it?" she asked as she sat up rubbing her blue eyes.
"Look!" exclaimed Marlin.
She blinked, "Cool! A shark!" she said, more attentive.
"Yeah! ...Wait, what?" screamed Marlin as a huge dorsal fin appeared out of the water ramming the boat. Marlin reached out to steady the fragile little rowboat.
"He wants to play." said Dory with smile as she fiddled with the water now spewing from the bottom of the boat.
"I don't think so Dory!" shouted Marlin as he watched the shark's fin circle the boat, and he stumped a foot firmly on the leak.
"But he's- ahh!" screamed Dory as the force of another impact flung her out of the boat. She hit the water with a splash.
"DORY!" screamed Marlin as he dove in after her. "Not Dory! Not her!" thought Marlin as he too hit the water. He spun around looking for her, completely ignoring the fact that he couldn't swim. Then he saw her treading water ten feet below.
"Phew," mentally sighed Marlin and then suddenly the shark appeared from the shadows.
"Dory!" he screamed forgetting he was underwater but he was too panicked to care. He willed his body forward, flailing about. He watched as Dory just floated there waving at the gigantic shark that was closing in on her. She was eight feet away… six… the shark slowly opened its mouth… three…. Marlin kicked faster…two… Dory looked at Marlin as if in slow motion…one…
"Daddy!" screamed Nemo.
"Whoa, whoa! Easy Nemo," cooed Peach, "It was just a dream."
"No, no! It was so real! There was a boat and a shark!" exclaimed Nemo.
"Calm down, Sharkbait, you're okay." said Gill reassuringly as he swam over.
"We have to find them!" shouted Nemo.
"We will, I promise." said Gill.
"In fact, we can go look right now," piped in Deb, "Nigel's back."
"Then let's go!" shouted Nemo as started to swim upward through the murky harbor water.
"G'day!" greeted Nigel.
"Hi, Nigel," greeted Nemo, Gill, and Deb; today's designated search and rescue crew.
"Everybody ready?" mumbled Nigel after scooping the fish out of the water. There was an ominous "yes".
"Then let's go find us some fish," he continued.
Throughout the day they searched the Botanic Gardens, the Fish Market, and had even flown circles around Sydney Tower looking for any clue as to where the two little fish could be.
"This is hopeless," cried Nemo after Nigel scooped them out of Darling Harbour after their search there.
"Now, don't give up, Nemo," said Gill both reassuring and firmly.
"Yeah, it's only like our second day looking," added Deb.
"You're right," said Nemo, then he snuffled a yawn.
"So, cute!" exclaimed Deb.
"Alright, let's check out this one last area, then we'll head back, ok?"
"Ok," yawned Nemo.
"Nigel, let's head over to umm… oh what's it called?" thought Gill.
"Circular Quay?" mumbled Nigel suggestively.
"That's it!" said Gill. Nigel took off from his perch on the wooden deck and soared up over the tall buildings. Soon the Sydney Bridge came into view and as Nigel flew over it the beautiful white Opera House appeared.
"Wow," breathed Nemo as Nigel came in for a landing. He came down with a splash landing klutzily on the water in the shade of the Opera House. The fish jumped straight into the water.
"Why didn't you land on land?" asked Gill.
"Too many tourists," Nigel answered simply as he rinsed out his mouth.
"Well, we're gonna look below," said Nemo.
"I'll be here when you get back," said Nigel. With that the fish dove under the surface.
"Let's split up," instructed Gill, "This is a larger area we have to be time officiate."
"Gotcha," said Deb as she swam to the right.
"Ok," said Nemo as he too split off but this time to the left. Gill continued to swim forward. Nemo swam zigzagging this way and that searching around and sometimes in the various items that were scattered on the Harbour floor.
"Dad?" asked Nemo as he searched inside this huge white, rectangular object with doors. No reply. Nemo sighed. He swam out of the box and circled it. He yawned. He was really tired. His 'lucky' fin was really sore from all the swimming.
"Maybe, I'll just rest my eyes. Just for a sec." thought Nemo. Nemo drifted down slowly. Then suddenly "Oww" he exclaimed as he landed on something hard. He opened his eyes.
"GILL!" screamed Nemo. Gill whipped around from the chest he was examining.
"NEMO! I'm coming!" he shouted back as he sped in the direction of the scream. He arrived to see Nemo frantically swimming in circles covered in…purple goop?
"What happened Nemo? What is this stuff?" shouted Gill as he approached Nemo. Nemo pointed a fin behind him. Gill turned and saw a giant metal cylinder, identical to the one on the reef, half buried in the sand and just oozing out purple.
"Nemo!" shouted Gill, "Don't open your mouth!" He had remembered what the little green fish had said, he didn't want to harm Nemo. He started brushing the goop off the little fish. Soon Deb arrived and without a word started to help. Finally Nemo was purple free.
"Thanks, Gill. Thanks, Deb." Nemo said gratefully.
"No problem, Sharkbait." said Deb.
"What is that stuff? It's everywhere, here in the reef!" exclaimed Nemo.
"Well, I'll tell you one thing, Sharkbait," said Gill.
"What?" asked Nemo.
"It's a clue. Your dad and Dory are definitely here."
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