14. ALUCARDIA'S SECRET PLAN
On next morning, fish prisoners woke up after almost whole sleepless night. They were all exhausted and they desired to be free again. August swam in to take
them some food for breakfast. In most of cases, prisoner's meal tastes awful. This one for Vereor's prisoners was actually not that
bad, but they still hated it.
'' Hey you, Wrasse fish!'' said August to Oscar.'' Apparently that veggie shark was a friend of yours and he worked at the Whale Wash.''
'' Was? WorkED? Wait a minute, you're going to say...'' Oscar began getting anxious.
'' You and Mr. Sykes have a workplace freed.'' laughed Terry.
Oscar sat down on the floor, shocked. They have Lenny killed? His only shark friend? Oscar felt like being hit by an iron frying pan, this is how painful this feeling
was. August kept laughing while leaving the cell.
Lenny, who was supposed to be dead, woke up in a kind of storage room or a dungeon or rather more like between those two things. He touched his chest
with his left pectoral fin, then he moved the same fin to his stomach and the other pectoral fin. He couldn't sense anything wrong about his
wounds. No scars. Though he was stabbed on his heart at least three times, it kept beating regularly. He could breath with no problem or any pain inside his gills.
His stomach was aching a little, but it was just because of lack of had no doubt, he was alive. He tried to remember what happened after as those crocodiles left
him to bleed to death. Long black hair... Floating on all sides... Fire-like eyes... white and sharp teeth... ALUCARDIA ! Go back ... FRANCINE ! She was the one who
came to Lenny that night and saved his life once again. He didn't know how she did it, but he was glad that she had done it. But why? She's now the Demon
Queen after all. Or perhaps... Deep inside her heart, she's still normal herself? All of a sudden, Lenny heard Alucardia's laughter, that was coming from the other
side of the wall. She was talking to could not understand, because they were speaking Polish, Francine's native language. She surely had very good humor. Two
words he could only understand were '' my plan''. Lenny looked around. This room he was held in, had only one small window and no door, no way to get out or
get in. It can't be... he thought.
Meanwhile, Terry, August, Freddy and Julius were playing poker and drinking an alcohol, probably vodka. I didn't really matter if one of them lose or win, they four
were too enjoyed thinking that they killed Lenny.
'' Hey you, guys.'' said Julius at one moment. '' Maybe we should go to the dungeon and take care of Lenny's corpse.''
'' Wonderful idea, my buddy.'' said Freddy, who drank more than any other of them four.'' Let's go.''
Freddy, who was completely tipsy, fell down and fainted. Julius, Terry and August left him alone and went to the cell they've seen Lenny last time. When they
discovered Lenny's body is no longer here, they practically panicked.
'' Where is he?'' yelled August.
'' He could not just vanish like this!'' growled Terry. '' Fools! Go and find him or else!''
'' Stop yelling that loud!'' complained Julius, putting his paws on his head. '' I have a headache.''
They were not aware of presence of someone else, floating right behind them. SMACK!SMACK! SMACK! Julius, Terry and August got smacked on their heads so
hard so they lost conciousness. The one behind the crocs was a tiny plushie penguin with a red cap and a red scarf.
'' Way to go, Flaky.'' praised him Priscilla, a pink Bratz pony with blond hair, purple wisp and turquoise-blue eyes.
'' All right, fellas! Bring the fourth one in here.'' demanded Yantare. Four Francine's biggest toys – a pony, a tiger, a teddy bear and a kangaroo – carried Freddy
into the cell and put him down next to his so-called-friends.
'' Well, well.'' chuckled wild Strawberry after locking the door.''They're gonna have three reasons for their headaches – hangover, smacking on their heads and
annoyance after as they wake up, locked in here.''
'' Quiet!'' shouted Flaky suddenly. '' Can you hear it?''
'' Hear what?'' asked a giant pale-yellow teddy bear.
'' Those strange noises outside. They're getting closer to Vereor's palace.''
Penguin plushie was right. Thousands... no – MILLIONS of voices were surrounding Vereor's place.
'' Let's check this out.'' demanded Yantare. Toys went outside. They couldn't believe what they of fishes, turtles, crustaceans, shrimps, dolphins, sharks, orcas,
long naming short: sea creatures of all kinds.
'' Look! Over there!'' Priscilla pointed some beings they knew. Yantare, Flaky and Priscilla approached Hector, Mr. Clawsters and Cosmo. There was Angie, Mr.
Sykes and Bernie and Ernie, floating behind them.
'' Why are you all here?'' asked teddy bear.'' And, in a first place, how did you know about this area and the way to find it ? ''
'' It's simple.'' answered Hector.'' I and Mr. Clawsters followed the Confessors who brang Francine here, we were watching long enought to know the situation and
then came back on Southside Reef and told the citizens about it. So, we're here.''
'' You know the situation? Do you have any idea how to get Francine back?'' asked Flaky.
'' Well... aaah... Not really.'' admited Hector shamefully.
'' Uuuuh!'' groaned penguin plushie, covering his head with his soft flipper. '' Holy mackerel!''