14. NO MORE HINDRANCES
The distance between the crocs and Titanic shipwreck was shrinking very fastly. On one point, Lola was with them again.
''So... what aboutcha plans, lil' fish? '' asked her Caesar, as he just noticed her.
'' Everything went swimmingly.'' she answered with mischievous smile, holding a for-human-sized silver bat necklace that returned to its normal size as Lola
got it off Francine's neck. She gave it to Caesar.
'' Everyone on The Reef saw her true – human – form.'' she said, satisfied of her vile act.
'' Wow, if you saw her dummy face expression... ha ha ha ! ! ! ''
'' So it means that no one and nothing else is standing on our way now ! '' the boss of crocodile gang was more than glad of earing his own words.
'' Of course, and don't forget our agreement!'' reminded him Lola.
'' All right, all will talk this over with each other after as I have an authority back.''
But Caesar thought about something different than he said : '' When I got ride of all five families members … Hector and that fish will share their fate with
Don Lino and his mob.''
Lola was resident of Reef City, every resident of the Titanic shipwreck, saw exposed Francine, who vanished like a ghost.
Don Lino surely was the one who didn't care about this vanishing the most in whole underwater world.
'' I don't care if she is gone forever or not, as long as she's out of my sight.''
'' But Pop, why are you saying such things?'' Lenny was staggered of what he heard from his dad.
'' Why are you so mad on her?''
'' Because she was actually a human, all this time! Even as a fish she was too suspicious to me. Now I'm absolutely sure that I don't wanna have anything to do
with her.''
'' Why! Just because Francine is a human being?''
'' Don't you even try to be by her side and defend her, Son! You've hardly seen any humans in your life. You have no idea, how mean and cruel they are capable
to be for sea creatures, including us sharks.''
'' But Francine is not like that. She'd done some good things for the Reef...''
'' These were nothing but just tricks. Tricks on you and these stupid fish!''
''That's not truth! I saw her personally washing all these whales with her powers, I talked to her - there was nothing devious about her actions and intentions.''
'' I'm not gonna listen such things ANY LONGER ! ! ! What I say is definitive. I never change my decisions and there are absolutely no exceptions, especially
with that one ! ! !''
That was hopeless. Lenny's father was stubborn like a mule. He compeletely wasn't going to let any sensible words in his mind. It was impossible for Lenny or
anyone else to give Lino any awareness about how wrong he was.
'' The crocodiles are about to invade the shipwreck and slaughter all sharks living in there.'' thought Lenny, deeply terrified.'' Francine is no longer here.
Who else would be able to defeat the crocs and their monster?'' Though everyone was thinking and talking about Francine's true form, work at the Wash kept
going on, as usual.
'' Why did she help us? Was there something deceive in it? What kind of intentons she really had?'' they were wasking themselves.
Actually, there were one four fish of whole Ocean who hadn't any doubts about Francine's good intentions : Lenny, Marlon, Sylvia and Angie.
'' I coud have suspected anything of her. Anything but being actually a human.'' sighed Sylvia to Angie. They two had a short break at the moment.
'' When Lenny told me about these fortuneteller-monster-etc.-things, basically I thought he is out of his mind. But after seeing what Francine can do,
I was made to start believing in supernaturals.''
'' Marlon and I wouldn't take the bad words about her has magical powers, she could have kept doing everything all for her own good and do not care
about my little brother or us. But she did help us with whales. She saved me from sharks' fins. She saved Marlon from his school bullies. She completely
changed his life. Here intentions about all of us were honest.''
'' That's right. There are good and bad fish in this world, the same about human beings. And Francine is the good one. I saw it in her eyes.''
'' And I noticed it while watching her magical actions with whales.''
'' If what Madame Vandra told Lenny is all truth, that means...'' Angie was too frightened of thoughts of sharks being killed and crocodiles running the Reef.