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It was a sunny morning in the Atlantic Ocean.

"We're not too far off from our destination," said Dashi. Indeed they were; the Octopod was on its way to Daytona Beach, Florida.

"Excellent, Dashi," said Captain Barnacles, happy to have some time for his crew and himself to just take it easy and have fun on a beach.

"I can't wait to spend some time in the sand," said Elekai, stretching his quills. "I've loved making sandcastles ever since I was a young bloke."

"I'm glad that it's nice and warm outside," said Deborah. She was dressed in a pink sundress with little magenta butterflies on it.

"Daytona Beach is a very popular tourist city," said Shellington. "It's known for having sand packed so hard you can drive on it." He turned to see Deborah coming up behind him. He blushed. "You, uh…look very lovely today."

"Thank you," cooed Deborah. "Carol from school gave me this dress for my eighteenth birthday." They both beamed and nuzzled noses.

"We're here!" Dashi chirped. The Octonauts beamed, and made their way to the Launch Bay.

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Once on the beach, the Octonauts settled in for some fun times. Kwazii and Elekai began a sandcastle, Dashi and Lekona went to dip their paws in the water, and Shellington and Deborah settled down on a beach towel with some books.

Along the shore line, Dashi stumbled over some seaweed and dropped the goggles she was holding. She leaned over to pick them up, which was a bit hard as the splashes of the waves kept carrying them out of her reach.

"Do you need help?"

Dashi looked to her left to see a panther approaching her just as she finally retrieved her goggles. "Thank you, but I've got everything under control. I'm Dashi, by the way."

"Pleasure to meet you. I'm Taffy." Taffy stretched her paws. "I'm here on my honeymoon."

"Oh, congratulations," said Dashi. "Who's the lucky one?"

"That would be Purdy, the man of my dreams," crooned Taffy. "I've never been so happy in my life."

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On the other side of the beach, Tweak had strayed away from the group, taking a leisurely stroll, thinking about her life, when she ran into another panther.

"Pardon me, miss," said the panther.

"Aw, it's no problem," said Tweak, flashing him a grin.

"The name's Purdy," said the panther, shaking Tweak's paw. "I'm here with my new missus."

"Oh, that's sweet," said Tweak. "I hope I get to go on a nice beach trip with my new missus someday."

"Don't mean to pry, but are you seeing someone?" Purdy asked.

"My girlfriend, Anita," said Tweak. "She's the sweetest tough cookie I've ever met."

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The afternoon was creeping in. The weather had cooled down, and a gentle breeze was blowing by. Captain Barnacles scanned the beach, and realized that he could only see some of his crewmates. He could see Kwazii kicking a ball around, Peso making a braid out of washed-up seaweed, Shellington and Deborah showing each other their books, Dashi, Lekona, and Taffy splashing one another, Professor Inkling and Kitsune calmly sitting on their beach towels, Elekai putting special details on his sandcastle, and Sarabi digging a hole. "Has anyone seen Tweak?"

"Haven't seen her since we got here," said Sarabi, not looking up from her hole.

"Come to think of it," said Taffy, "I lost track of Purdy as well."

Just then, a strong wind blew by, and the sky was beginning to grow overcast. Captain Barnacles furrowed his brow. "We've got to find them." He took out his Octo-Compass and sounded the Octo-Alert.

"Octonauts, to your stations!"

The Octonauts all rushed over to their leader.

"Octonauts, we've got two missing persons on this beach. We need to find both Tweak and Purdy. We'll split up. I need Kwazii and Peso to check by the GUPs, Dashi and Lekona down to the left side of the beach, Shellington and Deborah to the right side, and Elekai and Taffy up closer to the city. Professor Inkling, Sarabi and I will stay here in case they turn up here."

The Octonauts agreed, and split off to search.

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"Do you know that they filmed the Season 2 finale of Top of the Food Chain here?"

Deborah and Shellington were on the right side of the beach as instructed, and Deborah was very, very chatty.

"I should show you that series sometime, it's really good. I think you'd like Jennifer, she's really funny."

Shellington nodded along. "I'm more into The Professor of Why, myself."

"Well, basically Top of the Food Chain is about these girls who are super popular at school, and every season they have some kind of rival to overcome-"

Just then, a strong wind blew across the beach. Deborah shivered and clung to Shellington's arm. He pulled her closer and rustled her hair.

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"I think that sounds like a beautiful wedding."

Tweak and Purdy looked up at the sky and realized how long they had been walking and how far they had gone.

"We should probably head back to where everyone else is," said Purdy. "They might be worried about us." When they turned around, they saw that the wind was blowing their footprints away.

"It's fine," said Tweak. "I remember where we came from. We need to go back that way," she pointed her paw in front of her, "and turn left when we find that green umbrella."

They began walking, and about halfway to the green umbrella, they saw Dashi and Lekona looking around the beach and went over to them.

"Dashi?"

"Oh!" Dashi jumped and turned around. "You startled me!"

"Tweak! We found you!" Lekona grinned. "Let's go back to the captain." All four of them went back to find Captain Barnacles. "Captain, we found Tweak and Purdy!"

"That's great!" Captain Barnacles was happy that his crewmate was found safe and sound. At that point, Elekai, Taffy, and Kwazii were coming back from searching.

"It's good to have you back, Tweak." Captain Barnacles patted Tweak's back.

"Captain?" Kwazii looked sheepish. "…I lost Peso."

Captain Barnacles scowled. "Goddammit."

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Peso wandered around the beach. He thought he had seen Tweak over on the right, but now he wasn't so sure. He looked all around for someone, anyone, that he recognized.

"Hello?" He called. No one answered. He gulped. This was scary.

"Peso?"

"Oh!" Peso jumped and turned around. "Don't sneak up on me like that!"

"Oh, sorry," said Deborah. "We can't find Tweak or Purdy anywhere, so we're going back to the captain now." All three turned and went back to Captain Barnacles.

"Oh, there's Peso," said Kwazii. "See? Crisis averted! No need to freak out!"

Captain Barnacles rolled his eyes. "At least everyone's back safe and sound."

Just then, a loud clap of thunder boomed over all of their heads.

"…Everyone, back to the GUPs."

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Information about Daytona Beach taken from Wikipedia