A/N: - Sorry once again that I couldn't update sooner but I hope you all had a great Christmas…I did!! I can't wait to write this chapter but I'm also gonna promote my two new fics that are coming soon: - A Fairer Fight which is a Pirates of the Caribbean fic, and Santa Claus 3 which is self-explanatory and is a little bit of a Bernard fic really! Hope you enjoy this chapter and I'm sorry it may be a little short…the chapters always seem much longer when you're hand-writing them!!!! Oh well, enjoy!!

No word could describe how Dory felt. She felt sick but knew she wasn't going to physically be sick. She couldn't sleep and she ached all over. She felt someone put a round pill in her mouth and the pain eased off enough for her to drift off.

"I think the worst is over now," said a voice in the distance.

*

"Hey, Marlin, how're ya feelin'?"

"Ok, thanks."

"Good, good."

"Any news?"

"On what?"

"Dory, of course!

"Nope – sorry, mate."

"Oh, come on, Bruce! You're not even trying! What am I gonna tell Nemo? He thinks you guys are off collecting her from somewhere!"

"Why did ya tell him a lie like that?"

"To make him eat something."

  Gill swam up to them and he was panting.

"Guys – we've tracked her down!"

"And?" chorused Marlin and Bruce.

"She's alive! Dory's alive!"

  The plan was, if nothing went wrong, to go and get Dory and then spend a few days lazing around on the reef.

  They set out early in the evening. It was a simple journey and they had been given good directions. They were at their destination before midday and were greeted by a surly looking fish, who looked as though he had never cracked a smile even once in his entire life! He led them to an area of pastel colours with angelfish bustling round the pale coral everywhere they looked.

"Find you're friend – then get out!"

    The odd bunch was left bemused in the middle of the 'organised' chaos. It seemed like fish that lived in the area were serious and work obsessed. Eventually, they were shown to where Dory was going to meet them. They were only waiting a few minutes before a streak of blue whizzed round the corner faster than they could blink. Sure enough, it was Dory – or "Disaster Dory" as she was known to the fish on the reef.

  She was overjoyed to see them and they were all trying to hold individual conversations with her at once. She didn't listen to any of them. Instead, she just grinned – almost insanely – at them while they continued to talk at her.

"Dory – you're disturbing all the others. Tell your friends to shut up," the surly fish sneered.

"Sorry, sir. We'll be leaving now."

"Oh, you aren't going anywhere."

"What?"

"We're not going without her," Nemo proclaimed.

"I said find her. I didn't say take her. She must pay off the debt she owes to us. We saved her life. She can work for us until that debt is repaid."

"And how long will that be?" Marlin inquired.

"Unless she does something spectacular, it will be for the rest of her life."

  Dory fainted on the spot. Instantly, Marlin and Gill moved forward with Deb to catch her.

"Isn't there another way her debt can be repaid?" pleaded Marlin.

"No…she will be trained as one of our soldiers in the women's army."

"Army?"

"Yes…they patrol the reef giving counselling, holding training sessions, and keeping the peace by fighting in reef wars as a neutral force. She will become a member. Now I bid you to leave."

  They were seized roughly from behind, by some of the women's army, and promptly thrown out. Dejectedly, they made their way back home. They had one mission now. They had found Dory…now they had to rescue her!!

A/N: - Whew! Hope you liked it! Please review…but I'd also be interested in your views on the new LOTR movie…but only if you're reviewing the story as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!