Author's Note: I'm back with another chappie! Go me!
Insane Pirate Dragon- Yup, the over protective brother. And maybe there will be a fight… maybe not.
The Crouching Tiger Shark- (rubs her head like a fortune teller) I predict… that in this chappie… Ricky will want to strangle Lenny… and Markie will get what's comin' to him… and… there will be songs on the radio? (Stops acting like a fortune teller) This certainly will NOT end well!
And just to warn you, Lenny and Ronnie will cuss, and Lenny will also say a very mean threat. It's one A.M… please review.
On wit da story!
Chapter Twelve: Talent Show Night Part Two
Ronnie looked at herself in the mirror, trying to put on her locket. She had put on red coral number three lip gloss and if she added the locket, she'd look prettier than she already did.
"Stupid locket." Ronnie growled. She was never able to get it on by herself, and her fins always tired of trying to put it together.
"Ronnie…?"
Ronnie turned around and saw Lenny's head peeking from the door.
"Lenny, you came just in time!" Ronnie said. "Here, could you help me put this thing on?" she added, gesturing to the locket.
Lenny swam in the bathroom, taking the locket in his fins and beginning to tie it around Ronnie's neck. Since he was behind her, he could see how she looked in the mirror.
'She's pretty…' He thought, staring at her reflection in the mirror.
"Uh… Lenny?" Ronnie said. "Lenny… snap out of it!" She clapped her fins in his face, startling him so badly that he nearly fell over.
"What?" Lenny said, confused. "What just happened?"
"You were zoning out." Ronnie replied.
"Oh, sorry." Lenny said. "Hey, uh… what's that locket for?"
"Oh, it's my mom's, mom's, mom's, mom's, mom's." Ronnie said. "It was passed down for a long time in my family."
"Wow." Lenny said. "So, it's like a traditional thing?"
Ronnie nodded her head, and seemed to be lost in her thoughts. Lenny knew that it probably meant a lot to her.
"As important as it is, why're you wearing it?" Lenny asked. "You're just as pretty without it."
Ronnie looked up at Lenny, smiled, and gave him a quick kiss, leaving him dazed. "Thanks." She said. She looked up at the surprised look on his face, and pretended not to notice. "Oh, and you better wipe the lip gloss of your lips." She said nonchalantly. "If my brother sees that, he'll kill you."
Snapping back to reality, Lenny remembered the threat he had received from Ricky. Rushing over to a nearby towel, he tried to wipe the lip gloss from his lips… but it wouldn't come off!
"Ronnie! The lip gloss won't come off!" Lenny said.
"That's because you have to get it off with something wet." Ronnie said. She grabbed a paper towel, wet it under the faucet, and handed it to Lenny.
"I knew that." Lenny said, trying to wipe the lip gloss off his lips with the paper towel. It came off that time. "Thanks Ronnie."
"No prob." Ronnie said casually.
Just as they were leaning in for a kiss…
"Ahem!"
Lenny and Ronnie turned to see Ricky leaning against the door. Lenny and Ronnie quickly broke apart, trying to act like nothing happened.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Ricky said with an eyebrow raised.
"Umm… no!" Ronnie said. "We were just…"
"Talking!" Lenny lied.
"Yeah! What he said!" Ronnie said. She could see that Ricky was about to say something, so she added, "Me and Lenny were just about to go to the Poetry Corner, because… it said that all performers were supposed to be there early! So… I'll just be waiting for Lenny outside!"
Lenny gave Ronnie a 'thank-for-saving-our-butts' look, and Ronnie gave Lenny a 'you're-welcome-but-you-owe-me-for-this' look before dashing out the door. Lenny looked at Ricky, who was glaring at him. He knew that he had probably been there long enough to know what was going on.
"Uh… I guess I'll just go with Ronnie." Lenny said nervously, wasting no time in escaping the wrath of the protective older brother.
Ricky watched as Lenny swam away and shook his head. 'I hope he doesn't try anything at the contest.' He thought. 'Then I'd have to kill him.'
Little did he know that what Lenny was doing to Ronnie was in no way as bad as what someone else would try to do to her…
Scene Change
If I could find you now things would get better
We could leave this town and run forever
Click!
I'm gonna soak up the sun
I'm gonna tell everyone to lighten up
Click!
You know I've got
What it takes to make the club go outta control
Click!
Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man…
"Luca, will you turn that damned radio off!"
Luca the octopus grumbled and muttered a nasty comment, but did as he was told.
"I don't even know why we let you bring that thing." Michael growled.
Luca had found out about the four shark's plan to get out the ship and find Lenny, so he decided to tag along too. When he told the four that he was going to bring his portable radio, they protested, but he blackmailed them by saying that if they didn't let him bring his radio, he'd tell everyone that they were trying to find Lenny. And, because they didn't want everyone trying to come, they let Luca bring his radio.
"He blackmailed us, remember?" Jimmy said.
"Oh yeah." Michael said.
"Hey, you guys!" Cody said. "I've found the Poetry Corner! Ya see, it's straight ahead!"
"Yeah, there it is!" Giuseppe said, pointing straight. "Right besides that dark alley!"
"Well what're we waiting for?" Luca said. "Let's go!"
As the five swam towards the Poetry Corner, they spotted two sharks in the alley.
"Hey, wait up!" Giuseppe whispered. "There are two sharks in the alley!"
"They're probably in the talent show." Cody said.
"Ooh!" Luca said excitedly. "I wanna meet them and possibly get an autograph!"
"Uhh… I don't think they wanna be disturbed right now." Giuseppe said.
"Well why not?" Luca asked. "What're they doing?"
"They're uh… playing a game." Giuseppe said. "A hockey game."
"So?" Luca said. "I'll just interrupt their hockey game!"
"Uh… I don't think you should do that." Giuseppe said. "It's not an ordinary hockey game."
"Well what type of hockey game is it?" Luca asked.
"Uh… it begins with a 'ton' and ends with a 'sil." Giuseppe tried to explain.
"I don't get it." Luca said, scratching his head.
Michael and Cody got what Giuseppe was trying to say, so Cody said,
"Uh… I don't think they want to sign any autographs!"
"Besides," Michael added, "The show hasn't even started to play yet, so they haven't even won!"
"I wanna get in and get some seats!" Jimmy whined.
Luca sighed. "Fine. But if they win, I'm gettin' an autograph."
So, the five swam into the Poetry Corner to get some seats.
Meanwhile, Ricky was swimming past the alley, when he also spotted the kissing couple. He thought it was just a pair of sharks who were on a date, and began to swim into the Poetry Corner, but realized who they were when he saw a glimpse of gold.
'That's my sister! That guy is messing with my sister!' Ricky thought. 'I'm gonna kill Lenny…'
Pulling up invisible sleeves, Ricky swam towards them, but was stopped by a fin on his shoulder. Ricky turned his head around and saw that it was J.T.
"Don't do it man." J.T. said. "If you interrupt them, Ronnie will hate you."
"But he's messin' with my sister!" Ricky protested.
"By the way he's goin', it's probably not the first time." J.T. said. "Besides…" He added with a grin, "You can get him after the show is over."
Ricky stopped trying to go and kill Lenny and grinned back. "You're right." He said. "But… you won't tell Ronnie about this, will ya?"
"Of course not." J.T. said. "Now c'mon! Jamel and Andre are holdin' seats for us! And, I even heard that Shelly was able to come!"
So, J.T. and Ricky swam inside the Poetry Corner, trying to look for Jamel and Andre among the masses of creatures.
When J.T. and Ricky swam inside, a group of two swam in the back alley of the Poetry Corner. It was Markie and Willie.
"Now, here's the plan." Markie was saying. "After the talent show, Ronnie and Lenny will come out the side door of the Poetry Corner. We'll nab Ronnie, and tell Lenny that if he doesn't come with us, we'll kill her." He pulled a knife out of a pocket in his trench coat.
"Nice." Willie said. "But, for another thing… what if the girl comes out and Lenny ain't with her?"
"Then, we'll nab Ronnie, and drag her to this back alley. Before Lenny comes out, I'll talk to her. I've got some things I need to do…" Markie said, but he was cut off.
"Avas' ye!"
A drunken anglerfish dressed up as a pirate jumped out of nowhere and landed on Willie.
"What the…?"
"Many a day have I been 'pon the seas!" The drunken anglerfish said.
"Get off me!" Willie shouted, pushing the fish off him. "Let's go Markie."
So, Markie and Willie swam into the Poetry Corner, about to put their plan into action. But, little did Willie know, that he had left behind a very important piece of information… and it was in the fins of an intoxicated anglerfish.
Scene Change
Lenny and Ronnie were backstage with the two other contestants. One was a rather skinny Lionfish, while the other was a buffed up barracuda.
"Well, this is it." Ronnie said. "The big day."
"Big day? You're making it sound like your wedding night." Lenny joked.
"Okay, so the not-as-big-as-the-other-big day." Ronnie said. "But still, it's big."
"I guess so." Lenny said. "Ooh! The announcers are starting the show!"
Onstage, a leopard shark and lantern fish were beginning the show.
"Hi, I'm Jada." The leopard shark said.
"And I'm Louis." The lantern fish said.
"We'll be your announcers for the night." Jada said.
"Now, we're all here for one reason." Louis said. "And that's to see our friends, maybe even family, perform for us tonight!"
"That's right Louis." Jada said. "It took us a while, but we found the three contestants who would be onstage tonight."
"Don't you mean four?" Louis asked. "One of the contestants has a partner?"
"Fine then, we've got four contestants on here tonight." Jada said, rolling her eyes.
"That's right, and only one of the four contestants will be getting the prize money!" Louis said.
"Don't you mean only one or two of the four contestants will be getting the money?" Jada said. "One of our contestants has a partner."
"Whatever." Louis said. "And, the judges over there will be deciding who wins. That being said, I'd like to introduce our first contestant, who'll be singing a Christmas song for us, Lily!"
Backstage, Ronnie and Lenny swam over to the lionfish.
"Good luck." Ronnie whispered to Lily.
"I don't need any luck." Lily returned in a haughty tone before she swam onto the stage.
"Somebody's cranky." Lenny mumbled.
Lily the lionfish swam out onto the stage and grabbed the microphone. Music started to play, calming everybody. However, Lily's voice wouldn't calm anybody.
"Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining! It is the night…" Lily screeched.
Creatures onstage and offstage held their ears. It pained them to hear her voice.
"Allllllll on your kneeeeessss!" Lily belted out, causing the audience and other contestants to groan. "For heeeee is… ummm…. borrrnnnn…"
Michael couldn't take it anymore. "Shut up!" He yelled. "You can't sing! And another thing; it's not anywhere near Christmas!"
The audience laughed at this contest, as well did the judges, commentators, and other contestants. Lily, however, didn't find any of this funny.
"Humph!" She huffed. "You're so hurtful!" She swam off the stage and out the door.
"Uh… okay." Jada said. "Glad that's over."
"Since Lily swam off the stage, she's been disqualified." Louis said. "But now, for our next contestant, who'll be lifting waits for us, Herman!"
"Good luck." Lenny said to the barracuda.
"Thank you, same to you." Herman said. He swam out onto the stage, carrying two heavy weights.
Herman lifted the weights with ease, astonishing the audience. He wrapped his tail around both the weights and lifted them up without even looking tired, earning claps from the audience.
"That guy is good." Andre whispered to Jamel. "Don't ya think so Jamel?"
But, Jamel didn't answer. He was looking at Jada the commentator. For some reason, he was mesmerized with her.
"Jamel!" Andre whispered loudly, breaking him from his trance.
"Huh?" Jamel said. "What?"
"I wanted to know if you thought that the guy up there is good." Andre said.
"Oh… er… yeah!" Jamel said. "He's a real macho man."
With one last daring stunt, Herman the barracuda lifted both the weights up with his tongue, earning cheers and applause from the audience. He took a bow, and swam backstage.
"Well…" Louis said, "That was… strong."
"Yeah. Did ya see the way he lifted the things with his tongue?" Jada said.
"I think everybody noticed that." Louis said. "But for now, we should be introducing our next contestants, the one with a partner."
"Ah, yes." Jada said. "Introducing the couple who'll be doing a bit of dancing for us, Lenny and Ronnie!"
Michael, Jimmy, Luca, Giuseppe, and Cody all had shocked expressions on their faces. If they had been drinking anything, they would've all spat out their drinks or choked on them.
"So Lenny is here!" Cody whispered to the guys.
Lenny and Ronnie swam onstage, and music began to play. Then, they started dancing.
"Where'd he learn to dance like that?" Giuseppe said.
"Forget that!" Cody said. "Where'd he get a hot partner?"
"Hey!"
Luca heard a whisper from his left side, and saw a shark leaning towards him.
"That's my sister!" Ricky whispered to him.
Luca smiled and gave a thumbs up. Then, he whispered to Cody, "That's his sister."
"Aww man!" Cody said. "I have to go through a protective brother!"
"Shhh!" Jimmy shushed. "I'm watching the dance!"
Lenny and Ronnie were doing the same dance that they had been practicing, only they were flirting too. There were a couple of rubs, and small kisses, and they were like professionals, so nobody noticed; nobody, that is, except Ricky. Ricky was doing all he could to not go onstage and strangle Lenny.
'I thought I made my warning loud and clear: not touching!' Ricky thought. 'Oh, just wait until he gets off stage…'
Lenny noticed Ricky's threatening look, and felt afraid to face him when he got off the stage. He also noticed a group of familiar faces; unfortunately, it he noticed the faces at the same time he was doing the dip part of the dance…
'Oh snap, it's the mob!' Lenny thought. 'Aww man, what am I gonna do now…'
"Oww!"
Lenny snapped back to reality and saw that he had dropped Ronnie, earning laughs from the audience. Ronnie was lying on the stage, glaring at him.
"Sorry." Lenny whispered with a sheepish smile. He picked her up, and continued to dance. They closed it up with the grand finale, then swam offstage. (Sorry if I wasn't descriptive… I'm not good at dance scenes.)
"That was fun!" Jada said.
"It sure was." Louis said. "Though I was laughing when he dropped her."
"I don't think they expected that to happen." Jada said with a chuckle.
"Well, right now, we're waiting for the judges to decide who our winners will be." Louis said. "Will all the contestants swim on the stage?"
Ronnie, Lenny, and Herman all swam onstage, hoping to hear their name.
The judges were conversing with each other, before one of them finally nodded their head.
"Any moment now… look! They've decided!" Louis said, taking a sheet of paper. He opened it. "And the winner is…"
"I'm crossing my fins…" Andre whispered to Ricky.
"We all are." Ricky whispered back.
"Herman!"
Everyone could sense the look of disappointment on Lenny and Ricky's face, and the audience clapped slowly. After that 'dropping' incident, they had hoped to see Lenny and Ronnie win. Plus, they were kind of cute.
"Thank you, thank you." Herman said, accepting the money and taking a bow. While he was bowing, he failed to notice the pills that had fallen from his pocket.
"Hold it!" Jada said, picking up the pills. "These are steroids!"
The audience gasped, and murmurs and hushed whispers broke out. Herman looked around nervously, then darted off the stage.
"Due to the fact that Herman was using drugs, he has been disqualified!" One of the judges said. "So, the winners of the contest are Lenny and Ronnie!"
Cheers erupted from the room as well as a numerous amount of applause. Delighted smiles broke out on Lenny and Ronnie's faces as they accepted the money.
"So," Jada said, swimming over to Lenny and Ronnie, "how does it feel to win a million clams?"
"Umm… good?" Lenny answered.
"And uh… are you single?" Louis said, directing his question towards Ronnie.
"Uhhh…" was all that Ronnie could say.
"Louis! Get away from the girl!" Jada said. "Well, that's our show! Good night folks!"
Lenny and Ronnie swam backstage, going to use the side door for an exit.
"That was fun!" Lenny said.
"All except for one part." Ronnie said, referring to when Lenny dropped her.
"Sorry." Lenny said. "But I can't believe it! We won the million clams!"
"Yeah." Ronnie said, swimming over to the door. "Hey Lenny, you comin'?"
"Umm…" Lenny thought of the mafia and how they might be waiting for him. "No! Just wait for me outside, kay?"
Ronnie shrugged. "All right." As soon as she swam out the door, she was grabbed and had fins covering her mouth so she couldn't breathe.
Scene Change
Ronnie was struggling to get out of Willie's grasp. "Let me go!" She shouted. "Let me go!"
"Shut her up!" Markie said to Willie.
Willie slapped Ronnie across the face, leaving a red mark and making Ronnie stop squirming.
"Hello there, Ronnie." Markie said with an evil grin. "I think we've met before."
"You bastard." Ronnie growled. "What do you want?"
"It's not you I want." Markie said. "It's your boyfriend that concerns me. He embarrassed me at a night club, and I can't have that."
"Why don't you just leave him alone?" Ronnie said. "From what I heard, it's your fault he punched you anyway. And I bet you got what was coming to you…"
"Shut up!" Markie snarled. "Just because you're a girl, doesn't mean that I won't hurt you."
"Screw you." Ronnie shot back.
"Ah, but it is you that it about to be screwed." Markie said.
Ronnie's eyes widened. She knew what Markie was thinking of.
"No!" She shouted, struggling to get away. "Let me go! Help!"
"Hold her down!" Markie shouted, pulling out a knife.
Willie's grip on Ronnie was tightened, making it almost impossible for her to move. Markie got into Ronnie's face and hissed evilly,
"Now, if you go quietly, I won't have to hurt you."
"No!" Ronnie shouted, punching him the nose.
Markie wiped the blood from his nose and said, "Oh well. I tried." He advanced towards Ronnie, the knife glinting…
"Hey, buddy! The girl said no!"
Markie turned around and saw Giuseppe, Jimmy, Michael, Cody, and Luca all glaring at him.
"Holy cow, it's the cops!" Willie shouted. He let go of Ronnie and swam for his life, leaving Markie to handle the situation by himself.
"Now, see here!" Michael said threateningly. "Leave her alone or you'll have us to deal with!"
Markie thought about telling him to buzz off, but decided not to when he saw the other guys looking like they were ready to hurt him. He gave Michael a nasty glare before swimming off. Cody swam over to Ronnie and said,
"Are you okay?"
"I guess so." Ronnie said. "But… you don't know me. Why'd you help me?"
"We may not know you, but we do know Lenny." Giuseppe replied.
Ronnie's eyes widened. "Oh my god… you're the mob!"
"Yes we are." Jimmy said.
"So, uh…" Cody swam over to Ronnie and put a fin around her. "Are you single?"
Luca pulled Cody away from her and slapped him upside the head. "Are ya stupid? She just goes through an almost trauma, and you decide to ask her if she's single?"
"Yes." Cody said stupidly. "So… are you single?"
"No." Ronnie said in an annoyed tone. "And even if I was, I wouldn't go out with you."
"Burn!" Luca and Jimmy shouted, high-finning each other.
"She told you, Cody." Giuseppe said.
"Turned down again…" Cody mumbled.
Ronnie laughed. "Thanks again."
"Fuggedaboutit." Michael said with a casual smile. "It's what we do. However… we do ask for one thing in return."
"What is it?" Ronnie asked.
"Could ya tell us how Lenny's doin'?"
"Sure!" Ronnie said. "He's doing fine! We came here to get the million clams so he could buy this ship."
"Where'd he stay before?" Luca asked.
"With me." Ronnie said.
The five looked at each other and smiled. "Mmm, hmm." They all said.
"But on a serious note," Giuseppe said, "why was that guy after you?"
"Actually, he wasn't after me." Ronnie replied. "He was after Lenny."
"Lenny?" Cody said unbelievingly. "What'd he do?"
"You see, he punched him out at this night club…" Ronnie began.
"Lenny punched somebody out?" Michael said. "But… he's the most peaceful guy I know!"
"Not anymore." Ronnie said. "So then, I found him being carried out by Markie, and threatened him so that he'd leave Lenny alone, and carried him back to my place, and then the next morning, we ate shrimp pancakes…"
"Shrimp pancakes?" The five said incredulously. "But… but… he's a vegetarian!"
"Now he's omnivorous." Ronnie said.
"Okay… but still." Giuseppe said. "That doesn't explain why Markie was trying to get you."
"He nabbed me because I'm the closet thing to Lenny." Ronnie explained. "He knew that once he got me, he'd negotiate with Lenny, (his choices were either to go with him or I die) and he'd have to go with him."
"Whoa." Cody said. "We had a right to be worried about Lenny."
"Yeah." Luca said. "Well, we've gotta go now. Tell Lenny that we said hi."
"All right!" Ronnie said as she watched the five swim away. "Bye!"
Ronnie watched until the five were out of sight, and suddenly noticed that her neck felt cold. Touching her neck, she realized the problem; her locket was gone!
'It must've fallen off during the struggle.' Ronnie thought. Turning around, she saw her gold chain glinting from under the sand. She swam back towards the back alley, dug under the sand, and retrieved her locket. Just as she was about to leave, she was grabbed from behind; by Markie!
"I'm baaaack." Markie hissed in her ear.
Fear gripped Ronnie's throat. This time, if she struggled, he would slice her throat; the knife made her sure of that.
"Now this time, you're going with me, and you won't make a sound." Markie growled.
Ronnie knew better than to listen to that. "Hellllppp…!"
Markie sliced her shoulder, creating a large gash and covered her mouth. "Shut up!"
Even though she was in pain, Ronnie managed to elbow Markie in the stomach and bite the fin around her mouth, causing him to growl in pain. She swam back to the side alley and desperately looked around for help; Markie had recovered from the bite and was swimming towards her. Not being able to think straight, Ronnie wasn't able to call out for help; but her mind began to function right when she saw Markie swim off. She turned around and saw Lenny coming out the door. She rushed over to him in tears, and clung to him.
"Ronnie! What's wrong?" Lenny said. He looked at her shoulder in shock. "You're bleeding! Who did this to you?"
Between sobs, Ronnie managed to answer, "I was grabbed by this whale, and Markie swam over to me, and he had a knife! And then he tried to… he tried to…" At that point, Ronnie broke down. Lenny didn't even need to hear the rest to know what he tried to do.
"Did you see which way he went?" Lenny asked.
Ronnie pointed towards the back alley, still crying.
"All right." Lenny said in a calm voice. "Now look. Ricky and the rest of the guys are out in the front. You go over there, tell them what Markie did. They'll help you out, okay?"
Ronnie nodded her head, her crying dying down a bit.
"Good." Lenny said. "I've gotta go find Markie…"
Ronnie watched as Lenny began to swim away. "Wait!" She said. "Don't do anything bad!"
Lenny looked back and managed a small smile. "Don't worry. I won't do anything that I'll regret."
"Oh, and Lenny!"
Lenny turned around to hear Ronnie say, "The mafia guys said hi."
Lenny gave her a smile and swam off.
Ronnie watched as Lenny swam away and then went to go find Ricky and the rest of the guys.
Scene Change
Lenny swam in the direction that Ronnie had said was where Markie was last seen. He wasn't going to let Markie get away with what he just did.
'It's a good thing she told me that the mob was here. They can probably help me.' Lenny thought. 'But how am I supposed to find them? They might already be gone…'
Just as soon as he thought that, he heard,
"Wow, I hope that Lenny's okay."
Lenny noticed that voice. It belonged to Cody! Luckily, Cody and the gang had swum into the alley in which Lenny was floating. They all looked at Lenny with shock in their eyes.
"Of course I'm okay." Lenny said with a small smile.
Without any warning, the five mob members tackled Lenny in a big hug.
"We missed you!" Cody said. "Man, we've got some things we need to catch up on…"
"Look, that has to wait," Lenny said, "Right now, I need some help."
"Anything." Giuseppe said. "It sounds important!"
"All right, look…" Lenny said, "You wouldn't happen to have any… styrofoam on your fins, would you?"
"I've got some!" Luca said, pulling out two chunks of styrofoam. "I always keep them with me, just in case."
"Well… do ya think I could use it?" Lenny asked.
"What for?" Jimmy questioned.
"Things." Lenny replied abruptly.
"Well… sure!" Luca said. "Why not?" Luca handed Lenny the styrofoam chunks.
"Thanks you guys!" Lenny shouted as he swam away. "And tell pops that I said hi!"
The five watched as Lenny swam away, knowing that this might've been the last time that they'll see him. But they all said one thing;
"We will."
Scene Change
Markie swam out in the outskirts of the city. He was cursing himself and Willie for messing up his chance.
"I could've had her!" Markie was growling. "But then those guys decided to mess up my plan, and Willie decided to swim away like a sissy! If it hadn't been for them, I would've already gotten to Lenny! And that girl wasn't helping much either! Grrrr, I'll get him one day, and if I can't get Lenny, I'll settle for the girl."
Markie was going to continue growling, but his thoughts were interrupted by a tap on his shoulder. He turned around, expecting it to be Willie with an apology; but all he got was a blast of pain. Lenny had punched Markie in the face, breaking his nose and giving him a black eye. The force had sent Markie flying across the sea, and he landed in the sand. Markie was dazed for a moment, but scrambled back up. He should've stayed down though; that way, he wouldn't have to deal with a very angry Lenny.
"What the hell was going on through your head when you decided to kidnap her? Huh?" Lenny had grabbed Markie and was shaking him violently.
"Oh, that was your girl?" Markie said in a taunting voice with a smile to match. "Well let me tell you, she had a nice…"
Sucker Punch!
Markie now had black bruise on his cheek and another black eye to match his right one. He was lying in the sand, trying to recover.
"Don't talk about her that way!" Lenny growled. "She didn't do anything to you! In fact, you should be thankful that she's around!"
Unfortunately for him, Markie didn't know when to stop. "Oh really?" He said sarcastically. "And why is that?"
Lenny grabbed Markie's ear, earning a cry of pain from him.
"Because," He whispered in Markie's ear with a menacing tone, "If she wasn't here, I would've killed you right now."
For the first time in his life, Markie was scared. He had nothing to say, and decided that he wasn't going to say anything that would mad Lenny even madder.
"Now that we've got that covered, how about you and I go on a little trip?" Lenny said, giving Markie a glance at the styrofoam shoes.
"Styrofoam shoes!" Markie gasped.
"That's right." Lenny said. "And they're just for you. Now c'mon."
Markie gulped as Lenny dragged him further away from the city. This definitely was not his night.
Scene Change
"What's taking them so long?" Ricky asked, glancing at his fin as if he were wearing a watch.
"Maybe they're celebrating!" Andre suggested, until he got a glare from Ricky. "Or, maybe not."
"Hey, here she comes!" Shelly said.
Ricky, J.T., Andre, Jamel and Shelly watched as Ronnie swam towards them. Ricky swam over to his sister, wanting to know what happened.
"Hey, what took you so long? Were you making yourself pretty?" Ricky joked. "Now, where's Lenny? I have to kill him."
Ronnie didn't answer, nor did she look up at Ricky. Ricky was no dummy. He knew that something was wrong.
"Ronnie… are you okay?" Ricky asked in a deeply concerned voice.
Ronnie looked up at Ricky, and he saw a look that he had never seen before. There was no life in her eyes, and she looked scared as well as sad. Ricky reached out and touched her shoulder. "Ronnie I…" He stopped when he noticed something red on his fin. "Holy mackerel, you're bleeding!"
At this point, the other guys swam over to Ronnie.
"What's wrong?" Jamel asked.
"She's bleeding." Ricky said.
"How'd this happen?" Andre questioned in a scared voice.
"I don't know!" Ricky said. "And she's got a red mark on her face!" He looked at Ronnie. "Ronnie… could you tell us about what happened?"
Ronnie didn't answer, she only stared off into space. She was shaking slightly, but she wasn't crying.
"It looks like she was crying." Shelly said. She swam over to Ricky. "Let me try to figure out what happened. I think I can get her to talk."
Ricky nodded his head and swam away from his sister and Shelly. He had never seen her like this before. He looked over at Ronnie; she seemed to be talking, though it was probably in a shaky voice. After what seemed like forever, Shelly swam over to Ricky and friends.
"So?" J.T. demanded. "What happened?"
Shelly shook her head and replied, "She was cut by a knife by Markie. Then, he tried to rape her, but luckily, he never got to."
"What?" Ricky exploded. Suddenly, Lenny's flirting with her didn't seem like anything. "I'm gonna kill him…!"
"I think that Lenny's already beat you to that." Shelly said. "Ronnie said that Lenny went to find Markie."
"Whoa." Andre said. "But I don't think he'll kill him. Just… give him a message."
"Yeah," Jamel said, "If I know Lenny, he'll probably just punch him or something…"
"Ronnie!"
Shelly, J.T., Andre, and Jamel had turned to see that Ronnie had collapsed.
"She's lost a lot of blood!" Ricky said. "We've gotta get an ambulance!"
"I'll get it!" Jamel said quickly, rushing over to the emergency room.
"I've got a handkerchief to tie up the wound!" Shelly said, pulling out a handkerchief and wrapping it around Ronnie's shoulder.
"What are we supposed to do?" J.T. and Andre asked.
"You can follow Jamel to the hospital, J.T. You might get there before him." Shelly said.
J.T. nodded his head and swam after Jamel.
"What about me?" Andre asked.
"Find Lenny." Shelly said. "He's probably outside the city."
Andre nodded his head and swam off to find Lenny. Shelly and Ricky were doing their best to stop the bleeding, but the blood kept flowing.
"We've gotta help her now!" Shelly said in an urgent voice. "If we don't…. she might not make it."
Ricky looked at Shelly with fear in his eyes. Those were one of the worst words he ever could hear.
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"I knew I should've tried to get you first." Markie grumbled. "A loser like you wouldn't have done anything. I knew I should've gotten better help…"
"Well you didn't!" Lenny snapped. "Now shut your mouth or your teeth won't make the whole trip!"
You can bet that threat shut Markie up.
"Here we are." Lenny said. "Now, I've gotta set stuff up, which means that I won't be watching you. Don't try anything."
Lenny went and got the styrofoam shoes together, and estimated how much rope he would need to tie it around Markie's fins.
'Yeah right.' Markie thought. Though he was weak, he began to make a swim for it; but Lenny pulled him back.
"Didn't I say not to try anything?" Lenny said. He began to tie the rope attached to styrofoam to Markie's tail. Immediately, Markie began to float up to the surface.
"You better watch your back!" Markie called out. "I'll be back, and when I return, you're gonna get it!"
"Bye!" Lenny said, waving.
When Markie was at the surface, Lenny began to swim back into the city. That's when he noticed Andre swimming towards him at full speed.
"Lenny!" Andre said. "You've gotta come quick!"
"What's the matter?" Lenny asked, getting worried.
"It's Ronnie!" Andre said. "She has to go to the hospital!"
Lenny's eyes grew wide with shock. Millions of thoughts went through his mind, but he was able to say,
"Where are they?"
"They're probably still outside the Poetry Corner. C'mon!"
So, Andre and Lenny rushed back inside the city, where they would have to take Ronnie to the hospital. With any luck, she would be all right; but luck didn't really seem to be on their side.
TBC…
Ronnie has to go to the hospital? Lenny made a threat? Will Markie ever come back? And will the mafia ever see Lenny again? Only one way to find out, and that's to stay tuned for the next chappie!
Special thanx to Insane Pirate Dragon, for givin' me the idea of styrofoam shoes.
And I've found a voice for Markie.
Markie- Who could do his voice: I don't know the actor's name, but I do know that he's the guy in 'Transporter 2' who says 'Hey, this just came out of the dry cleaners.
That's it! R&R please!