Welcome back me loyal readers…

When we las' lef' Lenny he had found a sharkess and brough' 'er 'ome…

Lino's not 'appy and Lenny's in trouble… Again…

Poor guy…

Aqua Aussie: I can understand wha' ye mean… I mean, wha' would you think if ye found ye son with a wounded sharkess I would wonder also…

Disclaimer: All I own is Leila, Eddie, Carvati and all of North Reef… So don' sue me...

Remember… All flames will be directed ta me fire pi' ta roas' me marshmallows…

Also I'm not grammer perfec', bu' I try...

Leila calmly sipped the tea that the nervous green-eyed shark had brought her. She glanced around the room which she a staying in. "This place is bigger than the cargo hold. I have to be at the right place."

She looked around, and slowly slipped out of her comfy bed. She hissed in pain and grabbed her side as she swam for her pack on the chair. "Where is it?" She muttered feeling through her pack, until her fin grazed the cool plastic of the shellphone. "Gotch ya." She pulled the phone out of the pack, flipped it open, and started to dial.

The doorknob began to quiver as a key was slipped into the keyhole and started to turn.

Leila tensed up and darted back to her bed. She took the phone and tucked it under her mattress as the doorknob turned. Leila leaped up into her bed and leaned against the headboard. The door opened and Leila reached for her teacup. She hissed at the stabbing pain in her side.

She looked up in time to see a Great White enter the room and close the door. He was larger than Carvati and around him he carried an air of respect and fear. His blue eyes stared into her violet orbs. She felt herself gulp in the huge shark's presence.

"I see that you are awake." He said slowly gliding to the foot of the bed.

Leila nodded, her eyes focusing on his piercing blue eyes.

"I, am Don Lino." He greeted, crossing his fins. "And I'm gonna cut to the chase." He growled. "I want to know who you, and what the big idea was bringing Tigers into my territory?"

"Leila, Sir." She bowed her head in respect. "I'm sorry if I offended you Sir, but I needed sanctuary. I've been running from Tigers long enough. Honestly." She took a sip from her cup. "Tigers need to do their own dirty work."

"I take it you work for Carvati?" He asked.

"Not anymore." She growled. "More than likely he thinks I'm dead now after my Tiger Tango." She rubbed her side. "If there's one thing I learned living with Tigers, they never check to see if they finish a job."

"And I should have killed you on the spot, but the pair who found you pleaded your case, and convinced me to let you live... For now." He growled.

"I thank you for that Sir, but I couldn't possibly give you any trouble. I'll leave right now, if you want me to." She tried to sit up, only to grasp her side in pain. "Okay, maybe not just yet." She gritted through her teeth.

"You cracked quite a few of your ribs. Our resident doctor assured us that you won't be leaving us for some time, until then." He gestured toward the door. "You are free to stay in this room, but if you leave you will be 'chaperoned' and escorted through the ship. One false move." He growled, blue eyes burning. "And you'll wish your Tiiger friend finished you off." He growled. "Are we clear?"

"Crystal clear, Sir."

"Good." He swam for the door and closed it.

Leila released her breath and sighed in relief. She turned to look at the door and pulled the phone out from under her mattress. She flipped it opened and dialed the familiar number. She brought the phone close to her lips as the other end picked up.

"I'm in." Was all she needed to say…

"We'll bring her back with us, he says." Eddie growled as he floated on the deck in a corner. "She won't be any trouble he says." He punched his fin into the other. "When I see Lenny, I'm gonna kill him."

Leila turned her head to look at her 'chaperone' growling in the corner. She shrugged, pulled back up her sunglasses and laid back out on the lounge chair on the deck, basking in the filtered sunrays. She reached out on the table near her for her drink, only to grasp her side as pain shot through it. "Stupid ribs."

She relaxed and stared at the surface of the ocean watching the waves dance. She sighed in enjoyment of the sun warming the chill out of her hide.

She heard Eddie growling again in annoyance. She sat up and pulled of her sunglasses. "Is there something you want to say?" She growled, her violet eyes flashing.

"No not really, just wondering when you'll go and kill us all in our sleep." He growled, crossing his fins across his chest, purple eyes watching her suspiciously.

Leila rolled her eyes and sighed. "Aren't you just a ray of sunshine." And leaned back in the lounge chair….

Lenny swam home from his shift at the wash, alone that morning, since it was Eddie's turn to watch the sharkess.

As he neared home he noticed the deck was mostly empty, except for a pair of sharks on the deck. He froze as he recognized the sharkess relaxing in the lounge chair and Eddie standing guard.

He noticed Eddie's growling and punching, and slowly started to back away, when he bumped into a stack of chairs causing them to tumble on top of him.

Eddie and Leila looked up at the noise and saw Lenny trying to dig himself from under the chairs. "Oh no you don't." Eddie growled and turned to the sharkess "Don't move." And charged at the trapped shark.

"Don't worry I'm not going anywhere anytime soon." She shouted as she slowly reached out and grabbed her glass and drained it in one gulp.

Eddie tackled Lenny to the deck and got him in a headlock. "You aren't getting away that easily."

"Ow owowow!" Lenny shouted as he and Eddie wrestled, and the sharkess watched on with a curious look.

"You gonna take your watch." He growled pulling Lenny back. "'Member, Lino said BOTH of us are 'pose to be watching her. I watched her for the past five hours. It's your turn."

Lenny nodded and Eddie released his head. "Good. I'm going to take a long nap and I am going to enjoy it." He pulled Lenny close. "Don't you screw up. I choose life." He growled and swam for the doors into the ship….

Lenny gulped and turned to the sharkess. Her head was no longer bandaged, but her chest was still bandaged tightly. He directed his eyes away from her chest and a blush started to creep into his face.

Leila chuckled. "He's quite a happy fellow isn't he." She sat her empty glass down and pulling her shades down on her elegant nose, her cold violet eyes burning.

You stand before me
Now we stare eye to eye

"I-I-I-I, um um um… N-n-no, no-not r-r-rea-really." He stuttered, wringing his fins nervously.

"Are you always this articulate." She chuckled lightly, pulling up her cracked shades. "Do you have a name, Green Eyes." She said looking him up, head to tail.

Before another second clicks away, one of us will die
You reach for your metal as I reach for mine
The sound of bullets flying through the air is followed by a cry

"Uh-uh-uh. L-L-Lenny, m-m-my n-na-name's L-Lenny." He stuttered and started to blush again. "W-w-hat a-about y-y-you, w-w-what's…" He started.

"Leila." She interrupted. "But my friends call me Lei. At least they would if I had any friends. So." She grabbed a drink from a passing saw shark butler who brought it to her. "So, who's you friend: tall, dark and grumpy? What's his story?"

And there cryin'

"Th-that's E-Eddie. H-he m-m-missed h-his morning coffee. He's n-not much o-of a m-m-morning s-shark."

What will we do, what will we say when it's the end of this game that we play
Will we crumble into the dust, my friend
Or will we start this game over again

"Hmmm." She said through her drink. "He seemed more than happy to finish what that tiger started." She mumbled, rubbing her side and gulping down the las of her drink.

"E-Eddie d-doesn't really l-like North R-Reefers." He explained. "They k-kinda k-killed his family."

The young man lies alone but fastened into the ground
The sound of fleeing feet and the cryin' eye will be his last sound
But do we gain from all this?
Now, was it worth a life? No

She sat down her empty glass. "That seems to happen a lot." She turned to Lenny. "So what about you, you a transfer of what? You seem to know your away around and Mr. Grumpy Gills (She pauses as she heard snorts of laughter coming from the portholes) and a few of the other thugs?" She hinted. "Are you close to Lino somehow?"

"W-well I was b-born here. The other sharks just respect me that's all."

We throw all of our hopes away
And set our dreams aside

Leila arched an eyebrow. "Respect, ha." She laughed. "They seem to treat you like some kind of royal." She paused. "Excuse me a moment." Leila picked up a rock and glanced at an open porthole. "I just need to take care of something." She said as she launched the rock and it sailed through the porthole.

Now we're cryin'

Leila grabbed her side as the rock landed with oomph. "Nailed him." She growled "Sometimes I hate the opposite sex." She sat back down and turned to Lenny. "Now where were we?"

Lenny glanced at the porthole and chuckled. "Are you sure we never meet before? You seem familiar somehow."

What will we do, what will we say when it's the end of this game that we play
Will we crumble into the dust, my friend
or will we start this game over again

"No, believe me, I would remember someone like you." She sighed "But to tell you the truth, I know very little of my past. I was found, wondering the reefs when I was a pup. "

"Oh, but why where those Tigers after you?" He asked.

It's coming back to me
It's coming back to me

"The chum for brains. Well, you know how men are: They think 'No' means 'Yes' and 'Get lost' means 'Take me, I'm yours'" She said, throwing herself on Lenny.

What will we do, what will we say when it's the end of this game that we play
Will we crumble into the dust, my friend

Lenny froze and looked down at the sharkess, blushing. Leila smirked and climbed off of him. She swam for the doors of the ship, then turned back to Lenny. "I would watch where you swim, your playing a dangerous game here with me." Her fierce violet eyes once again burning. "I'm not won over that easily." She then disappeared into the ship.

or will we start this game over again… (Dangerous Game" By 3 Doors Down)

Lenny floated there dumbstruck as sharks began to come out of their hiding places. "All Right Lenny!" One shouted, pounding him on the back. "You finally hooked one."

While the sharks crowded around him, Lenny could only stare at the doors where the lovely, fiery sharkess disappeared through…

Leila smirked to herself as she swam slowly back to her room. She glanced in the open rooms looking for any signs of a Don's son.

'He was sweet." She thought to herself, staring into an empty room. 'Reminds me kinda of Sal.' She stopped herself and paused, shaking her head.

'No. I promised myself I wouldn't do this again. Not ever. No, get back to work old girl.' She shook her head and continued her search for Lino's son, unknown to her that she had just meet him…

There…

Interaction with the main characters…

Aren' Leila and Eddie the bes' of friends…

Reminder: I migh' no' pos' a new chapter until nex' week… I 'ave a date with the Half-Blood Prince this Friday nigh'…

So 'ave patience, loyal readers…

Until then…

Ta…

-IPD