A/N: Ahhhhhhh I am sooooooo sorry, you guys! Bleachh, I don't even know if half of you bother with me anymore, I'm so irresponsible when it comes to updating chapters, and this one takes the cake. It's been a good few months since the last chapter, and I am so sorry for making you all wait so long. You guys review so nicely and fluently, and then I make you wait this long for an update. Ahhh I'm so horrible.

And on top of THAT, I'm sorry to tell you that I won't continue to write anymore Finding Nemo stories after this one is finished. It's finally happened… I've lost my obsession. I still love the movie a lot, and love the Marlin/Dory pairing, but… I just don't have the feeling or time to write anymore for it. I feel so horrible, dropping everything all of sudden, but a million new obsessions have come, and I can't help it. Believe me, if I could still have the passion to continue to write Nemo stories, I would.

But, I promise that no matter what, I will finish this story. I made a vow to myself when I first started this thing, that I'd end it. So no matter how busy I get with school, or any other obsessions I have, I WILL finish this fic.

That's all for now. I hope none of you hate me… oh, and this chapter switches POV's in the middle. Marlin's POV being first

Disclaimer: I don't own Finding Nemo or anything to do with it.

Chapter 11 – "Forget?"

"She should be laying the eggs any day now, but…"

"…What?"

Kida looked at me with uncertainty. I could only wait for her to give me an answer with an anxious look on my face. I remained silent, knowing that anything I said or did to speed out her words wouldn't make much of a difference.

Finally, she opened her mouth to speak. "Well… I'm not one hundred percent sure, but… there's a good chance that most of the eggs won't make it," she said. My eyes widened, and she was quick to explain.

"It's because of the rape," she stated. "It obviously wasn't a normal mating ritual, so parts of Dory was injured – some, permanently. And so, with how I see it, only a couple eggs will hatch."

I could only stare. It was… horrible. Cruel. Everything and anything that was bad. How could… I have let this happen? Dory's been through enough pain so far, and now… now she has to deal with the fact that hundreds of her children were going to die. She should be back any minute now from her exercise… and I was going to have to tell her the truth.

She took my fin. "I'm sorry I couldn't have been more help," Kida apologized upon seeing my reaction. I frowned. I hated it when people apologized for stuff that's entirely out of their control. So to let her know that nothing was her fault, and to show my gratitude, I leaned closer and kissed her lightly near her lips.

When I pulled back, she simply blushed and smiled. "Thank you for all of your help, Kida. I don't think we could've done it without you."

She nodded.

Then, out of the very corner of my eye, I saw a spot of blue. Ah, it's probably some fish watching Kida, and me for whatever reason or anoth – oh no.

My head shot in the direction of the blue, and just as I dreaded; it was Dory. Ah, this was bad. She obviously had been there for a while now, so she… saw me kiss Kida. And by the look on Dory's face, I knew she had the wrong idea! And when she turned around and swam off, I felt my heart sink, guilt weighing it down.

I called after her, but she ignored me, and swam until I couldn't see her anymore. For some reason, my body was stuck, just staring out in the direction that Dory disappeared. But… I had to find her! Find her, and let her know she had it all wrong.

And so I swam as fast as I could.

-Dory's POV-

It's getting dark now, who knows how long I've been sitting here. It doesn't really matter now, though, all the time that goes by seems like an eternity to me.

I feel so useless… all I've been doing here is crying and feeling sorry for myself. I should be happy for Marlin for finding someone better than me. I don't… deserve him. I need too much taking care of; I don't know why he wastes all his time worrying about me. I'm no better off alone than a little kid.

Come on, you need to stop rambling about it, Dory! You knew this would happen! Being alone is just how I was meant to be… it's always been that way, and always will be. Marlin has too much to worry about without you, so there's no room for you in his heart.

I need to accept that… but I really don't think I can. The only way I know I can put this all behind me is if… I forget him completely.

But do I really want to do that?

This question caused yet another tear to escape my eye. The confusion was too much. I want to forget Marlin so I can stop all this pain. I know that if I let him live on in my memory, I'll always hurt. But then… I have so many good memories of him that I don't want to lose. I don't want to forget feeling that I once thought I wasn't going to be alone anymore. But then… it all turned out to be a lie.

Lie.

I began to cry once again, sobs coming without my permission. I wanted to stop crying already, it was starting to hurt to cry now.

"Don't I know you?"

I gasped and turned around, and my eyes went wide with horror. I felt myself go cold, fear consuming my whole body. The owner of the voice smirked, his dark green eyes flashing with evil.

Alan smiled and came closer to me.

"I've been looking for you, Dory," he said, his voice dripping with venom.

I replaced my expression of fear to one of anger and determination, just so his confidence level wouldn't raise any higher at the fact that I'm scared to death of him.

I glanced around to see if he had any of his friends with him. He noticed, and chuckled.

"No need to worry Dory, I'm all alone. It's just you and me. Unless that loverboy of yours shows up, of course." The last part of his sentence caused me to wince. I could feel my heart fill with hatred for the fish in front of me. I scowled at him, and then hissed through my teeth, "He won't be coming."

"Oh?" He smirked, and I knew he was enjoying my pain. So much anger and hatred I was feeling at this moment, it was indescribable. Never before in my life had I felt this much at once. But Alan deserved it. He deserved to be hated by every living thing in existence.

I wasn't sure what he wanted to do to me. Rape me again? Kill me? Or just scare me a bit? Who knew, with him? But just incase it was something serious, I looked around for an escape route, or anything that could help me, but I saw nothing. I knew that if I tried to make it back to the tunnel, he'd catch me long before I got there. I would only be able to outswim him for so long.

Wait.

I looked behind Alan and saw something small and pink. I inwardly smiled, then with all the strength and speed I could muster, I took off towards the object.

A/N: I hope it was long enough for you guys. Once again, I'm very sorry for taking so long. Since there'll only be two more chapters, I promise I'll get them up quicker.