Author's Note: Okay, so we left off with Lenny drugging himself and swimming off leaving his pals to go after him. Will they ever find him? Where will Lenny go? If he should survive will he try again or will he go for something stronger?

Let's go find out!

Chapter 29: Home

Lenny's POV

Swimming in the middle of nowhere, nothing to eat or drink in over a few hours. Lenny began to feel nauseous. Ugh. I've been swimming for hours and not a trace of anyone or anything! I feel sick. Maybe I should lay down and take a break. Those wouldn't be able to catch up to me anyways…

Lenny sat down next to a huge boulder that caught his attention. Why would everyone be looking for me? Do they not care that I'm a killer? Ronnie must have gotten upset about kicking me out and stupid Oscar needs my help. Well good luck to him for getting because he cost me and Ronnie's relationship.

I heard Shelly shout that they all understood and that it didn't matter. It didn't matter? They don't care? I guess technically it was self-denfense. Mostly…

Okay I feel a bit better now. Lenny began swimming again. Unaware of the direction he was going. He began to see what looked like a city, a very familiar city. Lenny swam into the shadows and stopped abruptly. He had to vomit. There was a dumpster nest to him. He threw the lid open and puked inside.

When Lenny was done he closed the lid and wipe his mouth with his fin. The vomit tasted of medicine and acid. His throat burned. Lenny was actually glad he got the pills out. Maybe he could try to live here. The place seemed nice.

" Hello? Sir , are you okay?"

Crap! Someone had seen him. He had planned to get a little disguise first, but thought better of it. " Yes, thank you. I'm alright. It's niced to be asked."

" And whom do I have the pleasure of meeting?" the creature Lenny was having a normal chat with swam out of the shadows of the building. It was one of Don Lino's hit-men. Oh no…

"Uhhh… My name is…" Before Lenny could get out a name he suddenly dropped to the ground. All the lights went dark.

The hit-shark immediately panicked. He darted over to Lenny and grabbed him under his fins and pulled him into the sunlight. This guy was pretty heavy, much heavier than the sharks I normally hull around. I should get him to the hospital.

The hit-shark pulled out his shellphone and called 9-1-1.

" Hello, this is 9-1-1, what's your emergency?"

"Umm, I was just swimming around and this guy vomited into a dumpster. I asked for his name, but before he could answer he collasped to the ground."

" Okay sir, I will send out an ambulance. What is your address?"

" Uh.. One second… The building we're next to is 284, Evolution Avenue. We're in the South Side Reef, Reef City."

" Alright, sir. Don't worry an ambulance is on the way. Now, until the ambulance arrives I need you to make sure he's breathing. How is lying on the ground? Belly up or down?"

" Down, definitely down. I haven't even seen his face. I don't know this guy."

" That's okay sir. I'm gonna need you to turn him over and check his breathing, please. Hold his fin and feel around. Listen on his chest as well. If he's not breathing, start doing compressions and breath into his mouth. Make sure to hold his nose when you do it."

" Okay, ma'am."

The hit-shark tried his best to turn Lenny over, still not knowing it was the son of his boss. He finally got Lenny turned over and checked his fin first. He could hear and feel a heartbeat. He didn't get a chance to look at Lenny's face.

" He's breathing."

" Okay. He should be stable enough when the ambulance arrives. It should be there in a couple minutes."

" Okay." , at that moment the hit-shark saw Lenny's face, " Holy Shit!"

" Sir, are you alright?"

" Yes, I'm okay. Sorry I'm just shocked right now."

" Why? Has something happened? Has the shark awoken?"

" No, he's still passed out, but the shark is Lenny, Don Lino's son. You know the one that went missing months ago."

" Oh, wow! I wonder if he missed his family or just turned up in the wrong spot?"

" I'm not sure. I only got a few sentences out of him. I just hope he survives…" the hit-sharks phone went silent...It died…

Angie POV

It's been five days since Oscar left, which means nine more days til we die or get saved somehow. I was bored and hungry… I had plenty to drink, I guess they didn't want us to die of dehydration if that's even possible for fish because we live UNDERWATER, but whatever. Us fish can go up to two whole weeks without eating, but if don't eat soon after we're saved Rueben and I may die of starvation. By the way, where is Rueben?

I look around for Rueben and then I spot him. He's in a smaller cave then the one I'm in. Apparently the sharks must do this often. The Pirannas are now surrounding Rueben because he's covered in something. I realized all the sauce I had on me before was gone. Thank goodness. It was disgusting!

" Reuben! Wake up!"

" Wha-What? Are getting eaten? Is it the end of the week already?" Reuben shot straight up quick or what he thought was quick. He moved quite slowly due to the stickiness of whatever goop he was in.

" No, Reuben, but what on earth happened to you?"

" The octopus. He dipped me in honey sauce. Or molasses. I don't know which."

" Fantastic, Rueben. If you keep pissing off the octopus we might end up as piranna food before we even get to the end of this week. We still have nine days left. I just hope Oscar has got Lenny and is at least on his way back by now."

Oscar's POV

We're all searching for Lenny. We found a trail of bubbles leading towards Reef City. This might not end well. I just hope we get to Lenny before he gets found, captured, or passes out. He may not survive from all those pills.

I just hope he doesn't die. I'd miss him too much. I love the big guy. He's so sweet and kind and gentle. Well, not all the time, but he tries. I also really need his help. If I can't save Angie and Rueben, I don't know what I'd do with myself…

" Ronnie. We need to follow this trail of bubbles. I guarantee that there Lenny's. He's headed towards Reef City. We need to get to him before he gets caught or get himself killed. If Don Lino get hold of him who knows what will happen. Now come on. Let's go get him!"

Angie's POV

I awoke to an ambulance pulling into the " Love Boat". Some sharks rushed into the room. Don Lino was at his desk staring at a picture frame. "

Don Lino sir, theres an emergency! You must come quickly."

" What's the big emergency?" Lino asked glumly.

" It's your son. He's arrived back home. He's had a drug overdose. The doctors are working on him now. They said it's bad."

I saw Don Lino almost knock over the desk. He shot quick enough to be a rocket.

Lenny! OMG! I hope he's alright…

Don Lino shot out of the room. He really did care… He must have been worried sick all this time. Lenny's been gone for almost a year…

Lenny's POV

I woke up in the middle of nowhere. I was a bit confused because this place looked familiar. I got up and saw what I hoped I would never have to see ever again in my life. Markie's body was on the ground right in front of me. He had a huge chunk ripped out of his side. He was lying in a puddle of blood. Most of his teeth were gone as well. I had punched them out...

I was afraid to look anywhere else. Afraid to see someone I loved here. I closed my eyes and started to swim away when I tripped on something quite big. I opened my eyes very slowly. Ronnie's breathless body was lying there on the sandy ground. She had a huge cut across her chest, a small rock in between the gash. I almost burst into tears from the sight. I hadn't noticed a rock there before. I kneeled down and removed the rock. Ronnie gasped. She was still lying there though, so I picked her up and began swimming somewhere, anywhere away from here to get to a hospital.

I reached a place with a whole bunch of stones, four stones to be exact. Next to those stones were Andre, Jamel, Ricky, and Shelly. They all had SHARK bites on their fins. And I mean HUGE bites. Had I done that? Oh my God. Ronnie was gonna kill me! I hadn't ment to!

I continued to swim forward faster, fearing that it would only get worse. I stopped at a puddle of blood and a blood-stained blue bandana. There was also a small pile of bones and flesh of a tiger sharks skin. I immediately knew who it was and had felt no remorse for him. Lamont was by far the worst shark to ever live on this planet.

I continued swimming, hoping it was over. There was no one else, I had killed or cared about. I stopped when I saw fog up ahead. There were three stones, bigger than all the others I had run into. I had known what it would be, but I continued to swim forward anyways. I wanted to see. I kneeled down to put Ronnie down in a kelp bed. I swam out of the kelp bed and towards the stones, where my family would be.

The first stone was my mother. She was wearing a blue scarf and had my green eyes. She looked exactly like me, just the girl version. I had never seen her before. Not even pictures because my father had hidden her away. She was beautiful. She had passed away from a horrible disease when I was three years old, so I wouldn't have been able to remember her.

The second stone had Frankie's crumpled body in front of it. His blue-gray eyes closed tight. His tongue hung out of his mouth. I stared at his razor-sharp teeth. I took a look at mine. There sharper than they were before because I had started to eat meat. He had scars all over his body from the fights he used to get into. I remember, all those fights were protecting me from the bullies. I'd loved to see those bullies come towards me now. After I was finished with them they would be swimming away like little pups.

The third and final stone had my father. His eyes wide open. They were blue, ice cold. I use to hate when he gave a glare. His eyes were awful to look at. They had bother quite a lot, when he was angry, upset, or disappointed in me, which was 100 percent of the time. He had a gash along his side and a bite on his fin. Had I done that? Hmm… Whatever. It's not like he cared about me anyway.

I went back to the kelp bed to get Ronnie and she was gone. I panicked. Had someone taken her? All of the sudden, I felt something or someone on my back. Then I couldn't breathe. Ronnie was choking me." This is what you get for killing everyone and betraying me!" I screamed and opened my eyes…

Lino's POV

I had shot up like a rocket out of my chair. I had almost knocked over my desk. I wouldn't have cared anyway. Lenny was here? He was alive, but in an ambulance. How did he get here? He had been gone for almost a year, eight months and three days to be exact. I had been counting because there was nothing else to do. I would just sit at my desk at stare at a picture of him or stare at the window and hope he would come home even though I'd told him not to. I had made a big mistake then. The biggest I've ever made. Lenny was all I had left and I had pushed him away. Now, when he woke I needed to convince him to stay. It didn't matter whether he was different or not. I will love as much as I can. I just hoped he was okay.

I had made it through the hallway. Following the doctor to get to my son. " Can you please tell me what is wrong with my son?" I had asked. It was killing me not knowing. If it was serious he could die at any time. I just couldn't live with myself. The last time we talked it was an arguement. I wouldn't let him leave this world remembering me like that. He needs to know I love him very much. Too the deepest depths of the ocean and back.

" I'm sorry sir, that is not my job. I do not know what is wrong with him. Dr. Fishberg will be the one exaiming him. He will be able to tell you. Okay. Slow down now. We're here."

Okay. Calm down. Lenny's right behind this door. He'll be fine. I know what's going on and we'll be able to fix it.

I knocked on the door. Dr. Fishberg opened the door, I tried to see Lenny but he was blocking the whole doorway. " Hello Don Lino, do you need something?"

Did he not know who this was? Probably not I guess. " Yes, I do actually. I need to see my son."

Dr. Fishberg seemed shocked, " Your son? You mean that's Lenny? Oh, I'm sorry I had no idea. I was wondering why they had brought him here. Please come in."

I swam inside and the other doctor followed. He closed the door behind us. Lennny was lying in the hospital bed unconcious. He looked awful. Now I know why the doctor didn't recognize him. He was different. Although what did I expect? He had been gone for almost a year. He had an IV attached to him. It had a clear liquid in it. Probably pain medication. He almost looked tired. It must have taken awhile to get back home from where he was.

" Do you know what's wrong with him, Dr. Fishberg?" I inquired inpatiently. I was eager to find out so I could pay for whatever he needed to get better.

" No, actually not yet. I was about to get started and then you showed up. Just give me a few minutes and I'll figure it out. Shouldn't take long." Dr. FIshberg replied calmly.

" Alright." I would be patient enough to wait a few minutes. I watched as Dr. FIshberg looked all over his body, then at his clipboard.

" His color seems to be back to normal. His body shape is pretty normal. He's lost some weight since I saw him last about a year ago."

Okay this is all good so far. Nothing bad yet. Still haven't found what's wrong with him. Dr. Fishberg started to inspect his tail. Moving it up and down, making sure it moved correctly. He continued to do the same with his fins and dorsal fin. " No broken bones." Thank goodness for that, but that still leaves something wrong with him. I hope it's not cancer…

Dr. Fishberg then began to check his breathing. He put the stethoscope at his neck, chest, and back. " His breathing is even and his heart is beating perfectly." Good. He then put the stethoscope to Lenny's stomach. I made a weird face. He must have seen it because he explained. " I have to check to make sure his intestines are working properly. If not, then that would be the problem but that is not so. His intestines are fine." Okay, that was… weird, but whatever. I am here to find out what is wrong with my son. It's only been about a minutes or two but it feels like it's been hours.

The doctor checks his eyes, " He seems to be needed sleep. Which is good. This medication should help with that."

" Was that the problem?"

" I believe not. Tiredness does not just make you randomly pass out in the street."

" Lenny passed out in the city?"

" Yes. I believe so. Actually one of your hit-sharks was talking to him and then he just passed out. Said he only got out a few words though. Didn't see his face til he turned him over."

" Wow." I was shocked. My guys would usually just leave someone there. I wasn't worried about it too much anyway though. I was too focused on Lenny.

" Alright. I have to do an X-ray to check his intestines for anything out of the ordinary." Dr. Fishberg pulled out a mechine from a closet and put it exactly above Lenny's stomach. I heard a click and saw a flash and he was done.

" May come over and see?"

" Of course."

I swam over to the X-ray machine and took a look at the picture. " Okay. So we may have some answers now. You see here. This small patch of white is drugs. That must have made him pass out because he took too much. He might've thrown up before he got here too, so he got most of it out. We just have to wait for him to the throw the rest of it back up."

"Drugs? But Lenny wouldn't do something like that…" I was shocked. Drugs? Lenny had overdosed in pain medication? Why? What had he been doing this past eight months? I was worried now.

" Well, Lino you also said your son never ate meat and there is fish in his intestines." I took a look at the screen. There were pieces of fish in his intestines. Very small, but they were there.

" Oh my god… How long will it take for him to wake up?" I wanted to talk with him. He wouldn't be able to leave either so that was a good thing, but if he wanted me to go, I would respect his wishes. I just couldn't believe now he's eating fish. He's got a normal diet. It's just a shock that such a sweet shark like him was actually capable.

" It shouldn't take long. Maybe about 10 minutes at the most?"

" Can I sit next to him? Can I hold his fin?"

" Yes of course. To both questions. Once he's gotten all the drugs out of his system he should be just fine. He'll be out and about in a couple days. My advice would be to let him rest. Let him wake himself up. I'll leave you two alone now."

As soon as he left I grabbed a chair and put right next to Lenny's bed and held his fin. Oh, how I missed him so much… I just hope he wakes up soon…

Oscar's POV

We had followed the trail of bubbles to an alley. " What is that smell?" Andre asked.

" Yeah, I smell it too." Jamel replied. God! Those two were like brothers. I followed the smell to a dumpster.

" It's coming from this dumpster." I answered. Ricky swam over to the dumpster and flipped open the lid. That's when the smell became had puked into the dumpster. Ugh. But Ronnie had the biggest smile slapped on her face. " Why are you so happy? This is disgusting!" I held where my nose would've been.

" I'm happy because that's gotta be from Lenny. That means he got the drugs out of him and he's somewhere in this city!" Ronnie was so excited I thought she might explode. Then we saw an ambulance pass by. It was headed for the " Love Boat". Oh,no…

" We have to follow that ambulance! It's headed for where Lenny used to live. That's gotta be him inside!"

We followed the ambulance as fast as we could to get to Lenny before something bad happened…

Lenny's POV

I don't have my eyes open yet but I can feel someone holding my fin. Had my friends found me? I still didn't feel too good. I'll probably throw up again and get the rest of the drugs out of my system. Where was I? I guess to answer all these questions I'd have to open my eyes.

I opened my eyes, squinting at first because of the light. I still couldn't see who was holding my fin. Then my eyes cleared and I could see him perfectly. " Pop?" I said very weakly. He was here. Holding my fin. He had tears in his eyes.

" Yes. Yes I'm here. Can I hug you?" He wanted a hug? Who was this shark? What had he done with my father?

" Sure…" I said very nervous. We had never hugged before. He dropped my fin and wrapped his arms around me. Not too tight though. Then I saw Ronnie , Andre, Jamel, and Oscar in the corner. They all waved and smiled at me. I smiled back. " Hey guys…" I said sheepishly. " So what are you doing here? And where am I?"

" Well, first of all you came here. Second of all you're in a hospital room in our house remember this room. You got sick when you were seven once. You came here for that."

" Oh, yeah. I remember. I had the measles…" I chuckled. " How on earth did I get here? I guess I couldn't really see where I was going. I'm surprised you didn't just send me away. Like last time..."

" Of course not! Pushing you away when you needed me most and I needed you most, was the worst thing i could've done. I'm sorry." He had a crooked smile on his face. He apoligized. My jaw dropped and so did Oscar's. Pop started to laugh. Harder than I'd seen him laugh in a long time. I smiled.

" And I thought you were heartless." I chuckled. This was the first we had a father son bond. It was great. " Could I stay home?" I asked shyly.

" Oh my god! Of course! I couldn't let you leave. We have some catching up to do." , he smiled then he went serious, " By the way, what happened with the drugs? Did you overdose on purpose or was it an accident?"

" I can explain." Ronnie swam forward. Saving me from having to explain to my dad why I overdosed on drugs on PURPOSE. I mouthed thank you.

" I expect you are one of Lenny's friends. I am sure you all are.", they all smiled at him, " You better not have told him to do drugs because if that's the case you are no longer allowed to be friends." He talked in his sturn voice.

" Dad…" I had clenched teeth. I didn't want him to get off the wrong foot with her. She might end up being her daughter-in-law.

Ronnie chuckled. " Well, that is not the case. And you could say we're friends but," Ronnie took a chair and pulled to the other side of me and sat down to hold my fin, " I would say we're more like boyfriend and girlfriend." She said boyfriend. I almost melted. My dad's jaw dropped. He was shocked.

"So my boy has finally got himself a girl huh?" He had a huge grin on his face.

" Yeah. I was gonna tell after a got out of here but it's out now." I chuckled.

" How long have you been together?"

" Well, we met two weeks after I left so maybe about seven months. We've been through a lot." I smile at her. She smiles back. " Okay so about the pills, we we're expecting our friends to come over and it was Oscar instead. I got angry and almost attacked him. That's when Ronnie here told me to get out of the house. I got upset and it lead from there." My dad listened to the whole thing.

" Okay, well stay away from that stuff okay? I don't want you to damage your body on purpose."

" Okay, pop." I smiled. Everything is perfect now. I just have some explaining and convincing to do with Pop and everything would be good. Life would be back to normal.

Author's Note: So what'd you think? R&R! Thank you!