"So I take it everyone enjoyed the meal?" Glen asked his young passengers, turning back onto his street.

"You know it, Mr. Greenwood," Jake gave him a thumbs-up, "That was the best meal I've had in weeks."

"I had a feeling," Glen nodded knowingly. "And I see someone's enjoying his gift already?" he turned to Jesse right next to him.

"Oh yeah, Glen," Jesse nodded with a grin, staring at the special GPS tracker that Rae had given him before they'd left the institute. It had been purchased recently thanks to Mr. Walker's grant money, and she'd set it specifically to the frequency of the tag that had been placed on Willy. Thus, Jesse could see where he was at all times from now on as long the tag remained in place and operational. Right now, the whale was on the far side of Preston Cape, and had not moved for a while, hinting that perhaps he and his pod were feeding at the moment. "He still there?" Annie leaned over for a look at the tracker as well.

"Yep," her foster son told her, "I guess he's taking life easy after he put on that show for us. That was amazing, wasn't it?"

"Absolutely," Annie agreed. "Judy, you going to sleep over tonight?" she turned to the girl.

"If it's OK with you and Mr. Greenwood, yeah," Judy nodded emphatically, "I haven't had many real sleepovers in my life so far, and I think I'd..."

There came a sudden gasp from Jake, who now slid down in his seat. Jesse looked up from the tracker and saw exactly why: Mr. Perkins stood in the Greenwoods' driveway, his arms folded across his chest, a scowl on his face, and his eyes looking quite bloodshot. He stormed up towards Glen's truck as it pulled into the driveway and pounded on the passenger window. "Can I help...?" Annie started to ask him, rolling the window down.

"Didn't I tell you that you were grounded for mouthing off to me this morning!?" Mr. Perkins bellowed furiously at his son, ignoring her, "Out of there now, you're going back to the house now and going to your room!"

"I'm not going," Jake told him firmly, not looking at him, "Not until you stop drinking and pull your life together. I'm staying here with Jesse's family until you do."

"I said watch that attitude, buster!" his father roared, "You want to be grounded for the rest of your life too!? Because you will be if you don't...!"

"He said he's not going with you!" Jesse jumped to Jake's defense, "You embarrass him, you make his life miserable, and he doesn't have to be with you if he doesn't want to!"

"And you cork it, you little miscreant!" Mr. Perkins bellowed at him, thrusting a finger straight at Jesse, "I've heard about your rap sheet, and I'll bet you goaded Jake to mouth off to...!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" furious, Glen jumped out of the truck and stormed over to Mr. Perkins, "You don't threaten Jesse like that, especially in front of me!"

"You got a problem, buddy!? Either give me my son back, or you're going to regret it!" Mr. Perkins raised a fist at him.

"Jake stays here for now," Glen snarled, "And I suggest you get out of here before I call the cops on you. I happen to know a very effective social worker; I can tell him what you've been putting Jake through, and he can find someone better for him real quick."

"What have I done wrong!? I haven't hit him, I haven't...!"

"He said go!" Jake shouted from the cab, making his father stop in shock, "You're not the man I used to know! I'm tired of cleaning up after you, doing all the work you're supposed to do, being shouted at whenever you're angry, everything! Until you pull yourself together, I'm staying here, and you can't convince me otherwise! You embarrass me to no end!"

His father opened his mouth, but no sound came out. "You heard him. Go home, Perkins," Glen told him emphatically, "And don't come back around here until you've rethought your life and stopped drinking. I hear you've bothered Jake or Jesse at all from here on, I call the cops immediately. And while you're at it, fix this too," he snatched up a garbage bag from the now huge pile in front of the Greenwoods' house, "Because this is getting ridiculous now too."

He tossed the bag at Mr. Perkins' feet. "Come on, let's go inside," he told everyone else, standing protectively in front of the others as they climbed out and made their way towards the house. "OK, I'll go! But don't think I won't forget this!" Mr. Perkins slurred defiantly at them, "And if you want to have Jake waste his life watching whales swim around, don't let me stop you! Don't say I didn't warn you how stupid it was, though!"

"You know what, take this too!" Jesse seized one of Mr. Banks' books and flung it at Mr. Perkins as well, "If you've got enough sense to read, you can see whales aren't stupid at all, unlike you!"

He stomped towards the Greenwoods' house and slammed the door shut on the man. "Jake, it's all right," he turned to his friend, who was slumped against the wall now, sobbing, "You did the right thing..."

"I know. But it hurt. It really, really hurt to tell him that," Jake sniffed, "He is still my dad..."

"He had to hear it, buddy. Nothing else probably would have worked," Jesse assured him.

"Jake, it's OK," Annie approached and put an arm around him, "You're a very strong young man, and you were right to stand up for yourself. OK?"

Jake gave a soft nod. "Come on," Annie led him into the kitchen. Jesse shook his head softly. "I wish it didn't have to come to that between them, though," he mumbled to Judy nearby, "I hate to see a family disintegrate like that."

"I know how Jake feels," Judy remarked with a shake of her own head, "There are times I just want to rip my mother a new one for her overbearingness with me. It would probably hurt as much to do it, though, since she is my mother."

"I'm sure," Jesse remarked. His attention was now distracted by what sounded like sobbing out front. He walked over to the window and stared out. Mr. Perkins was slumped over the hood of his car, sobbing himself. "...don't know what I'm doing wrong, how it ended up like this that he hates me!" he whimpered miserably, "Oh god, Donna, I wish you were here so much," he glanced tearfully skyward and begged to his late wife, "Please, tell me what I can do to get him back! I don't know what I'd do if I lost him for good, my own son...!"

He wiped at his eyes and slouched sadly towards the door to his car. He slumped into it and drove slowly away. "He's gone?" Glen leaned over Jesse's shoulder to look out himself.

"Yeah," Jesse told him, "And I think he's sorry deep down for everything he's done, Glen. He doesn't know how to say it, or isn't sober enough to do it."

"Let's hope it's that," Glen mumbled knowingly, "I'd want to see him pull it together if he could. Well, come on," he put an arm around Jesse and led him into the kitchen, "We're going to play some board games for now..."


"I hope the two of you had fun tonight," Annie told Jake and Judy inside Jesse's room several hours later.

"This was one of the best days of my life, Mrs. Greenwood," Judy told her with a smile, "Thanks for letting me stay too."

"Any friend of Jesse's is welcome here, Judy," Glen leaned over his wife's shoulder, "As long as they're of good character, of course, which you and Jake clearly are..."

"Hey, haven't I quit hanging out with the questionable kids for a while now, guys?" Jesse asked them teasingly with raised eyebrows.

"And believe me, I'm glad for that," his foster father said, pulling him into a hug, "Also glad you got to see Willy again; the two of you deserved that moment."

"I know, Glen. Thanks for taking me there."

"Of course. Well, Annie and I are going to hit the sack now; try and keep it quiet in here," Glen advised the youths.

"Promise," Jake nodded.

"Good night," Annie gave Jesse a hug of her own. "Glad to have all of you over today," she told Jake and Judy warmly before she and Glen left, closing the door behind themselves. "What a great day," Jesse said with a smile. He climbed onto his bed, sitting down in a circle with Jake and Judy on it. "I could tell you guys liked it too," he told them.

"You bet," Jake said with his own smile, "Now I really want to get into whale research like you."

"I could tell Kago really liked you," Judy teased him.

"Yeah, and I kind of liked him too," Jake admitted. "And were right, Jesse; you and Willy really do have something special together," he told him, "I could see it in your eyes and his eyes. I'm glad the two of you got that moment together-and that I was there to share it with you."

"So am I, Jake. I'm so glad I got to share Willy and his family with you and Judy-I'm so glad I've been able to share everything I've done in the last few weeks with you guys," Jesse said to them, leaning closer to them, "While it was wonderful making friends with Willy earlier this year, it feels great to get to share him with somebody. Especially you two guys. Seeing you both fall in love with him and the other whales we've seen-it makes it all worth it."

"We're glad to do it with you too, buddy," Jake rubbed his shoulder, "It feels wonderful to share it with you-and you too," he smiled at Judy, "It really feels like the three of us belong together, and I'd really like it if we stayed together as friends forever from here on no matter what."

"I'd like that too, Jake," Jesse's smile widened, "I really feel like I fit in with you and Judy."

"You know what then, let's all make a pact right now. Let me have have your hands," Judy extended hers out. Both boys clasped them. "OK, the three of us solemnly swear that starting now, we will be there for each other as friends for as long as we remain together and know each other," she declared with a grin, "We swear that we will always have each other's backs, will always be there to listen whenever one of us needs someone to talk to, will always stand up for each other, that all three of us, regardless of any pressure from either our parents or peers, will be the best friends for each other than we could have ever imagined. Agreed?"

"Agreed," Jesse and Jake declared firmly.

"Then it's settled," Judy nodded warmly, "The three of us are hereby one from now on."

"Amen," both boys declared. There was a solemn silence for a few moments as the three of them sat silently, holding each other's hand and smiling at each other. "So, it's probably impossible to top today, but what do you guys want to do tomorrow?" Jake finally broke the silence.

"Well, my mom's scheduled to get back from her business trip around six, so I'd have to be home by then. But unless Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood have some good ideas, I'd be fine with the three of us just hanging out here together all day," Judy said, "Just getting to hang out with you guys is more than..."

It was then that Jesse's tracker, which he had laid on the nightstand, started beeping. "Willy's on the move," Jesse declared, reaching for it. He stared at the screen. "Hey, Willy's heading for the institute," he exclaimed, "He must think I'm there since I gave him the directions there earlier."

"He is?" Jake leaned over Jesse's shoulder for a look of his own, "Hey, he is. Say then, why don't we go back and say hello to him?" he asked the others eagerly.

"Sounds great to me. I'm not tired yet anyway," Judy said, swinging to her feet, "Come on, Jesse, let's go," she urged him.

"Let me check first," Jesse approached his bedroom door and listened out. There was the sound of snoring down the hall. "OK, the Greenwoods are asleep," he told his friends with a nod, "But let's be quiet when we leave so we don't wake them up."

"And let's make sure my dad's not out there," Jake said with a worried expression. He slid Jesse's window open-immediately groaning and crinkling his nose from the overwhelming smell of the mountains of garbage piled up all up and down the block outside-and glanced warily up and down the street. "Yep, he's not here," he nodded in satisfaction, "OK, let's go."


"Great, the guard isn't here," he remarked with a nod as the three of them braked their bikes to a stop outside the institute twenty minutes later. For the building appeared to be completely deserted at first glance.

"That's strange, I would have thought somebody would be on duty overnight with all the sensitive equipment in there," Judy mused, leaning her bike against the fence.

"Well no one's here now, and that's all that matters. Come on, but keep it quiet," Jesse grabbed hold of the fence and started climbing it. Jake and Judy quickly followed, and soon they landed softly on the other side. They raced across the grass towards the dock and ran to the far end. "Don't see him," Jake squinted into the dark water, in which no signs of life could be seen.

"Then he must be waiting underwater, as if he doesn't want anyone but us to see him," Jesse surmised. He dug out his harmonica and played the familiar tune again. At first, nothing happened, but when he played it again, there came a loud splashing sound, and a familiar black and white figure rose out of the water and chattered in delight. "Playing possum, huh, Willy?" he laughed, reaching out to hug his friend, "Once a clown always a clown, I guess."

Willy rolled over on his back and started swimming backwards while upside-down. "Yep, he's a clown," Jake laughed himself. He glanced up at the sound of air escaping from blowholes in the water. "And he brought some friends too," he exclaimed, seeing the outlines of more whales in the water behind Willy.

"Looks like Kago's one of them," Jesse recognized the whale that had gotten close with Jake in the group of whales. With a loud hiss, Kago apparently recognized Jake too, for he swam quickly towards the dock and rose up out of the water in front of him. "Hey, great to see you again, Kago," beaming, Jake rubbed the whale's nose, "I guess you do really like me, then, don't you?"

Kago stuck out his tongue at Jake. "Um, I'm still drawing the line at rubbing your tongue, though," Jake shook his head, laughing when Kago imitated this. "So, how've you been doing? I guess you and Willy are good friends. It must have been hard during the time he was in captivity..."

There came a splashing to Jesse's right. He noticed another whale-whom he recognized as Polaris-rising out of the water in front of Judy. "Nice to see you, Polaris," Judy also recognized her. She warmly gave Willy's mate a hug, "I think I liked you the best out of all the whales I saw today-well apart from baby Potlatch, but you were my favorite adult. I just love whales, and orcas most of all. I'm glad Willy brought you along here with him..."

Willy himself now chattered in front of Jesse, snapping his attention back forward. "I'm listening, buddy, I'm listening," he lay down on his stomach and reached out to rub Willy's head, "Like I said earlier, it's so great to see you again. I've been looking for you for a couple months now. You must have traveled all up and down the coast with your family, I'll bet. The sights you probably saw, they were probably amazing. I've come to appreciate the beauty of the world more these days, and I have you to thank for it. You opened my eyes to so much, Willy, and I'll always be grateful for that. You doing well?"

Willy gave an emphatic nod. "Good to know," Jesse beamed, "I was hoping everything would be OK once you were back with your family. It's great being with the ones you love again, isn't it?" he asked, prompting his friend to nod again. "I know. The Greenwoods, they turned out better than I thought, and I'd be happy with them. But I got word a while back: they might have a lead on my mom. I hope it pans out; there's so much I would want to say to her. And I'd love for her to meet you if it works out; she'd probably fall in love with you too."

He squirmed a bit closer to the edge of the dock. "Anyway, buddy, I've been working here now," he told Willy, pointing back at the institute's building, "Rae and Randolph were hired here to do whale research, and they invited me to come with them. There's good people running this place; they care about whales like you. Mr. Walker, he put down all the money for it, he wants to have this whole area named a marine reserve. So let's hope it works; that way, you'll never have to worry about being caught again in these waters. Then you and your family can come here any time you want-I'd be glad if you did anyway. Having you around regularly would be wonderful for me. Same for you?"

Willy responded by sticking his tongue out. Chuckling, Jesse did the same. "You're an interesting guy, Willy, that's for sure," he told him, "So, while I'm here, you want to do anything?"

Willy opened his mouth wide. "Sorry, I don't have any fish with me now," Jesse told him, "You'll have to catch your own tonight. Anything else?"

Willy turned around and looked backwards with another chatter, as if extending an invitation. "Oh, you want me to go for a ride?" Jesse was intrigued.

His friend gave a nod, then hissed at Kago and Polaris, who assumed the same position as he in the water. "OK then. Come on, they want us to ride them," Jesse told Jake and Judy, sliding off the dock onto Willy's back.

"All right!" Judy shouted in delight, climbing onto Polaris, "I've always wanted to do this. Jake, come on," she waved him to come down.

"Uh...I'd love to, Kago, but I kind of can't swim," Jake told Kago apologetically, "I'd have to get a life preserver first..."

"You can't, Jake; they're locked in the institute's storage closet, and the building alarm's probably on," Jesse shook his head, "You try and get them without the right code, and the cops'll be here in no time. If you want to come, you'll have to trust him."

"I don't know..."

"Come on; we'll have your back if something happens, like we just promised back at the Greenwoods," Judy goaded him. Jake took a deep breath. "OK," he turned to Kago, "I'm going to be holding on to you real tight here then, so don't be alarmed. Please don't let me fall into the water, and if you're going to do jumps, don't make ones that are so big that I can't hold on if you land. Promise?"

Kago gave a firm nod. Jake took a deep breath and climbed down onto his back. "OK, nothing too wild," he begged Kago, holding on tight. Kago let out a loud call and started swimming away from the dock. Willy and Polaris followed with Jesse and Judy holding on to them. "Now we can't go too far or stay out too late, Willy; the Greenwoods don't know we're here," Jesse pointed out to his friend, "But let's have some fun together, all right?"

Willy chattered in affirmation. He started bobbing up and down in the water, seemingly in rhythm to loud music blaring from the streets near the marina, perhaps from a late-night party. "Yeah, go with the rhythm of the music," Jesse urged him with a grin, "Can you dance with it?"

He laughed as Willy leaped slightly out of the water with a crescendo in the music. That's it, that's it, Willy," he encouraged him.

"Go for it, Polaris!" a delighted Judy told her ride, who was doing the same. Even Jake, clutching Kago as tight as he could, was smiling at his friend joining in the fun too. The whales rolled and jumped in the waves to the uplifting tune wafting through the otherwise deserted marina: "They're out to get you; there ain't no use, you're acting like a fool. Love can possess you, and make you see that's how we're going to do it. High in the night, this magic's going to keep us close together. We'll start to fly, because this is the beginning of your life; this is the night! Give me some starlight, starlight sun. This is the only chance; we've got to make it while we can. You need the starlight, starlight sun. I need you by my side, so give me starlight, starlight, starlight! Light up the world; let the love start to take charge of this masquerade. Take the delivery and show me that this is no lie-shine so bright-give me your starlight tonight!"

With loud calls, all three whales, having swam in different directions for a moment, leaped high out of the air towards each other in synchronization with this latest crescendo. "YEAH!" Jesse yelled in delight, excited to get to experience something this exhilarating. He reached out to high five an equally excited Judy as Polaris passed by to Willy's right, and did the same towards a worried Jake, who had his eyes squinted partially shut and only extended his hand slightly outwards, on his left. Their rides splashed down in a tower of water, then continued making their water towards the gap in the breakwater to the ocean, now with no nets blocking it off for them. Jesse could make out the rest of Willy's pod waiting for them outside in the ocean. He smiled as the other whales approached him, staring intently at him. "Hello again," he greeted them, reaching out to rub a few of them, "So you guys want us to go for a ride with you?"

Several of the whales made calls of affirmation. "I guess this is your way of thanking me for bringing Willy back to you, huh?" Jesse surmised to them, "Well, I appreciate it. Like I told Willy, though, we can't stay out too long," he checked his watch, "Maybe about an hour and a half. And let's not go too far out to sea either. Other than that, though, take us away."

The whales turned almost deferentially to the rear of the pod, where Nekilstlass now rose out of the water. The matriarch let out a call and started swimming away to the right. The other whales fell in line behind her, Willy maneuvering directly behind a larger whale that Jesse recognized as Catspaw. "Back with your mother, huh, Willy?" he told his friend knowingly, "Feels good, doesn't it? Hopefully I can be with mine again soon." He glanced sideways, seeing Luna and Littlespot swimming alongside their brother. "Great to have him back, isn't it?" he told them knowingly, "I'm counting on your guys to watch over Willy when I'm not here, OK?"

Luna let out a cry of apparent agreement and took a leap out of the water. "Good. Don't let anything happen to him," Jesse urged her. He exhaled contentedly and lay flat on Willy's back, at peace with the world for once. The music from the shore could still be heard behind him, now featuring Neil Diamond and fitting the mood quite well: "Come back again; I want you to stay next time. But sometimes the world ain't kind when people get lost like you and me. I just made a friend; a friend is someone you need. Now that he had to go away, I still feel the words that he might say: turn on your heartlight, let it shine wherever you go. Let it make a happy glow for all the world to see. Turn on your heartlight, in the middle of a young boy's dream. Don't wake me up too soon; going to take a ride across the moon, you and me..."

Willy obligingly took a leap in the air, seemingly into the full moon shining brightly in the sky above. Jesse laughed in delight on the splashdown. "You've got it, Willy. Ride like the wind," he told the whale, resting his head on Willy's head. He glanced to the right at the lights of the city glowing brightly, then to the left at the open ocean, stretching for seemingly miles in the light of the moon and stars. Right now, he couldn't ask for anything more out of life.

He mostly lay still as the whales swam on, soon leaving the lights of the city behind and passing into a deeply wooded section of coastline, with the bright colors of autumn on the trees glistening in the moonlight. The silence was broken only by the whales' exhalations and the splashes of those that chose to leap out of the water during the journey. And his human friends' conversations with their rides. "...tell you the truth, Kago, I've really been lonely a lot lately," Jake was admitting to his new friend, "You're lucky you actually have a brother-yep, I like you too, Kochab," he turned sideways as Kago's brother slapped his tail on the water. "And you're lucky you still have your mom too-I'm assuming that's your mom Kalana there," he pointed at the whale that was swimming in front of Kago, directly alongside Catspaw, "I've been all alone, Kago. And it hurt a lot. I'll always be grateful to Jesse for reaching out to me these last few weeks and introducing me to you and the other whales. Getting to see you guys, it's given me a whole new purpose in life I didn't have before. And you wanting to be friendly with me today's helped a lot in that regard. I understand what Jesse and Willy feel together now, because I think I'm starting to feel the same with you..."

"...I've just felt so lonely, Polaris," Judy was giving a similar confession to Willy's mate on Jesse's right, "Sure, I'm kind of popular in school with a lot of the boys thinking I'm pretty, but I never really was able to connect with anyone before now. My mom never helped either, trying to make me go with kids she thought I'd be good with, even when I felt nothing with them, which was usually how it went. I guess that's part of why I came to love whales; you represent the freedom I've always wanted to have. When I was a little girl, I'd watch the whales swimming in the ocean from my bedroom window, and knew I wanted to be with them when I grew up. That's why I'm so glad I got to be friends with Jesse these last few weeks; he's allowed me to make my dreams comes true, and I'll always be grateful to him for that. This is one of the greatest nights of my life, Polaris, to finally be able to get this up close and personal with you and other whales, knowing I have real friends, that I truly fit in somewhere now..."

Jesse beamed softly, glad that he had been able to help make Jake and Judy's lives that much better. After all the times Dwight had sternly warned him that he needed to make his life count for something, finally it seemed he was doing so. And having Willy be a part of it too made it all the better.

A large part of him wished his ride on his friend would never have to end, much as he knew it would have to. But eventually, after the pod had gone what he guessed was a good fifteen miles north or so, Nekilstlass gave another call and turned around, leading her family back the way they had come. Soon the city reappeared, and before long, the whales had reached the entrance to the marina once more. Jesse checked his watch again: quarter after two in the morning. It had been about an hour and a half out on the ocean-quite possibly the most fulfilling hour and a half of his life. And still plenty of time to get back before the Greenwoods would wake up and know they were gone. "Thanks for having us," he commended Nekilstlass and her family as Willy, Kago, and Polaris started taking he and his human friends back into the marina, "I'd like to do this again some time if it's OK."

Nekilstlass rose up and chattered at him, as if to say she would be glad to do the same as well. "Great. See you soon," Jesse waved goodbye to her. "That was awesome, Willy," he patted his friend on the back, "You and me together out on the ocean, that was one thing I'd always hoped we could do together. Was it worth it, Jake?" he turned to his human friend.

"Absolutely, Jesse," Jake looked thrilled, "I felt like I was liberated out there, like I was truly free."

"Same here, Jake," Judy was just as thrilled. She climbed back up onto the institute's dock once the whales reached it and helped both boys up out of the water. "Let's do that again some time," she gave Polaris a farewell rub.

"Thanks for not letting me drown out there, Kago," Jake gratefully did the same with Kago, a look of trust and respect in his eyes as far as Jesse could see. "Thanks, Willy," he himself bent down and gave Willy a farewell hug, "They both needed this-I think I did too. I've got to go now, but I'll be back soon. I love you, Willy."

Willy exhaled from his blowhole as a farewell blessing and led Kago and Polaris away from the dock. "Bye," Judy waved goodbye to them. "Well, I'm getting tired now," she stifled a yawn, "Might as well head back now."

"I agree," Jesse nodded, exhaustion finally catching up to him. He and his friends climbed back over the fence, mounted their bikes, and pedaled back towards the Greenwoods' house...

...thus not noticing that the guard's car was now parked in front of the institute-or the guard himself coming out the back door, watching them leave. His gaze then turned towards the water, and Willy and his podmates swimming back towards the ocean. "Bingo," he muttered softly, "And thank you, kids, this makes it so much easier for us."

He pulled the keys to the boat out of his pocket and strode towards it. He untied it from the dock and raised the anchor, then entered the cabin and hefted a long thin device attached by a line to the main control panel. He turned it on, making the sound of whale calls fill the air. "Perfect," he nodded, stepping back outside and tossing it into the water. He then dialed his cell phone. "Carl, it's me," he said, starting the boat's engine and pulling out after Willy and the other whales, "I have the whale with the collapsed fin in my sights in the harbor now, and I can hear his pod out in the ocean. I'm going to lead them right to you; where are you now?"


"OK, I'm about to enter the cove now; they're right behind me. They fell for it completely; they think I'm a real killer whale," he continued fifteen minutes later to the bearded man standing on the bow of the largest of a large fleet of boats parked in an isolated cove well away from the city.

"Excellent," his boss commended him, "About how many in the pod?"

"About thirty; we don't have enough space for all of them..."

"We don't need all of them. Just enough to meet all the people Dial said are interested. We'll dispose of the remainder-I see you now," Carl grinned to see the institute's boat enter the cove, with the visible outlines of the whales following it in the moonlight, "Once we're done, remember to take care of things on your end; Dial made it clear he wants them to end up taking the fall for this."

"Dial better pay us well for this, Carl..."

"I don't think you have to worry; a lot of the people he called have really deep pockets. OK, block the way out; we'll handle the rest," Carl hung up. "OK boys, this is it!" he called to his crew, thrusting his hand in the air, which prompted them to switch on several high-powered floodlights, illuminating the whales in the water fully, "Let's rock and roll...!"