Harry swam quickly to Robby's side and let him use his air for a bit. He quickly switched it to himself as the two swam back to their boat. They paused for a moment so Robby could get some air. Harry glanced back at the harpoon. It was already being reeled in. He knew they weren't going to see where it was heading, but hoped that Irene or Stan had. Harry took the air back and they kept swimming. Both broke the water but Harry pushed Robby up first.

Irene saw the ripped hose as she helped him into the boat. "What happened?"

"Someone shot a harpoon at us!" said Harry with a growl as he climbed onboard while Robby peeled off his mask and took in deep gulps of air.

"What?" exclaimed Stan as he helped Harry into the boat.

Harry pointed towards the ICS boat. "We saw a dolphin under that boat and we were wondering if he was trying to get our attention when the harpoon came at us!" He turned to Robby. "We're lucky it just hit a hose!"

"Maybe that was the point," said Robby. "They might not have wanted to kill us, just scare us away."

"It was still a rotten thing to do!" snapped Harry, balling his hands into fists. "They still could have hit you!"

"Harry! Relax, they didn't," said Robby sternly. "And I get you're upset because it happened to me, but I need you to calm down. We don't need a scene right now. We have to go about this calmly."

Harry took a few deep breaths and unclenched his fists. "You're right, but it was still a rotten thing to do."

"It was," agreed Robby. He glanced at Stan and Irene. "Did either of you see a harpoon?"

They shook their heads. "Sorry," said Stan, "we were busy keeping out of sight of Dr. Finski."

"I still think he saw us and waved to us," said Irene, "which might have peaked the suspicions of your harpooner."

"Go figure," mumbled Harry.

Robby sighed. "Then our cover is blown." He then sat up straighter, his eyes widening a bit. "Or maybe not."

Harry blinked. "What do you mean?"

"We are here on vacation," said Robby, a slight smirk spreading on his face.

"Yeah, and?" said Harry.

"We're still tourists, we just don't have to broach the topic about Poipu though."

Harry looked at Robby, realization hitting him. "But if we ask around about the person who nearly got you killed, that could lead us to the person who did." Robby nodded.

""But wouldn't they lie about it?" asked Irene.

"You mean they wouldn't have about Poipu?" asked Harry.

She huffed. "You have a point there."

"I think we should head that way now, it looks like some of them are moving away," said Stan.

Robby nodded as he took off his gear. "Let's. And we should check in with Dr. Finski, maybe he saw something."

Stan nodded. "Got it." Stan turned the boat around and began going after the retreating boats. "Dr. Finiski's first?"

Robby thought for a moment. "Well, I want to, he could have seen something, or someone. He could at least give us an idea of the boats that were out here. But we're going to have to make it quick before they get too far."

"Right," said Stan. He sped up the boat and in a matter of minutes were pulling up to Dr. Finski's boat.

Irene grabbed a hold of the boat as they pulled aside. "Dr. Finski?" There was no answer. She climbed aboard and walked towards the cabin. She knocked on the door. "Dr. Finski?"

The door opened and the scientist looked at her in surprise. "Irene! So I was right! You were on that boat!"

She smiled. "Yes, sorry if we didn't reply to you, we were taking these two out on a tour of Nai'a Bay and wanted to keep an eye on them with all the fishing boats coming in." She indicated Harry and Robby, who waved at him from the boat.

Finski smiled. "Ah, I see. Did Dr. Von Hoffer ask you to do that?"

"Well actually . . ."

"Dr. Von Hoffer and Dr. Cho asked us to find out who speared Poipu," said Stan. "They were looking for any clues when, well . . ."

"Someone shot a harpoon at us and ripped Robby's hose," said Harry with a soft growl.

Finski's eyes widened. "Wh-what? That's, why that's horrible!"

"We were wondering if you saw anything," said Irene.

Finski shook his head. "I'm sorry, I was below getting data from Maile. I wish I had been up here, just to catch the monster!" He paused. "Or monsters."

"Dr. Finski?"

He waved his hand over the sea. "I did notice several of the regular fishing boats were here." His face hardened. "Along with the MacAllisters. I know they have a harpoon. They've brandished it when they threatened me. I do think a couple of the other fishing boats have one too, but most have fishing rods and nets to catch their fish. I bet the MacAllisters were the ones who did it."

"But you didn't see them," said Robby slowly.

Finski sighed and shook his head. "No, I'm sorry. I know it's just speculation and as scientists, we must operate on facts, but they're the only ones I can think of who might even consider doing this."

"He does have a point, they are," said Stan with a slight nod of his head.

"Well then, I guess we're meeting the MacAllisters," said Robby.

Irene turned to Dr. Finski and smiled. "Thanks for all your help."

"I'm afraid it wasn't much," said Finski with a sad look.

"But it might be a start," said Robby with a smile, "and that's all we're looking for."

"I hope it is, and I wish you the best of luck."

"Thanks!" the group chorused with a wave. Irene climbed back on their boat and they were off after the fishing boats.

"Do you know which one's the MacAllister boat?" asked Robby.

Stan scoffed. "It's hard for me not to know. I know what Dr. Finski's talking about with the harpoon, I witnessed them take it out and threaten him with it." He gritted his teeth. "Be ready for a fight."

Harry cracked his knuckles. "I've been ready for one."

"But we'll try to talk first," said Robby firmly. "And attempt to reason with them. Fighting's the last resort."

Stan scoffed. "You don't know these blokes, fighting's the only thing they know."

"We'll still try talking first," said Robby.

"I know, I know, I'm just telling you, be ready for a fight." They continued on without another word. Robby in particular was wondering about what he could say to keep the fighting to a minimum, a zero, if possible. He glanced at Stan and Harry, he just hoped they wouldn't instigate anything.

A few minutes later, they were pulling up to the side of a fishing boat. Two men watched them warily. Then one's eyes widened when he saw Stan at the helm.

"Stan Ho'opi'i?"

"Hi Dan," grumbled Stan.

Dan MacAllister burst out laughing. "Look at this, Brad! They got Stan Ho'opi'i out on tour duty today!" He looked at Irene. "And he roped you into it too, huh, honey?"

Irene crossed her arms. "That's for me to know, and for you to never find out."

Brad, the other man on the boat, scoffed. "Dan, don't bother trying to sweet talk her, those Marshalls think they're so high and mighty."

Irene growled. "You guys are so gross. My sisters said no because they don't like you, that's all there is to it." She placed her hands on her hips. "Now did you shoot a harpoon at these two while they were diving?"

The Macallisters glanced between each other before looking quizzically at the group. "Huh?"

Stan huffed. "They were underwater looking at the coral reefs when a harpoon ripped a hole in a hose. Did you do that?"

Brad stood up and crossed his arms. "Are you accusing us of trying to kill them?"

Robby quickly stood up. "No, I'm not." Everyone looked at him. "It just as easily could have been an accident. We just want to know who did it and see if we can prevent it in the future."

Dan cocked his head. "You sound like a reasonable young fellow. How'd you end up getting stuck with these two for tour guides?"

Harry waved his hand dismissively. "Long story, but, uh, about that harpoon?"

"We never used it," said Brad.

Stan blinked. "What?"

"What's the matter, boy, thought you could pin something on us?" sneered Brad. Stan growled.

"Like Brad said, we never used it," said Dan. He bent over and picked up a harpoon gun. "But if you don't back away . . ."

"Pointing the harpoon gun at us makes it seem like you did, don't you think?" said Robby calmly.

Dan blinked before gently lowering the gun to the floor. "Yeah, um, sorry about that." He ran his fingers through his sandy brown hair. "It's just these ICS people get under my skin."

"So I've noticed," said Robby, realizing he needed to tread lightly. But he was really glad that no one said he was the grandson of Jacob Von Hoffer or this could get nasty real quick. "So, just to clarify, you didn't use the harpoon gun today, at all?"

Both brothers shook their heads. "When I just picked it up was the only time we touched it all week," said Dan.

"Not even to scare away a dolphin, or a shark?" asked Harry. Robby smiled. Good way of asking that question.

Brad shook his head. "No, why should we do that? The dolphins and the sharks leave us alone for the most part."

"And if they are in the way, well, we've got a boat, we'll go find another place to fish," said Dan. He waved his hand to indicate the sea. "I mean, we've got with the rest of the fishing boats out here." He then glared at Stan and Irene. "Which is why we don't like ICS, they're planning on taking away our fishing spots!"

"We are not here about that," said Robby. "That I think, would be best talked about with the heads of ICS. Right now, we want to get to the bottom of this harpoon incident. Was there anyone else you noticed that had a harpoon?"

The brothers shook their heads. "Nah, just about everyone uses their lines and nets to fish. I know there are a couple of other fishers with harpoon guns, but no one really uses them," said Brad.

Dan did rub his chin. "But, you remember there was a boat out there that we didn't recognise, right, Brad?"

Brad looked at his brother and nodded. "Yeah, yeah that guy was a weirdo."

"You've never seen him before?" asked Robby.

"Nope," the brothers said in unison.

"Hard to miss him, that's for sure," said Brad. "Red hair, full beard, long black coat." He paused. "You alright, kid?"

Robby had blanched. Brad didn't have to continue with the description, he knew right away who he was talking about. The image of the man blazed within his brain, and he wanted him gone, but it looked like it wasn't going to be easy. "I-I saw him, just last night," he whispered.

"You know him?" asked Dan.

Robby shook his head. "I've never seen him before in my life, but he took an interest when we mentioned ICS to the host."

Harry glanced at Robby. "But we know who's behind all this now, and it's him for sure. You were right to keep an eye on him."

"Behind all this?" asked Dan. "Behind all what?"

Robby sighed. "Jack Storm's been missing, and an injured dolphin came into the ICS yesterday with a harpoon wound."

Harry crossed his arms. "And quite a few people have been thinking it was you two."

Brad and Dan crossed their own arms. "Is that so?" asked Brad, looking pointedly at Stan.

"Yes, but now that that's all cleared up," said Robby, "I think we should head in and tell the police all this. You wouldn't mind talking to them?"

"We'll do it," said Dan, shooting a glance at Stan and Irene, "if just to prove that we're not as bad as these guys make us out to be."

"Well, you know, you two weren't exactly helping either," quipped Harry.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Dan.

"You were coming off pretty wild back there yourself, you know. Like you were just looking for a fight and not showing much concern for anyone but yourselves," replied Harry. "Least of all the ocean."

"Well, it might help if they weren't trying to take away our jobs," mumbled Brad.

"Have you actually sat down and talked with them about it?" asked Robby.

"No," mumbled Dan.

"Maybe you should. Who knows, you might be able to come to an agreement. Apparently they have with Uncle Billy."

"The old geezer isn't fishing for, well, fish, though," said Brad.

"But he still sat down with them and they came to an agreement. Now, what do you say? Will you sit down and talk too?"

Brad and Dan glanced at each other before looking at Robby. "Fine," said Brad with a sigh, "we'll sit down and talk with them, but only if you're there."

Robby held out his hand with a smile. "Deal."

Brad shook hands with him. "Deal. What's your name anyhow?"

"And how did you get stuck with these two?" asked Dan.

"I'm Robby Hoenig, and I'm Jacob Von Hoffer's grandson."

Brad's and Dan's eyes widened. "What?" They started to stiffen.

"Oh don't worry, Robby will keep it fair. We don't want any lectures either," quipped Harry. The MacAllisters blinked. But Robby snorted, and that set them off.

"Oh, alright, if you promise to keep it fair," began Brad.

"I promise," said Robby firmly.

"Then we'll sit down and talk," said Brad.

"And maybe you could keep an eye out for that guy?" wondered Harry. "It sounds like no one knows who he is, unless the police have found something by now, and he's hard to miss."

Dan nodded. "You got it."

Robby smiled. "Thanks guys!"

"Well, I think we'd better head back," said Stan. "We've found out all we can. Um, thanks."

"What's that you said?" asked Dan.

"Don't rub it in," said Irene.

"What? It's not everyday someone from ICS thanks us," said Dan.

"It's not exactly a good foot to start on, either," remarked Robby.

"Alright, fine, see you kids around," said Dan with a wave of his hand.

"We'll be in touch," said Brad.

"See you later then," said Robby with a wave before Stan pulled away from their boat and sped towards Uncle Billy's dock.

"So, it's been that red-headed guy this whole time," said Harry. "Can I just call him pirate? It's easier than saying red-headed guy, and it seems to fit."

"You know, it does," said Robby thoughtfully.

"But how does it all tie together?" asked Stan.

"Maybe once the police nab that pirate, we could find out," said Harry. "Or Jack, whoever we find first."

"But before that, we need to get this information to Chief Lam," said Robby. "I so hope they find that guy soon, or more people and animals could get hurt."

(Author's Note: Welcome back to Robby's and Harry's adventure/mystery! We're going to have a bit of a breather, and the characters too, before things start getting hectic. Hope you enjoy this chapter! Next week is going to be equally as off as we're hoping to be in a house by that time and we'll be moving things while my mom is working. So things are going to be tight, but I will get it done. I'll let you know by Wednesday if I'm taking next week off. Oh, and I realized I didn't clarify in yesterday's post, I'm posting two chapters total. So today's two chapters, and then a chapter for each book after for now. But like I said, I'll let you know on Wednesday for sure if I'll take next week off as well. Thanks for your patience during this time, and I hope you had a wonderful weekend! God bless!)