I swam as fast as I could toward the Whale Wash with Lino not far behind me. I turned around to see swimming at me as fast as his tail could carry him. I tried to swim faster but I couldn't. But as we got closer to the Whale Wash, there was a long line of whales waiting to be washed.
"Move! Everybody outta the way!" I shouted.
Everybody began to panic as they saw me coming with a shark after me. Ernie and Bernie yelled and swam off. The whales started to swim away as well.
I frantically swam into the Whale Wash and grabbed one of the gears.
"Come on Lino, it's time to clean up your act."
He swam toward me, but I pulled a little switch and bubbles flew out at him. He yelled in surprise and coughed as bubbles surrounded him.
"Pop leave him alone!" I heard Lenny shout. I didn't know where he was but I'm guessing he was gonna try and stop his dad from killing me.
I pulled the emergency lever in attempt to catch Lino. I couldn't see him anymore because of all the bubbles, but hopefully this would work.
"All right Lino. Game's over!" I looked around and saw Angie trapped in a bubble; maybe she could get herself out of that.
I saw a head thrash around trying to get the bubbles out of their face. I looked a little closer and saw that I didn't trap Lino, I trapped Lenny.
"Lenny? What are you doing in there?" I asked.
"Sorry." He said.
"Where's Lino?"
I heard a low growl behind me.
"He's right behind isn't he?"
"Your mine now!"
I screamed in terror and bolted away. I quickly dodged a couple things and headed for the other end of the Whale Wash.
Then more bubbles shot outta nowhere.
"Whoa!" I shouted as I was flown into the air.
I landed where I had just come from. I looked ahead and saw Lenny trying to squeeze his way out of the machinery. I also saw a plan to trap Lino.
"Let's finish this Sharkslayer!" I heard Lino yell to me.
"Oh, we're about to!"
I swam back toward Lenny and just barely missed Lino's jaws. I swam through the machinery toward the controls. Lino got stuck in the machine and I swam for the controls, or more like rolled there. I jumped in the booth and frantically began pulling levers. He was eventually trapped in everything, but I looked just to be sure. Yup, he wasn't getting outta that anytime soon. Then a toothbrush came outta nowhere and Lino got a little brushing. Then headphone guy shows up and put a freshener on his snout.
"Thank you for coming to Whale Wash." He said.
Annoyed, Lino blew it and the bubbles away.
I just floated between Lenny and Lino as they looked at each other.
"Ok! Somebody needs to get needs to get me out of the bubble, today!" I heard Angie say.
I looked up at her and popped the bubble. She fell into my fins and started to feel a little nervous.
"Angie..."
"The Sharkslayer has done it again!" Katie Current said as she shoved a microphone into my face and shoved Angie away. "This time, luring two sharks into his death-trap of hygiene!"
Angie began to disappear into the crowd. I tried to get her attention but I guess she was either ignoring me, or she couldn't hear me.
"Oscar, you're the somebody everybody wants to be. The top of the food chain. Tell our cameras how it feels to be you."
I just ignored Katie and kept trying to get Angie's attention.
"Angie!"
"Oscar get me outta here quick!" Lenny said. "I need to get a head start so I can get as far away as possible!"
I'm guessing he still didn't want to go back to his dad.
"Look what you did to him!" Lino yelled.
"What no! It's all a big misunderstanding!" I said trying to reason with him.
"Sharkslayer! Over here."
Everybody began to chant Sharkslayer. That's it! I couldn't take it anymore!"
"Stop! I am not a real Sharkslayer!"
That got everybody's attention.
I slumped down in defeat.
"I lied."
"What?"
"And I'm not a real financial advisor!" Crazy Joe shouted.
"Ok." I said in confusion.
I cleared my throat and began to tell what really happened.
"It was an anchor that killed Frankie. I didn't have anything to do with it and neither did Lenny."
"Well then if that was true why did you run away?" Lino asked his son.
I turned and listen to see what Lenny had to say.
"Because you always wanted me to be like Frankie. I'll never be the shark you want me to be." Lenny admitted.
"What is your problem?" I asked Lino. "So your son likes kelp. So his best friend is a fish. So he likes to dress like dolphin. So what?"
I swam back towards Lenny.
"Everybody loves him just the way he is." I said rubbing his head.
"Why can't you?"
Lino looked as if he was about to cry.
"Don't make the same mistake that I did. I didn't know what I had, until I lost it."
Lenny smiled a little at his father with hope in his eyes.
"Will you get me outta this. So I can hug my kid, and tell him I'm sorry." Lino asked.
"Pop." Lenny said.
I looked at them and finally let them go.
"Come here you." Lino said.
Lenny happily swan towards him and hugged him while Lino did the same.
"I love you Son, no matter what you eat, or how you dress." Lino said to Lenny.
Lenny looked joyfully at his dad and rested his head on his shoulder.
I was glad I got things right with them, but I still wanted to make things up with Angie.
"Oscar?"
"Angie?"
She seemed happy that I finally admitted the truth. I swam down to her level and sighed.
"Angie, I wish I knew now what I knew then. I mean, I wish you knew, what I knew, ah I mean before this…"
"You're blowing it man!" Crazy Joe yelled.
"Mind your business alright? It's emotional and it's pressure!" I yelled back.
Then I turned my attention back towards Angie.
"What I'm saying, I just…I didn't need the top of the reef. Everything I wanted was right there in front of me the whole time."
"Well what about being a somebody?" She asked.
"I'm nobody without you."
She smiled at me and I smiled back, and it would have been a romantic moment if two puppets hadn't interrupted.
Crazy Joe made it look like they were kissing as he made smooch noises.
I giggled nervously.
"Not helping."
"Oh come here ya big dumb, dummy-head."
She grabbed me in surprise and kissed me. I just grabbed her back and I enjoyed every second of it.
"Angie." I said as we pulled away.
"Yes?"
"I'm really sorry, about everything."
"I know you are."
I felt very happy, but maybe I could ask a little favor from Lino.
"So, uh, Lino… uh, Don…" I shuttered as me and Angie swam up to him and Lenny.
"We cool right? I mean like the reef is safe? Walk the streets without aaah. You know?"
He looked at me but he seemed to know what I was saying.
"Yeah, we're cool."
"Oscar? Excuse me. Oscar. lost everything you lied so hard to achieve. Tell me what's next for you?" Katie asked.
It didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted. Because I knew exactly what I wanted.
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