Disclaimer: I don't own the 2004 animated film Shark Tale and all rights goes to DreamWorks Animation SKG. Shark Tale has been one of my favorite movies since my childhood, and it still is today. I've enjoyed that movie many times since I was a kid, and I still enjoy it today. Since I love the movie so much, I decided to do a whole retelling of the movie that is called When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie with new characters, new scenes, and different dialogue, and my OC belongs to me. Oh, and by the way, please enjoy the retelling of the movie and please review. Also, you can follow and/or favor the retelling if you want to. Please enjoy and share your thoughts and opinions of the retelling of the movie :)
When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie
Chapter 8: An Unexpected Meeting
During the night, in the field of kelp, Lenny and Teresa are both still staying there due to their estrangement with Don Lino, and they are still very frightened about the Sharkslayer and they are doing the best they can to hide from him just as they are now checking outside of the field to see if he's anywhere around. Suddenly, they both heard some rustling noises from some of the kelp elsewhere in the field, causing them to become very surprised and begin searching around the field in separate ways while they hoped it wasn't the Sharkslayer at all.
Soon, Lenny suddenly notices a mysterious figure in the field in the distance which causes him to become filled with surprise, and he quickly notices that it turns out to be Oscar who is also in the field and looking through most of the kelp in the distance. Lenny is relieved to see him, and begins to wonder what he was doing in the field. So, he begins swimming towards him, and he also decides to help him out since he thinks that the Sharkslayer must be around somewhere in the field while he is completely unaware that Oscar and the Sharkslayer are the same person.
Meanwhile, Oscar kept looking through most of the kelp in the field, and he because he's pretending to look for the some of the members of the great white shark mafia in the field of kelp who has been seen approaching the reef , and he is unable to find them, much to his relief.
"Well, it looks like there are no sharks around here," said Oscar. "The Sharkslayer declares this to be a shark-free zone. Patrol's over. Now it's time to go back to the penthouse and…"
Suddenly, Oscar's relief didn't last that long when two shadows appeared from under him, causing him to become filled with surprise. He quickly looks up and sees two members of the mafia swimming above, and he becomes very frightened and quickly hides behind some of the kelp in the field. The two mobsters swim over the field without even noticing Oscar is now hiding in the field of help, and they are looking for Lenny and Teresa so they could bring them back to the RMS Titanic since the other members of the mafia are still looking for them everywhere.
"Lenny! Teresa!" great white shark mobster #1 called out."Where the heck are those two? LENNY! TERESA!" great white shark mobster #1.
Great white shark mobster #2 quickly smacks great white shark mobster #1 in the head. "Hey! What are you doing? Remember that there's a Sharkslayer around here. You wanna be next?"
"Oh, yeah." said great white shark mobster #1. He began whispering. "Lenny! Teresa! Lenny! Teresa!"
Great white shark mobster #2 groaned in annoyance, and he and great white shark mobster #1 swims over the field and continues to search for Lenny and Teresa, and Oscar checks from some of the kelp and quickly notices the two members of the mafia have already left, causing him to become greatly relieved again.
"Oh, that was close." said Oscar.
"Super close." said Lenny. Oscar suddenly, becomes filled with surprise, and slowly looks up and notices Lenny is now right behind him. "Don't panic." Oscar nervously smiles for a moment and then he screams loudly in fear, but Lenny quickly covers his mouth and grabs him in his other fin. Lenny carries Oscar and takes him to another part in the field while he shushes him. "Quiet. It's just me. We're safe."
Oscar gets Lenny's fin off of his mouth while he was now in his grasp. "Oh, no. Not you again. You're that same shark from before."
"Yeah. And you're that same fish from before too." said Lenny. He suddenly yelps in fear while he holds onto Oscar. "Oh, my gosh! What was that?!"
"Hey! Yo! What is with you, man?" asked Oscar just as he got out of Lenny's grasp.
Lenny shushed Oscar. "He could be anywhere around here."
Oscar suddenly gasped in fear. "Who?"
Lenny shushed Oscar again just as he covered his mouth again and grabbed him again. "The Sharkslayer."
Oscar scoffed just as he got out of Lenny's grasp again. "Man, you must be tripping. There's no Sharkslayer around here."
Lenny chucked. "Yes, there is."
Oscar imitated Lenny's chuckle. "No, there is not. Trust me on this one."
"Get a hold of yourself, man! This is no time to act crazy!" exclaimed Lenny.
"Hey, you're the one who's acting crazy, crazy!" exclaimed Oscar. "Besides, you're always sneaking up on me and stuff. What's wrong with you anyway?"
"Oh, you're absolutely right. I'm so sorry about that." apologized Lenny. "I haven't been myself since the…the…the…" He suddenly began shedding tears. "Please, Lenny, don't cry..."
Lenny turns away from Oscar and heads to a large sea sponge where he lays down on it and begins crying just as he is still very depressed about Frankie's death, and he still blames himself for his death even though it wasn't his own fault.
Oscar quickly becomes greatly concerned about him Lenny, and then he quickly notices Teresa appeared from out of some of the kelp just as he begins wondering who she is. Teresa suddenly notices Lenny crying on the large sea sponge, causing her to become greatly concerned about him. She quickly swims up to him and begins comforting him.
"Hey, Lenny, are you alright" asked Teresa.
"No, Teresa. I'm not alright. Not at all." said Lenny. "Because…you know…when Frankie passed away. I'm to blame for it."
"Lenny, it wasn't really your fault." said Teresa.
Oscar watched Lenny continue to cry and Teresa continued comforting him just as he became even more concerned, and then he decides to comfort Lenny and swims up right in front of him as well as Teresa, and he attempts to calm him down while Teresa quickly notices him, much to her surprise.
"Hey, it's not all that. Just relax." said Oscar.
"Wait a minute, you're that fish from before." said Teresa. "Did you see the Sharkslayer around here?"
"No, I haven't seen him, and he isn't around here either." said Oscar.
"Well, maybe he is around here somewhere." said Teresa. "Also, do you need some help?"
"Thank you, but no thank you." said Oscar. "Also, I already told you that the Sharkslayer isn't anywhere around here."
"Oh, it's all my fault." said Lenny just as he continued to cry. "Kinda…not really…but still. Our brother…"
"Lenny, for the last time. You weren't really responsible for his death." said Teresa just as she continued to comfort Lenny.
"She's absolutely right." said Oscar. "Look, you just need to calm down, and things are gonna work."
"You really think so?" asked Lenny.
"Yeah." said Oscar. "So, look, um…I'm just gonna leave…and you and the other shark should just go home, okay?"
"Okay." said Lenny.
"Alright." said Teresa.
"Good luck, you two. Bye." said Oscar.
Oscar then begins leaving the field, but Lenny quickly grabs him again while Teresa follows him, and the two siblings begin to insist that he should help them out with finding a home since they're unable to return to their home since their relationship with their father is strained.
"Wait!" said Lenny.
"What, man?" asked Oscar.
"Um…you didn't tell us your name." said Lenny.
"My name is Oscar." Oscar introduced himself.
"My name is Lenny. Hi." Lenny introduced himself.
"Hi." Oscar greeted. He then turns to Teresa. "And who's she?"
"My name is Teresa, and I'm Lenny's sister." Teresa introduced herself. "Salutations."
"Where do you live?" asked Lenny.
"Lenny, where do I exactly come from is Southside Reef." said Oscar. "It's a place where little fish just like me don't like to get grabbed by big sharks just like you, okay?" He continues to get out of Lenny's grasp again.
"Oh, sorry about that, Oscar." apologized Lenny.
"Now, go home! And that goes for your sister too!" said Oscar.
"Well, I would like to go home, but I can't," said Teresa. "That's
'cause I'm accompanying Lenny. He already decided to leave home and he doesn't want to go back, and I wouldn't let him leave home by himself."
"What she just said is true." said Lenny. "There is no home for us anymore. Don't you understand that?"
Oscar manages to get out of Lenny's grasp again, and then he swims away from Lenny as well as Teresa. The two siblings begin following him around right after they have decided that he should help them out with finding a place to stay.
"You're too big to be grabbing on to me like this!" said Oscar.
Lenny swam right up in front of Oscar along with Teresa. "Please, Oscar, take us home with you and we began thinking that you can help us."
Oscar shushes Lenny and Teresa just as he continues to swim away from them. "What?! I'm so sorry, but I can't help you two out and I really can't take you two with me."
"But c'mon. You won't even notice that we're there." said Lenny just as he quickly grabbed on Oscar's tail-fin and Oscar quickly broke free from his fin. "Look, we'll be like the invisible sharks." Lenny covered his eyes for a moment, and then he took his fins off of his eyes and stared at Oscar.
"Are you CRAZY?!" asked Oscar.
"PLEASE, MY SISTER AND I ARE BEGGING YOU! PLEASE, DON'T LEAVE US OUT HERE ALL ALONE!" begged Lenny just as he began shedding tears.
"We really need your help, and we have nowhere else to go right now." said Teresa. "Also, I can't stand to see my brother like this."
Oscar looks around for a minute, and wonders why he is with the two siblings anyway. He then stares at Lenny who shedded tears and Teresa who gives him a pleading expression, and he becomes very awkward, and gently rubbed Lenny on his head to calm him down just as he stopped shedding tears and wiped them from his eyes, and he gently rubbed Teresa on her cheek to help her calm down as well just as she stopped staring at him with a pleading expression. Also, Oscar shushes them in annoyance.
"Will you both please be quiet?!" asked Oscar.
"Hey, hey, hey, Oscar, just calm down," said Teresa.
"No, you guys need to calm down 'cause we could get caught so easily if you don't shut your mouths!" Oscar yelled.
"Yo! This is the po-po! Put your fins on the wall where I could see them!" said a peculiar voice.
Oscar suddenly became filled with shock and quickly pushed the two siblings to a nearby wall to hide them from the police, and he quickly went right behind the wall along with them to hide from them as well. He then then went around the wall to see the police while the two siblings kept hiding right behind the wall, and quickly discovered that it wasn't really the police but it was actually the six Shorties who were spray painting on the wall with their spray paint cans and they noticed him right around the corner of the wall.
"Gotcha!" said the six Shorties.
"Hey, Shorties." Oscar greeted.
"Hey, Oscar." the six shorties greeted.
"What are you guys doing here in the middle of the night?" asked Oscar just as he swam up to six three shorties.
"Check out our new artwork, homie." said Khalil.
"Whoomp, there it is," said the six Shorties.
The six Shorties show Oscar their graffiti artwork on the wall which is a muscular version of himself wearing a cap sideways, a chain, a belt, wielding a sword, riding on a great white shark with a chain in his mouth, and has the logo that is called Sharkslayer. Oscar becomes very amazed upon seeing the graffiti artwork of himself that was made by the six Shorties while the two siblings continue hiding right behind the wall without making a sound.
"How do you like the artwork? What do you think?" said LaToya.
"Whoa! It is very impressive. It's so awesome. You kids have some great skills in graffiti artwork." said Oscar.
"Yeah, it's one of best graffiti artwork we ever made. It's wild style." said DeShawn.
"Hey, wait a minute! What did I tell you kids? Have you kids forgotten what I told you from before?" asked Oscar. "You kids shouldn't be doing graffiti since it's vandalism which is against the law. And besides, it's not safe to swim around the streets during the nighttime since sharks could be committing crimes, causing trouble, and could kill and eat anybody like you kids."
"Oh, yes it is now, and that's 'cause you're the Sharkslayer." said Nicole.
Lenny and Teresa listened to Oscar's conversation with the Shorties while they continue to hide right behind the wall, and upon hearing that the Shorties said that Oscar was the Sharkslayer, they eventually learn that Oscar and the Sharkslayer are the same person which made them very surprised, even when they first met him.
"What did those kids say?" asked Lenny.
"Wait a minute. Is Oscar really the Sharkslayer?" asked Teresa.
"Huh? What was that?" asked Tyrone.
Oscar began pretending to cough in order to cover up Lenny and Teresa. "Sometimes I would be coughing for nothing 'cause I have some allergies." He continued to pretend to cough for a moment and then stopped. "Look, I need you three kids to get off of these streets. It's time for y'all to go home now."
"Aw, c'mon, Oscar, can we stay here for a little longer?" asked Jordan.
"I'm sorry, but it's getting late," said Oscar. "Also, I know each of your parents, and I'll be telling them that you're doing bad stuff such as vandalism."
Khalil then quickly smiles. "Hey, I know, guys, let's go to Fish King and have some burgers, fries, and shakes, y'all. Bye, Oscar. See ya later, doo."
The six Shorties then leave and begin heading to Fish King while Oscar watches them leave and waved bye to them and quickly went back to Lenny and Teresa right behind the wall who were very surprised upon learning that he and the Sharkslayer are the same person.
"Yo, Lenny, Teresa, did you two see what just happened there?" asked Oscar.
"Yeah, we did. They think that you're really the Sharkslayer!" said Lenny. "As if!" He began laughing.
Oscar frowned. "I don't appreciate your funky tone, actually." He turned and began swimming away.
Lenny followed Oscar along with Teresa. "No! Wait up! Hey, I'm sorry. I really don't want you to be mad at me…and I certainly don't want you to…" he laughed. "...slay me and my sister since we're sharks." He continued to laugh.
"You're having a good time? You're enjoying yourself?" asked Oscar.
Lenny tried to stop laughing. "No, it's just that you're a little fish. So, you slaying a shark couldn't have happened." said Lenny just as he continued to try to stop laughing.
"Hey! It could happen." said Oscar.
"You know, I think Lenny has a point, and I strongly agree with him." said Teresa. "Fish are usually afraid of sharks and they get eaten by them sometimes, and they wouldn't even dare to take on a shark until one of them is willing to do so which is you and it couldn't have been possible. So, you're really the Sharkslayer just like you just said you are?"
"Well, for your information, I am the Sharkslayer," said Oscar. "Oscar the Sharkslayer, the hero of Southside Reef." That's what everybody are saying about me."
"Are you sure about that, hero?" asked Teresa. "You didn't attempt to slay me or Lenny when we first met you, and it looks like you don't even slay sharks at all."
Lenny stared at Oscar. "Wait a minute. You mean you..."
"Yeah." said Oscar.
"Especially when the anchor…" said Lenny. He then gasped in complete shock. "Oh, you're a liar!"
"Oh, my gosh!" said Teresa just as she became filled with shock. "You made up a whole story about killing our brother Frankie."
"Hey, wait a minute, I didn't lie, alright?" said Oscar. Lenny and Teresa both stared at Oscar. "Alright, I lied. But it was a little lie. C'mon, who's gonna be hurt by it anyway?"
Upon learning that Oscar took credit for killing Frankie and thinks that his lie won't cause any harm at all, Teresa suddenly becomes very concerned about it since she is completely aware that nothing good would come from lying, and that it would have serious consequences.
"Actually…your lie can do those kinds of things, Oscar." said Teresa. It could end up causing more harm than good. Also, even though you told a little lie, that little lie can turn into a big lie sooner or later. I mean, a really big lie.
"Well, what you just told me is true, but there's nothing to worry about." said Oscar.
"Yes, there is. Look, it's just gonna do nothing but..." said Teresa just as she tried to explain, but Oscar suddenly interrupted her.
"Anyway, I'm not explaining myself to you two," said Oscar. "You know what? You two are on your own. I'll be leaving now." He began swimming away from Lenny and Teresa.
"Hey, wait, you still can't just leave us out here all by ourselves." said Teresa. "We still need a place to stay, and we still can't go back to our home."
"I'm sorry, but it's your own problem, not mine," said Oscar. "You guys can help yourselves with that. Bye."
"Alright, man, no problem at all." said Lenny. "And if God forbids…somebody should…oh, we don't know…find out the truth about the Sharkslayer on our way back."
"You two wouldn't." said Oscar.
"Oh, we would." said Lenny.
Oscar stared at the two siblings who began smirking at him, and he quickly realized that they would tell the truth that he lied about killing a shark. Also, he is afraid that if they told somebody the truth, he will become a laughingstock to everybody in the reef and become a nobody again. So, Oscar finally decides to help them out with a place to stay just as he smiled at them.
"Oh, come here." said Oscar just as Lenny and Teresa smiled back at him. He gently rubbed Lenny's snout while he chuckled. "Of course you two can come with me." He turned to Teresa and gently rubbed her cheek. "You guys don't have to worry about being left out here all alone and I just changed my mind. Also, you two are sharks and I'm a Sharkslayer. He went to a nearby entrance of the sewers along with Lenny and Teresa, and he opened the lid of the entrance with Lenny's help. "So, we can't be seen together. You dig, dogs?"
"Yes, we understand that very much." said Teresa
"Hey, I like being called a dog, and it's a really good name and it suits most people pretty well." said Lenny. "Dig. Dog. Dog dig. Dig dog. Dog dig. Dig dog. Dog dig. Dig dog. Yo, diggy dog."
"Just stop fooling around and just c'mon." said Oscar.
Oscar went into the sewer along with Lenny and Teresa, and Lenny closes the entrance of the sewer. They begin traveling in the sewer together, and while they do so, Teresa is very concerned about how Oscar's lie would end up causing nothing but trouble.
Meanwhile, at the RMS Titanic during nighttime, Luca and Yvette are having a conversation with the two members of the mafia about how Lenny and Teresa still haven't been found yet and still expect them to keep searching for them in one of the hallways, and they are now being concerned about Don Lino. Then, they begin heading to his office to inform him about what they just learned.
At the office, Don Lino is sitting at his desk and staring at the photo frame of him and his family just as he was shedding tears, and he is still very devasted over the loss of his oldest child and his two younger children are still missing. He still vows to get revenge on the Sharkslayer for killing Frankie and he already misses his three children very much as well as he hoped that his wife would somehow recover from leukemia in the hospital. Soon, Luca and Yvette enter his office.
"Boss, there is something you need to tell you, and it's very important." said Luca. "It's about Lenny and Teresa, and those two still haven't been found yet.
"Then where those two could be?" asked Don Lino.
"We don't know," said Yvette. "We've already been informed that they're still doing the best they can to find them."
"Well, I hope they're alright and I hope that they'll be eventually found by my mafia sooner or later." said Don Lino. "We must have hope, and I still want my revenge on the Sharkslayer. I've already come up with a plan to do so, and it's sending some of my guys to find him and take him out which they're gonna be lead by you, Luca. But first, I still need you two to get me Sykes so I could learn more about him. Did you two get him yet?"
"Well, we were gonna get him…but we forgot all about it." said Luca. "That's 'cause we've been so focused on searching for Lenny and Teresa. Sorry, boss."
"Oh, you two don't have to apologize to me." said Don Lino. "Being busy with searching for my two kids is very important as much as it's very important planning to get revenge. So, I'm gonna phone call Sykes instead. You two can leave my office now."
Then, Don Lino's two henchmen leave his office while he is now preparing to call Sykes on his phone so he could begin asking him questions about the Sharkslayer in order to get revenge on him for killing Frankie, and he continued staring at the photo of him and his family and he warmly embraced it just as he was still very depressed. His expression became very angry just as he stopped embracing the photo frame, and he picks up his telephone, dials Sykes' phone number, and waits for him to answer.
Back at the reef, Oscar slowly cracked the lid open and looks left and right on the road, and quickly discovers that there's nobody there, much to his relief. Also, he notices the storage warehouse of the Whale Wash where all of the cleaning supplies that are using by the employees are stored in, and he decides that it should be the perfect place for the two siblings to stay at since most of the locations in the reef are too small for their size and they're unable to fit inside them due to being big sea creatures.
"Alright, Lenny and Teresa. The coast is clear." whispered Oscar. "Follow my every move, and don't make a sound."
"Yes, Oscar. We got it." whispered Teresa.
"For sure, man." whispered Lenny. He suddenly heard his own echo in the sewer, much to his own delight. "Ooh, an echo. Echo!" He heard some more echoes in the sewer. "Now batting for the sharks of Southside Reef…" Oscar suddenly hits Lenny. "OW! Hey, it's not okay to hit!"
Then, Oscar quickly gets out of the sewer, and signals the two siblings to come along with him. Teresa attempts to go through the exit, but she ends up getting stuck and Oscar quickly manages to pull her out. Lenny attempts to go through the excit, but he ends up getting stuck and Oscar attempts to pull him out, but he and the two siblings suddenly heard the sound of dolphin police sirens, causing them to become greatly surprised and Oscar quickly manages to pull Lenny out. He and the two siblings quickly went around the corner of an alley where they hid themselves from the police.
Oscar checked around the corner, and he saw a police officer swimming by just as he did some patroling during the nighttime. He and the two siblings, and he signals them to keep following his every move without being noticed by anybody which they agreed to do so. Suddenly, they heard some more sounds of sirens in the distance, and they do the best they can without getting caught by the police since they are doing routine patrol. They begin traveling throughout the streets, and they hide in the other alleys from the police. Soon, they have managed to avoid getting caught by them just as they continued travelling and managed to reach the storage warehouse.
Oscar swam across the street and went to the storage warehouse where he pressed the button and opened the sliding door so Lenny and Teresa could be able to get inside since they are too big to go through the door which is the entrance. He signals them to come to the storage warehouse without making a sound which they agreed to do so. Teresa swam across the street and went to the storage warehouse quietly, and Lenny swam across the street and went to the Whale Wash storage warehouse quietly. However, he suddenly trips on the steps of an apartment building on his tail-fin, causing him to roll out across the street and crash into various objects, making a lot of noise in the process, and Oscar becomes very annoyed with him while Teresa becomes filled with surprise and shock.
"Get your tail-fin in this warehouse with your sister immediately!" said Oscar in annoyance.
"Oh, my gosh! Lenny, are you alright?" asked Teresa.
"Yeah, Sis. I think so." answered Lenny. "Also, do you think anybody heard those noises?" He accidentally smashed his head on the bottom of the sliding door. "Ow, ow, ow!"
The two siblings both went through the sliding door and went inside the storage warehouse together while Lenny rubbed his head in pain and Teresa comforted him, and Oscar was greatly annoyed by Lenny and he was about to go inside the storage warehouse until Crazy Joe comes out of the dumpster and looked very surprised and confused.
"Who was that? Huh? Hey! Who's out there?" asked Crazy Joe.
"Yo! Crazy Joe!" Oscar greeted.
"Hey, Oscar." Crazy Joe greeted. "I thought I heard something. Did you get those sharks?"
"Oh…you have no idea, Joe." said Oscar.
"That's great news," said Crazy Joe. "Well, I gotta go now. One of my favorite shows is on."
Crazy Joe went inside his shell and began watching the comedy TV show known as The Benny Hill Show while he was laughing like crazy.
Oscar heard Crazy Joe enjoying The Benny Hill Show, and then went inside the storage warehouse and closed the sliding door. Inside, he hopes that they still won't get caught together at all. The two siblings looked around the inside of the storage warehouse, and they were greatly amazed by it and saw the many cleaning supplies that were used by the many employees.
"Alright, you two. We're safe. For now." said Oscar. "So, you two are gonna be staying here."
The two siblings keep looking around the inside of the storage warehouse and then they both find two rows of eight crates which they quickly decide to use as their own beds and four rolls of bubble wrap on the ground which they quickly decide to use as their own pillows while they are both at staying at the storage warehouse together. They laid down on the crates and use the bubble wrap just as they begin relaxing themselves.
"Oh, this feels so cozy," said Lenny. "Snuggly, buggly, wuggly." said Lenny. He suddenly saw Oscar swimming past him and Teresa, and he smiled at him and quickly grabbed him in his fins again. "Oh, we love you so much, man."
"Lenny! Hey, hold up!" exclaimed Oscar.
Lenny then gives Oscar the noogie which caused him to laugh so hard while Teresa giggled. "Since you were kind to us and helped us out with finding a place to stay, we would like to be your new best friend."
"STOP IT!" exclaimed Oscar just as he got out of Lenny's grasp again. "Okay, you two wanna become my new best friends? Alright, I'm okay with it, and I'll become your best friends too. But we need to lay down some rules. Rule number one: no snuggly, buggly…whatever that just was. Rule number two: no giving me the noogie."
"You got it. Anything else?" asked Lenny.
"Yeah. Rule number three, and this is the most important rule." said Oscar just as he turned on a flashlight that is on one of the crates. "In the event that, possibly, you know, you get hungry..."
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna eat anybody." replied Lenny just as he suddenly became upset. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm different from the other sharks. Let's leave it at that, okay?"
"Well, if it's very true, then tell me why you're different," said Oscar.
"You'll laugh at me." said Lenny just as he turned away.
"Lenny, I'm not gonna laugh." replied Oscar.
"Well, that's what you say," said Lenny. "And then what happens later, you laugh anyway."
"Look, I give you my word," said Oscar.
"I think you should tell Oscar why you are different from the other sharks, Lenny. And he promises not to laugh." said Teresa. "Also, I didn't laugh at all when you told me."
Lenny sighed and sat up on his bed. "Okay, I will tell you. I'm….I'm…I'm a vegetarian." He laid back down on his bed and hid his face under his pillow so he wouldn't have to see Oscar laughing at him. He quickly checked right under his pillow to see Oscar was laughing at him already, but he wasn't at all.
Oscar tried not to laugh just like he promised Lenny that he wouldn't. "Hold up." He took a deep breath and still tried not to laugh. "So, that's it?"
"What do you mean that's it?" asked Lenny just as he sat back up on his bed. "You're the first fish I ever told. Oh, I'm so tired of keeping it all a secret, and the only one who knows about it is my sister because she has always accepted me for who I am."
"Also…and I wouldn't do anything to kill and eat anybody either." said Teresa. "I do eat meat, and it's meatless. You know, since we all live in the ocean, fish and other sea creatures in the ocean eat meatless food products, and they're actually made of anything which are beans, mushrooms, nuts, grains, and seeds."
"I already know that kind of thing," said Oscar. "The meatless products are meatless hot dogs which are being served at the hot dog stands, meatless burgers which are being served at Fish King, meatless nuggets which are being served at Percheye's, meatless meatballs that are being served on the sandwiches of Sealway, and meatless pepperoni that are being served on the pizza of Pizza Halibut."
"Oh, and by the way, sharks would eat the meatless products too." said Teresa. While they would eat fish and other sea creatures, they would eat those since it looks like it and tastes like it, but it doesn't have any at all. They would eat are meatless meatballs, meatless sausages, meatless pepperoni, meatless salami, and other meatless products inside spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna, and tortellini."
"I only eat fruits, vegetables, and anything else that isn't meat, and that's what vegetarians only eat." said Lenny. "Also, I would eat meatless products since it doesn't have any meat, and I do that in order to hide my vegetarian lifestyle from the other sharks. Oh, and by the way, even though there are most sharks in the ocean who are aggressive, there are most sharks who are friendly just like me and Teresa."
"So, what you just explained make a lot of sense, and I already believe it's true." said Oscar. "Thank you for telling me."
"You're the first fish we ever told about why there are most sharks in the ocean who are friendly just like me and Lenny," said Teresa. "Oh, and we'll give you an example about it right now. There was this time in the wastelands when we used to be kids."
Flashback
A long time ago, young Lenny and young Teresa are at the wastelands playing tag together, and they both quickly notice a young seal crying in the distance. They swam up to him, and he quickly noticed him just as he became very frightened since they are great white sharks and would eat him until they manage to convince him that they wouldn't eat him at all since they're one of those sharks who are friendly. He informs them he is lost in the wastelands and needs to find his way home, and they give him the right directions to return to the reef. He shows his gratitude for helping him just as he shook their fins and waved bye to them, and he began heading back to the reef so he could go back home while they watched him leave and waved bye back to him.
End Flashback
"So, we helped a seal to find his way home when he got lost in the wastelands during our childhood." said Teresa.
"Wow. That was really kind of you two." said Oscar. "You know, I've always heard of sharks eating seals, but I never heard of sharks helping a seal. You guys are really those kinds of sharks who wouldn't do anything to kill and eat anybody."
"Also, our dad needs understand that I'm just myself," said Lenny. "He always expects me to be a cold-blooded killer just like our brother Frankie, and I guess he would never accept me for who I am." He then laid back down on his head. "Oh, what's wrong with me?"
"Yes, he will, Lenny. Said Teresa. "Just give him a little time to understand and he'll accept you for who you are, and you've already agreed on doing that kind of thing and you can't give up so easily."
"There's nothing wrong with you, man." said Oscar just as he sat on the crates with the flashlight. "You are your own person, and I honestly think it is a good idea to give your dad a little time to understand that you're perfect just the way you are. Also, I think all sharks in the ocean should be just like you and your sister."
"God, that's sweet of you to say." said Lenny.
"Also, Lenny, stop blaming yourself for what just happened in the wastelands." said Oscar. "It wasn't really your fault and your brother's death was just an accident."
"You've always loved Frankie very much." said Teresa. "You're a good person and you would never be responsible for anybody's death. No ever."
Lenny thinks it over for a moment and finally understands that Frankie's death wasn't really his fault. "You're absolutely right. I wasn't really responsible for Frankie getting killed by the anchor and I've always loved him. Oh, and by the way, I'm just gonna give our Dad a little time to accept me for who I am and I can't give up on that."
"Well, if Lenny wanna blame anybody for Frankie's death, he could blame me because I lied about being the Sharkslayer." said Oscar. "Also, 'cause if I hadn't been out there in the wastelands in the first place, none of this would have ever happened." He gets up from the crate and begins swimming away.
Upon hearing that Oscar is willing to take the blame for Frankie's death right after he told his great white lie, Teresa suddenly becomes even more concerned since she is completely aware that lying would have serious consequences.
"Wait a minute. Oscar, are you sure you really wanna take the blame for Frankie's death and be okay with it?" asked Teresa. "I honestly think it isn't a good idea for you to do that kind of thing 'cause if Daddy finds out that you killed our brother which is not true at all, he's gonna try to eat you alive."
"Yeah, that's very true, Oscar," said Lenny. "Gee, if Pop knew that you killed our brother which is actually a lie, he's gonna try to kill you for sure."
Oscar suddenly stopped swimming away and looked very surprised just as he turned back to Lenny and Teresa. "Huh? "Eat me alive"?" "Kill me"?"" He chuckled. "Who is your dad anyway? Is he the crime boss of the great white shark mafia or something?"
"Yeah." said Lenny.
"What do you mean "yeah"?" asked Oscar just as he still chuckled.
"Yeah, he is." said Lenny.
"Oscar, our father is Don Edward Lino." explained Teresa. "He's the one who runs Southside Reef for many years, he's the crime boss of the great white shark mafia, and he's one of the most feared crime bosses in the Atlantic Ocean. If he found out that you were the one who was responsible for our brother Frankie's death which you weren't really responsible for, then he will try to take you out."
Upon hearing what Lenny and Teresa both just informed him, Oscar suddenly became filled with complete fear to learn that they are Don Lino's children just as he gulped, and the dead shark he falsely claimed that he killed in order to become rich and famous so he could become a somebody and get respect from others which is Frankie is actually one of Don Lino's children.
"Hey, buddy, are you alright?" said Lenny just as he became concerned about Oscar.
Oscar didn't answer at all since he has found out that Lenny and Teresa are Don Lino's children as well as Frankie is one of his children, and if he found out, then he would be one dead fish.
End Of Chapter 8: An Unexpected Meeting
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