It was a beautiful sunny day in the Inkwell Isles and Gwen felt like heading out to the beach. She decided to invite her sister Rose to join her. Gwen gets to the telephone in her bedroom, dialed Rose's house number. At Rose's house in the human world, the twin infants Emma and Jack were crying, and Rose is feeling exhausted from caring for them while William was working to provide for them. She hears the phone ring answered it and asked,
"Hello?"
"Hey sis! It's a sunny day in the Inkwell Isles! Let's have a beach day! You and me!" Gwen said excitedly.
"It sounds like fun, but I got my hands full with Emma and Jack. I told you, being a parent is no easy job." Rose said, feeling tired.
"You sound like you need a break. Why don't you just drop the twins off with mama and come join me?" Gwen suggested.
"I can't. Mama had to go to check on Nana at the nursing home." Rose said.
"Oh, isn't there anybody else who could watch them? Gwen asked.
"I'm afraid not." Rose sadly said.
"Hmm, wait! I know who can watch them!" Gwen said, thinking of an idea.
"Who?" Rose asked.
"Uh, I hate to bring this up but…" Gwen reluctantly said and explained her idea.
"I don't know Gwen. You remember who he works for, right?" Rose asked, feeling concerned.
"I know, but you and Will were both impressed with his babysitting skills. Besides, his boss is gonna be busy with that stupid casino anyway." Gwen said.
Rose sighed and said,
"Alright. See if he's not busy." Rose said.
"Okay, I'll quietly check. I'll call you back! Bye!" Gwen said.
She hung up the phone, tapped her ink pen and disappeared to the Devil's Casino. She appears outside the building. After thinking, she paints herself invisible, sneaks into the casino and started looking for Henchman. She suddenly heard the Devil's angry voice yell,
"You did WHAT?!"
"I-I-I-It was an accident! I didn't mean to let that telephone win some dough!" Henchman fearfully apologized.
"What did I tell you about letting customers win?!" The Devil scolded.
"Duh, 'don't let them win'?" Henchman answered nervously.
"CORRECT! And I'll be ruined if people started winning dough! I need all their souls! Your incompetence cost me one soul!" The Devil complained and bonked Henchman on the head with his pitchfork.
"To the corner… NOW!" The Devil roared and pointed at a corner.
Henchman groaned and sadly walked to the corner and stood there.
Gwen looked at Henchman, wondering how he deals with his immature, mean and ill-tempered boss. She sneaks up to Henchman and whispered,
"Psst! Henchman!"
Henchman's eyes popped and turned around and saw Gwen revealing herself behind a slot machine. Henchman gasped and asked,
"Gwen? What are you…?"
"SHH!" Gwen shushed him as she quickly covered his mouth.
"Know somewhere we can talk?" Gwen whispered.
Henchman pointed towards the door, hinting her to go outside.
"Okay, hang on." Gwen whispered.
She lifted her ink pen, and both disappeared.
They appeared outside the casino and Gwen said,
"Henchman, I know you're loyal to your boss but…" Gwen said until Henchman interrupted,
"Duh, I know Gwen. I'm under eternal contract with him."
"Look, Rose and I need your help with two certain… babies." Gwen said, being persuasive.
Henchman's eyes widened and asked.
"You mean, Rose's little cutie-pies?"
Gwen folded her arms and smirked, knowing it would get his attention.
"Mm-hmm. Just for this afternoon. Rose and I wanna have a beach day together and she needs a break from the kids." Gwen said.
"But if the boss finds out, well… you know what'll happen." Henchman warned her.
"Leave that to me."
Gwen said, having a plan. Gwen goes back in the casino, paints a copy of Henchman standing in the corner. She quickly realizes the Devil was coming and hides behind a slot machine. The Devil walks by the corner and suspected nothing as he made his rounds around the casino. Gwen snickered and disappeared back outside to Henchman.
"I left him a temporary replacement in the corner for you." Gwen explained.
"Duh, okay then. What do I gotta do?" Henchman asked excitedly.
"Well…" Gwen said as she lifted her ink pen, and both disappeared to Rose's house.
Rose was already in her beach outfit and packed until she hears explosion sound. She is shocked at Gwen and Henchman's arrival.
"Gwen! Don't startle me like that!" Rose scolded.
"Sorry sis, but Henchman agreed to watch them." Gwen explained.
Rose sighed and said,
"Okay fine, follow me, I'll show you around." Rose said to Henchman.
Rose gave Henchman the twin's schedule of when they eat and take their naps and other instructions and rules. She showed him where their milk bottles were, where they nap and had their diaper-changing station ready.
"One more thing Henchman." Rose said.
"Yes, Rose?" Henchman asked.
"Those two had better be home when we get back… or else!" Rose warned him.
"Yes ma'am! I promise!" Henchman promised.
"Easy sis. You know he had nothing to do with their kidnapping." Gwen assured Rose.
Rose sighed and said,
"I know, but still…"
"They'll be fine. Won't they Henchman?" Gwen asked.
Henchman smiled as held Emma and Jack in his arms and cuddled them once again.
"Okay, sis let's go!" Gwen said as he magically changed into her beach outfit and walked up to Rose.
Before she teleports away, she said to Henchman,
"Thank you for doing this Henchman. It really means a lot."
"D'aaw shucks Gwen. You cheered me up after I got in trouble with the boss. Thank you." Henchman thanked her back.
Gwen smiled, then lifted her ink pen and both sisters disappeared.
They arrive at Inkwell Beach and both squeal with delight. They both find a spot on the beach, set up their towels and umbrella. They both put on sunblock and lay in the sun and sip on some cold lemonade.
"This is just what I needed sis. Thanks." Rose said, feeling relaxed at last.
"Anything for you Rose. You've done so much for me." Gwen said.
"So, how are things with you and Clarence?" Rose asked.
"They're great! He's now a star in showbusiness and his show is one of the top radio shows in the Inkwell Isles. He and I are really clicking." Gwen explained.
"That wonderful you helped him get on his feet. You even provided him protection from the Devil." Rose said.
"Yep, I told Clarence to never take off the sweater." Gwen said.
"Yeah. You know, if anyone deserves you, it's Clarence. The Devil doesn't deserve you at all." Rose said.
"Thanks sis." Gwen said, feeling touched.
"I'm feeling a little too hot, wanna cool off in the water?" Rose asked.
Gwen thought for a moment and gets an idea.
"I'll do you one better. Wanna explore under the sea?" Gwen asked.
"You mean scuba-diving? I don't think so. I worry about drowning." Rose said.
"No, no, no. Come on, I gotta show you something." Gwen said as she led Rose to the water.
She sits on the wet sand, laid out her legs and used the inkwell to transform into her mermaid form. Rose stood in shock at what she just witnessed as Gwen shows off her red mermaid tail.
"Woah! You can do that?" Rose said, fascinated.
"Yep. Want a tail of your very own? I'll change us back later." Gwen asked with a smile.
"Really? You mean it?" Rose asked, feeling excited.
"Yes. Oh, you might wanna sit down and lay out your legs." Gwen instructed.
Rose squealed, sits down and laid out her legs. Gwen used the inkwell and Rose's legs started glowing, morphing into a light-purple mermaid tail. Rose gasped at her new fish tail and held her fins.
"Oh… my… goodness! It worked! It really worked!" Rose said excitedly.
"Well, now that we got your fish tail, ready to go see the world… under the sea?" Gwen asked.
Rose excitedly nodded and clenched her fists.
"Well, then!"
Gwen said as she took Rose's hand and pulled her into the water and swam away from the beach.
"Go on sis! Breathe! You won't drown!" Gwen said as she noticed Rose holding her breath.
Rose lets out a breath and was shocked she wasn't drowning.
"Wow! It works! It really works!" Rose said, barely containing her excitement.
"Then let's go!" Gwen said as she took Rose's hand and swam away to the coral reefs.
They both happily explore the reefs and look at all the little colorful fish swimming. They dived with dolphins, swam with the sea turtles, let little sea horses curl their tails on their fingers. They finish off by laying on the back of a humpback whale as both girls laughed.
"Wow, I never knew life underwater would be so magical and wonderful!" Rose said.
"Yeah! Isn't this great?" Gwen said.
"Oh yeah, we ought to do this again sometime when the kids are a little older." Rose said.
"Sure, but not until we teach them about swimming safety. Anything can happen you know." Gwen said.
"Oh, right. Like sharks, fishhooks, nets, electric eels and other predators." Rose remembered.
"Yeah, come on. We should probably get back to the beach. I know the way back." Gwen said, feeling like heading back.
"Okay, lead the way sis." Rose said.
Gwen takes Rose's hand, and both prepare to swim off the whale back to the beach when all of a sudden, there was a rumbling noise.
"Uh, Gwen?" Rose asked feeling nervous.
"What?" Gwen asked.
"Is an earthquake happening? I feel rumbling." Rose asked now feeling scared.
Gwen looked around and saw a school of various fish swimming away as fast as they could.
"What are they running from? Sharks?" Rose asked.
Gwen realized she forgot to warn Rose about a certain sea beast she encountered before.
"I know who's coming! We gotta go now!" Gwen fearfully said and grabbed Rose's hand and swam away as fast as she could.
"Who? Who is it?" Rose asked.
"The most feared and dreaded giant man-eating sea beast in all the seven seas! Cala Maria!" Gwen answered.
Rose's eyes widened.
"Wait, she eats… humans?"
Rose asked with her voice breaking in fear, recalling a fearful memory of almost being eaten.
"Unfortunately, yes, she eats us humans. And I don't know if she's gonna…"
Gwen hesitantly answered until suddenly, a giant hand scooped Gwen up and another giant hand scooped up Rose. They both screamed as they were both taken away.
Back at Rose's house, Henchman is playing 'peek-a-boo' with Emma and Jack.
"Peek-a-boo!" Henchman said playfully as Emma and Jack laugh.
Afterwards, Henchman started feeding them with two bottles of milk.
"D'aww, this is so much better than standing in the timeout corner." Henchman said as he continued to feed them.
After a while of traveling, Gwen realizes they have reached the surface. The hands both open and Gwen and Rose look around fearfully. Gwen realizes they were in Cala Maria's cove as Rose cowered in fear. Gwen looked behind her and saw Cala Maria in her gorgon form, preparing to devour Rose until Gwen yelled,
"STOP!"
Cala Maria stopped and looked at Gwen in her hand. She shapeshifted back to her regular form and asked,
"Gwen? My little minnow?"
"Kidnapping and eating us? Are you kidding me?!" Gwen yelled.
"Easy Gwen! I was just doing what I do! You know I have a reputation to keep!" Cala Maria said defensively.
Rose looked at Gwen in shock, realizing she and Cala Maria know each other.
"Gwen? You know this… this… sea witch?" Rose asked, confused.
"That's sea beast to you little krill!" Cala Maria sternly corrected her.
Rose cowered again in Cala Maria's palm.
"Cala Maria! You scared my sister!" Gwen scolded.
"What's that? Sister?" Cala Maria asked, confused.
"Yes, I have an older sister! I brought her to the Inkwell Isles! Her name is Rose Smith! I was just showing her the wonders of the undersea world until you kidnapped us and almost ate her!" Gwen sternly explained.
Rose angrily knelt up and folded her arms, agreeing with Gwen.
"Look, I'm sorry! I had no idea she was your sister!" Cala Maria argued.
"Anyway, could you just let us go and we'll be on our way?" Gwen asked, after calming down.
"Hmm, sorry. I don't think so. Now that I brought you back here, I need you to do something for me."
Cala Maria said as she placed them on a rock, preventing them from escaping.
Gwen groaned and asked,
"What now? Another makeover for another magical date with a certain two-peg-legged pirate?"
"No silly minnow. You haven't visited in a while. So, I thought since you're both here, we could have a girl's time together? I mean, you have your sister here. So, just us three girls?" Cala Maria answered.
Gwen looked at Cala Maria unamused.
"So, you saw me and Rose hanging out and you just want to join us?" Gwen asked, trying to understand.
"That's right little minnow." Cala Maria said as she used her sawfish-comb to brush her tentacles.
Gwen and Rose looked at each other. Rose gestured Gwen to talk privately and quietly.
"Give us a sec." Gwen said to Cala Maria.
Both sisters turned around and Rose whispered-yelled,
"This is crazy! That sea monster kidnapped us, almost ate me and now she wants to hang out with us?!"
Gwen sighed and said,
"Cala Maria is a complicated person. Our history is she kidnapped me to help her out with her date, then we became friends after she saved my life from a poacher who's dead now." Gwen quietly explained.
"You have strange friends Gwen. But what are we gonna do?" Rose asked.
Gwen sighed and said,
"We have no choice but to let her join us. Because trust me, you don't wanna get on her bad side. Otherwise, if we say no, she will eat us." Gwen warned Rose.
Rose couldn't bear the thought of being eaten again and sighed.
"Fine, but could we make it quick? I don't feel comfortable around her." Rose said quietly.
"I'll see what I can do." Gwen said.
Both girls turn around and Gwen said,
"Alright Cala Maria, we'll let you hang with us. But just for a while."
"Wonderful!" Said Cala Maria.
She picked up both sisters in each hand and carried them to the exit. Rose looked in horror at the piles of skeletons, pirate statues and sunken ships that she almost fainted.
"What's wrong with you little krill?" Cala Maria asked.
"She doesn't get out much." Gwen lied.
"Oh. Don't worry, we'll fix that." Cala Maria said as she grasped both sisters, dived into the water and swam away.
Cala Maria takes the sisters to her favorite area filled with sunken ships on the bottom of the sea. Rose looked in horror as she looked at all the sunken ships in the graveyard.
"W-W-W-What is this place?" Gwen fearfully asked.
"This my little minnow is a sunken ship graveyard where yours truly made all by herself." Cala Maria bragged.
Rose is feeling horrified at the ships as they drew closer to the ships. Cala Maria releases Gwen and Rose from her clutches and lets them look around.
"My goodness, you did all this?" Rose asked.
"Yes, little krill. This is how I became the number one sea beast in all the seven seas. Your little sister helped me boost my reputation after I saved her life from poachers." Cala Maria explained.
"Wow. Thanks… I guess?" Rose said feeling unsure.
"Hey, I see something shining in that giant ship." Gwen said, noticing something shining.
Gwen swims up to the ship until Rose stops her.
"Gwen, wait! We don't know what's in there!" Rose said.
"Relax, we have my sea beast friend protecting us from anything." Gwen assured Rose.
"Now come on." Gwen said as she swam away.
Rose reluctantly follows Gwen inside the giant ship, they swam down a floor and Gwen noticed in a corner a big chest.
"Oh, my goodness! Could there be treasure in that chest?" Gwen asked.
"We don't know what's in there!" Rose said nervously.
"One way to find out! Come on!" Gwen said.
They both swim up to the chest and open it. Only to realize it was empty.
"Okay it's empty now let's go!" Rose said as she was about to leave.
"But I swore I saw something…" Gwen said until she saw something shining in the farther and darkest corner of the ship.
"Over there! I see it! Come on!" Gwen said and pointed in the direction.
Gwen and Rose swim up the shining object and both gaze at the sight. They swim up to it and realize it was gold. Just then, they see more rows of gold as they swam further.
"Wow, a whole row of gold!" Gwen said in fascination.
"Yeah, but why are they displayed like that?" Rose asked.
"I dunno, let me light up the inkwell and we'll find out." Gwen said as she reached her ink pen.
She makes a glow on the ink pen and lights up the area. They realize the row of golden objects are shaped like giant shark teeth.
"Wait a minute, those aren't gold bricks! Those are golden teeth of some giant shark!" Rose said fearfully.
Gwen looked around with the glowing ink pen and realize too late they are inside the mouth of a giant shark.
"It's some sort of megalodon! Let's beat it!" Gwen yelled.
Gwen and Rose were about to swim out of the giant shark's mouth when suddenly, the megalodon yawned as he started to wake up. Then, he closes his jaws, trapping the sisters inside.
"No! No! No!" Gwen said, hitting the giant teeth.
"Oh, this is just great! We're trapped inside a giant shark's mouth all because you saw a shiny gold tooth!" Rose yelled.
"Hey! I'm sorry! How was I to know they were gold teeth of another giant sea beast?!" Gwen argued back.
"Let's just get out of here before he wakes up and eats us! I can't go through this again! Just teleport us outta here!" Rose said frustratingly as she held Gwen.
Gwen lifts her ink pen and gently tapped the tongue, and both disappeared.
They reappear outside the ship as they both sighed of relief.
"There you two are! What kept you?" Cala Maria asked.
"We found a giant megalodon with gold teeth!" Gwen answered.
"And we were trapped inside his mouth until Gwen teleported us out!" Rose added.
"Oh no! I know of that shark! He's that monster megalodon with the golden teeth he uses to lure his victims into his jaws and eat them!" Cala Maria explained as the sister's eyes widened.
Just then, they hear a roaring sound coming from the ship, realizing the megalodon is waking up. Gwen and Rose feel scared and swam closer to Cala Maria.
"Okay, we're done here! Now let's go! We need to get back to the beach!" Gwen said to Cala Maria.
"Okay fine! But I warn you, he's really fast!" Cala Maria warned her.
Cala Maria grasped both sisters in her fists and started swimming away. They hear a crashing noise and a loud growling noise followed afterwards. The trio look behind them and saw the giant megalodon swimming after them.
Meanwhile back at Rose's house, Henchman is changing the diapers on the twins. After cleaning them, Henchman started a warm bath to clean them up. Emma and Jack happily slap the water, having a good time.
"Aw, you two love the water, don't you?" Henchman asked in a baby-like way.
After cleaning them, he dresses them and prepares them for a nap. He sits in Rose's rocking chair and starts to sing the Cradle Song. Emma and Jack fall asleep in Henchman's arms as he sang. Henchman takes the twins upstairs and places them in their crib and kisses them. He goes back downstairs and rests on the couch and fell asleep himself.
The megalodon chased the trio around the ocean, wanting to eat the sisters. Cala Maria tries swimming as fast as she could and decided to reach the surface. Cala Maria swims away to find the beach the sisters were at. Just then the megalodon jumped out of the water and charged at Cala Maria. The megalodon landed on Cala Maria, making her drop the sisters in the process.
"Rose! Rose!" Gwen yelled looking for her sister.
"Gwen! Over here!" Rose called out.
Gwen looked and saw Rose swimming away from Cala Maria and the megalodon fighting.
"Come on let's go!" Rose said.
"Wait! I wanna make sure Cala Maria doesn't get hurt!" Gwen protested.
"But…!" Rose was about to argue until Gwen yelled,
"Look, I know you're scared of being eaten ever since the Devil almost did that to you! But when are you gonna start facing your fear of being eaten?" Gwen snapped.
Rose's eyes popped, then she sighed and said,
"I guess I may've overreacted in the shark's mouth earlier." Rose admitted.
Gwen swims up to Rose and said,
"Hey, it's okay to be scared. And I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have let my curiosity get the best of me." Gwen apologized.
Rose sighed and said,
"Yeah, well. You always were the curious one. But it's alright. At least we're still here and unharmed."
Both girls realize Cala Maria in her gorgon form was in trouble and was about to be bitten.
"Oh, my goodness!" Gwen exclaimed.
With quick thinking, she fired her lightning zap attack at the shark, stunning him.
"Thanks, little minnow!" Cala Maria called as she charged at the megalodon.
She uses her eye beam and turns the megalodon into stone, finishing him off.
Cala Maria catches her breath as the sisters swam up to her.
"Wow, that was intense!" Rose said.
"I know little krill. But thanks to your sister's inkwell, I am alright."
Cala Maria said as she shapeshifted back to her normal form. She lifts the stone megalodon and realized his teeth were still gold.
"Ooh! I know!" Rose said, getting an idea.
She swims up to Cala Maria's ear and whispered something.
"Oh yes. I like that." Cala Maria agreed.
Cala Maria reached into the megalodon's mouth and plucked three of the golden teeth. She hands each tooth to Gwen and Rose and kept the other one for herself.
"Now we have memorabilia of this day together." Rose said.
"That's wonderful Rose." Gwen agreed.
"I agree with Rose here." Cala Maria also agreed.
Later, back at Cala Maria's cove, she displays the megalodon on a wall with Gwen using the inkwell to make a shelf to hold it up like a trophy. Gwen transformed herself and Rose back to their human forms while they each sat in Cala Maria's hands.
"Ah, perfect! And look, he's looks like he's screaming!" Cala Maria said, admiring Gwen's work.
"Yeah, I made him look that way." Gwen bragged as Rose laughed.
"Okay sis, I think we need to go home." Rose said, remembering the time.
"Okay, Cala Maria, we gotta get going." Gwen said.
"Alright little minnow. But let's do this again sometime. Bring little krill with you." Cala Maria said as Gwen and Rose nodded.
Cala Maria brings them up to her face and hugs them in her cheeks. After a few seconds, she lowers them down on a rock. Gwen lifted her ink pen and both girls disappeared.
They reappear back at the beach and pack up their belongings.
"Wow that was an adventure!" Gwen said.
"Yeah, it was, wasn't it?" Rose agreed.
Gwen and Rose both teleported back to Rose's house and find Henchman sleeping on the couch. Rose goes upstairs to make sure her children were home. To her relief, she finds Emma and Jack peacefully asleep in their crib.
Rose goes back downstairs and said,
"They're upstairs sleeping. They're fine."
"See Rose? I knew he'd take good care of them." Gwen said.
Rose goes up to Henchman and wakes him up.
"Henchman? Wake up." Rose said as she tapped him.
"Oh? What? Oh, you two are home? Don't worry, they're upstairs sleeping." Henchman said as he was waking up.
"Yes, I just saw that. Thank you for watching them." Rose said, feeling better as she handed him some money for his trouble.
"Alright, I better get you back to your boss before he finds out your replacement is a fake." Gwen said.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! My timeout is almost over!" Henchman realized, looking at the clock.
"Leave that to me." Gwen said, having another plan.
"I'll talk to you later sis! Love you!" Rose said.
"You too! Bye!" Gwen answered back.
She lifted her ink pen and disappeared back to the casino to where Gwen left her decoy. She makes the decoy disappear and Henchman stands back in the corner. Gwen gave him a thumbs up and he smiled.
"Henchman!" The Devil called.
"Thanks again! Bye!" Gwen whispered as she quickly disappeared out of the casino.
The Devil approaches Henchman and said,
"Alright, timeout is over. You could come out now if you learned your lesson!"
"Duh, yes boss! I learned it well. It won't happen again." Henchman lied.
"Good, now come along! We have work to do!" The Devil said, not suspecting anything as he and Henchman walk away.
Gwen is back in her room, getting ready for bed as she held her gold shark tooth and smiled while Rose and Cala Maria each do the same thing in their rooms.
Gwen hears a knock at her door, and she quickly hides the golden tooth in her drawer.
"Come in!" Gwen called.
Cuphead and Mugman enter her room, and both said,
"Hi Gwen!"
"Where have you been earlier today?" Mugman asked.
"Oh, Rose and I had a sister day and went to the beach." Gwen answered.
"Oh, that's great! Hey Gwen, you wanna meet with us and Ms. Chalice and go bowling tomorrow after work? We'll do a boys vs. girls game!" Cuphead asked.
"Sounds fun guys! I'll meet you guys there tomorrow after work. Good night, guys." Gwen said.
"Good night, Gwen!" Both cups said and left her room.
Gwen goes to bed and falls asleep, happy that she and Rose had a sister's day together, even though her friend Cala Maria joined in on their fun later. But is still happy that things worked out in the end and Rose got braver.
