Madison and Marlin followed the Blue Tang fish name Dory as they were happy in relief and knowing where the boat have gone off to. But for Madison, she knows that fish too well in the movie as she knows Dory's condition but decided not to say anything. She then looked at Marlin as she could see like sign of hope and relief on seeing his song again.
As Madison looked back at Dory, the blue fish kept on swimming, but as she looked back to see her and Marlin, her smile turned into a frown and had a cautious look. Madison and Marlin looked at each other for a moment in confusion and looked back at Dory. As the blue fish looked back at them, she starts swimming off in a different direction.
"Hey, where is she going?" Madison questioned and then she and Marlin quickly swam after her.
Dory was still ahead of them as if she was trying to swim away from them. Madison and Marlin tried to catch up with her, but the blue fish tries to get away from them like it was a game of chase.
"Hey wait!" Marlin hollered as he and Madison continued to catch up with Dory.
Swimming in zigzags and came to a large rock. Dory on one side, Madison and Marlin on the other, the three were facing each other as Dory tried going back and forth from them and then swim off.
Marlin and Madison continued to chase them until Dory stopped as she turned to face them.
"Will you two quit it?!" she shouted.
"What?" Marlin asked in bewilderment and Madison looked confused.
"I'm trying to swim here." Dory angrily spoke as she continued, "What, ocean ain't big enough for you two?"
Madison and Marlin try to say something, but the fish continued shouting.
"You got a problem, buddy? Huh? Huh? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?" Dory angrily looked at the two and then start raising her fins like she's ready to fight. "You want a piece of me? Yeah, I'm scared now. What!"
"Wait a minute..." Marlin tried to speak but Dory cut her off.
"Stop following me, okay?"
"What are talking about? You're showing us which way the boat went!" Marlin finally spoke, almost like he's losing his patience.
"Yeah, you told us to follow you." said Madison.
Suddenly, the Blue Tang's anger melted away as the happiness brought back to her.
"A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat. It passed by not too long ago. It went this way, yeah it went this way. Follow me!"
Feeling all Deja Vu, Madison wasn't following her at all, but Marlin came in front of her with a mix of tense and confusion on his face.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! What is going on? You already told me which way the boat was going!"
"I did?" Dory asked as she looked confused.
"You did." Madison replied as she looked at her."
"Oh no."
"If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny!" Marlin growled as he looked at Dory. "And I know funny... I'm a clownfish!"
"Marlin, calm down. She didn't mean it. I don't think it was a joke." said Madison.
"She's right. It's not. I know it's not. I'm so sorry. See, I suffer from short-term memory loss." the Blue Tang explained.
"Short-term memory loss." Marlin repeated and Dory nodded but the clownfish chuckled as he grabbed Madison's hand and swam off with the mermaid. "I don't believe this."
Madison felt bad for the Blue Tang as she looked at her before being dragged by Marlin, but then Dory quickly swims in front of them.
"No, it's true." Dory insisted as she looks at them and try to explain them. "I forget things almost instantly. It runs in my family. Or at least I think it does."
"Well... do you know where your family is?" Madison asked as she looked at her.
Dory starts to think. She tries to remember where her family is, but Madison already knew that. In the sequel, her parents were at the aquarium and Dory got separated from them by the undertow. Dory kept on thinking until she turned to look at her and Marlin.
"Can I help you?" she brightly asked as she smiled to them, but Marlin just frowned at her as he felt he lost hope.
"Something's wrong with you, really." he said as he starts grabbing Madison's wrist. "You're wasting my time. The mermaid and I have to find my son."
Marlin and Madison swam past her as they decided to look for Nemo. Madison looked back at Dory as she felt sorry for the blue fish until she heard Marlin gasped. She turned around and quickly yelp as she was actually facing a familiar shark. It was Bruce, the Great White himself. He let out a grin as he was showing them his sharp teeth.
"Hello." the shark greeted with a deep voice.
Marlin and Madison just stared at him and didn't move a muscle. For Madison, she is terrified of things, deaths, snakes, and defiantly sharks. The two didn't say a word until down was floating beside them as she smiled at the shark.
"Well, hi!" she greeted to him.
"Name's Bruce." the shark introduced as he reached out his fin towards the three like he wanted a handshake, or fin shake for the fishes.
Marlin and Madison move back a little as they were still frightened, but Dory didn't flinch.
"It's all right, I understand." the shark turned as he was like he was going to swim away, "Why trust a shark, right?"
Suddenly, he turned around and showed all three of his sharp teeth and Marlin and Madison flinched as if the shark was about to bite them and the clownfish hid behind Dory. Bruce let out a laugh as he was joking until he stopped as he looked back at the three.
"So, what's a couple of bites like you doing out so late?" he asked.
Madison wanted to speak but couldn't find the right words to say as she was too scared of the shark.
"Nothing. We're not doing anything. We're not even out." Marlin spoke as he was still hiding behind Dory.
"Great!" Bruce exclaimed as he smiled brightly, "Then how'd you morsels like to come to a little get-together I'm having?"
"You mean like a party?" Dory asked excitedly.
"Yeah, right a party! What do you say?" Bruce asked.
"Oh, I love parties! That like sounds fun!"
"I... I don't know." Madison spoke as felt cautious as she looked at Dory with a concern look.
"Parties are fun, and it's tempting but can't because..." Marlin tries to slowly swim back a little as he grabbed Madison's hand and Dory's fin.
"Come on, I insist." said Bruce as he was now behind the three and had his fins draped over them.
Madison and Marlin were on one side of the fin and Dory was on the other. Madison froze still as she could feel the skin of a shark. Smooth of course but rough as he was in some fights. She didn't say anything except Marlin nervously accepted the shark's invitation.
"Okay, that's all that matters."
Bruce starts swimming as he led them to a dark area of the ocean. It was a perfect place for sharks and other dangerous fish in the ocean. Madison along with the other fishes got a good look of the area to see a sunken ship nearby, but also saw a lot of naval mines floating around but were hanging on to the chains that are dragged straight down to the ground.
"Hey, look. Balloons!" Dory pointed with excitement as she looked at the mines. "It is a party!"
"Mind your distance, though." Bruce chuckled as he warning to her, Madison, and Marlin. "Those balloons can be a bit dodgy. You wouldn't want one of them to pop."
"This party will end with a bang." Madison muttered to herself.
"What's that?" Bruce questioned as he looked at her.
"Nothing." she quickly replied.
All four finally got close to the sunken ship as they how ruined it was and there were some larges as well. Marlin felt scared as he wanted to swim away from there, but he couldn't. He was in Bruce's fin and there was no escape. So, he decided to stay close to Madison as the two had their fins and around wrapped around each other.
"Anchor! Chum!" Bruce shouted.
The clownfish and the mermaid looked at the certain hole to see two sharks in the ship. Madison could tell that Anchor is the Hammerhead Shark and Chum is the Mako Shark but with a fishhook lodge to his snout like a nose pierce. The sharks looked up to see Bruce but also spotted two fishes and a mermaid with him.
"There you are, Bruce, finally." Anchor spoke.
"We got company." said Bruce as he showed Marlin, Dory, and Madison.
"It's about time, mate."
"We've already gone through all the snacks and I'm still starving." said Chum.
"We almost had a feeding frenzy."
"Come on, let's get this over with."
Madison hanged on to Marlin as she and the clownfish got close to the sharks. They start closing their eyes and waited to feel like it was the end. At first there was silence until the sound of a bell ringed. Madison and Marlin opened their eyes to see that they were still whole but realized they were in the ship, floating with Dory between Anchor and Chum.
"Right, then." Bruce spoke as he was the podium. "The meeting has officially come to order. Let us all say the pledge..."
All three sharks raised their right fins and spoke the words in unison. Madison looked at three and Marlin looked confused and nervous. Dory, however, wasn't scared at all as she raised her fin, but didn't say the pledge.
"I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food."
"Except stinking dolphins." Anchor stated, as he turned to face Chum.
"Dolphins." Chum groaned. "Yeah. They think they're so cute. "Look at me. I'm a flipping little dolphin. Let me flip for you. Ain't I something?'"
'I like dolphins.' Madison thought as Chum was acting silly while Dory and Anchor were laughing.
"Right, then." Bruce spoke as he got everyone's attention. "Today's meeting is step five. Bring a Fish Friend. Now, do you all have your friends?"
"Got mine!" Anchor spoke.
Madison, Marlin, and Dory turned to see the Hammerhead revealing a tiny green fish. Really tiny than Dory and Marlin and he was scared. Of course, can't blame him for that.
"Hey there!" Dory greeted to him.
"How about you, Chum?" Bruce asked as he turned to face the Mako Shark but saw that he looked nervous.
"Well... I seem to have misplaced my friend." he answered as he revealed a fish skeleton from his mouth.
Marlin gasped, Madison looked shock, and Dory was only looking at the tiny fish. As Chum quickly put the fish skeleton back in his mouth, Bruce smiled.
"That's all right, Chum. I had a feeling this would be a difficult step; you can help yourself to one of my friends."
While Bruce was replying to the Mako Shark, Madison and Marlin looked to see that the tiny fish was swimming away from the sharks and escape the ship.
"Thanks, mate." Chum spoke as he pulled Marlin close with his fin. "A little chum for Chum, eh?"
"I'll start the testimonies." the Great White spoke as he starts his testimony, "Hello, my name is Bruce."
"Hello, Bruce." both Anchor and Chum replied that sounded so dull.
Madison looked at the sharks as she notices the look on their faces saying that they have done it before like over and over again.
"It has been three weeks since my last fish, on my honor, or may I be chopped up and made into soup." Bruce stated as he had his fin up.
Both Anchor and Chum cheered and clapped for their leader including Dory as she was clapping her fins with them.
"You're an inspiration to all of us." said Chum as he felt a tear streaming down.
"Amen." Anchor agreed.
Madison clapped a little as well, she knew that these three are trying hard not to eat anyone. Also, wondered if they won't humans or merpeople as well. Then again, she did remember a certain shark from a different movie that never eat fish or any meat. She started to imagine a crossover of these three sharks meeting the vegan. Why, he could be a great example for them.
"Right, then. Who's next?" Bruce asked as he looked at everyone.
"Oh! Oh! Pick me! Pick me!" Dory exclaimed with excitement as she was raising her fin, wanting to give it a go.
"Yes, the little Sheila down the front." Bruce smiled as he pointed at the Blue Tang.
Dory whooped with more excitement as she swims towards the podium.
"Come on up here." said Bruce as he swims towards the crowd to let Dory speak.
"Hi! I'm Dory." she introduced as she waves to the sharks.
"Hello, Dory." the sharks greeted.
"And, well..." Dory tries to think on what the words will be for her to say until she spoke, "I don't think I've ever eaten a fish."
There was silence for a few seconds as the sharks stared at her until they start clapping for her.
"Hey, that's incredible." Chum spoke as he smiled including Bruce.
"Good on 'ya, mate!"
The Blue Tang sighed with a relief and smiled.
"I'm glad I got that off my chest." she said as she swims back to her friends.
"Now, let's see." Bruce looked at the group, wondering who would like to go next until he looked at Madison. "How about you, little mermaid?"
"Me?" Madison questioned as she looked at the Great White and he nodded his head. "Oh... I don't know. I'm not very good with speeches."
"No need to. Just say what you got."
"Alright." Madison replied as she took a deep breath and swim towards the podium. Turning around to face every fish that are staring at her. "Hello, my name is Madison. But you all can call me Maddie."
"Hello, Maddie." the sharks replied to her.
"And... well, to tell you all this, I've never eaten a fish in my entire life."
The sharks looked at her for a moment and Madison could have sworn that she's blushing of embarrassment. That is until the sharks applauded her.
"Wow! This Sheila's a legend." said Anchor.
"I'll say." Chum agrees and Bruce clapped his fins.
Madison blushed and smiled as she swims back to Marlin and Dory.
"All right, anyone else?" Bruce asked as he was looking around until he caught his eyes on the clownfish. "Hello, how 'bout you, mate? What's your problem?"
"Me?" Marlin looked nervous as he quickly replied, "I don't- I don't have a problem."
"Oh okay."
"Denial." all the sharks spoke in unison as they were not convinced, and Bruce used his fin to give Marlin a quick shoved to the podium.
"Just start with your name." said Bruce.
"Okay... Hello... My name is Marlin. I'm a clownfish."
"A clownfish? Really?" Chum asked with excitement as all three sharks and Dory gathered close to him.
"Go on. Tell us a joke." Bruce smiled.
"I love jokes!"
"Well, I actually I do know one that's pretty good." said Marlin.
"Oh boy." Madison mumbled as she knew how they will react like last time and then heard Marlin starting the joke.
"There was this mollusk, and he walks up to a sea cucumber. Normally, they don't talk, sea cucumbers, but in a joke, everyone talks. So, the sea mollusk says to the cucumber…"
Marlin tries telling the joke as he tries to make it funny, but not realizing that the sharks' smiles faded away as they started to feel bored, but as Marlin continues, he stopped for a moment as he spotted something. Madison notice what he was staring at and looked up to see a familiar, green diving mask dangling on the shipwreck.
It was the same mask that the diver wore when he took Nemo, and she could here Nemo's voice hollering for Marlin including Madison. Dory watched them as they looked confused.
"Nemo!" Marlin gasped as he swims up towards the mask.
"Nemo!" Chum began to laugh, while Bruce and Anchor were still unimpressed, and the Chum stopped laughing. "I don't get it."
"For a clownfish, he's not that funny." said Bruce.
"No, no, no, he's my son." Marlin explained, "He was taken by these divers."
Dory gasped as she covered her mouth with her fins.
"Oh, my. You poor fish." she spoke softly with sympathy as she swims towards Marlin and Madison.
"Humans." Chum scoffed in disgust as he was looking at Anchor, "Think they own everything."
"Probably American."
Madison looked back at them. That seems a bit hurtful or probably feel roasted by the shark's words. But she did notice Bruce as he was shocked to hear about what Marlin just said and was shedding tears.
"Now there is a father looking for his little boy." he said sadly.
The fishes and the mermaid finally got close to the mask. Marlin notice something on the back of the mask as it was holding close to the loose wood. He looked at it and groaned in frustration as he looked at the scribbles.
"What do these markings mean?" he questioned to himself.
Madison looked at it and saw what it says on the back of the mask. It's just that Marlin was looking at it upside down. She knew what it says but decided not to as she knew that Dory would read it soon. Suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted as she could hear Bruce still sobbing about his dad.
"I never knew my father!" he cried.
"Come here." Chum spoke as he and Anchor got close to him for comfort.
"Group hug."
"We're all mates here."
"I can't read human." Marlin spoke as he looked at the words on the mask, until he looked up at Madison. "Maddie, can you read this?"
Madison looked at Marlin for a moment and looked at the mask. She can read yes, but she doesn't want to ruin the entire movie, and she does want Dory to read like in the scenes. She doesn't know what to do.
"Um... I can read, but... it's just that... some of these words are hard to pronounce." she lied, and Marlin groaned.
"Well, then we gotta find a fish who can read this." Dory spoke as she holds the mask with her body and then turned to look at the sharks. "Look, sharks!" she said as she swims towards them.
"No, no, no, Dory! Cut it out!" Marlin exclaimed in panic as he and Madison swim towards her.
"Guys!" Dory spoke to them as she was getting their attention, but Marlin stopped her.
"Dory, stop!" Marlin shouted as he grabbed the mask from her.
"Hey, that's mine! Give it to me!" Dory grabbed the mask and now the two are fighting over it like a tug of war.
"Guys, stop! You're going to break or hurt each other if you two fight over it." Madison spoke as she looked at the two.
The two kept on tugging the ends of the mask, but as Marlin accidently let go of it, the mask hit Dory's face.
"Ow!" she cried out as she had her hands clutched over her mouth.
"I'm sorry." Marlin exclaimed as he looked concern on Dory, "Are you okay? I'm so sorry."
"You really clocked me there." Dory responded as she looked at Marlin.
"You alright?" Madison asked.
"I think so. Am I bleeding?" Dory asked. She uncovered her mouth from her fins and saw the blood floating up towards Bruce.
Madison notice that as well and knew what's happening. She starts swishing her tail as electric sparks were around it.
"Dory, are you okay..." Bruce was about to ask until he starts sniffing the blood. It went straight to his nostril and Bruce let out a sinister grin as his eyes changed as they went completely black. "That's good."
Madison quickly grabbed Marlin and Dory's fins as they start swimming away from the shark.
"Intervention!" Anchor and Chum panicked and quickly pulled their friend back as he was about to take a bite on one of the three.
"Just a bite!" Bruce tried to break free from the sharks' hold.
"You hold it together, mate!" Anchor shouted.
"Remember, Bruce," Chum spoke as he tried to remind him, "Fish are friends, not food!"
"Food!" Bruce finally got free from the sharks grasp and swim towards the fishes and the mermaid.
Madison let out a scream as Bruce was coming. But not just any scream, it was her sonic scream as the waves pushed the shark back. Madison looked at him for one second until Marlin grabbed her hand and pulled back along with Dory as she has the mask.
Bruce quickly got back on his tail and swim towards them for an attack. The three quickly dodged as the shark now went past them and hit a wall.
"Dory, Maddie, look out!" Marlin yelled, as he, Dory, and Madison pushed the mask through the vent to get away from the shark.
"I'm having fish tonight!"
Madison could hear Bruce's voice from the distance. It was crazy, this is the second shark chase she had been in and now she's terrified because she is in fish size.
The trio screamed for their life as they held onto the mask as Bruce was behind their tails. They took to many turns to get away from the Great White as he about to take a bite.
"Just one bite!" Bruce shouted.
"Up, guys! Up!" Madison shouted to her friends and all three quickly went up through the bars.
They thought they got away, but Bruce was underneath them, knocking every vent covers to get to them.
"G'day." Bruce greeted as he spotted them.
He quickly got out of the vent and continued his chase, but the trio were clever enough that they came into a room and shut the vaulted door before the shark entered. Madison was taking a few breaths as she was leaning against the door.
"There's no way out!" Marlin panicked as he swims around the room. "There's got to be a way to escape!"
Suddenly, Madison yelped as she felt the door banging from the other side. It was none other than Bruce. He was trying to get in. Madison quickly moved back from the door as Dory swim towards.
"Who is it?" the Blue Tang asked in a singing voice.
"Dory, help me find a way out!" Marlin called out to her, as he was trying to find some way to leave the room.
"Sorry, you'll have to come back later. We're trying to escape." said Dory as Madison gently pulled the fish away from the door.
While the fishes (mostly Marlin) were trying find another way, Madison was facing the door as it was still banging and one of the screw bolts was popping out. She starts raising her arms out and the glow appeared both her hands and the necklace. She created a shield towards the door, hoping there's enough time for her friends to find a way out.
"Okay, there's a way out. There's gotta be a way out!" Marlin continued to search for an escape.
"Look, here's something!" Dory spoke as she was looking at the vault with words on it and read, "'Es-cap-e.' I wonder what that means. It's funny, it's spelled just like the word 'escape'."
"Let's go!" Marlin quickly grabbed Dory and the Mask, but then looked at Maddie. "Maddie, come on!"
Madison quickly stopped what she was doing as the shield was gone and quickly swim up towards her friends before the door busted open at the side. She could hear the shark saying 'Here's Brucey!' which was a reference straight from the movie, 'The Shining'. As the trio finally got out of the ship, Marlin realized something as he stopped Dory with the mask.
"Wait a minute. You can read?" Marlin questioned in shock as he looked at the Blue Tang.
"I can read?" Dory looked confused about herself but then shout out with excitement. "That's right! I can read!"
"Well, then here. Read this now." Marlin grabbed the back of the mask that has the words and showed it to Dory.
"Guys! Now's not the time!" Madison spoke and let out a scream as Bruce popped out from behind them.
Marlin and Dory screamed with her and the three swam off but realizing that the mask was handing on to Bruce's teeth.
"He really doesn't mean it. He never even knew his father." Anchor shouted.
"Don't fall off the wagon!" Chum shouted.
The trio quickly swim as fast as they could, but Marlin made a turn as the girls followed him until they went inside a tunnel for safety, but to see a missel blocking in front of them.
"Oh, no. It's blocked!" Marlin looked at the missel and the three turned around to see Bruce as he was banging his head, trying to get through.
The shark banged on his head many times that the cause the missel to shake but it was blocking something as Dory looked at it.
"No, Bruce! Focus!" Anchor's voice shouted from the distance and the trio saw the two as they were about to speak before Bruce continues banging.
"Sorry about... Bruce, mate." Chum apologized.
"He's really... a nice guy." said Anchor.
'A nice guy that needs to control his actions.' Madison thought.
"I need to get that mask." Marlin said, trying to think of another way to escape.
"You want that mask? Okay!" said Dory as she starts pushing a small blockage.
"Dory, what are you-?" Madison looked at her and then felt the missile loose as it was pushing her and her friends straight towards Bruce.
"No, no, no, no!" Marlin screamed along with Madison and Dory whooped with glee like it's a ride.
The missile slid out of the ship and went into Bruce's mouth. The shark was now having trouble getting it out, but that brought out more time for the trio to escape.
"Quick. Grab the mask! Grab it!" Marlin shouted and the three quickly grabbed it as they swim back in the tunnel.
Madison turned to see Bruce still straggling with the missile, but with one swing, the missile was now out of his mouth and went flying to a different direction. The mines.
"Oh, no." "Bruce..." Anchor and Chum moaned warningly as they were looking at the missile.
"What?" the Great White shark spoke as he finally come back to his senses. He turned to see the missile was getting close to one of the mines and then gasped. "Swim away! Swim away!"
Madison watched them swim off and all three looked peaked out to see them gone.
"Oh. Is the party over?" Dory wondered in disappointment.
Madison saw that the missile is about to touch the mine and quickly pulled Dory and Marlin back in by the tails. Her necklace was glowing as a shield appeared around them. And with one sound of a clink...
KaBoom!
The mines were exploded one by one around the ship. Madison had her arms around the fishes as they were holding onto the mask, eyes closed for them not to look at brightness of flames, and hoping the explosions stopped. But in Madison's head, she let out a small smile as she remembered that up on the surface, two pelicans were swimming on the water, looking at the night sky until a bubble popped beside the first one. The second one said 'Nice,' as if he thought that the first pelican let one out and then flew off. Madison giggled, but then she got another thought. She wondered if Nemo was doing alright, but didn't notice that the necklace glowed bright.
To Be Continued...