9: Talking fish?
We went to see where those voices were coming from, and what we saw surprised us: A shrimp, an eel, and a flounder talking to each other! And you understood what they were saying!
-Isn't it interesting how things change?-Said the shrimp-Evolution, for example, it seems like it took the fast way-
-Yes!-Said the eel.
-Just yesterday we were swimming everywhere ourselves. And today we can take the bus-
-Heh! It's already 5 minutes late!-Said the flounder.
Fly approached them and asked:
-Excuse me...How come you can all speak?-
-Oh you speak yourself, you should know!-The flounder responded.
-Well, I…-Fly said as the rest of us approached where he was.
-It's like this-Said the shrimp-We owe our present capabilities to Joe and his magic potion-
Fly and Chuck were surprised to hear that name. Celia and I also looked at each other in amazement:
-Joe?-Fly asked.
-¿Potion...?-Added Chuck.
-You should hear Joe talk-Said the eel -It's so inspiring, oh... I hope there's room for us at the meeting!-
-What is these potion look like?-Chuck asked-Is it in a squared bottle?-
Just at that moment, a huge fish came swimming and we hid:
-Oh look at there, here she comes!-Said the shrimp.
-And about time too-the flounder added.
The large fish opened its immense mouth to let the fish pass and another fish was seen acting as its driver. The flounder tried to enter first, but the shrimp gave way to the eel first.
-It will be two clams and five stones, madam-Said the driver fish.
We looked at the ground and Fly grabbed several clams and we headed towards the mouth of the giant fish.
Here, keep the change-Fly said to the driver.
-Just a second!-The fish driver said throwing away the clams-These are not valid-
-Not valid?-Said Fly.
-You'll have to get off-
-What?...-At that moment Fly had an idea-Chuck,give me your glasses-Fly took off his glasses and removed the lenses.
-What are you doing?-I whispered to him.
-I have an idea, but I need the lenses of Celia's glasses too, two won't be enough-He whispered to me.
I took Celia's glasses and took off the lenses to give them to Fly.
-Hey! I can't see!-Celia cried.
Fly addressed the driver, giving him the crystals:
-Here, have these transatlantic, transpacific and oceanic-approved deluxe coins!-Fly told the driver.
-Very well then...here are the tickets-Said the driver as he gave seven tickets to Fly.
-Hold on! um…-Fly pointed to Stella, Sasha and Steven-These three are less than 6 years of age, they ride for free!-
-Oh yes, of course...here's the refund-The fish returned one lens from each pair of glasses to Fly.
-And this poor couple is half blind-I said while I put the lens on each one-It's not fair they should pay the full price-
-We're not a couple!-Celia and Chuck shouted at the same time.
The fish became nervous as Fly finished speaking:
-And while we're at it, could we sell back the tickets we don't need?-He finished with a smile.
The fish returned the remaining glasses and kept the tickets, while Fly took us to the bottom of the animal.
-Next time, have exact change-The driver finished.
-And what would have happened if it didn't work, genius?-Chuck said to Fly.
I went to Fly and gave him a little nudge:
-Good plan!-I congratulated Fly-We've gotten a free trip to wherever we're going-
Fly responded with another small nudge and a sincere smile, the giant fish closed its immense mouth and began its trajectory. After a while, the four of us peeked through the fish's gills to see where we were going.
At first it was dark, as if we were in the deepest part of the sea, the fish approached a sunken transatlantic ship, specifically a large hole there. We were surprised to see tremendous transport, with even more fish swimming inside it, as we went deeper we saw a whole society of fish living with each other. Later we were able to see a large screen with the symbol of the professor's antidote, next to the supposed fish that had stolen it. The fish that formed this image were rotated to generate a different one.
-Look!-Celia said, pointing to the image.
-That's the symbol on the professor's bottle!-Fly added.
Next, the giant fish stopped at some sort of "temple" entrance with the antidote symbol above it. We left the fish to go to the entrance, but some crabs stopped us to announce something:
-ALL FULL!-
-Next meeting on sundown!-
And after that, they closed the doors. We were all surprised and disappointed, but Fly was not thinking of giving up:
-We gotta get in there!-
I looked up and saw some rays heading towards the "temple", so I warned him:
-How about up there?-I pointed at the striped fin with my fin.
-Great! Great idea Feli-He told me with a smile-Quick follow me!-
Then we swam to where the rays were, on top of them there were some cans of sardines, Fly opened one of them and the sardines that were there swam out.
-Hurry hup in!-Fly ordered us.
Stella and Sasha went in first and then Fly pushed Chuck inside.
-We can't all fit in there-Celia said.
I went to open a can that was next to Fly's so that the three of us could enter:
-Celia, Steven, get in here-I ordered them.
Celia and my brother got into the can, Fly got into where Stella, Chuck and Sasha were and closed it from the inside, I also closed my can and the stripes took us in the direction of an unknown place.