*3rd POV*

"Yeah, well, you know, he needed a slight attitude adjustment. A time-out. Cuz was always jealous of my success back home. Couldn't stand that I was gettin' all the ladies." Big D said which caused the ladies, Marco and Philip to laugh. "Anyway. I thought it was a good way to break the ice between us." Big D said before laughing, but no one else was laughing. 

*My POV*

Ray, Sammy, Chris and I came swimming around the corner. "Here you are. So, what took you so long? You see anything useful or what?" Big D asked. "Izzy almost got crushed to death. If you consider that useful." Sammy said as I slightly adjusted my shoulder. "Ah, she's a tough girl. Hey, where's that loony lobster? I got a mission for him." Big D said. 

"He didn't make it out." Sammy said as we glared at Big D. "Hey, what are you gonna do? Sometimes you get collateral damage. Know what I mean?" Big D asked. "Actually, we don't." Sammy said to him. "That's okay. The important thing is you're safe. Maybe next time." Big D said. 

"It's not okay. Your plans are useless." Sammy and I said. Everyone gasped. "What?" Big D asked. "End of story." Sammy said. "You thought that was the whole plan? It was just a look-see. That crazy lobster was reckless. He wasn't even supposed to be there." Big D said as Marco and Philip joined Big D's side, glaring at us.

I glared right back, causing them to cower a little. "And nobody told him to take a nose dive into the freezing water. You ain't pinnin' this one on me." Big D said. "Hey, if the shell fits, wear it. You got no idea how to get out of here." Ray and Chris said as the fish gasped. "Do you?" I asked. Marco and Philip gasped.

"Oh, so you wanna see somebody get out? I'll show you how to get out. Right now." Big D said getting in my face, but I towered over him and growled. I saw him cower, ever so slightly. We were near the dolphins area. "You two ready?" Big D asked. "You good?" One of the ray fish asked. 

"Yeah, I'm good. You?" The other ray fish asked. "I'm good. How about you?" The other one asked. "I'm good." The second one said. "Are you sure because you look like you're coming down with something." The other one said. "Are you two finished?" Big D asked annoyed. "Yeah. I think so." They said.

"Okay. Let's see those pearly whites." Big D said and the dolphin opened its mouth, showing its teeth. "You're serious? We didn't sign up for this." One of them said. "Uh, to be clear, Big D, you want us to go into his mouth?" The other one asked. "Trust me. Get on with it. You first." Big D said. 

"Me, why me? You're smaller, you go first." One of them said. "Age before beauty." The other one said. "Okay, but whatever you do, don't eat me." The first one said, as it swam into the dolphins mouth. "Now, cut your trap." Big D said as the dolphin slowly closed his mouth. "Wow, it's dark in here." The ray fish said.

But one of the humans hit something, which caused the dolphin to close its mouth, making it look like it swallowed him. "Everyone was shocked, but me. "You swallowed him." The second ray fish said, before the dolphin shook its head, opening its mouth to show the other ray fish on the top of its mouth. "Oh, come on. You guys can't take a joke or what?" Big D asked. 

*3rd POV*

Ella, Ricky, Lily, Annabel and Margaret were asleep in a cave. And as the sun appeared, Ella and Lily woke up. "Hey, Ricky, wake up." Lily said as she shakes him. Ricky yawned. "What?" He asked tiredly. Ella picked his head up. "The sun is up. Time to go." Ella said. They swam around before Ella gently rubbed Margaret's head.

"Good morning." Lily said softly. "Hmm. Oh, good morning." Margaret said. "Where's Annabel?" Ella asked. Margaret moved one of her tentacles to show Annabel asleep. "Oh. There she is." Lily said giggling. Annabel woke up and looked up at them. "Hi. Can we go play?" Annabel asked. "No. I think it's time to go, right?" Ella and Lily asked. 

Margaret nodded smiling. Ricky swam towards Annabel and spun her around. "Is the Big Tank far?" Annabel asked her mother. "Oh, it's gonna take us awhile." Margaret answered. "I hope we find Grandpa." Ella said. "Along with Mommy and Daddy." Lily said. "I wanna meet your grandpa, too." Annabel said. "Everybody hold on tight." Margaret said as she attached some of the suction cups on her tentacles to the three kids. "Let's go!" Margaret said as she began swimming off. 

*My POV*

The dolphin was ready and it began swimming outside of the tank with a human. "Hey, everybody, you are about to witness my brilliant plan come true." Big D said. We were hiding behind some rocks, bored. "If I had a sand dab for every 'brilliant plan' of his, I'd be swimming pretty." Alanna said as we swam to the edge of the aquarium.

"I don't see him." Ray said. "Me neither." Sammy and Chris said. I was just looking outside the tank with worry. Where was Lily, Ella and Ricky? "You sure your plan's gonna work, Big D?" Toots asked. "He'll show up. Mark my word." Big D said. "Hey, look! There he is." Jax said as the dolphin appeared.

"Well, I'll be. This might actually work." Chris said as he looked over at Sammy and Ray. "Oh, please. Like it was ever in doubt." Big D said, but I had a doubt about this. "Never, boss." Philip said. "Non, absolument." Marco said. "Never." Philip said. The dolphin was swimming around before he swam towards us and the glass, and opened his mouth letting the ray fish out. 

They swam out of his mouth happily. "Big D is the best!" Toots said as he laughs. "What did I tell you? Was that a great escape or what?" Big D asked. "It was genius, boss. Pure genius." Philip said as the ray fish were swimming together. "You got a flair for drama, boss." Marco said as we kept watching the ray fish swim in a circle. 

Suddenly two fish swim up and eat the ray fish causing all of us to gasp and for me to cover my mouth. We watched in shock. Sammy put both his fins on the glass as we watched the fish. "They ate them! Oh, they ate them!" Toots said. "I know, I know!" Jax said. A female fish fainted and we all turned to Big D. Sammy, Ray and Chris were glaring at him as Chris held me close.

"What? I said they'd get out. They got out. Not my problem." Big D said. "Exactement. What are we, the babysitters?" Marco asked. "Oui. I don't even like babies." Philip said as him, Marco and Big D swim off, not giving anything about how the two-ray fish got eaten. "Yeah, babysitters. A bunch of bottom feeders is what you are." Jimbo said.

I gently picked up the female fish that fainted, and she slowly got her colors back. "What...Oh, that was horrible." She said. "I don't get it, they let the dolphin go. What about us?" Ray asked confused. "Ay, Mira, this place is too small for a dolphin. They don't belong." Manuel said. "And we do?" Sammy asked with a scoff.

"Yo se. I know it makes no sense. Every once in a while, they bring wounded animals here, fix them up and then let them go." Alanna said. "Well, we're gonna find a way out, too. And soon." Sammy said, before we heard a bell. "Oh, great." I said. "Ah, but not on an empty stomach." Manuel said before he swam off with the others.

We came around the corner to see that a lot of fish gathered in this area just for the food. A lot of food began falling into the tank, and I just looked annoyed. I grabbed one and took a bite before handing it over to Chris. I sighed. "Look at them. And we thought Lulu was crazy." Sammy said. "This ain't no paradise, Sammy, Chris, Izzy. It's a prison. We ain't never gonna get out." Ray said before swimming off. 

We followed him. "Ray, we have to. For Ricky, Ella and Lily. They can't survive out there alone." Chris said. We swam together. "We've been through a lot worse than this, Ray." I said softly. "Yeah, you're right. I'm just saying, what's the point of this place?" Ray asked. "Humans like to collect things." Sammy answered. "Well, I don't wanna be collected." I said. Jimbo suddenly swam over towards us smiling. "Hey, hey, I found Ricky, Ella and Lily!" He said and we all began following him.

*3rd POV*

"Thank you. That was very kind of you." Lily said to Margaret. "Wow. This place looks amazing." Ricky said as him, Ella and Lily swim towards the tank. Annabel began following before her mother stopped her. "But, Mama, I want to help, too." Annabel said as they swam off. 

*My POV*

We followed Jimbo in a hurry, before we saw them. "What did I tell you? Woo-hoo!" Jimbo said as we swam towards the glass. "Ella! Ricky! Lily!" Ray said happily. Ricky hit the glass headfirst and we put our hands/fins on the glass. "Whoa, we found them." Ricky said happily. "Lily!" Chris and I said happily as we put our hands where hers were. 

"Thank goodness. They look okay." Sammy said happily. "Look behind you." Jimbo said before we looked down to see the same two fish from earlier. "Watch out." Ray said. "It's not safe around here. You need to swim as far away from..." Sammy said but I knew they couldn't hear us. "What's up with them? They want us to leave?" Lily asked confused. 

We were panicking. "I don't get it. We just got here." Ricky and Ella said as they stared at us confused. "Go, go, go!" Chris and Sammy said. "Swim, swim!" Ray and I said. Jimbo gasped as we heard Albert bang his head against the door. That caused the two fish to look at Ricky, Ella and Lily. 

"Behind you. Look behind you." Sammy said panicked. "They're coming. They're coming! Look behind you. No, no, no." Jimbo said panicked as well. "No, no, no. Turn around!" We all shouted. I noticed that they looked shocked at something behind us. I turned to see Albert. "Grandpa, watch out. Shark." Ricky said. 

"Behind you. Look behind you." Ella and Lily said pointing behind us. "Move out of the way." Albert said and we did. "Duck, he's gonna break the glass." Lily said but Albert just hit it, which caused Ricky to look behind them to finally see the two fish. "Oh, now I get it. Look out." Ricky said as they began swimming away.

Sammy and I followed them as they swam away. Ray and Chris caught up with us as Ella, Ricky and Lily were swimming through the wiring tube. The fish snapped at them, but they kept dodging. We all stared worried. Jimbo and Albert were following us as well. One of them almost got Lily. "Whoa!" Lily said. "Lily!" I said worried.

Ella had to swim out, which caused one of them to go after her, but Lily and Ricky grabbed onto that one's tail and tried to pull on it, but it wasn't working. Ella began screaming as she almost got eaten. Lily got out of the way in time, but Ricky didn't and the other fish bit onto the other one's tail, causing it to face him and bite that one's tail which caused it to open its mouth, freeing Ricky.

Ricky smiled and he and Lily quickly followed after Ella. The two fish kept trying to bite each other as Lily, Ella and Ricky swim away. Ray slightly cheered for a moment, but we noticed the two fish staring after the three of them and we panicked. Ella and Lily gasped as she noticed. Ricky got them out of the way in time, for both fish to slam their faces into the ground.

Which caused dirt to go everywhere, and when it cleared, we could only see the two fish. Ella, Ricky and Lily were swimming through the grass on the ground, but they gasped as they saw the two fish, causing them to swim the other way. We saw the fish circling around a can, but I knew the three were smarter than that. 

They crushed the can, but nothing happened, but where the can landed, was near a pipe. Which showed the two hatchlings and baby mermaid swimming out of, they quickly began swimming away when they noticed the two fish saw them. The four of us looked at each other worried, since we couldn't see them anymore.

*3rd POV*

Ricky, Ella and Lily hid somewhere. Ricky looked around. The two fish came swimming towards them, but they weren't there. Ella had to stop herself from falling when they were revealed, and once the second fish swam away the two hatchlings and baby mermaid quickly swam off and into somewhere they thought was safe.

But they screamed as one of the fish almost got them which caused them to swim away quickly. As the three kept swimming, the two fish were hitting the pipe which caused it to dent. Ricky got stuck, Ella and Lily tried to swim back, but one of them broke the pipe, which caused them to yell. 

Ricky got unstuck and they kept swimming. The two fish kept denting the pipe. But as they escaped, they ran into a room full of the snow crabs. Ella, Ricky and Lily looked at them scared, and kept their distance. The three were grabbed and they screamed before a red light came on, and the doors on one end to open, which caused the crabs to stop and cheer as it came towards them.

They let go of the three of them and as they swam away, they saw the two fish from earlier. They screamed and began swimming through all the food to get away. The three of them swim their way through all the stuff, while the two fish just swam through it not fazed. The three quickly got through the gate before it closed, and they screamed.

The two fish went headfirst with the door as the three swam away from the door panting. As the lights began to dim, the crabs glared at the fish and began making their way towards the fish.