Jay groaned, feeling a great headache and screeching in his ears. He muttered and slowly opened his eyes, tried to move, but couldn't. His eyes opened wider as he looked around him and realized he was tied up.

- What... What happened? - Kai groaned in pain as he slowly recovered from his stun. The Master of Fire gasped in fright and tried to struggle against the chains. - We are still underwater!!?

- Kai, stop fighting! - Jay calmed the panicked ninja and groaned when a wave of pain hit his head again. He looked over his shoulder and saw Nya, Cole and Lloyd unconscious.

- Where is Saber? - he asked in a whisper.

- Still alive and well! - called out a crisp voice. Jay raised his head toward the ceiling of the ship they were aboard and saw golden eyes glowing the color of lava. Suddenly that someone jumped down to the floor and stopped in front of the captives.

Jay and Kai exchanged panicked glances and looked at the monster in front of them. It was the same monster that captured them. Instead of a left hand, it had a large claw, resembling the pincers of a crab. It also had a beard, made of tentacles, and black metal armor.

- Erm... Who are you? - Jay asked.

The monster sent the Master of Lighting a mischievous smirk and straightened up proudly. - Why, they call me Mate Squiddybeard. Conqueror of all the seas and Commander of a Great Force of Sea Monsters! And you... You are the ones who invaded our home. - he growled furiously.

Jay lightly snorted with laughter, amused by the monster's name. - Squiddybeard, really?

Kai looked at his friend horrified. - Jay... I beg you, but shut up. - he whispered frantically as the sea monster sent them a deadly stare.

- Do you find my name funny? Human? - he hissed.

Jay was about to answer him, but Kai quickly interjected. - No, no, no! Of course not! Very, this is a very threatening and serious name, sir! My companion has a slight delay, you'll have to forgive him for that.

Mate Squiddybeard nodded and made a sound of approval. - Well, then I can forgive you, your innate stupidity.

Jay furrowed his eyebrows in indignation and looked at Kai, who only smiled at him.

- Where are we? - Kai asked. 

- Somewhere where none of your people can find you. - replied a grumpy voice. Kai threw his head in the direction of the voice and saw another sea monster sitting at the wooden bar, sharpening knives. This monster was slightly smaller than Mate Squiddybeard and had an eye patch and lacked one hand on which was a metal blade.

There were also smaller monsters sitting next to him, watching the trapped people with uncertainty, eating seaweed from a bowl. 

The grumpy monster is the great sea monster chef, Chef Savage. The smaller monsters are Poop and Deck, the chef's faithful helpers, waiters.

- Listen, we are not looking for trouble, we just want to find one artifact that will help us save the whole world. We don't want to fight you, we will find our artifact and disappear from your sight. Deal? - Kai proposed to the sea monsters.

Mate Squiddybeard scratched his chin with his claw and exchanged a look with another triton-like monster. The same monster that helped capture the ninja. Next to him floated a piranha, which growled and barked like a wild chihuahua every now and then. In his hand he held a huge trident.

That monster is Marquis de Seaweed and his piranha Shedder.

- And what is this artifact you're looking for? - Marquis de Seaweed asked with a hidden malicious smirk. Sheeder growled at the humans.

- The Traveler's Map. - spoke up Lloyd, who had already woken up a good while ago. - We really need this map. We were told that we could find it somewhere in these ship ruins.

- And this... some kind of valuable map? - asked Deck in a nervous voice, earning a silencing look from his boss.

- You could say that. - The green ninja replied to the little monster.

- Oh, oh, oh! Is this a treasure map? - Poop asked eagerly. All the sea monsters became animated at the word  "treasures". It is a known fact that sea monsters are the most greedy and adventurous monsters of all races of monsters.

- Well... Maybe? Apparently it can show us locations in all worlds. - Jay replied with uncertainty.

Mate Squiddybeard and Marquis de Seaweed began whispering to each other. Heavy footsteps sounded on the old wooden floor of the ship and a massive sea monster entered the room with a slow step, dragging a heavy weapon behind him.

This monster is the Sharkerado, the strongest warrior of all sea monsters, wielding a huge weapon. 

- The siren is already ready. - He informed his companions.

Marquis de Seaweed sighed in fake relief. - Well, finally! This prima donna can get ready for probably a hundred years! I swear, a little more and she will be failing all her performances.

Someone sighed loudly. - How dare you!!?

A voice squealed offended, until everyone had to cover their ears to keep from going deaf from the frequency of the shouting. Everyone turned toward the door and saw more monsters in Poop and Deck's size carrying a large tub on their shoulders, in which sat a mermaid with the truest green seaweed hair.

On the faces of the monster, it was clear to see the fatigue and pain from when they had to carry heavy singer in a large metal tub. Siren of Seaguard, she sent everyone a smirk, twisting a strand of her hair around her finger.

-Relax my dears, your adored and admired Sing-Along Siren of Seagurad has already come to rescue you from the misery from old de Seaweed's chatting. - she said, smiling mischievously at the said monster.

Marquis de Seaweed growled at her. - Here came oh great, self-proclaimed prima donna from under the sea stone. Where have you been!? 

The siren didn't care about the sea monster's mockery and snorted. - My beautiful hairstyle won't do itself, right? - she replied, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

- Siren, we captured the lost people who tried to rob our home! - said Deck briskly, looking almost with dove-eyed at siren.

The Siren looked at Deck with a smile and looked at the people and the lion captured and tied to the pole with chains. - Ah! You are the pathetic explorers who barged so rudely into our home and worse.... They wanted to rob it.

The ninjas exchanged uncertain glances as Siren stepped out of the tub and swam over to them. She looked at each of them individually and her gaze lingered on Jay and his blue diving suit. She smiled mockingly and put her finger under his chin to look her in the eye.

The blue ninja swallowed hard, feeling her piercing gaze penetrate like needles into his face. - Blue suits on you, it accentuates that killing eye color and that heavenly face and those cheeks, oh! Were you a model?

The red color crept into his cheeks and he began to stammer. Nya felt a wave of jealousy and anger begin to bubble through her veins. - Hey! Get away from my husband, you ugly frog!

The Siren wheezed with indignation, the monsters, except Marquis de Seaweed, gasped in shock at the insult about the great singer. Marquis laughed out loud at this, throwing his head back.

- What did you call me, human!? - she hissed furiously at Nya and threw herself at her. - I am the Siren of Seaguard, the greatest and most beautiful singer in all the sea! No one will insult the great siren! NO ONE!!!

She screamed, emitting a very, very deafening screech. Everyone gasped, but the ninjas were horrified when the glass of their diving masks cracked slightly under the impact of her scream.

- Oh no! Our masks! - Cole gasped, looking wide-eyed at the cracks. The siren took a closer look and only now noticed their clothes. A smile of evil affected her lips.

- Oh...? I forgot that you, humans, need those ridiculous masks to breathe, don't you? And what happens if you take them off? - she asked and reached out her hand toward Nya.

All the sea monsters, began to get up from their seats, pulling out various weapons. Mate Squiddybeard looked at Chef Savage and the smaller monsters. - Savage, go to our treasures and go find that map they were talking about! If it's some kind of magic treasure map, it belongs to us!

Savage nodded and nodded at the monsters, coming out from below deck. Saber fought with the chains. - Collar, laser!

A laser slid out of the collar, allowing him to cut his chains and break free. The lion quickly stood and lit his horns with cyan light. Aura embraced the rusty swords and lifted them from the floor.

Saber looked at the approaching sea monsters to their friends and a growl came from his throat. The lion extended his claws and twirled swords. - Collar, send a alarm signal!

The collar emitted a screech and the lion rushed at the monsters. He jumped on the wall, bounced off it and pushed away with the sword's blade, the Siren, who had her hands on Nya's mask. The Siren hit the wooden sideboard and squealed in pain.

- Ah, you rude cat, take them! Take those masks off their faces, they can't breathe without them! Those bottles on their backs too! - she yelled at the monsters.

Saber cut the chains which bind his friends and they faced the monsters.

- Jay, Nya go after those monsters and try to find the Traveler's Map! We will take care of the monsters. - Saber ordered the two ninjas and threw himself into battle with Mate Squiddybeard.

Cole, Lloyd and Kai reached for their harpoons and also threw themselves into battle with the sea monsters. Nya and Jay nodded and exited the ship through a broken window.

- Don't let them get to the others! - Marquis de Seaweed yelled at the monsters and threw himself at Kai.

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The team of (Y/N) sailed to the Graveyard of Sunken Ships and started looking for their friends in the ruins of the ships.

- They're not there, your highness! - reported one of the Merlopian soldiers.

- Damn... Where could they be? - she asked herself and looked around her.

- Let's not worry too much, (Y/N). We will find them. - Skylor assured, stopping beside her. Suddenly everyone's communicators started squealing frantically and flashing red.

- A alarm signal? Sea monsters. - (Y/N) growled furiously and looked at her friends. - Zane, can you track them?

Zane nodded and began pressing something on his communicator. A smile appeared a second later on his face. - They are to the east of us! Follow me!

- Did you hear the Ice Master? Follow him! - cried the Merlopian soldier to his comrades. (Y/N), Skylor, Harumi, Aaron followed them.

They started flowed through the corridors of the caves until they came to another wide cave, where there were more ships.

- There! - cried out Harumi, when she spotted on the half-destroyed deck, Saber having a sword fight with Mate Squiddybeard.

The Merlopian soldiers began firing from their tridents at the monster. Mate Squiddybeard screamed in shock when one of the bullets hit him in the shoulder, Saber looked up and saw support coming.

- I told you they will come for us! - cried out with laughter to the sea monster and hit him in the chest with the sword's blade. - Go help Lloyd, Kai and Cole, I can handle him!

 - Soldiers, follow me! - Aaron ordered the soldiers and they go below deck with Harumi and Skylor.

- (Y/N), Zane, go help Nya and Jay, they are somewhere in the ruins of those ships! - cried the lion, throwing their heads towards other ruins on the left.

- We got it! Come on Zane!

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Nya and Jay stood with their backs to each other and pushed away the small sea monsters and wild electrifying eels when they were below the deck of the ship, where all the sea monsters' valuables were located.

- They will never get tired!? - Jay groaned as he fired at another eel. The sharp weapon pierced the sea creature right through, killing it.

- Never! For killing my pups, I'll make from you kidney soup and serve you to the Elm of the Dark Realm! - Chef Savage shrieked, struggling with Nya his metal blade.

- Wait! You know the Elm of the Dark Realm? - Nya surprised questioned the old sea monster.

- Of course I know him! He's a big, vicious bastard that people like you eat for breakfast! - he hissed at the man. - Wait! How do you know him? - He asked confused, stopping his attacks.

The eels and smaller sea monsters also stopped, looking then at the boss then at the humans. Nya and Jay looked at each other confused.

- Well... Our kids when they were younger ran away into the forest and ran into him and other forest monsters. - Nya said.

- Other forest monsters? Are these shrubs still alive? - He asked confused. - And I don't recall that the Elm of the Dark Realm has a taste for tiny children. I know, because I used to prepare dishes of humans for him myself.

- That's very comforting. - Jay said sarcastically.

- The Elm of the Dark Realm is a terrible hoodlum, who can devour even those who belong to his tribe. A disgusting guy. - Savage hissed in disgust.

- We have suspicions that he belongs to the Nerath troops. She has returned and kidnapped our kids, and wants to curse our realms. Even the monsters who won't cooperate with her. - Jay explained.

- Nerath? I used to know that name... A very crazy and cold lady that you don't want nothing to do with.... I and my brothers want nothing to do with her.

- Great. Because we have a way that will help us defeat her! We need that map we told you about. We need to find it. - Nya begged.

Savage groaned and ran his hand over his face. - If you promise that Nerath won't touch our business and defeat this maniac Elm of the Dark Realm, you can look for this map.

- Thank you.

Savage only growled and pressed two fingers to his lips. He let out a loud long whistle and all the monsters quickly stopped. The soldiers were confused when they quickly began to run away.

- Alarm signal. We developed this to inform us that darkness is coming. We must take cover, again. Good luck against the Queen of Nightmares and believe me, you will need it. If she has Forest Monsters on her side, it won't be easy for you to defeat them. - Savage said and quickly began to walk away.

- Thanks... I think? - Jay asked. - It was weird.

- I know... Let's find that map quickly, because the oxygen reserve is starting to run out. - Nya said with worry and together with Jay start to look for the Traveler's Map.