*My POV*

Albert was back to headbutting the door as Sammy, Ray, Chris and I were waiting for any signs of Ricky, Ella and Lily. Sammy began swimming towards Albert, and I followed. "Hey, Albert. Look, I just wanted to thank you for what you did for Ricky, Ella and Lily." Sammy said but Albert kept banging his head against the door. 

"Albert. You should let it go. That door is too thick." I said softly as I put my hand on it. "Don't you think I know that?" Albert asked. "But then why?" Sammy asked. "I want everyone to know that you can't ever give up. You do that, you die." Albert said. "I hear that, Albert." Sammy and I said softly as we swam away.

A fish and a small squid swam past me, and Sammy giggling and we smiled. The squid got the fish with its ink, and the fish played dead as it laid against the vent, and when it started, the two fish swam off, but the ink floated up, and that's when Sammy and I got the best idea. I touched the ink and smiled at Sammy. "We're going to get out of here. All of us." Sammy said and I nodded hugging him happily. 

*3rd POV*

Ricky, Ella and Lily were still trying to find their way out. "Whoa!" Annabel's voice echoed. "Shh. I hear something." Ricky said. "Help!" Annabel's voice echoed. "Is that Annabel?" Lily asked. "Mommy! Help!" Annabel's voice echoed. "Yeah, it does sound like her." Ella said as they swam up, they found a big opening.

"Annabel?" Lily asked. "In here." Annabel answered. "Let's go!" Ricky said as they swam into the opening. They swam through the holes to get to her. "Annabel, what are you doing here?" Ella asked. "I'm stuck. I can't move." Annabel said. "You sure get into trouble a lot." Lily said. "We'll get you out." Ella and Ricky said.

They all began working together. They tried to pull her the opposite ways, but that didn't work. "Stop it, stop it." Annabel said as Ricky was trying to push her. They soon got her free. Annabel giggled. "Woo! I'm dizzy." Annabel said as her and Ella swam out. "Watch your back, Ricky, Lily!" Ella said as Lily got out, but Ricky's shell hit the spinning thing.

"Ricky!" Ella and Lily said worried. Ricky sighs and rubbed his head. "Let's not do that again. Ella! Lily!" Ricky said. "Annabel. Wait, it's too dangerous out there." Lily said. "I'll get mommy. She'll protect you." Annabel said as she swam off. "I guess it's okay now. The bad fish are gone." Ricky said as they looked around.

*My POV*

"Ray here is the one you'll squirt. Okay?" I asked softly as the small squid swam towards Ray and pointed at him and nodded. "So, you really think this plan of yours is going to work?" Ray asked. "Personally, I think it's pretty good." Jimbo said. "Now what do we do?" Chris asked. "Wait and hope the kids show up." I said.

"That is, if they're not already..." Ray said softly. "Yeah." Sammy said as they looked down. Jimbo looked past them. "Wait, wait, wait. I see them." Jimbo said and we saw the kids swimming towards us happily. "They made it." Ray and Chris said happily. "Phew. That's a relief." Sammy said as I swam to the glass and smiled at my little girl. Lily smiled and put her hand where mine was. 

"Okay, do your stuff. Show them our idea." Sammy said and the squid nods and squirts some ink towards Ray, who played dead. "What are they doing, now?" Ella asked confused. "Beats me." Ricky said. "They don't get it." I said. "Do it again." Sammy said. They tried again, and Ray even went towards the glass to play dead.

But soon swam up to my side. "They don't get it." I said again. "Yeah, you're right." Sammy said. "Hey, maybe we can talk to them through the vent." Ray said. "It's worth a try." Sammy and Chris said. "Find the vent." Sammy yelled. "Do you understand what they're trying to tell us?" Ricky asked as Ella and Lily paid attention to what Sammy was doing. 

"I think I do. Come on." Lily said as she grabbed their fins and pulled them down. "Oh, come on. Are you kidding me?" Chris said as he gestured to the vents getting warm. "This is bad. They'll get shredded to bits." Sammy said. 

*3rd POV*

Ricky, Ella and Lily were being pulled towards the vent. Ricky got stuck, but Ella and Lily tried to grab onto the broken stuff, but couldn't keep a hold on it. "Ricky!" They shouted. "Ella! Lily! No!" Ricky shouted worried. 

*My POV*

"What have I done?! I'm gonna get them killed." Sammy said. "Oh, no. Can't we catch a break here?!" Ray and Chris asked as I was panicking. 

Ella and Lily were being pulled through it. "Help! Help!" The two of them shouted as they were pulled through it, but they yelped as they slammed against something that prevented them from going inside. 

| With Ricky |

"Annabel, over here!" Ricky said as he was worried for Ella and Lily. "Woo-hoo. Ricky." Annabel said before she got caught in the spot next to Ricky. "Ow!" Annabel said. "Watch out! You're gonna get stuck just like me." Ricky said. "An otto-pus, get stuck? Never. But you? You get into trouble an awful lot." Annabel said as she crossed her tentacles.

"Yeah, I've heard that before." Ricky said as Annabel began trying to get him out, but a crab grabbed his fin. "Ow, that hurt." Ricky said. "Hey, you. Now stop that. He's my friend." Annabel said as she squirted ink at him. "Now go away." Annabel said. But the crab grabbed her. "Ouch!" Annabel said.

"Knock it off. Go back to the sewers where you belong." Margaret said. "There's all kinds of scary monsters around here." Ricky said before Margaret got Ricky unstuck. "Compared to humans, they're not bad." Annabel. "You know, I did warn you three about the dangers of the Big Tank." Margaret said before gasping. "Wait a minute, where's Ella and Lily?" Margaret asked. "I don't know, but I think she got sucked in." Ricky said.  

| with Ella and Lily |

Ella and Lily watched the crab from earlier go past them, before the watched the ink go up and into the tank, and they saw Jax peering into the vent. "Oh, the horror!" Jax said as he swam off. "The ink. Of course. That's the plan." Lily said happily as her and Ella began swimming out.

*My POV*

We saw Jax freaking out, but we saw him slam into the glass. I looked over back at the vent before noticing something. "Is that...ink?" I asked as Chris, Sammy and Ray noticed. 

*3rd POV*

"There they are!" Annabel said as she noticed Ella and Lily. "Ella! Lily!" They all said. "We're really happy to see you guys." Ella said as her, Ricky and Lily hug. "I was afraid you two were..." Ricky said. "No, no. We're okay. Listen. We know how to get them out. But we're gonna need your help." Ella said as they turned to Margaret and Annabel.

"No problem. What can we do?" Margaret asked confused. "We need ink. Lots of ink." Lily said.

*My POV*

We were just sitting by the vents sadly. "You're gonna starve to death if you keep on skipping meals. So, what's the status? The kid show up?" Jimbo asked. "It's hopeless." Ray said sadly, when Big D appeared out of nowhere. "Who croaked?" Big D asked. "Not now, okay?" Chris asked with a small glare.

"I heard your grandkids and daughters outside. That's good." Big D said. "Not if we can't get out." I hissed. "Oh, why is she talking to you? You don't care." Sammy hissed. Philip gasped. "Look." Philip said and we looked. "What the..." Big D said as we looked to see a lot of squid. "Look at that." Ray said smiling.

"Oh, yeah. Those are some smart grandkids and daughter you got there." Jimbo said. Sammy and I swam to the glass happily. "Ella! Ricky! Lily! Yes!" Sammys aid. "We are getting out of here." I said happily. "Getting out? Don't you get it? I'm the boss. I decide when it's time to go. What's this stupid plan you came up with anyway?" Big D asked. 

"That is on a need-to-know basis." Sammy and I said smiling. "Huh?" Big D asked as Jimbo was in the vent hiding. "And right now, you don't need to know." Ray and Chris said smiling. "Oh, yeah? We'll see about that." Big D said glaring at us. "Whatever." Ray said smiling. "All right. Let's get moving." Sammy said. 

"Albert. We got squid. Stay alert." I said. "Sammy, Izzy, look." Chris said as ink was already coming in. "Oh, no, not yet, we're not ready." Sammy said. "Wait for my signal, okay?" I asked as we all made stop gestures. Ella and Lily got them to stop. "Time to move." Sammy said. "Chris and I will go this way." Ray said as him and Chris went to go one way. 

"We'll meet back here. Give the kids the signal." Sammy said as him and I began swimming the other direction as Chris and Ray went the other way. The kids sat on the edge, waiting. All of us were making our way through the tank, showing everyone how to play dead and it was working as we were making good progress.

Sammy and I were swimming after Toots, when suddenly Marco and Philip tackled us and pushed us away. Sammy and I were swimming backwards away from them. Big D laughed as we faced him. "You actually thought I was gonna let you swim in here and act like you're the boss?" Big D asked as he had a smile.

"Don't tell me. You're worried about getting shown up?" Sammy and I said glaring. "We don't have time for this." I said. "Hold your tongue." Marco said getting in Sammy's face but I pushed him back glaring. "Me? Shown up by some turtles, mermaid and merman? Ha! I don't think so. You see, it's just not the way we do things." Big D said. 

Marco and Philip was circling us, but I shoved their faces away and Sammy and I began swimming away. Philip was suddenly bit my tail and I grunt. I tried to swim away but I hit his head. Marco suddenly bit Sammy's fin which caused Sammy to yell out and throw him towards one of the pillars.

Sammy and I began wrestling with Philip as he tackled us and I pushed Philip's head to the ground. Marco suddenly came towards me and wrapped a cord around my neck and I gasped for air. But once he brought it around it fell off my neck, giving me the chance to breath. They suddenly began wrapping me around in the cords. "Izzy!" Sammy shouted worried, but he couldn't do anything. 

"Sammy!" I said as I was able to drag one of the cords and got it to slam the heater down and break, giving me a chance to swim away. But suddenly Philip and Marco began wrapping the cords around me more, before wrapping them around my neck and dragging me to the ground. I was gasping for air. 

"If I let every idiot with a half-baked idea have free run, it'd be chaos. That ain't gonna happen." Big D said as he began swimming away, while Philip and Marco drug me into the small, caged area where I could barely breath. "There they are." I heard Toots say as Ray, and Chris came in. Sammy swam over to them and the three glared at Marco, Philip and Big D. "Let her go, Big D." Chris demanded. 

"Your little escape plan is over." Big D said. "That's what you think!" Ray said as he swam forward, as Marco did as well, but Ray wrapped his fins around Marco, clearly showing he was bigger. "Come on, you worm." Ray said. "Don't let him talk to you like that, Marco." Big D demanded as Chris and Sammy tried to find a way to get to me. 

Ray was wrestling with Marco, but then Philip tried to sneak attack him. "Oh! Two against one, huh? Is that all you go, Big D?" Ray asked as he threw Philip away like a doll. "Guys." I gasped out as I still had the cord around my neck. "Get him Philip." Big D demanded as Ray kept wrestling with them. 

Phillip bit Ray's but it did nothing. Ray pinned him against the wall and hit his head multiple times. "Come on. What are you doing?" Big D asked as Marco came swimming in and bit Ray's fin, who slammed his head into the metal fence. Sammy, Chris and Ray swam to me. "It's okay, Izzy. We're here." Ray said softly. 

"Ah, good to see you, guys." I said softly. " Beat it now, beat it." Chris hissed at Marco and Philip who hid in the caged like area. "He's right. You're two useless worms." Big D said. "Big D. What is going on here?" Jimbo asked confused. "Oh, look at this. One big happy family." Big D said as they all noticed me with the cord around my neck.

"Have you lost your mind?" Jimbo asked. "I'm saving all of you nincompoops, is what I'm doing." Big D said. "No you're not. You're trying to kill Izzy." Jimbo said as they all glared at Big D. "So dramatic." Big D said. "Let us get that off you, honey." Chris said softly as they got the cords off my neck.

"Look, I'm not gonna let these trouble-making turtles, mermaid and merman mess up our chances of escaping." Big D said. "Escaping? We've got like a zero chance with your plans." Jimbo said as everyone began agreeing. "To be honest, you've disappointed me. I treat you all like family and this is how you repay me?" Big D asked. 

"Oh, like you did Tremaine?" Alanna asked. "Back off, you stew-nods." Big D demanded. "What are you going to do, Big D? Ice all of us?" Alanna asked and got in his face. "You've all lost your minds." Big D said as he swam back. "That' right, mi amor. It is not time to be silent, mi amigos." Manuel said.

"Come on." Big D said. "That plan with the dolphin. That didn't turn out to well, did it, Senor D?" Manuel asked. "What?" Big D asked. "You sent that poor lobster, Lulu, on a suicide mission." Alanna said. "Hey, hey. Now hold on. Nobody cracked her clows to go." Big D said before he noticed Albert behind him.

"Look who it is, mister tough guy. What do you want?" Big D asked. "Go band your head. It's what you do best." Big D said before laughing. "This guy's priceless." Big D said before Albert leaped forward and trapped Big D in his mouth causing the others to gasp. Marco and Philip swim up panicked. 

"No, no. This is not good." Philip said. "Oh, it stinks. Let me out of here." Big D's voice echoed as Albert opened his mouth slightly and they could see Big D. "He's alive! Boss, you're alive!" Philip said happily. "No thanks to yous." big D said. "What do you want us to do?" Marco asked confused. 

Chris, Sammy and Ray helped me up and I grabbed onto the ledge. "All right, everyone." I said before coughing slightly but got ahold of myself. "We're busting out of here. And this time everybody's getting out." I said smiling as everyone began cheering happily. I swam to Chris happily and we hugged laughing happily. 

"What about them?" Alanna asked gesturing to Marco and Philip. I coughed a little. "Even those two-nitwit foot soldiers." I said glaring at them. "But, what about the boss, huh?" Philip asked.
"Oui." Marco said. "We'll set him free on the outside." I said annoyed. "But that's good, right Big D?" Philip asked hopefully.

"Actually, I don't want to leave." Big D said causing almost all of us to gasp. "But, but...What are you saying?" Marco said. "I don't understand. We will be free, no?" Philip asked. "Oui. Free." Marco said. "You never really wanted to get out of here, did you?" Jimbo asked. Sammy suddenly smirked. 

"Out there, he's just a little defenseless seahorse. Let him go." Sammy said. "All right, guys, time to go." Ray said and everyone began swimming away. "Hey. Hold up. Hold up. Where yous going? You're makin' a big mistake listenin' to them turtles. Stupid plan if I ever heard one." Big D said as he swam inside his home.