ROTTMNT Movie Half Heart💗💙 Hero Kumandra

Meeting Boun

When Raya reached the boat, she climbed on board and onto the dock. Sisu and Tuk Tuk were close behind as they dragged themselves up. When they got on at last, they looked around for someone who was there.

"Hello? Is anybody here?" Raya called. No one answered. The boat has a roof that has a statue of an ancient shrimp and there are baskets of fresh fruit and fishnets. But however, there was no one to greet them.

All of a sudden, a boy popped up startling her. He was dressed in a brown vest and pants. His hair stood straight like a cowlick. Before they knew it, Sisu and Raya were shoved into two produced chairs under them, a pop-up table appeared and the boy slid up to them in front of them like a magician performing a magic trick.

"Welcome to the world-famous Shrimporium. My name is Boun. I'll be your server today. Would you like to hear our daily specials?" he asked, holding his checklist.

"Yes, please!" Sisu said, falling into a chair.

"We got shrimp, we got congee. We got a shrimp congee that won't quit," Boun recited.

"The captain, where is the captain?" Raya cried in a hurry.

"Let me go get him." He walked a few paces and then turned back at them. "What's up, my new customers? I'm Captain Boun, the owner, chef, and chief financial officer of the Shrimporium," the Tail chef said. "How can I help you?"

 Sisu was very impressed. "Well, I'm Sisu and..."

"And we need to get to Talon now," Raya insisted, watching Namaari and her Fang warriors arrive at the docks. In another minute, they would reach them.

Boun folded his arms. "I'm sorry. The Shrimporium is not a water taxi."

From her satchel, Raya produced blocks of jade and showed it to Boun in her hands.

Boun's jaw fell open. "Toi, that's a lot of jade!"

Raya offered half to him. "Half now, half when we arrive in Talon. Deal?"

Boun grabbed the jade and shoved it into his pocket. "Clasp onto your congee. Today's special is to go." He raised one eyebrow and smiled.

Tuk Tuk was about to take a bite of his food when Boun whisked it away. Then the boy picked up a long pole and pushed the boat away from the dock. It inched out into the river with the approximate speed of oozing mud.

"Uh, Captain Boun? Does this thing go any faster?" Raya asked as the Serlots bounded onto the wooden docks.

Boun glanced up and was totally shocked to see the Fang Clan. "Whoa! You didn't tell me Fang was after you!" he shouted. "This is gonna cost you extra!"

"Don't worry, I got it," Sisu shouted. Without waiting for a reply, Sisu leapt over the side of the boat and splashed into the water. 

Boun gaped. "What is she doing?"

Boun couldn't see Sisu from where he was standing but Raya could. As soon as Sisu hit the water, she changed back into a dragon. She grabbed the bottom of the boat and pushed it down the river using her tail as a propeller. As the boat lurched forward, Boun and Raya looked at each other in amazement.

"What is happening?" Boun cried.

"My friend's a really strong swimmer," Raya said, trying to sound as if this was the sort of thing that happened everyday.

Sisu smiled underwater. Namaari and her warriors arrived at the end of the dock just in time to see the boat speeding away.

Raya grinned and gave her a big friendly wave. "Bye-bye, binturi."