Chapter 23

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     One of the Dolphins caught Branch by the back of his vest, swimming down under the water, dragging him along.

He struggled to break free, as the dolphin pulled him deeper and deeper under the water.

Finally, he managed to slip out of his vest, swimming up towards the surface.

     As he swam up, the dolphin swimming up under him, pushing it's nose against his feet, and pushing him upwards.

     He flew out of the water, gasping for air, before screaming, as he fell back down.

     "AHHHHH!" he screamed, splashing down into the water, a dolphin swimming underneath him, so that he was now riding on it's back.

     "No! No! No!" Branch cried out in fear, holding onto the dolphin for dear life. "Let me go!"

     The dolphin jumped into the air, causing Branch the fall off it's back, and land on it's tail.

     It's tail pushed Branch in and out of the water, as it swam quickly.

     Finally, the dolphin stopped, flinging it's tail upwards, so that Branch went flying.

     "AHHHHH!" he screamed, soaring through the air, and finally landing face first on a beach.

     "Ugh..." he groaned, laying face down in the sand.

" he groaned, laying face down in the sand

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     "Branch! Branch!" he suddenly heard.

     He pushed himself up onto his hands, and knees, as he spat out a fish, along with some ocean water, he had accidentally swallowed.

     He pushed himself up onto his hands, and knees, as he spat out a fish, along with some ocean water, he had accidentally swallowed

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     Slowly, he shook his head, his vision blurry, as he wobbled up to his feet.

     "Branch!" Poppy yelled, as she ran over, hugging him tight. "Are you ok?"

     He nodded, his vision slowly, clearing as he looked at Poppy.

     "Yeah... I... I'm fine," he said, coughing a little more.

     Molly ran over with Barb on her shoulder.

     "Sup, boy toy?" Barb greeted, casually.

     Branch looked at her, annoyed.

     "Sup? Sup!? That's all you have to say!?" he yelled. "I was just flushed down a giant toilet! Hurled through pipes! Spat out into the middle off the ocean for hours! And then attacked by dolphins! And you say, sup!?"

     Barb shrugged.

     "What's up?" she corrected herself, smirking a bit.

     Branch's eye twitched in anger, and he pounced at her, screaming.

     Quickly Poppy grabbed him, holding him back.

     "Branch! Stop!" she yelled.

     He took a deep breath, calming down.

     "Ok... ok... I'm good... I'm calm..." he said, calmly.

     Molly looked at her watch, gasping at the time.

     "We've got to go if we're gonna make our flight," she announced, scooping up Poppy and Branch, as she placed them on her shoulders, quickly running off towards the airport.

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