Ocean Feelings

Chapter 1

The ocean water flowed past the windows of the Octopod as the Octopod finally settled down and locked in place for the night. The octonauts were relaxing and spread out throughout the home. Dashi, Tweak, Shellington, and Barnacles sat in HQ wrapping up reports and repairs for the day. Dashi sighed as she clicked her phone off again. Before Shellington could ask if she was okay again, they saw someone dart past the window. Dashi slowly dropped her phone confused, "What on earth..."

"What was that? It almost looked human," Shellington questioned, slowly standing.

"Humans couldn't go that fast... Strange indeed..." Barnacles agreed as he tilted down to look out the window. "Tweak, sound the Octoalert."

"Humans couldn't..." Tweak murmured before sounding the octoalert. As the crew arrived in the launchbay, Barnacles looked perplexed as he tried to explain the phenomenon.

Dashi finally spoke up, "I... I think I know who that is..."

Tweak raised her eyebrows, "What- Who- Would I know them too?"

"Coco," Dashi whispered the name and watched as Tweak's face morphed from confusion to grim understanding.

"Coco?" Kwazii tilted his head confused, "Who's Coco?"

"Our... Cousin... She- She's been missing for a few months. If anyone would somehow survive and swim by us by sheer dumb luck, it would be her." Tweak sighed. She rubbed at her face as the realization sunk in further.

Barnacles took in the appearances of his crewmates and nodded determined, "Can you find out where exactly she would be?"

Tweak nodded, and Dashi started typing on the computer, "Her last known location... was in Florida. That can't be right..."

"It wouldn't be. Pa woulda seen her. Are we even sure this was her? I mean-" Tweak groaned before Dashi stepped back.

"Got it. Coco threw off the signal with a VPN. She was off the coast of South Carolina. Twenty miles from us." Dashi stared at Tweak with a fire in her eyes.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Tweak questioned as Barnacles tossed her an air tank. She gave him a confused look.

"Your family, your mission. Tweak and Dashi, you are with Peso and me in the gup A. Kwazii take the gup B. Shellington and Inkling, you guys take gup E. Then Octonauts; Let's find her."

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The groups searched for Coco for going on an hour. They finally surfaced near a tiny island. Dashi groaned as she leaned against the wall, "we are getting nowhere."

"Dash," Tweak began as she spun around in her chair, the dark circles under her eyes contrasting with the light in the gup, "Maybe we need to cut our losses- Maybe it wasn't Coco. It was an animal, and we were all sleep deprived. Maybe she isn't near South Carolina and is actually back in Kentucky."

"You know Coco wouldn't just- ignore our calls. How dare you say we cut our losses with her!" Dashi started pacing the floor, "We know she is still alive!"

"How Dashi? How do we know that?" Tweak stood up, "You have a magic feeling? Is that it?"

"Aunt Jess told me!" Dashi and Tweak froze as the words left her mouth.

"What?" Tweak mumbled as she stared at Dashi.

"Aunt Jess has been talking to her nightly. She says she is alive, but no one else knows where she is." Dashi whispered into the air.

"Coco isn't missing, is she?" Tweak hissed, "You let me believe our cousin-"

"Aunt Jess doesn't know where she is! She tried she- She is missing! But you-" Dashi sighed, frustrated.