" Dis is nuttsen," Jar Jar stated as the bongo descended deeper into the water." Oh, gooberfish!"
As the Gungan turned to look at something else, Obi-wan, who was stuck standing due to the lack of a fourth seat, decided to make conversation with the odd creature.
" Why were you banished Jar Jar?"
" It's a longo tale-o," the Gungan said, turning back," buta small part would be mesa... clumsy."
" You were banished because you were clumsy?" the Jedi padawan asked.
" Yousa might'n be sayin dat."
Lei-ke piloted this ship further into the depths, passing by an Opee Sea Killer that began to follow them, the four occupants of the bongo unaware of the large fish following them.
" Mesa caused mabbe one, two-y lettle bitty axadentes, huh? Yod-say boom da gassar, den crashin der boss's heyblibber den banished!"
At this moment, the Opee Sea Killer which had long since caught up with the bongo lashed out with its young, sticking to the back of it and pulling the ship in.
" Wuh-oh!" Jar Jar yelled." Big goober fish! Huge-o teeth!"
" That is a goober fish?" Lei-ke asked, frantically working on getting the bongo free." You don't think, perhaps, you could have stated that goober fish like eating people when you first pointed one out?"
As the fish swam further forward, carrying the ship with it, another fish, a Sando Aqua Monster, came up from a nearby cave and caught the Opee Sea Killer in it's mouth, freeing the bongo and eating the smaller fish.
" There's always a bigger fish," Qui-gon remarked.
" Mesa tink we goen back now," the nervous Gungan said in a desperate attempt to convince the others to turn around.
Lei-ke, not listening to the Gungan, piloted the bongo into a nearby cave, hoping it would lead them to where they were trying to get or they could come up with a better plan in there.
" Where wesa goen?"
" Don't worry," Qui-gon assured the local." The force will guide us."
" Oh, maxi big da force. Well, dat smells stinkowiff."
The sound of an alarm going off filled the ship as the lights started to shut down.
" We're losing power," Obi-wan said, reaching over Lei-ke's shoulder to fiddle with the dashboard.
The Gungan sank lower in his chair." Oh no, wesa dyin' here!"
" Just relax," the Jedi master said calmly." We're not in trouble yet."
" What yet?" Jar Jar asked, sitting up." Monsters out dare, leak'n in here, all sink'n and no power! Whena yousa tinkin wesa in trouble!?"
The lights flew back on as Obi-wan announced " Power's Back" only for the now working headlights to reveal yet another large fish, this one being a Colo Claw Fish.
" Huh?" the Gungan asked, turning in his seat only to notice the other occupant of the cave." Aah, monster's back!"
The newly appointed Jedi knight quickly flipped the ship around, sending them bolting towards the exit as fast as possible as the fish followed behind them.
" Relax," Qui-gon said, placing a hand on the panicking local's shoulder who then proceeded to faint in his seat.
" You overdid it," Obi-wan informed him.
As the bongo began to approach open water again, the Sando Aqua Monster from earlier appeared at the mouth of the cave. Lei-ke pulled up on the steering mechanism, barely maneuvering them out of the way of the monster as it bit down on the Colo Claw Fish.
" Horrible," Jar Jar muttered, waking up again.
Qui-gon pointed over Lei-ke's shoulder." Head for that outcropping."
The Jedi Knight nodded, piloting the ship in the direction he pointed, attempting to steady her breathing once more as they quickly moved away from the pair of fish.
A/N: Once again, sorry for the shorter chapter, but I felt this was a good place to call it. My hope is to write 15 chapters per movie at the moment, but we'll see how that goes once I get closer to the end of The Phantom Menace. However, I hope at least someone somewhat enjoyed reading this, any comments are more than welcome, and have an absolutely wonderful rest of your day.
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