Captured

Chapter 2 ~ Trapped

A few weeks had passed since the encounter with the hunters. Everything had gotten back in order now; the vegimals singing happily in the garden, Shellington researching about box jellyfish stings, Captain Barnacle sipping water as he discussed possible routes with Dashi, Kwazii looking at treasure maps in his room, Professor Inkling reading books in the library, Tweak just finishing up the GUP A, and finally, last but not least; Peso. He was in the sick bay, bandaging up an injured sea turtle resting in his tank.

"Perfect! You'll be ready to swim again in two well-rested days,"

The medic said with satisfaction, withdrawing his hands. The turtle nodded, her eyes shining with determination. She was a young lad; of course she would have a willing attitude.

"I'll heal up in no time!" The turtle smiled. Peso smiled back before rummaging through his medic bag, searching for something.. "Hm!" He pulled out a sticker with a star in the middle, and gently stuck it to her shell. "Cool! Thanks!" She chuckled, twisting her head slightly to see the sticker.

He smiled again before heading outside, wanting to briefly check up on the crew. The medic climbed up a ladder towards the HQ. Surprisingly, Kwazii was there chatting with Captain Barnacles as Dashi coded nearby. "Ay, 'matey! It's a cool ship, ain't it?" The pirate looked at a picture of Calico Jack's, otherwise known as his grandfather's, ship. It was gorgeously adorned with gold treasure, softly accented with gold on the rims of the ship. Captain Barnacle nodded, seemingly impressed. "Sadly, 'it is now a shipwreck," he sighed depressingly,  holding the picture in his hands. "Sincere apologies, Kwazii. But it is indeed a cool ship of your Grandfather's." The captain took a quick sip of water from his cup, and then noticed Peso.

"Peso! How are you?" Captain Barnacles greeted, waving him over. The medic happily obliged and walked over. "Just bandaged the turtle, sir," Peso laughed sheepishly. 

"What were you talking about?"

"Just Kwazii's grandfather's ship, Peso." The captain chuckled, taking another sip from his cup. "Ay, 'matey! Maybe, one day we could find it." Kwazii smiled to his boyfriend. The medic smiled back. "I hope we do."

"I heard Tweak's finished with the GUPS! Wanna go for a ride, 'Peso?" Kwazii asked, anticipation heavily lacing his voiced question. His boyfriend nodded. 

"Shellin'ton and Dashi's comin' with us, too." He called over Dashi and marched his way to the Launch Bay, where Shellington and Tweak was waiting for them.

 "Hey, y'all! The GUPS are all ready."

Tweak smiled, gesturing to the GUPS. 

"Cool! Thanks, Tweak." Kwazii grinned.

{Timeskip(who even needs  a detailed route towards the coral reefs..?)}

Kwazii was driving incredibly fast in his beloved GUP B. He did flips and tricks near the three who decided to come along, but didn't get too close so he would scare the marine life, or Peso's patients. The pirate decided to explore for a bit, and didn't think that there would be much danger, since it's clearly just a coral reef. He stirred his GUP B away,

Peso saw his boyfriend drive away. Where is he going?  Peso thought, but shook his head quickly. This is Kwazii. Of course he'll be okay.  But before he could swim towards his friends, a net quickly snatched the medic from his path, clinging onto him tightly. Shellington and Dashi gasped upon the scene, and one again hurried to help their friend. But it was too late. Peso was yanked into the sky; right before two more nets were thrown down. Shellington and Dashi struggled against the nets, but it was no use. They were quickly snatched into the sky, before getting knocked out as soon as they landed on the ship.

"Ow.." Peso groaned softly, his head aching with pain. A light bruise was on his hand, but it wasn't at all too bad. He quickly scanned the dark space, instantly locking eyes with his friends. "Oh jeez! They've been captured too."  Peso thought pitifully. He noticed that ropes were tied securely on his and his friends arms, completely 'gluing' their arms to their torso/bodies.

Soon enough, Shellington and Dashi woke up, softly groaning from pain. "Ouch! Who's sitting on foot?" The biologist cried out around his handkerchief tightened to/in his mouth. Dashi quickly tried to shuffle her body away from Shellington. Dashi mumbled something vaguely along the lines off, "sorry Shellington." 

"Where's Peso?"

"I'm not sure! He just got yanked into the sky-"

"I'm here! Right in front of you," Peso exclaimed, a bit joyed despite the situation that his friends asked about him, not even probably giving a care in the world that they were roped as well. "Peso! "  Dashi alongside Shellington's voice shouted, pitiful hope heavily lacing their voice, which was muffled and slightly blurred due to the handkerchief. "Are- are you alright, Peso? Are you hurt?" The biologist asked, stammering a bit over his words. Peso guessed he had a minor concussion of some sort. "I'm fine. What about you? I think I can get around these ropes.." The medic trailed off, soft grunts filled with determination echoing across the big, metal room. "Nope. Sorry, guys, but I can't. They tied it too tight," a thin line of blood trickled softly down Peso's wrists, but he didn't mind. Just a bit of blood, he thought. Nothing serious. 

"Are you guys okay? Are the ropes tight for you?" Peso asked, leaving the 'too' out. He didn't want his friends to be worrying over him, whilst they should be worrying about themselves.

"No. Well-- no, I don't think," Shellington responded, feeling around his surroundings. The medic noticed they were blindfolded; but why wasn't Peso? He figured the hunters must've thought he was weak. I'm not that weak! I fought a huge shrimp once! 

Author/writer's note;

I am SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT!! I know it's October right now, and the last time I updated was last month! EEK! I'm sincerely sorry! (And for the cliffhanger)

I PROMISE to you guys that I'll treat you to beautiful Kwaso moments. I'm working on CHAPTER 3 and CHAPTER 4, so thank you for waiting..

((CHAPTER 3 is coming in 4 days. CHAPTER 4 is coming in about a week(?). ))

***I will use (?) sometimes. It basically means; 'I am simply not sure. I might make the wait longer, or publish it early.'

THANK YOU FOR READING. STAY SAFE, STAY KIND, AND DRINK WATER!! ^_^