One and One is Two

News Travels

"So where are you going?" said Squirt.

"Well, you see, it's about my lover, my heart and soul... Meg. She's been kidnapped" said Paul. He nearly broke down in the last part there.

"What happened?" said Squirt.

"Oh, no, little one. I don't wanna talk about it" said Paul.

"Pleeeeeeease?" said Squirt.

"C'mon, Macca. Meg would want you to talk about it" said John.

"Oh, very well. I was supposed to sing to Meg, but then she swam out in the open water to this boat. And when she was out there, these divers appeared and we couldn't stop them. So we swam out in the ocean to save her" said Paul.

The news spread so fast all the way to Sydney harbor.

Nigel overheard it all.

"Last I heard, he's headed towards the harbor" said another pelican.

"Brilliant! I gotta tell Meg!" said Nigel.

In the tank, Meg was looking out the glass thinking about Paul. She couldn't stop the fan, so she was stuck in the tank.

"Is she doing okay?" said Deb.

"I dunno, but don't ever mention D-A-R..." Gurgle began.

"It's okay. I know who you're talking about" Meg said swimming away.

She swam up to where Gill was and said "Gill, you probably still don't like me, but..." 

"I like you just fine, kid" said Gill.

"Then why didn't you ever act like it?"

"I dunno, Sharkbait" 

"Uh... I'm sorry I couldn't stop the fan" said Meg.

"No. I'm the one who should be sorry. I acted like I didn't like ya because I was so ready to get out. So ready to taste that ocean. I was willing to put you in harm's way to get there" Gill admitted.

"Well, you succeeded at putting me in harm's way" Meg said looking down.

"I know. I'm sorry for that. And I'm sorry I couldn't get you back to Paul, Shark-... Meg" said Gill.

"Did you really just say my real name?" said Meg.

"I've done you too much harm, sweetheart. You don't even deserve the name change" said Gill.

"Thank you" 

"No troubs, kid"

Nigel had just made it to the dentist's office and poked his head in the window.

"Meg. Where's Meg? I gotta speak with her" he said.

"Here I am. What is it?" Meg said.

"Your mate, Paul's been fighting the entire ocean looking for you" said Nigel.

"Paul? Paul McCartney?" Meg said.

"Yeah. He's travelled hundreds of miles. He's been battling sharks and jellyfish..." said Nigel.

"Sharks? That can't be him" Meg said.

"I'm serious, mate. All your friends were with him. They helped." said Nigel.

"My friends! I can't BELIEVE Paulie took on a shark when he said he didn't want to" Meg squealed.

"I thought he took on three" said Nigel.

"Three?" said Deb

"Three sharks?" said Gill

"That's gotta be 4800 teeth" said Bloat.

"Listen, honey. After you were taken, your mates followed the boat you were on like a maniac. They're swimming and they're swimming and three gigantic sharks capture them. They blow em up. Then they dive thousands of feet and get chased by a monster with huge teeth. They tie it to a rock. And then they battle an entire jellyfish forest. And now they're riding a bunch of sea turtles in the East Australian Current and the word is they're heading this way, right now, to Sydney" Nigel explained.

"And Paul was with them this whole time?" Meg said on the edge of happy tears.

"If he didn't love you he wouldn't have been. But he does love you, so he was there the whole time" said Nigel.

"Aw, he loves you" said Gurgle.

"He was looking for ya after all, Meg" said Gill.

Meg then grabbed another pebble and swam upward.

"She's swimming to the filter!" said Bubble.

"Not again" said Bloat.

The fish tried to get Meg out and then heard the gears jam.

"Meg!" Deb yelled.

"Can you hear me? Meg! Can you hear me?" said Gill.

"Yeah, I can hear you" Meg said with a smile. She had made it out of the filter.

"You did it!" Peach shouted.

"That took guts, kid" said Gill.

Gill then told the other fish to be as gross as possible in order to make the tank dirty enough for the dentist to HAVE to clean it. 

Yay! Meg plugged the filter successfully!

What's coming up? what could it be?

One more click and we will see!

Peace and love,

Sammy