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“We’re trapped It must be a securitythe authorities”

She sed hard “Or s screaetting worse fast She couldn’t risk getting trapped or caught by her parents They didn’t have much time left to take the trident to Ursula’s lair

Any second they’d be busted And then it would be too late

“What do we do?” she gasped They couldn’t escape the way they ca harder for her to breathe by the second Her htly

“What about the shell?” asked Enrique “The one that takes you to Ursula’s lair?”

“I dropped it in the exhibit, when the shark came after you”

They both turned to look The shark was circling the shell They couldn’t risk going back into the tank—the shark would attack theht not be so lucky Shelly met Enrique’s eyes She could tell that they were both thinking the sa

What now?

The alarms continued to blare in the aquarium

Shelly glanced over at Enrique; he looked afraid Desperately, she tried to think of another way out—but they were trapped

Cackling laughter tore through the aquarium, accompanied by the sea witch’s voice

“My dearie, don’t fail me! Your time is almost up! Now, fork it over!”

Shelly saw a flash of Enrique again as a sea polyp “No!” she yelled That’s when Shelly had a wild idea She grabbed Enrique’s hand while still clutching the trident with her other She could feel power surging through the weapon “To the sundeck! It’s the only way out!”

They ran the other way, bolted up the stairs, and eed onto the sundeck Wind whipped off the ocean The dolphins circled in their exhibit They knew so

Overhead, a storht lightning pulsed in the dark sky, lighting up the clouds, while the ocean grew turbulent In the distance, Shelly saw the two yellow eyes of the sea eels blink open in the dark water They swa them