“Victory is assured!” There was something different about Goblin as he said that. Streak noticed he was a lot more confident, even though he was already confident, though not competent. “Today, we attack Razor Shiver at the Atlantis Spine! I know that they’ll be there for battle training! Victory is ours!”

A battle-scarred hammerhead forced his way through the comically tiny doorway. The doorway broke, but the water/air remained the same, allowing for terrestrial creatures to breathe while under the water.

Harold and Jar Jar Drinks turned to meet the new arrival. Harold, Swirl, Kommander Kebab, and Churn watched with interest. Thrash, Kio, and Streak glared daggers at Ripper. Ripper paid no attention to the members of Goblin Shiver, and went straight to Goblin himself.

Goblin noticed Ripper’s arrival, and demanded, “WHERE WERE YOU WHEN VELENKA TRIED TO KILL ME!?” Ripper stared silently into Goblin’s eyes. “Answer me!”

“I predicted the outcome and left before she could kill me,” Ripper calmly said. “I was simply trying to survive.” Goblin calmed down ever so slightly.

“And you didn’t try to help me.”

“I knew Velenka would try to get you alone. I had no choice.”

“Well then. Are you here to join us?”

“Yes.”

“To victory!” Goblin shouted.

“TO VICTORY!” everyone else shouted back.

Razor and his line discussed something behind Speaker’s Rock. “I know we’ve been discussing taking down Goblin at the Tuna Run, but I have a new idea. Gather some of our best mariners, and then when we go to the Atlantis Ridge, we fight Goblin.”

“Heh. He doesn’t even know that we know that he knows that we’re hunting there,” Hyperion said.

“We outnumber his shiver so much that he won’t know what hit him.” Terra laughed. Everyone dispersed.

Spike and Silverstream watched from behind a different rock placed for plot convenience. They glanced at each other, then left for Slaggernacks.

Shell attacked. Or he would have, if it weren’t for the orca that blocked him. If he attacked now, surely the orca would notice him, and anything he did would be rendered useless.

The mere thought of having to fight an orca was terrifying enough. Orcas weren’t nicknamed “Killer Whales” for nothing. In fact, they were named that because they slaughtered hundreds of sharkkind during Silander’s reign over the oceans. Modern orcas hated the nickname and would kill anyone who even mentioned it.

As Silander’s monologue continued, Shell noticed a flying fish zoom away towards the east, towards Indi Shiver. Another quickfin traveled north instead.

Shell knew that no currently existing shiver would be able to stand up to the combined might of AuzyAuzy, Indi, Hammer, and Vortex. All he had to do was strike Silander.

He had left behind every dream he had when he saved Lochlan from a deadly fate, which turned out to be a worthless sacrifice since Lochlan died not too long later. If he died this time, he would make sure it would be worth something.

He took a deep breath through his gills. It would be worth it to save one shark.

The orca in front of him knocked him down to the seabed. As Shell was recovering, the orca attacked again. Orcas were larger than almost all non-prehistores, which meant Shell was heavily outmatched in terms of size. The orca rammed Shell so hard that Shell thought he had died. Instead, the orca brought him to Silander herself.

“What’s this?” Silander asked mockingly. “An assassin? What a weak one! Hahaha! You think that you could have defeated me? I have guards!”

“Your own line betrayed you,” Shell said through gritted teeth. “I only wonder how you managed to get this far when no one liked you.”

“That would be me-” the orca attempted to get a sentence in, but Silander tail slapped him.

“Shut the fuck up, Caspian, no one asked!” Caspian, apparently that was the orca’s name, nodded in fear. Silander turned her attention back to Shell. “Now, you are an idiot for forgetting exactly how I retained my power. I killed everyone that dared stand in my way. That includes you.” As Silander prepared to attack, a small clamshell hit her. She turned towards the direction where the attack came from, and saw a young fish. The fish panicked upon noticing that she noticed, and tried to swim away, but Silander snapped him up. “That’s what happens when you defy me.”

The diversion was enough for AuzyAuzy to form a powerful formation. A sizable amount of sharks weren’t in the main attacking force, but behind. The two AuzyAuzy formations crashed into Kyoto at the same time, forcing Silander to adapt to two fronts. The front AuzyAuzy formation pushed Kyoto backwards, while the back group picked out random sharks and killed them with ease.

As Silander’s armada thinned, she grinned. Shell was about to ask why she was smiling when a small pod of orcas arrived over the horizon. Caspian laughed. When the orcas reached the main fighting force, the tide instantly changed. Lochlan ordered retreat. Two sharks flanked Shell, keeping him from leaving.

“Hammer and Vortex will fall. Indi cannot stand up to our might. We will reign supreme.”

Takiza brought Skystar to the fields of greenie outside the Seazarein’s court.

“Why are we here?” Skystar asked.

“I want you to swim through the field. If I see movement, you fail.” Skystar nodded and proceeded into the fields.

As Skystar swam through the field, Takiza thought about recent events. He had promised Silverstream that he would train her, but her cousin would do for now. Goblin and Razor’s shivers were far away from Coral Shiver. Deep Rush, Corallis, and Kelpengreenie Shivers had joined the pact against Goblin and Razor. What remained of Jetty Shiver found their way to Coral Shiver, boosting their numbers.

Takiza watched in awe as Skystar moved through the fields with minimal kelp displacement. When Skystar returned, Takiza asked, “How did you do that? No one has done that on their first try.”

“Mom taught me.”

“I see that she hasn’t forgotten how she became queen.” Takiza saw movement out of the corner of his eye, and turned to see two hammerheads and a thresher entering the court. A quickfin messenger also arrived behind them.

Takiza extended his senses throughout the Big Blue again. He sensed Silverstream surrounded by poisonous dwellers and one shark. Something about a confrontation between Razor Shiver and Goblin Shiver. Takiza sped into the court to warn Gray.

“Wait where are you- nevermind.” Skystar followed Takiza into the court.

“Graynoldus!” Takiza burst into the court, stopping in between Mari and Gray. “Goblin and Razor are preparing to fight each other at the Atlantis Ridge!”

“But AuzyAuzy is being attacked!” the quickfin protested. “Where are your priorities?”

“AuzyAuzy is a powerful shiver. They’ll be fine. If the war between Goblin and Razor continues, the entire North Atlantis might be at stake.” Gray nodded to Takiza. They sped away at full speed.

Goblin and Razor met each other near the mountains of the Atlantis Ridge, full armies gathered. Goblin Shiver’s numbers seemed underwhelming when compared to Razor. It looked like Razor Shiver’s sixty sharks would easily win against Goblin Shiver’s eighteen some-sharks-some-not-sharks.

Harold made the first move, shooting his spear gun, impaling one bull shark. “Charge!” Razor shouted. The bulls of Razor Shiver advanced towards Goblin’s smaller force. With one fin flick, Goblin Shiver separated into three groups of six, evading the attack.

Ripper rammed into Hyperion, sending both out of the main battle. Ripper circled the smaller shark. Hyperion growled at the scarred hammerhead. The bull made an attempt to rip Ripper’s fin off, which Ripper used to his advantage, moving to the side, and slamming full-force into Hyperion.

Churn and Thrash stared down Helios and Polut. Thrash immediately attacked Helios. Polut shoved Thrash into the cliffside. As Thrash made an attempt to recover, Churn attacked Polut. The bull shark shot upward, hovering at the right place to take out Churn’s dorsal. Thrash burst out from where he was, saving Churn from another death by Razor Shiver.

Thrash shoved Helios away from Polut. Helios looked at Thrash with fear in his eyes. With a little help from Ripper and Hyperion’s fight, a rock crashed down on Helios. He managed to escape his death sentence, but swam right into Thrash’s jaws. The bull had been killed.

Kilo and Pico immediately picked each other out of the crowd to kill each other. Pico gained the upper hand (or fin, whatever), but Kilo wasn’t going to let Pico win. Kilo charged at Pico, sending both of them into the ridge, which realistically would have killed them, but rule of cool. Pico

Meanwhile, Streak and Terra danced around each other, neither of them able to land a hit on the other. Streak shot forward, but missed the bite, instead ramming Terra. Terra, enraged, attacked her opponent in a frenzy. Streak dodged most attacks, but lost a small chunk of flesh.

Swirl easily maneuvered between the mariners, biting random bulls. It took a little while, but the bulls all fell to the seabed, motionless. He regrouped with Anchor and Harold, then prepared a frontline against the remaining bulls.

While all this was happening, Goblin and Razor attacked each other. Razor attempted a gill bite, but Goblin slapped him with his tail. Razor began circling around Goblin, attempting to get a good angle to attack his dorsal at. Goblin ducked underneath and performed a series of counter circles. As they circled each other, Razor and Goblin eyed the other’s dorsal. When they both attacked, they missed completely.

Gray and Takiza appeared out of nowhere. Gray blasted both Razor and Goblin with shar-kata power. When the light cleared, both were unscathed and still fighting each other. “What the...”

Takzia turned towards the battle between Ripper and Hyperion.

A deep voice echoed across the battlefield, “This is one fight you cannot win, Takiza.”

“Who are you?” Takiza demanded.

“I am your worst nightmare.”

“You know, that phrase is just a stock phrase at this poi-” Spear started.

“OH SHUT UP YOU JUST RUINED THE MOMENT!” Goblin bellowed.

“The fuck you all doing with fourth wall breaking?” Harold shouted into the screaming. Wait, we have a fourth wall? Oh yeah...

Harold fired his harpoon gun at Gray, but due to currents or some weird shit the harpoon missed and impaled Helios (that death is kinda anticlimactic ngl). Did I say he was dead?

The harpoon tore itself free from Helios’s side, and the bull somehow healed himself of all wounds. Gray was shocked by the turn of events. “You cannot defeat the power of the rightful ruler of the Big Blue,” the voice said. “All of you will feel the wrath of the Kraken!”

To be continued...

Author's Note

Everything is tying together nicely. I think. I have no clue.

Imagine if Silander, the ancient empress, just dies next chapter lmao