Mari and Shell had been split up. Unfortunately, Shell was sent to AuzyAuzy, and she was on her way to Hammer.

If only Gray were here, she thought. She didn’t know anyone from Hammer Shiver, save for the two Ghostfins, Sledge and Peen. Maybe that would be enough to save her.

Shell would easily be able to convince AuzyAuzy, because he sacrificed himself to save their former leader, Lochlan. And from what she heard from Xander and Ranier, Lochlan himself was probably there.

The hammerhead patrol that captured her stopped. They had arrived.

“The Great and Stealthy Sledge has requested your presence,” one of the guards said.

Thank Tyro for Sledge, she thought. The very familiar hammerhead soon arrived. Sledge nodded to the guards. The guards soon left.

“Hello, Mari,” Sledge said. “Haven’t seen you since Hokuu killed you.” Mari could see the tears in the larger shark’s eyes. “We all missed you. Especially Gray.”

“You have power in the shiver?” Mari asked, remembering how the patrol treated him as if he were very important. Sledge was a general member last time she checked.

“Since Grinder’s third died in the Battle of the Tuna Run, I’ve been in the line. They said something about how my Ghostfin training would be an invaluable skill for the shiver. But they didn’t think it was important to tell anyone.”

“Then Grinder died.” Mari remembered watching Grinder and Striiker fight against the mosasaurs from the Sparkle Blue. Grinder wasn’t able to get away from Grimkahn in time.

“Except he’s back, and he’s been back for the past month.” Sledge explained with a grin.

“Well, Sledge, it’s been nice catching up, but I need to go see Gray. Could you bring me there?” Mari asked.

“What about that bull friend of yours?” Sledge inquired.

“I’m sure as the savior of Lochlan, he’ll be just fine with AuzyAuzy.”

“Haha, yeah,” Sledge laughed.

Mari thought back to when Sledge was too cocky for his own good. Barkley sure showed him. Back in those days, their biggest worries had been Finnivus, not zombie sharks.

“I’ll go get Peen,” Sledge said as he left in the other direction. The Ghostfins were finally coming back together. It was time for an adventure to Fathomir. And to reunite with her old friends.

Shell followed the silvertip all the way back to AuzyAuzy homewaters. He had never actually been there before. He spent his entire life in the North Atlantis. All of his other friends had at least been to the Sific.

Kylie, as the silvertip called herself, dropped him off with a few sharks he didn’t recognize, as well as Golden King Lochlan himself. Kylie stayed nearby.

“Oh, hey, Shell!” Lochlan exclaimed upon seeing the bull, “Gray’s been wondering if you’d come back!” Lochlan’s expression changed to a mischievous grin. “He doesn’t know I’m back though.”

“We should probably meet with him at-” Shell was interrupted by rumbling, followed by screaming. They all looked around, and saw several sharks in battle formation, with a mako in the back, sitting on a whale. It reminded everyone present about Finnivus. The King of Indi had embedded his Speaker’s Rock into a whale as well.

The mako barked an order, and her mariners obeyed. AuzyAuzy’s mariners quickly mobilized into their own battle formations. There were at least two hundred on both sides.

Shell could see Jaunt in the lead. The tiger seemed to recognize the mako in charge of the other shiver, or at least where they came from.

The two sides collided. The Golden Rush of AuzyAuzy gained the upper hand at first, but the Azure Strike―Shell had decided to name them that―soon started to turn the tides in their favor. Lochlan quickly rushed to the front, as did Kylie, and an oceanic whitetip named Kendra; Lochlan’s old first.

The three royal sharks took their spots in the armada, splitting it into four pieces. Roughly one fifth of the armada split away from their groups. Shell looked at the shark in charge of the splinter group. It was Xander!

The five sections surrounded the Azure Strike, which forced them into a sphere. The mako in charge ordered something, which a couple of caged lantern fish relayed to the rest of the armada. The armada exploded outward, forcing AuzyAuzy to regroup.

The Golden Rush made themselves into a formation which made their front line a flat surface. Shell could see a few sharks rise up behind the Azure Strike. The group was made of makos, blues, and spinners. They rushed forward, pushing the Azure Strike into the anvil that was the primary force.

More sharks arrived from over the horizon. Shell thought it was maybe reinforcements from Hammer or Vortex Shivers. He saw that none were hammerheads, and didn’t recognize the leading shark. The reinforcements joined the Azure Strike. They fanned out, blocking the sun's rays from reaching the bottom of the ocean. The mako queen and her whale mount moved in closer to Lochlan and his former line.

“Attention, leader of AuzyAuzy! My name is Silander,” the mako queen announced. “You will surrender to us, Kyoto Shiver! If you do not surrender, we will destroy you!”

Shell knew exactly what he had to do. He stealthily entered Kyoto Shiver’s armada. He snuck up behind Silander herself and prepared to strike. Whatever it takes (STOP REFERENCING ENDGAME!).

The day finally came. Silverstream and Spike were to officially join Razor Shiver. Quill couldn’t join because he wasn’t one of the creatures allowed to be a full part of a shiver.

Shiver law became more lenient after Sixth Shiver. Sharkkind, dolphins, orcas, seaponies, and marine reptiles, such as mosasaurs, pilosaurs, and plesiosaurs were all creatures allowed in shivers now.

Apparently, before the Battle of Fathomir, Icingholme Shiver was a shiver in name only. After the battle, they gained a seat in the assembly. Sixth Shiver, however, would never be recognized as a shiver, due to their brief and violent history.

Her thoughts once again returned to her friends. Hopefully, she’d be able to see them again. At least here, she had Spike and Quill.

Come to think of it, she hadn’t seen Quill in nearly three days. Maybe it was their proximity to Slaggernack’s and Gafin. Quill probably took the chance to go back to his original family. Maybe he was just checking in?

Her thoughts then wandered to Razor’s plan and the Tuna Run. Silverstream wasn’t going to hunt at the Tuna Run, because she was a strict herbivore. She was still going, because Razor needed all the support he could get. From what she heard, Goblin ate anyone he had a problem with. He was a shark that should not be allowed to set in . Silverstream wasn’t sure if she was willing to kill. Someone else probably would.

For now, she and Spike (no relation to the dragon) were getting ready to officially join the shiver. Before the ceremony, Silverstream asked a few questions.

“Do you even know what happens?” Silverstream asked Spike.

“Razor basically just says we’re in, and we’re in,” Spike explained. “It’s honestly not that big of a deal. Like really, it's a super tiny one.”

And he was right. That was literally what happened. Except that was the only thing that happened. No big ceremony. Not even a celebration.

Afterward, Spike also vanished. Silverstream decided to go to Slaggernack’s to see if they were there.

Silverstream found herself near a set of caves. There was a rock outcropping that seemed to be like a cave. There was another area where it seemed something should be. Something large, nearly whale-sized, used to stand there. Otherwise, it was basically empty. There were a few stonefish pretending to be rocks. No sign of Quill.

She almost poked her head into a cave, but noticed the jellyfish in the way. She instead politely knocked.

“Who is it?” asked a strange voice. “Youse don’t come in unless youse want to die.”

“Hi, I’m Silverstream,” she said.

“We’re busy!” a female voice shouted out. “Seriously, don’t come in.”

“Let her in,” Quill said from inside. The jellyfish parted. Inside, Quill was meeting with a stonefish and a purple lionfish. The stonefish - presumably Trank - seemed angry about something.

“Gafin’ll kill youse.” Trank stared into Quill’s soul.

“Liza, you’re on my side, right?” Quill asked. He seemed nervous. Far more nervous than he was when he was captured.

“For all we know, Spike’s dead.” Liza swam to Trank’s side. “You left him in the heart of enemy territory.”

“Spike’s fine,” Silverstream interrupted. “Oh, um, you can go back to talking now?”

Silence fell upon the area. Very awkward silence. Everyone stared at Silverstream. Sweet Celestia that was awkward. The tension was so thick, I, the narrator, could cut it with my teeth.

“You should go back to Razor,” Quill finally said. “He’ll be wondering where you are. And go talk to Spike while you're at it.”

“What about you?” Silverstream asked, concerned.

“I’ll go back later, and we can be spies!” Quill excitedly explained.

“Ooh, that sounds fun!” Silverstream replied even more excitedly. She turned around and instantly got stung by a jellyfish. “Ouch.” The jellyfish parted. She would have to get that sting treated. Maybe someone at Razor Shiver would be able to help her. They had doctor fish there. The doctor fish would know how to treat a jellyfish sting. All she’d have to do is get there.

“How can meesa serve you?” Jar Jar Drinks was getting more annoying by the second. His voice sounded like a metal fork scratching a plate, while someone with really long nails scratched the blackboard and screaming at the top of their lungs, while a herd of donkeys brayed and stomped on harmonicas in the hallway.

“Can we just fucking kill him yet?” Spear asked Goblin, with far more than a touch of annoyance in his voice. “If we kill him, we can use this as a base of operations.”

“I know exactly what you mean!" Goblin agreed. "We can’t kill him because I don’t know how!” In the middle of the night, Goblin had tried to kill Jar Jar. However, Jar Jar simply refused to die. Not like he just wouldn’t die, more like he woke up in the middle of the night and said “nope”, which logically should not make sense.

Streak, Kilo, and Thrash were talking to one another in the corner, ignoring Jar Jar. Hollow was in the other corner, not caring at all what everyone else was doing. Spear noticed that his partner's new scars were healing quite nicely. However, he still had too many scars to count. Far more than Ripper, at least.

Suddenly, all activity stopped. A landshark in scuba gear entered the bar. He removed his gear and breathed fresh air underwater. Normally, he would drown right about now, but Harold refused to drown. The laws of physics would not stop Harold.

“Holy shitsauce!” Harold exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air. “There’s a bar underwater! Bartender! Get me a beer of your highest quality!”

Jar Jar Drinks immediately pulled out a mug and poured a beer.

Harold drank the beer underwater despite physics telling him that wasn’t possible. Harold refused to follow the laws of physics. Physics had had enough. They called the police. On Harold. While they were underwater. Despite there being no service underwater. Or phones. Or the fact that physics is a concept and not a physical thing whatsoever so it should be impossible for them to call the police. Well guess what? Physics doesn't care about the laws of physics either, because they fucking wrote them!

“Stop! This is the Physics Police! You’re under arrest for violating the laws of physics!” A group of people in swat uniforms walked through the wall without damaging it (that’s called a doorway).

“I don’t care!” Harold shouted back at them. “Physics can shove themselves up my ass!” Harold chucked his beer mug across the room at the police.

“Understandable, have a great day.” The Physics Police left through the wall they came through (again, that’s a doorway).

And with that, Harold joined Goblin Shiver, the first human to join one since the sinking of Atlantis.

Side note: so did Jar Jar Drinks due to his amazing bartending skills. Apparently he killed at least 739 Barts. Not including Bart Simpson. Does include Bort Sampson, however.

Author's Note

Well... uh... I guess?

Not tagged Star Wars because Jar Jar Drinks is a parody of a Star Wars character, not an actual character from Star Wars. Imagine if an Undertale story was tagged Earthbound or something.

Also not tagged human because the whole "Harold vs Michael" storyline is supposed to be a massive spoiler. Not like the ones on the cars, because why would those be at the bottom of the ocean?