It looked like a beautiful peaceful night near a lake as there weren't any loud sounds disturbing the peace. "Cannonball!" Helix, Gallus, and Sandbar were shouting when all three of them jumped into the lake with a big splash.
“Judges scores…” Sandbar started.
“Yes! A perfect ten!” Helix exclaimed.
“Yeah! Hah! The crowd loves them!” Gallus cheered as they saw the rest of the Young Six watching from the docks.
“Perfect dweebs is more like it,” Smolder muttered with a roll of her eyes.
“Come on, guys! Dive in!” Helix called with a smile.
“We would, but it’s a little late for swimming,” Ocellus pointed out.
“And who knows what nasty, slimy things are swimming around in there." Silverstream added.
"Didn't you live in the ocean half of your life?" Smolder reminded her.
Silverstream thought for a moment before her eyes widened in realization. “Oh, right. I did.” She said before she chuckled.
“What’s the point in camping by a lake if you’re afraid to get wet?” Helix questioned before he splashed the water onto the four girls on the docks.
"Knock it off, dude!" Smolder hissed before she walked away. Helix then whispered something to both Sandbar and Gallus the two nodded in agreement. Then suddenly the three of them were being pulled under the water but couldn't tell what it was. The three of them cried out before they were pulled under the water. “Very funny, you three. We’re not falling for it.”
The girls looked down and saw only bubbles where the three were and getting concerned. "Guys?" Ocellus called out with worry.
"Uh…friends not coming up…" Yona mentioned, sounding just as worried.
“You don’t think they were serious, right?” Silverstream asked in concern before a giant seaweed-like creature with eight eyes came out of the water and gave a mighty roar, which caused the girls to scream as they fell down before the flashlight dropped to reveal its true form.
It was just Gallus, Sandbar, and Helix, who is now Fourarms, covered in seaweed. "Guy?!" All four of them exclaimed in shock.
"You should have seen the look on your faces, it was priceless!" Fourarms said with a chuckle.
"We're sorry about that, it was Helix's idea!" Sandbar told them through his laugh.
“But it was worth it! Hahah!” Gallus exclaimed through his laughter.
“Not funny!” Ocellus exclaimed.
“You guys are so busted when we tell the others.” Smolder sneered as the girls walked off in a huff as the boys laughed.
“I can’t believe they fell for it,” Fourarms laughed while Sandbar and Gallus got on the docks.
“Yeah. And I can’t believe Silverstream fell for that even more,” Gallus added with a chuckle. “A monster in a lake. Come on. She used to live in the ocean!”
"Yeah, who is dumb enough to believe there will be a monster in the lake?" Sandbar asked as they removed the seaweed off of them. But then they noticed bubbles bubbling in the lake before something emerged from it. All three of them looked at what they were seeing with wide eyes as an actual giant monster, with tentacles on both sides of its head, emerged from the lake.
“Okay, I think there is such a thing,” Gallus muttered before one of the tentacles grabbed Fourarms and tossed him away. “Helix!”
Fourarms hit the water as he swam back up and caught his breath, but then he was pulled back down by the tentacles as he was in eye contact with the monster, causing him to open his mouth and lose air as he managed to break free and swam back up as he swam to the surface where Sandbar and Gallus were with him.
“You alright, Helix?!” Sandbar asked in concern.
“I’m fine! But we might have to warn the others!” Fourarms called as he got up and rushed to the Chariot. Once they made it back, they found the others sleeping in bed as they were breathing heavily from the run. "I was just attacked by a giant lake monster!" He told them before a pillow was thrown at his head.
“Hello. Current events.” Smolder spoke up. “You already got us with that one.” She stated as she turned back to her bed.
“But we’re not kidding this time!” Gallus exclaimed.
“Yeah, we were there!” Sandbar called.
“Come on y'all. Joke’s over.” Applejack said in her sleep.
“But, we--” Fourarms tried to say.
“Ah, get some sleep. Mm.” Flash mumbled as Helix’s watch started beeping. “Remember, we have an early day tomorrow for our fishing trip.” He said as the watch timed out as the three boys looked down in defeat since they wouldn’t believe them.
The next morning, the group are walking down the docks as Helix, Gallus, and Sandbar kept talking about last night. “No, really. It was humongous with these red glowing eyes.” Helix said to them.
"And it had tentacles on the side of its head, or was it in its mouth?!" Sandbar added.
“I’m sure it was jsut some kind of big fish, is all.” Fluttershy assured him.
"Yeah, so would you three cut it out with a fish story already?" Smolder asked with an annoyed tone.
Helix glared at her before he walked ahead as Flash looked at Smolder. “Why this tone, Smolder?” He questioned.
"Hey, he's the one who pranked me and the others last night by pretending to be a giant lake monster." Smolder mentioned with a glare. "And now they won't cut it out with the whole lake monster thing. It's just so-ah!" She gasped when he held out a hoof full of worms towards her.
“You might need these,” Helix said with a smirk.
“Ugh, Helix, gross!” Smolder yelled while Rarity cringed.
“What’s with the bucket full of worms?” Rarity asked.
“They’re bait for fishing.” Flash answered as Helix put the bait back into the bucket.
"Yeah well, I think I'll skip out on the whole fishing thing." Smolder said with her arms crossed. "I'll just stay here and catch some sun instead."
"I think I will stay and supervise." Rarity added.
“Okay. But ya’ll don’t know what you’re missing,” Applejack said to them.
“We’re pretty sure we do,” Smolder said.
“Yes, indeed.” Rarity added as the two walked off.
“Well, their loss.” Rainbow said with a shrug as they turned to the owner of a boat.
“Captain Salt-Hoof." Twilight spoke to a dark brown earth pony stallion with a gray beard while wearing a hat on the boat.
“Who wants to know?” Salt-Hook questioned with a look.
"I'm Twilight Sparkle, this is my coltfriend Flash, some of my friends, my students and Flash's cousin Helix." She introduced herself and the others. "We charted your boat for the day for some fishing."
“Well, what are you waiting for? An engraved invitation?” Salt-Hoof questioned. “Get aboard. I ain’t got all day.” The adult ponies were surprised by his attitude while the young group smiled as they went aboard the ship and took off into the water.
The group looked out into the water while the captain was driving the boat. "Anything interesting to catch out there today?" Applejack asked the captain.
"Um, catch and release, right?" Fluttershy asked with a worried tone for the fish.
“More than either of you can imagine. Looks like your boys using their breakfast as chum.” Salt Hoof said as they turned to see Helix, Sandbar and Gallus looking closer to the water.
“Hey, you three feeling okay?” Rainbow asked as the three got their heads up.
“Yeah, we’re fine. Not sick or anything.” Sandbar assured.
“We’re just keeping our eyes out for the lake monster.” Gallus explained.
“That thing’s not taking us by surprise this time.” Helix said seriously while looking back down at the lake. The others raised a brow before Gallus let out a gasp when he saw something up ahead.
“There it is!” Gallus yelled as they all looked and saw just a branch with a transcan shape like a monster as the others looked at the three boys in amusement. “Oh, my bad.” He said sheepishly.
“Guys, this is a fishing trip, not a monster hunt.” Flash said in amusement.
“Really guys, it wasn't funny when you pranked us last night, it's not funny now." Silverstream told them.
"It's called the Kraken." Salt Hoof mentioned as he got their attention.
“Whoa wait, you know about it.” Helix said in surprise.
“It’s my business to know about it.“ Salt Hoof said as he gave Helix a picture that was what looked to be a fin. “I’ve been on its tail for years. Folks say my rudders’ not right.”
“Why doesn’t that surprise us?” Applejack questioned with a brow.
“Sightings go back hundreds of years on this very lake.” Salt Hoof continued. “Some say it’s a myth. Not me. I could take you to a spot where I personally laid eyes upon the beast. That is, if you got the stomach for some real adventure,” He said with a smile.
The young group turned to the adult ponies as they gave pleadfull smiles with puppy eyes as they sighed. “We guess so.” Twilight coincide.
“Alright!” The young group exclaimed in excitement as Salt Hoof continued on and checked his equipment.
“Sonar. Hi-def video setup. Ultrasound…” He listed out. “I got it all… and I will find it.” He said with determination. “Mark my words. It can’t hide forever.” He said as the young group listened before they were dragged off.
"Look kids, we don't want you to put too much stock into what Salt Hoof says." Applejack whispered to them.
“Yeah, because we don’t think he has both oars in the water, if you know what we mean,” Pinkie added.
“Why? Just because he saw the Krakken too?” Helix questioned with a glare as he walked up, which surprised the group.
"Yeah, not very cool that you guys didn't believe us, but at least there's somepony else who also saw it." Sandbar added before the boat suddenly came to a stop when the captain saw a few buoys up ahead with caution tape connected to them. "Hey, what's up?"
“Doo not enter tapes. And it looks official.” Fluttershy noted. “Maybe we should turn back.” She suggested.
“Nonsense.” Salt Hoof said to her. “This is my lake and I’ll go wherever I--” He was cut off when another boat came to them.
“Fishing boat, stop where you are,” A stallion with a brown mane and light brown fur said as they moved next to them. “I am Hoof Sinker, founder of Friends of Fish, and we have closed this section of the leg for environmental study! You'll have to turn your boat around!"
“Suppose you make me, fish hugger,” Salt Hoof threatened.
“Well, since I chartered the boat for the day, I believe I’m in charge.” Twilight said with a smug look. “Isn’t that right, captain?”
“Ah, I suppose.” Salt Hoof said as he then walked up to the wheel.
“But, what about the Kraken?” Helix asked which made Sinker and his coworkers laugh.
"The Kraken? Not that old fish story." Sinker laughed before he looked at Helix. “Look kid, I'm a marine biologist, and any creature who tells you they've seen a monster in this lake is obviously casting without a hook on its pole." Helix and the other young ones grumbled as they followed the other boat back to shore.
A few minutes later, they are all sailing back to shore before Salt Hoof saw something beeping on his monitor. “The sonar! We found something!” He called with wide eyes.
Then coming out from behind them was a pointed-headed fin from the water. “Or something found us! Look!” Ocellus yelled as they all looked.
“The Krakken!” Salt Hoof yelled as the fin went under and they all looked underneath the water as a shadowy figure appeared around the ship, bigger like a mile or two as it swam off, making its way to where the ship was at. “It’s heading for the docks!”
"Rarity and Smolder!" The group gasped when they realized two of their friends were in trouble.
At the docks, Rarity and Smolder are sitting by the docks as they relax. “Finally. A little sun,” Rarity said with a relaxing tone. "Feels a little rejuvenating."
“And with no big-mout pony nowhere in sight, we could just lay back and relax.” Smolder said as the Krakken was heading closer to them as Salt Hoof hunk the horn to warn them as Smolder sighed. “Seriously? How many times does Helix think I’m gonna fall for that trick?” She groaned.
But then a huge beast that looked bigger than a whale with a large tentacle in its mouth, a sharpened fin head, and webbed claws emerged from the water and roared before it slammed into the docks. This has caused everyone who was on the docks to fall into the water before they all swam up and Smolder looked at the Beast with fear. "That's not Helix…"
“You think?” Rarity questioned with her mane soaked.
With the others, Salt Hoof looked through his binoculars. “I told you. It’s real! The Krakken lives!” He exclaimed.
“Sail now, gloat later.” Twilight said firmly as Salt Hoof did just that.
Flash then turned to Helix. “Somepony’s got to rescue those creatures.” He said with a knowing look as Helix nodded and jumped off the boat and into the water as he set his watch to a familiar alien.
“Overflow to the rescue!” He called out before he dived under and a flash of green light was shown. But once he resurfaced, he was XLR8, much to his displeasure. “Hey, I said Overflow, not XLR8! Dumb watch!" He then saw the innocent creatures swimming away from the monster and knew it wasn't time to complain. "Here goes nothing!" His visor went down and started to speed up in the water. But since it was his first time running on water, he slipped a little bit from one side to the other before he finally got his balance and continued running. He managed to grab Smolder and Rarity as he quickly got them to shore. “You two okay?”
“We think so.” Rarity said.
“Thanks for the save.” Smolder said as XLR8 sped off, leaving some mud on Smolder. “Hey, you did that on purpose!” XLR8 quickly grabbed every pony else in the water and out of danger from the Krakken before getting them to shore.
"Don't just stand there, get us out of here before he sees us!" Sinker told his coworker before the engines on his boat started up and it was sailing away from the Krakken. The beast however noticed them and let out a screech before tossing away another boat and swimming after it. It was right on their tail but was XLR8 as across the water before the Krakken emerged from the front of their boat. It let out a roar while the driver tried to make a u-turn away from it. And then used its tail to knock it back while the passengers held on tight.
As it swam closer to them, XLR8 quickly ran in front and created a tornado to block it from getting any closer. The Krakken let out a screech before it dove into the water while XLR8 quickly jumped onto the boat. They looked down as they thought it was scared away before they heard it coming up from the other side of the boat and ripped off a tarp with its tentacles to reveal some sort of crate.
Sinker quickly ran over and held on to the crate as the Krakken was pulling it off the boat. "No you don't!" He grunted out before XLR8 quickly raced over and grabbed one of its tentacles while trying to run backwards. The friction he made caused the beast to let go of the crate as XLR8, Sinker and the crate were flown back a bit. The beast then let out a roar before XLR8 raised over and went under it before moving his feet at a super fast pace underneath its chin. The rabbit speed was too much for the beast to bear as it roared and dive back down into the lake. "Thanks for the save, and the weird wheel feet thing." Sinker thanked XLR8.
"No problem, but what exactly is in that crate that's so important you would risk your own life for?" XLR8 asked after his visor went up.
"Uh, our lunch."
"You almost became a monster food for a few sandwiches?!" He questioned before the Krakken's tentacle quickly shot up from the water and grabbed the crate before pulling it into the water. XLR8 was about to go after it before he heard beeping coming from The Hourglass symbol and knew he didn't have much time. "Uh oh, sorry but I got to run!" He told them before he raced off. He was making his way back to the boat where the others were as fast as he could before he time out. "Almost there. I think I'm gonna--" just when he What's halfway to the boat, he timed out as he screamed and skipped across the water before splashing into it. Helix then popped his head out of the water as he let out a gasp for air. "...make it."
"Pony overboard!" Silverstream called out.
“Salt, Helix is overboard!” Flash called as Salt Hoof aimed his harpoon. “Bring the boat around!”
Salt Hoof turned to them as he turned to the Krakken one last time. “Next time you’re in my sights, you won’t be so lucky.” He muttered as he turned to the others to bring Helix on board.
At night, the visitors of the lake took off at high speed to get away from the Krakken as Helix explained what happened. “See? We told you so,” He said to the group.
“That was the same thing that tried to munch us last night!” Gallus added.
“Looks like Captain Salt hoof and us were right.” Sandbar added.
“Just because he was right about the Krakken doesn’t mean we were wrong about him.” Twilight said firmly as she turned to the rest of the group. “I want you all to stay away from that stallion. He’s trouble.”
“You’re just being stubborn,” Helix muttered.
“Yeah. Don’t you just hate creatures like that?” Smolder questioned with a brow.
“Hey!” Yona and Applejack exclaimed at Smolder, who winced back.
“Uh, no offense you two.” Smolder quickly said sheepishly.
“We’ll leave this to the experts, Helix.” Flash said to him. “Like those Friends Of Fish ponies.”
“Experts?” Helix questioned with a brow. “Who better to snag a lake monster than the guy with the monster buster on his hoof?” He questioned while gesturing to his watch.
"I don't know, I think there's more to it than that." Fluttershy spoke up as she looked towards the lake. "She sounded very worried, almost as if she was looking for something."
"How the hay do that thing's a she?!" Rainbow questioned Fluttershy.
“It’s pretty obvious, don’t you think?” Fluttershy asked as they looked at her in surprise.
“How does she do that?” Gallus asked in wonder.
“It’s Fluttershy, she knows her animals.” Applejack answered.
“Either way, I’m afraid this is just gonna have to be the one that got away.” Twilight told them.
"And let that thing attack more ponies?! No way!” Rainbow declared.
“Lowdown, no-good fish kissers,” Salt Hoof muttered as he walked by.
“Captain Salt Hoof? What is it?” Sandbar asked.
“The nerve of those enviro punks.” Salt Hoof muttered. “They shut down the entire lake. Nopony tells me where to sail. And nopony’s gonna keep me away from reeling in the catch of the century. Nopony.” He determinedly said as he walked off.
"That guy is stubborn as a mule." Ocellus whispered to her friends, who nodded in agreement.
Later that night as Captain Salt Hoof took off in his boat, the group was getting ready for bed as Smolder was waiting by the bathroom door. “Come on, Helix! What did you do, fall in or something?” She questioned impatiently as Flash walked up to the bathroom door.
“That’s strange. It’s a bit too quiet in there.” Flash muttered before he opened the bathroom door, only to realize that Helix isn’t there as his eyes widened in shock.
On Salt Hoof’s ship, he sailed across the lake before he heard rattling sounds and turned to see one of his covers moved. “Hey, no stowaways on my boat even if you are only a filthy rat.” He said as he grabbed a paddle before lifting up the sheets, revealing only Helix with a timed-out watch.
"Uh, first mate Helix Watch reporting for duty sir?” He said with a sheepish smile.
Salt Hoof glared before he softened his expression, seeing that Helix was willing to help him find the Krakken. A short bit later, Salt Hoof and Helix searched the lake before the boat stopped in the middle of it. “She’s probably been chased deep by our fishy friends.” Salt Hoof theorizes as he puts on his scuba gear. “Only one way to flush her out. With a little live bait.”
“Maybe I should go with you,” Helix offered. “You know, just in case,”
“No need.” Salt Hoof said to him. “I’ve got my dive-buddy right here.” He said as he brought out his harpoon before walking to the edge of the boat. “Wish me luck.” He soon dived into the water before Helix noticed a spare diving suit and knew what he was going to do next.
Salt Hoof swam through the waters as he searched for the Krakken. A few fish scattered when he swam by before he gasped when he saw something move in front of him, only to see it was only seaweed. He took a breath before he continued swimming before he landed on some wreckage of a boat that seemed to be created to look like a nest of some kind before he saw a giant sea egg in front of him.
And then something started swimming towards him as he fired his harpoon at him, which the shadow figure dodged as it revealed to be just Helix in a diving suit as Salt Hoof sighs and gestured his hoof to the egg as Helix watched as Salt Hoof swam back up. Helix saw the egg and realized that Fluttershy was right about the Krakken, but why?
Salt Hoof resurfaced from the water and saw another boat parked next to his. He was about to climb up, but someone caught his suit and threw him onboard. “Don’t you know that night diving is dangerous, old-timer?” The pony in the suit questioned as there were two more behind him. “Unless, of course, you went with a friend.”
“I work alone. I ain’t got no friends,” Salt Hoof said firmly while making sure not to mention Helix.
“And with a sparkling personality like yours?” The pony in the suit questioned as Helix resurfaced and watched as Salt Hoof was held down.
“I haven’t anything worth stealing either,” Salt Hoof added as he tried to break free.
“Ah, but you have us all wrong,” The pony in the suit said. "All we want is some information, like what did you see down there?"
"Nothing, same as always." Salt Hoof lie before the suited pony punched him in the face and knocked him out.
“Well, I have to be sure.” The pony said as he took off his mask to reveal himself to be Sinker, which shocked Helix. He then looked down at his watch, seeing that it was still timed out when he snuck on.
“Come on, work.” He whispered as he tried to go hero while Sinker's men carried Salt Hoof to his boat.
“Take Ahah here with us. Find out if he knows anything back at the cannery.” Stinker ordered as he then pressed on a tracker. “We’ll come back later with a mini-sub to snag the rest of the eggs.” He said as he tossed the tracker into the water as it sank down before he took out a stick of TNT. “In the meantime…” He started as he lit the fuse up. “...I think his boat just got lost at sea.” He finished as he tossed the TNT into the boat as he took off before Salt Hoof’s exploded, which made Helix dived down as he avoided the debris and swam up as he saw the boat sinking before he turned and saw his watch recharged.
"It's hero time." He said with a smirk.
Meanwhile, Sinker and his men continued to make their way back to their hideout before one of them spotted something in the air. "Is that a bird?" He asked the others while he was pointing to what he was seeing in the sky.
"Nah, looks more like one of those fancy airships." Another one guessed before Jetray came into view.
"It's a flying manta ray!" Sinker exclaimed. "Man the harpoons!" He ordered.
“Give it up!” Jetray exclaimed. “You are totally busted!” He yelled as one of Sinker’s men started firing at him, which he flew around to dodge them before he fired his laser eyes at them, which took out on of the blasters and took out one of the ponies as he fell down.
Sinker was in the control room as he then fired a few nets from his ship, which Jetray managed to dodge. But barely as he flew into a tree branch, which caused him to fall into the water while trying to swim. “Aw man, didn't see that coming.” He said to himself before he saw Sinker and his men coming towards him. Luckily for him, he's able to breathe underwater as he died down and started to fly as fast as he did in the air. He then flew into the tree and hid as Sinker and his men looked around for him, but then they saw the fin of the Krakken, which made him nervous.
“It’s getting too crowded around here.” Sinker said to them while pointing at Salt Hoof. “Dump the trash overboard.” He ordered as they tossed Salt Hoof overboard as they took off before Jetray quickly scooped him up and saw Sinker was gone and he took off.
“Almost there.” Jetray said as he saw the Chariot ahead as he flew as fast as he could before his watch started beeping. “Oh come on, not again!” He moaned, seeing that he’s gonna time out soon.
Back on shore, the group is looking for any signs of Helix and Salt Hoof as they search the area. “Any sign of Helix and Salt Hoof?” Flash asked in concern.
"Not yet…" Smolder replied before they heard a familiar beeping coming their way. They looked up and saw Jetray flying in before he timed out and transformed back into Helix. Both he and the knocked-out Salt Hoof fell from the sky and landed on the perch that the chariot pulled out as Helix groaned.
“I hate it when that happens.” He moaned, really annoyed about the timeout he kept getting at worse times.
A sort bit later, Salt Hoof regains consciousness as Helix explains what happened to the others. “And the Krakken’s nest was full of eggs! No wonder she’s been attacking everything! Sinker must be stealing her eggs!” He exclaimed.
"I knew there was something wrong!" Fluttershy gasps after hearing what Helix found out. "But why is he doing this in the first place? I thought he was a marine biologist."
"I think he may have lied about that and here's the reason why." Ocellus spoke up after she looked up from her computer. "I did a little checking on Friends of Fish and found out it's not listed on any environmental website. The whole thing is fake, but here is something that is real about him. Sinker isn't a friend to any kind of Wildlife.” She turned her laptop around to show pictures of Sinker with endangered animals. "He travels around the world poaching rare animals before he crates them up and sells them to private collectors."
"Crates them up? Oh man!" Helix gasped when he realized something. "The crate the Krakken took off their boat must have had her egg in it and was only getting it back."
"And ya said that he was going to come back to the nest to get the rest of the eggs.” Applejack reminded him. "Which means he already got one of them."
"I guess that means the only question is which one is the real monster: the one in the lake or the poachers?" Twilight spoke up.
"If Sinker steals both eggs, the Krakken will definitely go on a rampage across Equestria just to get them back." Flash mentioned.
“Looks like we were all a little too hardheaded.” Twilight said in guilt. “I should’ve been more open-minded to realize this.”
“Well, we gotta stop them and get the Krakken’s eggs back!” Rainbow declared.
“Agreed. Nopony messes with the sea life!” Silverstream declared as she turned to Helix. “Helix, do you know where they went?”
“No clue. But he said something about going back to a cannery.” Helix recalled to what Sinker said on his boat.
"I think he meant the old abandoned cannery not far from here." Twilight theorized. "If we find that cannery, we'll find both Sinker and the eggs."
“All this talk doesn’t change a thing.” Salt Hoof said as he stood up. “Mommy or not, that beast is mine.” He said as he walked out. "Come on, I have a spare boat down the docks."
The group followed him onto the docks and were on the boat while he was trying to untie it before Spike wrote a letter and breathed flames to send it. "Letter sent to Celestia, I think it might take a while before she can get here with reinforcements." Spike mentioned.
"Then let's take matters into our own claws." Smolder said before she cut the rope with her own claw and they drove off in the boat without Salt Hoof.
“What are you all doing?! Get back here!” He called out.
“Sorry, captain!” Fluttershy apologized as they took off.
apologized.
“You don’t know what you’re doing! A monster’s a monster and I know a monster when I see one!” Salt Hoof called as they drove off as he turned to another boat, which was a row boat as he gave a bored look, realizing that it would be a long night.
At a cannery, a crane lifted up Sinker in a scuba mech as it picked up one of the Krakken’s eggs as the crane moved towards another who had an egg in a tube as he held the egg, which was a bit heavy. “Careful, or you’ll be cleaning up the world’s most expensive omelet!” He scolded as his men put the egg in the tube with the other. “After we sell these babies to the highest bidder, we’ll be kicking back on a beach in the Mareamas.” He said sinisterly.
Below the cannery, the heroes made it to a ladder below the factory as they started climbing while Silverstream and Helix stayed on the boat. “See if you can find the eggs,” Silverstream whispered.
“What about you two and Fluttershy?” Pinkie asked in wonder.
“We’re gonna kick some Phony Friends Fish tail.” Helix answered as he turned to his watch and switched it to Overflow and slammed it down as a bright green light covered him. Soon a pipe emerged from him as his being became water. Then some metallic red armor appeared on his front hoof and transformed it into claws with water guns at the ends of his wrists. Soon armor appeared on his bottom hose turning them into armored feet with two toes before the rest of the armor appeared on his head, completing his transformation to Overflow. “You ready for this, Silverstream?”
"Yup, I'm ready." She replied before she looked at Fluttershy. "Are you sure this is an idea?"
"She's not a monster, she's a mother trying to get her babies back." Fluttershy whispered.
“Well, you heard the animal expert. Time to reunite a mother with her childre--” Overflow was cut off when the Krakken came from below, which sent Silverstream and Overflow into the water as Silverstream transformed into her seapony form and transformed Fluttershy into a merpony. "Whoa, that was almost impossible for it to find this place so fast."
"I think Sinker will try and bag her for a big payday." Silverstream mentioned.
The Krakken broke through the floorboards as she roared and Sinker gave a smirk. “The bigger the Krakken, the bigger the payday,” He said as he went into his mech suit as his men started firing at the Krakken while protecting the egg as she swatted them away and was about to get her eggs, but Sinker swung by and grabbed them as she tried to reach them, but they were firing on her.
Just then, Overflow, Silverstream, and Fluttershy swam in the water as they jumped high and glared at Sinker as they got into his face. “You want to mess with a monster? Try me on for size.” Overflow challenged as Silverstream and Fluttershy went for the eggs.
Sinker was about to zap them before Overflow used his water like a blade to slice the zapper off. “Nopony messes with the sea life!” Silverstream called as she got the eggs unhooked, but they fell as they rolled to the broken board to the edge of the lake.
“Careful! Those eggs are fragile!” Fluttershy called as Overflow started fighting Sinker.
Inside the cannery, the others are sneaking through the building as the fight is going off outside as Flash takes the lead before looking into a room to see a stallion arming up as he did hoof signs to them before a stallion got swatted by the Krakken came back up as they turned to him aiming his horn at them. “Alright, buddy. We can do this the easy way or the hard way?” He suggested with a challenging look.
The stallion smirked as he was about to fight Flash, but then the Krakken’s tentacle smashed through the walls. “Go high!” Rainbow called as they either flew up or held onto cranes as the stallion fell into the water again and they went to the other side before Flash and Twilight kicked the second guard down, knocking him out.
“Is this the easy way or the hard way, darling?” Rarity questioned as Flash gave a sheepish shrug when the others raised a brow at him.
Back outside, Overflow continued to fight off Sinker while Fluttershy and Silverstream were making a break for it with the eggs. The Krakken then managed to use her tail to lift her eggs up. “My eggs!” Sinker yelled as he moved towards them, but the three heroes knocked him away as the eggs fell into the water.
“They aren’t your eggs!” Silvestream yelled as Overflow managed to grab them and dive into the water. Sinker wasn't going to let that happen as he pressed up on and the mini sub dropped on top of Overflow.
"Rescuing fishy babies." He's had it before he started to beat on Overflow. "Very heroic but not very smart of you. I'm not letting anyone get in the way of my payment!" He then knocked him to the bottom of the lake before he quickly swam and grabbed the eggs. Overflow quickly recovered before he used his water guns to give himself a boost to chase after Sinker.
Sinker flew up before Overflow managed to catch up to him and wrestled him as he managed to take back the two eggs. Just then, Fluttershy and Silvestream came swimming by and quickly grabbed the eggs when Overflow managed to pry them off of him. “Overflow! Look out! The mother is coming!” Fluttershy cried as the Krakken was swimming towards them.
"Hold on tight!" Overflow told the two as they grabbed on to him. "Next stop the Krakken's Nest!" He then gave a pulse from his water guns to give themselves a boost as they swam towards the nest with the Krakken on their tail. Once they arrived, Fluttershy and Silverstream carefully placed the eggs back into the nest before they backed away.
The Krakken saw that as she swam towards her eggs and gracefully held them in relief. Sinker came charging up, but the Krakken quickly caught him and used her jaws to break his suit open, which made Sinker hold his breath as he exited his suit. Then when he pulled out a dagger, he tried to stab the Krakken, but his weapon broke, which made him look in fear.
The Krakken then opened its jaws and was about to devour him before Overflow and Fluttershy quickly swam in front of him. "Stop! You're not a monster, you're a mother. She told the Krakken with a soft tone. "We'll make sure no one ever bothers you ever again. After all, and have little ones to look after when they hatch." The Krakken looked at them for a moment before it went back over to its eggs and kept them close. Fluttershy then glared at Sinker as he shrugged his shoulders, wondering why she was glaring at him. "As for you, this is for every animal you hurt around the world!" She declared before she delivered a punch to his face.
Soon a knocked-out Sinker, with a black eye, was being hanged by his suit on a piece of wood Overflow before he crossed his arms. “Hang here for a while until the authorities find a nice dry cell for you." He told him before he saw the authorities arriving on their boat, causing him to sink back down into the water.
The others watched from dry land. “Huh. Good riddance to bad rubbish,” Rarity said with a huff.
“Nice hit you gave him, Fluttershy." Rainbow complimented with an impressed smile. "Didn’t know you have it in you.”
"Um thank you." Fluttershy replied as she rubbed her hoof. "Although I didn't know punches still hurt when you're the one punching."
“You’ll get there.” Rainbow assured her. “It takes practice.
“Hey, look what I got.” Salt Hoof said as he swam up to them. “I think I got one of Sinker’s lackeys. Must’ve got lost in sea during the fight.” He said as he showed them a net, which had Overflow caught in it. “Should I report him to the authorities?” He asked as the watch started beeping.
“Heh, I think your catch of the day isn’t exactly a threat, Salt Hoof.” Gallus said as he pointed to the next as the watch timed out before Salt Hoof turned and saw Helix inside, which he waved sheepishly.
“You were in the suit?” Salt Hoof asked in confusion as the others looked at him in amusement.
Down below the lake, the Krakken is still on her nest, looking at her eggs closely as she’s grateful that her heroes saved her offsprings from that merchant and now they are back safe and sound.