"Merciful me!" Ramone cried as the stomach juice washed Chloe's crew through the fish's gut. "I hope to the heavens we aren't being digested!"

"At least you don't have a pretty face to mess up, goat boy!" Vinnie gasped, while trying to keep his pompadour from dipping in the drink.

"I say," Ramone gasped. "You take that back."

"Whoo hoo!" Chloe shouted, clearly delighted. "Take your Fishy Fizz, guys! I think we're getting barfed up!"

"You say that like you're happy!" Ramone shouted.

"Hey!" Chloe said with a big smile. "It's better than dying!"

Everyone made sure to drink their Fishy Fizz and get their heads wrapped in a bubble as they awaited the final gut wretch. The fish's jaws--pearly white rows of sharp teeth opened and its greasy green tongue lashed out of its mouth. The water washed everyone out. Everyone tumbled and spiralled through the sea before landing on the ocean floor.

Monica shook her head and turned to Chloe. "Oh my chica, thank you so much for getting us out of there. That was the most filthy mouth ever. And I've been on the receiving end of some questionable cat calls!"

Vinnie looked aside and smirked. "Ey, why you all looking at me? My mouth only spews compliments to da ladies!"

"Never mind your romantic tension!" Chloe examined, "Look at Jawesome."

The fish, once dark as blights from a plague had taken on a more docile blue. Its aquamarine eyes now brimmed with life and no longer sported a sinister shine. Its dark blue fish lips spread wide and happy. "Huloooooo!" he bellowed with his big mouth.

"Argh mateys!" Abacab said, "I do believe this big fish is trying to communicate with us. Fortunately, I am skilled in the lexicon of tuna, trouts and tapeworms!"

"Takes one to know one," Vinnie smirked but Monica jabbed him in the ribs.

Captain Abacab crouched down and opened his bearded mouth as wide as it could. His eyes bulged as he made a sound that resembled a constipated whale. "Guuuuuuuaaaaasrghhhh! Bllluuueeeeghhhh!"

Suddenly, Jawesome scratched his head with his fin. "What's wrong with this guy?" the big fish asked in a deep, but kind voice. "Does he have bowel problems? I might have a laxative somewhere."

"Did you just speak, you large pez?" Monica asked with equally wide eyes.

"I did indeed!" Jawesome said. "I was simply saying hullo before this chap decided to try to pass gas down here. I hope you know this place isn't a toilet."

"Never mind him," Chloe remarked. "The captain's a bit looney."

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"None taken!" Jawesome answered. "I wanted to thank you lot for cleaning my innards and ridding me of that terrible plague demon! The great and noble king had come to see me, but I think I think that fiend might have ended up infecting him with some blighted belly bloat too!"

"So that's what's wrong with the king!" Chloe exclaimed.

"Fortunately!" Jawesome smiled. "I have the right antacid for that!"

The fish made a face and vomitted up a plastic capsule filled with a purplish liquid medicine.

"Hey!" Gillian exclaimed. "That's my my medicine! I got that for the king but I kinda forgot about! Then you ate me!"

"My deepest apologies from the bottom of the sea" Jawesome said. "Hurry now before he becomes a truly terrible tyrant."

Everyone thanked Jawesome for the help, but they couldn't stay longer. They rushed as quick as they could to aid King Phil Le. As they reached his room, they noticed the bloated king had begun to laugh and flop around madly on his throne. "Bleh heh heh!" the big fishman roared with a big belly laugh. "First the ocean and then the world! We will do it all in the name of the great demon lord Fienmond! All hail Fiendy-Wiendy!"

The Fishysauz captain looked utterly confused and a bit sorrowful. As the king choked and gurgled from his laughs, it seemed he would succumb to complete madness. But when all hope was lost, Chloe pumped her veiny arms and legs and with a heroic leap, she slammed the medicine into the king's gargling throat. The purple juices billowed and bubbled before they traveled right down his gullet.

"Bleh heh heh heh huh?!" the large king said and he stopped laughing. Miraculously, his thick stomach began to recede and his form began to shrink. Everyone marveled at how the once humongous fish king was now sporting a chistled set of pecs, an eight pack abdomen and purple fin sideburns that brought out a handsome jaw.

"My my," Ramone remarked, his cheeks tinted with a crimson blush. "Somebody get me his shellphone number!"

"Ahh," the king said with a voice as deep as the ocean. "I feel like myself again."

He brushed his fin sideburns and smiled. "I was foolish and let my guard down! That Mick the Ick has such a sweet tongue. I do believe Fienmond sent him."

"Fienmond?!" Rosemary echoed from the depths of Chloe's brain.

Chloe repeated Rosemary's words. "Fienmond?"

"Yes, the demon king of the Everworld!" the king answered. "His servant had stopped by and left a cursed blight on Jawesome and I! But it seems that goodness triumphed in the end. Tell me, who are you?"

"We're pirat...." Chloe beamed proudly but Ramone quickly covered her mouth.

"Good Samaritans, your majesty!" Ramone grinned nervously. "Yesss hardly thieves of the sea! We like helping people, right guys?"

Chloe peeped up, but everyone launched harsh glares at her before they nodded in unison.

"Whatever you are..." King Phil Le said. "I thank you from the bottom of the ocean!"

"Your majesty," the fishysauz captain peeped up. "I almost forgot to tell you. While you were having a bout of induced mania, the mailfish dropped off this letter. It's from the embassy of the Mainland!"

"The Mainland?!" Chloe exclaimed. "But how could they send you something. I'm not there to run it."

The captain held up a biege envelop marked with a stamp the official logo of the Chime Kingdom-- a golden bell.

"Can we see it?!" Chloe demanded. She wasn't sure if her feelings of urgency were from Rosemary or herself. "I need to know who's impersonating me."

The king smiled and handed her the letter. "Now that I see you are indeed Queen Annabell Chime, I shall allow you to open it. It was sent from your kingdom after all."

Chloe looked at the letter. Carefully, she peeled it open. "Leaders from all around the ocean, we welcome you!" she read. "Future rulers of the Oceanempire, the official regent ruler of the Mainland, Minister Dingsworth invites you to a night of bread and circuses, hosted by yours truly."

There was a look of uncertainty from all the members of the party. "Come to Three Ring Isle and let us discuss our plans of unification of the four great oceans! All hail our new future Oceanempire!"