Chapter 126: Waiting for the Tarpoduals

Chapter 126: Waiting for the Tarpoduals.

Neither of them said anything more as they headed through a wall of vines. Beyond the seaweed, they were greeted with blackness. Ike and JP used more advanced navigation to stay with the Sirins as they traveled into the darkness. The rocks, fish, and plants no longer had such a bright shimmering glow on the ocean floor.

“We have a slight problem.” Tullie’s voice came over the messaging system as her ship slowed to a standstill ahead of them. “Tarpoduals.”

“And I cannot outrun anyone,” Ike grumbled.

“Plan?” JP asked.

“The three of us will drop down to that gap in the rocks and wait. The tarpoduals chase and kill whatever they see, and they would undo all the work we did on your ship. We would have to turn around, so we wait and hide.”

“I figured.” Ike sighed. “And what do you want us to do while we wait?”