Marlin and Nemo swam frantically inside their tank on the truck, feeling helpless and worried. Then Nemo thought he spotted Dory floating inside the last tank being carried onto the truck!
Marlin and Nemo were thrilled until Hank uncamouflaged, revealing that it was just one of his tentacles that he’d masked to look like Dory. Marlin was confused. “Hey, where’s Dory? Is she with you?”
Hank could barely look at them. “I’m sorry. I tried to hold on, but I couldn’t. I lost her,” he said.
“All right, let’s get going,” said one of the staffers. “We’re going to be late.” Nemo and Marlin’s faces fell as the back door of the truck slammed shut.
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Meanwhile, Dory was racing through the water, talking a mile a minute, trying to catch her parents up on everything that had happened over the years. Dory paused, trying to remember which way to go.
Then she heard a familiar voice: “Hello, I’m Sigourney Weaver.”
“There!” shouted Dory, swimming up to the surface. “That’s the Marine Life Institute!”
“Oh, you were born there,” said Jenny nostalgically.
“Dory, is that where your friends are?” asked Charlie.
“Yes! They were stuck in something ... that was going somewhere ...,” said Dory, trying to remember.
Then they heard the roar of a truck starting up in the parking lot above them.
“A TRUCK!” gasped Dory. “They’re in the truck!”
Dory immediately began to pace, trying to come up with an idea. Her parents watched, concerned, as she swam around in circles, muttering to herself. They knew it was nearly impossible for a few fish to stop a moving truck. But Dory continued to rack her brain, searching for a solution. “This has been brought to you by ... echolocation ... echolocation! The world’s most powerful ... ocean friends ... friends. Friends ... friend! Destiny. Destiny? Destiny!”
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Inside Destiny’s pool, a new staffer dumped a bucket of chum and sang, “Time for breakfast, girl!”
Destiny awoke with a snort and swam around the pool, bumping into walls along the way. As she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she heard a faint, familiar voice cry, “DESTINYYYYYY!” She quickly swam over to the pipe vent.
“Dooooorrryy?” Destiny answered.
Bailey swam over to the gate, newly awake. “Morning, Destiny,” he said with a yawn.
Destiny shushed him. “It’s Dory! Something’s wrong!”
Bailey and Destiny rose to the surface of their pools. Bailey tapped into his echolocation and began to look for Dory. “Oooooo... I got her! She’s right outside the Institute!”
Bailey told Destiny they had to jump over the wall so they could go into the ocean and help Dory. “No time to argue!” he said firmly. But Destiny was afraid because of her blurry vision. She didn’t think she would survive in the ocean.
“I will be your eyes,” Bailey said wisely.
Destiny wasn’t so sure. “But the walls!” she exclaimed.
“There are no walls in the ocean!” Bailey said. Then he leaned in close and whispered in her ear, “It’s your destiny, Destiny.”
“Well, why didn’t you say so?” Destiny dove under the water and raced toward the edge of the pool.
“What? No! Destiny, wait!” yelled Bailey. “No! THAT’S A WALL!”
Destiny shrieked and leapt over the wall just before she crashed! Bailey followed her, jumping out of his own tank with a splash. She and Bailey both landed on the other side. They were now in the ocean — and right next to Dory and her parents.