EIGHT
Cleo tried once more to explain to Romeo that they needed to jump the docks since the sea gates were now closed. But Romeo was reluctant to leave. That nice lady closed the gates for a reason, Cleo. There are Luscas out there, he said.
Cleo surfaced with a chuff. So? My pod eats sea monsters before breakfast. Right, guys?
Yeah, Chico whistled back.
Romeo had explained to her where his pod was being held, and Cleo had recognized his description immediately. Their prison was the haunted place where that bad man had kept monsters. The humans called it Atlantis. Cleo was sure that was where the humans had gone now—including Axel and Jose, who had left with Gilberto a short while ago—and she needed to join them. She knew she could help.
If Romeo wouldn’t go with her, she’d go it alon
