They were now speeding along, their massive sail pulled down and the motor on Auto-Captain, they looked out the windows of their boat, they were now in the strait, but they didn't see much yet. So they assumed they had past the first hazard, so Jett bravely stepped onto the upper main deck. That was, until they saw that single flash of brownish green lunge down, grab a engradado, caixa of meat rations, and disappear, then another, lunging at an unbolted attachment knob. "Jett get outta there!!" yelled Lilly. Jett then saw another flash of brownish green, only two inches from grabbing him. He looked up at the tall cliffs, then saw the source. A large, fat lizard, sitting on the topo, início of the left cliff, with a rather long neck that stretched two times longer than it's body at full stretching. "Are you deaf soldier?! The lovely said GET OUT OF THERE!!!" yelled Skipper. Jett then pulled out a harpoon, then tempted the lizard. "Hey!! Bet you'll never catch me alive or dead!!" yelled Jett. The lagarto then lunged down at him, grabbing Jett's harpoon. "Oh, umm... I'm so sorry about that," said Jett, ducking below deck and shutting the door as the lagarto almost got him. He smiled a bit, but then received a huge slap from Hannah. "Damn it Jett, don't order a death wish!! That's MY specialty!!" yelled Hannah, frustrated with his boisterous actions. "I'm sorry, just thought I could fight it off," said Jett. Hannah crossed her flippers slightly, turning away from him. "Men seem to want glory every turn they get," said Hannah, muttering it to Lilly. "Relax, he didn't want to impress anyone, he just wanted to see if he could kill the damn reptile," said Lilly. "Ugh, you're right, must be the annoying rocking of the ship triggering some migraine," said Hannah, rubbing her temples to soothe them. "Guys!! We're getting to the Grawlades worms, look," said Kowalski, pointing out the porthole. Ahead, the Strait widened out twice as wide as it was when they entered, looking at the water, it appeared calm, with a slight ripple here and there. "I don't think we'll need to worry about them today, water looks harmless," said Private.
"That's where you're wrong young Private, they're very much there, they just want to lure you in, go right over their mouths, then WHAM!! They suck you into those vortexual maelstroms that are their mouths, sucking the ship in, where it would be shredded in it's circular teeth," said Kowalski. "How can we tell where a worm's mouth is then, if they won't show it?" asked Lilly. "You can't, you just wish the best of luck crossing, am I right?" asked Skipper. "Well, actually, you see where the little circular ripples are? That's where a Grawlad's mouth is, we need to avoid the water rings that their mouths make, and extra careful around them," said Hannah. "Wait, what do you mean por THEM?" asked Lilly in shock. "Yes, whenever their groups are larger than two or three, the smaller ones attach to the larger leader, with a mucus coating that holds them together, thus, making a "flower of water" with their mouth ripples," said Kowalski. They then got closer to the other side of the Strait, to escaping the worms. "There they are, I see them, four water ripples, this is a real big one," said Hannah, looking out the window. "It's seguro enough now guys, we just gotta go around the ripples," said Lilly, opening the hatch and entering the main deck. Kowalski shrugged and then followed suit, as well as Private and Hannah. "Eh, why not? We past the lagarto areas," said Jett, walking up deck, Skipper following behind with a hand grenade, a pipe bomb, and katana, just in case. "Why the katana?" asked Jett. "Just in case they want to nom on any of this," said Skipper, making a gesture with his flippers that showed his body curves. "We can't afford to fool around!!" yelled Jett, frowning slightly at Skipper.
"Here, we should be safe," said Lilly, steering the barco around the ripples as directed. "Be very precise, one misstep, and we're into the void," said Hannah. "What happens if you throw a engradado, caixa at it?" asked Skipper curiously, dropping a engradado, caixa right over a ripple. When everyone else was looking towards the opposite direction. "Oh, basically what happens is, we-" said Hannah, until a loud burst was heard in the water. The water plummed up and out, clear above the surface, when it cleared, the whole beast was visible, a large, tentacle-shaped mass, that had a wide hole on the topo, início that had circular rows of eight thousand, cookiecutter-like teeth, and four smaller tentacle shaped masses attached to the larger one, like some sort of slimy cactus branches. "JESUS CHRIST!! GET US OUTTA HERE!!" yelled Jett. Lilly then rushed the engines on full blast, and the barco began to slowly pick up speed. "Damn Skipper!! You should NEVER do something that stupid ever again!!" yelled Lilly, smacking him hard in the stomach, making him stumble back, but not fall. "Arguments can wait sweetheart!! That monster's got Jett!!" yelled Skipper. "Skippah!!! I need help over here!!" yelled Private, holding on the ship for dear life as a tentacle sprung from the massive worm's side, pulling him away. "Let go of Private you overgrown gummy worm!!" yelled Skipper, hitting the worm with a hand grenade. It soon exploded, burning the worm heavily, it grunted and screeched, as if in pain, then sank into th water slightly, putting out the fire, it then continued trying to grab Private. Jett didn't look very well either, he was holding the lead head's mouth open with a single oar, trying his best to not get sucked in. "YOU WILL NOT CLAIM ME DEVIIIL!!!" yelled Jett, holding onto flimsy oar, as it began snapping and breaking.
"Oh, god damn it," grunted Lilly, picking up the pipe bomb and handing the Katana to Hannah. "Slice the bastard's tentacles, I'll blow out it's non-existent brains," said Lilly, aiming her throw to the pipe bomb. por this time, Hannah sliced off the tentacle holding Private, and pulled him into the boat, only to discover that the explosion from the grenade blew a rock at Kowalski's head, knocking him unconscious. "Professor!!" yelled Hannah, rushing up to Kowalski, tending to him. "Bottoms up gummy worm!!" yelled Lilly, throwing the pipe bomb. Beep, beep, beep. It flew right into the worm's wide mouth, lodging itself into four of the teeth. Beep, beep, beep. Then with a sudden rush, it exploded, launching Jett back onto the barco roughly. The worm, hissing and screeching, then wriggles around, slamming itself on the rocks, until it finally succumbed, sinking into the waves with a giant stain of bluish-green in the ocean, seagoing soon came to pick at the scrapings. "Wow, now that is what I call a fried worm," said Skipper, looking at the carcass as it began sinking further down into the water. "Heh, you are indeed an excellent shot Miss Lilly," said Private. "Ha, thanks Private," said Lilly, patting his back. "Guys!! Come quick!!" yelled Hannah worriedly. "What is it Hannah?" asked Jett, going over to her in concern. "Kowalski's been knocked out, and his heat beat is slowed down!!" yelled Hannah, almost in tears. "Oh no, this is awful!!" cried Private, ducking down and sobbing. "Wait, I think I can help," said Jett. "No, you can't, I just know it won't work," said Hannah. "I've trained a few times how to get the coração running normally, it's how it helped me make that sound weapon less torturous, cause it always ruptured a heart, in the first tests," said Jett. "You mean that sound weapon, the one Dr. Damion had failed at, was reinvented por you?" asked Private.