pushed the button on the dash to lower the wheels. Then he landed on the bottom of the water land. âThereâs no slime down here,â he said. âWe can see better now.â
But BCâs tail was wagging.
âSomething else is coming,â the dogbot said.
âWhere?â asked Kai looking out into the dirty water.
Suddenly everything went dark.
âThe windscreen is all black,â said BC.
âI canât see out,â said Kai. âSomething is on our sub-drill.â
The sub-drillâs dashboard flashed. Then it went dead.
âThis pest is taking our power,â said Kai. âSub-drill wonât work soon,â said BC.
âLetâs get rid of it,â said Kai.
Kai turned on the sub-drillâs roof water jets. Huge blasts of water pushed the pest off the sub-drill.
Kai looked as it floated away. âItâs like a big stingray,â he said. âBut itâs got heaps of suckers on its belly.â
âAnd two tails,â said BC.
âThereâs lots of them,â said Kai. âWe canât let them near us. Those suckers drain power.â
This time Kai turned on all the water jets.
Water burst from the jets hard and fast. When Kai stopped the pests were gone. But in their place was something else.
âItâs a baby beast!â said Kai. âWith two heads and a tail.â
âAnd a pulver-slam tail like the rock beast!â said BC.
âYes,â said Kai. âA mix of rock and water beasts.â
Kai took a photo of the baby beast with his orb. A card popped up on the screen.
âWeâve found the beast, BC,â said Kai. âWeâre in the right land. And look! Itâs shooting rocks from one of its heads. And itâs making big rock walls with them.â
âThatâs whatâs making water spill into the mud land,â said BC. âThe baby beast is building big dams.â
âYes,â said Kai. âIâm going to drill through the wall.â
Kai turned on the sub-drillâs driller. Then he drove as fast as he could into the wall.
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The driller made a huge hole in the wall.
Then the wall came crashing down. Water rushed in from where the wall had been. The sub-drill was thrown around. âWeâre getting washed away, BC,â said Kai. âWhen the water settles we will get the baby beast before it can change.â
But when the choppy water stopped, the baby beast was gone.
âWe have to find that baby beast,â said Kai. He turned the sub-drill around. But he still couldnât see it. âIâll use the see-scope on the roof,â he said.
Kai pushed the see-scope up into the water. He turned it around slowly and looked into the scope.
âItâs behind us,â he said to BC. âAnd now itâs battling a water beast. We have to stop it.â
âBaby beast must not win,â said BC. âIf it does, it will grow and change.â
Kai turned the sub-drill around. Then he headed for the battling beasts.
âThe baby beast is throwing so many rocks!â said Kai. âThe water beast is getting buried.â
âWater beast is going to do a tail attack on the baby beast,â said BC.
âIâm going to blast that baby beast out of the water with the sub-drillâs jets,â said Kai.
Kai raced towards the baby beast. Water shot out from the sub-drill jets. The baby beast was being pushed back. âItâs working,â said Kai.
But then a massive tail crashed down on them. It was the water beast. And it was doing a tail-attack.
The sub-drill was sent flying through the water.
Kai got control of the sub-drill again. âIt doesnât know we are trying to help it,â he said. âWe have to get back in there.â
But Kai and BC were too late. The baby beast was too strong for the water beast. It had covered the beast with rocks. And it had won.
BCâs tail wagged