Wonder Witch 10 – Under Water Wonder Witch

It was the final of the Atlantis cup Tailball tournament. Mermen and Mermaids from all over the undersea city of Atlantis had tuned in their TV sets to see which Tailball team would win the coveted Atlantis cup trophy, made of polished coral and sparkling pearl.

But, just as the opening game was about to commence, from loud speakers all around Starfish stadium, came an announcement.

“We regret to announce that the Atlantis cup tournament cannot go ahead as planned because someone has stolen the winner’s trophy”.

“Ha-ha-ha!”, laughed the villainous Mobster Lobster, kingpin of the undersea underworld as he held the trophy in one of his enormous orange lobster claws, “This is my most audacious crime yet”.

But then, peering through the periscope of their shark-shaped get-away sub, Sid the Squid, Mobster Lobster’s eight tentacled right hand man said, “Uh-oh, boss. There’s someone following us and, if my eyes ain’t playing tricks on me, I think they’re riding on a broomstick”.

“It’s that accursed do-gooder Wonder Witch”, growled the lobster clawed outlaw, “The Atlanteans must have asked her for help but she’s as helpless as a fish out of water here. Fire a torpedo at her, Sidney”.

Slamming down one of his tentacles on a red button marked ‘FIRE’, the wicked eight-armed henchman launched a heat-seeking torpedo towards the broomstick riding blip on his radar screen.

“Jumping Jellyfish”, exclaimed Wonder Witch, from inside the crystal-ball shaped diving helmet of her pink, sparkly frog-man outfit, “A torpedo! And it’s headed straight for me”.

Taking quick evasive action, Wonder Witch steered her broomstick out of the path of the oncoming underwater missile but then, to her dismay, the heat-seeking torpedo began turning around and heading back towards her.

“Eek!”, she said, looking back over her shoulder at the torpedo now following her broom, “That torpedo doesn’t know when to quit. I better do something quick before my broom goes BOOM!”.

Just then, however, Wonder Witch spotted what looked like underwater thermal vents and, quickly, steered her broom towards them.

“The hot air from those thermal vents should draw off that missile”, she said and, soon after, from behind her, she heard the deafening sound of the torpedo exploding.

“That Wonder Witch is as slippery as an eel, boss”, said Sid the squid, looking through his periscope and seeing that the pink-scuba-suited super-sorceress was still behind them.

“Then give her a squirt of squid ink, Sidney”, replied the clawed crime boss, “We’ll lose her in an ink cloud”.

Pressing down on a button in front of him marked ‘INK’ the octopus- limbed henchman released a stream of oily ink that squirted out of the back of their mini-sub and, soon, Wonder Witch found herself lost in a pitch black fog of squid ink.

“Shivering seahorses”, said Wonder Witch, blindly trying to navigate through the ink cloud, “I’ll never find my way through this”.

Just then, however, she heard the clicking voice of a dolphin from nearby and, using her uncanny, super-telepathic powers of communication, asked the dolphin,

“Pardon me, Mr Dolphin but could you please use your sonar to guide me through this incredible ink cloud”.

“No problem, Wonder Witch”, was the friendly dolphin’s reply.

And, before long, holding onto the fin on the dolphins back, Wonder Witch was emerging from the ink cloud and could see Mobster-Lobster’s get-away vehicle up ahead and that it was just about to enter the opening of the clawed crooks subterranean sea-cave hideout.

“Alright”, said Wonder-Witch, determinedly, “I’ve had a taste of your tricks, now it’s time you saw some of mine”.

Then, taking out her special water-proof magic wand from the utility belt of her pink scuba-suit, Wonder Witch conjured up a giant, magical fishing net that, under her control, entangled itself around Mobster Lobster’s mini-sub.

“That’s the way to catch a couple of fishy crooks”, said Wonder Witch, smiling.

Once Wonder Witch returned the stolen trophy to the stadium and delivered Mobster Lobster and his eight-armed accomplice to the Atlantean police department, there was enormous excitement as the Atlantis cup Tailball tournament started to recommence and Wonder Witch got to watch the opening game from inside a special air-tight box reserved for visiting V.I.P.’s.

“It’s…uh… the least we could…uh…do to thank you, Wonder Witch”, said Boris Blowfish, the mayor of Atlantis.

“There’s no need to thank me, Mr Mayor”, chuckled Wonder Witch,“I’ve really had a whale of a time”.