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Gipsy’s ears rang in the sudden silence.
    And, the next second, the “monster” vanished as all the fish swam swiftly away in different directions. A few of them hung about in the larder, their little mouths opening and closing. But the rest were already swimming back out to sea as if nothing had ever happened.

    â€œOf course!” yelled Teggs at the top of his voice. But some of the fish gave him a nasty look, so he quickly shut up. “They weren’t after us. They were after whatever was making the noise!”
    â€œI don’t get it,” frowned Gipsy.
    â€œYou were right,” he went on. “The cryptoclidus did disturb something when they built their factories here in the south – those whisperfish! Whisperfish must
hate
noise!”
    Gipsy nodded slowly “Well, the glass in that tank was very thick,” she said. “I’ll bet it made things ever so quiet in there.”

    â€œAnd once the ship crashed and they escaped, the ocean must have been quiet too,” Teggs went on. “Until the cryptoclidus started building in whisperfish waters!”“Of course!” cried Gipsy. “Ever since then, these whisperfish have been joining together to chew up anything that makes a loud noise – floating factories . . . submarines . . . that silly siren . . . And once they’ve stopped the racket, they split up again.”

    â€œAnd so the ‘monster’ seems to vanish!” Teggs nodded. “That’s why the whisperfish left us alone in our nice quiet shuttle and the silent diving bell. We weren’t disturbing them!”

    â€œWell, now we know what’s been going on,” said Gipsy. “But what good does it do us? We’re almost out of air.”
    Teggs nodded. He felt a bit dizzy. “If we’re not rescued soon . . .”
    As he spoke, a massive, dark shape swam up to them through the shattered tank.
    â€œOh no,” groaned Teggs.

    It was Mira!
    â€œCoo-eee!” he said, waving a flipper. “I’ve been looking everywhere for you two! Now, it’s my turn to hide . . .” he tailed off. “Wait a moment. This is my spaceship! What are you doing inside my spaceship?”
    â€œTrying to get out!” cried Gipsy.
    But then a bright yellow light shone in at them through the glass.
    â€œDon’t tell me it’s
another
monster!” Teggs groaned.
    â€œIt’s . . . it’s some kind of super submarine!” gasped Gipsy in surprise.
    A gleaming sub was gliding through the water towards them.
    Mira spun round to see. Then he scowled. “It’s those flipper-flappers!” he shouted. “They want to catch us! Well, I’ll show them a thing or two!”
    With that, he streaked out of the tank and over to the sub. His jaws were open wide.

    Teggs stared in horror. “No, Mira, don’t!”
    But as Mira bit down on the nose of the sub –
Zzzzap!
    His eyes bulged. Then he stuck out his tongue, closed his eyes and fell quietly to the sea bed.
    A hatch opened on top of the sub and Cripes swam out! Gipsy hugged Teggs with relief.

    â€œSo you
did
hear our SOS signal,” smiled Teggs weakly.
    Cripes nodded. “Arx worked out the best way to reach you, and Iggy drove us here in record time!” He frowned. “Uh, you’re looking kind of. . . blue!”
    â€œWe’re nearly out of air,” gasped Teggs.
    â€œI think I’m going to faint,” croaked Gipsy.
    â€œQuick!” cried Cripes. “Into the sub!”
    With the last of their strength, Teggs and Gipsy made it aboard. Cripes shut the doors and led them out of the water. Gipsy wriggled out of her helmet and gulped down air. Teggs just swung his head into the wall and broke the glass helmet like an oversized egg.
    â€œThat’s better!” he whooped. “And have
we
got a story to tell you!”
    â€œTell me about it when you have had a rest,” said Cripes