Early reveals to Jack that he is going on a trip in fall break. Jack cannot join, as his father is coming to visit and will be taking him to Portland after the regatta. Early explains he is going on a quest to find Pi, whom he believes is not dead, only missing. When Jack suggests Dr. Stanton is talking about the number and not the character, Early gets upset, yells that pi is not ending, and begins to sort jellybeans again. Jack calms Early down and assures him that Pi is fine; he asks Early to continue the story where they left off.

Pi encounters sharks stalking him, followed by a swarm of stinging bugs. He is then battered by a storm and finally gives up and drifts out to sea. Caught between dreams and reality, Pi sees the eye of a white whale, which nudges him to safety onto yet another beach. However, when Pi wakes up, he sees a volcano erupting in the distance, and lava is headed his way.