“Take off your clothes and step forward,”

……

Beeaam!

“hmm

Stab wound near his rib has almost completely healed itself,

Subject appears to have no umbilicus as well, possibly healed at birth?”

“That does not match with the information we have on subject Apollo who does have a navel,”

“Hmmm….

The x-rays show that the subject also seems to have no—

—These scans are incredible! his anatomy,

We must send this to the chairman at once!”

……..

Beeaam!

A bright light flashes in my face as I stand naked behind a screen

(I thought maybe this was the place I came from,

But I don’t feel at home,

I recognize most of the technology,

But it feel so foreign here,

And what of this ‘North?’

Is that where I’m from?)

……..

“Alright you can step out” someone directs,

“What is happening to me?” I demand

“You are being processed into the system,” one of the men behind the scanners peers up at me,

“Since you have no previous record in our ring, we have to make sure you are safe to be around other people..

You can get dressed now, the guards will see you to where you belong…”

…….

Two officers stand and wait as I put on a prison jumpsuit, they then escort me out of the lab…

……

****

“I see yer’ve been getting special treatment compared the rest of us,” scowls a man seeing me

The guards shove me in a line with the other prisoners,

I recognize some from the boat I woke up on,

(The pirate crew)

“Who are you exactly?” I look at the man who spoke to me,

His faced is covered with knife slashes and scars, his teeth are all solid silver, his lips turn downwards upon his patchy beard as he frowns at my statement,

“Are yer trying to be funny Kage?

I’m the bloodey captain,

Well I was till we got caught,”

“I heard you were personally escorted off our ship in a jet by one of the officers,

That true Kage?” the scruffy blonde pirate who had barged into my room, chimes in,

“……” I don’t reply

“Tight lipped are yer?

No good that’ll do,

We’re all going to the Aquarium anyways

You can keep quiet if you like but I’ll beat the shit outta yer to get what I want mate,” the former captain growls

“Enough talking.” An officers orders.

“Is that yer buddy too Kage?” the pirate immediately snaps at me as

“I knew yer we’re too good to be true,

A natural killer ye’ are, no heart, no remorse I liked that,

That’s why I let yer join in the first place,

But it seems yer was also a part time rat,”

“I don’t even know you; I didn’t tell on anybody about your little pirate club” I say defensively

“You must think yer being real funny right now, eh?

Yer took a bloody fucking jet ride off our ship, while we had got the ol’ containment bullet”

(This isn’t real)

“What’s the aquarium?” I ask the other pirate ignoring the former boss’ rants

“It’s a fookin amusement park mate..”

……

……

“Alright you all have been processed,” the woman from before, Himari, enters the small holding room where we all stand handcuffed..

“Due to the fact that you ‘Trench pirates’ attempted to raid a nature preserve island, knowing the repercussions

The government has decided that this case will not go to court, and you pirates will serve full life sentences effectively immediately,”

(Thisisnnotrealthisisnotrealthisisnotrealthisisnotrealthisisnotreal)

“Do we get last requests?” the grizzly captain raises his hand,

“You are Bartholomeus Madison, their leader, correct?”

“Arr, I go by Captain Bulldog,”

“Well, umm, captain Bulldog, we don’t make negotiations with criminals,”

“Aren’t yer gonna listen to my request love?”

“…..”

“I was hoping you would give me dick a good ol’—,”

“……” Himari doesn’t stay and wait for the criminal to finish instead she gestures for the guards to carry us out

The other pirates cheer on the brazenness their leader,

“Quiet down!”

…….

****

…….

“Prisoner shuttle launching in ten minutes”

Seventeen prisoners march across area nine, section five, of the plastic beach, otherwise known as the prisoner shuttle and detainment area, it is the furthest area south on the plastic beach,

From afar it looks like a regular sea shuttle bay…

Here criminals would be interrogated or held temporarily executed or sentenced from,

The main prison isn’t located here however, out of fear of potential prison breaks the government had a separate facility built underwater,

The seventeen male inmates formerly of the Trench pirates now are being escorted into a shuttle headed for the prison dubbed the Aquarium,

……

“Prisoner shuttle launching in six minutes”

(Everything is happening so fast,

To me Karina just died,

I was on that mountain yesterday

What is this?)

……

“Prisoner shuttle launching in four minutes”

“Wait!” someone calls,

“Can I get a word with Kage quick an officer runs up,”

The guards nod allowing him to do so,

“Kage, you have plenty explaining to do, those crimes…”

“Apollo I—”

(I can’t even proclaim my innocence or guilt,

I honestly don’t know)

“I guess this is it for me Apollo,”

“No, I’ll try as best as I can to get you out Kage,

You can explain your side to me then,

I know I don’t know too much about you,

You’re not a bad person,

I can say that much”

“Prisoner shuttle launching in two minutes”

“Good luck Kage,” Apollo watches as solemnly I enter into the cylindrical shuttle pointed down at water at the edge of the dock,

“Was that who you sold us out to?” Bulldog jeers the moment I walk in,

No officer comes in with us,

There is no need, since we are being sent directly into the depths of the ocean,

Our hands immediately get blinded to the walls of the shuttle restricting our movements—

—The deep-sea craft rumbles beginning its departure…

“I’m going to let yer know one time Kage” Bulldog hisses

“The moment we arrive,

You are fucking dead mate,”

“Prisoner shuttle launching”

…….

Vwoosh!

Without delay the undersea traveler shoots off the Plastic beach, from the prison shuttle bay..

The sea ripples creating mini waves as the crafts submerges into water like a torpedo, heading into the unknown depths of the cold dark sea.