Punch!

“Yeahhhhhhh!”

Stomp!

Stomp!

Stomp!

“Kick his face in!”

Punch!

Punch!

Whack!

“This shit is wild!”

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

“Is it okay if I switch sides?”

Punch-punch-punch-

“Kill the facker!

…….!!!

“Hey!

That is enough,

This behavior exceeds what you have been permitted!”

Take what you want♪

The loud cheering stops as guards begin to rush into the cafeteria,

Two inmates had been fighting, or rather one was getting a vicious beating,

The guards restrain the attacker, while the other lies a bloody mess, his face indiscernibly beaten,

Take everything♪

One would think it to be a canvas of red paint,

Take what you want♪

“You pirates just got here and are already string things up!”

Better that I change♪

“Don’t call me a pirate, I am not one of them,” one of the fighters mumbles,

His body covered in blood,

Violence in the night♪

“Inmate Kage, you should have thought of that before joining them and committing crimes in the first place,”

Violence in the night♪

“Take this one to the infirmary and the other to solitary,”

Priors, priors♪

Some guards come and pick up the bloody mess on the ground,

He can barley speak now, beaten to an absolute pulp…

I’ll be honest♪

Captain Bulldog was what they called him..

Kage gets tightly escorted out of the cafeteria into solitary confinement,

“He destroyed the captain” the former pirates whisper among themselves,

We all liars♪

Kage walks away gruffly his clenched fists soaked in blood,

Not his blood however, but his opponent’s,

True to his word the moment they were settled into the prison, Bulldog attacked Kage,

He was able to get one kick in before Kage twisted his ankle grounded him and pounded the shi….

He beat him really bad in simpler terms..

I’ll be honest♪

“I thought you said you were going to jump in and get a shot a Kage?” the former pirates argue,

“Kage said he wasn’t going to fight back

And captain said he wouldn’t need any help beating him,”

“Arr, I guess you right we all li—”

— We all liars♪

……….

****

……

……

Beeeep!

“Your week of solitary confinement is over inmate Kage.”

“………”

“Please try your best to act civilized within the parameters given to you,”

“…..

Are there any human prison officers?” I look up at the figure in a guard’s uniform,

“That is not of concern to you,”

The guards grab my arms, ruffly escorting me out of the dim enclosure…

……

Quickly I had leant that most of the prison workers here, were no more than hunks of metal underneath the uniform and helmets,

Although humans were still able to apply for prison jobs,

Who really would want to work deep under the sea?

These robotic workers don’t feel fatigue nor pain, there is barely any weakness one could exploit to use to escape,

Not that escape is possible anyways….

…….

“Damn bro you look like shit,” says a dark-skinned man with laid back grey eyes set into a tattoo covered face,

“Who are you?”

“Dee”

“Dee?”

“Deez……

“-_-”

“….Never mind.”

“…..”

“It was a joke bro,” he goes to twirl a strand of his hair only to realize nothing is there, as his head has been freshly cut

“I’m your cellmate, they call me Keychain,”

“…….”

“Naw I’m serious this time,

That’s my stage name, I am actually a, err, musical artiste,”

“And you were called Keychain?”

“Cuz’ I got they keys to game, my brother,” he extends his fist,

“Is there a way to get a personal cell?” I ignore it

“You sound mad entitled right now bro,

Let me guess, former rich kid?”

“No,”

“What you in for then?”

“Nothing.”

“Yeah you’re definitely a rich kid,”

“There is a way to earn special privileges here though, talking about personal cells,

It involves donating some of your money to various charities and you can get stuff like better cells, longer computer access even a phone,

I woulda done it, but I ain trying to be broke when I get out,”

“If your already rich then couldn’t you just post bail?” I suggest

“Only if God gone post my bail tonight,”

“???”

“I got caught with Tielium weapons bro,

Meaning if the gods aren’t going to come back to life and help me, I can’t get bail,”

(Tielium, I think that’s what my bow was?)

“I only got caught because of that goddamn vigilante,”

“Vigilante?”

“Have you been living under rock lately bro?”

“Why are you being so talkative with me?” I notice the man’s willingness to feed my curiosity,

“Well, you know…we are cellmates… so…”

“Cut the bullshit, tell me the real reason”

“I saw you in that fight…

Look, I’m giving you good information here,

All I want is for you to have my back,

There are people in here that want my head,

Until I organize a, err method of getting out, imma need your violent ass to roll with me”

“…….

You haven’t told me enough for me to make my mind up yet,”

(Not that I plant to)

“Alright, what else do you want to know?”

………

****

Undersea ring prison model six, designated name, the Aquarium,

This jail houses almost all the second ring’s criminals, it is split into two sections and has multiple layers,

The sections being male and female, the number of layers the prison has is unknown, but it is said to go down into the very depth of the ocean, where the worst of worst criminals are put,

The government, however, does not believe in withholding the rights of prisoners so they are given certain liberties within the confines of the Aquarium…

There exists a library for the prisoners to use as well as a gym, inmates who are permitted can use the computers, and even have their very own smartphone, fights are allowed but if you go too far solitary confinement without food for one week is given out as a punishment…

….

“Oi Kage, looks like yer made out of solitary with yer sanity intact,” one of the former pirates nods trying to be friendly to me as I enter the cafeteria,

“Is bulldog alive?” I ask dryly sitting down at his table

“He’s recovering,”

“Well, tell him—”

“—No need for threats mate, yer beat him already, he ain gonna fuck with yer again,”

(What do I do now?

Do I really have to live the rest of my life here?

Before I ever got any answers?)

“Oi yer on a lil’ drugs, or something mate?” the man snaps in my face,

“Yer immediately zoned out,”

“Where is the library?”

“Yer just got of solitary mate, aren’t yer gonna eat something?”

“Not hungry.”

“Yer haven’t eaten in a week…”

“Are you going to tell me where it is or not?......”

………..

{“Are you certain these scans are accurate?”} a voice speaks over a phone,

“Positive sir, his digestive system is different to ours, nervous system as well, reproductive system,

The respiratory system is the closest to us but even that is still more complex,

I’m not even sure I should refer to him as ‘him’,”

{“Get everybody who has seen these to sign NDA’s,

That includes you

Send these scans to my personal drive and then delete them from the government’s database,”}

“But sir?”

{“Do I have to repeat myself?”}

“No sir, sorry sir,

What will you do about ‘him’ sir,”

{“Where is ‘he’ now?”}

“Currently serving life in the aquarium,”

{“Perfect”}

“How is that perfect sir?”

Boop!

The other speaker hangs up,

“Sir?

What are you planning?”

Who gone post my bail, Lord help me♪