Aqua Crew

Chapter Four

Days turned into weeks as the new Aqua Crew, now lead by John Lennon took to the seas. Alongside the massive humpback were Paul and Ringo, greeting their newest addition to the team. "John? This is Klaus Voorhman, he says he's the deepest diver in the entire ocean!" The grey dolphin introduced.

"Deepest diver eh? I know all cachalots can go deeper than any of us, but you say you can dive deeper than any of them?"

"I've gone deep enough to see fish with lights coming right out of their foreheads! I've seen so many of those big metal fish sunken laying there at the ocean floor, I can dive quickly to save anyone stuck in those webby demons!" The eccentric sperm whale insisted. "And I can echolocate further than any of you and can ram myself headfirst into any more of those metal monsters dumping their shiny hot waste into our waters."

"Well then, it looks like we got ourselves a new Aqua Crewmate! You'll be in charge of the Divers, making sure they can keep up with anyone sinking from the demons. Ringo will be in the Caretakers group, tending to any lost calves and those who were hurt or burned. Paul, you'll be one of our Spyhoppers, if the land mammals are up to anything, you make sure to sing to us right away about it."

Nodding, Paul swam up to the surface. He surrounded himself by a cluster of rocks, blending in perfectly. "Hmm, doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary. Oh wait! Are those what I think they are?"

Flashes of black and white rose to the surface, but that wasn't all. "It is! Those are orca folk, but Mum always told me they all died out after the last whale hunting. I guess they didn't get them all." His doe eyes were drawn to the smallest of the pod, he didn't look a day older than the dolphin. His dark brown hair covered up his large ears and surprisingly gaunt cheekbones, his eyes were a rich chocolate brown but all Paul could think about was how handsome he looked.

"Ack! Wait up!!" The little orca squeaked, flapping his fluke as hard as he could to keep up. "Why are we swimming nonstop anyways? It's not migrating time yet."

"Alright George, we can rest for a while. But it's important for us to stay as far away from any land as possible."

"Even those islands that feed us when we help them catch fish? They'll miss us."

"No land mammal can be trusted, they take one look at an orca folk and they'll yank us aboard their metal fish." One of the larger pod members explained, slowing down for George to catch up. "That's why we'll be staying at the center of the ocean from now on, we'll be safer there."

"But Peter-"

"No buts! It's the only way to ensure there are still our kind in the future."

"Yanking orca folk out of the sea? Now this I gotta tell John." Paul thought, swimming over to the orca pod. "Hey, if it's protection you need then I can help out."

"You? A lone dolphin?"

"Well not just me, I'm part of a whole pod dedicated to keeping the sea clean and safe for everyone. We're lead by a big humpback who'd love to hear that there's still some orca merpeople here, and maybe with our help you can find more of them!"

George was about to speak up when his parents cut in. "Impossible, I watched as many members of our pod were hauled up by the land dwellers. They've taken them away, for all we know they could have been eaten just like in the past."

"Well you never know, they could be out looking for you as you speak. Come, we'll keep your pod close and provide you with all the food you need. Um, what do orca folk eat anyways?"

"Whatever we can catch, unless they're fellow merpeople of course, now that would just be awkward."