Aqua Crew

Chapter Six

One night George could barely sleep, his head was filled with thoughts of being in the Aqua Crew with Paul and his other new friends. "I can't believe it, an orca gets to work alongside all kinds of fellow merpeople! We mostly keep to our own species but not me! I get to be part of a whole variety of different seafolk!" He thought, doing all sorts of midair flips. "And not a metal fish in sight, I don't see what my family is all worked up ab-"

As if on cue a net shot out from behind some rocks, dragging him onto a ship. "Just our luck, we got a real energetic one here!" A voice sneered, shoving George into a tiny tank. "Hey cheer up little guy, you'll be the star of our new act at Sea Planet."

The orca merman was in too much of a shock to speak, although it's not like the humans could understand him anyways as all that they could hear was an assortment of clicks and squeaks. "Oooh, I guess now I know what they meant by orca folk being snatched up by the land mammals, but where do they take them? I hope Paulie notices I'm gone before they eat me!"

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"Georgie!! Oh George Harrison where are you?!" A distraught Louise called out. When he didn't respond to her distress call she knew he had to be in trouble. "Because you've noticed that trail of shiny black muck around those rocks leading far from here and the fact that George would never stray too far from the pod?" Paul asked.

"Well no, I just figured the title of this chapter might have something to do with his sudden disappearance. Oh where could they have taken him!? Just like how they plucked almost every other orca pod out of the sea!"

"They sure seem obsessed with orcas these days, I wonder what they suddenly find so fascinating about them." John asked, he figured they had something else in mind for them or else they would have ended up harpooned much like any other sea mammals that got too close to a dangerous looking ship. "You think they're locking them away on land? Because I don't think the earth dwellers much enjoy the taste of orca, I know that great white didn't when it took a bite out of the passing alpha orca."

"Well wherever they're taking him we better get as close as we can, perhaps some of the fellow merpeople living around here know what's going on.. Hopefully there's some way to also make sure George is safe wherever he is."

The young orca got his answer when he awoke in a tank full of all sorts of other orcas, both full whale and merperson. "Wh.. Where are we going? What is this place?"

A large bull swam up to poor George, frightening him. "Where no orca belongs, to perform for the feeble minded landfolk."