Journey in Pieces: Chapter 2

   "How long until we get there?" Moaned Jacob. "I'm STARVING."
"Dude, there's a snack compartment in the back." I said. This was the billionth time Jacob had said 'I'm STARVING.'.
"Hey Arian, if you think I'm going to climb out of a moving helicopter, you're crazier than a Nazi pilot!"
I sighed. "Oh yeah? Try flying a helicopter. Just ask Katelyn, for the sake of Christ!"
"Fine, fine. Katelyn, a few Ho Ho's will do nicely."
"NO WAY, JACOB."
"Please?"
"No."
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeee???"
"Ugh, fine." She threw them straight at his head. One fell out of the helicopter into the clouds.
"Oh, thanks a lot, Katelyn."
Katelyn took a peek at her watch. "Arian, it's been an entire seven hours."
"WE'RE ALMOST THERE, OKAY?!"
"Okay."

A few hours later, we were right above the Mariana trench.
"Whoo-ee, that looks deep..." Katelyn muttered.
"Deepest point in the entire world..." I murmured back.
"So, who's going first?" I asked.
They both looked at me.
"Oh..."
A few minutes later, we were all ready in the water raft, our helicopter on its blade floaters, dragging behind the raft. "Put on the air masks, okay? We all each attach an underwater lamp to the wetsuits and then di--"
"Um, Arian.... under-sea pressure?"
"Oh......... um..... let's hope it isn't too deep, then."
Katelyn gave me 'the look'.
"Maybe the pressure itself is the guardian, and the piece is really deep." Jacob said.
"No, they both hinted it was a living thing. We just don't know what."
"That's pleasant." Squeaked Jacob.
"Oh, wimps, come on." I grabbed both of their hands and we all jumped in at the same time.

Katelyn turned on her talking transmitter. "Arian, we've been swimming for a long time."
I turned on mine. "Yeah, and...?"
"Nothing."

SWISH! 

"What was that?" We all said at the same time.
"I'm assuming something so large it can actually make sound in the water, would be the guardian." I said.
"Oh, cheese and crackers." Whispered Jacob.
"Guys! There's something glowing over there. It's.... a treasure chest! Guys, I think that's the piece!"
We all swam towards it. Though it was already quiet, we felt the silence go even more silent.
"I have a really bad feeling about this..." Katelyn muttered.
"Me too." Jacob whimpered.
"And I!" I agreed.
We heard the sound again, and this time to our right. We looked towards the sound, and there we saw the biggest goblin shark. Ever. Normally, goblin sharks were a few inches bigger than humans. This one was the size of a school bus split in two. It had razor sharp jaws, and it had a sharp sword's snout. It was lurking around, and couldn't see us. Then I realized: This shark was a blind species. But they had a fantastic sense of smell. And sight.
"Guys, don't make a single move---"
"Ow, ow, Katelyn! I'm bleeding, thanks!"
Katelyn's flipper had sliced through Jacob's wet suit and cut his skin, causing him to bleed.
"Of all the darn luck..." We watched as the goblin shark turned his/her head slowly towards Jacob. They stared at each other for a few seconds, then the goblin shark started swimming like a torpedo towards Jacob.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH OMIGOSH GET THIS THING AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ACK!!!! HELP HELP HELP!!!! SOMEBODY SAVE ME SOS SOS SOS SOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Jacob shrieked.
The goblin shark stopped and started writhing around. It darted away quickly.
"Good thing Jacob's a scaredy cat. Goblin sharks are sensitive to loud noises. Now, let's grab the piece before it comes back. Katelyn, a dagger?"
Katelyn tossed me her dagger and I picked the lock.
Inside was a......... thing.
It was sort of shaped like..... a tree. Yes, it was a tree. It was bright green. I grabbed it and we all swam back to the surface.

Back on the helicopter, We discussed it.
"There's an empty hole in the center." Katelyn stated.
There was.
"Hey... we could put the rose in."
"Ha ha.... you said rosin."
Katelyn looked at him. "Pardon?"
"Rosin? You know, the stuff you put on a violin, viola, or cello's bow to make it sound better.... nevermind."
Jacob took the little jade rose and fit it into the hole. It was a perfect fit, but the back stuck out.
"Well, it was worth a try. I guess--"

Ring, ring ring ring... Please pick up phone for next destination. Please pick up phone for next destination. Please--

I picked up the helicopter phone.

"Guys? It's me, J.... J J J J J J J..... error... phone corrupt.... ade. So, got the piece?"

"Surely do." I said.

"Fantastical. So, the next destination.... Um... er, promise you won't back out?"

"Jeez lady, we just swam the Mariana trench! We're not going to back out! So, where to? Sahara desert? Tasmania? Hoover dam? The top of empire state building? Mount Everest?"

"Erm..... it's uh......... well.... under John Anglin's cell. In Alcatraz."

"It's WHAT?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!" I shrieked.

"Yeah. Um....."

"You listen to me, and you listen to me now. There is absoulutely no way I am breaking and entering a war criminal's cell. You get it?"

"Copy that... scaredy cat."

"Sheesh, I'l go, fine."

"Good. Over and out."

"What the blasted heaven was that about?" Jacob asked.
"We're going underneath John Anglin's cell."
"In Alcatraz?," Katelyn snorted. "Yeah, sure. We'll just waltz in without any passes and start digging under the cell!"
"Pretty much." I responded weakly. 
"Arian, pull it together, you too, Katelyn. We have to do this." Jacob said confidently.
"Ok. I never said we weren't going to."


"HEY YOU KIDS! STOP RIGHT THERE!" We stopped. A guard walked over to us.
Gulp. We were dead.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Uh..... inspectors. We're the... uh. MSI!" 
"What does that stand for?"
I was stuck. "Um... the..."
"I haven't all day. How do you not know what your organization abbreviation stands for?"
Katelyn jumped in. "WE'RE NEW, OBVIOUSLY! THIS IS A TEST TO PROVE OUR WORTH! AND MSI? IT STANDS FOR... uh... um... MOST SENSIBLE ISOTOPES!"
The guard nodded. "Yeah, I think I've heard of them before. Right this way."
I couldn't believe it. "You did not just do that."
She smiled. "I did. Now, let's get digging."
We kept on digging for nearly an hour. 
Jacob threw his shovel to the ground. "UGH! WE MIGHT AS WELL GO TO HIS OLD HOUSE AND LOOK THERE!" He kicked all the dirt back into the hole.
I alerted Jade.

"For a screaming whiny baby, that sounds incredibly logical. Call them on the prison's phone. This doesn't get the signal in that area. Jade out."

"Got it."
I walked to the prison's phone and dialed the number. Nobody picked up. I tried a few more times. No answer. I tried it fifteen times more. Still no answer. I was so ticked off, I made a huge mistake. I yanked the whole phone off of the wall and threw it to the floor. I gulped and looked up at the wall. Surely, there would be a huge hole. Nope, it was a GIGANTIC hole.
"HEY, YOU! I LOOKED IT UP! THERE'S NO 'MSI' THAT'S A BUNCH OF BALONEY!"
In the hole was the piece.
"OMG. When they said 'under the cell' they meant it. It was literally under the cellphone." Laughed Katelyn.
"WHO CARES?! GRAB IT AND GET OUT!" I screamed, along with Jason.
I'd like to say we made our escape by jumping out of the window and landing perfectly below, no energy sapped, perfectly fine. Nope. Well, Katelyn almost did, and Jason climbed down by the bricks. Katelyn severely scraped her knee, and it was gushing blood, but she didn't seem to mid and just wrapped it up with her jacket. Jason was fine, as he climbed down. Me? I broke my leg. At first I didn't feel anything, just an odd, floating sensation. A second later it felt like salt and fire and Spicy Taki's were being rubbed into a fully opened wound. I yelled in pain. My leg was twisted at an odd angle, and I nearly threw up. I put my hands on my leg and braced myself. I popped my leg back into place. However bad the pain before was, this was a thousand times worse. Thankfully, It lasted for the time I was popping it back into place, and after that, it hurt, a lot still, but I was already feeling a nice, cooling sensation. Of course, as soon as I tried to stand up, my leg felt like Hell. Excuse my language. Then the guard yelled five hundred feet above. He looked like an ant.
"I'M GETTING SECURITY! YOU'RE ARRESTED, KIDS!"
Hmm, being arrested, or swimming across cold, shark-infested waters with a broken leg?
Second choice. I hopped up, ignored the burning pain, and jumped in. I'm glad I did. Even though it was salty, it majorly helped my leg. I swam and swam as much as I could. I was freezing. My burning fire leg was what kept me alive, I guess. Jason was not doing so well. He was around two yards behind me and was moving at the speed of snails and chattering slowly as he did. Just looking at him made me colder... and colder... and colder. Maybe I could take a nap. The water was very soft. Hmm... and nice. I slowly drifted of to sleep. The last thing I heard was Katelyn's voice and hands reaching out to grab me.
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"Hello, small child." An old man, about 84, or something, was looking down at me.
"You nearly drowned."
"You... saved me? Thank you. Can I repay you in any way? Wait... how did you save me?"
"I swam, 'course." He sighed, and the cold water still on his skin flicked onto me, "I never thought I'd do it again."
"A-again?"
"Oh, I haven't introduced myself. My names-"
"Let me introduce myself first. Arian Testrain Edwards. It's funny, I'm actually the grandson of an Alcatraz warden."
The man's already icy face tightened. "Oh, really? Which one... not like I care, of course."
"Jackson Edwards."
He scowled. "Ah. This is interesting."
"What? Why?"
"Perhaps you will find it interesting too, if you had realized who I am."
Why did that matter? "Huh? Who are you?"
"Well, most call me Johnny. But my real name? John Anglin."