Colors in the Water Chap. 1

   "You call yourself a member of the force?! Please!! If you were one, you would've beaten me on the spot! But look at you instead! You defend on your brother to protect you!" Those voices...they keep haunting my dreams...my memories...Am I really cut out for this? I can feel my clothes being tugged at as I looked at my rival face to face. Her goggles hid her true face, but I can tell she was going to do something to me. "You're nothing more than a small fry just waiting to be eaten! I can't wait to tell boss about our latest catch!!"

    "SOPHIE!!" Mr. Quale calls out to a young girl seated in the third row. "How many times do I have to call your name each week...? I know you have anxiety and all those things, but don't let it get  to your studies, okay? I don't want you to fail Ocean Biology, and I know this is your favorite subject..." The girl gently rubs her orange eyes and nods. "Good. One more time I see you dazing out again, and you'll staying after class for a talk."

    "Sis...are you getting those...visions...again?" Sophie's brother, Indigo, taps her shoulder before the teacher continues the lecture. "You have to put that behind you. Don't worry about home. Our folks will be fine. That's why they sent us here; to be safe from them."

    "I know, bro...I just can't stop...thinking..."

    My prison cell was being filled with purple fluid. I can barely even move in it. It was like I was drowning, and that I can't even get to the surface. No one was around to find me. All that I can do is cry...and they...they kept laughing and laughing at me...When will they leave me alone?! When will they leave our home alone?! What did we do to them to cause this war and rivalry?! I wanted to cry out those questions, but I couldn't. I didn't have the strength...