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BERMUDA TRIANGLE DIVE

BERMUDA TRIANGLE DIVE

By cookie monster 82801 (first draft)

It has been a year since the private jet went missing. They narrowed down the location based on the last signals heard from the craft. Extensive searches of the area turned up nothing.  It was assumed that it ran out of fuel and slipped into the deep abyss.  It would be like finding that missing needle in a haystack.  

We were about to dive in the area for other reasons. Predive briefing told us about the missing craft and alerted us to have an open eye in case we happen to see a needle.

 Aaron was the lead diver going down. His Kirby dive helmet was equipped with communication equipment so he could talk with the surface.  He was on an umbilical line.   I was his back up diver.  I was instructed to go check it out when suddenly communications with him had been cut off.  I descended down following the umbilical line.  I did casually check my surrounding area to assure there were no sharks or other predators that may complicate the dive.   But I was heavily focused on the line and in a hurry to assure Aaron’s safety.  

I stared and could not believe my eyes as Aaron came into my sight.  Suddenly, out of nowhere, they were upon me.  They seemed to know what they were doing as they yanked my communication loose before I could warn the surface about what I was seeing.  I got another glance of Aaron, and the fight was on.  

 Who ever they were, I was no match for them.  It did not take them long until I was looking at Aaron restrained and in the same situation, he was in.  I moved my head from side to side and Aaron responded doing the similar motion.  At least he was still alive.  We were both helpless.  All we could do is wonder what would happen next.  The terror of our predicament began to set in.  Our umbilical cords could be cut at any moment.  Who ever our attackers were could also be attacking our crew on the surface.  

A sense of calm came over me as I accepted my total helplessness in this situation.  I thought to myself that if they intended to kill us, we would not be living now.  All I would be able to do was wait this out and see where it would go.

Initially, I focused on Aaron.  He also seemed to be calm in his powerless.  He was in this predicament longer than I had been.  

My thoughts turned to our families and friends and how they would react to us being gone.  This was probably going to hurt them as much or even more in some circumstances.  

I changed my focus back to fighting this.  Fighting this for my friends and family.  I tested each and every restraint that they had me in. I struggled until I realized it was futile.  I looked over at Aaron who by now had already accepted the futility of any struggle.  Aaron managed to give me the okey signal which I returned.  

Our captures came back too us.  I could see 3 of them working on Aaron.  Initially we both tried our best to resist as our umbilical was disconnected.  I thought to myself that it would not be very long now.  But then surprisingly our captures connected us to a new umbilical.

“WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US!”  Was the first words that came over my ear piece.  

“Can I speak with Aaron?”  was my first reply.

“I can hear ya!”  Aaron responded.  

The joy of hearing his voice again caused a flood of tears that I could not wipe away.  Where ever we were headed at least we would have each other.  

  Chapter 2 BERMUDA TRIANGLE DIVE

I thought back on how Aaron and I first met as dive buddies in dive school.  He was not afraid to be dive buddies with the ‘faggot’ in our class.  That faggot being me.  While the school could not discriminate based on preference, my classmates had no legal obligation to accept me.  

I could not hide who I was, ‘my preferences’, from the school.  They would do a background check and be able to discover it with little or no effort. I was very open about who I was even back to my high school years.  Also, I did not need any ‘secrets’ that could be used against me.  They could not block me from the school for being gay but they could if I was a liar.  

Aaron was a straight guy who never believed in discrimination.  He shared that he had misgivings as he stood up for what he believed in.  He feared retribution for his stand.  At the time he stood up for me, our country had been in a rebound of rage from the far right.  Bigots were emboldened by many who gave them more legitimacy and power then they warranted.  But Aaron felt he needed to stand up for what he felt was right.  He indicated he thought as a fellow human being I had as much right to be a diver as he did.  

Based on diving and several other mutual interests, Aaron and I developed a close friendship.  We camped out with each other and often took long hikes in the mountains.  During football season we both had a brew and were clued to the same big screen.  Once I even got tickets for us to see a Vikings vs. Green bay Christmas game at US Bank stadium.  I was a Viking fan and he was a cheese-head.  He shared that it was one of the best Christmas presents he ever had. Unfortunately for me, the Vikings came up short on the final score.

I mused with him About his name being Aaron like Aaron Rodgers.  “We are probably both named after Hank Aaron!”  He replied. “I was born shortly after he broke the Babes record!”

I made it clear to Aaron that I would not resist if he ever wanted to “DO ME”.  I also indicated I owed him head anytime he was interested, for all that he had done for me. He clearly understood how hot I thought he was.  He took that as one of the highest compliments that I could give to him.  He accepted my feelings for him, but it never went any further.  

He was HOT!  There was always an interested lady in his life.  But for some reason, he never made any commitments. He even shared with me how much he wanted to become a daddy someday.  I could picture how he would be a good loving daddy to some kid someday.   Many times, our diving careers took him away from any long-term relationships.   About the time he was ready to pop the question on a beautiful lady, he was headed around the world on a dive assignment.

Chapter 3 BURMUDA TRIANGLE DIVE

It was clear to me that we would not be going to the surface anytime soon.  The new umbilical cords we were attached to went down and ran along the floor of the ocean.

“CAN WE DO THIS WITHOUT FORCE?”  

I looked over at Aaron.  We both looked at the overwhelming number of divers that were now surrounding us.  

“What do ya think buddy?”  I asked Aaron.  It all seemed futile to me but I was willing to follow whatever action Aaron wanted to take.

“We got on other option!”  Aaron replied.  “They got us by the umbilical and they got us outnumbered.”  

I was not certain if Aaron was just saying that to get out of the restraints or if he meant it.  I was prepared to put up a battle to our death also if Aaron initiated one.  

“We will comply with you as long as we can see each other and as long as you do not harm us!”  Aaron indicated to our captures. “You on board with that?”  Aaron asked me.  I just signaled OK.  

“WE WISH YOU NO HARM.  WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US NOW!”

The captures began to release the restraints.  They rubbed where they had applied the restraints and gave us the ‘okay’ signal which we returned.  They now began to check with us frequently to assure we were ok. Someone was gathering up the umbilical as we moved in the direction of the source of our air.  As we moved along, my eye caught sight of some wreckage. There were some older ships and then I spotted the aircraft that was recently missing.  

I was puzzled about what kind of dive equipment they had.  Occasionally I could see bubbles go to the surface from them as they exhaled.

It looked as if we were swimming into an underwater cliff. Lights came on as we were about to reach a black hole.  We followed the white light and the cord. We seemed to swim horizontally thru a cave and suddenly we were in a much larger open area where we surfaced into an underground air bubble.  We swam on the surface over to a platform along the wall.  They assisted us to a standing position on the lower platform that was waist deep under the surface of the water.  

Tenders were now surrounding us and removing our helmets and fins.  Once the helmets and fins were off, we were assisted to an upper dryer dock. They helped us to stand on the upper dry dock. We were instructed to remove the rest of our suits.   We could go no further with anything we had before. We had to get completely naked.

I glanced over at Aaron much like I had done before in the locker rooms we had been in.  I thought about how sick a mind I must have to be able to drool over him at a time like this.  Aaron Just smiled and winked indicating he knew where my head was at.  I noticed that my ‘lust’ indicator was on the rise.  

We somehow overheard that our ‘empty suits’ would be brought back and connected to the original umbilical cords we started the dive with. Our mates on the surface would have no way of explaining our disappearance when they pulled our suits from the water.  Just one more disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle.

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