Danny felt his head pounding. Like a hammer constantly banging against his skull. He heard the sound of a woman's voice talking to a man. He clawed his way towards the light and finally he managed to open his eyes.
"Oh hey. You're up!" He heard.
Danny saw a blonde woman with a crew-cut and next to her was a guy with a dark brown hair and a mustache.
"Nice to see ya up, kid, how ya feelin?" The man said.
Danny was about to answer only to put a hand to his head as he felt pain surging. Janice went to the nightstand and gave him a glass of water,
"Here, drink this."
"Thanks." He raspy responded and drowned the water.
"You ok?" Janice said.
"Yeah, thanks. Wait, where am I?"
"You're in our underwater facility, Aquatica." Scoggs said.
"Our friend, Carter, found you bobbing out on the surface nearby."
The words slammed into Danny's head like a sledge hammer. He remembered blacking out and the only thing he had to grab on was a life jacket.
"So you found me." He stated.
"Yeah, how did you get out here anyway?" Janice asked.
"I don't know, everything's fuzzy."
Janice placed a hand to his forehead and then checked his pulse again,
"Your pulse seems fine and you don't have a fever much anymore."
"I had a fever?" Danny asked.
"From being in the water for so long. You were in rough shape out there when Carter pulled you in. By the way, what's your name?"
"Danny."
Danny felt his stomach gurgle, causing the two adults to laugh a bit,
"Hungry?" Scoggs said with a bit of a laugh,
"Yeah, cant' remember the last time I ate."
"Well don't worry, you'll love Preach's cooking. Here, I got some clothes over here that should fit."
Danny saw Janet hand him a white t-shirt and some black pants. Danny went into the bathroom to put them on. Danny kept thinking whether or not he was safe here. Janice and Scoggs seemed nice so far, but still could hear the alarms going off in his head.
"Danny, you ok in there?" Janice called.
"Yeah, I'll be out soon."
Danny slipped the shirt over his head and walked out of the bathroom.
"Ok, now that you're dressed ready to get some food?" Janice asked.
"Please."

Danny kept his eyes open as he was led down a series of hallways. For a research facility, as they said, seemed very creepy looking. They came to the double doors and went through to see an African American cooking up some pies.
"Preach."
"Hey Scoggs, Jan." It was than he noticed Danny. "Who's the kid?"
"This is Danny. Carter found him bobbing out in the ocean." Scoggs said.
Danny shook the man's hand.
"Nice to meet ya kid. So whatcha hungry for?"
"Anything will do. Not picky." Danny said,
"Alright, if ya want I got some fruit over here, some bread, or if you want some fried chicken-"
"Chicken sounds good." Danny says, his mouth watering at the thought of something decent to eat. The cook brought out a plate with two big pieces and Danny started attacking it with gusto.
"Haven't eaten in a while?" Preach said with a laugh.
"You could say that." Danny said with a sheepish smile.
Preach nodded and watched as the boy ate. His muscles were tense, like he was prepared for something to jump on him already.
"Danny, we need to get some stuff set up so we gotta leave." Janice said.
"Ok and thank you."
"Don't worry."
"See you around kid." Scoggs said as he followed Janice out of the kitchen.
Danny went back to eating and then heard a loud, "eat me asshole."
Danny looked around for the high squeaky voice but saw nothing but the cook taking pies out of the oven and then heard a,
"Hey, hey, you dickhead."
Danny turned and then saw a red and green parrot flying over to the perch by the cook,
"Fat butt. You got a big fat butt." Danny almost choked as he realized that the sounds were from the bird.
"You know what Bird, you're tryin' on my last nerve. Don't make me drown your feathery ass and get myself a cat."
Danny had a hard time not laughing as Preach gave the bird some whipped cream.
"Sorry about Bird. He's got a mouth here."
"I can tell." Danny said, laughing a bit.
Preach chuckled too, "So what grade you in kid?"
"Ninth."
"Ah High school. Hasn't changed huh?"
"If you mean the jocks acting like they own the place and the stuck-up cheerleaders who brand everyone by 'loser' or 'nerd', than yeah." Danny said.
"Never was my favorite place either." Preach said, still feeling bird the whipped cream. "How'd you end up out here?"
"I don't really remember. It's all fuzzy. Just waking up in that lady's bedroom and the guy with her."
"Oh Janice and Scoggs. Yeah, Tom is a cool man and Janice so don't worry about her."
"Tom?"
"Scoggs's first name."
"Ah." Danny said as he polished off the last piece of chicken.
Preach chuckled when he saw the clean plate, "Still hungry?"
"If you don't mind-"
"I don't. Nice to have someone else like my cooking. Besides, been cooking all day for tonight anyway."
"What's' tonight?"
"Our boss's birthday. We're throwing a surprise party."
Danny nodded and then heard a loud rumbling from outside the window. He watched Preach look out the window as Bird chirped.
"Feeding time."
Danny quirked an eyebrow.
"Feeding time?"
Preach turned and said,
"Yeah, Scoggs is feedin' them now."
"Them?" Danny asked.
"The Sharks."
Danny felt his heart stop a beat, did he just say, "Sharks?"
What kind of place did he end up in here?

Danny was outside wearing a jacket borrowed from Carter. He was outside in the dark, waiting for Susan McAlister come up on deck with everyone else. Brenda was up on the crow's-nest with two flare guns in both hands. Just as the elevator opened, he saw a brown haired lanky woman walk out onto the catwalk, looking out at the water. Danny jumped as Brenda shot off the flares. Just as the second one came down. The lights went on and everyone shouted, Brenda firing off two more shots as everyone shouted,
"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
Everyone started to mingle, he sat down looking out over the ocean, laughing as Brenda and Janice were dancing with Scoggs who was unsuccessfully trying to look like a decent dancer.
"Damn I hate this song!" Preach said as he was preparing drinks behind the bar.
"You like the tune Preach?" Brenda said laughing, Preach gave her the finger and Brenda kept on laughing. A tall lanky man wearing a button up shirt and khakis joined everyone.
"Hey Carter come on and join us. There's too much women on this deck for Scoggs to handle."
Danny laughed a bit with everyone else. 'So, this is Carter.' He thought, the guy who pulled him out of the water. Carter looked around and saw Danny looking out over the ocean. He walked over and sat down,
"Well, looks who up?" Carter said with a smile as Danny noticed him, "So how you feeling kid? After being water-logged?"
Danny chuckled a bit and ran his hand through his hair, "A lot better than before. Thanks for pulling me out of there."
"You're welcome. How did you end up here?" Carter's face turning a bit serious.
"I have no idea. I just remember waking up in Janice's bedroom." Danny said, which was somewhat of the truth. He didn't remember much still.
"Ah, well maybe you'll get it back soon."
"Maybe. I don't think I ever got your name. I mean I know they told me but-"
"It's fine, kid. Carter." Carter gave him his hand to shake.
"Danny. Danny Fenton." Danny said, shaking it, "So… what exactly are you guys doing out here in the middle of nowhere?"
Carter chuckled a bit, "Well, this is a research facility."
"Got it that far. But what are the sharks for?"
Carter stiffened a bit, "The sharks are the test subjects." He said carefully.
Danny spluttered out, "The test subjects?"
"Yeah," Carter said, as he turned his attention to the doc that was out looking over the catwalk, "The doc over there," Carter pointed to a lone Susan McAlister staring out at the water, "is trying to use the brains of the sharks to find some kind of cure for Alzheimer's."
"She is?" Danny asked, interested. He knew people used animals for lab work, from all the ranting of his friend Sam, protesting how animals shouldn't be tested for that kind of thing. He had to agree with her on some level, based on what animals they used.
"Yeah. I'm basically the fish keeper here. Making sure the sharks are good and stay in the pens."
"Have they ever gotten out?" Danny asked,
'One did, attacked a twenty-five-foot boat but was able to stop it from attacking anyone." Carter said,
"How many sharks are here?" Danny said looking out over at the pens. He saw two gray fins streaking through the water. Barely noticeable in the dark.
"Three." Carter said flatly.
"Quite a bit." Danny said, bringing his attention back to Carter.
Nodding in agreement, "Yeah, but she's the doc, I'm just following orders."
Danny nodded, but he couldn't help deep in his gut that something was going to happen. The idea of using sharks as test subjects for a medical project? It was like he landed on Monster Island out in the middle of the sea. Hopefully, that wasn't going to be the case.