Ren Slater

Commotion in the Ocean

What’s all the commotion?! I heard yelled out from miles of ocean. I began to survey the area, but it was too late; I was already in the throes of a giant web of plastic engulfing me and hundreds of others in its wake. It all happened so fast – before I knew it, my body was pressed up against scales and netting and the pressure was getting unbearable. I thrashed to break free, but my tail was caught. I was expending energy fast. Although I couldn’t see a thing, I could feel us all rising to the surface. My body began to tighten. “This is it,” I thought.