Swallowed Whole

As the trepidation faded in the chest of Cpt Ingleman, he grew bolder and more adventurous with every second. He was now determined to explore the Great Maw which the burrito submarine hung silently over. It was as if the ship itself had been frozen with fear at the sight of this endless black mouth poised to swallow it whole. Surely, this void was someplace no burrito or chunk of beef had ever explored before. Despite protests from a number of the crew, Cpt Ingleman pointed his beefy hand at the first mate and ordered the burrito to dive. With a whir, the cheese motors engaged and the burrito slid silently into the darkness.

As the minutes passed and the depth increased, the crew turned the interior lights off inside the sub in order to peer out through the thick portholes. Their eyes gradually became aware of the fact that they were not alone in the Maw. In fact, they were completely surrounded. On all sides and in all directions teams of a strange kind of black bean fish swirled around them. The bean fish were so black that they blended perfectly into the dark sauce of the Maw. If it wasn't for a faint shimmer of from their scales caused by the soft glow of the submarines exterior lights, they might not have been visible at all. The fish churned all around the burrito in unison making shimmering waves as the crew looked on. The black cloud boiled with energy. As the crew gazed outward, now completely lost in the dance of the fish outside the windows, no one paid attention to what laid ahead of the sub. It was at this point that there was a sickening thud, and the ship shuddered to a stop.