Barracuda point, Sipadan Island, Malaysia; wall of coral where sharks come cruising by and barracuda surround you. You are guaranteed to see big stuff here and lots of it.
Marvin has always been adventurous so when he heard that his father got a free ticket to Malaysia he immediately thought of one of the best sea diving in the world. He immediately went to Nice from Paris to ask if he could have the ticket. His parents were not like him, adventurous but they might want a vacation from their stressful jobs so he could only cross his fingers. After a few days of pleading his father with the help of his mother who would prefer staying home, he took his flight to the beautiful deep blue.
Finishing reminiscing the past week on the boat, he felt the wind blow his hair looking around he noticed that they were getting closer to the island, the view was so beautiful that he could imagine that he would have the time of his life.
After checking-in at his hotel he went to grab something to eat, he saw a woman who looked like an old friend from college with a man at her side. He approached them and asked whether she was Sophia from the University of Cambridge from the class of 2000 in the History department, getting a positive response he joins them after being introduced to the man who is her husband and learning that they are in their honeymoon. Giving them their congratulations, they talked while having diner; learning that her husband and her work for the UNESCO and that they came to relax after their tiring wedding, he tells her that he is now working has an archaeologist for the Louvre Museum; that he is on vacation and came just for scuba diving and ask if they would like to join him tomorrow?
They would like to experience a new thrill in their monotone lifestyle and accept his proposition; saying good night to each other after getting themselves drunk at the bar, they went to their respective room. In his room, Marvin couldn't help but think of Sophia incredible curvaceous body and the luck of her husband Robert. He imagine that his parents might hope that he gets himself a girlfriend on this trip and snicker at the fact that he has never had a relationship that lasted more than a year; getting himself in the shower he relaxes as the hot water flow down his back and caught his reflexion in the mirror and says thanks to his mother for his good looks; as he is close to 6 feet tall, auburn hair, has a tall nose, bright emerald green eyes, a killer strong jawline, succulent natural bright tone red lips, a body that seemed sculpted to look like a Greek god; he looked past his 8 pack abs to see his most prized possession with its 13 inches length and smiled. Admiring himself for a good minute he went to bed and thought of the experiences he would have tomorrow.
The next day, Sophia and Robert were standing alongside him as they listened to all the precautions they have to take in the water and that they should not be adventurous and risk their wellbeing by getting deeper than they should even if they could. Marvelling at the marine around them, the passengers of the boat were getting themselves ready for the plunge while professionals were still giving advices to the enthusiasts.
The new couple while being nervous as it is their first time where listening attentively, meanwhile the boat stop and joined two other anchored ones of the same company in the vast open sea. Marvin looks at his companions and reassure them that everything will be fine. Waiting for their time, the couple were the first to be in the water and dove together under the appreciating gaze of Marvin; putting his scuba in place Marvin went into the water and swam to the couple while taking his time to gaze at the coral and the multitude of fish and tortoise around.
After re-joining with Sophia and Robert they dove deeper and appreciated the strange aquatic flora and fauna around them; after spending 20 minutes at 35 meters deep Robert was getting tired so the couple decided to go back to the surface, agreeing with them Marvin got his posture correct and was getting ready to re-surface when a strange shell glowing red got his attention and he decided to go get it and offer it to the new couple as a present for their first dive.
Meanwhile aboard the boat the captain of the Angelina, the boat who brought Marvin and the couple got a message through the radio saying that they had to get back has a seaquake might reach the zone they were at as an earthquake took place in the Andaman sea and that it'll be better for the boats to return to shore; giving a signal to his assistants, letting them know of the situation and approaching the divers to let them know that it's time to get back. Being told that they would have to do their other dive the next day many among them were upset while Sophia and Robert were letting the captain know that their friend was still in the water, knowing that the captain requested one of his assistant to go get him back.
Unknown to them Marvin was no longer 35 meters deep but 50 and was still getting deeper, he did not understand why the light of the shell was getting dimmer when he approaches it while it was stronger when he was further from it. Stabilizing himself he noticed that he was at 52 meters deep and was getting ready to get back up when a tortoise shell collided with his face while turning his head; groggy as he was he reached down his right hand and picked up the shell. At his dismay, the shell was translucid and the red light was coming from a ruby stuck inside it. Removing the ruby from the shell, he was amazed at the two treasures he found, never having seen or heard of a translucid shell before.
While examining the shell he discovered that there were strange scripts on its surface while the ruby was emitting light. Putting the ruby back in the shell and into his pocket, he swam back to the surface and saw an assistant of the captain signalling him to be faster; noticing that he was alone, he thought that there might be a situation and accelerated when suddenly a huge pressure wave hit him in the chest and knocked him against the coral where a protruding rock pierced his thigh.
The assistant immediately try to give him help when he also was stuck by the same pressure wave but was lucky enough to have his fall halted by some algae; the water current in the surroundings was picking up speed and brought Marvin out of his stupor, he checked his wound, saw that the bleeding was nothing major and returned back to swimming up but the current was bringing him faster and faster away from the boat, not knowing what to do except giving his best effort to swim counter current, Marvin was so perturbed by the present situation that he did not notice that the ruby was emitting a brighter light after some of his blood came in contact with it; after a good 10 minutes of struggling Marvin finally lost consciousness when another pressure wave hit him. The water current brought him further away from the boat, he lost his snorkelling mask and scuba in the event while being brought deeper in the water.
After 5 minutes, he reached 150 meters underwater, you could be sure that were he to be rescued now, he will show signs of neurological disability but that was not going to happen as when his body started to shut down the ruby started to shine brighter and enveloped him in a sort of red light membrane which pushed the water away from him in a 30 centimetres radius before converging on his body and sticking to it. The light then seemed to penetrate his skin pores and infiltrate his blood vessels.
Wherever it went some black substance floated out of the organs, muscles, tissues and blood cells; it pushed the water from his lungs, assimilated the black substance with it and pushed it through the trachea and finally out the body through the mouth, it then went in Marvin brain and did the same procedure but this time pushed the black substance through the cranium bones and then his hair by shaping it to look like a sewing thread. The light went through his entire skeleton and skin, at the end of this mysterious transformation.
Marvin looked 5 years younger and if he could see inside his body, he'll be amazed to see that his organs where a bright pink and his bones the colour of snow. 10 minutes have passed and the red membrane started pulsating like a car turn signal, if someone was around him and payed attention he would see that space around Marvin body seemed to collapse on itself while Marvin body itself was being disintegrated; some time later his body disappeared.
Aboard the boat, Sophia and her husband were worried for Marvin safety after learning from the assistant that he lost him; never having imagined that the person who brought them to enjoy a new experience could have lost his life just like that. They were depressed and lost the joy of their honeymoon.
The one they were worried about was being flung by space-time corridors through reality and appeared and disappeared at multiple places, were he awake he would be so gobsmacked by the scenes he had seen, that, a roman written from it would be a best-seller.
The red membrane covering him started to disappear and his skin started to show signs of frostbite; he finally approached a gigantic planet covered in a thick atmosphere filled with thick clouds. Falling on the planet, Marvin started to wake up, just in time to appreciate the sights of sky reaching mountains and trees as well as enormous beasts roaring near the mountains and flying above the forests; before finally realizing that he was falling from an incredible height, looking below him, it was a lake. He thought that this dream he was having was too realistic and that he should wake up soon, he remembered that he was diving so why was he dreaming now about free falling; his racing thought were shut stopped as he received the greatest slap one could receive before losing consciousness again.
Back in Malaysia, the authorities searched for Marvin for 1 week, hoping to find him alive on an island but the search lead to nothing. Even his parents expecting to at least find his corpse were disappointed but thankful for their effort; they regretted acquiescing to his demand back when he pleaded his father for the plane ticket knowing that they would not use it. They met Sophia and her husband and learned that he spend his last day with them; they told Sophia the reason why Marvin was an archaeologist was that he watched an Indiana Jones movie when he was younger and wanted to also find lost civilizations like his hero.
Marvin woke up on a white sand beach while being hit by soft waves; looking around him he saw a forest in front of him a mountain range further and a sea behind him. Standing up he noticed that part of his clothes are shredded, it is then that an incredible pain shocked his entire being, he fell to his knees and locked his arms around his torso, and then fell again unconscious.
A few hours passed, and he woke up to see that it was night time, he turned himself on his back and looked at the starry sky which is different from the usual one, there were two moon projecting a silver white light in the dark night. He thought that he was still dreaming but the pain coursing through his body told him that he was awake; the pain he was feeling was surely due to him falling in the lake from a great height, remembering that he saw huge beasts flying above the tree line while in the air he knew that he was in a dangerous place. He admitted to himself that he might not be on Earth anymore, the two moons in the sky at least told him that.
Organizing his memories, he knew that he was diving with the newlywed couple and that they were going back to the surface when he saw a shining shell and went to get it; the shell was deeper than he thought, when he got it and was swimming back to the boat something pushed him on the coral, he bled as a rock pierced through his thigh, he desperately to swim counter current but he lost consciousness; placing his right hand above his knee he did not feel a wound. He sat down, looking at his thigh but his skin was without any blemish, he was confused because either he was unconscious far longer than he imagined or something healed the wound. Noticing a bulge, he placed his hand inside the pocket of his short and pulled the shell. He pulled the ruby out of it and examine the both of them, the ruby light was dimmer than he remembered. There was some kind of writing on the shell now that he pays attention, even with the 7 languages he speaks he could not read them, they were either logogram or ideogram; refocusing himself those two objects could be paid attention later now he has to find a way to escape his current predicament.
He does not know where he is and he might stay for a long period of time so he has to find somewhere safe to stay, a place where he may avoid rainfall if it rains and hidden in case the any beast discover him. He knows that he fell in a lake so he is located either on the shore of an island or at the edge of the forest, in any case all animals drink water so it is not a good idea to stay. He crawls towards the stones on his right, they were juxtaposed on each other; at least they could give him shelter for now.