As we entered the cave I instantly shut my eyes, reacting to the fear. I also dug my fingers into the fishes sides for a better grip. I wasn't sure if the fish would think about my size on his back as he went through the cave's entrance and into the channels. When I opened my eyes I found it was not as dark in the cave as I expected. In fact, although it was not as light s it was outside of the cave, i could see quite well. The passage we were in was not very wide, but for the most part it was ample for the fish and myself. Occasionally I would see other passages that led off of the one we were in. The other koi that had served as my "guards" when I was "abducted" and brought into the cave were still with us, though no longer on either side of me. They were following behind us, and in front of us.
As we slid through the passage, swerving back and forth, I noticed that algae was growing on the surface of the rocks. "How strange," I thought, "that algae is growing on the inside of a cave. It appeared to be what I know as angel hair algae, ad was sort of pretty in its wispy, ghostly look as we went by, lightly stirring the water. It appeared that there were shrimp feeding on it, but the shrimp were the size of small cats. "Things sure grow large here," I thought to myself as I almost flipped off of the koi, tumbling over the front of the fish. For a moment as I tumbled over, our eyes met. He had stopped, but I had not. I Had become so involved with looking at my surroundings that I had relaxed my grip on the fish. As I looked for those brief seconds as I went over its head, I got the impression he was laughing at me. And to be honest, I probably did look rather humerus flailing my arms and legs until i landed on the floor with a loud "umph."
I stood up and found myself in a larger part of the passage. This was more like room, with a high ceiling. I looked around the room and my attention and vision focused on some movement on the ceiling. The nymph of a dragonfly was moving across the ceiling and had now started down the wall.
He was headed towards me, and the koi were standing like sentries around me.