Alcatraz Island

**Alcatraz Island**, originally a tiny landmass, functioned as a federal prison commissioned by the United Zones Government. Unbeknownst to most, Alcatraz possessed a remarkable attribute - it was not merely an island, but an extradimensional organism with the ability to assimilate other life forms, thus securing its own existence and proliferation.

## Story

The origin of Alcatraz's biological nature remains unknown. However, upon discovering this fact in 1950 during the island's remapping, the U.S. Government decided to employ large-scale Radiation Therapy to eliminate it, similar to cancer treatment.

They spent three days preparing for the irradiation of the island, meticulously recording its movements. On the day of the radiation therapy, they skillfully treated the island. However, their efforts proved to be in vain as Alcatraz, a day after the therapy, underwent a dramatic acceleration in its reproductive cycle, unveiling a process called "Alcatrazosis" - a form of mitosis where it duplicates into multiple entities. After this failed attempt, the U.S. Government regrouped and opted for a new strategy of predicting and mapping the islands' movements over the span of one hundred years. It was projected that the islands would take fifty years to reach the Californian coast, initiating the process of assimilating the U.S. coastline.

In 2003, Alcatraz appeared on the West Coast, sparking what would later be known as the "2003 Alcatraz Attack". Using an extension of the Horned Serpent Metastructure, Alcatraz developed the ability to mimic its surroundings and rapidly spread across the entire country. It assimilated and replaced all forms of matter on Earth, a revelation that was brought to the world's attention by Leonard W. Morlin through his heavily censored independent news outlet, the "Delaware River Journal". After conducting extensive research, Leonard discovered that even elementary particles were influenced by this organism. Disturbed by this revelation and feeling consumed by Alcatraz, Leonard tragically stated his intention to end his life by self-immolation, considering it an especially effective method.

With the emergence of the Horned Serpent and the resulting destruction of the world, Alcatraz was compelled to adapt and managed to endure through Richard Nixon, who became infused with its remnants. This allowed him to traverse into a different universe, where he took up residence on the Moon. From there, Nixon created three beings – the Last Son of Alcatraz, the D-Day Knight, and the Queen of the Lunarians – to observe their interactions with humanity. Unfortunately, the experiment took a dark turn when the Queen, provoked by an astronaut's assassination attempt, declared war on humanity.
Despite the Lunarians’ initial success, the Knight's allegiance shifted when the Queen approached him and proposed that he become the Prince of her kingdom. Consequently, he harnessed leftover matter from Alcatraz to obliterate the Lunarian race, halting their invasion indefinitely. This act not only completely covered the world with the organism but also facilitated its resurgence.

## Allusions

* The entire concept behind Alcatraz is probably rooted in wordplay, as the island houses prison cells.
* Alcatraz's unique character can be attributed to The Thing, the main antagonist in the 1982 science-fiction film The Thing. What sets it apart is the fact that these extraterrestrial life-forms have the ability to assimilate and imitate other organisms.

## Trivia

* It is possible that Alcatraz, being a colonial organism, lacks a defined anatomical structure as its assimilation instructions are likely encoded in its genetic makeup.
* It is possible that Alcatraz was adapted to fuel the operations of Maize Machines' factories.

## References

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