Hidden in the Depths

Chapter 14

"No, you are not going down there." Tubbo was whining at this point, his fourth attempt at pulling free failing again as both Techno and Fit refused to let him get any closer to the creature, while Cellbit and Pac remained inside the pod, still too weak to actually climb up and see what is going on. Probably for the better with the creature around.

Which was still watching them, curious about what the weird small creatures were doing. It hadn't moved much since it appeared, only moving it's head around to look at things and alternating the pitch of it's rumbling. None of them had a clue as to why it was making this constant noise, considering it only ever started to make it near the pod. Whenever it approached them it was silent, only making noise once it's right there.

Tubbo didn't seem to have any concerns about it. "Look at him Techno! Blorp won't hurt a fly!" "I am very sure that he does, actually." Techno was seconds away from forcefully locking the teen inside the pod, for his own safety. It was scary how quickly his fears had turned into teenage recklessness and the need to explore and touch everything.

He will also absolutely not refer to the creature as Blorp.

Tubbo huffed, sitting at the edge of the hatch with his arms crossed, glaring. "Okay then mister know-it-all, what will we do if he never leaves? You want us to starve? Dehydrate? We don't exactly have any weapons outside of two small knifes that will not do anything to scare him off. If anything will ever scare it."

"Maybe if we stab it's eyes and make it blind..."

"What is wrong with you?!"

"I am trying to keep us alive Tubbo!"

"By killing something that could help us?!"

"How is that creature supposed to help us?"

"It brought us the healing plants! It checked on me while you two were gone rescuing Cellbit and Pac! Maybe if we train him he can lift heavy stuff for us! How much more proof do you need?!"

"Okay, that's enough you two."

Fit tugged Techno to the side a little, careful not to accidentally throw him off the pod. "Tubbo has a point. It has helped us and so far has not shown a single sign of being a threat. If it wanted to eat us, it would have done that already. Or maybe it's not a predator, who knows. It could be feeding off the kelp and other plants. Just because it's massive doesn't mean it eats meat, there were massive dinosaurs even bigger than this that only ate plants."

Tubbo gave a self satisfied grin at hearing that Fit was on his side, much to Techno's dismay. Here goes the only person that could back him up in this. "I am still against just jumping into the water with this thing, but Tubbo has a point that we won't have a choice in the long run, if it stays around."

"Exactly, it could still kill you-"

"Oh stop it, Blorp won't do that."

"Why is everyone just okay with this?!"

"Just for the record-", Cellbit's voice echoed up from inside the pod, "I don't want to get near that thing too!"

"Thank you Cellbit!"

"No problem."

Fit gently tugged at his arm, successfully getting Techno's attention. "This situation is basically hopeless. Even if there is a ship on it's way to rescue us, it will take years to reach us. And it takes years for our distress signal to reach the nearest station, without the proper long distance coms that we had on the ship. And if we want to survive out here for years, then we should take every extra help we can get. This creature... uh... Blorp... could help us a lot, if we actually manage to train it. It's already friendly, especially towards Tubbo. Maybe it's not as crazy as we think..."