She sat in the gravel, eyes wide open as she stared at the creature.
Its bulbous, pale head peaked from the darkness, letting its eyes rise just above the floating debris.
It wasn't quite human... But it wasn't an animal.
The iridescent eyes followed every twitch of her body, large and intelligent... But somehow blank, just like the empty stare of all the life inside of the Noctis.
Its skin was pale, pulled tightly across the peculiarly shaped skull.
"What... Is that..." she couldn't finish, the words not quite making it through her lips.
It wasn't human... It couldn't be human...
"Try to stand up... Slowly..." Laine whispered.
"I can't..."
"You can't stay here... They hunt in groups..."
They?
"Stand up... We have to get out of here..." Laine hissed.
Painfully slowly, Reed began to move, supporting herself in her arms while she tried to stand up. Trying to make as little sound as possible, she moved her legs underneath her torso.
It took just a moment... A mere blink of an eye...
And to Reed's absolute horror, two more heads popped out from the darkness...
All staring with those unblinking large eyes.
"L-laine... What do I do?" she whispered, eyes trained on the humanoids.
"I... I..."
"Do... Do I try to run?" she stuttered, but she knew running wouldn't get her far.
The fear was overwhelming her senses.
She had never seen these creatures before... Never even heard of them...
How fast would they swim?
Were they naturally strong?
Just how much had Noctis altered the creatures?
Something told her that the second Reed turned her back to them, she would be dead.
"No... Don't... They are fast..."
"How do you-"
"I just know..." He breathed out.
Reed scanned the three heads poking just above the cloud of sand.
Big front-facing eyes... A predator accustomed to deep-sea hunting...
She took a step back, feeling the tiny pebbles move under her feet.
In less than a millisecond, one of the creatures moved closer to the edge of the chasm, so fast Reed barely saw it move.
"Oh my God..." A strangled cry escaped her lips.
They were diabolically fast.
Her eyes were itching, the surface begging to be rehydrated with a single blink.
Her eyes stared right into the glowing eyes of the creature closest to her, but she knew she couldn't hold it much longer.
Blink.
She couldn't even scream.
The creature moved again.
Long, deformed arms twisted themselves along the rocks.
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Deep Dark Blues
HorrorDefeated. Discredited. Forgotten. But whatever they say, Rowan Reed is not a quitter. Life hadn't treated Rowan kindly but with a sudden opportunity to research an oceanic anomaly, she takes a leap of faith into the cold depths of the Atlantic to re...
