Terrors in Subnautica(Complete)

Part 14: Answers

Marzia's POV

While everyone is swimming and having fun together something reflective catches my eye. I can't see what it is from here, but it looks like it could be important. I start swimming towards it but soon realize it's a little ways beyond the boarder of the safe zone. I could reach it pretty quickly, but from what I do know about this world there are some of those sand shark things over in that area.

I look back to the girls hanging just a foot or two behind me, still talking and swimming quietly. Should I bother them with this? I mean it's right there! It wouldn't be hard to just grab whatever it is and come back.

I cautiously look around the area where the object is, I don't see anything dangerous. Hell, I don't even really see a lot of fish at all. I start swimming towards it, pulling myself along the floor both to move faster, and to be less noticeable. In no more than a few moments I find what I was looking for. It's... a PDA? Did one of us go by here and drop this? We've never had any we hadn't made ourselves.

Realizing my lungs were getting weak from holding my breath I started pulling back to the group. I come back up just back inside of the barrier and calmly take a moment to breathe before bringing up the PDA.

"Hey, I found something!"

The girls look to see me holding the PDA and start swimming over to me, and I go to meet them half way. Before anyone else really gets a good look I see N/N's eyes widen in shock. I hand it to her, knowing she's best at reading and navigating these things.

"Oh my God.." She whispers.

"What is it, what does it say?" Beth asks.

"There's...," She takes a deep breath," Theres.. a whole lot of information here. We need to get this back so everyone can see it. Sorry girls, but we'll have to finish our bonding time another day."

A little disappointed but definitely understanding, we all collect our things and start to make our way back to the base. This place seemed so much smaller whenever I watched Felix play it.

As we're swimming back N/N suddenly stops, as if she heard or saw something that startled her. She looked frozen. Suddenly she turned to look off towards the floating islands, searching for something, listening maybe. She was so intensely focused that when I tapped her shoulder she practically jumped out of her skin, I had to remind her we needed to keep up with the others and she started off again.

What was that about? I didn't hear or see anything, so what could have so entirely grabbed her attention like that? Maybe she's more familiar with water than I am or has stronger senses? I don't know, and now isn't the time to focus on that.. Though I can't shake the feeling that whatever she felt must have been something dangerous.

We arrive back to the base and start to piling inside the entrance room, still curious I glance to N/N and see her brace herself just before the water drains. I wonder if it's because of her injuries. Looking around the others, everyone seems on edge after the abrupt end to our day out, everyone is worried about what could be on that PDA.

As we enter the main room we see the guys coming down the ladder to meet us, they must have heard us coming in. Considering our extremely early return, they look fairly confused. They're confusion soon turns to worry as they notice the grim looks on all of our faces, and the PDA in N/N's hands.

Felix comes to meet me, making sure I'm alright and that nothing happened to me, I see Sam and Mark do the same with Beth and Amy. Both Chase and Seán immediately approach N/N with nearly the exact same expression on they're faces. Tessa.. looks put off. Probably because of her new found feelings for Seán, maybe seeing how he is with N/N will give her a change of heart.. at least I hope so. At least she knows this isn't the time to bring it up.