Terrors in Subnautica(Complete)

Part 21: A New Day

Seán's POV

The sun is just beginning to rise when I hear Chase start to stir from his sleep. I'm unsurprised to see him jolt awake, a couple of tears dripping down his face. I let him calm down and come back to reality before speaking.

"You dreamt about her too, huh?"

"I... yeah. How long have you been up?"

"I woke up about an hour or two ago the same way you did." I sighed," We should eat."

"I'm not really feeling food right now."

"You know if she heard you say that she'd basically force something in your mouth." I laugh dryly.

He laughs quietly in response.

"Yeah, that's true."

He stood up and popped his back before offering his hand.

"Ready for a swim? I know we got the other food from the ship but I feel like we both could use a good swim."

I take his hand and he helps pull me to my feet.

"Alright, maybe it'll help calm my mind."

We head down as the sun glistens over top the waves, most of the others are already downstairs just sitting or eating. It doesn't look like anyone else really got any sleep either. Everyone either nodded or waved as we walked towards the exit chamber.

When we left the base I stop at the sight of the light shinning down into the waves. It looks almost exactly like the first time N/N and I came out together, even the ocean itself looks incomplete without her in it. I turn to see Chase staring out into the open, probably having the same thoughts I am.

"Do you wanna swim around to the Creepvine forest before coming back?" I asked.

"Yeah, that would be good."

We spend a good hour and a half swimming around before grabbing up some fish and heading back to the base. We quietly sat down together for our meal, as odd as it may seem being with someone who hurts as much as I do is comforting. At least we can try and keep moving forward together.

Amy and Marzia enter the base as we finish our food and ask everyone to follow them outside, normally I'd be curious about why but I can't get myself to care enough to ask. I'd forgotten how hard it is to think when you lose someone.

A short distance away there's a small high rise next to the end of the safe zone, as we approach it I realize what they wanted us to see. They made her a memorial. A small circle of beautiful stones and shells layered in the center of the high rise, little hand made pieces of red and green jewelry rested in the center where the sand is above the water. The two of them had placed little flowers from the nearby plants in and around the circle, like someone would do at a funeral or on a grave.

My chest aches horribly as I start crying all over again, it's beautiful and I'm sure this will help at least a small bit with grieving.. but it still hurts so badly. The reality of it all really comes together when there's a memorial. When we climb up to the high rise I cant even find the energy to stand, so instead I kneel in front of the circle with Chase. Everyone else surrounds the rest of the circle quietly dealing with they're own grief, some crying some just blankly staring.

"Did she make these?" I hear myself ask, lazily pointing to the hand made bits in the middle.

The girls smiled together at my question, Amy chuckled before looking up to me.

"Yeah, she did. These are the things she made during our day out.. she used her favorite colors." She sighed.

"Huh.. she did them beautifully." I whispered.