Terrors in Subnautica(Complete)

Part 24: Face to Face With the Enemy

Chase's POV

Most everyone has been up for a few hours now, and the sense of relief and happiness in the air is palpable. We all wanted to let N/N rest so we've left them alone thus far, but the sun is angled to be about mid-day and I just really wanna see my friend.

I knocked lightly on the door and heard a quiet 'come in' from Seán so I carefully opened the door before going in and closing it behind me. I was greeted with the most adorable sight, N/N is quietly sleeping on Sean's chest and He's calmly running his fingers through her hair.

"What's up?" He whispered.

I sat down on the bed beside them, and wiggle my eyebrows at him.

"How goes it?" I ask in a suggestive tone.

"Shut up." He laughed,"We didn't and we probably won't anytime soon."

"Aww, come on. I was just teasing you." I chuckled,"How is she?"

"Well, I know she's exhausted because this is the first time she's slept through the night without any nightmares, let alone this far into the day. I think she's okay though, she was probably restless all night by herself over with those damn Leviathan."

"I can't imagine how scary that must have been. How did she even get out of there?"

"I don't know yet, I didn't wanna bombard her with questions just yet." He sighed.

N/N shifted slightly and yawned before opening her eyes. She furrowed her eyebrows when she saw me in her room looking at her. Seeming to suddenly realize she wasn't directly on her bed she tilted her head and looked up at Seán.

"Hello." She whispered, hoarsely.

"Hello there." He smiled, kissing her head.

"Did I miss something uh.. weird? Is there a reason I woke up with both you in the bed?" She smirked.

"Hah! As if either of you could get this action!" I posed dramatically.

We all laughed as N/N sat up and shifted to the side of Seán. We let her stretch for a minute before finally starting to ask her questions.

"So uh, how did you survive?" I asked cautiously.

She chuckled quietly before looking up at me.

"You don't have to be afraid to ask me what happened," She smiled,"And there was a cave."

"A cave?" Seán questioned.

"Yeah, I landed on a ledge and there was a small opening I swam into for safety. There was an air coral inside the cave, which was actually much bigger than the opening. I passed out for a while but when I woke up Inuchat showed up."

"What's an Inuchat?" I asked.

"It's one of the modified cuttlefish. She brought it's whole family back here when we got home. They're living just outside of the wall." Seán answered.

"Oh! That's cool." I double thumbs upped.

"It lead me back through a very dark tunnel going into the drop off wall. It lead to both the deep dark and a man made door that took me to a HUGE base behind the floating Island. When I got out I took a boat thingy they had to get away. I stopped by the Aurora and left it there in case they can track it." She finished.

"That's where you found all those blueprints, right?" I asked.

"Yeah, That was a good thing that came out of it." She said, shifting off the bed.

"Do we have like, a group plan to do anything or are we just gonna start going day by day?" She asked, moving towards the bathroom.

"We're collecting what we need to reinforce the new walls!" I shouted towards the bathroom.