Beyond The Sea (A Bioshock Story)

Chapter 3: Along Came a Spider...

"Jesus, time has not been friendly to this place" Dimitri murmurs lowly, surveying the damages.

It was clear this place had once been incredible but the past twenty-five years have been rough on this city. If what she'd read in the reports had been correct, then it truly was a miracle that this place was still standing.
There were piles of rubble everywhere, water and mold had made their homes here. The smell of fish hung heavily in the air and it made her want to gag. She had never been a fan of fish.

"You can definitely tell this place has been through the wringer" she whispers back "apparently this part of the city, Neptune's Bounty, was the biggest port complex in Rapture. This is where they discovered the gene altering slug, AKA the thing that caused this city to turn into chaos."

"Wow... you're a huge nerd, ya know that?"

Camille can't help but smile and shoves Dimitri playfully

"I am not! I just do my research, unlike some people.."

He scoffs and ruffles her hair

"I did plenty of research, you just went overboard."

Now Camille can't help but scoff, with just a little bit of laughter mixed in

"I don't think I was too excessive, in fact, it feels like I almost don't know enough about this place, ya know? It's kind of a mystery. There's so much to read about yet it's like we've barely scratched the surface of what there is to know."

"I totally agree, but that doesn't change the fact that you're a major nerd."

"Really?"

Dimitri laughs and puts his hands up in surrender

"Oh come on Cam, loosen up a little!"

"No you come on! This place is so fascinating! There's so much the reports didn't tell us and the documents that were recovered were far from legible." She waves a few chicken scratch maps in his face. "We're learning so much just by being here."

Dimitri opens his mouth to respond, with what no doubt was shaping to be a witty retort, when an abrupt crashing noise startles the two of them. A loud, raspy cackle resonates throughout the room as a figure emerges from a pile of rubble.

"What the hell is that thing?" Dimitri hisses as he pulls a gun from his holster

Camille draws her own weapon, trying to distinguish exactly what Dimitri just asked.

The figure was long, lanky and vaguely humanoid in appearance. It was wearing some sort of mask so neither of them could see its face. It twitched and bent it's limbs at unnatural angles that made Camille shiver in revulsion. She slowly raises her gun, not wanting to alert the beast. It looks at her and unleashes a bone chilling howl, extracting two wickedly sharp hooks from the folds of its clothes and leaping up on the ceiling.

The hooks dig into the structure easily and the being begins to swing, able to navigate the decrepit ceiling easily

"What the fuuuuuck?" Dimitri mutters under his breath, raising his own gun at the creature.
As the creature swings the plaster on the ceiling begins to crackle and crumble under the impact of the hooks. As it gets closer Camille can hear the cackles and mutterings of the mad beast.
It's right above them now, looking directly at Camille and hanging there, still as a statue.

Suddenly it points at her and laughs wildly.

"YOU! YOU HAVE MY ADAM LITTLE GIRL!"

It leaps off the hook, aiming the other directly at Camille's head as it falls.