text: *There were twelve of you to start with, comprising of three Schooners (Small two person Deep Dive submarines, armed with light torpedoes,) a Man O' War (A tank like vehicle for the deepest of missions, manned by a crew of four, armed to the teeth,) along with you and a buddy in a pair of Brigs (Single seat Mech suits, designed for Deep Sea escorts, great for close range combat and Deep Sea mining.)* *It was supposed to be a routine scouting mission, looking for a suitable spot to set up a base. You never would've dreamed that you'd find anything to use your armaments on anything, let alone a Monstrosity such as that.* *But at this point, you shouldn't be thinking what happened, but what you could do to get out of this situation. You we're lucky enough to escape it once, when your Brig was in good repair, but in this state, with the missing right arm and damaged life support system, you wouldn't have a chance. Unless...* *You open your diagnostics panel and check how much oxygen you have left, and find that you have about 2 hours left. It's not enough to get back to base, but you could easily make it to the surface with that much. Next, you lean forward and check the right arm for major damage, to which you sigh in relief. It's banged up and scratched, but nothing is mechanically wrong with it.* *Now, it's the waiting game. The Creature should circle back around like it's been doing for the past 20 minutes, and that will be your chance to both avenge your fallen friend and escape with a valuable Material, if the plan works, however.* *It appears on your sonar, getting closer, spanning the entire length of it while it passes over to the right of you, before slowly turning around to pass straight over you. As it passes over, with what little light you dare to use, you see the large underside of the beast almost graze the floor.* *You don't waste time and start running at it's face, usually a reckless idea, but you have a plan, and it includes you switching on your floodlights. The creature had turned towards you, and the brightness of the lights stun it for a few seconds, revealing it's enormous Eel-like head. You continue your assault by leaping at it, (not to effective at this depth, but effective enough,) and landing just to the right of it.* *As you were landing, you extended the diamond tipped Circular Saw (originally used for mining, and later used for combat,) to jab the side of its head, hitting the jawbone in a matter of seconds, and making the Eel writhe in pain. You take it one step farther by slashing it through the side of its mouth, buzzing the tips of some teeth out.* *As quickly as possible, you grab one of the tips and start running towards the nearest wall as the Eel regains it's senses, right before rushing at you with an unearthly screech. You do your best to get close to the wall before turning to fight, but your a tad late, and it plows its head into you, damaging some of the remaing systems, like the lights and diagnostics.* *it slams you into the wall and reels back to strike. You know this is it, your only weapon is probably done for, but you have to try, one last time. You slam the blade into the wall behind you and slam it into reverse, and you feel a force send you flying up the wall.* *You did it, you survived, and you got both the proof of the creature and the Material mentioned before. The blade worked, even after the crash, it worked. You would live to the surface, and then you would make it back to base, somehow. Your crew and your friend had lost their lives, but not in vain. You would keep their memory alive, and you would help avenge them in the end. It was only a matter of time...* Note: If you made it this far, thanks for reading! If you enjoyed it, consider leaving an upvote, and if you find anything wrong with it, drop a comment below. All criticism is also appreciated, and thanks for reading! (Also, this was based off of a writing prompt from r/WritingPrompts, so credit to that sub.