Ethan waited, pacing the small area of the pod until the comms came to life.<br/><br/>“Lifepod 6! Are you okay?” He hoped the man was okay, though he was unsure of who it was. Everyone on board had been assigned to a different section of pods and Ethan didn’t have a clue where anyone but the other scientists had been placed. He wasn’t sure what the man meant by ‘stand by’, it wasn’t as though he was going anywhere any time soon. Ethan was incredibly grateful that his own life pod hadn’t sunk, he was certain he would have been in a panic had that happened. It was bad enough being stranded on the surface of a watery planet, let along at the bottom of it.<br/><br/>Waiting, Ethan began to worry that something bad had happened when the comms remained silent. Reaching for the comm, Ethan intended to try and contact Lifepod 6 again when a knocking at the lower hatch had him jumping up and feeling as though he were going to have a heart attack. Clutching his chest, Ethan calmed down enough to gesture for the man to swim to the surface. Grabbing a rope from the emergency kit, he secured one end to the seat before climbing to the top with the other.<br/><br/>When the man whom he assumed was from Lifepod 6 surfaced, Ethan tossed the rope to him.<br/><br/>“It’s secure! You can climb up!” He called to him, scooting back to give the man room.