Climbing back down into the lifepod where there would be less chance of falling into the surrounding water, Ethan waited for the man to climb the rope and join him. He must have been from the ship, otherwise why would he be here, and on the frequency of their lifepods? It still amazed the scientist that the ship had been so large that he still hadn’t met everyone that had worked on it.<br/><br/>When the man apologized for his sudden appearance, Ethan waved him off.<br/><br/>“Don’t worry about it, just wasn’t expecting it is all. Heck, I wasn’t expecting any of this to happen.” He said with a quiet laugh.<br/><br/>“I’m Ethan Lawrence, one of the scientists who was rarely seen outside the labs.” He watched Felix for a moment, wondering what was going through the engineer’s head when the comm began to crackle with what must have been a message trying to get through.<br/><br/>Rushing for the comm, Ethan picked it up, desperate to find out if anyone else had survived.<br/><br/>“Hello? Hello? Is anyone there?” He waited for a reply, hoping to connect with more crew members, but instead was met with the sound of creaking metal, and some unidentified noise that didn’t sound like any human voice, or equipment he knew of. As the comm went dead again, Ethan turned to Felix.<br/><br/>“Any idea what that was?” He asked, forcing the tremble from his voice the best he could.