Meg2 〈REAL — Overview〉

The tick-tick-tick faded into the abyss.

Not a fish. Not a current.

Jonas watched the last flicker of the female’s bioluminescence vanish into the black. The tick-tick-tick faded into the abyss

“They’re not hunting us,” Jonas said, his hands gripping the controls. “They’re arresting us.”

“Give me the manipulator arm,” Jonas ordered. “I want a rock sample.” ” Jonas said

But it wasn’t for the crew of the Neptune’s Grave .

“That’s not possible,” Jonas whispered. “That’s the male. We buried him under fifty thousand tons of rock.” The tick-tick-tick faded into the abyss

The trench had a new sound.