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Speaker 1: The ocean doesn't care about you. It's not your enemy,

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and it's sure as hell isn't your friend. It's just there,

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silent and endless, stretching past the horizon. People think they

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understand it because they can chart a course, read a tide,

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plot a point on a map. They don't. The ocean

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keeps its own secrets, and sometimes then lets you see one.

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We had planned a trip across the Atlantic. I captained

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the Envy Red Saber for almost fifteen years, now, moving

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small cargo from one port to another, keeping to tight

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schedules and predictable routes. I initially started in the Navy,

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but that life was a long way behind me. My

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crew is small, just four of us. Fewer men means

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fewer castes, but it also means fewer people to rely

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on when things go wrong. We were three days out

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from Spain. It was the middle of the night, somewhere

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past oh two hundred hours, and I was still awake

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in my cabin, staring at the same navigational charts. The

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radio crackled once, then again. A voice was trying to

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push through the static. It came through the colms, a weak,

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staticky voice repeating the same sequence, over and over again.

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May day, may day, this is the perdition position latitude

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thirty five longitude. It cut out again. I sat up

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the perdition. That name wasn't familiar, but the way the

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signal came in faint and interrupted meant whatever equipment they

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were using it was dated. I keep the intercom bridge.

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This is the captain, you're picking that up. There was

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a pause, then Gallagher answered, eye cap. We thought he

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was interference at first, but it's repeating, saying distress code

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every thirty seconds, sauce. We're running it through the registry.

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Now another pause. I could hear his fingers moving over

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the keyboard, the sound of rapid typing, then a brief pause, Er, Captain,

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you might want to see this. By the time I

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got to the bridge, Gallagher was still staring at the screen,

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one hand resting against his chin. His brow was furrowed.

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You're gonna want to see this, he muttered. I glanced

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at the monitor with distress code was still sited, a

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single repeating sequence of numbers and static, as if someone

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had been broadcasting it on a loop. Behind us, a

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chair creaked. I turned to see Holloway, the youngest of

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the crew lingering near the back of the bridge, arms

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crossed over his chest. He looked tense. I wasn't sure

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if he even realized he was doing it, but his

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foot tapped against the floor in a steady rhythm, a

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nervous energy he hadn't learned to mask yet. Rodriguez lingered

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near the back, standing stiff, watching us all. What am

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I looking at? I asked. Gallagher turned the monitor slightly

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so I could get a better look. The registry was

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pulled up, the distress code logged and matched. The perdition

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was listed, but the date next to it stopped me

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for a moment. Nineteen twenty one. I frowned, glancing back

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at the others. You're telling me we just speak up

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a hundred year old distress call. Gallagher didn't answer right away.

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He exhaled through his nose, tapping his knuckles against the desk.

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Signals coming through clean, no drift, no degradation. This isn't

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an old transmission, bouncing back. This is live. That has

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to be wrong, I said, it's a malfunction, a glitch.

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Behind me, Rodriguez muttered something in Spanish. This is bad luck,

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he said. We shouldn't meddle with these things. Rodriguez had

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been on the water longer than the rest of us combined.

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He wasn't overly superstitious, but he had his traditions and ways.

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I'd learn to respect and honor some of them. Gallagher

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cleared his throat. I guess it could probably be a mistake, Captain,

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some technomally, maybe a freak frequency bounce. The ocean can

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be weird like that. I nodded slowly. He was right.

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I've seen things like this before, stray signals, old transmissions

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getting caught in atmospheric loops, even ancient broadcasts being replayed

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by accident. But this was no technomally, as Gallagher had said,

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the signal was coming through clean as a whistle. I

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looked back at the screen. The coordinates placed the signal

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two hundred miles ahead of us. Nothing there but open water,

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no islands, no reefs, no known reck sites to mention.

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Could be pirates, Holloway said suddenly. His voice was casual,

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but I caught the way he swallowed hard afterward, baiting

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us in. That was a possibility. It wouldn't be the

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first time someone had rigged a fake emergency to lure

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and a rescue crew but pirates don't use distress codes

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from a century ago. I exhaled slowly, then turned back

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to Rodriguez. You think this is bad luck? He nodded once.

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As ship disappears and a hundred years later it starts

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calling for help. That's not right, Captain, tell me something

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about that doesn't sound wrong to you. I turned back

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to the rest of the crew. Listen, we're professionals. That's

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a distress call and we're obligated to check it out.

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We went over this and training people. There's nobody else

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around us for this radio into nearby ships from here,

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and we take it from there. Could be a hoax,

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could be a malfunction, could be something else entirely, but

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we won't unless we look. Gallagher hesitated. Captain, I that's final.

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I turned back toward the helm, set a course for

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the cordinates. No one spoke. The tension in the air shifted. Finally,

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Gallagher muttered something under his breath and nodded Aye. Sir.

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Rodriguez didn't argue. He just shook his head and walked away.

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The fog rolled in a few minutes after we started

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heading for the location, and it was getting steadily worse.

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The further. We pushed toward the coordinates, the denser it became,

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until the ocean and sky blurred into the same endless void.

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The radar picked up the ship before we could see it.

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The radar was reading a massive ship floating just ahead.

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The readings weren't erratic, weren't distorted. Whatever was out there

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was solid, so we weren't heading for a shipwreck. Gallagher

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adjusted the radio frequency, turning dials with the patience of

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a man who had done it a thousand times before.

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His jaw was tight, his fingers tapping anxiously against the console.

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Still nothing. He muttered, no response. He tried again, This

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is the envy red saber responding to an emergency distress

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call perdition, Do you read over? The radio remained silent,

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just static, a low hans stretching out like a dead signal.

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I exhaled, slowly, rubbing my temple, keep trying all the way.

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Stood near the bridge window, staring out into the mist,

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like he was trying to will something into focus. He

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shifted uneasily. If they needed help, shouldn't they be responding?

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Galagher shook his head. Even if they're dead in the water,

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someone should be hearing us. If the beacon is live,

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the comb should be live too. Maybe the radio's busted,

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I said, through my teeth. Maybe they lost power. Rodriguez

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scoffed under his breath. Maybe. Then the fog thinned and

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we saw it. The Perdition emerged from the mist like

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a ghost. It loomed before us, intact and untouched, a

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merchant vessel from another sentry, dark wood, slick with moisture,

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Its sails furled tight, its masts rising into the gray

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sky like skeletal remains. There were no signs of damage,

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no wreckage, nothing to suggest why a ship like this

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had sent out an SOS in the first place. Holloway

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took a step closer to the window. Geez Gallagher tapped

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a few keys on the radar console, shaking his head. God,

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and is one massive ship? Rodriguez remained silent. I straightened

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inhaling sharply. We're boarding. We lowered the dinghye and approached slow.

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The ladder was still intact, rope and woods swaying gently

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against the Perdition's hull. I grabbed hold, testing its weight.

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The damp fibers creaked under my grip, but held firm.

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I looked back. Holloway and Galagher sat stiff in the dingy.

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Rodriguez didn't move, didn't reach for the ladder. His hands

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were planted on his knees, fingers tight. You coming, I asked.

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A pause. His jaw clenched, then reluctantly he took hold

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of the wrongs. Holloway and Gallagher followed. The ship was still.

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The lanterns swayed gently from their hooks, but they were unlit.

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The ropes were neatly coiled, undisturbed. A layer of dampness

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clung to everything, but there was no decay perdition. I shouted,

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my voice, cutting through the mist. Anyone aboard. No response.

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Gallagher called out next louder. His voice echoed, bouncing off

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the sails before fading into nothing silence. Rodriguez muttered something,

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glancing around. I turned back to the others. We'll cover

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more ground if we split up. Gallagher take the upper decks,

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Holloway with me. Rodriguez check below deck. We regroup in

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ten minutes. If we don't find anybody, we leave and

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report back to land with what we find. Gallagher excelled, sharply,

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splitting up. I'll sure there's a good idea cap. You

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know in movies they say we're wasting time, they said sternly.

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Rodriguez simply turned, disappearing into the shadows below deck without

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another word. Holloway and I moved carefully through the dimly

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lit corridor. The damp put beneath us, groaning under our weight.

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The air here was heavier than it had been outside,

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thick with a scent of salt and aged timber. The

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lanterns lining the walls were unlit, their glass panes smeared

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with condensation. Every door we passed was shut tight, their

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brass handles tarnished. At the end of the passage, one

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door stood slightly Ajar I pushed it open. Stepping inside,

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the captain's quarters was small, but oddly a single cart

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against the wall neatly made. The sheets still tugged in tight.

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A chest at the foot of the bed latched but

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not locked. The desk took up most of the space,

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its surface covered in loose papers, maps curled at the edges,

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ink bottles tipped over and dried. A leather bound log

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box sat in the center, lying open to a page

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warped with moisture. Beside it, a lantern, unlit was still

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filled with oil. Holloway hesitated in the doorway, nostrils flaring slightly.

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You smell that I did not rot, not mildew, just

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damp and sour. The scent clung to everything, thick and stale,

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the way a house smells when it's been shut up

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for months, or a ship has been sailing for decades.

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I ran my fingers over the desk. The wood was swollen,

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the grain rough beneath my touch. The papers beneath the

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log book were stuck together. In places the ink smudged,

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but the words beneath my fingers were still legible. I

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flipped through the log book carefully. Holloway steps inside, now

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staying close to the door, his gaze shifting between scattered

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papers and the rest of the room. What does it say?

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I squinted at the text, reading aloud. May third, nineteen

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twenty one. Northeasterly, wind steady at ten knots, course adjusted westward,

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men in good spirits. I skimmed further down. The next

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few entries were standard. Nothing how to the ordinary, where

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the conditions coarse adjustments, A brief note about rationing. Then

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something changed May tenth, A voice below deck last night

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Bosen claims he heard it too, but there was no

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one there. Crew uneasy. I frowned, flipping further May thirteenth.

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The men are restless. I do not believe it was

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the wind. Mister Avery refuses to sleep below. The others

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are beginning to whisper. Holloway shifted on his feet. You

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think they had a stowaway. Maybe I kept reading. The

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last entry was written in a hasty scrawl, as if

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the writer had barely finished before slamming the books shot

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May eighteenth. The sea is speaking. The men are listening.

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I am the only one left. I stared at it

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for a long moment. The ink smudged and bleeding into

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the page. The words rushed uneven. The last page wasn't finished.

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Holloway leaned over my shoulder, exhaling sharply man. I closed

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the log book, running a thumb along the frayed edges

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of the pages. There's no mention of distress before this,

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No damage, no sickness, no storm. I gestured at the room,

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and this place looks like someone just left. Holloway glanced around,

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rubbing his arms. I don't like this cap. This isn't

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how a shiplocks after a hundred years. I knelt beside

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the chest at the foot of the bed, running a

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hand over the latch. It wasn't locked. I lifted the lid. Inside,

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neatly folded clothes sat stacked on one side, a pair

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of boots placed carefully beside them, a shaving kit, a

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pocket watch. Small ordinary things, but clearly untouched for a

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very long time. Holloway exhaled through his nose. No personal letters,

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no sign of where they went. No. I set the

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watch back, my fingers, brushing the fabric of the clothes

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beneath it. The material was damp, but still intact, not

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eaten away by high more salt. I stood glancing at Holloway.

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Where the hell is the crew? And who? And how

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do they make a distress cup? Before he could add,

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a noise echoed from somewhere outside the room, a deep,

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dull thud. Holloway turned sharply toward the doorway. I tensed,

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straining to hear past the thick stillness. Then another sound, shuffling, distant,

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slow Gallagher's voice carried through the corridor. Rodriguez, I felt

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something cold settle in my gut. We stepped out of

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the room. The ship was silent again, nothing but the

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distant lapping of water against the hall. Gallagher stood near

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the helm, looking around, frowning. Have you seen rodriguezes, he asked.

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I glanced towards the stairs leading below deck. He should

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have been back by now. The ten minutes were up.

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He was checking below, I said. Gallagher exhiled through his nose,

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rolling his shoulders. He hesitated, then turned his gaze towards

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the stairwell. You think he found something. Gallagher led the way,

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his flashlights sweeping the stairwell. As we descended into the

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lower decks, our boots heavy. The same smell from the

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captain's quarters was present here, but stronger. It smelled so wrong.

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I gripped the railing, stepping down cautiously. Rodriguez, My voice

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came out, tight, you down here, silence. Holloway moved close

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behind me, barely a step away, Breathing hard through his nose.

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He kept glancing over his shoulder, like he was expecting

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something to be there. When he turned back, Gallagher kept

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his jaw locked tight, pressing forward, his flashlight bouncing off

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old crates and rusty tools. Another few steps, another breath

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of damp air, thick with salt. Then we heard it,

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a crash, wood splintering, a low, wet gurgling. We turned fast,

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Gallagher's light flicking wildly, catching nothing but empty space. But

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the sound was still there. A struggle. I moved first,

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pushing past the other's heart hammering against my ribs. Rodriguez

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no answer, A thud, something heavy hitting the floor. We

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stood frozen all the way, clenched his jaws so tight

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I thought it might snap. Then finally I stepped forward.

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The corridor stretched ahead, damp wood groaning beneath us. I

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forced myself to move faster, flash like, gripped tight, I

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pulled so loud in my ears, I almost didn't hear

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the drip, but it was there, soft rhythmic drip, drip, drip.

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Gallagher saw it first. His breath hitched, his steps faltered.

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His flashlight beam caught something on the floor ahead, something red,

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a trail, a body. Rodriguez. I stopped breathing. The flashlight

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shook slightly, my grip, illuminating torn fabric, shredded flesh, broken bones.

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His chest had been ripped open, chunks of him were missing.

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When I was gone, the socket black and gave it

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in his jaw was slack, the muscles of his neck mangled,

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as if something had chewed through them. Alloway made a noise, choked, disbelieving.

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Gallagher swallowed thickly behind me. He didn't move, None of

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us did. Rodriguez hadn't just been attacked. He had been eaten.

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I had seen a lot of things at sea, drowning,

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suicide accidents. This wasn't any of those. I opened my mouth,

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then closed it again. Holloway took a step back from

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the corpse, shaking his head. His breathing was erratic, chest

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rising and falling too fast, like he was trying not

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to hyper ventilate. No, No, we need to go, We

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need to go right now. What the hell did this

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to him? Gallagher hadn't moved, just kept staring at the

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mess that used to be Rodriguez. His face was unreadable,

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but I could see his fingers twitching at his side,

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like his body was deciding whether to run or shut

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down completely. I exhaled, forcing my mind to stay in control.

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We can't just leave him here. Holloway snapped his head

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up to look at me. His eyes were wild. Are

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you are you serious? His voice cracked like you couldn't

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believe what he was hearing. Look at him. There's no

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bringing him back. He's dead. He's he jested with both hands,

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stumbling over his words. He's gone, captain, and if we

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don't get the hell off the ship, we'll be next.

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I clinched my jaw, kept him a voice even I

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know that, do you? He let out a sharp, humorless laugh,

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Because I don't think you do. I think you're trying

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to make sense of this, trying to be the goddamn

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captain when we should already be getting the hell out

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of it. We will not leave him here. Holloway went silent.

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I forced myself to keep going, even though my stomach

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felt like it was trying to turn itself inside out.

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We should at least bring him back to his wife

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and family, hold a proper funeral. Gallagher exceled, sharply, running

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a hand down his face. His shoulders were still stiff,

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his posture tense. I swallowed, glancing down at what was

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left of Rodriguez. I didn't even know what we'd tell

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anyone back on land, and there was something about the

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way he had been left there, torn open and abandoned,

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that didn't sit right with me. I forced myself to

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look back at them. We don't just leave him here

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like some animal carcass. We'd take him back. Holloway didn't

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say anything, just looked at me, eyes dark and unreadable.

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Then finally Gallagher let out a slow breath and nodded.

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We didn't argue about it anymore. The smell of blood

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was worse now. The motion of dragging him had stirred it,

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letting its seep into the wood, thick and warm and unmistakable.

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Holloway had his hands hugged under Rodriguez's arms, his face

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a combination of something between determination and revulsion. Gallagher and

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I took the legs, lifting as best we could. The

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ship groaned around us as we moved. Every step was slow, heavy.

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The weight of the dead is always different than the

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weight of the living. More final. We didn't talk, just moved,

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just kept our eyes ahead. We were almost to the

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stairwell when Gallagher muttered weight. We stopped. His flashlight flickered

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bouncing off something near the far end of the corridor,

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and followed his gaze, shifting my own beam to match.

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Something was there. At first I thought it was a man. Hey,

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are you the person that sent out to distress signal,

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who the hell did this to our friend? Who are you?

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I shouted? It didn't respond. Instead, it just stood in

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the shadows, half lost in the darkness. Then it stepped forward.

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Its body was swollen, bloated in places, like it had

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been left underwater for too long. The skin was blue gray,

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tinged with deep, sickly greens. The texture was hoarse, its

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flesh not smooth, but broken up, cracked like dried leather.

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Clusters of binnacles hung to its shoulders, its arms, the

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side of its neck. It stared at me, and I

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stared back. Its mouth hung slightly open. The inside of

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its mouth was ragged and torn. The gums were black,

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the teeth rotting, but something moved inside, shifting Beneath the teeth,

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small thin tendrils stained with moisture, flicked in and out

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between them, almost like feelers. It took another step forward,

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and it spoke, not words, not anything that should have

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been speech, just the wet, gurgling croak. Something pulled from

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the depths of rotting lungs. Rodriguez's body hit the floor

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with a dull, wet thump. As we let go and ran.

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We didn't think, didn't speak, didn't breathe. The thing behind

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us lurched forward, its feet dragging across the damp wood,

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its movements both too slow and too fast. I could

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hear it, the wet, labored wheeze rattling in his chest,

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the sickly pop of something shifting under its skin. Gallagher

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shoved past me, his flashlight being bouncing wildly. Holloway was

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right behind him, his breath coming ragged. Desperate. We made

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it to the stairs, our boots slamming against the steps,

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but the thing wasn't too far behind us. And then

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Holloway slipped. He hit the landing hard, his flashlight skidding

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across the floor. He scrambled up onto his hands and knees, gasping.

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But the thing behind us was already there, a wet

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slap of flesh and wood, a catual croak. I turned,

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barely catching a glimpse of it lurching toward Holloway. Its

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mouth yawned open, unimaginably deep, a mess of shattered teeth

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and writhing slip tendrils. I was so close I didn't think.

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I grabbed the first thing I could, a box of

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tools to my left head, a crowbar. I grabbed it

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so tight my hand ached, then swung. The crack of

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impact was sharp, jarring. The thing's head jerked violently to

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the side, and something deep inside it made a wet,

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sucking sound, like air escaping from a bloated carcass. It staggered.

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Gallagher was already moving, hauling Holloway to his feet. I

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took another step forward and brought the crowbar down hard,

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aiming for its head, its chest, anything that would break.

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It didn't bleed. It leaked. Dark brackish water spilled from

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the wound, sloshing onto the deck, carrying with it the

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wreek of salt and decay. But it didn't stop. He

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grabbed at me, his fingers webbed and thick with barnacles,

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its nails blackened and splitting. I wrenched away, a breath

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coming in short gasps. Gallagher moved next, slamming his boot

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into my chest, sending it staggering back. Holloway grad a

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rusted pipe from the floor and brought it down on

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its skull. This time it collapsed. The final shuddering breath

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rattled out from its lungs, but there was no struggle,

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no death throes, just the slow, unnatural way. It deflated,

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like the sea itself was pulling its insides back down

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into the depths. The ship went silent. The three of

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us stood there, panting, shaking, dripping sweat. I forced myself

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to breathe. My heart was still hammering, my body still

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locked in fight or flight, but we weren't being chased

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any more, not yet. Gallagher wiped the sweat from his

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brow with a shaky hand. Geez. He muttered, what the

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hell was it? Holloway didn't answer. I swallowed hard and

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stepped forward. My legs shook as adrenaline surge threw me.

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The creature's skin was the worst part, pale, almost translucent

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in places, bloated with water, the veins underneath bulging, too dark,

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too thick. It had been human once, that much was clear,

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but it wasn't any more. The barnacles, the jagged nails,

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the empty sockets or his eyes should have been. Whatever

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had happened to this thing, it had changed then I

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really looked at it. It had clothes ragged, torn, but

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still there, A heavy wool coat tattered and salt eaten,

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A loose undershirt ripped down the front, A pair of

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slacks that might have once been navy blue. I knew

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these clothes. They weren't just old rags. There were a uniform,

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a sailor's uniform. Holloway must have noticed it at the

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same time I did, because he let out a short,

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shaky breath. I turned slightly, saw his hands clenching at

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his side. His face was pale, his lips pressed into

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a thin line cap. He said, voice low, How many

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I blinked? I Holloway swallowed his Adam's apple, bobbing in

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his throat. He didn't take his eyes off the corpse.

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How many, he repeated, quieter this time. How many crewmen

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would a ship like this have? I stared at him.

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Then I looked around us. Big ship, massive, really for

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a merchant vessel of this size back in the nineteen twenties.

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I clenched my jaw. At least thirty, they said. Holloway

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exhiled slowly through his nose. He didn't look away from

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the thing on the floor. Let's get out quickly, calling

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for help and come back for a drink. The sound

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rose from all over the lower decks, from the corridors,

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from the darkness behind the crate, A chorus of damp,

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shuddering exhales, all breathing in unison. Holloway heard it too,

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his face drained of color. Gallagher took a slow step back,

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his lights shaking in his grip. They heard us. They

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crawled out of the dark, dragging themselves across the damp wood,

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climbing from the flooded lower decks. Some staggered upright, their

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legs bent at wrong angles. Others moved on all fours,

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their limbs elongated, their bloated fingers curling into the boards.

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One of them lurched into the light. I could hear

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Holloway gagging. I took a step back. The creature's head

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snapped toward me, and then it stumbled and ran. At

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the same time, Gallagher screamed. The whole ship irrupted into motion.

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The creatures swarmed forward, scrambling over each other, crawling, sprinting,

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dragging themselves toward us. Go, I shouted, shoving hollow Way

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toward the stairs. We ran. Gallagher was ahead of me,

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Holloway was right behind him. I could hear the creatures

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closing in the sick, with thud of hands and knees

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against the wood, the wheezing, the gurgling. Gallagher was the

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first to reach the stairs, taking them two at a time,

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all the way, stumbled caught himself. I turned my head

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just once and saw them dozens, their forms shifting in

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the dim light, some missing entire pieces of themselves, but

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still coming. One of them leapt forward, its jaw unhinging.

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Gallagher reached the railing, but her hand shot out from

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the darkness and grabbed his ankle. He hit the stairs hard,

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his flashlight clattering against the floor. I lunged forward, trying

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to grab his arm, but I was too slow. Something

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tall galaghoers screamed, and then he was gone. Holloway kept running.

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I had no choice but to follow. I could still

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hear Gallagher screaming. Then it turned into gurgling. We burst

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onto the deck, gasping for air, lungs burning muscles, screaming.

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The floor was wet, and Holloway and I both slipped

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and fell, and some of the things gained on us.

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Move I shouted, but my voice barely carried over the thick,

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suffocating air. Then they hit us. The first one grabbed

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my arm, fingers slick and bloated, curling around my wrist.

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I whipped around, swung everything I had, my fast cracking

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against the thing's skull. It barely reacted. This jaw hung open,

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those blackened gums and jagged teeth barely visible in the

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dim light. The thing inside his mouth flicked reaching. I

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drove my knee into its gut, yank in my arm

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free stumbling back. Holloway was next, a pair of them

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closing in on him, their movements slow, like they planned

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to enjoy themselves. He grabbed a rusted pole from the

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deck and swung hard, knocking one of them back. The

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other lunged, grabbing his shoulder. I rushed forward, slamming into

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the thing, sending both of us sprawling to the deck.

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Holloway stumbled back, panting, wiping sweat from his face with

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a shaking hand. And then I felt it, fingers around

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my ankle. My stomach dropped. I kicked hard, but the

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grip was iron. It was dragging me back. I tried

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to reach for something, but my fingers only scraped against

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the deck, against the damp, rotting wood. And then Holloway

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was there. He grabbed my arms, yanking me up. The

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things gripped tightened, its rotting nails, trying to dig into

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my skin. I barely had time to register the pain

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before Holloway ripped a plank off the floor and smashed

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it in the thing's face and wet, sickening crunch, the

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grip loosened. That was all we needed. We ran Holloway

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skiddy to a stop near the railing. He turned to me,

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chest heaving. He didn't speak, he didn't need to. We

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both knew one option. Jump. I gave him a single nod.

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No hesitation, no second guessing, just do it. We turned

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together and jumped. The air rushed past my ears, the

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cold spray of salt water hitting my skin as we

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plummeted toward a black abyss below. I hit the water hard,

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the cold like a knife to the chest. My breath vanished,

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stolen by the sudden pressure, the darkness, the silence. For

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half a second, I was weightless, spinning. The current gripped me,

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dragged me downward. I kicked hard, fighting against it, lung screaming,

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heart hammering. My fingers reached for the surface, for air,

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for anything. Then I broke through, gasping, choking. I wiped

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the salt from my eyes, Twisting searching Holloway, I saw

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his head bob up a few feet away, sputtering, spitting

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sea water, where his voice broke. Horse panicked, we're here,

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We're where's the dinghy? I turned, looking frantically through the

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fog drenched water. We saw it just a few feet

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from where we landed. We pulled ourselves in, slipping and shaking,

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and just grabbed the oars and started rowing. As my

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adrenaline faded, I could focus my eyes, hear things, see

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to row. I had to face the ship, seeing it

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slip into the thick fog that surrounded us, and on

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the silhouette flat line of the railing, I saw shapes

487
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that broke the perfect linearity of it, lumps vague shapes

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wandering to the perimeter of the ship, watching us leave,

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bound to the cursed vessel. I was more than ready

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to just leave the ship behind, be done with it.

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But I heard something, not the slashing of them swimming

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towards us, nor the chase of something in the water.

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A voice, Captain, come back, please. It was Rodriguez, not

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a mimicry wet and gurgled beneath the monster's form. His

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voice was clear, like he was perfectly well, like he

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hadn't been torn apart in the lower deck. Don't leave

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us behind, Come back this time it was Gallagher. I hesitated,

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my rowing slowed. Holloway tapped my arm, and when I

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looked at his face, he just shook his head. It

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wasn't him, it wasn't them. I knew that, but part

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of me still wanted to go back act, just to

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make sure. I thought back to the log book, the

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final entry. The sea is speaking, the men are listening.

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In a straight up rawl, one or two we could handle.

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A ship of thirty hardened sailors would be able to

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handle that level of incursion. But all it would take

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is one, one familiar voice, one person you care enough

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about to check on to make sure they're okay, and

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you can see how quickly things can turn sour. We

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eventually reached our vessel. Holloway collapsed behind me, panting, coughing, shaking.

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Neither of us spoke. By the time we reached the ship,

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the perdition was gone. The fog had swallowed it all

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like it had never been there, not all