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Authors: Preston Child
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Purdue luxury was a necessity. Nina adapted well under the circumstances and relinquished her claustrophobia to the quaint charm of the room she was given, which almost had her forgetting that she was stranded on a steel monstrosity in the middle of the deep sea.
Liam, Tommy and Darwin were present at their posts to facilitate the launch of the new submersible that Purdue had purchased, a better model than the previous one, which could take three crew members to depths of more than 800 meters. The weather was freezing, more furious than the day before and above the platform the vast sky stretched in frightening twists of dark and light grey clouds, dancing under the guide of the gales.
"What's her name? Tea-and-butt, the goddess, is pissed again," Darwin nudged Liam.
"Tiamat, you arse," Liam snorted, with a shake of his head as the two engineers and mechanic prepared the tether to the minisub.
"I cannot believe Purdue and his pals are going under in this weather," Tommy sighed as he tested the camera function.
"Then again, down there it matters not the weather up here. They'll be fine," Liam said.
"Well, it doesn't make it easier to retrieve from up here and the undercurrents can get hairy down there," Darwin told them, as the three explorers came down to the minisub's dock. In the shelter of the surface dock the water lapped against the acrylic hull of the C-Explorer, blissfully exempt of the storm's fury.
"They are always so pretty when they are virgins," Liam said as he stood back, arms folded to admire the brand new machine's immaculate sheen.
"Yes! Yes, indeed, Mr. McGinty! And who are we to keep a hot lady waiting!" Purdue bellowed in high spirits, from the landing of the staircase he had just descended with his guests. The only boat more attractive to his affections than his new C-Explorer was the one laying in wait down on the seabed, begging to be explored like a new lover. After a brief introduction to the engineers and the two new explorers it was time to go.
Nina stood frozen, her eyes wide at the sight of the minisub.
"Nina?" Purdue urged.
"I can't," she said softly, planting herself against the banister of the steel stairs.
"Why not? It has a panoramic view. You would think you are outside, diving with the marine life alongside," Purdue defended cheerfully. "It isn't as if you have to squeeze into the tiny black space of the hatch or anything," he added. Sam nudged him quietly and whispered, "I don't think you are helping, Mr. Purdue."
"I am going to have to be cloistered in there though, view or no view. And the dive into the German U-boat . . ." her voice quivered. It was the terrifying thrust into the ice bound U-boat from Antarctica all over again, only submerged underwater! She winced.
"Nina, you know it's not the same as that time, right? This is different. As soon as we take the short trip down we will depart the little bug and be out in the open water. You don't have to go into the minisub's hatch if you don't want to, okay? Just hold on to my tether until I come back out," Sam cajoled as quickly and gently as he could. He knew one wrong word, one forceful tone and she would clamp up.
After looking in Sam's dark eyes for a few seconds Nina gathered the courage to get it done. There was, after all, a very good reason to set aside her personal fears. Whatever they discovered down there might very well bring her the Holy Grail of her career. Who knows, it might even be the actual Holy Grail, she thought.
They settled snugly into the surprisingly comfortable underwater vehicle and before long they were bobbing on the water, waiting to dive.
"Are you ready, kids?" Purdue called out excitedly, as always when he embarked on adventure. Nina looked overhead at the convex heavens and at once it dawned on her how small they really were in the palm of creation. As they sank below the surface Sam realized just how small they really were in the bowels of the great waters. Sound waves changed as they
Liam, Tommy and Darwin were present at their posts to facilitate the launch of the new submersible that Purdue had purchased, a better model than the previous one, which could take three crew members to depths of more than 800 meters. The weather was freezing, more furious than the day before and above the platform the vast sky stretched in frightening twists of dark and light grey clouds, dancing under the guide of the gales.
"What's her name? Tea-and-butt, the goddess, is pissed again," Darwin nudged Liam.
"Tiamat, you arse," Liam snorted, with a shake of his head as the two engineers and mechanic prepared the tether to the minisub.
"I cannot believe Purdue and his pals are going under in this weather," Tommy sighed as he tested the camera function.
"Then again, down there it matters not the weather up here. They'll be fine," Liam said.
"Well, it doesn't make it easier to retrieve from up here and the undercurrents can get hairy down there," Darwin told them, as the three explorers came down to the minisub's dock. In the shelter of the surface dock the water lapped against the acrylic hull of the C-Explorer, blissfully exempt of the storm's fury.
"They are always so pretty when they are virgins," Liam said as he stood back, arms folded to admire the brand new machine's immaculate sheen.
"Yes! Yes, indeed, Mr. McGinty! And who are we to keep a hot lady waiting!" Purdue bellowed in high spirits, from the landing of the staircase he had just descended with his guests. The only boat more attractive to his affections than his new C-Explorer was the one laying in wait down on the seabed, begging to be explored like a new lover. After a brief introduction to the engineers and the two new explorers it was time to go.
Nina stood frozen, her eyes wide at the sight of the minisub.
"Nina?" Purdue urged.
"I can't," she said softly, planting herself against the banister of the steel stairs.
"Why not? It has a panoramic view. You would think you are outside, diving with the marine life alongside," Purdue defended cheerfully. "It isn't as if you have to squeeze into the tiny black space of the hatch or anything," he added. Sam nudged him quietly and whispered, "I don't think you are helping, Mr. Purdue."
"I am going to have to be cloistered in there though, view or no view. And the dive into the German U-boat . . ." her voice quivered. It was the terrifying thrust into the ice bound U-boat from Antarctica all over again, only submerged underwater! She winced.
"Nina, you know it's not the same as that time, right? This is different. As soon as we take the short trip down we will depart the little bug and be out in the open water. You don't have to go into the minisub's hatch if you don't want to, okay? Just hold on to my tether until I come back out," Sam cajoled as quickly and gently as he could. He knew one wrong word, one forceful tone and she would clamp up.
After looking in Sam's dark eyes for a few seconds Nina gathered the courage to get it done. There was, after all, a very good reason to set aside her personal fears. Whatever they discovered down there might very well bring her the Holy Grail of her career. Who knows, it might even be the actual Holy Grail, she thought.
They settled snugly into the surprisingly comfortable underwater vehicle and before long they were bobbing on the water, waiting to dive.
"Are you ready, kids?" Purdue called out excitedly, as always when he embarked on adventure. Nina looked overhead at the convex heavens and at once it dawned on her how small they really were in the palm of creation. As they sank below the surface Sam realized just how small they really were in the bowels of the great waters. Sound waves changed as they
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