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Sorry for the day late update, I'm on holiday and was getting settled in. Also, even though I am on holiday I will be updating as usual, hopefully. Anyway, enjoy this chapter :D

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Rachel woke up to someone whispering her name. Naturally, her first thought would be Quinn, but when she didn't feel her next to her, she opened her eyes sleepily to see who it really was. When she got her vision back, she saw Lauren looming over her.

"Hello Rachel."

Rubbed her eyes subconsciously at the thought of being left alone with Lauren. The larger girl sneered at her as she moved in closer.

"Can I help you Lauren?" Rachel asked nervously.

Lauren grinned evilly. "You know, I think you can. See, I know all about Quinn and her little secret down there, and I wanted to let you know that I don't take too kindly to it"

"It's none of your business what Quinn has below" Rachel said defensivly.

"You may think that, but I don't like it. I think it's horrible, and if I had my way, Quinn wouldn't have one at all. That's why I'm going to cut it off and make sure that she can never give you any children or ever be with you intimately ever again. Quinn's a fag, Berry, and I'm going to make sure that she's shut up forever"

Lauren smiled in satisfaction as a tear rolled down Rachel's cheek. Rachel stood up and rushed to the back of the plane, needing to see her girlfriend and make sure she was ok.

Rachel shot up in bed and gasped loudly, her heart beat soaring as she tried to calm down. Looking around the room, she could see that it was morning, the cracks of sunlight peering through the curtains casting slithers of light across the room. She looked to her right and found Quinn fast asleep, instantly finding herself calming down at the sight.

She breathed out slowly as she calmed down. Looking back at Quinn for a few seconds, her mind was then swamped by images of Lauren threatening to hurt the blond. She panicked as the nightmare came back to her, her breathing becoming increasingly hard. She reached over and shook Quinn the best she could.

"Q-Quinn..." She gasped.

"Huh?" Quinn replied sleepily, rubbing her eyes. As she gained her vision back, she saw a scared looking Rachel. "Rach?"

"C-can't b-breathe" Rachel wheezed out, her chest constricting.

Quinn instantly sat up and placed a hand on Rachel's lower back, rubbing in soothing circles. She grabbed one of Rachel's hands with her free one and held on tightly. Looking at her girlfriend's scared face, Quinn instantly knew what was the cause of this. Every now and again when Rachel was stressed, she had nightmares about it, then when she woke up and thought about it, she would begin to panic and hyperventilate. She knew what she needed to do.

"Breathe for me Rach. In...and out. In...and out. That's it" She said as Rachel breathed in and out slowly. "You're ok baby, I'm right here. You're fine. Nothing's wrong, nothing's going to hurt you. It's just you and me, just us." She said as she placed a kiss to Rachel's forehead and wrapped her arms around her.

Rachel's breathing returned to normal as she felt Quinn's strong arms wrap around her. Quinn braved to ask what was wrong. "Rach? What's wrong?"

"I had a nightmare about when Lauren threatened you"

Quinn nodded and placed a kiss to the top of Rachel's head. "It's ok now. She can't harm me"

"Quinn?"

"Yeah"

"Can I check something?"

"Umm...ok" Quinn replied, wondering what on earth Rachel would be checking, although she was pretty sure she knew what by what Rachel did next.

Rachel reached under the covers and groped Quinn through her sleep shorts. Keeping her hand there, she looked up at Quinn. "I had to check just to make sure."

Quinn nodded as Rachel withdrew her hand and laid back down, pulling the smaller girl into her. Rachel leaned up for a kiss before they both fell into a somewhat peaceful sleep.

Santana entered the kitchen, limping slightly as she moved into the room so that she could sit at the breakfast bar. She pulled out the stool next to Quinn and sat next to her best friend.

"You ok?" Quinn yawned, referring to her friends limp.

"I think so. Britt checked it out last night but it's still a little painful."

"She really did a number on you, didn't she?"

"Got that right. You would not believe the agony I was in last night."

"That painful huh?"

"Like you would not believe"

Brittany and Rachel entered the kitchen and found their girlfriends talking. Brittany kissed Santana before moving around the breakfast bar to make her and Santana something to eat.

"Babe, are you sure you don't want me to make it?" Santana asked as she as she watched Brittany gather the ingredients for pancakes.

Brittany turned around and lent over the counter, placing a soft kiss on Santana's lips. "I'm fine." She accentuated her point with another kiss before turning back to what she was doing.

"I think I'm going to make breakfast too" Rachel decided, kissing Quinn before joining Brittany in making something to eat.

"So what's the plan for today?" Quinn asked.

"I'll let everyone know at our team meeting this afternoon." Santana replied.

Quinn nodded at her friends answer and then turned back to watch Rachel making breakfast for her. Santana smiled at Brittany who was happily mixing pancake batter and got up just as they heard Tina coming into the room.

"Mike, why do you always have to contradict me? I'm not a kid, I'm a three hundred year old vampire for God sakes!"

Santana wrapped her arms around Brittany from behind and rested her hands on her stomach. She watched from the corner of her eye as Tina raided the fridge for something to eat.

"Tina, you can't just fight someone like Lauren! Your much smaller than her!"

Tina stopped what she was doing and turned to the Asian boy. "Excuse me?"

"Your much smaller than her, Tina! What if she hurt you yesterday?"

Tina rolled her eyes. "I'm trained just the same as Santana and Quinn, I'm not helpless Mike. I'm probably even better than you, so just back off! I may be your girlfriend, but I will not be ordered around. I won't take it"

Mike stared at Tina and frowned, waving his hand in frustration as he stormed out of the room. Tina looked at her friends. "Sorry guys"

Santana waved her hand. "Pfft. No sweat T"

"Trouble in paradise? Ow, Rach!" Quinn winced as Rachel stopped what she was doing and slapped her arm, turning back to the food in front of her as if nothing happened.

Tina grabbed a box of cereal and sat next to Quinn at the breakfast bar. "I guess you could say that. Ever since this crap with Finn started Mike's been boxing me in. He says he's protecting me but I feel like he's holding me back. I'm 300 years old! I'm trained in ancient vampire martial arts, it's not like I don't know how to protect myself. He'd rather just see me sat behind a computer whilst you guys and the rest of the team go out and fight the bad guys. Plus, he seems to be starting fights anywhere, and about any single little thing. I'm getting tired of it."

Quinn placed a comforting hand on Tina's shoulder. "It'll be ok T. Everything turns out good in the end."

"Thanks Q. I really hope so."

Quinn nodded and looked back at Rachel. The brunette walked up to her and sat on Quinn's left, which wasn't occupied. "Here you go baby" Rachel said as she kissed her on the cheek and placed the plate down in front of the blond.

Quinn smiled as she looked at the plate of bacon, then turned to Rachel and kissed her. "Thank you."

"No problem sweetie" Rachel grinned as she stroked her girlfriend's hair whilst she ate, Quinn using her free hand and placing it on Rachel's thigh as she munched on her bacon.

Santana was still holding Brittany from behind as she made breakfast.

"Morning Santana"

Santana tensed at the voice but turned slightly so that she could see Lauren looking in the fridge for something to eat. "Morning Lauren" Santana replied as she watched as Lauren nodded in response and picked out something to eat, then leaving the room.

Santana looked at Tina, Rachel, and Quinn who all shrugged, so she turned back to Brittany, who was nearly finished cooking.

"You ok?" Brittany asked, placing a kiss to Santana's cheek.

Santana nodded. "I think so. Come on, let's have breakfast"

Santana sat on the bed in her t-shirt and boxers. She was in the middle of changing into her clothes for the day, when she was stopped by Brittany who wanted to check her to make sure she was ok.

Brittany came in from the en-suite bathroom and knelt down in front of Santana, placing her hands on the waistband of her girlfriend's boxers. "You ok?" She asked as she looked up at the latina.

Santana nodded and looked away as Brittany pulled down her boxers just enough to see what was happening down below. After a few moments of silence, Brittany spoke.

"It seems to be ok, San. It's a little red and bruised but I think you feeding on me last night helped it a lot."

Santana nodded, ready to stand up and finish getting changed. However, Brittany had other ideas. She froze when she felt a soft kiss to the base of her length. The added sensitivity didn't help, causing her to react instantly to Brittany's touch.

"Britt..." Santana whined, not really wanting to go any further for fear of hurting herself.

"I was just making sure that it still worked, and from what I can see, it definitely still works" She smirked, placing another kiss to the base of Santana's member and smiling when the latina groaned.

She pulled up the latina's boxers and stood up, heading over to their shared duffle bag. Santana opened her eyes, confused as to why Brittany was nowhere near her. Shaking her head of her Brittany-induced haze, she decided it was probably for the best that they didn't go any further.

It was about five in the evening when Santana called the team meeting. They had ordered in and were sat eating their food in the dining room whilst they talked about the mission.

"So, Artie, what was it that you wanted to announce?" Santana asked around a mouthful of food.

"The strange green stuff you found at Little Sweden"

"Go ahead" She said as she took another bite of her burger.

"Right, so I've been doing some testing since we got back from Little Sweden and I've found out something major. It's a mix of creeper nuero toxin and concentrated silver. Once on a vampires skin, it burns the flesh, paralyzes, soaks in and infects the bloodstream, causing an extremely painful and slow death."

"Like a flesh eating virus?" Quinn asked.

Artie nodded. "Exactly. It eats away at your skin and basically eats you from the inside out. The interesting thing is, it looks like it's been specifically engineered for vampires, and affects ONLY vampires."

"What would happen if it got into the wrong hands?" Tina asked.

"That's the thing. It's already in the wrong hands, right from the start. With this potential bio-weapon, Finn and Damani can wreak havoc on the vampire nation and houses, taking out whoever they want, when they want, one by one."

"What about Finn and Damani? Surely it's dangerous to them too." Santana said as she ate another french fry.

"It's a possibility, but it's more than likely they took steps into protecting themselves, making themselves immune to it's effects."

"How would they do that?" Tina asked as she took a sip of her drink.

"Honestly? I don't know. I just know that Finn wouldn't want him and his right hand man vulnerable to a weapon that they created themselves. They'd look bad. It's not the best image for your house if you were killed by your own weapon."

Santana nodded at Artie and tried to think of what other issues they had. "What about the creeper prototype? I mean, that's one of the main reasons why we're here, because we need to find it. What happens when we kill it?"

Artie took another bite of his food. "That's a good question. I would say that if you kill the main prototype, all the new creepers that get created will be hollow clones. I think that the population will suffer, and eventually their DNA will become so weak that they'll be easy to wipe out completely. You never know, it might cause a wave strong enough that it will wipe out every creeper in the immediate vicinity. Just bare in mind that every creeper that you encounter at Sea-Arama will be of pure creation, and most likely a little harder to kill."

Santana nodded in acknowledgment. "Thanks Artie. The plan for tonight will be as follows. Sam, Mike, Matt, you'll be the canvas team, lead by Puck. Blaine, Mercedes, Kurt, you're the protection team for our tech's, lead by Mercedes. Sugar, you'll be working tech with Rachel, Brittany and Artie. Lauren, you'll be part of Mercedes' team. Do whatever she tells you. Tina, Quinn, and me will be the main team that goes into Sea-Arama. What we say goes. As soon as we deem it safe, we'll let you know when you're aloud to come into the place. Any questions?" Nobody said anything. "Good, suit up, I want you guys ready to leave and out front in an hour."

Everybody finished their food and got up and left the room, heading for their rooms. Brittany lead Santana to their room and closed the door behind them.

"Britt, you ok?"

Brittany nodded, walking over to a few stray shopping bags that were on the floor by the dresser.

"I got you this yesterday. I wanted it to be a surprise for your big mission today."

"What is it?" Santana asked as she watched Brittany rummage around in one of the bags.

"Well, Kurt helped me as he knew all your sizes and preferences, and he helped me pick out all the little matching accessories. Now, I know you like to wear a t-shirt when you go on a mission, but I thought that this would be cool, plus it also makes you look more intimidating and a total badass. And you know how much it turns me on when you go all badass"

Santana smiled as Brittany turned to her. She took a few steps towards the latina before handing her a bag with what looked like a jacket inside. Santana eyed Brittany before looking back down at the bag in her hands.

She sat on the edge of the bed, Brittany doing the same, and opened it carefully. She took the wrapper off and placed it at her feet before unfolding the piece of clothing. Her eyes lit up as she examined the black material, the way it seemed light but durable.

"It has an extra bit that you can un-attach if you want to just wear it like it is, or it has this awesome thing that attaches to the jacket to keep it secure."

"Keep what secure?"

"Your sword"

"What do you mean?"

"I'll show you" Brittany got up and walked over to the bags, pulling out another similar bag to the one before. She walked back up to Santana, handed it to her and grabbed her sword which was resting in it's sheath on the dresser. "Put it on and I'll show you"

Santana stood up and pulled off her t-shirt, reaching for her plain black mission one. She pulled it on and then reached for the jacket. Brittany reached it before her and helped her pull it on. She pulled up the sleeves to just below her elbows and left the zip undone so that you could see the shirt underneath. Brittany then unwrapped the second bag and weaved Santana's right hand through it so that it slung over her left shoulder like a sash. She adjusted it and then reached for the latina's sword, standing behind her and clipping the sheath into place, with the sword inside, and then facing Santana.

"This is my favourite part!"

"What do you mean?"

"Hold on and you'll see."

Brittany walked over to where Santana's sword had been and grabbed the sheath clip which the vampire usually used to clip the old brace to her shirt. It had been custom made and was given to Santana along with the sword and it's sheath. It matched the piece of decorative Kobejitsu branded metal detailing just above the sword's handle, where the blade met the grip.

Brittany smiled proudly as she walked up to Santana and clipped it into place just above her left breast where there was a specially made function to hold the brace into place upon the jacket. Brittany smiled proudly as she admired her purchase.

"Badass" She grinned as she eyed the jacket on Santana's perfect form.

"You like?" Santana said as she walked over to the mirror next to the dresser.

"Definitely" Brittany smiled as she walked up behind the latina and wrapped her arms around her waist.

"Thanks Britt-Britt. I love it" Santana said as she turned around and took Brittany into her arms, kissing her.

"My pleasure. Now come on, let's finish getting you changed. I have one more surprise for you"

Santana frowned in confusion and did as she was told. She changed into her mission cargo pants and sat on the edge of the bed once more. Brittany raided her shopping bags before finding what she was looking for and grinned a toothy smile as she sat down next to her girlfriend and handed her the box. Santana looked at the box in her hands and slowly opened it.

"I know how you like your Jordan's so Rachel helped me pick out a pair. I wanted to return the favor for the pair you got me the other day, so here you go. I know how you wear blacked out shoes when you go on a mission, so that's why their all back over. Apparently their really rare."

Santana cut Brittany's ramblings off with a kiss. "Thank you. And yes, they are rare. Their the Black Cat AJ3's. You know my favorite model of J's, and their awesome, plus they match my new jacket."

Santana kissed Brittany once more before pulling on her leg sheath's, placing the daggers inside and then pulled on the shoes. She stood up and adjusted the baggy part of her cargo pants and then stood in front of Brittany.

"What do you think?"

"Sexy" Santana chuckled. "If you weren't going on a mission I would so rip all of your clothes off right now and make you take me right there on the spot."

"As appealing as that sounds, I have a mission to lead."

Brittany nodded and kissed her passionately. When Santana pulled away, she knelt down in front of her and kissed the small swell of her stomach.

"Love you baby" Santana whispered to the bump, kissing it before standing up and kissing Brittany once more. "Come on, let's get you changed and get out of here."

Santana and the team pulled up outside Sea-Arama. She looked over to Tina as they stood outside their van.

"You got a birds eye view of this place, T?"

Tina nodded and brought up a birds eye view of Sea-Arama on her iPad and handed it to Santana.

"Ok, let's see" She studied the current satellite picture of the abandoned park. "Hold on" She said as she squinted at the screen. "Isn't that supposed to be empty?" She said as she handed it back to Tina.

The Asian girl and Quinn studied the screen and found that what used to be the main outside viewing tank where they did the main shows was in fact filled with water, including the two parts that branched into four sections which used to house the animals.

"When was that picture taken?" Santana asked.

Tina tapped around before looking up at her best friend. "A few months ago"

"That means there's a good chance that it's still filled. Change of plan. We'll take the back route and see what's in that main tank. It's filled for a reason, and I want to see just why it is. Finn's unpredictable, and he's got something in there that shouldn't be. Come on, let's go"

Rachel and Quinn kissed whilst Brittany pulled Santana into a loving kiss of their own. Santana wrapped her arms around her and kissed her lovingly. Whilst looking into her eyes seriously, she said, "I love you Brittany."

"I love you too"

"I don't know what we're going to come across but I love you, you know that right?"

Brittany nodded as she cupped the latina's face. "I know. I love you so much San"

She kissed Santana once again, the latina then kneeling down in front of her and placing her ear up against the small curve of her stomach. A few moments of content silence later, she turned her face so that she could kiss their baby.

"Love you too baby" She whispered as she kissed Brittany's stomach again.

Brittany smiled at the latina's actions as she kissed their baby. Santana stood up and kissed Brittany once more before hugging her and turning to face her team, who had fully gathered.

"Ok guys, my team is going to take the back. From what we can see on the satellite picture of this place the main tanks at the back are full of water. This could mean that there's something in there that shouldn't be. Knowing Finn, this is most probably true. Puck's team, you'll take the side and investigate the jet ski body of water until I say it's safe to enter the inside structure. Do NOT go inside until I tell you to. You find anything interesting, let me know immediately. Got it?"

She was met with a series of nods as she then drew her sword and dismissed them. She kissed Brittany once more before moving towards the main gate. Puck helped cut the main chain with his bolt cutters and they walked into the main grounds. It was risky walking in through the front gate, but Tina had confirmed that they had no detectable security measures in place.

They all walked together before they split up, Puck's team branching off to the right. Santana led her team around the main structure, dodging the entrance completely and heading towards the back tanks.

"Britt, you getting my camera feed?" Santana asked as she carefully made her way across the grass.

"I've got you baby"

"Good. Thanks babe"

She continued across the grass with Tina and Quinn in tow. Rounding the huge main structure, the main tank came into view. She led them towards it, her pace slowing down to a slow walk.

"T, can you get Sugar a live satellite feed of this place?"

"I don't know. Hold on, give me a second. Aha! I think I've got it!"

"Cool" Santana pressed her ear piece in. "Sugar, Tina's sending you something. Get it up on your temporary screen and tell me if there's anything ahead of us. It's a live satellite feed of Sea-Arama. Find us first and then go from there."

"Got it Santana. I'm bringing it up now." There was a few moments silence before she spoke again. "Ok, so me Rachel and Brittany are looking at it but for now we can't see anything. We can see you but your path looks clear from what we can see. Just be careful when you get to the tanks. We can't see from the satellite picture what's exactly in them, but it can't be good."

"Thanks, Sugar" She signed off and turned to Tina and Quinn. "You guys get that?"

The two women nodded. "Loud and clear" Quinn said.

"Got it S" Tina added.

"Ok, let's move"

She led them ahead at a slow pace, ready for whatever was ahead of them. She crept up to the main seating area which was now crumbled to the floor below, only a few thin sections left leading up to the platform above which led into the main structure.

"Talk about abandoned. Damani and Finn really did leave it like it was. Just means that whatever their doing here is in these tanks and inside the main building." Santana said as she inspected the crumbling seating area.

Looking much like stairs, people sat on them so that they could sit and watch the show in relative comfort without having to stand up all the way through the show that was being put on.

She put her foot up onto one of the sections and tested out how strong it was. She then looked over at Quinn and Tina. "I'm gonna try something"

"Be careful San" Quinn said as she watched her friend.

Santana smiled and looked up at the section.

Back in the van, Rachel looked at Brittany. "What is she doing?"

"You've got me, but you know Santana" She said as she shrugged.

They looked back at the screen to see what the latina was doing through her glasses cam. She carefully climbed up the section and when she reached the top she looked back down at Quinn and Tina. Smiling smugly, she didn't see the crumbling section under her feet.

"S, watch out!" Quinn called.

Santana caught her friend calling to her at the last minute and Quinn, Tina and everybody in the tech van watched as Santana tried not to hurt herself. She jumped just in time, the section under her feet crumbling. Jumping forward, Quinn and Tina moved out of the way just in time to avoid her, landing on her feet perfectly.

"Your lucky that was cool or else I would have punched you" Quinn said in a playful serious tone.

Santana laughed and turned towards the main tank, which seemed to be filled with deep, murky coloured water. She walked over to the tank cautiously with Tina and Quinn following her. Jumping down over the debris, the three women studied the metal fencing which had glass behind it so that you could see into the tank.

"These bars seem to be new" Quinn said as she inspected the squared bars.

"Definitely" Tina agreed as she tapped them with her knuckles.

Santana briefly eyed the bars but she was more interested in what was behind them. "This glass seems new too" She said as she eyed the glass.

"It looks like Damani restored it to keep something in here" Tina said as she eyed whole front of the tank.

"I wonder what's in there" Quinn said as she looked through the crossed bars, past the glass and into the murky water that occupied the tank.

"Beats me" Santana shrugged.

Quinn couldn't have asked the question sooner. Something of a large size swam by the three women, hitting the glass with a loud thud and catching the three vampire's by surprise.

"Fuck!" Santana cursed as she jumped back away from the tank.

"What the hell?!" Quinn yelled in surprise.

"Sugar, did you guys get that?" Tina asked.

"We sure did. Quinn's shirt cam caught it the best."

"I'm so glad we upgraded our camera's so that we could all wear them" Tina said in relief.

Thanks to Tina, the team had in fact upgraded a few days ago. She had been working on it for a while now with Mercedes, trying to find a viable way in which the whole team could wear camera's all at the same time, being able to capture everything that they saw. Of course, they still had their gun cams and Santana's glasses cam, but Tina felt it was one of her greatest technology breakthrough's.

Looking back at Santana, she said, "Quinn's shirt cam caught that the best. Whatever it is, it's not nice, and it knows we're here."

Santana nodded in agreement. "At least we know that something's in there though. It seemed big, whatever it was. Let's keep moving"

She led them around to the smaller of the two branches and they searched the area.

"Their keeping something in here that they shouldn't be. I don't like it" Santana said as she looked down at the holding pen.

"S, I think the gate is up" Quinn said as she looked at the edge of the circle which led to the main tank.

"What do you mean?" Santana asked.

"The gate they use to lower to let the animals into the main tank is raised. It must mean that something's in here" Quinn said as she neared the gate.

"Careful. If something is in here, it's not nice."

Santana looked over at Tina. "Can you get a reading or something?"

"There's nothing in there, but there might be on the other side with the bigger of the four pens" Tina said as she tapped away on her iPad.

"Good work T. Let's move"

Santana made her way over towards the bigger holding pens, which was also filled with water. Whilst her and Quinn inspected the main holding pen, Tina slowly checked the perimeter. Looking out, she could just see the fence. Taking one last look, she was about to turn around and join her best friend's when she heard a whimper. She spun around on her feet to face the direction in which the sound had come from.

She took a few steps in the sounds direction and she heard another strangled whimper. It seemed to be human, but she couldn't be sure. She moved in closer and found herself facing a well-like structure. She stood in front of it and looked down. It wasn't deep, but it was deep enough so that whatever was in there couldn't get out.

Glancing back at Santana and Quinn, she turned back to the well and peered over the top. She couldn't see anything due to the darkness, but she could hear another strangled whimper come from deep within it. Grabbing her torch from her belt, she put away her iPad and shone the light down the narrow passage.

She caught a glimpse of what she thought was eyes, but couldn't see anything else. She smelt the air and could definitely smell a human. Another whimper came from the well and she decided that it was of no harm.

"Hello?" She called out, getting no reply. "Is anybody down there? I'm not here to hurt you I just want to help." Listening for anything at all, she still got nothing. She was about to turn away and leave when she heard a faint call for help.

"Help me...p-please" she stuttered.

Tina looked back down the well and shone her light down into it. Surprisingly, she caught sight of what seemed to be a girl.

"Are you ok?" Tina asked.

"I-I need to get o-out o-of here" she stuttered.

"Ok, hold on" Tina looked around for something to pull the girl out.

"T-there's a rope o-on the floor b-beside the w-well"

Tina looked around and found said rope before grabbing it. "Ok, I'm going to throw it down to you. I want you to grab hold of it tightly and not ever let go of it."

"O-ok"

The girl watched on as Tina tied the rope around the hook that was on top of the well's wall. She then threw it down to the girl and grabbed a hold of the top of it tightly in her hands. Gripping it tightly, she called down.

"Ready?"

"Y-yes"

Tina got ready and tugged on the rope, pulling it tightly. She held on to it with both hands as she used all of her in-human strength to pull the girl out. When she had managed to pull the girl to the top, she pulled her out over the well's wall, unaware of what was about to happen next. She helped the other girl out, and tried to grab a hold of her at the same time. Failing, Tina fell back with an arm still around her. The girl landed on top of her, Tina's arm wrapped around her waist.

"Oof!" Tina huffed as she fell to the floor.

The girl landed on top of her, winding her temporarily. Catching her breath, Tina sat up with the girl still on top of her. The Asian girl grabbed her hand as she helped her to her feet.

"You ok?" Tina asked as she checked the girl over.

"I-I think so. T-thank you for s-saving m-me" She stuttered. Tina remembered how it felt to be in her position with a stutter like that.

"I'm Tina, by the way" Tina said as she offered her hand to her.

The girl took her hand and shook it. "I-I'm M-Marley"

"Hi. How long have you been down there?"

"I d-don't know."

Tina nodded. "I'm gonna get you out of here, ok?" Tina looked over at Santana and Quinn. "San, Quinn, over here"

The two women looked over to see Tina and a battered and bruised girl. They walked up to Tina and the girl stood next to her instantly recoiled in fright.

"It's ok" Tina whispered as the girl turned to her and nuzzled into her side. Tina tensed, but relaxed a little when she realized what was going on. It clicked in her brain why the girl recoiled, because she seemed to be the only person that she could trust. Tina wrapped an arm around Marley's shoulders and pulled her into her, knowing that she needed comfort.

"Who's this?" Santana asked as she walked up to her.

"This is Marley. I pulled her out of the well over there."

"Good work T" Tina nodded. "Let's get her back to the van and then make our move towards the main structure."

Tina nodded and kept her arm around her shoulders, making her feel safe. Santana led the way with Quinn next to her, whilst Tina trailed behind with Marley.

Once at the van, Santana opened the door to reveal Sugar, Artie, Rachel and Brittany.

"This is Sugar, Artie, Rachel and my girlfriend Brittany. This is Marley." Santana said, introducing everybody, smiling when she got to Brittany, kissing her quickly. She motioned for Marley to get in van, but the girl just shied into Tina a little more. "It's ok, they won't eat you, their really nice" Santana said, smiling the best she could.

When Marley didn't do anything, she turned to Quinn who just shrugged. She rubbed her temples and sighed, wondering what she could do. "Ok" She said after a few moments of thinking. "T, you stay here with Marley. Blaine, your with me taking T's place. Everybody go"

Tina nodded at Santana and got into the van, sitting down at the back out of the way of the team's techs. Marley curled into Tina's side, shy of everybody else in the van.

Santana closed the van's door and turned to Quinn and Blaine. "Let's move out"

The three of them started moving back towards the front gate. They entered the property again and made a move towards the front entrance. Looking at the walkway, Santana decided to take it slow.

"Guys, you getting this?" She asked as she radioed back to the techs.

"Got you Santana" Rachel said.

"Thanks Rach. Come on guys" She started walking down the walkway with Quinn and Blaine on either side of her.

"S?"

"Yeah, Q?"

"Have we had anything from Puck's team yet?"

"As a matter of fact we haven't hold on" She pressed her ear piece in "Puck, your team ok?"

"Yeah, got you S. Sorry for the delay in reports. We found something interesting"

"What?"

"This weird creature jumped out at us and caught Matt by surprise."

"Is Matt ok?"

"He's fine. He fell over but didn't get hurt majorly."

"Good. What was the thing?"

"It was this weird sea creature thing. It had this deformed human face and had this weird mermaid-like tail. It was white all over with super sharp teeth"

"You got a really good look at it?"

"Yep. Don't ask me how though"

"Ok, keep your eyes open and see if you can get another look at it. Let me know if you find anything else"

"Got you S"

And with that he signed off. Santana returned her hand to her sword as they reached the entrance.

"Entering the main structure now"

"Got you San. We've got your back"

"Thanks T"

Entering the building, they were met with crumbling walls and ceilings.

"Looks as if they have their main labs somewhere else." Quinn said as they walked up over crumbling debris.

They made their way into the main area which was basically a large circular room. They walked in deeper until they reached what was supposed to be the oceanarium. Blaine and Santana took a look around whilst Quinn looked into the main area. It was filled with water, but she had a feeling that there was more to it.

"Guys..." Quinn trailed off.

Santana and Blaine looked over at their friend and moved to either side of her.

The water ripped in front of them, as if something was moving deep underneath it. Before they knew it, the ripples grew more and more prominent, and something jumped out of the water so fast that they could hardly see it before it disappeared into the murky depths once more.

"What the fuck?" Santana cursed, looking intensely at the surface of the water. "From what I could see that looked like what Puck was describing. Hold on, I have an idea"

"S, what are you doing?" Blaine asked.

"The next time it jumps up, I'm going to try and spear it"

"With what?" Blaine asked in surprise.

"My sword"

"San, that's crazy!" Quinn said.

"You have any other ideas?"

Quinn looked around and found a large metal pole discarded not too far away from the main tank. She walked over to it and picked it up, dropping it in front of Santana. Getting her friends way of thinking, Santana gripped her sword tightly and brought it down on the metal pole at an angle, cutting it in a way that made it look like it could pierce something painfully. Grabbing hold of the pole after she sheathed her sword, she prepared herself for when the creature made it's next appearance.

"San..." Quinn trailed off, Santana and Blaine watching as the water rippled again.

"I see it. Stand back" Santana said, Blaine and Quinn doing as they were told.

The water rippled even more and the creature jumped out at a fast speed. Santana saw the split second opportunity before it happened and threw the make-shift spear at the creature as it jumped at her. The pole drove through it's chest and came out the other side, impaling it upon it.

Santana landed on uneven debris with the creature on top of her. She immediately threw it off her and pulled herself up onto her feet.

"What the fuck is that?" She cursed as she looked at the creature lying on the floor motionless. "T, are you getting this?"

"Yep. Crystal clear"

"This place is fucked up."

"What's our next step?" Quinn asked.

Santana didn't have time to answer as she felt something collide with the back of her neck, making her feel extremely drowsy.

TBC

[Anybody who wants to know what Santana's jacket looks like, it's the one that Rubi wears in the video game called 'Wet', just that Santana's version is black not brown.]