I have no excuse for how late this is. But I've started rewatching the entire series this week and I got inspired. So this is the next chapter. It's another multi-chapter piece like the circus arc was. But don't worry, I am literally jumping straight into part 2 once I've uploaded this part.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10, only my OC

Abigail's PoV

Workers reported sightings of a half man-half fish caught on their cameras. I've contacted some old friends who have already spoken with the researchers to swear them to secrecy and have erased all footage except what you've got." Grandpa was explaining over loudspeaker while I studied the footage from the deep sea cameras. There were rusted orange bars at the forefront of the screen with white ceramic crockery peeking out of the sand behind them. The untamed ocean growth spread over the wall behind it, rendering the wall's art invisible.

"Thanks grandpa. Last thing we need is the workers blabbing about what they think they saw." I rubbed my eyes, trying to ease the computer strain. "Tell me about what's going on with you. How're Ben and Gwen? Have they killed each other yet?"

"Not yet. Since you left we've been keeping busy." he reassured me. I could practically hear him smiling warmly through the phone.

"That's good."

"And how are you doing?"

"Well I'm still confined to bed rest until I turn thirty. I'm able to walk without someone helping though. Makes going to the bathroom less stressful." I tried my best to laugh about it now it was over. When I woke up the first time, it wasn't long before I learnt mobility was not on my side for the foreseeable future and needed one of the guys to support me while I hobbled to and from the bed. It only got worse when I eventually needed a shower. Up until that point, I did not know aliens could go so red.

"It was stressful for all of us." Ditto yelled over the comms, having heard the end of my conversation. Ditto was the main person on shower duty as he was able to support me from multiple positions quickly in the event I collapsed. While Ditto wouldn't have been my first choice of awkward companionship while showering in my underwear, my go to would have been harmed by the amount of water.

"You're acting like you even saw anything Ditto. I was decent each time." I rolled my eyes at his dramatics.

"Well it sounds like you've got your hands full. You make sure to call me if you need anything."

"I will. Bye grandpa." With that I ended the call before returning to the screens in front of me. "Okay there are no scheduled tours or dives in the area for the next few weeks so we're clear there. You still up for this Diamondhead? We can just send the drones instead." On the side of one screen I had the vitals and comm signal for Diamondhead, Ditto and Grey Matter with the rest being taken up by a video feed of inside the ship from Diamondhead's point of view.

"What happened to this being a once in a lifetime experience?" Diamondhead joked over the comm. "I'd be more worried about how we're bringing this guy back seeing as he can't breathe up here."

The breathing part had been something to plan for before the mission. Grey Matter and myself had spent the best part of a day trying to come up with a way for Ripjaws to be able to breathe outside of the ocean. We eventually settled on some apparatus that went around his neck with pods of water that his gills could access. The idea may have only dawned on us after scrolling through social media and seeing a fandom post about the Hellboy movies which also had a fishy friend on land.

"My invention will work! Once he's wearing it, it will start working immediately." Grey Matter cried out faintly. Grey Matter had a bit of a mad scientist vibe lately with some of the inventions he's come up with. I've had to ban him from the internet after he tried to buy uranium from some third world country.

"I'm sure it will Grey Matter. Now Diamondhead, you should be minutes away from the crash site. Once you leave the sub we will only be able to talk to you but you won't be able to talk back. Do you remember the hand signs we went over to communicate?"

"How can I forget? There was a whole slideshow!" Static filled the video portion of my screen before inside the submarine.

"Are you sure you're okay doing this?" While being underwater is always exciting on paper, it's much more nerve wracking when it's actually happening.

"Abi, any unmanned machines that have gone near Ripjaws have been torn apart. Any robots we send down will end up the same. And Diamondhead is our best option for surviving the atmospheric pressure down there. As well as anything else that's lurking." Grey Matter sighed. "Diamondhead will be fine down there."

"Yeah, no need to worry." Ditto added. The video feed showed Diamondhead entering the chamber that led outside. Due to the depth of the wreck it was dangerous for most of us to leave the submarine. While Ditto was able to breathe underwater, they were a lot less dense and would be crushed by the weight of the atmosphere. Petrosapiens on the other hand were quite literally built to withstand the pressure of the ocean and then some. I'm pretty sure they could survive comfortably in the pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

"Ready to submerge." Diamondhead's voice crackled slightly over the comm. The footage quickly darkened as sunlight wasn't reaching as far down as had traveled. The lights attached to his suit flickered to life giving a very limited view of the seabed beneath him. Full scuba gear wasn't necessary as the oxygen tank sat between the two spikes on his back.

Diamondhead's movement was slower than normal, the water making his actions seem sluggish, like he was concussed. The familiar orange of the rust from the crew's footage came into view as a crystal hand pointed forward. There was no existing hand signal for going forward that we could find so we had to make one up ourselves.

"Hey you're doing it!" Ditto exclaimed.

"Great job Diamondhead. Just take it slow alright. Remember the plan?" I received the a-ok hand gesture in response as orange was slowly becoming more obvious on the screen than blue.

There was a faint knocking on the door to my room before it opened. In the doorway was Heatblast who smiled before stepping in, closing the door again. "Hey." I smiled, having muted myself on the comms so I wasn't a distraction. Heatblast carried some painkillers and my water bottle.

"How's it going?" he asked, peering around the screen to see what I had up. He gently placed my water and meds down on my bedside table.

"He's just arrived at the wreckage and has gone in." I told him. I leaned over as much as I could with my still healing injury to glance at the other screen which held layouts of the wreck. Or at least, the parts which had been documented. Seeing where he was approaching, I quickly unmuted myself so I could speak. "There's probably going to be a big drop which will take you straight down to the base. Try explore the higher parts first before you head down. Also try not to destroy the area if you can. This is a delicate place." Another a-ok then silence again. I turned to Heatblast who was watching the same thing. "How's Four Arms? I haven't heard from him today."

"He's watching TV with Buzzshock. They've been arguing about whether they were 'on a break' or not. Whatever that means."

"Ah. They weren't, by the way." The screens were making my eyes sting from the brightness I had them to see anything happening. I shuddered. "I can't help but think something's going to go wrong."

"Do you need me to do anything?"

"Stay? Keep me company." He sat down on the bed which easily fit the both of us with room to spare. It was quiet while we all watched Diamondhead explore the murky waters. Grey Matter and Ditto were watching the same footage from the ship which was hovering above the sub's drop site. As close as they were, if anything did go wrong, there was no way for them to get to Diamondhead to help. If anything unexpected happened, he could easily be sentenced to a watery grave.

"I just still can't believe Ripjaws is hiding in the RMS Titanic."

Yeah, so the Titanic! I felt I just had to include the Titanic for Ripjaws because it is such a tragic yet fascinating piece of history which I have always been intrigued by.

I still would like to hear who you would like to see introduced after Ripjaws. I know Ripjaws wasn't really on the list last time, but I figured after such a long wait you guys would rather anything than nothing.