"Here we are, this is the place we were looking when we found you" Maggie pointed to pods. Dylan swam up to it and dusted off the nameplate.
"Vincent Morun" he read, as he checked the machine, "It's has… no power"
"It can be possible that an underwater earthquake caused a malfunction in some of the machines keeping them alive." Maggie replied rubbing her arm, "We didn't check all of them… Maybe some are okay?"
Dylan started checking all the machines. He was desperately looking for an undamaged pod. The Inklings and Maggie could only watch. They hadn't a clue what to look for. He stopped at one. He slowly dusted it off and whimpered.
"An-Andrew…Lehrer… " He desperately checked the pod, "No… No… No!"
The window was cracked. The boy inside looked like he was peacefully asleep, but the body was surrounded by water. Dylan started crying as he placed his head against the glass. He looked to the side and noticed another pod. The pod didn't look damaged. He swam to it and dusted it off.
"Angela… Atanyagul…" He looked into the glass to see a long black haired girl wearing glasses sleeping.
She was hugging a black stuffed bunny. Her pod looked undamaged, but the screen was softly blinking. Dylan pressed on the screen. The screen showed her status, it read heart failure and deceased on it. He started crying as he placed his hands on the glass.
"She… She's dead… She died and she promised she would see me again… She can't be dead… Not like this!"
Char swam to him and hugged him. He held her tightly as his tears streamed down his face.
"She can't be dead! She promised! She promised she wouldn't leave me all alone!"
"Is there anything we can do Maggie?" Leon asked her
"I can try to revive her… but the chances for that… isn't very likely." Maggie just looked away and shook her head, "I don't know how long she has been dead for or if I can possibly understand how she died."
"We wouldn't know if we don't try!" Leon swam to Angela's pod, "Maybe we can save her!"
"You can?" Dylan asked.
"We can try… What do we need to do?"
"The screen says she died from heart failure. It's not possible to save her unless we have a human heart that produced compatible blood for her"
"How is that possible if she was frozen? Her heart would have been stopped when her body was frozen. Technically her heart would have already been stopped and therefore failed"
"If her blood wasn't drained properly it could have froze and damaged her heart"
"What do you think, Mary?" Maggie press the side of the helmet
"To revive a heart damaged from freezing?" Mary replied, "I guess I could try. The thing is… I'm not a doctor, let alone a human one."
"I'm a doctor!" a small voice squeaked
"Who are- Connie?!" Maggie exclaimed
"Hello, I had to bug you guys… because you wouldn't stop lying about Chompie. Nevermind that I am a doctor. I can help you as a thank you."
"A octoling that hasn't even gain the abilities to control her form yet is a doctor?!" Maggie face-palmed.
"I can prove it. Here"
"I actually can't believe it myself… I was watching her perform surgery on her sister" Pastelli replied, "Chompie is now in stable condition"
"I'll take it… Okay just disconnect the machine carefully. I'll call Trade Wind to fetch someone..."
"Oh the scary mister? He wouldn't stop glaring at me."
"Well I hope you don't mind Acrilic" Marigo smirked
"Wait what?" Acrilic asked, "I never agreed to this"
"It's an emergency, have a heart Acrilic"
"Tsk, fine… So how am I supposed to get there?"
A familiar trill echoed from the mic.
"Hey you let her go!," Acrilic growled.
"Hehehe That tickles!" Pastelli laughed as Wind wraps her body around Pastelli
"Arooo" Wind looked at Acrilic as he tried to grab her.
She flew away from him. She scattered to water vapor. She appeared behind him and wrapped herself around him to stop him from attacking her. He sparked and tried to shock her. She just tilts her head, and cooed. She touched her antennae on his body. Pastelli walked up to her and held out her hand. Wind touched her antenna on Pastelli's hand. Pastelli petted her. Wind released Acrilic and cuddled up with Pastelli.
"Well, there's your ride…" Mary replied, "She's a bit childish… but at least she's quick. Stop messing around Wind bring them here"
"Aroo!"
The transmission cut and Maggie looked at all the squids staring at her.
"Well alright let's get that pod out of here!" Maggie passed everyone a tool, "No time to lose! Go go go!"
"Right!" Everyone quickly got to work.
They started removing the pod. Chizel returned to the sub to get a spare battery to temporarily connect the pod to. They connected everything to the battery and made their way back to the sub. They secured the pod to the sub.
"Okay will Char, Leon, you're not going to like this but we'll be going up to the surface quickly. It's going to VERY rocky"
Char and Leon looked at each other in dismay. They just sighed and sat down. The sub quickly started to surface. It was shaking so hard that everything in the sub bounced around. The sub finally reached ocean's surface. Leon and Char looked horrible. The sub quickly docked at Maggie's house and everyone except for Leon and Char got off.
"D-don't wor-*urp* worry about us we'll catch up…" Leon groaned
Acrilic, Pastelli, and Connie waited for them in the lab.
"This your house are you nuts?!" Pastelli covered her mouth, "You can die living here!"
"Which makes it cheap." Maggie replied, "That's not the problem. Could you supply energy to that device?"
"Humph, if it make Pastelli happy to save someone, then I guess it couldn't hurt to lend a hand" Acrilic replied
"You're the best!" Pastelli kissed his cheek
"Well okay." Mary connected the cables to his tentacles, "Okay Dylan, let's open it up"
"Okay," he pressed some buttons and the machine started heating up.
The machine hissed as steam blew out of it. Red liquid was injected into her body, but she still didn't move or stirred. The door open with a hiss, and a book fell out from pod. Dylan picked up the book and opened it. There was drawing and sketches of video games and various of other things. Dylan's tears fell onto the page with two yellow rabbits with thunderbolt tail.
"You can't die… You can't be dead… You were always there for me. We're always playing together. I want to spend more time with you..."
"You are going to have to move Dylan…" Connie smiled as she placed her tentacles on his shoulder, "She'll be in good hands. I promise…"
Dylan walked to the room they were staying in. Jazzy gave him a smile. Char groggily sat up and went to go give him a hug. Leon joined in the hug. Dylan just held them tightly as he sobbed in their arms.
"She must have been someone so special to you..."
"Andrew, Angela, and I were the best of friends. We grew up together. We would played video games all the time, forget about homework until last minute. We had good days and bad day, but not matter what we were always together…" Dylan stopped for a minute to take a couple of breaths, "Until the sea started making its way into the main land. Our family became worried, and we were sent into a lab to be frozen. During the our time there. We made a promise that we would hang out like we always did. Angela made us each a stuffed bunny. I got a white one, Andrew had a spotted one, and Angela had a black one."
"Oh I see. What were they like?" Char asked
"Andrew's kinda a goofy guy. He would do the dumbest things just to make us laugh. He could be quite an airhead at times, but totally loyal. When he wanted something it was hard to get him to think about something else. He could be lazy and stubborn, but he was a kind guy. Angela is rather quiet and shy when you first meet her, but after you get to know her, she's pretty outgoing. She loved to make things and draw. She would always try to brighten everyone's day. She would listen to everything you would have to say. I really miss her voice."
"They sound like very nice people, Dylan. Don't worry I'm sure she'll pull through just fine." Leon grinned, "If she's anything like you, she's tough!"
"Hey, how about you rest Dylan?" Char suggested, "You must be exhausted from swimming everywhere, right?"
"I guess I am kinda drained… Physically and emotionally." Dylan replied
"Here, why don't you just take a nap?" Chizel patted the bed, "I'll get you when your friends is up and about."
"Okay, I guess…" He climbed into the bed, and Leon pulled the covers to Dylan's chest.
"Have a nice nap, okay?" Char smiled, "Everything will be okay."
"Um, Char, Leon, could you stay here? I just don't want to be alone right now."
Leon and Char looked at each other, but smiled at Dylan.
"Of course, we'll stay." Leon messed with his hair, "Whatever you want, buddy."
"Char, could you hold my hand… just until I sleep?"
"Um… Oh, o-okay" she gently held his hand, "Like th-this?"
"Thank you"
"N-no problem…" she sat on the bed, looking away.
Jazzy and Chizel walked outside and gently closed the door behind them. It wasn't long before Dylan fell asleep. Leon sat down beside Char and quietly watched Dylan's chest move up and down. Char noticed Dylan started crying in his sleep. She changed into her squid form and squeezed between his arm and wrapped her tentacles around him. Leon squeezed in too. He also hugged Dylan. Dylan tightly held them until his tears finally stopped. When he was finally peacefully resting. Char and Leon changed back and quietly watched him.
"...What are we going to do if she doesn't pull through?" Char whispered, "He'll be crushed"
"For now there isn't anything we can do, but wait and hope for the best." Leon looked back at Dylan
-Author's Notes-
... I don't really have much to say here... Yeah I know there is something about this chapter that's off... Real people's names, beside Dylan's. IF you know who these guys are PLEASE DON'T MENTION WHO THEY ARE... They'll kill me... then I wouldn't be able to write anymore ( from embarrassment mostly). (Except for Dylan. He's cool with it). Thanks by the way Buddy!
Anyways what do you think? Should I change anything? Thanks for reading!
