Nighttime in Rapture.
As Tenenbaum stepped aside Jack entered her room, The room also functioned as a small hospice for the any of the wounded girl, Be it a slight bruise or worse.
Jack also spotted chemistry equipment behind a curtain, The various chemicals appeared mostly used or empty, Tenenbaum's been busy jack thought.
"Please, Take a seat" Tenenbaum said as she walked over to a small cabinet and grabbed two wine glasses and a bottle of Arcadia Merlot one of Raptures most popular wines, Not that there were many other options in a city miles under the ocean.
As Jack sat down in a chair he took a look outside the window, Despise all the Adam addicted murderous splicers and violent big daddies roaming its ruins, Rapture looked absolutely stunning, Almost like ancient Rome but a lot wetter.
As Bridgit walked over and put the two wine glasses and bottle onto the small coffee table in between them, She poured the two of them each a glass of wine and continued to sit across from him in a very comfortable looking red chair.
"The city light make the ocean look lovely at night doesn't it?" She said as she gazed out the window, Her eyes following a passing small dolphin.
"Yes, Very relaxing and soothing" Jack said as he grabbed the wine glass and took a small zip, He never fully appreciated the wine, usually he just shrugged it down.
"So very lovely" Bridgit said still looking at the small dolphin making its way through the underwater city.
"But, Like this city, Also very vicious" As she said that Jack could see the small defenceless dolphin being mauled to death by a great white shark.
"That dolphin outside, Very much like me and the girls, Is quite defenceless when met with any hostility" Bridgit said as he took a zip from her glass.
"Good thing you have me the, I'll keep all of them, Including you save until we make it out of here" Jack replied while trying not focus to much on the slaughter outside.
"I know, But we cannot stay inside the sanctuary waiting for someone to help us" She replied.
"What we need is to repair the submarine, It will take time yes, But I don't see any other way out of this city" She continued while walking over to a switch which lowered the shutter.
"My thoughts exactly, But we need parts, Bolts screws and tubes should be easy to gather, While electronical parts pose a bigger problem" Jack responded.
"Well that's our main priority" Tenenbaum said, "We also have more trivial items to worry about" She replied as she gently rocked the wine inside it's glass.
"Such as…" Jack said with a questionable look on his face, "What can be more important than getting as quickly as possible out of Rapture?" Jack questioned.
"Food, Water, Health, Both you me and the girls cannot survive on the small pep bars and salty sea water that I managed to acquire" Bridgit said with a worried look on her face.
Jack sighted "I guess your right, No point in saving them if they starve before we make it out of the city".
"We should start with that, A big supply of food and water should at least lower some of the stress on both us and the girls" Tenenbaum said as she stood up and grabbed a list of places that might contain food water and medical equipment.
"You have already cleared out the fighting McDonagh right? You should start looking for water over there, That McDonagh was a great man, But also a terrific crook, Watered down the beers and liquors without much of its patrons knowing" Bridgit replied as she handed Jack the list.
"The fighting McDonagh, That's the place where…" Jack's voice drifted off into the distance.
"The place where?..." Bridgit asked him with a confused look on her face.
"One of the girls, Masha, I found a audio diary belong to her mother in one of the rooms, They…" Jack stopped for a moment, "They could not live with the idea of their daughter having become a little sister for eternity, They…, They took their own life" Jack explained to a slightly shocked Bridgit.
"Don't ever tell her of this, If she only knew she could…" Before she could finish her sentence the sound of a object falling outside the room caught their attention, As Jack opened the door one of the young girls was standing outside the door crying her eyes out.
As Jack kneeled down to comfort the girl he was shocked to discover it was the girl he just spoke about a moment ago, Masha.
"Masha, What are you doing here, You should be in bed" Jack told the young girl while patting her shoulder.
"I, I had a bad dream, I wanted to get a glass of water but then I heard you and mama Tenenbaum speak" She replied while sobbing.
"Mister, Are my parents really death?" She looked at Jack with the most heart wrenching look he ever saw.
"Yes, I'm so very sorry Masha" Jacked said while looking at the girls shoes unable to look her in the eyes.
Masha started crying so loud it woke up the other children who where very confused by the situation.
"I'll have to see them, I have to see who they were" Masha said as she sprinted towards the hole in the wall.
"Masha no! It's to dangerous" Bridgit screamed at the girl while Jacked ran over to her trying to pull her back out, But he was to late, She was already gone.
"Mr bubbles you have to find her" Some of the girls yelled running towards him in their pyjama's.
"I will, Bridgit, You watch them while I'm gone" Jack spoke to her as her ran towards the stairs leading to the entrance.
" I will, Be careful Jack" She responded from down the stair.
Jack had to reach her before any of the splicers or worse could.
Will Jack make it to the fighting McDonagh in time to save Masha, How will she react when finding the corpses of her parents? And what dangerous will the encounter along the way?
Stay tuned.
fin.