Deep Blue Sea
Chapter Ten
Commander Crane was ready to enter the crawler inside the transport in order to be lowered at the destination. Seaview and Captain Lee Crane, along with Patterson and a communications officer Patrick Donalds aka Sparks were waiting for the crawler to be dropped down slowly by the pulleys at the back entrance of the transport.
They were at the lowest lever possible for any plane to be without having to crash. Rose Marie was holding her breath inside once she felt the crawler moving out. Both pilots were holding onto the controls to making sure the crawler would land safely onto the water.
Meanwhile Crane, Patterson and Donalds were in diving suits to jump into the water to meet up with the crawler. Once they get started setting up the special atmosphere inside to compensate with the atmosphere inside the ocean floor or else everyone would blow up.
Five minutes more and the entire crawler was dropped onto the water and the ropes coming off by Rose Marie moving out from inside to let loose the four ropes and giving the signal for them to leave and head back to the air base.
Captain Lee Crane, Patterson and Donalds swam over to the crawler some five hundred feet. While Admiral Nelson and Chip Morton would be keeping track of them on radar and sonar going down under to the deepest part.
Making it over and meeting up with Rose Marie. She was able to tell Lee that everything was working correctly inside including the four cameras for which they will be recording the entire time.
"How was trip Rose Marie?" Lee asked with seeing the look on her face to tell him she was scared as hell and probably everyone else will be as well being scared with the mission.
"You don't have to asked Lee. Otherwise the crawler is ready to head down once we check in with the Seaview." Commander Crane said with moving over to the entrance hatchway to climb down inside as with the other three to settle into their positions.
Moments later...
Lee and Rose Marie were sitting in the front with the controls and tied into their seat belts as with everyone else. Breathing the air was now mixed with the inside chamber of the crawler. Lee asked Donalds open a channel to the Seaview.
Admiral Nelson picked up the mike from the plotting table with Commander Morton and Executive Officer Stu Riley to be working this shift to help everyone inside the Control room to keep tabs on the crawler before moving inside. No one wasn't going to take any chances with losing the four crew members and the crawler.
Nelson asked Captain Crane on how were the controls and the air mixture.
"Everything is working fine sir. We will be moving down in a few moments. Wish us luck Admiral!" Crane said with Nelson coming back with a response...
"Good luck and everyone on board the Seaview is preying for the best. Nelson out!" As he places the mike back behind the plotting table to wait now with the mission starting up.