Salutations!
Here's chapter 2 of Stranded! So, before we begin, for those of you that haven't played Subnautica, it's a freaking good game, and you all should play it. This basically follows the storyline of the game, but with RWBY characters instead of the default game characters.
Anyway, shout out to dandyrr0403 for supporting my writing. Thank you! And another shout out to my bro AROS3 NIGHTMARE. Go check out his profile. He writes Outlast and RWBY Crossovers, and RWBY x Male Reader stuff.
And at the moment I have the flu, so please don't be surprised if this chapter comes out a little shorter than most. That may or may not happen.
Anyway, on to the story!
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Chapter 2: Distress Call
Ruby woke up the morning after her rant. She had a headache. She slowly moved her hand up to her head, only to be greeted by a sharp pain, and the sight of crimson liquid on her hand.
She sighed. I must've hit my head last night in my sleep she thought. She went to her first aid kit fabricator, and took out a small case with a large red cross on it. She opened it up, unwrapped the bandages from her head, and put disinfectant on a clean one, before wrapping the clean bandage around her head.
She winced when she put the new one on. The disinfectant stung her wound. After the pain disappeared, she put the dirty bandages into the box. She closed it up and put it in the storage compartment of the life pod.
How did I only remember about this now? She thought. Digging through the storage, she found two flares, two bottles of disinfected water, and two nutrient blocks. She looked at them and spoke to herself out loud. "I'll keep these for emergencies."
After spending a few more minutes in the escape pod, she climbed up the ladder leading to the hatch. She opened it and half-closed her eyes when the light hit her. Her eyes finally adjusted. She saw the Aurora, and the sight sent a chill down her spine, despite this not being her first time seeing it.
With a sigh, Ruby put her mask on and jumped into the water. She grabbed a few boomerangs and some peepers. She also picked up some bladderfish. Satisfied with what she had, she decided to go take a look around.
She found a group of strange creatures that resembled manatees. Their eyes glowed green and they looked like they had gas masks attached to their faces. These creatures also had large, bulbous tails with glowing green patches on them.
Upon closer inspection, the creature that Ruby was looking at spewed green balls out of its tail. They exploded, leaving green gas in the water. Ruby coughed upon getting her face in the gas, and went to the surface. She realized that the gas was poisonous, but luckily not enough to deal too much damage in such a short time.
"Alright. Never go neat those creatures again!" Ruby exclaimed. She went back to her life pod, made more bottles of water, cooked some peepers, and rested for a little.
She then exited through the bottom hatch of the pod. She was taking in the sight of the beautiful scenery. Despite seeing the sights so many times before, they still captivated her. She would discover so many new creatures in a day.
In certain ways, some creatures made her think of certain people. For example, crashfish made her think of Yang, because she has such an explosive personality. Even her semblance allowed her to pretty much explode. And crashfish, well, exploded. And then shuttlebugs made her think about Blake, because they were quiet creatures.
While these thoughts did bring pain to her, they also made her smile. They'd bring back so many memories. She pushed the thoughts away when her PDA alerted her to go up for air. She quickly went up to the surface.
Ruby then decided to swim back to the life pod. Just as she boarded it, the red light on the radio began flashing. She pressed the play button.
The voice that came through was one that she recognized. Hearing the panic in the male's voice, she quickly fabricated a seaglide (she had managed to get the blueprints while exploring), gathered some food and water, and headed off as soon as the broadcast location was uploaded to her PDA.
The message kept playing back in Ruby's head over and over again. The fact that it was one of her closest friends in grave danger made her stomach turn, and made her scared.
Her thoughts were messed up now. They would go from thoughts of "What if he's dead?!" to the message that she had heard over the radio. This was the message:
"Please! If anybody can hear this! I need help! I'm stuck near the Aurora and there's some massive snake-like creature outside trying to get to me! Please! If you hear this, come over-" *loud roar* "as soon as po-" *loud screams followed by static*.
After a few minutes of swimming, that felt like several hours to her, Ruby spotted the life pod in the distance. The sight of the life pod gave her relief, but at the same time, panic.
Although the pod seemed to be in one piece, the person that sent the broadcast said that there was some strange, massive, snake-like creature trying to murder him.
She went as fast as both her and the seaglide could take her. When she got closer, she heard the roar of what she assumed was the mysterious creature that the person mentioned.
It sent a chill up Ruby's spine. Just then, she realized that the life pod was flipped upside down. She swam around, and saw a gaping hole in the side of it. Whatever this creature was, it was definitely a massive threat.
She saw the panicked person curled up in a ball in the corner. She grabbed him and, just as she got out of the pod, heard the roar of the creature again.
She used her seaglide to dodge the creature's vicious bite, sending it slamming into the life pod head first.
While the creature was stuck, Ruby took a moment to examine the creature.
It was long. Extremely long. It's skin was a kind of blue-green color. It had a massive tail almost resembling a shark's.
On its face it had four incredibly massive mandibles, most likely capable of delivering a deadly crushing force. It also had razor sharp teeth and beady, plain black eyes.
Just as Ruby finished scanning it, the creature managed to break free. She quickly equipped her seaglide and went to the surface momentarily for air, before swimming away, and just in the nick of time. One of the creature's mandibles just rubbed her leg.
Holding the other person under her arm, she quickly swam toward her life pod, causing the mysterious creature to give up the chase.
She allowed the person whom she had rescued to enter the pod first. Afterwards, she climbed in. She put some supplies into the life pod's single storage container, and offered some food and water to the person that she had rescued.
After putting a few more supplies into the container, she turned around and jumped into the person's arms, giving him a massive hug.
"I'm so glad you're okay," Ruby said, closing her eyes as a single tear ran down her cheek.
"I'm glad you're okay, too. I missed you, Ruby," he replied, stroking the girl's head.
"I missed you too, Jaune," she replied, burying her face into his shoulder.
After standing in silence like this for several moments, Ruby slowly released Jaune from the hug.
As she did, she got a message on her PDA. Her and Jaune shared confused glances, before going up to the top of the life pod.
What made them confused was the fact that the PDA had started glitching towards the end of the message.
When they got up on top of the life pod, they stood and looked at the Aurora. It had begun emitting a low rumbling sound.
Just as the PDA had finished the countdown, the sound grew louder, and then, something terrifying happened.
The Aurora exploded.
The explosion gave both Ruby and Jaune a fright, but it scared Ruby the most. After all of the debris from the airship and finished falling, Ruby tightly hugged Jaune again, burying her face in his chest, crying loudly.
"Ruby..." Jaune trailed off, stroking her hair, holding her close to her with his other arm. There was no point in asking her why she was crying. He knew why she was crying.
"There there Ruby. It's okay," he began, trying to calm Ruby down. He didn't know why he said that. He knew, deep down, that everything most likely wasn't going to be okay.
"W-what if - What if that k-killed everyone?" Ruby stuttered, tears streaming out of her eyes, wetting Jaune's damp suit even more.
His heart sank. He knew that Ruby was right. That explosion could've killed everybody. For all they knew, there could be no survivors left after that.
"Come on, let's go inside," Jaune said softly, gently opening the hatch and putting Ruby onto the ladder. She climbed down, Jaune following her.
"What are we going to do now?" Ruby asked, her voice cracking.
"I don't know, Ruby. But we'll figure something out," he replied.
At least, he hoped so.
End of Chapter 2
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