I drove for 12 hours then finding a good spot to come to the surface letting my solar panels charge my sea moth to full. It took 4 days for me to reach the distress beacon.

I open the top of the seamoth sticking the gloves that control the seamoth on my hands i dive into the water under my seamoth using the gloves to close the top and have it follow me. I started to swim deeper bringing out my flashlight and looking around for the sunken lifepod. Close by i see a yellow tube under some rocks I start toward the tube.

Getting closer i can see that the tube side was crushed under some rocks popping the floats on the side of the lifepod trapping the lifepod deep on the ocean floor. I swim under the lifepod and find the hatch opening it making sure to have the water holder in place before opening it fully. I pull myself into the lifepod.

This life pod was larger than the one i came down it it was about the size of 8 lifepods put together with a roman numeral on the side of the hatch reading "1."

Inside of the lifepod was dark except for the small lights that turned on when I opened the hatch. Now standing up in the lifeboat I take off my mask and put it on my hip on a clip that is on my wetsuit. I catch an arm that flies toward me. That arm was holding a piece of metal. I grab the arm pulling the owner closer to me where I can see them in the light of the hatch. The owner is a short girl who looks to be in her early 20's with long black hair and blue eyes. I take the metal from her and let go of her arm.

"I'm the one sent over to help you guys come to our base, my name is James Arrowood.'' I say taking a step back, setting the metal on the ground. I tap on my gloves telling the seamoth to power off and park as the unnamed girl heads off to the far side of the base turning on the lights as she goes. A group of people come back toward the hatch with the girl from before. Two older men close to my height walk in front of the group them all clearly in their pjs. I shake hands with the two men introducing myself to them.

" I've had a long journey would it be alright if we all get some rest and talk about the situation tomorrow" i say taking off my gloves and clipping them to my side." James, if you follow Gwen here she can bring you to find some clothes that you can fit into." He points at the black haired girl that attacked me before. I nod and the men take their leave.

"So the clothes are this way" Gwen says pointing over her shoulder then turning around walking in the direction she just pointed. I follow behind her down the large lifepod. We quickly make it to where she was leading. She opens a cabinet and starts to take out some underwear and black joggers and a white long sleeve shirt. I take the clothes stepping into the room nearby and changing. I take off the wetsuit hanging over a bar letting it dry then slip on the underwear and pants. The shirt is too small to get on.

I walk back out to where Gwen is standing leaving my wetsuit in the room and carrying the shirt in my hand. "W-w-what are you doing?!" Gwen ask putting up her hands in front of her and turning away. I tilt my head in confusion over the big reaction Gwen gave. "The shirt was to small" I put the shirt on her hands that are extended in front of her.

She quickly turns throwing the shirt back inside the closet and grabs a black long sleeve shirt throwing it at me then turns away stealing glances at me every once and a while. I chuckle at her then slip the shirt on and step close to her grabbing some black socks out of the closet behind her. She seemed to shrink when i got close and closed her eyes.

I gave her a light thump on her forehead stepping back away from her. "I'll see you tomorrow" i said waving and walking off toward the room I was showed earlier. The room was really small and had a twin bed with a white blanket. I get under the blanket letting myself drift off to sleep.

I wake up the next morning to a knock on my door and see Gwen peak inside with a tray of food. I slide out of bed and head over to the door wiping the tiredness out of my eyes. Gwen starts to eat the food on the tray leading me to the breakfast room making small talk as we walked.

When we enter i snatched a grape from her plate throwing it in my mouth and smiling at the betrayal look on her face then sitting down with the men that i talked to before. The men explain that they have one flooded room and there are three different rocks that have fallen on the lifepod keeping them trapped down so low and unable to move. Grabbing some paper and pencil that was laying on the table in front of us i start drawing the lifepod and the zones that are trapped.

"Is this base self sufficient? Because I can slowly clip away at those rocks but it will not be a fast task, I would have to be careful so it doesn't destroy this base trapping you guys in here unable to escape" I explain, rolling the pencil between my fingers. They explain that it is completely self sufficient and able to take 3 more on board without any problems in case we find people.

I am up to work first thing so i finish up my bagel that i grabbed during the meeting and head out to grab my wetsuit and the gear. I change into my wet suit and get to work. I work for the next 7 hours taking out parts of the rock then come inside leaving the equipment by the hatch putting it on a shelf that is outside of the hatch.

I head to my room and change back into my dry clothes leaving my wetsuit hanging over my door so it dries out. I flop on my bed exhausted from the work when I hear a knock on my door. "Come in '' I say, my voice muffled by my blanket. I turn my head still laying on the bed and see Gwen walk in with a plate of food. She hands me the plate which I devour quickly, feeling myself have more energy now. I start to rub out my tired muscles while sitting on my bed.

"I could give you a massage if you want" Gwen offered taking the food tray and setting it on the ground beside the bed. "Are you sure?" I ask as she pushed me down to lay on my belly. "You will need to take your shirt off" She starts pulling my shirt up helping me get it off then setting it down on the floor. She sits on my hips/lower back with her legs on either side of my hips.

She starts rubbing her hands from the bottom of my back all the way up to my neck pushing her palms into back. I relax letting my muscle loosen under her pressure. She rubs my shoulder and up my neck with her hands going into my hair every once and a while letting her hands trace along my scars. I fall asleep sometime during the massage.

When my alarm goes off I am alone in my room. I get up stretching my arms feeling a lot less sore than i thought i would. I quickly change into my wet suit and head to the hatch.

I do two 7 hour shifts each day. Each day coming back in to be greeted with a meal and the offer of a massage. 4 months have passed since I got here and today is the day we would be moving the rocks off completely and making our way back to base. Gwen and I have become good friends and have a lot in similar she works in computers like Caleb but has a great athletic ability and is obsessed with her food. Most of my free time i spent talking with Gwen and sleeping when she reads in my room.

Today is the day we take the rocks off the lifepod and head back to base me and the men on the boat all go out and start lifting the rocks one by one letting them fall off the lifepod and rolling down a hill deeper into the ocean. After an hour of moving the stones we get all three off and the lifepod starts toward the surface with some pace. We all swim up behind it and reach the top taking off our mask and cheering at finally getting free.

We all get inside and are greeted by the rest of the passengers at the hatch Gwen jumping into my arms giving me a hug then letting go having her clothes soaked and making a disgusted face. We all go change and meet up in the shared room getting drinks and food out celebrating the win. Most of the men and women drunk after only a few hours excused themselves to their rooms. Gwen and I were the last ones up. I set up a large engine to make us drift in the direction of the base while everyone slept, then headed back to my room carrying a drunk Gwen with me.

We get to my room and I lay Gwen down on my bed and grab my tablet, sending the update to the base. Gwen walks over to the door and locks it then walks back over to me, setting her empty drink on the nightstand and pushing me onto the bed. I sit down on the edge of the bed facing Gwen laughing at how she is acting.

Then she grabs me by my collar bringing her lips to mine roughly. She puts her knee on the bed pushing herself more into the kiss. She parts from my lips pushing my back down against the bed now sitting on my lap. She leans in to kiss me once again but I grab her shoulders stopping her. "I'm sorry but I can't '' letting go of her shoulders. "Why do you have a girlfriend? '' She asks, slurring her words.

"Well not exactl-" I was cut off by Gwen kissing me again more passionately, this time biting my bottom lip a little bit before pulling away. "That means I still have a chance" She says getting up and walking out of my room, closing the door behind her.

I cover my eyes with my arms still laying on my bed, a blush covering my face. After a little while I walked out to the shared room to see Gwen passed out on one of the chairs. I let out a soft sigh and picked her up and carried her to her room, putting her in bed and leaving water on her nightstand then going back to my room just listening to music as I watched the map as we got closer to the base. It takes about 12 hours for us to get to the base so I head off to sleep.