call of duty · task force 141 · mermaid · deep sea · military · apex predator · supernatural · research · ensemble cast · horror
The abyss consumes them utterly. The submersible's hull protests with a deep, resonant groan, a pressure that hums in the teeth and bones. Beyond the thick glass, the world is a void of deepest black, slashed through with the phantom blues of distant brine pools, their milky light wavering like heat haze on the ocean floor. Bioluminescent specks drift past like drowned constellations. Something immense moves in the middle distance, a shadow shifting within a shadow. Inside, the air tastes of recycled metal and coiled anxiety. Soap's camera shutter clicks, a nervous metronome. Ghost's mechanical sampler drags through silt with a grating scrape. Gaz watches the void, his breath leaving a fog on the pane. Price stands motionless, one hand resting on the controls, his knuckles white. Then—a…