#63: The Hunger Below

In the eerie depths, Jack couldn’t help but prefer the idea of eternal quarantine over a grim fate alongside this unknown entity. He had pieced together clues about its existence—its need to feed stood out.

Initially, a crew of seventy-seven manned the sub, but their numbers were mysteriously dropping. Each dawn revealed fewer souls, with not a trace of the departed. An abrupt clamor from the control room snapped Jack back to reality, his heart sinking. He realized all too late what Rob intended to do, powerless to intervene in time.