#94: The Patriot Rises

Images of the submarine’s return flashed across the news, its rusted exterior looming over The Mariner like a monstrous sea creature washed ashore. To the untrained eye, the pictures seemed unremarkable, but Kelsey knew better.

Hidden within the hulking metal shell, the malevolent presence lay dormant, waiting for its moment to strike. Hungry and patient, it regarded The Mariner as its next feast. Kelsey could only pray that she and her crewmates had slipped from its memory, lost in the vast expanse of the ocean’s depths.