Tomb of Namor: Part 03
Ben comes to and the waters are calm though the silt is still clouding the area. He feels an immense pressure and can barely lift himself but once he does, the block of debris rolls off him and he stands. Breathing is hard. His face plate is cracked and water is seeping in but that shouldn't matter as his suit is pressurized. Oh wait, if there's a crack that means it's not pressurized so much anymore. yeah, that migth be why he's having trouble breathing. Where are Reed and Sue?
"Reed? Sue? Anyone hear me?" he broadcasts and gets intermittent static for his trouble.
He looks around and finds them both knocked out (he hopes it's just knocked out) and their suits seemingly in good condition. He picks them up and carefully makes his way back to the sub. With his suit compromised he'll need to decompress before entering the cabin proper. He should probably decompress Sue and Reed as well, just in case their suits were damaged. Ben had studied the dangers of deep sea diving and the articles on rapid decompression really made an impression.
Ten minutes later and he pulls Reed and Sue into the cabin to strap them into the seats. He tries to fit himself into the pilots seat but won't fit. Crap.
Bending down he examines how it's anchored to the deck and then pinches off the nuts holding the bolts in place, careful not to damage the hull, and then lifts the chair to stow it in the pressure exchange chamber. Grabbing the joy stick, he experiments a bit to get the feel of the sub before activating the engines and beginning their accent. About four hundred fathoms later it occurs to him that the sub's radio might not be damaged and so flips it on.
"May day, may day. We are under attack by a super powered individual." the radio crackles.
Ah Hell, he thinks and carefully pushes the broadcast button. "This is Discovery Eight. Calvary's coming!"
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[OOC-The following dialog and scenes come from Ultimate Fantastic Four 25.]
By the time they've gotten to where they can see the hull of the boat, Reed and Sue have woken and the radio has been giving a very one sided rundown of Namor and Johnny's fight. And just in time to, as Johnny's body plunges into the ocean. Reed hits the autopilot homing signal, pops the emergency hatch and yells out, "Let's get Johnny. Forget about the sub, it'll find it's way home." He then stretches to catch Johnny's until Sue wraps him with a force field and melds it to the one with air she and Ben are rising in.
"Easy, little brother," Sue says as they continue to rise. Breaking the surface into a nasty squall of rain and wind, they can see Reed has engulfed a struggling body which is safe to assume is Namor. "Big, deep breaths…"
"Ben?" Reed calls out casually like they do this every day. Sue has already formed stepping discs for Ben and is moving him into position.
"I know, I know…" Ben says pulling back. "Clobberin' time." Namor goes limp and Sue pulls them all together into one large disc which floats to the research ship.
"Over here. Just a little closer. C'mon, hurry up!" Doctor Storm is calling to the deck hands.
"Don't worry, Professor. We managed to disable our royal friend without doing any permanent damage." Reed calls out.
"Never mind about him. It's you guys I was worried about." Doctor Storm says as he leaps across to Sue's force field to hug her and Johnny.
"Never scare me like that again. You hear me? Never scare me like that again."
"Reed? Sue? Anyone hear me?" he broadcasts and gets intermittent static for his trouble.
He looks around and finds them both knocked out (he hopes it's just knocked out) and their suits seemingly in good condition. He picks them up and carefully makes his way back to the sub. With his suit compromised he'll need to decompress before entering the cabin proper. He should probably decompress Sue and Reed as well, just in case their suits were damaged. Ben had studied the dangers of deep sea diving and the articles on rapid decompression really made an impression.
Ten minutes later and he pulls Reed and Sue into the cabin to strap them into the seats. He tries to fit himself into the pilots seat but won't fit. Crap.
Bending down he examines how it's anchored to the deck and then pinches off the nuts holding the bolts in place, careful not to damage the hull, and then lifts the chair to stow it in the pressure exchange chamber. Grabbing the joy stick, he experiments a bit to get the feel of the sub before activating the engines and beginning their accent. About four hundred fathoms later it occurs to him that the sub's radio might not be damaged and so flips it on.
"May day, may day. We are under attack by a super powered individual." the radio crackles.
Ah Hell, he thinks and carefully pushes the broadcast button. "This is Discovery Eight. Calvary's coming!"
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[OOC-The following dialog and scenes come from Ultimate Fantastic Four 25.]
By the time they've gotten to where they can see the hull of the boat, Reed and Sue have woken and the radio has been giving a very one sided rundown of Namor and Johnny's fight. And just in time to, as Johnny's body plunges into the ocean. Reed hits the autopilot homing signal, pops the emergency hatch and yells out, "Let's get Johnny. Forget about the sub, it'll find it's way home." He then stretches to catch Johnny's until Sue wraps him with a force field and melds it to the one with air she and Ben are rising in.
"Easy, little brother," Sue says as they continue to rise. Breaking the surface into a nasty squall of rain and wind, they can see Reed has engulfed a struggling body which is safe to assume is Namor. "Big, deep breaths…"
"Ben?" Reed calls out casually like they do this every day. Sue has already formed stepping discs for Ben and is moving him into position.
"I know, I know…" Ben says pulling back. "Clobberin' time." Namor goes limp and Sue pulls them all together into one large disc which floats to the research ship.
"Over here. Just a little closer. C'mon, hurry up!" Doctor Storm is calling to the deck hands.
"Don't worry, Professor. We managed to disable our royal friend without doing any permanent damage." Reed calls out.
"Never mind about him. It's you guys I was worried about." Doctor Storm says as he leaps across to Sue's force field to hug her and Johnny.
"Never scare me like that again. You hear me? Never scare me like that again."