Chapter #4Blub blub gulp! by: Unknown Samus's helmet and much of her tattered zero suit were tugged away by currents as she sank deeper and deeper into the dark briny depths. The lack of air and the bitter cold made her pass out, but she didn't drown. Without a panicked mind messing about, her body was able to conserve what little air she had. After several long minutes, her mostly naked form came to rest in a small fissure at the bottom of the sea. Unfortunately for Samus, this was not truly a fissure but the open mouth of a giant clam which, sensing her tasty weight pressing down on it, swiftly closed and trapped her inside.
About two hours later, Samus came to in complete darkness. It took her a moment to be certain her sudden blindness was due to the light, not her eyes. Feeling her way around, she ascertained that she was inside a very warm slimy chamber small enough that she had to stay half-curled in the fetal position. She figured it was the extreme heat that had revived her, that and the readily available supply of oxygen coming from who-knows-where. The bounty hunter stopped squirming and tried to take stock of her situation. Her zero suit was gone entirely now (this bothered her slightly; she could remember having at least a third of it still hanging on her when she fell unconscious). Her total nudity would be highly embarrassing when she got back to civilization and would make the trip across the planet's frozen surface much harder, but hardship and embarrassment could both be endured. No, now that she though about it, her biggest problem would be escaping from..wherever she was. In all her feeling around, Samus hadn't discovered an exit in the squishy folds of material around her. In frustration (and due to her legs starting to cramp) she pushed down with her feet and out with her back as hard as she could. She was rewarded by a slight movement on both ends. Summoning all her strength, Samus pushed.
Ice-cold water flooded down through a gap above her head, bringing with it the faintest of lights. Encouraged but tired, she pushed her head and shoulders up through the freezing torrent and looked around the dimly lit seabed. A stream of bubbles left her mouth as she gasped, realizing her predicament for the first time. From the neck down her body was trapped inside a gigantic clam. The surface was dauntingly far away, and the water pressure was, despite her best efforts, driving her back into her captor's maw. After a few seconds she could hold on no longer. Samus let her exhausted muscles go limp. The freezing sea drove her back into the soft flesh of the clam which then closed around her. Within minutes all the water was drained and the tiny chamber was once again filled with warm moist air.
Samus settled back into the cushion-like flesh enveloping her, pondering what to do. She didn't know just what would happen to a person eaten by a clam, but she didn't fell like finding out.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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