''The Ocean is much Deeper than You Think: The Complete Story'' | BEST OF DR. CREEPEN’S VAULT 2019

seventy percent of our planet is covered with water but what happens under the oceans do we know the honest truth is we have very little idea whatsoever and what happens at the very bottom of the ocean if you ask us we couldn't tell you hardly a thing and thus is a theme of tonight's story a fantastic three-part effort from one of my favorite authors mr richard saxon now you may have heard the first two parts elsewhere on youtube but the third part is being released exclusively by me this evening and getting all three parts in one go so my dear friends have you got an hour to spare i do so hope you do because it's time once again to sit back and relax with your favorite drink and listen they told me you were experienced in harsh waters james said as he pointed out the pearls of sweat that had formed on my forehead yeah i do i replay moments before hurling the remnants of a less than appetizing lunch off the side of our ship it's just that oh you look a bit green around the gills he continued with a smirk we just met a few hours ago i've been airlifted to uss orion the sealift handling abyssal transport capsules for a classified project conducted by the united states navy i guess they failed to mention that i'm much better underwater in submarines i shot back considering the circumstances his casual demeanor left an uncomfortable atmosphere among the workers they all knew what my visit entailed but just like myself they were scanned with information all i knew was there might be a contagious infection at the bottom of the ocean my job was to either disprove it or to confine the entire crew aboard the station as soon as we were positioned securely on top of the tonga trench we were rushed into the transport capsule a minuscule vertical submarine designed to simply take us to the base on the ocean floor 20 000 feet below us talos i entered the sub feeling excited while also dreading the return to the deep blue it had been 10 years since serving as a hospital courtsman one of the few actually stationed aboard a submarine over the years i clearly lost the natural sense i once had for the ocean yet i longed desperately for it whenever you're ready doc one of the crew members said impatiently waiting to drop us into the abyss i raise my thumb as ready as i'll ever be go ahead ten feet the sunlight zone the impact with the ocean lightly shook the capsule as we submerged my nausea quickly diminished and a sense of peace washed over my mind i was back outside the window a few curious fish accompanied our journey downwards various sea life attracted by the cargo ship following to see us off james piloted the miniature sub having done the trip a thousand times before it wasn't anything new to him myself i'd never been below two thousand feet and never had i been able to look through the window and admire the mostly unexplored blue world 3 300 feet the midnight zone as we sank deeper towards the abyss the last strays of sunshine vanished we'd left the realm of sunshine and mankind all in favor for the domain of darkness first time in the abyss right james asked after a long bout of silence yeah served aboard a submarine for a few years but well they never go very deep this this is something else he smiled at me well you're in for a treat though we're going all the way down talos sits right at the edge of the trench ain't nothing quite like it any sea life once curious about our sub had long since retreated towards brighter areas the rapidly increasing pressure has proven hostile to most but some resilient little creatures had found a way to thrive in places once thought to be lifeless the miracles of the ocean within half an hour we'd reached a depth of ten thousand feet beyond the 15-inch glass pane separating us from certain death like nothing but everlasting darkness for all we knew the two of us could have been all that existed in that void if not for the sound of the outer hull settling under the pressure a constant reminder about the vastness of the ocean to distract myself from the unsettling creaking sound i asked james about the only thing i could think about why don't you tell me more about what happened down there james had acted casual thus far but my question quickly changed his nonchalant expression to a frail they briefed you on the surface didn't they of course but and that'll have to do he said firmly 13 100 feet the abyssal zone the world outside hypnotized me staring so far into nothing knowing there could be a full world only a couple of feet before you was bizarre i'd never experienced true darkness until that day and to think a good portion of earth's life had existed within it for millions of years it terrified me when i served aboard uss catasia my captain had explained why they don't put windows on submarines he told stories about shipmates going crazy after years at sea that the isolation or distance from the mainland never bothered any of them he firmly believed that staring into the ocean and pondering its secrets was what truly drove men from their sanity and to combat this they never put windows on their vessels there was clearly a tale he'd made up seeing what truly lies beyond the surface brought back these memories maybe he was right after all my sinister thoughts were interrupted by a dim light appearing in the distance a red dot dancing blissfully up and down getting closer to our little son he was a jellyfish would you look at that james said as he pointed at the little creature so fragile yeah defying the deep sea pressure another light joined it then a few more before long a symphony of pulsating crimson lights formed around our capsule welcoming us with the warmth of thousands of stars making up their own little galaxy thousands of feet below the surface it was the most magnificent thing i'd ever seen a bloom of jellyfish happily existing in such hostile conditions i couldn't help but feel impressed they're called that's all our jellyfish james stated they don't usually venture this far down but there's something about this place that seems to attract them i usually see a few on my journeys down here but never anything like this i nodded in response to mesmerized by the sight to notice what he'd said but as quickly as they appeared they vanished once more leaving us in absolute darkness listen doc i'm sorry about that albus earlier james said i turned towards him turning my back to the darkness for the first time it made me feel vulnerable you gotta understand this ain't something we usually deal with and mike well i've known him most of my life i know how much this sucks believe me i'm just trying to get as much info as possible for all our sakes i said yeah well there's nothing i could tell you anyway the airlock has been on lockdown for the past two days we've been under strict orders not to open it until you deem it safe enough to do so i didn't ask any further questions i dealt with contagions ever since leaving the navy and ninety percent of the time they were simple overreactions nineteen thousand seven hundred feet the ocean basin for the first time since we left the ship the radio came to life emitting a static sound one that slowly took the shape of a man's voice james can you hear me the voice asked loud and clear captain i've got a man from the cdc with me as well we're just about ready to dark great the crew is getting impatient the radio started breaking up oh damn the radio is dark at section a don't it shut off completely welcome to the abyssal zone james said the radio has been acting strange lately imagine giving us a state-of-the-art station but comes from the last millennium through the window we could see a massive dome lit up by hundreds of lights three paths stretch from its center each lit by different colours making sectors a b and c there was something else lit up by the station's light but first just obscured figures leaving shadows in the sand and as we got closer i realized there were fish hundreds if not thousands of dead sea creatures littering the ocean bed their corpse is mangled from the intense pressure christ what the hell is up with the fish i asked horrified same as the atala something attracts them down here they swim until their bodies break under the pressure and then they sink what could possibly do that there are a few theories but from what we can tell it's a sound that we periodically hear from the trench the docking process in itself took quite some time the altar hull had changed ever so slightly due to the high pressure just enough so that fitting into the station proved a challenge as the doors finally opened i stumbled outside the capsule greeted by three of the crew members aboard the doctor right the oldest of those last that's correct i said as he reached out his hand to introduce himself my name's robert lewis i'm the captain assigned to talos he said as he shook my hand thank you for coming this far i know it's not the most pleasant journey you seem polite enough though clearly sleep deprived with bloodshot eyes and greasy hair this is jennifer burke one of our biologists and that's henry gale our technician he said they both shook my hand neither making eye contact as they did hey cap where's abby james asked still at section b she's not doing too well as i'm sure you can understand he responded james not it let's talk robert said as he gestured for me to follow the hallways were narrow dimly lit up with lights that flickered constant creaking emitting from the walls it looked disproportionate considering how large it all seemed from the outside and as a rather tall guy i had to crouch down to keep my head from knocking into the ceiling i'm sorry about the grim mood robert said it's the first time we're dealing with something like this i'm assuming they told you about the situation on the surface he asked i did but i have to admit i'm a bit fuzzy on the details as a wii mike put himself in lockdown as soon as he returned to the station and we haven't had clearance to open it yet he mike didn't give any good reasons i asked he never got the chance he fell over dead the second he hit the button robert led us into the central dome in contrast to the hallways it was a pleasant surprise a large living space filled with furniture and personal affects had i not known better i could have believed we were still on the surface mike discovered some microorganisms down in the trench a new type of parasite he said he claimed they were able to withstand any amount of pressure which isn't a surprise down here but well he also explained that they were completely unaffected by rapid changes in environment robert said as he headed inside an office did he believe it was contagious last seeing as he was our microbiologist i can't really come up with another fathomable conclusion needless to say we destroyed all the samples we still don't know why he put himself into lockdown robert's side but that's not the strangest thing i waited patiently for him to continue while he tried to form words he clearly had trouble believing himself we um lost him down in the trench for three entire days the tracking system failed and the comms went down we did whatever we could but it was futile even if we had found him he only had enough oxygen for 10 hours so we unfortunately well we presumed he died and then out of nowhere his tracker reappeared on our systems showing he was moving back up the tonga elevator and though he never responded to any of our attempts at contacting him he was clearly alive hell it's impossible yet it happened once we let him into the station he simply locked it down and fell over dead on the ground before robert could continue the technician walked into the office when you examine him be careful not to damage the epm suit it's highly this is hardly the time henry robert commanded glaring at him i'm just saying this is a billion dollar project why don't you go get the equipment for our doctor here robert demanded getting more agitated by the minute look captain if you just let me go into the airlock i could take all the necessary precautions absolutely not do you think headquarters would have sent the damn cdc if they thought we could handle it for christ's sake henry know your limits the technician left and quickly returned with a modified hazmat suit and some surgical supplies and we moved on towards section b unlike the hallways we traversed before these were large and well lit up as we arrived at the airlock we found abby standing before the glass door staring longingly at mike's lifeless body abby robert said i know i know it's time she responded she turned around oh you're the doctor she asked her eyes red and voice trembling i nod it you'll figure out what did this to him won't you i just don't understand abby why don't you come with me while they work robert said you don't need to see this as robert led her back to the central dome henry started unpacking the cart of medical supplies including isolation drapes and the hazmat suits all right i'm going to guide you through this no need to mess up a perfectly good epm suit henry said what does cpm mean anyway i asked exoskeletal pressure modulator henry said let's see if it was the most obvious thing in the world james and jennifer help me seal the hazmat suits while henry hung up the isolation drapes i stepped through while jennifer entered the code behind me to open the airlock my ears popped as they sealed the door shut behind me both the drapes and the airlock were transparent meaning they could observe everything i did in addition to a mounted camera on my shoulder for closer view displayed on the monitor on the other side just by the control panel mike lay dead wearing a massive black suit looking more like a robotic piece of machinery than diver's gear there were several cables and hooks hanging from the ceiling and just turning him over was a massive task as he weighed about half a ton wearing that suit his face was pale as a sheet with thin streaks of blood pouring from every available orifice the eyes were red from conjunctival bleeding completely ridding them from any white i'm ready i said all right first thing you need to do is to simply inspect the suit look for any breaches in the integrity it shouldn't be possible but in the unlikely event that something broke through a self-healing mesh should have formed it kind of looks grey i looked over every inch of his suit from top to bottom there his feet henry yelled sure enough there was a patch of gray that stood out from the matte black metal covering the rest of him oh something actually perforated his suit henry said surprised i got closer giving them a better view on the monitor clearly the puncher wasn't what killed him though he had it i had to agree with that assessment any breach not sealed off within a nanosecond would immediately crush him but it seemed that the mess should replace whatever penetrated the suit at the same time as it was removed okay next attach the cables to his shoulder they're color-coded so it should be easy enough i attach the cables as instructed which caused the suit to light up and start unhinging the front of the suit opened up revealing mike's completely mangled body what the hell james asked that's not pressure damage henry responded mike's ribs were broken outwards oh they had not torn apart his flesh his chest seemed to have expanded to almost twice his normal size i continued to remove the helmet pulling it off his head i looked into his eyes for a brief moment baffled as to what could have caused his internal organs to essentially explode for the briefest of moments it seemed like his eyes moved to meet my gaze did you just see that i asked no one said a word we all just stared at mike waiting for something to happen his eyes moved again darting in random directions as he started gargling violently contracting his chest oh god is he still alive jennifer asked he opened his mouth letting thousands of massive worms pour out onto the floor they immediately crawled in every direction up the walls onto the ceiling desperately searching for a way out mike continued to spew out more slimy worms his mouth tore open in the process leaving his jaw completely unhinged before falling off once all the worms seemed to have exited his corpse his chest tore open revealing even larger worms it quickly became apparent that all of his organs had been consumed replaced with the disgusting creatures some of them started clinging to my suit as i swatted at them in panic now the others knew what to do they could only stare at me flailing around as the worms touched each other their flesh temporarily fused forming longer versions of themselves growing in size and then breaking off again they wrapped around my arms and legs i begged for someone to help me but what could they do hang in there henry yelled as he fumbled with a panel for the airlock within seconds a few small taps emerged from the ceiling spewing what i could only assume was liquid nitrogen whenever it was the worms froze in place freezing to the point where i could break them into tiny pieces it only took a moment but all the worms had been killed off and though my suit had partially protected me from the cold i collapsed exhausted and shivering onto the ground get me the [ __ ] out of here i demanded knowing fully well they couldn't do that until i dealt with the infestation robert just returned in time to see what the commotion was about and upon seeing what remained of mike lying torn to pieces on the ground he stopped in his tracks after a minute of catching my breath i got some sense back with some morbid sense of humor and functioning on autopilot i turned towards henry sorry the suit isn't going to be salvaged we're rejecting the whole freaking airlock as soon as i get out of here and return to robert pleading for him to make me reconsider despite what we'd all just witnessed but robert took my side after removing the recording unit from the epm suit i packed the entire thing into an easily ejectable container while making sure that no worms remained on my suit all i took was a small sample of a frozen worm packed into a vacuum container i exited the airlock and handed the sample over to jennifer she'd prepared the previous parasites brought back by mike and i told her to get everything ready so i could determine what we were dealing with robert started the procedure of rejecting the airlock's contents including what remained of mike and the epm suit henry pouting the whole time james hadn't moved an inch since the events he'd turned sickly pale as if he just realized the severity of the situation we have to tell him captain he said quietly after a few minutes tell me what i asked while getting out of the hazmat suit robert took a deep breath mulling over his options right tell me what i repeat it the real reason why we're stationed down here death can be a beautiful thing beyond all the stigma associated around the event it's the beginning of a world that starts directly from the end of another when a whale dies in extreme depths they sink towards the ocean floor where entire ecosystems arise from the decomposing bodies this is called a whale fall mike's epm suited left behind three days worth of footage henry was put on the task of preparing it for viewing while we couldn't save him nor the suit we could at least figure out how mike had died as we waited the captain decided it was time for me to learn the truth about their mission why no one on the surface had ever heard about the scientific wonder that was talos you saw all the dead sea creatures littering the ocean floor around the station robert asked i recall the hundreds of mangled bodies of fish not the most welcoming sight to the abyss james told me something compelled him to dive down here some sort of sound robert nodded as he pulled up a computer after a moment of fumbling he clicked on a sound file about five years ago we recorded this coming from the depths of the tonga trench it was an oddly synthetic sound like a whale's mating call had been pitched down and jumbled around and in the midst of it there was something that sounded like a whisper they recorded something similar around the mariana trench and called it the bio-twang robert said the sound played on loop as we talked oddly eerie for something so innocent we first thought it came from a whale just a bit distorted after traveling vast distances or instrumental interference then we saw how it affected the wildlife in the region blooms of jellyfish appearing out of nowhere and fish defying all instincts to dive towards crushing pressure what made the sound then i asked robert pulled up some pictures on the screen creatures similar to roundworms just pitch black they look nothing like what i just witnessed in the airlock however from what we can tell there's a thus far completely undiscovered ecosystem somewhere down the trench isolated for millions of years unaffected by mass extinction events they evolved quite differently from life we see on the surface it's like millions of single-celled organisms working together to form more complex creatures but unlike themselves the cells can detach and rejoin it well we have named it the sinkitium and that's what killed mike they could be part of it but we just saw in the airlock is far larger than the microorganisms we gathered here before we could continue james interrupted letting us know the footage was ready to be viewed if they ever decide to declassify the existence of this station they'll never mention the creatures nor the sound that alerted us to their presence i'm sure one day they'll hail all this is a supreme technological advancement but truth be told the reason why the navy put billions and billions of dollars into this project so that humanity could traverse the ocean floor is simply because they want to fight whatever is making that sound and find a way of using it kev they're waiting for us james said we gathered in the central area happy sat in the back some distance away from everyone else she seemed even worse for wear than before frail as if she'd lost weight in the past couple of hours since meeting her henry controlled the footage ready to speed through to the important bits as the descent itself was quite slow twenty thousand feet the hardal zone everything we saw would be from mike's point of view the footage started at the airlock happy standing before him with a concerned expression on her face don't worry i'll be back before you know it it's not like it's my first time in the depths it's not like they waste a billion dollars on me dad anyway she didn't seem consoled by his words this time is different we haven't tested the suit beyond thirty thousand feet yet abby said no but we've tested pressure the suit should be able to go much further before breaking henry forwarded the footage mike stood directly at the edge of the tonga trench to his left a platform extended even further down towards the hardell zone an elevator sat at the platform center a short distance down the trench he saw endlessly long tendrils gently swaying with the current they belong to the body of a malformed creature looking like it couldn't possibly control its long appendages yet it seemed unfazed by the depths guys are you seeing this he said excitedly as he pointed at the bizarre thing it's a magnet pin of squid he almost jogged along the edge to get a better view the suit audibly exhausted by the efforts don't put too much strain on the suit henry interjected over the radio ah it'll be fine what else did they pay for mike asked as he got closer to the squid another popped up behind it one with even longer appendages now i never thought i'd see one up so close stop messing around get on the elevator henry demanded fine let's not enjoy our jobs then mike responded he boarded the elevator and strapped himself in the journey would take him another fifteen thousand feet into the abyss it was a loud sturdy piece of machinery able to withstand the immense pressure of the dreaded huddle zone mike himself would control the speed of the descent only handing over control to henry should something happen not long after the descent started mike stored the elevator the suit's making weird noises he said that's normal it's adjusting to the pressure change we told you what happened the deeper you got henry explained with an annoyed tone yeah i know but you'll be fine 27 000 feet once more mike stopped the elevator directing his gaze at an edge sticking out from the cliffside on it like the corpse of a bowhead whale almost a half a planet away from its natural habitat the whale had been partially hollowed out riddled with deep sea eels and tiny eyeless fish an entire ecosystem thriving from its death how did that whale get here mike asked it died like all the other creatures down here henry said yeah but it's a bullhead at least i think it is don't they live around the arctic henry side just continue descent 35 433 feet horizon deep the elevator reached the bottom of the trench after about an hour allowing mike to finally unbuckle himself from his seat he grabbed a box of beacons to allow the next person to easier navigate the area after stepping off the platform and getting away from its bright lights it became abundantly clear that the bottom of the ocean was far from empty and the entire bed was covered in previously undiscovered life millions of fungal-like plants covering the floor and transparent fat shrimps swimming between apparently feeding off them on the cliff wall itself thousands of bioluminescent plants extended just like a stalk with a blue bulb bending in the direction of mike's movement it was hauntingly beautiful looking as alien as anything from another planet he continued along the cliffside putting down a beacon every hundred feet or so i expected this place to be horrible mike said you know being named after the god of the underworld and all no one responded to this comment guys you can still hear me right yes mike we can hear you henry says we're here to work not make stupid quips has anyone ever told you how much better life can be if you at least try to enjoy it henry stop being such a killjoy we're making history down here henry didn't respond how about you hand abby the radio well i'd rather listen to the captain ramble about protocol going on mike stopped dead in his tracks reaching the end of the cliff before him was a steep fall leading down to an endless chasm of darkness henry you sure the elevator took me all the way down the trench he asked as he stared into the abyss yeah you're at 35 000 feet well it's just i'm standing at the edge of the cliff and this is clearly not the bottom of the ocean that's impossible we surveyed the entire area with sonar well i'm telling you the ground beneath mike crumbled to pieces he slid off the edge of the cliff and dove further into the deep the darkness now surrounding him was absolute nothing could possibly help him orient himself as he fell to fall in the ocean was a much slower process giving him time to think what kind of fate awaited him as he sunk to depths never before known by mankind he called out for his crew members while desperately clawing at the cliff but even with the suit he was unable to slow his descent as he got deeper the suit started emitting loud beeps alarms to alert to rapid pressure changes exceeding 16 000 psi but before he could even react he hit the ground hard mike fell silent passed out from the impacts unknown number of feet the void minutes after landing at unknown depths mike awoke to the sound of his suit beeping the suit had held its ground and was just starting to adjust to the new pressure the manometer was broken and with his tracking device malfunctioning we could only try to guess how far he'd fallen mike grunted as he got to his feet taking some time to figure out what had happened henry you there he finally said no response captain anyone apart from a few malfunctioning instruments most of the suit seemed intact yet no contact could be made with the base everything past that point will be after the comms went down and we all patiently awaited to learn of mike's fate despite having fallen far beyond what we believed to be the ocean floor he had just landed on another plateau with an endless distance still progressing downwards the abyss was ever present taunting us with his emptiness please respond he begged defeated he activated the beacon still attached to him and checked his surroundings he'd landed directly in front of a cave leading inside the cliff wall and moving steeply upwards while protocol strictly dictated to wait for rescue in these situations we could hear gargled sound emitting from the cave whatever it was it compelled mike to check out the cave the walls inside were perfectly smooth an impossible formation of rocks reflecting the bright light shining from the epm suits lighting up the cave as far as it stretched mike stared at the shiny walls for a moment adjusting the light they'd seemed smooth in an angle but when light was pointed directly at them it uncovered bizarre patterns like symbols not corresponding to any known language while he studied the symbols a loud sound shook through the cave almost sweeping mike off his feet it sounded similar to the bio twang but with slight differences the rhythm was changed it seemed to put mike further into a trance and he diligently followed the source ignoring any chance of rescue the further in he went the cave led to a much larger cavern extending beyond the reach of any light source he had available unlike the tunnel these walls weren't smooth but were covered in millions of tiny holes each perfectly round each identical to the last upon closer inspection the holes weren't empty but filled with worms just like the ones we'd seen spew out of his body inside the airlock they wriggled and reached from mike as he walked through the cabin pulled towards the sound in the distance getting louder with each passing step the deeper he got the less he seemed distracted by the holes which were growing in size alongside the worms mike's only hypnotic objective was to reach the sound on top of the worms spindly long-legged creatures walked across they looked like shellless spider crabs dipping their limbs into the worms merging temporarily while seeming to feed them with each dip into the holes their lean seemed to grow shorter while the worms expanded eventually he reached a corner of the cavern and with it the source of the sound it was a half-consumed whale cuff attached to the wall bound by hundreds of massive worms extending into its torn flesh despite being half eaten and broken beyond any chance at life it somehow didn't succumb as if the worms themselves kept it alive involuntary life support repurposed for their own needs the calf gaped open its half eden jaw so mangled mike could see straight into its vocal cords which were also covered in the worms tugging and moving them into position the whale screamed emitting further jumble sound that pulled mike even closer while mike was distracted several worms had emerged from their holes rapidly swarming around him within seconds they joined together wrapping around his legs and climbing up the suit it temporarily brought mike back to sanity as he tried to tear the worms off but they were faster than him trapped inside a slow metal box he stumbled to the ground allowing more worms and their spindles to cover each of his limbs the creatures merged together forming a sheet of flesh that soon covered the entirety of his body mike fell silent and the camera showed nothing but a flesh coloured mass muffling any audio say for mike's panicked breath he screamed as a loud bang almost broke the speakers the sound of his suit being perforated and the mesh refilling the hole we'd found on the sole of his feet the creatures had gotten inside his suit digging into his flesh mike crying in agony before falling silent we all stood speechless in front of the monitor now displaying nothing but a timer proving the camera was still running happy had left with james following to console her that can't be it robert said let me forward it henry said half whispering in shock we forwarded through almost three days of nothing while the worms incubated inside mike trapped alone in the cavern no one knowing where he was the camera started clearing up the flesh sheep peeling off as the view showed that mike had returned to the elevator during the three days down in the trench the sinkium had occupied covering it with their fleshy appendages mike was controlling it or whatever remained of him inside the suit he wandered towards the station flakes have sinked your flesh falling off him with each step his crew called out for him over the radio now that they could reach him but mike could do nothing but gargle his worms had consumed most of his lungs at the airlock he stumbled inside ready to unleash hell within the station but for a brief moment mike managed to halt himself perhaps the thought of hurting those he loved was enough for him to temporarily gain control just enough time to shut down the airlock putting himself into lockdown mike collapsed to the ground he had died days ago but his will remained even as he turned into nothing more than a vessel for the horrors he now carried within him the footage ended we stood in silence for a moment none of us daring to speak a word about mike's cause of death i hardly believed it despite having almost fallen victim to the same fate myself henry call headquarters tell them we're shutting this project down robert said breaking the silence jennifer destroy the sample from the airlock it still seemed right jennifer nodded before heading towards the lap we need to make sure that whatever this is it stays in the abyss i joined henry as he attempted to call headquarters the radio returning nothing more than jumbled static robert was checking all security feed sending out drones to scavenge for the sinkium and the elevator captain the calms are completely down can't get any signal on the security feed we saw that the flash of the sinkium had stretched along the ground covering some of the corpses of fish that littered the ocean floor it was impossibly large using the elevator and platform as a scaffold for climbing up towards the station a loud metallic clang sounded through the station followed by an alarm what the hell was that i asked hull breach sector c an automated voice set isolators robert demanded what about just do it he continued henry frantically tried to navigate the security system attempting to get an idea as to the extent of the damage what's in sector c i asked it's the lab [ __ ] i hope geneva hadn't got there yet henry said while the station sealed trapping anyone inside another loud bang shook us the alarm sounded again hull bridge sector b oh [ __ ] what now henry asked robert stood still in shock frozen by the decision of saving the station or fleeing we have to evacuate was all he said most of my old crew after leaving the navy struggled to get over their longing for the ocean such was the case for my submarine captain louis johnson he always claimed the sea would be his final resting place where he truly belonged and following his honorable discharge he went straight into hyperbaric pipeline welding it's a dangerous job when the only enemy is invisible always stalking each dive each new mission a foe that can't be sensed but with the ability to destroy everything you are in but with the ability to destroy everything you are in a split second pressure maybe i'm cursed unable to live on land with my own people but at least i'll die where i belong he'd said johnson would be lucky enough to forever be united with his one true love at the sight of a burst pipe that took him away finally making him one with the deep blue it's funny how the brain operates as everything around you is falling to pieces far beyond your own control once there's nothing left you can do the mind turns to a place of safety fond memories from a time long since past for me those memories belonged to my time of service to my old captain and crew it wasn't an easy time but it was filled with purpose with my problem solely confined to the ocean when robert yelled at me to get my ass in gear i finally snapped back to reality doc come on we've got to get the hell out of here he shouted james returned to the central dome alongside abby they'd heard the alarms but hadn't the faintest idea what had occurred during their brief absence get to section a there are still two transport capsules get number zero five ready for departure and wait for me robert said cap what are you gonna do james asked jennifer is in lockdown i'm getting her out what if the creatures got inside abby asked robert thought for a moment before handing her a walkie if you don't hear from me just leave he ordered the station shook as another hole was torn through one of the sections my ears popped from the shock wave i'm coming with you james said you're not facing them alone no we need you to pilot the transport capsule if you get hurt we're stuck down here it wasn't a valid excuse they all knew fully well that the submarine was easy enough for any of the crew members to pilot but robert refused to risk any more lives and would use whatever reason he could come up with captain please that's an order get out of here now we hesitantly agreed and started leaving i'll join you then i know nothing about this station or the sub but at least i can assist you should something happen i said knowing he couldn't come up with any excuse to stop me he reluctantly agreed and together we headed for the labs in section c worrying that jennifer might be trapped behind the analog or worse drowning is such a horrible way to die once you realize there's no way to reach the surface you're trapped in a cold dark tomb your throat simply closes up no matter how hard you try to inhale your body simply refuses even as the agonizing pain of running out of air overpowers our natural instinct to breathe you simply refuse to give in to the overwhelming desire it isn't until the body starts shutting down and the corners of your vision start to darken that you reach the breaking point and your brain decides to pull something in regardless of whether air is present or not suddenly ice cold water flows in through your throat unstoppably filling your lungs so desperate for air it's a clumsy painful way to go by the time the water has filled each alveoli most are still conscious just enough time to regret their decision to ever enter the ocean i thought it was funny as we ran towards the airlock that at least we wouldn't drown surely the worms would consume us all the pressure from a collapsing station would instantly crush us how did the heart get breached anyway i asked as we got closer it's impossible but i'm sure it's those [ __ ] monsters robert said the alarm had stopped alerting us about the hull reach and was now recommending a station-wide evacuation warning hull integrity severely compromised all crew report to designated docking stations it said how much time do we have not enough as we turn the corner at section c we saw jennifer sitting against the wall on the wrong side of the airlock it took a moment to realize the horrors of her situation as we saw her legs fuse with the flesh of the sinkitium they had started eating away at her lower body digging their way through her flesh and rapidly replacing her organs with her own meat despite all this she remained conscious jen robert said the only word he could master from the shock of what lay in front of his eyes she slowly turned her head towards us with her eyes read from hemorrhaging as worms have consumed her insides captain is that you she said weekly i'm here jen i guess the sample wasn't dead after all she joked with a hoarse voice that she coughed up what could only be a mixture of blood and lung parenchyma maybe tell the doctor double check these things in the future he's here with me now robert explained oh i'm so sorry jen but i know there's nothing left to do i guess this is it she coughed up violently spewing out pieces of her lung and worms don't worry captain it's not your fault that a monster from the abyss crawled its way up to destroy us she said voice cracking as she writhed in agony i looked over at robert he looked horrified but couldn't take his eyes off her it really hurts please eject the s section she cried i just want it to be over robert nodded forgetting that she couldn't see him i went over to the control panel it was fairly easy to use especially after having witnessed henry mess with it before all i needed was the passcode i thought it wouldn't be right to let robert essentially execute her himself i'll do it i assured them rob jennifer said yes don't let these [ __ ] get to the surface promise me that much i promise her abdomen started bulging out she screamed in pain as the worm started tearing open her flesh captain the code i asked he told me the numbers and i input them without hesitating years of watching people suffer a prolonged death knowing that we could do nothing but pointlessly extend their lives and desensitize me to pulling the plug immediately hatches opened up on the walls an alarm sounded as water started pouring in but since the hull had already been partially breached they quickly collapsed in on themselves within a few seconds jennifer had died let's get out of here robert said we ran back towards the central area we had to traverse the entire station to get towards section a it was the only remaining escape but as we got to the offices we could hear something moving within the walls knocking their way through the pipes the pumps robert yelled they're getting in through the [ __ ] pumps talos's pumps were ancient machinery compared to the rest of the station as the dome was inserted they needed to move tons of water outside against the immense pressure but after finishing the station they had been long forgotten left inside the walls while they installed more permanent solutions before we could react the walls broke open and the cinqitium poured itself through the holes making the shape of malformed flesh extending rapidly alongside the walls we were cut off from our only escape with only the office available as temporary refuge from the oncoming swarm of worms and flow of flesh but our safe haven would quickly become just another prison to extend our survival it won't hold them for long robert said what now robert went straight for his desk pulling out a pistol from the top drawer he brought a gun to the bottom of the ocean i asked you didn't he shot back never know when you might have to quell a mutiny he laughed nervously he could tell i wasn't amused we both knew a gun wouldn't slow them down significantly but any help was welcome he continued to rummage through the closets in the room eventually pulling out two unused hazmat suits just like the one i'd used while inspecting mike it kept you safe inside the airlock the worms couldn't penetrate the suit right robert asked with pleading eyes look they breached the epm suit metal i don't think these will make a big difference might slow him down but that's it i said it's our best shot the worms are starting to pile up on the door forming a contracting mesh slightly cracking the glass it's now or never james better have the damn sub ready to go robert said as we got into the suits he fired a shot not at the door but at the tempered glass wall beside it shattering it into a million cubicle pieces as we jump through i stumbled to the ground a few worms getting onto my hand as i stood back up robert pulled them off me and shoved me forward we spurted for the entrance to section a we were far faster than the worms but they'd formed a mesh covering most of the ceiling and dropped down on top of us for each step we took another hole in the wall burst open directly above the airlock towards section a causing another slump of meat to land in front of the door [ __ ] robert yelled as he instinctively pulled his weapon and fired at the mass on the floor i froze in place as the worms disintegrated from the bullet's impact reforming hastily crawling towards us i tried to turn away and run but i didn't react in time to my surprise the worms completely ignored my presence and headed straight for robert pouring onto him from all directions pulling him to the ground he screamed in agony as they formed around his limbs making him unable to fight back i hurried towards him and tried to pull them off but for each worm i removed a hundred others joined in within seconds they managed to tear a hole at the armpit region of his suit they immediately wriggled themselves in through the hole desperately tried to pull him up but he shoved me away as he realized there wasn't any hope left with him get out of here dog he gargled his blood started to fill his lungs i didn't even hesitate shamefully i ran for my life while the sinkitium was too distracted by consuming roberts no matter what i had done he was already dead the hallways narrowed drastically as i once more returned to section a i frantically tried to input the code to close the airlocks it took me two attempts with shaky fingers to get the correct code but within a second the door sealed and i was once more separated from the abomination on the other side i'm so sorry robert i whispered to myself the central dome finally gave in under the pressure massive streams of water quickly collapsing the ceiling the station fell apart and the central power was annihilated under the flood plunged into darkness and silence i ventured further towards the docking station each section of talos supposedly had their own backup generator but it hadn't activated yet making it hard to navigate through the narrow labyrinth of hallways james can you hear me i called my voice echoing endlessly about my head as i saw a light appearing in the distance james came running towards me holding a flashlight duck he's still with us thank god he said his joy quickly fleeting as he realized i had come alone what happened where's jen and the captain i just shook my head in response no worse could convey what had happened in the dome and their absence proved enough about their unfortunate outcome of our futile escape attempt no time to worry about that now we need to get out of here the capsule's just about ready to leave for the surface we only need henry to figure out how to get the power back when we arrived at the docking station i was relieved by the increase in ceiling height if ever so slightly henry was busy at work on the control panel trying to figure out what had cut the power from the backup generator abby's standing behind him with a flashlight god damn it he yelled something has torn away the backup generator not sure how but i'm sure i know what he sighed between the lack of power and the damaged hull the sub can't release from the station we're stranded here none of us spoke a word trapped in a tin can twenty thousand feet below the surface with no transport after what felt like an eternity henry finally broke the silence well do you have any ideas then genius baby asked henry sighed as a matter of fact i do he walked into the capsule and started messing around with the electronics eventually pulling off one of the panels there are three batteries powering this up when as i see it i could take one out you should still have enough power to get you all to the surface us james asked i need to connect this battery to the airlock he continued as he pulled one of them out from the capsule then i'll override the door it'll blow open from the pressure and the resulting wave of water should forcefully eject the sub what about you i'll be asked well someone has to stay behind to follow through on this plan let me do it then james interjected no you idiot one wrong connection and the door fries locking forever i'm the only one with the expertise there has to be another way there isn't trust me james and i looked at each other both wanting to speak up but neither able to come up with an alternative solution henry went back into the transport capsule sealed the panel shut again yeah i wish you were all smarter maybe one of you could have stayed behind he said as sarcastically as ever but for the first time with a slightest smirk on his face thank you i said yeah well time for you to go he said as he shut the door to the capsule we watched as henry walked away for the last time ready to face his fate an [ __ ] to the bitter end but one with a kind heart like his other perish crew mates he would forever remain at the ocean basin never again witnessing sunlight time went on forever while we waited for a wave of water that might just as likely crush us in an instant but with a ton of luck we'd be ejected out from the station and from there we could reach the surface it would be the most violent takeoff in the station's history but also the last minutes later we heard the sound of the airlock opening before shattering to pieces under the immense pressure of exploding water and sink it's your flesh seconds later the wave hit us and we shot out from talos the hallway behind us falling apart as we did it hit us hard and roughed us up a bit but we survived james took control of the vessel and didn't hesitate to start ascending towards the surface abby and i stared out the window on the other side we could see the utterly crushed remains of thanos dimly illuminated by the light still powered up by the generators at section c which had been completely covered by the flesh of the sinkition the thousands of corpses that previously littered the ocean floor had been cleaned up and were now a part of the ever-growing monster from the abyss a wave of relief washed over me with my heart coming down for each foot of our ascension i no longer felt the need to constantly look out of the window the world outside was dark and whatever life once remained down there had been consumed alongside my longing for the ocean once we reached a depth of 5000 feet in the middle of the midnight zone we managed to establish contact with the uss orion and called for an emergency evacuation they were quite a distance away but by the time we'd reached the surface they'd pick us up albeit curious as to what had happened in the depths 3 000 feet the first rays of daylight greeted us with the warmth of the sun the ocean started filling up with peaceful life fish thriving in the waters completely ignorant to the horrors that existed directly below them the vast darkness turned to a calming blue and for the first time since being hired for this mission i have felt safe before long we breached the surface and were greeted by a team wearing hazmat suits as we boarded the ship we'd been unable to alert them to the situation all they knew was that a potential condition existed in the depths one we could have brought back with us so understandably they locked us up in the sick bay isolated from the rest of the crew for 72 hours they prodded us taking multiple blood samples even a csf probe after they all returned normal and no sign of sickness was apparent they led us into more comfortable living arrangements as we set for sure after being released from the sickbay i hardly saw james and abby they spent their time in their rooms only coming out for the occasional interview headquarters were incredibly curious as to how a state-of-the-art installation suddenly collapsed as we had absolutely no proof of the events that had transpired they needed someone to blame but as a part of the cdc and not the original talos group i was safe from prosecution all that was required of me was to sign a non-disclosure agreement when i'm breaking now to warn you about the horrors of the abyss we know more about what exists in our outer space than we do about life in our oceans and that's how it should remain forever these creatures the synkitium can't be killed as long as one single cell remains it will be enough to restart their hives and i fear that with the consumption of talos they've learned about life on the surface now that i'm posting this i'm heading for the center of disease i can control them wriggling inside my chest as i type this ready to burst out at any moment i guess the suit didn't protect me after all i hope james and abby are safe that they get a second chance at living a happy life i'm so so sorry [Music] [Music] ah brilliant brilliant story there um i hope you had time to listen to all three parts some of you may have heard parts one and two elsewhere but i think i managed to deliver a bit of a treat by putting all three together for you in one video on this fine fine friday evening well i'm in england as you might have seen from tonight's background visuals visiting my folks and having a lovely time but of course i'll try not to let this affect my schedule on youtube so you can expect another video on monday nothing stops me i can tell you well until then you have a fantastic weekend sweet dreams and bye bye [Music] thank you so much for choosing to spend your time listening to me now if you enjoyed the doctor creeping experience then come find me on facebook come chat with me on twitter listen to the background music and download it if you like on soundcloud drop by the store pick up a t-shirt and importantly if you've got a story you'd like me to read send it to dr creepensvault the subreddit i set up so that i could read your stories now looking forward to seeing you all 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Length: 70min 0sec (4200 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 21 2019

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Love the long stories. I can listen to them while I do yardwork.