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Life Could Be A Dream, Sweetheart (PoisonousIvee/Mr.Aznable)

"So you'll come along? Santa Catalina is an old pre-war naval base, plenty of things need someone with your.. appreciation for technology.." he said.
 
She nodded, not knowing what she was truly signing up for. "I will! Whatever needs fixing or building! I'll even learn about power armor!"
 
He smiled. "Excellent. Make yourself at home, we'll leave soon." He left and cornered one of the men who eyed her down the hall. He slammed him against a bulkhead and gripped his throat tight. "Anyone touches her before I say so, I'll cut your throat and leave you to the biters." He said before dropping the man and leaving.
 
She heard the bang but figured it was just the old metal, trying to find somewhere to set up and be out of the way for now.
 
Soon enough, the horn sounded again and the ship kicked off and headed back towards the mysterious island.
 
There was a sense of foreboding on the faces of the people watching from the pier, but she didn't quite see that yet. From this view, she imagined what sailors before the war saw when they set off. Probably much the same view, in truth.
 
Though she didn't know them long, they still helped her when she needed it, so she waved them goodbye with a wide smile, not knowing she would never see them again.
 
The ship soon hit the sea, and she could hear the turbines in the generator room spool up and whine to their maximum speed as the ship opened up its throttle. The ocean seemed so peaceful out here
 
"Wow..." She muttered as she looked out at the sea. She never thought she would live to see the ocean.
 
Something was moving underneath the water, closer to the ship now. It was big, and a bright, neon orange.
 
Suddenly, a madsive hand pulled her back away from the railing. "Dammit, vaulter, keep your head back!" Feng hissed. He boomed over the comms system, "Biter school, starboard side, close to aft!" Not a moment later, a massive, hideous mass of muscle, scales and teeth lept from the water, only to be speared by something she had only now noticed on Feng's armor. Over his shoulder, sparking electricity along a cable to the mutated fish, was a harpoon gun.
 
He hissed and suddenly the fish blew apart as he planted a shotgun between its eyes and pulled the trigger. "Biters!!" He roared.
 
What the hell were biters? She had never heard of them before. Regardless, she moved to a safe spot from the fighting.
 
"Let fly, let fly!!" He called, and the ship spoke. As the hideous fish flew from the water, the ships gun positions responded, blasting them from the sky with anti aircraft guns, rockets, and even the two main guns
 
She covered her ears, cowering in a the door to the lower deck, shaking hard as she tried to ignore the loud noises and screams.
 
A loud roar of cheers erupted all around as they cleared the school of biters. Sure, he didn't need to travel through those waters, but the crew could use gun practice, and it didn't hurt to scare her into thinking he was a saviour.
 
Feng was laughing, reeling in his harpoon and cleaning the flesh off of the barbed end. "More than safe."
 
"I-I'm sorry, I had no idea it would..." She trailed off, shaking still. What a pathetic little thing, really.
 
She nodded, "Y-Yeah..." She looked up and gave a weak smile, "Thank you...for not letting it eat me.."
 
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