Al-an Subnautica Novels & Stories

ALAYNA’s POV I awake from a dark dream to find myself being carried under the surface of the earth. My hands are bound at my back with a rope and in the first few moments of consciousness, I struggle violently but to no avail. Someone dumps me down on the ground and I fall forward on a hard black stone. Goddess, it hurts. I look down and realize that the pain is not merely from the fall. I had been shot in the shoulder as well. And amidst the pain, my vision finally clears and I realize that I am in an underground chamber and a pool of lava boils on my left. They fill the air with a depressing red glow and a foul stench.

That it made us better than the ones we hunted. It didn’t. ⸻ By midnight, Niko returned, soaked and furious. “The leak’s not at the docks,” he said. “It’s internal.” “How sure?” “Sure enough to put a bullet in the wrong man if we don’t tread carefully.” I rubbed at my temple. “Then we tread carefully.” He hesitated. “Alana’s expanding the Core again. Pulling in old contacts from her father’s side. You good with that?” “She told me,” I said.

Inside, the air tasted of copper, ozone, and the stale artificial breath of an enclosed ecology. Anna stepped out of the iron lift, her armored boots clicking against the pristine white stone platform that ringed the glowing fractured sphere of Node 02. The sound was sharp and brittle swallowed instantly by the colossal open space of the sub-oceanic cathedral. Her golden cipher HUD hummed softly inside her visor, casting geometric lines of warning metrics, cascading golden equations, and crimson failure threats across her vision. The data was a visual fever, a frantic warning of a countdown nearing its zero-hour.

I took that as an opportunity to take a shower. I stripped off all my clothes, entering the cold shower, not minding about going full naked in a semi-private cubicle they had. I washed off all the dirt Clara and her friends' shoes have left on my body. I scrubbed it all away. For how long will I be like this? I'm sure that this is not the first time this will happen. This is just the start. How will I survive in that case? "We can ask Alpha Trojan for help, right? After all, he’s, our mate." Tala is finally awake.

I asked and she veered around with a smile and whispered a name to my ears. **** “I am Erin,” She paused and gazed at me, her expression, unreadable, “ I am Alexander’s mate, the Luna of this pack’” Wait, what? I am to be the Luna of this pack, how is she the Luna? They have got to be a terrible mistake!

I miss the rest when he greets my aunt because my friend, Veronica, sends me a mind-link. “Oh my Goddess, is that him? He’s actually totally hot.” I send a quick “yes, that’s him” in response and block the mind-link. If I don’t block out communications, she’ll relentlessly question me; plus, I’m sure she won’t be the only one of my friends looking for gossip. I’d rather not get distracted and have this monster of an Alpha rip my head off for disrespecting him. Though, honestly, he doesn't look like the ruthless murdering type. He has a sweet boyish look to him. “And this must be Alpha Alyssa, Alpha Noah and Luna Mara’s daughter, correct?” Alpha Enzi refocuses my attention.

“So? Are you going to raise the sub or what?” Skyr seemed to snap out from his trance as he headed to the control panel and raised the Submarine to the surface. Meanwhile I was getting ready for the work at hand as I did some stretches. I already know how to leap and access my Atlantean skills. This much will be easy for me. I climbed up and turned the wheel to open the sub. Cool sea air greeted me and I had to shield my eyes from the burning rays of the sun. I couldn’t help but laugh as I felt joyous upon feeling the heat of the sun again. I looked in front of me. Well at least they weren’t lying when they said that the squad is stranded on an island. I don’t exactly see the stranded people

Chapter 46: Sanaya’s P.O.V “This is pure bliss!” Alina moaned as she dunked her head under water and came up for air a few moments later. Amber had to answer an urgent call so she wasn’t able to join us but Alina had kept me company.

I said. "Alpha Evans." Sergi bowed his head. "May I introduce Neil and Alaina of Moonless Night?" "Please." I said. "Neil Colt and his mate Alaina Colt of Moonless Night, this is my Alpha Kane Evans. Neil is the one that designed the topography map. He has some wicked computer skills and Alaina is a genius with codes and firewalls."

Dark long-sleeved shirts with cargo pants and combat boots. The lankier of the two transports turned halfway, “Alpha Nox, if you could follow me for debriefing. The others can follow Hugo to a tent. There’s food and an extra change of clothes for all of you. We’ll be heading out in a few hours, so rest up.”