Why did I?

Dante felt good about this but after an hour of being the worm on the hook so far none of their target fish have shown their gills. He is now wishing he had some swimming gear as he doesn't risk diving since if caught, he will drown. However suddenly he feels deadly danger and looks first down as his eyes widen.

They are watching their maps and at times around before suddenly Diana shouts and everyone looks over as she rushes the door looking down. "MOVE!" looking to the pilot she repeats it as now people can see a large purple mass is moving and heading towards them "Ready to bail if it breaches!"

Dante has never seen a mouth this big outside of the old man but he doesn't even know if his is that big. "Don't eat me!" he starts to swim and without a thought the shark was out as he grabs it "Swim damn you!"

He had been about to eat something and now nothing is before him but his body screams to flee. Diving down he quickly leaves the area as he sees one of those giant leviathans here. "What the hell woke that bastard up?!" He is swimming along as he is heading deep and out.

Dante compartmented the damn thing as it was trying to drown him after they got away from whatever that was. He is now swimming towards the surface as he holds his breath but can tell he is not alone. He doesn't care at this moment and keeps swimming knowing blessed air is up there.

Something is in the water and the shark they were going to eat just vanished. Now all that is there was a small thing. How did the food vanish and what was that? They start to close in slowly as this thing swims like it doesn't know how. Swimming closer they can tell now, this isn't a swimmer but one of those land creatures. A smile revealing sharp teeth flashes over them as they start to close in.

Dante is almost to air as he can tell he is out of time. He has been keeping attention on his surroundings to a degree but his main focus is getting to the surface. However now he can see those beautiful fish and knows his not well thought out plan, was really bad. He keeps swimming but thinks and drops some meat as he keeps going. Just because they called him bait doesn't mean he wants to feed a fish with himself.

They swarm the bloody meat as he breaks the surface and looks around but doesn't see land. "Oh son of a human." he looks around and down as he stares seeing all those eyes looking at him "Do you even taste your food?!"

He has been calling for help and has fed those damned fish more than half of the total meat he had on him. This was such a massive loss of meat he wants to cry but is too busy trying to stay alive. Lifting up it swims and after a moment finds the source of the sound. What is going on and why does it understand the fish? Dante now has realized they stopped after the last bit and are just following him. He isn't happy about it as he knows they are just waiting to be hungry again, Apex predator his backside.

Suddenly he hears a voice and looks around. "Who is bothering me while I was resting?" Dante doesn't see the source and feels it must be a snake, since he isn't touching anything. "Well I see something to eat at least."

Dante now knows he needs to not get ate by something he can understand. "I am who called out my name is Dante. Please eat these greedy fish but not me?" Dante looks around and resumes swimming until he feels the water surge and pushes him forward. He steadies his body and looks back to see a large snake looking head and no fish as he exhales happily. "Oh thank you mother nature you sent a family member."

It looks to him and understands this fish but doesn't care. "I am not your family, you just were missed." Dante looks to him and thinks as he laughs, why would it be on his side? He now realizes how utterly stupid he was for shouting and drawing more predators to him. "Well you are small but I did come here because of you so I should eat you."

Dante glares and shakes his head. "Don't try it water worm or you will see which of us is the Apex of this world." as it hisses in amusement Dante swims closer "I bet you I can bite you better than you can bite me."

It looks to this fish and blows water as it tumbles away and laughs more. "Try it fish, than I will eat you." Dante is beyond pissed and swims up then compartments the bastard. He turns and starts to swim away thinking how shocked it will be on the damned beach, wherever that is at.

They are all resting on the beach after their ship was hit. None know what happened to the bait and none really care. She looks over everyone and shakes her head. "Our damned luck it woke up this time. I thought it would still be full but it must have not eaten enough when we forced it up last time."

Monica gets up and holds her arm nursing the wound from the coral. "With our transport down, we should start heading back." she looks around "Anyone got a plan or shall we start walking?"

John speaks up as he is thinking. "We could use that kid if he is alive." as they look to him "I was watching holos of him and he can summon a snake big enough to take us back safely as most creatures won't attack it." With that they set about trying to locate any traces while staying close to each other. Out here being separated is trying to die.

Dante is now thankful his suit is strong. He looks to the, whatever the hell this wiggling thing is, creature and pulls the spear out. He just shoves it aside as it has turned into a jelly like substance and merged with the water around turning it orange. He avoids it not sure if toxic or not, but not wanting more troubles.

It has been a few hours now and as they are going over their supplies Diana shouts out as John is just a pair of legs. Everyone looks around and sees a Coast Crab rise from what they thought was a hill and is eating his upper half. They leave quickly despite being able to kill it because those crabs always are in groups. "Damn it, we should have just headed back."

Dante has finally made it to shore and wants to sleep until next year. However he knows he isn't safe and as he looks around it confirms it. He doesn't hear anything which means he is near the home of an apex predator. "Why did I ever want to come after these stupid fish?"

Diana is now walking with the last three members of their team. Their leader was spiked from below by a Barnacle and drained of her juices. After that, the situation devolved as they stumbled upon some Drone Wasps and after that was the damned Wolves. None are a risk alone but the rate at which they are hitting them plus the wounds gained. Marcy had most of their medical supplies but she was swatted by one of the crabs and none went looking for her.

Dante is looking around as he moves slowly. He can hear sounds but by the nature of it, he is being stalked. Whatever it was is smart as he found it used bait to lure him to an area. Thanks to that he now has baggage since he doesn't want to be alone. He turns and sees some plants move and hisses in annoyance.

She stirs and looks around before down and sees the bait is carrying her. "What happened, last I remember was a wall." he relates what he saw as she thinks then suddenly jerks and nearly takes him from his feet "We are near them!"

He glares up at her and swings her around to cover her mouth. "Do us both a favor, we are being stalked so talk softly or I will stick something in your mouth." she says an option as he flares up "Seriously what is wrong with you?" she says she is going to die so why not as he blinks "Hard to fault your logic but we are not dying today."

He shoves her down as he rolls and covers them with the biggest shield he has, taken. He can see the metal rend as claws split it like a hot knife in butter as he stores it. He looks around and sees nothing plus hears nothing as he nods his head. "They are Night Deaths, a species of Jaguar which has taken ownership of this area. Careful they are smart as hell and a single one can clear a team."

Dante nods and thinks as he stands and looks around. "I offer you food. Let us pass and I will feed your family." she looks up to him as he waits and as a set of eyes comes into view he nods as these are higher than Ta's "I don't know if you understand me however here is a small sample." he moves and tosses a flopping eel on the ground between the two "I have another I wish to be rid of but they are very large and you alone, are not enough to kill it."

His body stiffens as he feels whiskers touch his back as he didn't even sense it approach. He lifts a hand and is now holding one of the blooms in it out to the side as he prays they accept his offerings.

Taking the fish from it this one holds it down and bites killing it. Looking over the other one now comes forward and kills the eel as they both look to this strange one. "Father, what is this thing that produces food?"

He looks to it and the thing it has and back to it. "One of those vile I thought however it doesn't seem the same." he chews some looking "We shall bring it back and let the family decide."