I would be interested in that ! The Cutiefly too if you ever breed it again . Would you be interested in Lure Ball Dhelmise for it ? I have plenty of those on hand . Let me know if you want to see a spreadsheet . <| sep |> Wow if no one enters or claims the yellow one . I ' d be more then happy to add it to the things I ' m getting together for Grandbaby number two . It ' s been a little while since I put together a layette for a baby . <| sep |> So what do you get on social media that hasn ' t come from journalists ? <| sep |> Last PartHe was greeted by a world of near total darkness . His headlamp had been broken during the chaos , and the soldier sharing their refuge had lost his . Travis ' s was the lone source of light , and it barely penetrated a few feet into the dustladen , souplike air before them . Coughing , Stevens reached for the small rebreather attached to his harness , and thanked Heaven that Lieutenant Clark had insisted they take them . Travis and the soldier did the same . After a few grateful gasps of clean air . Stevens took the rebreather away from his mouth and called . ' Asher ? Hello ? Any survivors ? ' Doctor ! ' Came the strained response . The three of them immediately set off swimming towards the source of the sound . They found Asher a few dozen meters to their right , where he and the other soldier had take refuge in a small crevice . The crevice had not been as secure as the other ' s hiding place however , and Asher was supporting the soldier who was slumped unconscious and was bleeding heavily from his head . Stevens was not a medical professional , but he was fairly certain that injury was very serious , possibly life threatening , and the grim look on Asher and the remaining soldier ' s face told him he was probably right . ' Davis , take Sawyer for a moment . ' Asher said , and the soldier who had taken cover with Stevens and Travis grabbed the unconscious man ' s other arm and took him from the Corporal . Asher then reached for his radio . ' Base , this is Asher , do you copy ? ' There was a tense silence for a moment , before finally the most welcome sound in the world blared from the radio the sound of Lieutenant Clark ' s voice . ' Asher , this is Base . What is your status ? '' Jones , Montague and Taylor are down , Sawyer is wounded , myself , Davis , Stevens and Aimes are ok . '' Copy that , emergency evac and medical assistance is en route . ' Stevens tried to feel relieved , but it was difficult . An emergency crew had been left on standby in Tokyo , but even though they would already have been dispatched it would take them hours to fly to their location by helicopter , let alone descend into the Trench to retrieve them . As they trod water , contemplating this , Stevens suddenly noticed something they had drifted several meters away from the crevice Asher had hidden in . The realisation struck that there was a current in the dwindling water of the Trench the ocean water was indeed draining away like the water in a bathtub . He pointed this out to the others , and they immediately swam back to the crevice , so as not to drift too far from where the rescue team would most likely come looking for them . ' Lieutenant , this is Stevens . ' He called over to the radio . ' I am proceeding with my mission I will continue with my exploration of this Trench until the rescue crew arrives . '' Like Hell you are ! ' Clark ' s voice barked , loosing all pretence of radio etiquette . ' Your mission is over , Doctor ! '' With respect , Lieutenant , it ' s not ! ' Stevens shouted back . ' There ' s a current down here it ' s the first clue we ' ve had . For all we know the secret to actually undoing the calamity and restoring the world ' s oceans is down here ! I ' m sorry , but I have to investigate ! ' Ignoring the shouting , cursing retort of the Lieutenant , Stevens turned to the others . ' You don ' t have to come with me . Stay here and wait for the rescue team . If I ' m not back by the time they get here leave without me . This is more important than just my life make sure if I don ' t make it , they get another mission going , a better one that will get the answers we need . ' The soldiers looked at each other , clearly unhappy with letting him go on alone , but unwilling to continue . It was Travis who spoke . ' I ' m coming with you Doc . '' I appreciate your loyalty Travis . ' said Stevens , feeling bad for all the criticisms he had ever thought of the man , ' but an assistant doesn ' t have to follow their boss everywhere . '' I know man , but it ' s like you said this is too important . Besides , my mum and dad they run a jetski business . They need the ocean . And my girl she loves the sea . Thinks it ' s amazing and beautiful and everything . If there ' s a chance I can fix this , get it all back for them , well I gotta take it , don ' t I ? ' He gave his characteristic grin , and despite the situation , Stevens couldn ' t help but grin with him . ' Alright then let ' s go . ' And so , despite the protestations of the soldiers and the furious Lieutenant Clark , they began to swim away , following the current into the dark . ' I think the current ' s slowing down . ' puffed Travis . Stevens had noticed it too . For half an hour they had slowly swum , letting the current do most of the work and lead them to the source of the drainage , relying solely on Travis ' s lamp for illumination as the darkness pressed in from all around them . The darkness , that was the worst of it it played havoc with their nerves and minds . They tried reminding themselves that , since this place was supposed to be underwater , nothing would be down here above the water ' s surface . This didn ' t help whenever they thought they felt something brush past their legs , but they were able to convince themselves that it was nothing , or a rock , or at the worst an angler fish or some other deepsea dweller . Soon enough however their legs became numb from the cold of the water , which at least spared them from feeling anything brushing passed them . ' Why do you reckon it ' s stopping . Doc ? ' Travis asked . Stevens shook his head he had no clue . He was too tired to answer and too tired to try to think of an explanation . He hoped however that it meant they were drawing near , and not that whatever it was was almost done with draining their water . He was about to suggest they rest for a moment , when he saw it . Up ahead something glinted . He froze , hardly daring to believe it , and Travis stopped with him , turning his light to face him . ' What ' s up ? ' He asked . ' Travis ! Turn your light back that way ! Over there ! ' He pointed agitatedly . Travis turned and shone his torch in the direction he had indicated , and their mouths fell open . It stood about a hundred meters away , only it ' s lowermost parts still submerged in water . It was as if someone had thrown a stone through a window , only the window was made of the finest , most perfect glass , and rather than falling the shards simply hung there . Their edges were so fine you would never even see them , if it weren ' t for the different ways the differently angled shards refracted the light being shone at them . What was more , the ' shatter ', or whatever it was , was not simply a break through a flat surface , but rather was completely three dimensional appearing the same from every angle . It was such a bizarre , impossible , incredible sight that it took several minutes for them to even notice that the water was flowing into it , from all sides , exactly like water flowing down a drain . ' This is it . ' Breathed Stevens . ' This is the cause of it all . This . this shatter . or tear , or hole or whatever it is this is where the water ' s all been flowing out ! '' But , what is it ? ' asked Trevor , his voice small and astonished . ' Like I said Travis it ' s a hole ! A hole in space , or reality , or dimensions , or whatever . I ' m no physicist , I couldn ' t begin to tell you the specifics , but I do know one thing if the water ' s flowing through that must mean there ' s something on the other side , some place the waters gone to ! .' He began to swim towards it , all traces of fatigue gone . ' Doc wait ! ' Travis called . ' This is too much , man ! Holes in reality ? This is too big for us to handle ! We should go back , get help , get those physicists to sort this out ! ' Stevens paused and turned back , clearly thinking . ' Maybe you ' re right . Maybe I can ' t solve this myself . But then again , maybe I can . I told you before this is more important than any one life . I may be able to reverse this , and if there ' s even the slightest chance of that I ' ll take it ! ' He pointed at Travis , at the small pouch on his harness . ' You go back ! You take those pics you wanted to take and you go back ! Show them to the military , the physicists , even your girl ! Show them what ' s down here , and . and if I don ' t fix this , then it ' ll be up to them . '' And if you fix it , but don ' t make it back ? ' Travis asked , his voice breaking . Stevens smiled . ' Then show them what I went up against and won . Now get your pics and get going , idiot boy . ' With that , he turned and swam determinedly through the shatter , and disappeared . Travis trod water for a few minutes , not quite believing that the Doctor was really gone , before extricating his phone from its waterproof case and opening the camera option . The functionary turned as the lights on the control panel flashed green . He reached over and flipped the switch to open communication to his superiors . ' Water siphon complete sir , all tanks reading full capacity . '' Very good . Begin Atmospheric siphoning . ' Came the reply .