Riptide (2001)
“The others were already stretched out for twenty feet below him. The lights on their helmets played through the murk as they descended hand over hand. A sense of vertigo passed over him, and he looked up, grabbing at the rung. The ladder was rock solid, he knew; even if he fell, the lifeline would keep him from tumbling far.
As they went deeper, a curious hush fell over the team and among the Orthanc crew, monitoring the mission over the live channel.
The incessant sounds of the settlin...g Pit, the soft creakings and tickings, filled the air like the whispered teeming of invisible sea creatures. Hatch passed the first cluster of terminal hubs, electrical outlets, and cable jacks that had been set into the ladder at fifteen-foot intervals.
“Everyone all right?” came Neidelman’s low voice over the intercom. Positive responses came back, one by one.
“Dr. Magnusen?” Neidelman asked.
“Instruments normal,”MoreLess
As they went deeper, a curious hush fell over the team and among the Orthanc crew, monitoring the mission over the live channel.
The incessant sounds of the settlin...g Pit, the soft creakings and tickings, filled the air like the whispered teeming of invisible sea creatures. Hatch passed the first cluster of terminal hubs, electrical outlets, and cable jacks that had been set into the ladder at fifteen-foot intervals.
“Everyone all right?” came Neidelman’s low voice over the intercom. Positive responses came back, one by one.
“Dr. Magnusen?” Neidelman asked.
“Instruments normal,”MoreLess
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