Meg2

Not a fish. Not a current.

Jonas watched the last flicker of the female’s bioluminescence vanish into the black. Not a fish

They were being allowed to leave. To carry the message. swam to the fissure’s mouth

The Neptune’s Grave began to rise, but Jonas knew they weren't escaping. and released a single

But it wasn’t for the crew of the Neptune’s Grave .

Then she turned, swam to the fissure’s mouth, and released a single, powerful jet of water that shot toward the surface—a signal to the rest of her kind, hidden in deeper, darker trenches around the world.

“Sounds like someone shaking a can of nails,” the grizzled engineer replied. “But there’s nothing out here, Jonas. The Megs are gone. We made sure of that.”