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Stingray Pt. 2.
After my wife’s funeral, I began working on the Stingray Project again. Without her help the process was slow, but a few months later me and the team I was given finished the newest suit. This suit was tested and as we promised Mister Benton before, could withstand great depths. Unfortunately there were a few things that we had to cut. These included the assisted swimming mechanism as well as a few minor things that were cut for budgeting. Considering those were not exactly necessary for the suit to work, we weren’t worried about cutting them. With the suit all painted and ready, we took it to Mister Benton.
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”So you tested this one?” Mister Benton said as he circled the suit, admiring it’s design.
”Yes, it was able withstand going over a thousand feet under water. This distance is greater than any human has ever gone without the aid of a submarine.”
”That’s fantastic. Good work here, I’ll be sure to bring this suit to the board for further approving.
”That sounds great.”
”You can go now. I’ll have someone call you back up when you’re needed.”
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One thing I should state for the record, the facility Advanced Idea Mechanics granted the team and I was built next to the coast of the Atlantic. This allowed us free reign of what we needed to do. Unfortunately, this also is where this story took another grave turn. Due to the quickness of the build, the supports weren’t exactly up to code. This was not known at the time, so what happened next was really quiet shocking .
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(KABOOM!)
A loud sound sent me and my team into panic. We didn’t know what was going on. In an instant, one of our walls collapsed and gave way to a horrid view. I try to remain as calm as I can while I make sure my whole team gets out of the building. With seemingly everyone out of the building, I begin a head count.
”Is everyone here?” I say as I look around the group. ”Where’s Steve?”
“I think he’s still in the building.” A voice says from the team as I look back to see the entire building begin to sink into the water. I quickly run up the coast and to the main road. Luckily, the main building is stationed near our testing facility, otherwise I might not know what to do.
I enter the building and quickly make my way up flight after flight of stairs. Soon, I make it to Mister Benton’s office.
”What are you doing here?” He yells as I barge into the room.
”There’s no time!” I say as I quickly open up the Stingray suit and being to put it on.
”What are you doing with that suit?”
I say nothing. All I do is walk over to the window and point towards the crumbling building. Mister Benton quickly turns around to see that my facility is no longer where it was. He turns to me with a face of shock and horror. As he looks on I begin walking to the other side of his office.
”One of my men is in danger! I’m sorry, but you can take this out of my pay check!”
”Take what out o- Oh no!” I begin to run at the window. As I get close to the window I jump with my arms covering my head. An action mostly made redundant by the fact that I’m wearing a helmet.
Almost exactly like a cheesy action flick I break straight through the window. I press a button on my wrist and a pair of wings emerge from the back of my suit. Luckily, this design was one we kept on this model instead of waiting for the next model. Without it my actions would be completely for not.
Within seconds of me daringly jumping through my boss’s window, I find myself at the edge of the coast. My team gasps as they see me land.
“Walter?” One of them asks as I land. I motion back to them in affirmation as I begin running into the water. Once I get into deep enough waters, I dive down and begin searching for my lost colleague. Thankfully, the visor on this helmet allows me to see clearly in this water.
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I searched for hours, but unfortunately I was not able to find Steve. About a week later, his body washed up on the shore and his death was ruled an accident. Though my team fought for further investigation, the judge said that because the supports on the building were not properly constructed, there would be no evidence strong enough to sway the outcome. That was wrong of the judge to assume that, but we’ll get to that later.
Stingray Pt. 2.
After my wife’s funeral, I began working on the Stingray Project again. Without her help the process was slow, but a few months later me and the team I was given finished the newest suit. This suit was tested and as we promised Mister Benton before, could withstand great depths. Unfortunately there were a few things that we had to cut. These included the assisted swimming mechanism as well as a few minor things that were cut for budgeting. Considering those were not exactly necessary for the suit to work, we weren’t worried about cutting them. With the suit all painted and ready, we took it to Mister Benton.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
”So you tested this one?” Mister Benton said as he circled the suit, admiring it’s design.
”Yes, it was able withstand going over a thousand feet under water. This distance is greater than any human has ever gone without the aid of a submarine.”
”That’s fantastic. Good work here, I’ll be sure to bring this suit to the board for further approving.
”That sounds great.”
”You can go now. I’ll have someone call you back up when you’re needed.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One thing I should state for the record, the facility Advanced Idea Mechanics granted the team and I was built next to the coast of the Atlantic. This allowed us free reign of what we needed to do. Unfortunately, this also is where this story took another grave turn. Due to the quickness of the build, the supports weren’t exactly up to code. This was not known at the time, so what happened next was really quiet shocking .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(KABOOM!)
A loud sound sent me and my team into panic. We didn’t know what was going on. In an instant, one of our walls collapsed and gave way to a horrid view. I try to remain as calm as I can while I make sure my whole team gets out of the building. With seemingly everyone out of the building, I begin a head count.
”Is everyone here?” I say as I look around the group. ”Where’s Steve?”
“I think he’s still in the building.” A voice says from the team as I look back to see the entire building begin to sink into the water. I quickly run up the coast and to the main road. Luckily, the main building is stationed near our testing facility, otherwise I might not know what to do.
I enter the building and quickly make my way up flight after flight of stairs. Soon, I make it to Mister Benton’s office.
”What are you doing here?” He yells as I barge into the room.
”There’s no time!” I say as I quickly open up the Stingray suit and being to put it on.
”What are you doing with that suit?”
I say nothing. All I do is walk over to the window and point towards the crumbling building. Mister Benton quickly turns around to see that my facility is no longer where it was. He turns to me with a face of shock and horror. As he looks on I begin walking to the other side of his office.
”One of my men is in danger! I’m sorry, but you can take this out of my pay check!”
”Take what out o- Oh no!” I begin to run at the window. As I get close to the window I jump with my arms covering my head. An action mostly made redundant by the fact that I’m wearing a helmet.
Almost exactly like a cheesy action flick I break straight through the window. I press a button on my wrist and a pair of wings emerge from the back of my suit. Luckily, this design was one we kept on this model instead of waiting for the next model. Without it my actions would be completely for not.
Within seconds of me daringly jumping through my boss’s window, I find myself at the edge of the coast. My team gasps as they see me land.
“Walter?” One of them asks as I land. I motion back to them in affirmation as I begin running into the water. Once I get into deep enough waters, I dive down and begin searching for my lost colleague. Thankfully, the visor on this helmet allows me to see clearly in this water.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I searched for hours, but unfortunately I was not able to find Steve. About a week later, his body washed up on the shore and his death was ruled an accident. Though my team fought for further investigation, the judge said that because the supports on the building were not properly constructed, there would be no evidence strong enough to sway the outcome. That was wrong of the judge to assume that, but we’ll get to that later.