Part 4 [spoiler] 1 Month Later There was sound. Some noise, in the distance. Like muffled talking. And he was dimly aware of light. He had the sense of light, being shined on him, bright and warm. And then he felt something in his throat. A tenseness, he was lacking something. It grew more and more, like his body needed something. Davidson woke up screaming, to the sound of blaring warning sounds and the voice of Devski speaking to him. He started coughing, choking on the air. He faintly heard the sound of Devski in the background, as his vision blurred and went into dark tunnels. He couldn't make out what Devski was saying, but he was losing consciousness rapidly, and as he struggled, grasping at nothing, the world went black around him once more. Davidson opened his eyes slowly, faintly registering the sound of a heartbeat monitor, as the world came back to him. He looked around him, slowly at first, unbelieving of where he was. He was in the medical wing on the mining station. He looked up to the ceiling, taking in the view of Tarkaven's early morning sky. He looked around, and found curtains all around him. He reached out to them, sluggishly, and found tubes and wiring in his arms, as well as his chest. He gripped one on his chest, when suddenly, the voice of Devski broke through. "I would leave those if I were you. We had a hard time thawing you out. You were still insulated by your suit's gel layer. You nearly drowned once you came to." Davidson reached up weakly, feeling the words barely forming on his lips. "Family....need to....." "We have updated them on your current status. We will contact them when you are ready. But at the moment you have several drugs running through your system to remove the gel layer in your lungs and body after it froze and bonded with you. You need some time to recover." "What about....... What....... Brendus?" "Your co-worker is in good health. He was most frantic upon contacting me and was distraught about the incident for several weeks. But, now that I have contacted him on your current condition, he seems to be doing much better. In fact, all the crew is. Welcome back Mr. Davidson." Davidson breathed an immense sigh of relief as he laid his head back down on the pillow, and closed his eyes to rest. What'd he'd seen down there suddenly flashed back to his mind. Had he been saved? Or was it mere accident and he'd almost died before he was saved by the suit's preservation features? One thing for sure, something told him to keep it to himself. In the meantime, he was going to just rest for a while. 1 Year Later Davidson rode the elevator shaft far down, standing in it with a few other workers. Brendus stood next to him, and bumped him over the shoulder in his suit. "Aye laddy, ye' sure you want to do this?" "You couldn't stop me if you tried." "Aye then. But I'd weigh yer options with lady luck. Ye survived a fall down below the ice, hit the ocean floor, and managed to drift over here on reserve power until somebody found ye. If that's not tempting fate, I don't know what is." "Don't worry about it Brendus. We'll be fine." "Aye. What happened to you down there?" "I sat on the bottom of the ocean for a day and a half. No light. Nothing. Only darkness. And then, I saw the light." Brendus shook his head. "Aye, ye lost yer marbles when they unthawed ya. Said you were screaming up a storm before ye started choking. Doesn't sound like no light to me. You sure yer feeling okay? Davidson simply nodded. "I'm better than okay." The lift reached the bottom, and as warning lights blared and water slowly began to fill the room, pressurizing the inside with the outside. The group of miners waited patiently, until everything stopped and the lights went green. Brendus patted Davidson on the back.[/spoiler]