[ WP ] Unknown depths of the sea : you 're part of an armada of colossal submarines descending into the abyss ...

For four days we had floated here in darkness, waiting for the larger ships to catch up with the smaller, although still massive submarines. Out of the 13 that were deployed from the recently created man-made island of Innsmouth, all but two had made it to the bottom of this newly discovered trench, both returning to the surface due to small electronic failures. 
 
 Overall it was going very well, the expedition to uncover the secrets that lay almost 14'000 metres beneath the surface of the pacific ocean, was progressing smoothly, that was until the lights uncovered something that forced the fleet to stop. At approximately 8'000 metres below sea level the larger ships, equipped with the strongest lights known to man, found their gaze resting upon a carving into the stone. 
 
 Of course, this was impossible. This was such a depth that only very specialised creatures could survive, for something intelligent enough to sculpt rock, and somehow do it in this incredible pressure was terrifying. One ship stayed to examine it further while another was now tasked with floating up and down the walls they had been descending past for almost 2 kilometres and searching for any other carvings. 
 
 This should have given every person on those ships pause, but of course, a circle with wavy lines beneath it would be interpreted as the sun. Maybe this ancient civilisation was the first here on earth? And it's only natural to assume they might worship the sun, as many others have done. 
 
 It was n't until the larger ships reached us that we learnt our error of our ways and the punishment that comes with greed. The sonar indicated that there was some sort of recess in the rock wall and that it was enormous, finally the volcanic tunnels we had hoped to find! Not only did this bring the possibility for life, but with the overwhelming pressure and volcanic activity comes priceless minerals that would hopefully pay for this expedition ten times over. 
 
 After setting up the lighting structure, connected between 4 submarines like a giant spider's web, they were slowly fed power. As the glow extended through the water cutting away at the blackness, a silence fell across all channels of communication. All talk, whether it be jovial or to help monitor the power supply ceased at once. Before us stood an archway, large enough to hold any building man had constructed in its entirety, Imposing and giving off an aura of power and timelessness it seemed as though it was here long before earth. 
 
 Alien was the right word, it seemed as though the earth was formed around it, not that it was made from the earth. The lights ran deeper into the colossal doorway, biting and scratching away at the dark as they plunged further, hungry to reveal everything they could. But this darkness seemed different, we all noticed it, those in the command rooms and those watching on monitors in common rooms and bedrooms. Whether they thought it sinister or not they all sensed something, this darkness far more than just the absence of light. Then as whispers were slowly starting to re-emerge a sharp gasp filled the room of every submarine. What for a millisecond had seemed like a wall, an uneven rocky surface at the back of this recess was no wall at all. 
 
 Not only was it not a wall but neither was it rock, it reflected the light differently. The darkness that the light had vanquished so readily was thicker here and stayed even once lit up, swirling around something still partially obscured. While the light fell upon it this tornado of impenetrable black seemed to burn off in wisps, dissolving into the ocean around it, sometimes flaring out towards the submarines seemingly in frustration. 
 
 When finally all the darkness was cleared and lights power roared through the ocean we could only feel one overpowering emotion: fear. 
 
 For in the depths of the ocean lay in eternal chains of darkness a force of chaos not meant to be unleashed. All I could recall in my last moments before the titan slowly turned, its tentacles falling down from its bulbous head and its wings pushing thousands of tonnes of water in one motion, was a story I had read as young boy. 
 
 The line that appeared so clearly in my memory now chilled me to my core, and revealed to me that throughout history there were many who warned us in the only ways they could without being laughed at. 
 
 I closed my eyes and let the words envelop me as a deep and gargantuam roar caused the walls of the submarine to faulter; 
 
 *Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn* 
 

