[ WP ] Scare me using my fear of the sea ( thalassophobia )

`` *Help me! *'' 
 
 `` *Help m-*'' My scream was cut off as the water pulled me under again, and my world grew dark. It took all of my effort to break the surface, my muscles crying from exhaustion, tears masked by seawater. I knew, in the pit of my chest, i was going to die. 
 
 The sea surrounded me, dark and terrifying. Waves buffeted me, and the soft tug of the water beneath me warned i would be yanked under soon again. My breathing grew more rapid, my heart tried escaping my chest, my eyes grew bloodshot and i began to give up, i began to surrender. I wanted someone to help me, rescue me, save me from this cold, wet hell. But, i was alone. 
 
 Or so i thought. 
 
 It started off as a movement in the corner of my eye, a small breach among the waves. I turned, panicking, throwing water up, my legs dangling into the blue darkness below. I prayed i had only been seeing this in my exhaustion-fueled state. 
 
 Then i saw it. It breached only for a moment, a single, sleek tentacle brushing the surface, bringing full-blown panic with it. 
 
 `` *Help me! Help! *'' But nobody could hear me. Nobody except the squid. 
 
 There was nowhere to go, all i could see around me was water. I was going to die, and nobody would know where, or what killed me. 
 
 Another tentacle breached, this one larger and faster. I could n't see the source of the appendage, but i knew it was near me, hiding in the dark water. 
 
 For a brief moment i thought it had left, as i was left alone among the waves. All i could hear was my own panting, my own whimpers. I counted the seconds, and said every prayer i knew. 
 
 Then it grabbed me. I did n't even have a chance to scream. 
 
 I was pulled under immediately, cold terror filling me. I reached up, hoping to grab onto something, anything, to save me. The last thing i saw was the sun, disappearing as i fell deeper into the abyss. 
 

