The male Megalodon opened its jaws. But it didn't attack. It simply swam in a slow, deliberate circle around the Neptune’s Grave , herding it. The female took up position behind, nudging the sub toward a fissure in the trench wall—a fissure that wasn’t on any map.
The Neptune’s Grave began to rise, but Jonas knew they weren't escaping. The male Megalodon opened its jaws
But it wasn’t for the crew of the Neptune’s Grave . The female took up position behind, nudging the
The trench had a new sound.
“That’s not possible,” Jonas whispered. “That’s the male. We buried him under fifty thousand tons of rock.” The trench had a new sound
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.
They were being allowed to leave. To carry the message.