Everyone woke up before me. I was awakened half the night, thinking about our neighbors, Strays.

"Esha! Wake up soon," Hazel called me but left as soon as she heard my grating voice, "Mmm, already up."
I put on my coat. Got some refreshment and head to the hub. What's now?

Zech and Hazel are in front of the monitor looking dead serious. All the other four stood back watching the monitor.

"Any problem, guys?"

I joined behind all. Andrei moved to give space.

The water surfaces, where Garry and the team took analyze samples and used Archeosub. Several crocodile-like but with long legs creatures swimming in it.

The problem is they are bigger than whale. If we put the Whale in a vertical position you'll find the length of that, normally 21-23 mts. Both genders of whales will look smaller than this creatures.

Strays. Nadya's explanation hit different now.

"Can you find their height?" I asked Zech.
"No, But I'm confident. They are no smaller than 30 mts," Garry spoke on behalf of his department.

"Yebana mat'"Alyona looked pale.
Everyone looked at her in confusion. "She meant 'holy shit.'" My half Russian instincts saves the day.

Alyona not so sure about living here. "Why don't we abort this mission and left asap?" Sorry, Ali."We can't go anyway. send this to the headquarters. wait for their reply," I told the Techs.

"When did you put that camera inside?" Baffled Nadya asked in tiny voice. "When you were grumbled about me," He smirked, with folded arms, starring straight at her.
"That's incredible, Garry." I stepped in as Nadya was out of words. Garry, indeed, unconsciously, functioning ahead of us.

"Esfir, shall we proceed?," Andrei called me. I looked at Nadya, she nodded, and I was reminded to proceed our plan.

We all got ready for the second day now. Same locations; Different findings is our motto.

Andrei was helpful yesterday. Now, we're in our place looking for any excavated stuff. He went to the other side. I'm waiting.

"Esfir, come here," Andrie called me, I was getting ready to face it, and ran towards him. There it stood the great missile submarine. Bebo even gave correct coordinates.

"Don't you think it will be useful?" I asked as if I don't know.
"Lemme check." He traced the mechanism and clicked photos. And took some parts from the ground.

We returned to the hub, but Zech and Hazel are not there. We thought they must be gone for some tech works.

I submitted the findings to our encrypted database. However, I need to wait for Zech before hitting send button.

"Let's go and find others," I urged Andrei.' We both came to their side.

Nadya and Garry near the water surface but that didn't scare them. "They are so close to water," Andrei breathed.
"I think,You are scared of it," I whispered back. His eyebrow raised, "Like you don't have scare?"

"I can't go near the water after what I saw today," Alyona answered before me.

"Nadya is getting satellite calls," Alyona told me, I acted like it's new to me.

"Okay, Bebo" she cut the call while I went near her.
"What's the problem now?"

"Bebo saying that we have some missile-loaded submarines here, if something bad happened means, use 'em." Her journal told me already.

"Who will use it? But,We already found that."
Nadya was stunned at my reveal.

"What are we gonna do?"
"We must trigger the strays to bring them out," I'm using Bebo's ideas.

"Time ain't correct for that."

"Bebo said, 'some may get outside but some may stay inside today'"
"What do you imply? Isn't it about Starys?" I asked, she is confusing me.
"That's why Zech is missing?. I can't believe this." Alyona said as she's listening to everything.

"What are you blabbering?" We asked in unison.
"Let's go to hub," Ali grabbed our hands.

We ran towards the hub. Still, No sign of them.

"Zech" "Hazel," Nadya is shouting their names.

"We should inform them."

"Secondary crew is responding in baby steps," I checked the monitor for a response. None.

"No, they didn't even reply yesterday too."

"Esfir, come here soon" Andrei called in the walkie-talkie.

"We have to again run to that place," Not Nadya saying my exact thoughts.

"I hate this," Ali whined tiredly.
"Same girl, let's go soon," I pushed her out.

When we reached the place.Andrei showed us some secret pathways to the Balck Sea. It's directly connecting from somewhere to this junction. May be that somewhere is where that Submarine is located. A thought born.

"We can use this," Archeosub came to rescue us. Everything set. When we reached. Boys declared, they are hungry. Hazel would have been got all stuff ready for dinner at this time. But...

"Will you help me in making some bread?" Nadya called them.

"Aren't that already prepared?" Garry shouted, hunger & anger combo is tracing in his voice.
"No! Come soon," Nadya ordered them.

After all had enough, I asked Nadya to explain about stem cells in detail.Nadya left and back with Stem cells Project folder.

She starts,"Listen Y'all, don't interrupt me while I'm explaining, ask your doubts at the end." "Will you start already?" Garry asked in annoyed face.

"Whatever. My Bebo worked in Bio sphere 2 project. Later developed biomes in Batumi for her Strays. But everything was failure. So, Govt thought it's good for that Strays to let completely independent with their own. So, They sealed all the biomes in Batumi and Kota, but dig some sea routes for 'em. That's what saving them this all time." Nadya took a break to search some pages.

Everyone sat idle, except Ali and me. I turned towards her. It's strange. Because she was very eager in that folder instead the crucial info. Isn't it new to her?

"See." Nadya showed us the pictures of Strays. Exactly, look alike of the ones, we saw today on the screen.

"Embryonic stem cells project av is played on the equipment," Dr.Olga gave us all. The av started,Bebo appeared on the screen.

"Govt asked as to create a cell mutated organisms with fossil-- dead cells."
"It's a fusion for future." Someone shouting at the other side of the screen.
"Shut up, Dimitriy. She's on air"

"Embryoids, stem cells can be created from dead embryo. Cell tissues will be grow in natural process than we expected. We used it for repairing damaged tissues in body but they are more capable than we are aware of."

"They created What?" Garry forgot the rule. Nadya ignored him.
"Those Embryoids can be observed in labs, cultured there with essentials like TS cells, XEN cells, and iXEN cells."

"Lot of cells," Garry spoke in low voice, going near Andrei, forgetting the middle one, me.
"You both move!" I parted them apart.

"Those cultured embryoids, grew up to lab made mosas, our Strays." Dr. Karine showed us cute little mosa, one of 'em.
"Don't they look cute?" I crawled towards the screen.
"Kiddo, sit down!" Nadya pushed me back.

"They look like Hatchlings." Ali said with numbness. "Marine biologist finally opened her mouth for her department," Garry clapped his hands. That obviously gained glare from her.

"Nadya, tell them more." I passed her the journal.
"My Bebo noted many details on this." She opened that.
"The exact coordinates for the location of missile submarine." Andrei's sidelong glance gave me chill, I smiled at him in guilt.
He averted his gaze.

"That Mosas are everywhere under us. They will come up the surface to spawn. We have already seen them yesterday. But the problem is we don't know what to do?"

"We anyhow have to kill them," I got different stare from all.
"You. What?" Ali shouted suddenly. She's acting weird, today. May be sacred.

"Other wise, you will be get killed, if they come to the surfaces of Black Sea." Andrei told her with grim face.

"What? They are family. You can't do it." Ali protested, screaming like strange. Aren't you scared of them?

"You want 'em to live like this? They are threat to our mankind." I shouted at her face to face.

"Can't you see their size?" Garry pushed us backwards, then stood in middle.

"Ali, it's not time for your empathy." Andrei wrapped her in half hug. She nodded, " I need to go to washroom." She left like that.

"Looks like your princess is fond of mosa," Nadya spoke amidst our dismay.

"First, tell us about that submarine." Garry asked.

"Decode by yourself," Nadya tossed the journal.

He and Andrei scanned the missile set up blueprint, which was roughly encrypted in the journal.

Andrei is determined,"I knew! what to do."

When everyone gone to their tent, I sat in front of the PC. "My brother isn't here!"

"Zech..." is the name that showing up in my heart for a while. "Brother, I hope you're fine."

Incoming message sound alerted me. "Some message is here!" I called them.

The message received was...

We'll send Boriz and the Marine group for support and we don't have any idea about Zech and Hazel.

"Zech, Hazel"... What if something happened to 'em? My tears enter into my mouth, giving me tingling on my spine.
I thought he is in GARC but how they don't know about his whereabouts? What will happen to them? Where they went?

Who will I call now? Who gonna help me? Who gonna be with me until the very end? What happened to you, Zech!!!

All could I do was shout, but couldn't. Be strong.

Nadya listen to my silent yelling and hugged me.

"My friends..." I whispered on her shoulder.