under the sea. james “mac” mackreides x female!reader
summary: When a second Megalodon causes chaos in what was supposed to be a happy moment, you end up getting hurt, and Mac feels like his world crumbles.
warnings: Getting hurt, mentions of character deaths, incorrect medical description, one use of Y/N (had to, sorry), think that’s it!
Request: okay, so i’m totally in love with mac (the meg) but no one writes fics about him:((. it would be so awesome if you could write a fic where the reader is somehow injured during the point in the first movie where the boat flips over. and just mac keeping them alive as they take the lifeboat back to mana one, and how he is in the hospital with the reader. i totally understand if you don’t want to do this, thank you!!
Ever since the Meg died you had the biggest smile on your face.
It felt too good to be true, it hadn’t been many days since you found out about the Meg’s existence, but you’re not complaining one bit.
You and Mac had been chatting since the Meg got strung up on the boat, occasionally looking back at it, it seemed like the whole team was having a great time.
Mac had been watching you talk with what could be a loving gaze, listening to every word you said. You let out a sigh, “I can’t believe this is finally over and done with. The past days have been crazy.” What you really wanted to say was I’m glad this stupid shark is dead, I just wish Toshi could’ve been here.
Although it seemed like Mac knew what you really meant, he smiled, “I know what you mean.”
You let silence take over and looked out to the sea next to you while Mac watched you. The two of you had been friends for awhile and he’s always had feelings for you but during this whole fiasco he came to terms with his feelings, they were definite.
It was a bit cheesy he did have to admit, nothing like madness bringing two people together. But he couldn’t think like that. He didn’t know if you loved him too. Well, you did love him, that much was clear, but did you love him the way he loved you?
He wasn’t sure, he didn’t think so.
Jonas however would tell him differently. Jonas could read you like a book, his worst quality perhaps, and he could tell you loved Mac how he loved you.
How would Mac approach this? He had no clue, maybe he would never speak of this to you.
“Did you hear what I said?” He blinked once, as to snap him out of his thoughts, “I’m sorry, what did you say?” That was embarrassing. You chuckled, “I asked-'' You were cut off by a loud splash and then a crash.
It was chaos as another Megaldon made its way on the deck, then the boat flipped on its side, causing you to fall into the water, and then you saw pitch black.
When you came to, you didn’t know where you were. Your vision was blurry and it hurt to breathe, not that you could very well anyway. Your attention then was brought to Mac, he was above you and looked..panicked? You were in a haze, you could see his mouth moving, he was talking, but you couldn’t hear him.
“What’s wrong with her?” DJ asked. “I don’t know, DJ!” Mac snapped at him, not even sparing a glance in his direction.
He could tell your breathing was shallow, with your chest not rising much, and breathing sounding like little gasps, the sound made him uncomfortable.
You gathered that you were in the water, on a boat as you looked around, and that everytime the boat caught a wave wrong it would fly up slightly, which didn’t make the pain in your back feel better.
He pulled your longsleeve up to look for any sign of trauma and could see discoloration on your skin, just below your chest and seemed to wrap around to your back.
Mac tried to calm himself down in his head, also figuring that maybe you had trauma to one of your ribs. He tried to prop you up against the boat in hopes of making it easier to breathe, but it didn’t work. You ended up passing out and if Mac wasn’t freaking out before he definitely was now.
For the rest of the ride he didn’t know what to do, you still had a pulse and he felt air slightly coming out from your nose, but he had to wait until arriving at Mana One. There was nothing he could do.
The doctors were on you quickly when you arrived and checked you out in the hospital. You had a broken rib and slightly punctured lung, that thankfully came with no surgery needed, and some redding and stinging of the skin, mainly in your face and abdomen from the belly flop you did into the water. All things considered you were lucky in your diagnosis.
You awoke a little over an hour later, confused by your surroundings before the memories came back. You looked around the room and saw Lori asleep on the bed next to you and Mac asleep in a chair on the other side of you. You stared at him in the chair, contemplating on waking him up or not. He looked peaceful, but also uncomfortable.
You decided to wake him up in case he had been waiting a while, wanting him to be able to leave and rest properly, not in an uncomfortable chair. You tried to move closer to him, to tap his arm that was crossed with the other, but stopped when you felt a sharp pain, you halted your movements and went back to your original position.
You ended up calling his name quietly to not disturb Lori who was close by. He woke up by the fourth time you called his name.
“Hi,” you smiled at him. “Hey,” He got up from the chair and took a seat on the bed, he grabbed onto your hand, “How are you feeling?” He asked softly.
“Mm, not good but also not terribly bad. Okay, I guess.”
“Good.” He smiled lightly and you could sense something was wrong.
“Is everyone else okay?”
He shook his head, “No. We lost Dr. Zhang, Heller, and The Wall.” Your heart dropped. You already lost Toshi and now two more of your closest friends? Three people who you considered family were gone.
“Oh god,” Tears welled up in your eyes and Mac squeezed your hand, unsure of what to say. You sniffled as tears fell, “Another Meg,” you thought outloud, “I can’t believe it.” You looked over to him and he cupped your face, swiping your tears away with his thumbs.
You normally would’ve never said this outloud but with Mac it was different, you could tell him anything. “I’m scared.” Mac was unsure on how to comfort you, he didn’t know if you needed words, or a hug, he didn’t want to hurt you. “Can I?” He gestured next to you.
You slid over and allowed him to lay next to you in the small bed, awkwardly at first due to how small the bed was, but all the awkwardness washed away once you rested your head on his shoulder. “We’ll be okay.” He rested his head on top of yours. “I hope so.”
It was silent for a moment before you broke it, realizing you hadn’t even thanked him for saving you. “Thank you,” He lifted his head off yours and looked down at you confused, “For what?”
“Saving me.” You shrugged like it was obvious, it should have been.
“Don’t mention it.”
“You say that so casually like it’s not a big deal.” You smiled at him.
“Well, I didn’t really save you.”
“You kinda did, my hero.” He chuckled.
Thinking back on the situation that happened earlier, he debated in his head if he should profess his love for you. You could’ve died, and you would’ve never known how he really felt about you.
Fuck it, he’s telling you.
“Listen, (Y/N), when you got hurt I was scared, worried, and terrified by the thought of something happening to you. You dying,” he briefly paused, “made me realize that I have something I would regret not telling you. I… love you and I have for a while now.”
If you weren’t badly injured you would’ve shot forward out of shock, and loudly asked, what? out of happiness.
Instead, you slid your hand into his, “I love you too.”
You were about to kiss when someone interrupted.
“Wow, guys, that was beautiful. I think I might cry.”
Your head snapped over to Lori’s bed. “Lori, have you been listening this whole time?”
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Words from Micky - Yikessss, not my finest work tbh. First Mac piece and I hope to be able to come up with more ideas to learn how to write him better. Do have one more request of him that I have so hopefully that turns out better than this. Also thinking about making a full length fic of him from the first & second movie. Who knows. Anyway, hope you enjoy!
my type is specifically middle aged men that are middle aged man attractive, not middle aged men like Chris Evans attractive. For example, David Wallace (the office), Mac (the meg), my english teacher, etc
Summary: Dr. Zhang's assistant Anastasia Katz never imagined she'd be working on a station in the middle of the ocean, especially when she wasn't the biggest fan of the ocean. But when she developed a crush on the COO of the company, she got over fear of the ocean very quickly. Not really though. Especially not with a large prehistoric shark swimming around.
A party yacht passed by Suyin's glider with perfect timing.
The team yelled out and were accepted onto the boat which the bride wasn't happy about (understandably so).
Suyin left in a flash after everyone was aboard to collect Jonas.
He was okay.
Ana might have doubted if he would survive but looking back she didn't expect anything different. She was glad the hero didn't die this time.
"Hi, can I join you?" Mac stood a few feet back from her. "Please," Ana smiled at him. He came up to lean against the railing, looking out to the sea. The silence was comforting, the two were always able to sit in silence and not feel awkward, not expected to talk.
"What happens now?" Ana looked up at him.
"I don't know," He answered truthfully.
"Probably take a couple of weeks off, right?" There was way they were resuming work right away.
"Right." He smiled down at her.
"Maybe um..." Oh boy. Here she goes. "Maybe we, can do something? Together?"
A vague ask. Something you could ask a friend. But also something you could ask a person you considered to be more than a friend.
"Yeah, that sounds nice." He was grateful Ana made the "first move", yes, he took that as a move, which is what it was intended to be. He didn't know how she felt but she was quite obvious in her adoration.
Looks say more than words do, and the look Ana had on her face and the one Mac had on his said everything.
She broke her gaze and turned to face the sea, trying to conceal the smile that was threatening to break out and failing horribly.
Mac's eyes stayed on her but turned to where she was looking when her eyes lit up even more if that was possible.
Suyin's glider was visible off in the distance.
"Hey, hey!" Lori yelled from the deck above, waving to Suyin.
If Anastasia's vision wasn't so bad she would've seen Suyin wave back, but if her vision was good she wouldn't have seen it anyway. Happy tears clouded her eyes, she swiped at them, trying to shoo them away.
Happy tears felt different than sad ones.
They came the same way, blurring your vision and threatening to fall, but the emotions that came with them were different.
With happy tears, relief comes with them, good news normally results in them.
Sad tears are the opposite, usually packaged with a horrible feeling, sometimes a heartache or even nausea.
The sad tears were over and done with.
That thought is what Ana was sure brought them on.
No more pain, only joy.
Mac wrapped his arm around Anastasia and she leaned into him. The blanket around her provided warmth, but he provided all the warmth she needed.
Not just in this moment, but in her life.
Anastasia would consider her ability to fall in love easily as her worst quality, but it seems this time it paid off.
The relaxation after Jonas and Suyin stepped aboard the yacht was the best feeling in the world. The Mana One crew, a family, were sitting on one of the many decks, wrapped up in blankets, basking in the feeling of great relief.
Ana and Mac were sitting next to each other, her blanket was now placed around both of their shoulders. "Well, here's to being alive." Mac raised his cup, others following suit. "And to our friends," DJ added, a solemn smile graced Ana's face.
She clinked her cup against Mac's with a cheers and took a long sip, letting the hot liquid warm her up.
Maybe good things were better left unsaid.
Anastasia and Mac's relationship wasn't confirmed but they had an understanding.
An understanding that they cared for each other, loved each other, but didn't need to say it out loud.
It wasn't the right time to profess love for someone, but who was to say that time wouldn't come soon?
Jonas got the Shark in the path of Suyin, telling her to take the shot and she did exactly that.
After she did so, a splash shot high up into the air but the missile sadly missed the Meg.
"Anybody see it?" Jonas asked.
"Can't see the Shark, but something's going on up here."
Anastasia ran out onto the main deck with the team, meeting up with Lori who was already there. Two helicopters passed over the boat, and everyone looked up to the sky, seeing a third one going in the other direction.
"Okay, I've got her attention," Ana could barely hear Suyin from the helicopters that were still buzzing around. "Bring her to me." She could hear Jonas reply. Suyin's voice came in after that but Ana didn't hear her anymore.
There was commotion from Jonas' end and it didn't sound good.
The boat shook lightly as Jonas passed under with the Meg hot on his tail. The team was still focused on the helicopters, watching as two of them collided with each other, fire erupting as two halves of a helicopter dove into the water, but the other was coming straight for the Mana One team.
"Go. Go. Go!" Mac yelled, and grabbed onto Anastasia's hand, pulling her over to the side of the boat. The helicopter crashed into the deck just as they submerged into the water.
The explosion spilled into the water, fire sat on top of the surface. "Where's DJ?" Jaxx asked, causing Ana to look around the open ocean.
"I don't know," Mac answered her.
"Where's Meiying?"
"I don't know! I couldn't see her anywhere."
"Meiying!" Ana yelled out, she grew concerned for the young girl. "Meiying! DJ!" She yelled again but it was no use.
As if the panic from not knowing where Meiying or DJ were, the panic that she was in the water with a large Shark that had already killed a number of her friends had started to set in. Trying to ignore the fact that they were pretty much-sitting ducks as long as they were in the ocean.
Not for long though, Suyin came around from the other side of the boat with DJ and Meiying on the side of the glider. "Come on, come up!" Ana grabbed onto Jaxx's hand, assisting her onto the glider.
"There it is." Ana turned her head at Jaxx's words. The Meg was close by. "Oh, my god." She and Suyin spoke at the same time.
"Jonas!" Mac yelled.
"It's coming." Suyin thought out loud.
"We're sitting ducks up here, Jonas," Mac stated the obvious.
"Mummy!" "It's coming." Meiying and Suyin's voices were background noise to Ana's thoughts.
Was this it?
Was death coming right for her?
"Can you hear me, Jonas?"
"Meiying, hold on."
"Suyin, we're gonna have to go. Through here."
"Jonas, we've got nothing left," Suyin spoke. Ana hoped he would finally reply. "Almost nothing."
"How're you gonna kill it?" Mac asked.
"Evolution. I'm gonna make this thing bleed. Suyin, what you said before, you were right. It's not about the people you lose. It's about the people you save. Signing off."
"Jonas!" Suyin yelled, trying to stop him. Protests were let out by her and Mac but they fell on deaf ears.
Jonas was the type to sacrifice himself. He was the hero of the story if Ana had ever seen one.
This time she hoped it worked out for the hero.
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"Yeah, I understand. I understand, yep. Thank you." Mac chucked a book towards the wall in frustration, causing everyone to shut up and halt their movements.
Anastasia raised her eyebrows in shock, looking at Mac along with everyone else in the control room, wondering what the issue was.
"Let me guess, Morris never called anyone." Jonas walked onto the ground floor.
"Didn't call anyone." Mac smiled, although he was far from being happy.
Of course, Morris didn't take any action.
The weight of the Meg was taken off everyone's shoulders last night but was placed right back on very quickly. "No one knows the sharks out there. No one, Not the Australians, not the Chinese. No one."
"The hell was he thinking?" Lori questioned. Ana rolled her eyes. "He wasn't,"
"He wanted to make this go away as quietly as possible," Jonas answered.
Greedy bastard.
"Mac, we need to let everyone-" "Let everyone know. Yeah, I'm on it." He cut Jonas off. "Anastasia, why don't you help Mac? Lot of phone calls to make." Jonas pointed over to where Mac stood. "Okay," She nodded and walked over to Mac.
"Jaxx, can you find that thing?"
"Wait, wait, wait. Why are you asking her that? I don't like the fact that you asking her that." DJ intersected.
"You want me to illegally hack into Morris' satellite tracking system to find a prehistoric Shark?" She questioned, catching the attention of Mac and Anastasia. "Yeah," Jonas confirmed. "Okay,"
"We use a tracker, find the Meg, and we kill it."
"Bro," Mac stopped him. Jonas walked over. "We really gonna do this?" Ana looked to Jonas who now stood in front of her and Mac. "A lot of people are gonna die if we don't, Mac."
"Well, I'm in," Lori spoke. "Me too," Suyin added.
"Let's do this."
"How do you feel about commandeering that evac ship? With the help of your friend here, of course." Jonas nodded toward Ana. Mac gave her a brief look, "I'd say, uh," He let out a short sigh, "it's a great day to go fishing."
Jonas let a small smile break out on his face, turning to address the rest of the room he spoke, "Now let's get everything on it. Construction explosives, gliders, the whole lot. Everything."
"Because we're about to evac, right? Like evacuate? Like, leave the area of imminent danger and go to a safe place like normal people?" Anastasia heard DJ's skeptical tone as she walked out of the room, feeling as if DJ was not going to be lucky in his hopes of leaving Mana One.
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"Any luck with the authorities?" Jonas asked Mac and Ana, the two having walked through the plastic curtain of the room where everyone else was. She shook her head while Mac answered, "No. Prehistoric Shark sounds like a damn prank call. We can't rely on them for anything."
That was true, Anastasia had one man literally bust out laughing when she tried to warn him. He was so loud and went on for so long that she had to pull the phone away from her ear in hopes of him stopping.
He only did when she hung up.
"How long until the Shark gets to those people?" Jonas asked, looking at the map that showed the route of the Meg. "20 minutes," Jaxx said.
"Can we get there first?"
"Doubtful."
"Yeah, well, we're gonna have to," Mac added.
If the Shark entered Sanya Bay, a heavily populated beach, the chaos that would erupt would not be pretty.
"Well, getting there first wouldn't mean anything if we don't have a plan," Lori spoke. "Maybe we have a plan."
The plan Jonas spoke of was brilliant, and Ana hoped it would work. The Meg would be lured into the shallow area of the water far away from any beach-goers, and the gliders would be the transportation used to go after it.
How would the Shark be lured away from a ton of people out to a non-populated area of the sea?
A Whale call should do the trick.
When the gliders were prepped, the device holding the phone that contained the Whale call, and Suyin and Jonas were ready, it was time.
"So... how do you want to do this?" Anastasia stood behind Jonas who was at the side of Suyin's glider, listening to her speak to him. "Is that you asking my opinion?"
"No. I was just being polite, before telling you what we're actually doing. So you feel better about yourself."
Ana smiled at their interaction, further hoping that the pair would get together once the Meg was done for.
"Appreciate that." After Suyin waved to him, he turned around, spotting Mac and Anastasia smiling at him.
Jonas laughed before putting on his poker face and shrugging, "What?" He questioned the two.
"Nothing." They responded at the same time, Mac being happy to give Jonas a rough time.
"We're ready." Jonas walked off.
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"We're close enough, stop here." Mac instructed, "Jaxx, DJ, we gotta get that thing in the water." He spoke about the luring device. "Yeah, we're on it," DJ replied.
The wind whipped Ana's hair around, causing it to get into her eyes and not give her a clear view of the work being done around her.
She was glad this was the end of it, supposedly, at least.
She had faith in Jonas and Suyin, there weren't two people who were more capable of an act like this than them.
It would work.
It had to.
The Whale call device was dropped into the water not long after the boat stopped, and both Jonas and Suyin were lowered into the water.
"Any last thoughts about our plan?" He spoke through comms.
"Not dying would be a good start."
Yeah, no kidding. Ana thought.
Jonas laughed, "Finally, we agree on something. Let's not make it a habit."
God, the banter was off the charts with those two.
Anastasia hoped to be Suyin's maid of honor at their wedding, which was definitely happening.
"Suyin, look out! Get out of there!" Jonas's voice was terribly loud. "Damn it," He spoke quieter that time.
"What's wrong, Jonas?" Suyin asked, her tone conveyed worry. "Can't make the shot. It's too close to the ship." Oh, great.
"Jesus!" He whispered. "Jonas, it's on you." Suyin pointed out. "Mac!" Lori yelled, Ana followed him onto the deck even though she wasn't the one who was called for.
The Meg left a large wake as it swam after Jonas, his glider barely visible as he tried to move faster than the Shark.
"Jonas, what's going on down there?" Mac asked.
What Jonas said next was (not) lovely to hear.
"Trying to stay out of its mouth."
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During the ride back to Mana One Doctor Zhang had passed.
The station was quiet after, mourning the loss of the people they worked with. Anastasia had taken a shower right when she got back and went to Suyin who was in the boardroom.
"May I come in?" Suyin nodded and placed one of the photos down.
Ana wrapped her in a tight hug feeling the tears of her own come down again.
She could feel Suyin's body shaking slightly, as she gripped on tighter to Ana.
The hug lasted long, but that didn't matter. The two held each other like it was their last hug ever, like they wouldn't be able to ever touch each other again.
"How are you feeling?" Ana already expected the answer but still wanted to ask.
"Not good, I still can't believe it. It doesn't feel real." Suyin pulled back, tears streaking her cheeks.
"Your feelings are valid, you've experienced the loss of a parent. A parent is one of the worst people to grieve."
"I feel angry. I should've done something."
"It's not your fault, Suyin, he knows that."
"I know," She sniffled. "Do you want to talk about him?" She shook her head. "Not now."
"That's okay. I'll be here to listen when you do. I'm here for you, Suyin, you can lean on me. You and Meiying, I love and care about you guys more than anything." She didn't say anything, just pulled Ana into a hug.
"Jonas," Suyin whispered. Ana turned her head to see him standing by the doorway.
"Sorry to interrupt," "It's okay," Ana smiled at him.
"Are you okay if I leave?" She asked. "Yeah," Suyin responded in a whisper.
They pulled back from the hug and with a look between the two Anastasia left.
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It was time to take action... again.
With the second plan not working it was time to find a better idea.
Suyin and Jonas passed by Mac and Anastasia, and now that everyone was accounted for the meeting could start. The room dive control room was packed full of crew, and the chatter died down.
Morris stuck his hand up in greeting, "I've informed the Chinese government about the Meg. As well as the authorities in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Australia. The Chinese are sending two destroyers to take it out, so, this is now... officially, and thankfully, out of our hands."
He took a beat, nodding to himself. "I'm closing Mana One," Ana furrowed her brows, looking up to Mac who had a stoic look on his face. "Until the Meg is killed, and an evacuation ship is coming here tomorrow morning."
"You damn right," DJ commented.
"And finally, I just want to say..." He walked down to the ground floor where everyone else was. "I'm sorry, for your losses. Your friends. I came here to celebrate with you, and now I'm mourning with you."
That was a different side to Morris, a side that shocked Ana completely.
She had no idea that he was a real human who showed emotion. He came across as a rich asshole who thought everyone was below him, which he still did, but he had another side to him.
After Morris had got packed up Jonas and Anastasia escorted him out to the helicopter. They stood on the stairs as Morris climbed into the helicopter, watching it go up.
"Thanks for saving our asses!" He yelled down to Jonas.
He gave Morris a salute in return, receiving a slight smile from Ana.
"Something's not right." She turned to Jonas. "Yeah, I feel that way too."
"You think he actually informed all those people?"
"I want to believe him."
That was a no or a maybe, but it was clear Jonas was still suspicious.
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The medbay doors slid open with a chime, alerting Meiying and Lori that Jonas and Anastasia were coming in.
"I can see your cards," Lori sang.
"Well, look at you too crooks." "Hey," Lori smiled. It was nice to see her doing better.
"It's nice to see you up. How are you feeling?" Ana asked.
"Like I got off easy, compared to the rest of you guys."
Meiying put her cards up to show Jonas and Ana. "Mmm," "I think you're going to lose, Lori." Ana teased, getting a smile in return.
"What do you got up there?"
"Three kings." Meiying put her cards down on the bed.
"What? Come on! Every time!" Meiying laughed.
"You owe me a soda for that one." Lori pointed.
"Fine." Meiying hopped off the bed. "We'll square up when you get back, okay?"
"Fine. Fine. Fine," She repeated as she walked away.
"I'll go help her." Ana gestured. Meiying obviously didn't need help carrying some sodas, but Ana wanted to give Lori and Jonas a moment to be alone.
She wanted to ask Meiying how she was doing, she partly already knew from what Suyin told her, but Meiying also looked happy and she didn't want to bring it up and make her sad. They walked in a comfortable silence and grabbed three sodas and a juice box, making their way back.
"How 'bout you just try something new? So the rest of your life isn't a vast wasteland of misery and solitude." The two caught the last part of Jonas and Lori's chat.
"I think that's a good idea," Meiying spoke, handing the sodas over. "You do, huh?"
"We weren't eavesdropping, I promise. You guys were talking loud."
"Eight-year-olds hear everything."
"That is true." Ana laughed, Lori too.
"Jonas..." Meiying whispered, gesturing him to come closer with her pointer finger. He listened, "My mom likes you, too." She spoke loudly enough for the two women to hear. Punctuating her statement by suggestively raising her eyebrows, making Lori and Ana bust out laughing.
"This is possibly the worst moment of my life." He looked at the two. "And since you," He pointed to Ana, "Want to laugh. What about you and Mac, hmm?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." She took a sip of her soda, trying to hide her flustered expression.
"You don't?" Lori tilted her head.
"Nope, not at all." Ana shook her head, trying to be convincing. Lori looked fixedly at her, a pointed expression on her face.
"Fine," She broke, shoulders dropping. "I will admit, I do like him more than a friend should."
Lori smiled widely, "I knew it! Just so you know, he feels the same about you."
"What?!" She pretty much yelled. "You're joking."
"Nope. He talks about you a lot, it's annoying." Ana rolled her eyes. "Jonas, you've known Mac longer than I have. What's your input?"
"Well, he's quite obvious when he's in love," Is he though? Ana hadn't picked up any signals from him. Maybe her blinders were on. "And he's also told me about you, a lot about you."
Ana's face felt like it was on fire. "God," She placed her head in her hands. "This is embarrassing. What do I do?"
"Confess, duh." Lori said, and Jonas nodded along.
"No, not now. With everything going on it's not the right time."
Nothing like confessing your love for someone hours after your friends died.
"Okay. Then do it when it feels right." Lori smiled.
"Is Mac going to be my uncle now?" Meiying blurted out, making the three adults laugh.
This new revelation had Ana confused. Confused about when the right time to tell him was, how she would go about it, and what she would say.
She had a lot to ponder about and who knows, maybe she wouldn't even tell him.
She was sure Lori wouldn't let that happen though.
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The sight of Suyin's eyes fluttering open could've made Anastasia burst into tears.
It didn't though, because she was still silently crying from seeing Suyin's lifeless body getting pulled out of the water and onto the boat.
The time between CPR being performed and when her pulse came back was hell on earth.
Suyin let out a sigh and Doctor Zhang chuckled while Ana wiped her tears. "Thank god, you scared the hell out of me."
Suyin let out an exhale and tried to sit up quickly. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Take it easy. You were dead a minute ago."
She let out a sigh, "Doctor," She made eye contact with Jonas. "You got me out."
"It was closer than I woulda liked."
"Can I have a minute with Jonas?"
"Sure," Doctor Zhang agreed and Heller took the blood pressure cuff off.
Ana kissed her on the head and walked behind Doctor Zhang, "Thank you, again." She said to Jonas, he sent a nod in return.
She had thanked him at least three times now. Yeah, it was close like he said, but Ana saw it as at least he got her out, gave her a chance to survive.
"She okay?" Mac asked, "Yeah," Ana smiled.
She felt peace for the first time in the past days, she could relax properly and go back to Mana One and have the best sleep of her life.
"Good. And you are?"
"Fantastic, you?"
"Fantastic," She laughed at him using the same word as her.
Through the whole disaster she's appreciated Mac more than he'll ever know. Him checking in on her was too nice of him, but he loved her so what else did she expect?
Did he love her like a friend?
Yes.
Did he love her like a lover?
Also yes, not that she'll ever know.
Mac seemed like a person of high confidence, but when it came to professing his love he was a chicken. So was Anastasia, minus her seeming like a person who had confidence.
"Wow," Suyin walked past Mac and Ana, staring up at the ginormous Shark strung up above the deck.
"Hey! Look who's up." The Wall popped out from in front of the Meg.
"Hey,"
"How are ya?"
"I'm better. Thank you."
Ana watched The Wall throw his phone to Jonas, posing for the photo, gagging loudly due to the awful smell, and screaming loudly as he fell into the water.
The team laughed loudly at DJ scaring The Wall by moving the Meg slightly. "Yo, Jonas, please tell me you got that!"
"I got that, DJ!"
"That's not funny, man!"
It felt good to laugh.
Ana looked around the open sea, enjoying the cool breeze as she leaned against the table next to Mac. She thought about Toshi, how she wished he could've been here to see the discovery.
The nice moment she was having was quickly ruined.
A loud splash occurred, water hit Ana in the face, and the last thing she could've expected to have caused the wave was a Meg taking a bite out of the dead Meg that had been strung up not that long ago.
It was like slow motion, the way it happened, and when the live Shark pulled the boat in its direction she lost her footing.
The boat tilted and she slid down to the other side, hitting the wall below the railing, watching Doctor Zhang flip right off the boat next to her.
She saw the lifeboats sliding off the upper deck and jumped into the water, hoping they wouldn't hit her.
One of them narrowly missed her and she resurfaced with a gasp, watching the boat flip fully over.
What. The. Hell.
"2! There's two?! Nobody said there were two!" DJ took the words right out of her mouth.
2 Megs? You've got to be kidding.
"How are there two?!"
"Ana!" She heard Mac yell.
"I'm here!" She yelled back while climbing onto the bottom of the boat, that was now the top.
She helped Suyin up the boat as DJ continued to yell out.
Suyin was yelling for her dad, Anastasia helped her look around.
"Mac! Give me a hand." Their attention turned to Jonas who was pulling Doctor Zhang along, the two ran over, helping the men while Morris was on call trying to get the team help.
"Thank you, Jonas. Thank you." Doctor Zhang's mouth had blood drizzling down the side of it, he needed a doctor ASAP.
He groaned in pain. "Just relax. Relax. It's not good." Jonas turned to Suyin. "He needs a hospital fast. Let's get the doctor. Where's Doctor Heller?"
"Maybe we should flip him on his left side, he has blood in his mouth and we don't want him to aspirate on it. Keep his airway clear." Ana thought out loud.
"Good call. Help me keep him steady." Jonas flipped Doctor Zhang on his side and Suyin and Ana helped keep him put.
"You're in the wrong line of work, Anastasia." Doctor Zhang joked.
She sniffled, the adrenaline was wearing down, the situation was becoming more apparent. "There's nowhere else I'd want to work, sir. Or for anyone else." She smiled.
"Here it comes!" She turned her head to the sea, seeing the large and rough wave of the Meg swimming towards them.
"Hey!" Doctor Heller started smacking his arms down in the water.
"No!" "Heller, no! What are you doing?!" Jaxx and Jonas tried to stop him. Ana couldn't bear to watch.
The kill count for the Meg was going to rise again.
Once again being someone she knew, someone she cared for.
Doctor Heller yelled and yelled and she wanted to cover her ears. She kept Doctor Zhang on his side as Jonas comforted Suyin.
With one final "Hey!" it became silent. "Heller!" Jaxx yelled and Suyin screamed.
The Meg swam away after that, being satisfied with the kill. Jaxx was helped onto the boat.
"What was that? What the hell was that?"
"Okay, come on, DJ."
"No! No! This is why we don't leave the station, okay? That's why you don't do that! And you went down there and you pissed it off, now it gonna come back and kill every one of us! Now what are we supposed to do? I shouldn't even be out here in the first place! Swimming in this ocean, that one ate the other one, is another one gonna eat this one? Man, it's..."
He cut himself off. "It just killed Heller. It killed The Wall. It killed Toshi. These are my friends, man."
Ana's heart hurt at DJ's rant, he hadn't been very vocal about his feelings but now they were all on the table.
The boat creaked, "Okay, can I just point out that this thing is sinking? What are we gonna do now?" Morris spoke.
"Where's Mac?" Ana's head snapped up at Jonas' words, her eyes darted around.
She spotted him swimming straight for a life boat, Morris' question was answered.
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