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They watched its video feed on the hts panned over the white superstructure, and they could see the e

“Looks like the crew got away,” Linda said

“Even if some of them didn’t, on’t find any bodies,” Julia said “Not if it sank eight o They’d be fully decomposed at this depth and temperature Only bones will be left”

Linda piloted Little Geek up to the bridge The ere caked with algae All of them were intact, and none of the doors were open

“Can’t see a thing,” Linda said

“And we’re not going to get Little Geek through io in ourselves” The ROV’s sh to open doors

Julia gestured at the tee “Little Geek’s sensor shows one hundred and nineteen degrees”

“Still within the suits’ capability to keep us cool”

“There’s one other way in,” Eric said from the cockpit

“The hole in the hull,” Juan said “Let’s go down there”

They descended with Little Geek taking the lead Eric hovered the sub a respectable distance froht focused on the hole, which was the size of a minivan but still too small for Nomad, Juan could now see a feature he hadn’t noticed before

“The edges of the metal are bent out from the inside of the ship,” he said “The explosion came from the hold”

“So we knoasn’t sunk by a torpedo,” Linda said “Sabotage?”

“Or the cargo they were carrying blew up,” Eric said

“Only one way to find out,” Juan said, and nodded at Linda