[ Bones may slip into a magical comatose state, but all the while Jim isn't at all aware of that. All he can think is that he's being dragged so deep, too deep, deeper than anyone could possibly survive— and yet he keeps swimming, using any and all strength he has to force himself to dive lower, into an increasing darkness, and into the terrifying sight of a beast more massive than any of the ships above.
Terror may nearly make him freeze, but it's not going to make him turn back. Even if Bones may be dead by now (he probably is, he definitely is, he must be), Jim's not going to let him stay down here, won't let his body rot away down deep, abandoned and forgotten.
At least it takes all his focus to keep swimming, to keep pushing against the pressure, so it doesn't leave any room for him to panic right now. He doesn't need to worry about breathing either, thankfully, though as he comes closer, he doesn't quite know how to face off against the kraken, its hold on Leonard's body evident. Things get a little more complicated when a couple of tentacles whip out towards him, trying to grab him and pull him down too, but he manages to somehow avoid them, though one of them just narrowly grabs him by the leg.
Instead, out of either frustration or simply playing with its food, it shoves at Jim's back, pushing him down lower. It just so happens that that's exactly what Jim needs, and he gets close enough to Bones to wrap an arm around his waist, unwilling to let go now no matter what happens.
Then he grabs his phaser, the only thing he can think of, and fires repeatedly at the kraken's tentacles, desperate to get them to let go of Bones. ]
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Terror may nearly make him freeze, but it's not going to make him turn back. Even if Bones may be dead by now (he probably is, he definitely is, he must be), Jim's not going to let him stay down here, won't let his body rot away down deep, abandoned and forgotten.
At least it takes all his focus to keep swimming, to keep pushing against the pressure, so it doesn't leave any room for him to panic right now. He doesn't need to worry about breathing either, thankfully, though as he comes closer, he doesn't quite know how to face off against the kraken, its hold on Leonard's body evident. Things get a little more complicated when a couple of tentacles whip out towards him, trying to grab him and pull him down too, but he manages to somehow avoid them, though one of them just narrowly grabs him by the leg.
Instead, out of either frustration or simply playing with its food, it shoves at Jim's back, pushing him down lower. It just so happens that that's exactly what Jim needs, and he gets close enough to Bones to wrap an arm around his waist, unwilling to let go now no matter what happens.
Then he grabs his phaser, the only thing he can think of, and fires repeatedly at the kraken's tentacles, desperate to get them to let go of Bones. ]