Richard fights back

Richard swung his chair, upper-cutting the creature. The beast recoiled and twisted around on the ground before righting herself and hissing. Then, it made another high pitched screech!

Aria screamed back as their exit became blocked by two more of these sea creatures!

Richard pivoted them around so that they faced the exit with his chair keeping the two new monsters at bay. The original sea creature brayed up behind them. Aria tossed the bed sheet over its head, confusing it.

“Run!” she called out.

The two darted out the door, closing it behind them before the other two could catch up. Richard held the doorknob tightly in his grip. He could feel them clawing at the knob. It was a round knob, and from the look of their claws, it seemed to be giving them trouble turning it. Then, there was a thud!

“They’re trying to ram through!” Aria realized.

“Let’s go!” Richard said. They bolted down the hall, looking for a place to go. A steward ushered them through before getting swiped by a sea creature, pulling him into the adjacent room.. Aria cried out and ducked another swipe attempt by the creature as they charged by.

The steward had apparently been leading the couple to a secure location on the ship. They saw another seaman wave them down and lead them to the lower decks. They quickly passed through the underbelly of the ship lined with steel frames and metal grated catwalks. Finally, they reached a spot in the basement guarded by riflemen. They waved the group in, opening a large metal door using the metal wheel on the door. Then entered the safe room and the door slammed heavily behind them, spinning the wheel to secure them inside.

Aria and Richard both breathed a sigh of relief, then looked around. There were only one other couple with them in the room. A curly haired brunette girl and a straight laced blond guy. They both looked petrified.

“What are those things?” the guy asked.

“I don’t know,” Richard admitted.

“How did you end up naked?” the brunette asked.

Richard and Aria looked at each other. Through the panic, they had forgotten they weren’t wearing any clothes. Richard had the robe on, but he didn’t bother to tie it up. They looked away in embarrassment. Aria laughed nervously, doing what she could to cover her modesty. Richard took off the robe and wrapped it around his wife.

“Oh don’t worry about it,” the brunette imposed. “Shit, this could be our last day alive! Might as well find some fun in it!” She waved her hand up and down. “Here…” She stood up and proceeded to strip.

“Oh, you don’t need to…” Aria started.

“No! I want to join you! It’s something to take our minds off of…” she titled her head to the steel door. Aria smiled and helped hold the other woman’s clothes. “I’m Tricia by the way!”

“Aria,” Aria replied, “And this is my husband, Richard.”

“Pleased to meet you…” Richard said.

Tricia was down to her bra and panties when she paused to give Richard a look over. ”Pleased to meet you!” she said, flirtatiously. “This is Martin, my boyfriend,” Tricia added.

“H-hey…” Martin nodded to the two, before lowering his head and returning to his stressing.

“And here we are!” Tricia said, raising her arms to indicate that she was done stripping. She spun around for the couple to get a good look at her curvaceous body. After getting a look at it, it was obvious why Tricia was so willing to show it off.

“So… do you two… swing?” Tricia asked, sitting next to her boyfriend and kicking her leg out at Richard.

“How can you think about that at a time like this?!” Martin snapped. “People are dying outside!” He got up and paced around, then went for the door. “I’ve got to get out! Gotta get off the ship!”