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Maia smirked. "There's no kraken in Oregon, if you wondered," she said. "But loads of people talk about one in the bermuda triangle, no idea what that is. And there are giant squids, but not nearly as big as people seem to think they are, at least as far as I've seen. They live in the midnight zone, though." And she'd never go there. Far too deep, far too dark, and creepy glowing fish lived down there. Or so she'd heard.

Dari wasn't far from wrong. As soon as they neared the cave, an enormous creature appeared; seemingly with endless rows of teeth. Maia said nothing, but she'd stiffened and her arms had wrapped themselves around Toby's nearest arm.

Maia was a bit more freaked out when Toby abandoned his diver to rescue hers. She released her hold on him, grabbing for his controller, attempting to make a quick rescue. "No, stupid," she scolded him. "You don't die for me!" Maybe it was too late to save the scuba diver, Toby's health was low.

Ugh. She handed him back his controller. "Don't do that again. The sea monster's in there and that fish is blocking our way. Go find a way to kill it or something."

Maia turned her gaze to Dari. "We're not stopping," she said firmly. "Unless you're scared. You're not scared, are you Dari?" Her expression softened slightly. It was possible that he dealt with fae, ghosts and all sorts of things, but was frightened by the things that lurked underwater.

"It's okay to kill it if it's a bad guy," Maia corrected, glancing at Toby. She was still irritated that he'd gone and died to rescue her character. "There must be another way inside. Let's go find it."

"I was scared," Maia admitted. "I thought it was going to eat all of us." And the boo factor, that hadn't helped either. And probably the sleepiness.

"It's not very nice to eat people, even if they are breaking into your house," Maia protested. "Once, when I swam too far off the beach, this whale came after me! I thought I was toast. But I swam closer to shore and it stopped following."

"I know. In games you can die more than once," she gave Toby a small smile. Now that the fright had passed, the sleepiness was returning. "Kay, let's go," she muttered, leaning against the blonde agent. "Maybe we'll find a way to distract that fish, or something." She was drifting.

"Think mermaids?" she suggested, sleepily. Maybe it was their basecamp.

Maia made a sound of protest, but set her controller down. She straightened, stood, and gave each of the boys a hug. "Let's play more tomorrow," she said. After shopping, making cupcakes and all that fun stuff. She moved out of the way of the television and paused. She wanted to thank them for a good day, but she wasn't sure how to word it. Maybe she'd decide in the morning.

"Goodnight," she said instead, wandering upstairs.

Several hours passed, until a loud clash from outside sounded and a flash moved across the sky. From Maia's room there was a sound of sleepy displeasure, and then shuffling as another clash sounded. The selkie had wandered into Toby's room and laid herself ontop of the man's blankets. She gave a shiver.

BOOM! Thunder came again, and she bit her lip. She didn't want to wake Toby. Stupid storm. She'd been sound asleep until it'd started.

Oh. She'd woken him up. She scooted off the bed with an apologetic glance. "Sorry," she said. She'd go downstairs, where Dari was--another clash had her stiffening, wrapping her arms around herself. "I'm okay," she lied. Fine, fine, she was fine. They were inside. There was nothing to be afrai--she watched a lightening strike through the window. Nope. She wasn't fine.

"I hate storms."