Underwater Evolution- Infernal Depths

"..."

At that moment, Kyle didn't understand what was happening. He honestly expected the impact of the huge wave to kill him instantly, but it did not. 

He just felt a big blow that swept him away. At that moment, he blacked out, who knows for how long, but he woke up again. 

He felt no pain or anything like that. He thought he might have died, but even though everything was blurry and chaotic, he was definitely still alive. 

"I don't understand anything... Where am I?"

he mumbled to himself, confused. Every now and then, he bumped into something, but he felt no pain. Maybe his body was numb from being so mangled. 

"This is stranger, a dream?...or did I eat something I shouldn't have..., a hallucination?"..."

he said to himself, but it had been a long time. Although everything was still in chaos and he could barely make out what was up or down, he definitely noticed that there was something strange. 

First, he would have had to have drowned a long time ago. Second, there was no way he hadn't died from the impact of the wave that destroyed the tent. 

 If he had been lucky enough to survive, he would have been hit by something and died instantly, as the objects were moving with great speed and inertia. 

It was all very strange and illogical; for someone like him, who used to be a realist and skeptic, it was impossible. But the reality was in front of his eyes. 

'This is crazy...', he thought as he was carried away by the immense current. 

There were multiple thoughts in his head, and one began to take on a little strength, even though he didn't want to believe it. 

'No, it can't be... It's a silly thought that doesn't even deserve to be considered'.

So he decided to ignore it, because if that crazy, nonsensical thought was reality.... 

"No, stop thinking nonsense!' Oh, wait... can I talk underwater?" 

He had talked about before, but it was only now that he reacted to how the situation was even possible, and it was only becoming strange. 

 'What if it's a dream!' 

Suddenly, Kyle returned to his first conclusion: if everything seemed so chaotic and unreal, it couldn't be anything other than a dream. 

"Silly me, this can't be happening in real life,"

He said to himself. From then on, he tried different ways to wake up from that strange, deep, lucid dream, but nothing seemed to work, the problem was that he could feel the pain when he pinched himself.. 

Unfortunately for Kyle, this was definitely not a dream, it was reality. After trying for a long time to "wake up" and failing miserably, he had no choice but to accept the reality in front of him.

Kyle helplessly continued to be dragged along, suffering no harm or pain. 

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.. 

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Finally, after who knows how long, he began to lose a little speed, or rather, he finally broke free from the inertia of the wave that was dragging him. He didn't know if he was done or just lucky enough to get out of it. 

 He looked around, and all he could see was water and various things lying and scattered all over the place: trees, houses, buildings, cars and so on, plunged in darkness, with barely a few rays of sunlight peeking through, he didn't even think about how he could see clearly under the water. 

"Do you expect sunlight...?", 

Kyle thought it was not necessary to stay underwater, although he seemed to be able to survive he obviously needed to be in a familiar environment to think better, he was not an aquatic creature.

 "Yes, I can surface." So he started swimming upward. It didn't seem to be that deep; he just had to swim a little, that was all. if that's the way it should have been. 

"...." 

But he couldn't. He felt like something was keeping him from surfacing. It was like a strange gravity; it was the same feeling as looking up at the sky and wanting to fly. 

If you jumped, you could get only a few feet high , and that would be it before gravity brought you to the ground. 

What he felt was sensation similar: he felt that, if he gained momentum, he could reach the surface, but something was dragging him down like gravity drags you to the ground after you jump. 

It was a kind of new law that did not allow him to simply get out of the water, just as before he was not allowed to simply fly. 

"haaa....haaah....What the hell is going on?"

he wondered as he breathed heavily, although he instinctively felt this strange law at work, he did not give up and tried for a while longer, he had swum with all his strength but in the end it was in vain. 

"what is this situation? what is this place?...why can't I get out?"

there were so many questions and no answers, but he continued his struggle.

"haaa... I can't do it anymore, it's useless".

but finally, again faced with the cruel reality, he had to accept again that he couldn't do it, it was simply impossible. 

He seemed to be living under new rules now. This was reality, and he had to accept it. 

Without further ado, he looked around and noticed that there were some people around him and in the distance. 

As instinctively, they began to gather in a larger group in the face of the strange situation. Basic human instincts led them to group together, even when they didn't understand what was going on. The feeling of not being alone was a relief in this confusing situation. 

Some, like him, seemed to want to surface, but could not. In the end, he too had no choice but to go and check the situation in the slim hope that someone would know what was going on. 

The feeling of oppression was getting stronger and stronger in him, and he felt that the whole situation was a bit familiar. 

Slowly but surely, all the humans in the vicinity were different ages and sexes, from children to the elderly.

The latter seemed mostly not to know how to swim; at those ages, it's hard. Well regardless of age some other people appreciate having trouble swimming. 

 After all, swimming is only a hobby for humans, not a necessity, and few can do it. In fact, Kyle barely knew how to swim decently. 

Upon arrival, Kyle noticed something and recognized a few people. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but there were many familiar faces. One of them was the lady at the greengrocer's where he used to buy supplies.

She was an older, kind woman who often gave him discounts, something Kyle had always appreciated. She was also someone who enjoyed talking a lot, and Kyle, eager for the discounts, had no choice but to listen to her.

There were also other people he recognized, even though he wasn't the most sociable person. He had seen them around his neighborhood on a few occasions. Looking closer, he realized the pretty girl from the store and the mother-son pair were also there. Kyle couldn't figure out how they hadn't been scattered during those colossal waves.

But that question was now the least of his worries. Things like not being able to get out of the water and the fact that he could talk and breathe underwater were on his list of priorities, yet it all seemed so surreal. 

At the end of the day, in the center of the crowd, an older man was organizing and calming the chaos of panicked people and crying children in the midst of the situation.

"Everyone, calm down! I'm a retired firefighter. I know the situation is confusing, but panic and desperation won't help," the man said in a firm voice, trying to impose some order. 

Kyle, while thinking it was a good idea to listen to the man, didn't know him but many people around him apparently did, and he lamented again about his poor social skills, but just as he was thinking this he suddenly saw something bright in his field of vision.

Among so much debris and chaos, of infrastructure and the rest of his society, there was a glimmer that seemed to call out to him. 

The feeling of oppression and fear was getting stronger and stronger when he saw that flash that was somewhat characteristic, so he decided to ignore the people gathering and swam towards that little glow. 

Maybe it was the only thing that would pay attention to him in this situation, but he had to know. He had to prove that it was definitely not what he was thinking, he had to shake off this oppression due to doubt , because if that thought was real, not surfacing would be his least concern. 

"no, no, it must not be that ...no damn it!!." 

When he reached the origin of the glow, a shiver ran through his body and the hairs on his skin stood up under the water.

Unfortunately for Kyle, the situation was made worse when he saw the source of the glow and realized that his fears were true.