Traveling Companion Wanted

When a routine hull repair on a Mars‑bound ship goes violently wrong, chief mechanic Regan is flung out of his suit and plummets through Earth’s atmosphere into the Atlantic. The impact sends him spiraling to the ocean floor, where he discovers a massive, funnel‑shaped crater that stretches far deeper than any known trench. Something in the water pulls him onward, and the darkness below hides a passage that might connect continents in a way no one has imagined.

A weary journalist meets Regan in a Chicago bar and hears his firsthand account of that impossible descent. He describes the strange conduit that clings to his arms, the thrust of his broken mobility unit, and the eerie sense of being carried toward an unseen exit. The tale balances hard‑won survival with the tantalizing hint of a hidden undersea corridor, inviting listeners to wonder what lies at the bottom of the world’s greatest mystery.