The green energy impacts into the tentacle, and when the splash settles, the creature has retreated back under the water for good this time. For a few seconds, the only sounds are the engines of the two boats, and the storm buffeting against them. At last, when nothing else rises, a cheer rises from the people on the speedboat.

There are a lot of grateful pats on each other's backs, a few people are trying to approach Augustine and Modeste. Augustine gets a few offers of a hand shake, but they look at Modeste carefully. Still openly, but they are trying to figure out how to thank her for saving them.

Although Togusa has to focus on driving for the last leg, rocks and rain are a lot less dangerous obstacles than the tentacles. He lets the more experienced boat take the lead, and follows the path that the man sets for them.