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[h3]International Waters
Atlantic Ocean[/h3][url=https://youtu.be/Y5dxWlb5ExY]♫[/url]

[color=#ea2034]"400 meters and counting. Increasing quantum barrier levels; maintaining steady descent."[/color]

No one can hear you scream under the deepest depths of the ocean. The crushing pressure would instantly cause the average man to implode for simply existing here, compressing everything between their innards to the epidermis to a single mini-meatball. Luckily for one of our newest Leaguers, [color=#ea2034][b]Captain Atom[/b][/color], he's no longer made of flesh and bone but of space-faring alloy and classified quantum energy. Though, this underwater adventure wasn't exactly a walk in the park either. 

[color=#43bc58]"Captain, maintain position. Any deeper and we will lose communication and geo-positioning signals."[/color] chimed the all too familiar voice of Doctor Heinreich Megala through Captain Atom's built-in communicator. Solemnly, the steelborn superhero simply stopped and soundly stood still, steadfast and silent. His wasn't the only silence that surrounded him though. If there was life and light in this part of the waters, it surely avoided the Captain. 

[color=#ea2034]"Y'know doc, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I told the League I needed shore leave."[/color] quipped the Captain to the man on the other end of the communication line. 

[color=#43bc58]"Hmm, humour. Whatever makes this experiment easier. Speaking of which, our measuring devices are on standby. Initiate discharge sequence when ready."[/color] Not wanting to wait any longer, a red glow began to emanate from the heart of the quantum field. Within seconds it began to shine brighter and brighter before turning to a blinding yellow - followed by an explosion that rocketed the captain back to the surface! 

Instinctively, he gasped for air but his lungs of iron needed none. Brine should have filled his mouth but its salty taste was simply null. A small victory in the losing war for his humanity, he thought. But before he could continue lamenting, his good pal Doctor Megala's ecstatic praise drowned everything out. 

[color=#43bc58]"Woohoo! I knew it, Cap! The booster system from Horizon is still integrated in you! Wait 'til the boys back at the Pentagon hear about this."[/color] Cheers from the other coats and suits at Megala's Continuum research facility could also be heard in the background, with a champagne cork clearly popping off. As for the Captain, he simply celebrated by turning off his communicator and continuing to float, staring at the sun that no longer burnt his eyes...

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Half an hour would pass before he pulled himself from the Atlantic's waves. 

[color=#ea2034]"Captain Atom to monitor room, I'm coming back early."[/color] he would signal to whoever found themselves manning the lines. While he could apparently go as fast as escape velocity, Nathaniel Adam decided to simply cruise his way back alongside the flock of seagulls that surrounded him.