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Max sighed loudly again. “Like I said, fuck off and live in peace.”
“Yeah, that’s working out really well for you right now,” I said, spotting something in the distance. I sat up, cupping my hands around my eyes to block the sun. “Uh…guys?”
“Hmm?” Red grunted, not bothering to open his eyes.
“Are you seeing what I’m seeing?”
They all sat up and looked, aside from Max who pulled his hat further over his eyes.
“What do you see?” Red asked.
“That,” I pointed at the small thing in the distance that looked like it was headed right toward us.
“Is that…” Scottie asked.
“I think it is,” IRIS answered, still squinting.
IKE, who had been quiet this whole time, finally spoke up. “Should we…”
“Finish a sentence?” Sarah asked. “What are you guys looking at?”
I grabbed her by the chin and shifted her focus. “See there?”
She shook her head, but then stopped. “Oh, God.”
“Now, Sarah, this is not the time to panic,” I said, trying to calm her down.
“But that’s—”
“Right.”
“And it’s coming—”
“I know.”
“I think now’s a good time to put that cannibal scenario into play,” Scottie muttered. “Not it.”
“Not it,” I answered, strictly because it was what you were supposed to do when someone else said it.
Everyone else said the same, all except for Max. He finally lifted his hat off his face and looked at all of us. “What? Why are you guys looking at me like that?”
“Because we’re about to feed you to a shark.”
He snorted and replaced the hat. “Yeah, good idea. Give the shark blood so he’ll know where the food source is. Then we can all die.”
“Well, what’s your brilliant plan, genius?”
He sighed again and sat up. “Maybe if you all sit really still and stop talking, he’ll swim right by us.” Then he leaned back and covered his face again.
This guy didn’t have a care in the world. He literally didn’t care that a shark was swimming right for us.
“Yeah, I’m not getting eaten by a shark today,” IKE said. “I know how this goes. I’m the new guy—aside from him,” he pointed at Max. “And he’s the native, so he’ll live. Which means I die first. Who has a gun on them?”
“You didn’t bring one?” I asked with a smirk on my face.
“I have one, but the other fell out when we hit the water. Call me crazy, but I’m not going to look for it right now. And unless that shark comes out of the water to eat us, firing at it is the most ridiculous thing you can do.”
“Why?” Sarah asked. “It works in the movies!”
