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They sure looked like fins to me… Until the reverse-V formation leaped out of the sea and arched over to snap on top of the first formation. He was right. They weren’t fins.
They were teeth in the jaws of a giant beast.
And it was heading straight for us.
Crap!
My heart thumped so hard and fast it sounded like a drumroll.
And then it doubled.
Across the way, another giant creature snapped its jaws shut like the first.
It doesn’t matter about them, I told myself.
I have to focus on my performance. A man can outrun a horse if he applies the right strategy…
But these things aren’t horses. They’re… I had no idea. Demons sent from the furnace of hell.
I glanced ahead at the shore. It raced up, drawing closer and closer…
But would we reach it soon enough?
“Shit!” Nighteko said.
“What?” I said.
“We’re not going to make it! Dive!”
Dive?
“Dive!” he repeated.
He raised both arms above the surface and shifted his body weight so he dived beneath the surface.
I performed the same motion and followed him beneath the waves. The water stung my eyes but I didn’t care. I peered around for Nighteko but saw him nowhere.
Something grabbed my arm and I expelled precious oxygen.
It was Nighteko.
He wrapped my arms around his neck and then kicked, taking us deeper into the darkness. The pressure built up on my ears before he straightened up and swam forward.
I cast around, looking for the creatures chasing us.
Where are they?
It was terrifying to think they were out there… Somewhere. Unseen. Unheard…
Desperate to consume our flesh.
Then, I saw it.
Five yards to the right. Now it was underwater, I could see how big it really was. Blue whales had nothing on this thing. It had deep grooves along its body like the scars of a fire victim. It had no eyes so far as I could tell, but that didn’t mean it couldn’t see us.
It headed right for us.
I grabbed Nighteko’s hair and yanked, pointing down. We need to head deeper, I was trying to tell him.
