A group of college swimmers were climbing out of a lap pool after a grueling practice. Talking mindlessly, they packed their swim bags and headed to the locker rooms to get changed. As they left, a yellow swim cap and pair of googles fell out of one of the girl's bag and fell next to the bleachers alongside the pool. The girl didn't notice and continued out of the pool deck.

The team was the last group to use the facility that day, so the lifeguards on duty locked the doors behind them. Half the team worked as guards at the pool, so they all knew the pool was closed after they left.

Searching her bag, Maya looked up finally.

"Anyone seen my cap and googles?"

Everyone around her in the locker room peaked in their bag to make sure they didn't grab them on accident and then nodded their heads no. Maya sighed.

"Hey, wait for me. I'm running back to the deck to look for my cap and googles." She nudged her best friend, Brantley. Brantley nodded yes while she tucked her own own yellow swim cap into her bag.

Maya approached the doors to the indoor pool and pulled out her key. She worked there so she had her own copy. The lights were turned off and since it was evening, the streetlights outside provided minimal light. It was creepy, but she was used to it. She worked the closing shift all the time so seeing the dark deck wasn't too weird. She walked slowly toward the bleachers looking for her swim cap. Turning the light on her phone on, she knelt down and shone the light under the bleachers. Seeing nothing, she slowly sat up.

It was silent except for the dripping water coming from the main pump. You could faintly hear the whirl of water being pumped into the pool. Standing up straight, her phone light reflected off something. She looked up to the diving well and saw something glistening at the top of the high diving board.

She got closer and squinted. It looked like there were googles at the end of the diving board. She got closer again and saw a small bit of yellow latex peeking out from the board.

That didn't make sense, there was no way her cap and google could be up there. Once under the board though, she confirmed that they were hers. She looked around. Who would put them up there? Something didn't feel right.

Pushing the feeling back, she moved the sign from the bottom of the ladder that lead to the high board that said "Diver's only allowed on board with coach". She climbed to the top slowly.

Those were defiantly hers. Her unease was growing once she saw the cap at the end of the board. Se slowly climbed on the board and gripped the handles. She didn't like heights, its why she swam and didn't join the dive team. She put her foot on the large wheel that controlled how far over the water the board stuck out, wanting to pull the board closer. The wheel was jammed. She pushed it again, harder this time, and it still didn't budge. She sighed again and looked around, considering just climbing down and getting it tomorrow when the divers got there and could retrieve it for her.

"You're being paranoid, just walk out and get it." Maya whispered to herself. Her heart was thumping. She slowly walked out to the end of the dive board. As she reached the end, she slowly leaned down to grab it.

There was a loud crack. It echoed in the indoor deck, making it even louder. Maya didn't even have time to scream. She plummeted toward the edge of the pool, half of the snapped board falling with her. Her back made first contact and made a sickening cracking sound, followed by the back of her head smacking the hard deck. She went limp, her lower half hanging in the water. She laid motionless there before she started to slowly slip below the surface.

Back in the locker room, Brantley thought Maya had been gone for a while.

"Guess we should go help her find her stuff so we can get out of here." She left, followed by another girl that she was driving home. David, another swimmer, was waiting in the hall for them.

"Where's Maya?" he asked Brantley.

"She went back to the deck to look for her cap and googles, we're going to find her now."

David worked at the pool as well so he knew Maya would have let herself onto the deck to find her missing stuff. He followed Brantley and the other girl. The approached the entrance and saw the door was slightly ajar still, so they knew she was still in there. They opened and squinted while their eyes adjusted to the dark.

Brantley was the first to see the broken dive board. Her eyes went to the water below to see the other half of the board, but instead saw her friend floating in the water motionless.

She let out a blood curling scream, causing the other two to see what was wrong.

David's lifeguard training kicked in immediately. Seeing the broken board, he knew she had to have fallen and hurt her head.

"Call 911!" He screamed while running to the edge of the pool.

He sat down on the edge and slowly lowered himself into the pool. Knowing that she most likely sustained a spinal and head injury, he had to enter the pool without making any waves so he wouldn't hurt her more.

The other girl, Kelsey, ran and grabbed the back board used to get people out of the water.

Brantley was sobbing hysterically on the phone with 911, trying to tell them where they were.

"We're at the West Side YMCA, the lifeguards are retrieving her. No we weren't here, we don't know what happened. Send help fast."

She was screaming between tears while she talked to the operator.

David and Kelsey slowly strapped Maya onto the board and with much struggle, lifted her out of the diving well. Being careful to not move her neck, they laid the board with her attached to it on the deck.

Not wanting to touch her neck, David checked her pulse in her groin.

He looked up at Brantley, finally permitted himself to get emotional now that they gotten her out of the water safe.

"She doesn't have a pulse, tell them to hurry."

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Danny Reagan had just started his tour when his phone rang.

"Uh huh. Ok. Be right there."

He put the phone down. His partner, Maria Baez, was gone this week. He checked the time. It was late but worth a shot. He knew Jamie's partner, Eddie, wanted to ride along with him. She wanted to be a detective eventually so she reached out to Danny last month about tagging along some time. With Maria out of town, this seemed like a good time to call. Well, not the best time, it was 2 AM after all.

He dialed Eddie's number and hoped that she didn't have tour the next day and would meet him at the YMCA he had just been directed to go to.