Chapter 2
We got at the beach at 2:30 pm, as if mattered, but when something like this happens you have the memories engraved in the back of your head. I was a bit tired, but ready to finally have some fun after the long flight.
About halfway to the beach Jeanie said something. "Dang it, I left my sunscreen at the hotel. Sami, do you mind coming with me to get it".
"Jeanie…. Can I just go to the beach? It seems so much more fun than going on an errand with you."
"Have it your way, child", Jeanie said, not really mad, "I'll meet you guys at the beach later, text me where you guys are going to be, bye". I should have stopped her there. If I had known what was going to happen I wouldn't have let her leave. The guilt kills me a little.
We arrived at the beach moment later to find that no one was actually there. I mean, I knew this was a new island, but this is what it's known for. I just brushed it off my thoughts and proceeded to put my bag of beach tools on some soft sand as the other three began to "get some rays". It was really fun, it seemed I was swimming for minutes, but I noticed it was hours when I noticed the sun slowly setting.
"We should leave", I said, "It's getting pretty dark". "Yeah", Natalie said, "I think I've had enough tanning, let's leave—" In the distance we saw a man, a man who was running incredibly fast, and he had no arm! I was shocked. He must be taking a night run around the beach to his hotel or bungalow I thought. To my dismay, he didn't appear to be running to the bungalow, he was running towards us! "Go now!" I said, "Pack up quickly we have get back to the hotel. By now he was a quarter mile away from us. We frantically searched for our individual bags. Then I thought, WHERE'S JEANIE?! Did he kidnap her, did he lock her in her own room, or worse… did he kill her? These thoughts raced through my brain faster than a Mach 5 racer. "What's going on, Eddie!?" Natalie said still frantic, "Who is he?!" "I don't know and I don't want to find out", I snapped back at her. We were too late. He was already behind us flailing his arm everywhere (the one he had at least). He grabbed Natalie and pulled her to the ground. He was about to bite her neck when Sami grabbed the beach umbrella and opened it in front of his face. This gave Natalie a chance to start running. She immediately ran to the water. We were all paralyzed in fear. She was swimming as fast as she could, but the guy was already in the water. Natalie swam farther and farther, until that the man wasn't going after her anymore, he was actually drowning. Natalie swam back going around the guy just see if he was faking it. She quickly ran back and hugged Tatiana.