I do not own Deep Blue Sea. I only own Coral.

Story Start

"Coral grab your wet suit and report to the surface now," the woman in the tower yelled as loud as she could and I practically jumped off my bed to greet the floor with my face.

"What the hell?" I growled pushing myself off the floor to jump up and grab my wet suit, which was hanging on my locker in my room. I scrubbed my face with my hand while rushing to the elevator. Carter was nowhere to be seen but I'm sure I would see his unhappy face as well when I reached the surface. The lights around the facility were slightly glaring this late at night and just waking up did not help diminish the glare. "Carter, what's going on?" I yelled loudly after the elevator reached the surface.

Carter was preparing the boat and surprisingly enough some harpoon slash crossbow type thing. I had never seen this piece of equipment so far since I've been at the facility. He was not in his wet suit yet but I saw it lying on a seat on the boat.

"One of the damn sharks escaped," Carter griped while starting the boat.

I ran over and jumped on the boat and he pulled away from the dock. "What do you mean the shark escaped? Was it the female or a male?" I yelled over the sound of the boat engine. Looking back at the shark test area, I saw the large female's fin gliding through the water without a pattern, but the other male was staying close to where he could see the boat. "A male got out then," I answered my own question since Carter was too focused on tracking down the shark. "Has this happened before I arrived here?" I asked him and his annoyed scowl answered that question. "Great, have the sharks tried to attack any boats or people before?" I inquired trying to gather as much information as I could before we did find the escaped male shark.

"Nobody has ever been out this far, but tonight there is a boat close to us, and not a big one either," Carter yelled back to me and I quickly slipped on my wet suit.

"Well let's get there before the shark does," I muttered as I viewed the ocean trying to see the shark even though it was dark with only the boat's light and starlight to assist.

The sight of a boat sitting in the water ahead of us made Carter slow down our boat until we were at a complete stop. The engine shut off so the noise would not bother the shark. I looked at the two young couples enjoying themselves before focusing back on the water. We were practically using this boat and the four teens as bait, and the noise they were making was definitely perfect bait. Carter was preparing the strange harpoon type equipment while I walked closer to the edge of our boat. The water resembled a mirror with how dark and still it was.

"Don't fall in," Carter told me and I just rolled my eyes.

"Don't worry, I was planning on jumping in anyways," I grumbled before flinching when I felt the bracelet poke my skin again, and once again I did not see a puncture wound, just a red mark on my skin. "I should just throw you away," I thought glancing at the jewelry even though I knew I would not.

A scream of absolute terror made both Carter and I jump to attention. My eyes widened at the sight of the shark busting through the bottom of the boat and trying to bite one of the four teens. The display of power was magnificent and I could understand why they were screaming bloody murder. I'm sure they would have nightmares the rest of their life if we saved them in time. Carter raised the equipment and cursed when the four teens fell off either side of the boat.

"It's attacking the right side," I yelled as I saw the shark charging straight towards the teens on the right side of the boat. My heart beat rapidly as I watched the shark swim with absolute purpose of sinking his teeth into someone. I looked at Carter and watched as he took the shot.

The shark froze for just a moment at the feel of the initial harpoon type object, which must have injected something into its bloodstream, a tranquilizer no doubt. However, it gave a shake and quickly started moving towards the screaming teens again. Carter raised the gun again and took another shot. This shot hit true as well, and this time the shark did stop. The ropes attached to the two tranquilizer darts also restrained it.

"Get back on your boat, now," I yelled to the teens, but they were still panicking. "This is why panicking doesn't help anything but I can't blame them," I grumbled before diving off the side of the boat whether Carter approved or not. The four teens could drown if they kept panicking. Of course, Carter definitely cursed at me and called me an idiot when I jumped into the ocean. I swam as fast as I could without getting too close to the drugged shark. Having no clue how long the tranquilizers worked, I helped the two teens on the right side of the boat first. The guy calmed down faster than the girl, but he was able to help me get her on their boat. She might have kicked me a few times too many but I didn't have time to worry about it. I swam over to the other side and helped the other two as well, and these two were definitely calmer than the other pair.

"Thank you," one of the girls said softly and I gave a nod before pulling myself up onto their boat.

"I'm going to make sure this thing still works," I told them and went over to the front of the boat. I heard the others whispering fretfully about the shark, and I had no doubt that they would be reporting this incident, which would cause some chaos for the facility and Dr. McCallister. "Great, I get an awesome job and I might lose it because somebody at the facility did not do what they were supposed to do," I thought while smiling at the fact that the boat did start and it did not have any weird sounds coming from the engine. "You're good to go, just be careful," I told them before looking over at the facility's boat.

Carter had pulled the shark a bit closer to the boat, but unfortunately the ropes allowed it to swim to either side and underneath if the tranquilizer decided to wear off. He gave me a wave to hurry up and I looked at the shark, who did not seem to be fully mobile again yet. With a nod at Carter, I dove off the teen's boat and swam towards our boat. Carter was keeping an actual gun trained on the shark while I swam closer. The shark was moving slightly in the water to keep breathing and I swam to the other side to pull myself up. However, a strange feeling on my ankle made me pause. I looked down at my ankle and gasped when another one of the bracelets was now around my ankle, which had a few red spots on my skin. The shark teeth on the bracelet had also poked my skin as well.

"Well hurry up, we need to get it back to the enclosure before the tranquilizer wears off," Carter yelled from his spot on the boat.

"Coming," I snapped while my ears looked around the water, but I did not anything. However, there was no way another one of these bracelets could just magically appear on my ankle. "Just get on the boat, it's just a bracelet," I whispered to myself while pulling myself up onto the boat to stand by Carter.

"Well that wasn't the smartest thing ever," Carter told me with a raised eyebrow.

"We work with sharks for a living, we aren't the smartest of individuals," I quipped back to him before walking over to the edge of the boat to stare down at the shark.

The shark looked up at me and I frowned when I felt the bracelet on my ankle poke my skin again. The bracelet on my wrist poked me again and I gave a small growl before sitting down so I could keep a close eye on the shark as we went back to the facility. Riding back to the facility was quiet but I could tell Carter was angry. He was muttering about how the sharks were getting smarter and more dangerous by the day. I was surprised to hear him say that this was the first time a shark attacked a boat to try to get to people. With the size of the shark, I could easily see it breaking through the boat, but the intent of why was unnerving.

"That doctor is doing more to you guys than she says," I muttered looking down at the shark before noticing that we were almost back at the facility. "Let's get this big guy back in the enclosure and then I'm sleeping late whether she likes it or not," I told Carter, who just smirked at me.

"Sounds like a plan, but don't sleep too late or you'll miss feeding time tomorrow," Carter replied while turning off the boat.

We worked together to get the shark in the net and crane before depositing the shark back in the enclosure with the other two. The female was nowhere to be seen, but the other male was swimming at the surface as if waiting for his brother. I watched Carter move the crane away from the water's surface and back to where it was originally. He gave me a wave before disappearing into the facility to go wherever. Walking to the edge of the enclosure I watched the male sharks swim deeper into the ocean and disappear from sight.

"Tom's in trouble," I grumbled but first I needed some more sleep. My bed was calling for my tired body as I walked away from the enclosure to get to the elevator. With one last look at the enclosure, the doors to the elevator shut and I made my way back to my room. "No early wake up calls or I'm throwing someone in the enclosure instead," I grumbled before falling asleep.

"Coral, report to the surface," the woman spoke over the intercom and my eyes opened in a glare.

"That's it, I'm killing someone, preferably her if she sings again this morning," I groaned while sitting up on the bed before making myself stand. My wet suit seemed to taunt me today after barely sleeping last night. I trudged over to the wet suit, slipped it on, and brushed my hair. Making my way to the kitchen was first on the list since I had not had anything to eat yet. Priest gave me a biscuit and a carton of juice when he saw my deadpan expression. I thanked him before making my way finally to the surface. The biscuit was devoured in no time so I drank my juice while walking to stand by Carter, who was talking with more of the shark hunters. Another tiger shark hung in their net, but this one had a license plate in its mouth.

"Do you want to do it this morning or me?" Carter questioned when he saw the dark circles under my eyes.

"I vote we let Tom do it since he let something escape last night," I grumbled and Carter smirked at me.

"I like that idea but the boss won't," Carter told me and I just shrugged.

"You can do it today, I'll get the next one," I told him before noticing that he was looking at my ankle, which was still sporting the bracelet from last night.

"Where did you find another one?" Carter questioned while bending down to see my ankle closer.

"They're just floating everywhere," I said with a yawn before looking at my wrist and ankle. I still don't know why I haven't tried to take the bracelets off yet, but I must have been too tired to care. "I'll take them off later," I thought while watching Carter pay the shark hunters. I tossed my juice carton into a trash nearby before making my way over to the shark enclosure. None of the sharks were swimming at the surface today, but I could have sworn I saw something else brightly colored floating around under the water.

"I need sleep," I spoke aloud before glaring at Tom, who was over talking with Carter. "Or to throw him in there," I grumbled before making sure Tom saw my glare. "You're lucky I'm not evil," I thought before taking a seat at the edge of the shark enclosure, but I kept my legs on the walkway. "So what does today hold for me?" I thought while looking up at the sky.

The sight of a red helicopter heading towards the facility made me tilt my head. "Knew she'd get some hell for the shark escape and attack," I thought when I could just barely make out the sight of Dr. McCallister flying the helicopter with a man in a suit sitting beside her. "This is going to be fun," I whispered while looking at the enclosure to see the male sharks swimming around in front of me before disappearing under the water surface when the helicopter landed onto the facility landing space.