I do not own Deep Blue Sea. I only own Coral.
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"Seems like the Doc got herself into trouble, thanks again Tom," I shouted while walking over to stand by Carter, who looked unhappy about the visitor as well, but for his own reasons. "Do you not trust guys in suits?" I questioned him while watching his glare intensify.
"Who does?" Carter asked me.
"You have a point there," I replied with a chuckle.
We watched Janice greet the new guy as Carter got ready to dive in with the shark. I watched him with a smirk since this was the first time I really got to see him work with a shark up close and personal. The twelve foot tiger shark was exquisite as it swam through the water. The license plate was stuck in its teeth still.
The new man yelled in shock when Carter swam in the enclosure with the tiger shark. I stood at the edge of the walkway watching comfortably. I knew Carter could handle himself since he had been doing so before I arrived at the facility to help him. He definitely had a nice body to watch as well while he swam with the shark. I looked over at the other enclosure but none of the test sharks were swimming at the top.
"Coral, meet Russell Franklin, he's here to see our research," Janice said shaking me out of my focus on the enclosures.
My eyes drifted up to the new man with a smirk at his surprised expression. I shook his hand and he gave me a glance before looking back at Carter, who had just thrown the license plate onto a walkway in front of Dr. McCallister. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Franklin," I said before running off the walkway to dive into the water with the tiger shark. I still had to lead it to the opening in the enclosure that led to a small holding area where we could get the net around it easier.
"Is she crazy too?" Russell yelled at Janice after watching me jump willingly into the water.
"No, that's just Coral. She's here to help with the sharks as well," Janice replied with a smile even though the ease that Coral had around the sharks was a bit unnerving.
Getting away from the business man was relieving. I looked around under water for the opening and smirked at the sight of the tiger shark swimming right towards me. "Just what I wanted," I thought while opening the hatch that led to the smaller containment area for the bait sharks. The tiger shark went to snap its jaws around me but I spun out of the way and it swam right into the opening for the smaller area. I slammed the hatch closed and locked it before swimming back to the surface.
"Did you get it locked?" Carter yelled to me from where he was standing with the doctor.
"Of course," I yelled back before swimming through the empty enclosure to get on the walkway by him and the doctor. The doctor rushed off in a hurry and I pulled myself up onto the walkway. "Did you get her to listen to you about the test sharks?" I asked him.
"Of course not," he grumbled and glared at the test sharks that were gliding just beneath the surface while Russell and Janice looked at them.
"Should we scare the suit?" I asked him while ringing the water out of my hair.
"I think he already is," Carter said and I chuckled.
"Now if only the doctor was," I said and he nodded in agreement.
"I don't know if she's scared of anything," he said and walked off.
"She is, she's scared of having a life besides her research," I muttered before watching Carter run into Janice and Russell. I walked over to the test shark enclosure while he introduced himself to the suit. "Show time I guess guys," I told the water that held the test sharks. "Just try not to eat the guest of honor," I muttered and laughed at my own sarcasm.
The lady in the watch tower announced that a storm was heading this way, which would be important to the crew that was leaving for the weekend. I stayed at the facility pretty much 24/7, which was fine with me. I had nowhere else to go anyway. Another pinch of my leg made me look down and glare at the bracelet on my ankle. "Where do these things keep coming from?" I whispered before looking back down at the water. "Oh well, at least they're nice to look at," I muttered and started doing the routine afternoon checks that Carter and I had to do.
I spent time hanging out with Preacher in the kitchen until it was time to set up outside for the doctor's birthday. It was going to be a surprise for the doctor, but who knew if she could actually have fun. The woman reminded me of a robot sometimes. Preacher and I set up the bar and waited behind it quietly while the announcement went out that the doctor was wanted on the surface.
"Hopefully she doesn't jump into the enclosure out of her surprise," I thought and poked my head around the bar to see if she was there yet or not. "Get ready, three, two, one," I whispered when I spotted her.
Flares were shot into the air before everyone jumped out and shouted surprise. Dr. McCallister definitely jumped but thankfully not into the shark enclosures. The tiger shark was swimming in an aggravated manner in its small enclosure. The test sharks were nowhere to be seen.
"Time to drink," Preacher muttered.
"So that's what you were excited about," I told him pushing his shoulder gently and he rolled his eyes.
"It's a party so of course I'm ready to drink, so what do you want?" he questioned me while holding up a bottle of tequila.
"No thanks, I don't think drinking is a good idea. Remember I'm the crazy lady that willingly swims with sharks, give me liquor, and I might just go swim with the sharks naked," I said and smirked when he busted out laughing.
"If we were anywhere else I might want to see that, but nobody should swim with those monsters," Preacher said and went to work making a drink for Russell.
"But are they truly monsters or is science the monster?" I thought with a frown before sneaking away from the party to go stand by the shark enclosure.
