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Cye dived under the water once more, before returning to the surface. Cye swam to a sallower part of the pond, before yanking his scuba mask from his eyes. "Darn it! Damn mask keep steaming up." Cye grumbled lowly to himself, before spitting in the mask. When he had washed the spit out, Cye placed the mask back on and headed out again.
A young man in a small red boat, rowed up towards him. "Hey, you okay?" he asked. Cye frowned, before nodding his head. Neither saw the Shark fin coming closer. Cye took a deep breath and ducked under water.
Ryo gasped, when he saw the fin, but it was too late to call out to Cye. The man in the red boat was suddenly bumped. He thought at first it was Cye. "Very funny!" he called out, only to be bumped a second time only harder, sending him into the water.
As Sage and Rowan managed to get to get to the pond, they watched a very familiar scene. The man tried to swim to his up-turned boat. As Cye came up for air, the shark attacked. The man screamed, crawling at the boat as the sea began to turn crimson. The man was dragged under in a sea of bubbles and blood.
Suddenly the fin turned its attention to Cye, who had frozen in shock. Rowan turned away, praying to anyone that heard the shark would leave Cye alone. His pray had been answered. The shark fin darted passed Cye, heading out into the ocean.
Sage and Ryo swam out to Cye, before dragging him in. They lay him out on the beach, as more people arrived. Ryo began to panic as Cye refused to move. "He's dead, isn't he?" he asked, watching Rowan closely. To his relief, Rowan shook his head.
"No, he's in shock." Rowan mumbled, and grabbed to beach towels closet to him. Rowan quickly placed them over Cye, as he grabbed his walkie-talkie. "Rowan to dad. Come in dad. Over."
The walkie-talkie crackled. "Rowan! What the bloody hell is going on over there?" his father asked in a rush. Rowan's eyes were on the bloody water.
"Shark got into the pond dad. Ate another victim. Cye's in shock, we need to get him to the hospital. Over." he explained. The walkie-talkie crackled again.
"Gottcha son. Over and out."
Frank, Ryo, Sage and Rowan waited in the hospital. The door to a small room opened and a nurse walked out. "Doctor said he's fine... mild shock. He can go home in the morning." The nurse informed with a friendly smile. Behind her the doctor wheeled a bed-ridden Cye to another room.
"You okay Cye?" Ryo asked, worried. Cye gave a small smile.
"Now, I'm with you guys. I hate Hospitals." The English teen grumbled. Rowan sighed, before spotting the mayor. Nudging his father, Rowan then turned to his friends.
"You two wanna go in there with Cye. I'll be with you in a minute." Rowan stated. Sage and Ryo noticed the dark look in his eyes, nodded their heads and disappeared in the Cye's new room. Rowan spun on his heel and marched up to Jonathan. Frank dragged the Mayor behind a curtain.
"I hope your happy now Jonathan." Rowan hissed, trying to keep her anger in check. Jonathan seemed to be in another room. Frank grabbed a piece of paper from his pocket.
"You gotta a pen Jonathan?" he asked. The Mayor looked at him surprised, before reaching into his pocket. "There's only one thing you're good for anymore. Sign this. It's an authorization to employ someone to kill the shark." Frank mumbled, pointing to the paper.
"I don't know if I can do that without..." Jonathan was cut off, as Rowan slammed his fist onto a foam bed.
"Forget about the stupid book Jonathan! Forget about everything here! That shark needs to be killed and fast!" he spat. Frank placed a hand on his shoulder, hoping it would calm him down. Jonathan began to think again.
"Maybe we can save August..." Frank was the one to cut him off this time.
"Forget it! This summer's had it. Next summer's had it. Every summer here has had it. You're the mayor of Shark City. You wanted the beaches open. What will happen when the town finds out about that?" Frank snapped. Jonathan turned to both of them with a glare.
"I was acting in the town's best interests..." he trailed off. Jonathan knew it was a losing battle, but he would be damned if he was going to sign the paper.
"The best interest for the town would be to see that fish belly-up in the water, with a hole in his head. You do the right thing for once. You've gotta authorize me." Frank paused and pointed to the paper. "Sign it." he ordered. Jonathan looked at the paper before walking away, muttering under his breath.
The three friends jumped as the hospital room door slammed open. Rowan slammed the door shut, cursing under his breath. "What's wrong?" Sage questioned. Rowan sat next to the bed, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Dad and I tried to get Jonathan to sign a contract so we could get someone to kill the shark. The damned bugger wouldn't do it!" Rowan growled. Cye toyed with the end of his bedspread, before an idea struck him.
"We could do it!" he grinned. His friends stared at him, as if he had grown another head.
"What? Have you lost your mind Cye?" Ryo replied in an out-burst. Cye huffed under his breath, before crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh come on! If we hire someone, they're only going to get the wrong fish. If we go out, then we'll get the right one. Makes sense, huh Rowan?" Cye explained. Rowan tapped his chin.
"There's one thing you've forgotten Cye. Not one of us knows how to handle a harpoon gun, we don't have any guns and we have no idea on how to kill a shark!" Sage pointed out. Rowan chuckled to himself.
"Don't worry. I've played enough video games to know what I'm doing. We might just pull it off." Rowan grinned.
The four friends entered a large house. Each one carried a bag fully of supplies, while they kept two hand guns and a shotgun hidden. "Who owns place is this?" Ryo asked, holding a hand over his nose.
Smoke and steam rose into the air from two big oil drums. Recently someone had tried to burn their rubbish. In two small plastic buckets was whale chum. The rest of the whale lay on the floor in a bloody mess. Diesel fumes and decay filled the air, tools, ropes, broken bits of iron and engine parts littered the floor. Hanging from the walls were rope, floats, buoys, barrels, tackle and gear.
"This use to belong to a guy called Quint. He went out sailing once, had a heart-attack and crashed the boat into some rocks. His house became the island's property, so everyone uses some of the stuff here." Rowan explained. Cye wrinkled up his nose.
"This has got to be on big violation..." Cye trailed off, as they followed Rowan. Sage frowned a little.
"So, how are we going to get anywhere, if he crashed his boat?" he questioned. Rowan set his bag down, before pulling open a large wooden door. Sitting in its own dock was a boat. Along the side were the words Orca.
"This was Quint's favorite boat. I guess he knew his time was up, so he didn't take it out. I think it still has a portable shark cage on it." Rowan smiled, pointing to the boat. The four climbed onboard, admiring the beaten up ship. Rowan cocked his head as he looked at Sage. The Japanese teen didn't like the look on his face.
"What?"
"Sage, you drive. Get the engine warmed up, me and Cye have got to grab a few things." Rowan ordered before looking at Ryo. "Ryo, do me a favor. Get those two buckets, a small steel shovel and put it on the boat." he added. As the boys set to work, Rowan and Cye set to gather so more things.
Frank's ears perked up, as the back door opened. "Rowan? Is that you?" Frank called. Rowan appeared in the living room, as Cye began to gather his scuba diving stuff.
"Hey Dad. How's everything?" Rowan asked. Frank sighed and crossed another name off a list.
"Getting someone to kill a Great White is harder then I thought." he grumbled. Rowan nodded his head and glanced at Cye. The English teen gave him the okay sign, to which Rowan nodded his head.
"Okay. Well, got to go dad. See you in a few weeks." Rowan replied quickly and darted out of the house. It dawned on Frank what he said, when Rowan was gone.
"Few weeks? What the hell has gotten into him?" Frank wondered.
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