Chapter 9
The sun glared down at the ocean the next day as they went out to sea again.
Another boat was trailing them not far behind, which was exactly what they wanted to happen.
They all dived down somewhere near the cave to lead the men off the trail, or in this case, away from their treasure.
Back on the surface, the other boat stopped next to their boat and two men climbed over.
They began searching the boat like the police did, leaving every stone turned.
Under the water, the 5 saw the boat next to theirs.
Richard pounded his right fist into his other hand and Victor and Bryce both nodded.
They handed the air tanks and their masks to the girls and headed back up to the boat.
While Victor pounced on one of them, Richard pounced on the other and Bryce grabbed whatever they were holding that belonged to the 5.
The man whom Richard was on was especially strong and Richard quickly pushed him all the way back to the corner of the boat, throwing both into the water.
Richard grabbed hold onto the bottom of the boat and wrapped his legs tightly around the man's waist.
The man struggled hard, but Richard's grip was firm and he was caught under the boat without any oxygen to breathe.
Up on deck, Victor had thrown the 2nd man against the side of the boat.
Before he could get up, Bryce grabbed his heavy bag and slammed it hard against his head, throwing him backwards even more.
He finally scrambled up and back onto the other boat.
Below, Richard had finally released the man.
He quickly swam up to his own boat, desperately in need of air.
"Go, go!" he yelled to his partner as he climbed onboard.
Richard climbed back on deck just in time to see the other boat speed off.
"You alright?" Bryce asked.
"Yeah, thanks," Richard replied.
"What the hell was that all about?" Victor cried.
"Guys!" Rachel called as she and Kori climbed back up to join them.
"Look at this," Kori handed Richard a black hat. "The man you trapped under the boat dropped it,"
Richard took the hat from her and stared at the words closely.
'Expedition Red'
Later that afternoon, Richard brought the hat to the marine centre and found Xavier Red fixing some ropes at the jetty with some of his team's help.
"Yo, Red!" Richard called.
"Richard!" Xavier greeted. "What's up, man?"
Richard tossed the hat at him and he caught it.
"Two of your men were messing around my boat this morning," Richard snapped as Xavier looked the hat over.
"What's going on, boss?" one of Xavier's team asked.
"I don't know," Xavier said and turned back to Richard. "Richard here found a hat. He seems pretty excited about it,"
"Tell your boys to stay away from my boat," Richard growled.
"My boys?" Xavier chuckled and turned to his team. "My boys have been bothering this man?"
"No sir, Captain," one of them said.
"I've got over 100 people working for Expedition Red," Xavier told Richard, turning back to him. "This hat could belong to anybody,"
He placed the black hat snugly on his head.
"Stay away from us, okay?" Richard asked.
"Look, you're the one who boarded my boat without permission,"
Richard glared at him for a moment, and then headed back to his truck.
Short chappie, but yeah. :)