Chapter 2
Blood on the Beach
Link sat in his office writing a death report of Malon. He wrote her name, occupation, age, gender, etc. Until he came across a blank entitled: Cause of Death. Link carfully wrote Shark Attack in the blank. Link sat down slouched thinking how there hasn't been a unintentinal death for 20 years now. That was when Ganondorf took over Hyrule. "BILL! Get out the "beach closed" signs." Link yelled. "We never had any." Bill said walking in. Link sighed. "I'll be back in ten minutes." Link said walking out the door. He walked quickly down to the market place. He was occasionally stopped by people giving reports but Link was not interested. He moved on. At the store he got four peices of wood, paint, paintbrush, four white peices of cardboard.
"Chief!" Bill came riding on his horse. "There are a bunch of Boy Scouts on the beach doing their mile swim." Bill said. "Ok I'll take care of it, you get to work on those signs: Beaches Closed! No Swimming. By Order of Hyrule Knight Department." Link said geting on the horse Bill came in.
Bill walked to the office with all the supplies. He was stopped by the Prime Minister. "Hey Bill, whats all this for?" He said in a friendly voice. The Prime Minister, Vince, was a handsome man in his late thirties. He had gray hair and his pointy ears were starting to fall downwards. "Minister, listen we had a shark attack on the beach this moring I have to close down the beach, by order of Link. Vince stopped frusterated. "Where did he go?" he asked. "I think to the South Dock." Bill replied.
Link looked out and saw the boys with a leader in a canoe. The raft came in to the dock. "Charlie take me out to those kids, will ya." Link asked. "Yes, sir" he replied. Vince entered the raft. "Link, I hear your closing the beaches under your own authority." he said. "Well what other authority do I need?" Link asked. "Well you need it aprooved by a member of the original Royal Family." One of Vince's parters said. "Why can't I just asked Zelda?'' Link asked. "Your wife is not in control of the beaches." Vince said. "But that ranch girl was torn apart!" Link said. "She just swam out a little far and got stuck in some coral reef and it cut her badly." Vince said. Vince to Link to the other end of the raft. "Look Hyrule's Independence Day is when we make the most money. We need summer rupees." Vince said. "It doesn't mean you can't close the beaches for two days so we can see if the shark is even there." Link said. "Look Cheif, You yell sea snake, everyboby goes huh- what...You yell shark, we got a panic on our hands on the 4th of July." Vince said. Link looked down. "Okay you can take us back now." Link yelled to Charlie. Link looked at the boy swimming and prayed they would be okay.
For the next couple days the sea was very calm. All the kids were let out of school. Link was on the beach with Zelda. He looked at the water with fear. He knew a shark was there and he couldn't do anything about it. Zelda supported Link all the way with the shark issue but she doubted it will happen again. Link felt uneasy looking at the water. All the swimmer were screaming and you couldn't tell if they were playing or hurt. Link hoped for the best.
Almost fifty yards from where Link was sitting and young boy named Alex sat with his mother. Alex was eleven year old with blonde hair and blue eyes. He had no friend to play with so he likes to play with his mother. "Mom can I go swimming?" Alex asked. "No, there is no one to watch you." she replied. "How about you?" Alex yelled. "Fine. But go on a raft the water is cold." his mother said softly. "Thanks." Alex said. He got a raft and went in the water.
The beach water was only 7 feet deep for about 10 yards. But as it went out, the water got about fifty feet deep. And what lay at the bottom was the twenty-five foot fish. It felt electical impulses of poor swimming. He move about 7 mph towards Alex. Once Alex was in view, the fish got a stronger impulse. But Alex stopped kicking to rest and the fish lost signal. But when he started kicking again the fish was circling him. The shark faced vertical to his prey. As the fish charged slowly to Alex he took a bite.
The last and only thought Alex had was being puched in the stomache. Blood covered where Alex swam. He struggled to get up was soon teared apart. Link looked to his right from where he sat and looked in horror. He saw a large fin, a torn raft, and blood everywhere. He ran towards the scene. "GET OUT! EVERYBODY OUT NOW! SHARK IN THE WATER!" Link yelled. Alex's mother woke up confused to what had happen. Parents got their kids out and stood on the beach with horror and confusion. Alex's mother walked out looking for Alex. "Alex?" she yelled. "ALEX!" she yelled. Then she saw a small raft torn and smeered with blood washed up on shore. Link looked out to the sea. Zelda walked next to him and said, "You need to do something." Link turned around "Where's Vince?" he asked her.