Chapter 11- Like A Fish Out Of Water
Mikey and Gino were poking at the colorful slug which swayed in the calm ocean ripples, Gino then shook his head, "What is it?" asked Mikey still staring at the slug which was attempting to move.
"My mic is going static, I think I'll toss it." said Gino, Gino pried of the small mic which was producing a large amount a static, he threw it, it bobbed in the ocean, then it began to sink. It was going down fast.
"Hello? Gino get out of the water!" said Sparky but the mic was already to far away from Gino for him or Mikey to hear, suddenly the slug raised it colorful spines and began to float away. Mikey and Gino looked at intrigued.
"Well how about that? What say we follow it?" said Gino. Mikey gave the thumbs up and they began swimming after the floating slug, it was pushed around in the soft current this made Gino and Mikey laugh.
Mikey swam ahead and he hit something with his fin, "What the hell?" said Mikey wiping away the algae from a large stoned, Mikey screamed at what he saw, it was a smiling statue. Gino laughed at him. "What I was really scared!" Gino swam over.
"Wow cool, must be ancient shit, probably hundreds of years old." said Gino poking it a little, its little beady rock eyes stared at him, "But it really is creepy, I mean it so fugly!" The eyes seemed to be glued to Gino, Gino shuttered.
Meanwhile Tom, Farah, Sparky, Caraan and Jared were panicking, they couldn't reach Mikey or Gino and Gino was in great danger, "What the hell are we going to do?" said Caraan she looked down into the water, she could only see a little shadow of Gino and Mikey.
Tom tapped Caraan on the shoulder, "Hey Caraan after Gino who is next?" asked Tom, he looked at a nervous Farah and Sparky, who was still fiddling with the mic workings. He grunted as he poked some other switches.
"Well after Gino it is our other friend Kristaline so don't worry yet." said Caraan, "But we have bigger things to worry about now, I mean we really need to be worrying about Gino." Tom still seemed on edge.
"Guys lets stay calm and think this out." said Farah, "I mean if we are freaking out our thoughts will get cloudy and Gino will surely be killed!" She looked at everyone guilt had come over their faces, "So lets think."
"Farah is right, come on guys lets think." said Jared, "Well we can't reach him from up here but we can't go down there so what do we have?" Jared looked to Sparky, who began to get lost in thought, his eyes wandered around in his head.
"Well maybe we can shine something down there and that will give them somewhat of a signal." said Sparky, "And I have a waterproof flashlight underneath the wheel." Jared let loose a little grin.
"Get it!" said Jared, Sparky ran to the wheel and opened up a cabinet underneath it, he pulled out a flashlight and ran to the end of the boat, he put it in the water and shined it, luckily the sun had just gone behind some clouds.
"Wow I think we may have stumbled upon an undiscovered race!" said Mikey with joy in his voice, "Then we could be rich and live like fat cats, now that would be sweet!" Mikey rubbed his hands as he examined the statue further.
"Not really." said Gino.
"What do you mean?" asked Mikey wondering what Gino was talking about.
"I am a male model and this is my only vacation this year, they work you hard the press never leaves you be it gets really annoying." said Gino, he tapped the statue and it moved a little. The eyes were still glued to Gino.
"Wow sucks dude." said Mikey, then something shone on Mikey's back, he and Gino turned around and saw a light shining from above, "Whoa I wonder if they want us to surface?" Mikey eyes were following the light.
"Maybe let's go see." said Gino, Gino and Mikey began to swim back up to the boat when a large school of fish swam by and Gino freaked, "HOLY SHIT BAD FISH GET AWAY FROM ME!" Gino backed up and his oxygen tank bumped the statue it cracked.
"Gino cool it!" said Mikey, "They are just fish!"
"Icky, disgusting, horrible fish!" said Gino, "They belong on a dinner plate not in the ocean!" The statue cracked some more, "They are so gross and I am not moving until they leave." The fish had gathered and were eating the algae they scraped off.
"Come on lets go!" said Mikey, he began to swim towards Gino, "Give me your hand and we will just cruise through the fish!" Mikey extended his hand, "Real smart going scuba in a place filled with fish." Mikey thought.
"NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" screamed Gino backing up some more finally the statue cracked and broke off, it hit Gino's oxygen tank and broke it, a jet of oxygen and bubbles shot out of the gaping hole.
"Bubbles..." thought Mikey, "GINO TAKE MY HAND!" But it was to late the oxygen was forcing Gino up towards the boat at a dangerous speed, everyone on the boat could see Gino speeding up towards the boat.
"Shit! Everyone clear!" screamed Sparky, everyone ducked into the hull or at the front of the boat, "And He is coming fast...way too fast!" Everyone was cowered. Gino screamed as he headed for the boat.
Mikey tried to swim after Gino but he was going to fast, then it happened, Gino smashed through the glass bottom of the boat, he gasped for air, Caraan saw his eyes they were afraid and unaware.
Caraan then saw a large piece of glass flipping through the air, it was jagged and triangular, Gino saw it too and let out a faint scream, the chunk of glass slammed into Gino's mouth, blood sprayed all over the boat as Gino shot up onto the deck the glass piece still lodged in his mouth, Gino began to spasm as death took over, he flopped like a fish out of water.