Suddenly, the teens heard a gigantic crack of thunder directly above their heads. The clouds simultaneously opened up, pouring out rain by the gallons. Yeah, because all they needed right now was more water. Andre let out a groan followed by a few choice cuss words, and Jade yelped pitifully, despite her usually fearless personality.
"Beck what are we going to do?" She shrieked.
Before he could answer a wave came crashing down, and swallowed them up whole. There was no time to react, and the three of them were dangerously tossed around like rag dolls in the vicious water. Beck was completely disoriented, but he snapped back into focus when he heard Jade cry out in pain, which was cut short by a gurgling sound of water. He followed the sound, and he kicked something underwater with his leg. He realized immediately that it was Jade, or rather her unconscious body. He dove down and grabbed her, but before he could pull her up to the surface, yet another violent wave spun them deeper into the black waters. The temperature got colder as they were pushed farther and farther downwards. Beck couldn't see a thing, it was darker when his eyes were open than when they were shut, and he couldn't hold his breath much longer. He could only imagine how Jade was holding up, who knows how long it had been since she had gotten a breath? Beck was hopeless, but he knew he had to at least try. He swam with all his might in whatever direction he was facing, which very well may have been down for all he could see. He almost gave up when he felt a tug on his hair, and then a strong hand on his shoulder, dragging him the opposite way. He clutched Jade's limp figure to his chest with one arm, and used the other to follow Andre's pull.
The oxygen was like pure heaven. Beck gasped for air, and kept panting as he treaded the treacherous water, supporting both himself and Jade. He was seriously concerned about her, but the key issue was getting out of this storm.
"Over here!" Called Andre. "I think there's an island or something! It's really far away but it seems like the only option! I see palms trees!"
Beck strained to hear him over the rumbling thunder, something about trees, but he quickly followed him anyways, swimming faster than he had in his entire life.
Neither Andre nor Beck (and certainly not Jade) would be able to say what happened in the moments that followed. It was an impossible struggle against the stormy waves. Each time they made any progress, they were thrown back twice as far. Beck started to fall behind, he simply couldn't handle the storm on top of having to carry Jade with him, not even knowing if she was alright. He just wished they had never gone to the beach in the first place, why couldn't Jade have been more stubborn about the stupid dolphin? Andre grunted in frustration as he reached back to grab Beck's free arm and get him moving again.
"Come on man, we're gonna make it. We're gonna make it. We just have to make it." Andre said. He sounded like the Little Engine that Could, but both of them knew he didn't believe a word of what he was saying. Either way they pushed on through the churning currents and deathly whirlpools, just praying that this was all some sort of twisted nightmare that would all be ended by the usually annoying but now longed for beep of the alarm clock. They all wanted that to happen, but of course it wouldn't. This situation was really happening, and making a wrong decision had grave consequences. Beck shuddered as he saw a wave break on an enormous rock sticking out of the sea, thinking how easy it would be to be slammed into it by the fierce tide. He shook the thought away though and focused on getting to safety with Jade and Andre. He couldn't become distracted, it was just too dangerous.
Finally, after almost an hour of pure hell that felt like eternity they made it to the shore of a tiny deserted island. They didn't have time to examine their surroundings because it was pouring down rain, and big bolts of lightning were decorating the angry sky. The guys crawled up the beach, each one holding onto Jade, and used their last bits of strength to get inside a convenient little cave. Andre breathed a sigh of relief, but Beck couldn't relax. Jade was still unconscious…or was she…no. Beck couldn't bring himself to think the words. No way. Not possible….right?
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