Connor walked behind Becker and Abby, still dripping wet from his tumble into the reservoir. He'd taken a weary step and slipped into the water, taking the detector with him. It had taken nearly fifteen minutes to find the blasted thing again. Thankfully it still worked. Becker had taken the detector from Connor and given it to Abby for safekeeping.
They stood on the south face of the reservoir, several meters from the anomaly's origin point. However all are them was clean grassy fields. The reservoir was in front of them, clear of all vessels save for theirs. The boat was floating along the water's surface at least ten meters off the south wall. Becker could see Matt and Jess kneeling in the boat, looking over the edge.
"Becker, Jess and I found a small pod of Archelon ischyros. Giant sea turtles. Any sign of the anomaly?" Matt's voice asked over the comms.
"We've reached the coordinates now. We're on the south ridge, right behind you. But there's no sign of an anomaly." Becker explained.
"Becker, Jess and I think the anomaly's beneath you. Inside the spillway. We're seeing run off into the reservoir from within the spillway." Matt replied.
Becker walked to the edge of the reservoir wall. He looked over the edge. Right beneath his feet was the roof to the spillway. "Copy that."
Abby and Connor walked over to Becker and looked down.
"Anyone got an idea how to get down?" Abby asked.
"One, but I ain't volunteerin' for it." Connor said.
Suddenly a large turtle rose form the water. It crawled up the spillway floor and crawled into the tunnel. It was an incredibly large turtle, at least two meters long. Another turtle came up behind the first and followed in through the tunnel. The group of turtles swarmed the entrance, moving quickly out of the water.
"Something's scared them." Abby muttered.
"Do I want to know what has these things scared?" Becker asked.
"The only thing that really hunts these are Mosasaurs." Connor answered.
Becker sighed. "Not something I needed to know, Connor."
"Sorry." Connor said.
"Do you hear that?" Abby asked.
Becker and Connor looked out at the reservoir, listening. There was a faint buzzing sound coming from the reservoir. It sounded like a boat motor, but the boat wasn't running. Then they saw it. A second boat out on the water.
"What the hell is going on?" Becker demanded, rising to his feet.
"How did he get on the water?" Abby asked.
"Becker, we've got a situation on the water."
"Yeah I see the boat." Becker replied. "Bloody idiot."
"We'll send him back to the docks." Matt said.
Becker and the others watched Matt's boat reach the second. There was a moment of silence before the water exploded in front of them. Becker, Abby, and Connor, all threw themselves from the reservoir's edge. The water exploded in front of them. A massive creature propelled itself from the water. Its face was long and narrow. Becker could see the rows of jagged sharp teeth. Its body was sleek accompanied by two large flippers. It fell back into the water with a large splash.
"Don't tell me that was a Mosasaur." Becker said.
"Sorry mate." Connor said.
Becker rose to his feet and moved slowly toward the edge. He heard the starting of a boat motor and looked out at the reservoir. Seconds later the second boat was thrown into the air by a massive water surge. The boat capsized into the water, throwing the passengers into the reservoir.
"Damnit!" Becker cursed. He watched helplessly as someone surfaced.
"What do we do?" Abby asked.
"What can we do?" Connor replied.
They watched from the ridge as Matt dove into the water, swimming toward the boat. They could see him pull the child onto the boat, but the Mosasaur was still around the boat.
"That boat won't take another hit." Becker said.
"What's Jess going?" Connor asked.
Becker's eyes shot back to Jess, still on the boat. She had moved to the opposite side of the boat, the starboard side. She pushed open the door and dove into the reservoir. The boat motor started and headed away from Jess. Becker watched and Jess surface from the water, swimming toward the wall of the reservoir. The rippled in the water caught Becker's attention; the Mosasaur was swimming after Jess.
"Damnit, Jess!" Becker yelled.