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> >AT 40 FEET SIMON AND BILLY TOOK UP POSITIONS OPPOSITE >EACHOTHER, USING THE HUGE STALKS OF KELP TO CONCEAL >THEMSELVES. THE CURRENT WAS MOVING MODERATELY THROUGH. >THE KELP LINE WAS PERFECT FOR AN AMBUSH. ALL THEY HAD >TO DO WAS WAIT UNTIL HUNGRY ROAMING SEABASS CRUISED >THROUGH THE AREA IN SEARCH OF FOOD. SIMON BROKE FREE >FROM HIS HIDING PLACE AND DROPPED ANOTHER 20 FEET. >BILLY >WATCHED, FEELING UNNERVED AT BEING ABANDONED. HE COULD >BARELY SEE SIMON AND WISHED HE HAD SIMON'S BREATHHOLD. >IN ALL THE YEARS THEY HAD DOVE TOGETHER, THE YOUNGER >SIMON ALWAYS MANAGED TO DIVE DEEPER, LONGER AND TAKE >THE BETTER FISH. THOUGH THIS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED BILLY, >HE HAD TREMENDOUS RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR SIMON'S >ABILITIES. STILL, HE WISHED SIMON WERE CLOSER TO HIM >RIGHT NOW. >BILLY'S WILLIES WERE GETTING WORSE. FROM HIS VANTAGE >POINT SIMON COULD SEE SOMETHING UNUSUAL BENEATH HIM. >IT WAS BIG. VERY BIG. LARGER THAN HIS BOAT. >IT LOOKED TO BE ABOUT 30-35 FEET FURTHER DOWN, ALMOST >ON THE BOTTOM. IN THE DIM LIGHT OF SUNRISE, THE OBJECT >WAS INDISTINGUISHABLE. SIMON'S LUNGS MADE THE DECISION >TO ASCEND. QUESTIONS FILLED HIS MIND AS HIS BODY MOVED >SILENTLY TOWARDS THE SURFACE. BILLY WAS ALREADY ON THE >SURFACE. >"I SAW SOMETHIN' DOWN DEEP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS >BUT IT'S BIG BILLIE...REALLY BIG." SIMON WAS BREATHING >DEEPLY. >BILLY DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE HEARD. >"MAYBE WE SHOULD GET OUT." THE LOOK ON SIMON'S FACE >SHOWED HE WAS ALONE IN HIS DESIRE TO RETURN TO THE >BOAT. "C'MON BILLY! LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT. FOLLOW ME >TO 70 FEET, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS FROM >THERE." "I CAN'T >REACH THAT DEPTH SIMON." BILLY WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, >EVEN THOUGH HE WOULDN'T GO IF HE COULD. >"I'LL FOLLOW YOU AS FAR AS I CAN BUT I GOTTA TELL YA >SIMON, I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT" >"OKAY BILLY. DON'T WORRY...THE OCEAN'S OUR FRIEND. SHE >WON'T HURT US. I PROMISE." WITH THAT SIMON BEGAN HIS >DESCENT. FILLED WITH DOUBT, BILLY FOLLOWED. AT 70 FEET >SIMON COULD MAKE OUT THE LONG FLAT ARMS THAT EXTENDED >OUT SEVERAL FEET FROM THE MAIN BODY. THEY WERE AT >LEAST 14 FEET, LONG AND ROUGHLY A FOOT WIDE. >BILLY HAD STOPPED, TOO SCARED TO DESCEND FURTHER. >SIMON CONTINUED DOWN TOWARDS THE STRANGE SHAPE BENEATH >HIM. HE COULD SEE THE BODY OF THE THING. UNDERNEATH >THE ARMS IT WAS ALMOST AS LARGE AS A DAIRY TRUCK. >"JESUS", SIMON THOUGHT AS HE CAME CLOSE TO THE CURIOUS >OBJECT, "IT'S A HELICOPTER!!" KICKING WITH ALL HIS >MIGHT, HE PUSHED AGAINST THE MOUNTING PRESSURE, DEEPER >AND >DEEPER TOWARDS THE DOWNED AIRCRAFT. NEXT SIMON WAS >FACE TO FACE WITH TWO PAIRS OF EYES. TWO HORRIFIED, >OPEN MOUTHED BODIES, A DARK HAIRED MAN AND A BEAUTIFUL >BLONDE WOMAN, STRAPPED INTO THE FRONT SEATS STARING >OUT AT SIMON THROUGH DEAD EYES. BOTH WORE THE MASKS OF >HORROR, BOTH DIED SCREAMING. THE WOMAN’S HAIR FLOWED >ACROSS HER FACE IN SLOW MOTION. A SMALL CRAB EXITED >THE MAN’S OPEN MOUTH. A MOMENT LATER SIMON WAS >FRANTICALLY KICKING AS FAST AS HE COULD TO THE >SURFACE. >"AUGHHH!!!" SIMON SHOUTED. "THEY'RE DEAD! THEY'RE BOTH >DEAD!" >BILLY'S EYES FILLED HIS FACEMASK. HE'D NEVER SEEN >SIMON SHOW FEAR. NOW HE WAS HYSTERICAL, TALKING ABOUT >SOMETHING DEAD. HE GRABBED SIMON AND STARTED PULLING >HIM TOWARDS THE SMALL BOAT. >"WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU SEE?!!! WHAT'S DEAD?" SIMON >DIDN'T ANSWER. HE WAS SERIOUSLY FREAKED. HE'D NEVER >SEEN A DEAD PERSON BEFORE. HIS MIND RACED TOO FAST FOR >HIM TO KEEP UP WITH. BILLY WAS PUSHING HIM ONTO THE >SWIMSTEP BUT SIMON WASN'T HELPING. >"GET IN THE BOAT SIMON!" YELLED BILLY. >"THEY'RE DOWN THERE! DEAD! THEY WERE JUST LOOKING AT >ME! I THINK I'M GONNA THROW UP." SIMON THEN SLUMPED >AGAINST THE >GUNWALE, BREATHING HARD AND FAST. HIS EXHAUSTION WAS >AS MUCH >EMOTIONAL AS PHYSICAL AND HE JUST LAID THERE. BILLY >STEERED FOR AVALON HARBOR, JUST A FEW MILES AWAY ON >THE LEE SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

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