Arrival by Morgan Rice

Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan Rice
Published: 2018-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Kevin waited by the bow of the boat as Chloe worked their lashed together tiller and Luna worked the sails. He clutched the bill hook, looking down into the water. In theory, his job was to guide them in, watching out for anything they might hit along the way. He really wasn’t sure how easily they would be able to dodge anything. He had the device in its bag over his shoulder, trying to keep it safe.

“I can see a beach ahead,” he called back.

It stretched out in front of them, a pier set on it with a Ferris wheel and a rollercoaster, all flashing in bright colors as if someone had left them running when they’d abandoned them. To Kevin, it was like a lighthouse beacon, giving them something to aim at and hopefully not crash into.

“It’s Santa Monica Pier,” Luna called out from the rigging. “My parents took me there once when we all went to LA.”

“Maybe we could head for the pier and I could hook onto it?” Kevin suggested. “What do you think, Chloe?”

“It’s hard getting the boat to go where I want,” Chloe called out from the stern. “The tide’s pulling us in.”

“Just as long as it’s not taking us out to sea,” Luna said.

Kevin smiled at the fact that they weren’t arguing for once. Maybe Chloe saving Luna’s life had helped each to see that the other wasn’t all bad, although he didn’t know if it would last. Right then, he was too busy hooking a lump of wood out of the way, then a large plastic container.

The debris got thicker as they went toward the beach, either washed in by the storm or left behind by everything that had happened in the world. About the only good part of it was that Kevin couldn’t see the sharks anymore. It seemed that their boat had left them behind along with the open ocean.

“Keep going,” Kevin called out. “We’re not far away now.”

It was only a little way, close enough that Kevin felt as though they might have been able to step onto the beach with just a little more effort.

“I’m not sure I can,” Chloe said. “It feels like the tide’s turning.”

Kevin looked out toward the beach, and sure enough, some of the flotsam carried on the tide was being dragged back out into the waves. If they’d had a little more sail, or even something to use as oars, maybe they could have worked against it to come into shore, but their limping yacht had no chance of tying up there as it was. The best they might be able to hope for was to drop the anchor and hope their craft would hold out until the tide changed again, but Kevin didn’t know what would happen before then. Maybe the boat would sink. Maybe the sharks would come back. None of it seemed good.

“I think we have to swim for shore!” he called out to the others.

“Can we make it?” Luna called back.

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