Dane Maddock Origins 02 Hell Ship by David Wood; Sean Ellis

Author:David Wood; Sean Ellis [Ellis, David Wood; Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940095141
Amazon: 194009514X
Publisher: Gryphonwood Press
Published: 2014-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Bones kept his gaze on the Jacinta, nudging the tiller to stay on course as the little inflatable boat charged headlong into the surf. He eased off the throttle, allowing the craft to coast—or more accurately to drift backward, caught in the rush of a wave that had already broken—and then twisted the outboard engine’s throttle wide open. The burst of speed caught Gabby unprepared and she tumbled off her seat and landed half on his lap. Bones didn’t let the mishap distract him from the task at hand; with the engine at full power, he drove the boat directly at the rising face of an incoming breaker. The bow end tilted up as the craft started climbing the hill made of water, and then just when it seemed the wave would curl over, capsize the boat and slam them down into the sea once more, they broke through the crest and were rocketing down the backside of the wave.

“Nicely done,” said Gabby, laughing as she used Bones’ thigh for leverage to pull herself upright.

“Just call me the Big Kahuna,” Bones said with a grin.

She took her seat again, this time facing him, but said nothing more until they were past the incoming surf. The subsequent waves hadn’t yet begun to crest and crossing them was considerably less dramatic, but even a momentary lapse in focus might result in them taking a dunk. Only when Bones had eased off the throttle a little, cruising through considerably smoother water toward the waiting Jacinta, did she speak again.

“Your boss seems like a smart guy.”

“Maddock?” He grinned to hide a twinge of jealousy. “Well, he’s what you’d call ‘book smart.’ But yeah, he’s definitely the brains of the outfit.”

“Do you think he can find this medallion you’re looking for?”

Bones shrugged. “If it can be found, Maddock will find it. He seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to stuff like this.”

She nodded as if that was sufficient reassurance and swung her gaze around to watch the final approach to the larger craft. When the inflatable bumped against the dive platform, she nimbly hopped over and secured a mooring line to a cleat. She waited for Bones to join her, then ascended the stairs to the deck where Baby was stored, along with the cable spool that connected it to the operating console on the bridge.

The little yellow submersible looked like the offspring of a spacesuit helmet and an air compressor, to which someone had added a robot claw hand and something that resembled the circular base of a floor lamp. The latter item was the business end of a Fisher underwater metal detector. Bones used his Leatherman multi-tool to cut the plastic zip-ties that secured the device to the ROV while Gabby went to work unscrewing the water-tight cable connector that joined the metal detector to the remote’s cable hub. Both finished their respective tasks in less than a minute. Bones casually propped the treasure finder over one shoulder as if carrying a rifle in a parade and started for the boat.

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