Knockdown by Brenda Beem

Author:Brenda Beem
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Evernight Teen
Published: 2014-06-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Man Overboard

The boat was pitch black. I stumbled around Takumi, Nick, and Jervis as they slept in the main cabin. Jervis had given up trying to stay on the narrow couch and was sprawled on the hard wooden floor, snoring. I’d hoped I’d find Makala and the dog snuggled with him, but they weren’t. I glanced at the clock and groaned. I’d only been asleep two hours.

I checked the bow cabin. It was empty. So was the bathroom. Cole had gone up on deck. So much for his resting.

Whistler went into a steep dive as I headed up top. I hung on to the ladder, almost falling.

All of a sudden, Zoë screamed, “Makala, stop!”

I raced the rest of the way on deck and stared in horror as Makala chased after the dog. The two were headed toward the fount of the boat, which rocked from side to side. Makala tripped and fell onto the wet decking. Cole was right behind her, holding onto a lifeline.

Whistler hit the bottom of a huge swell. Makala rolled to the edge. Cole squatted to grab her. A giant wave washed over the top of the boat. I couldn’t see anything but spray.

When the water cleared, Cole knelt at the rail. Makala and the little dog were gone.

Cole pulled himself up and searched the water below. “Makala!” he yelled and climbed over the rail.

“Cole! No!” I screamed.

Cole didn’t take his eyes off the choppy seas. Perched on the toe rail, he took a deep breath, and dove.

“Cole and Makala are overboard!” I yelled at Dylan and clutched the rail where they’d gone in. I searched the waves but couldn’t see them. We were sailing away.

“Drop the sails,” Dylan ordered.

Nick and Takumi appeared on deck. They hurried to bring in the boom and let the main sheet fall. I kept looking for my brother and Makala.

“Makala! Where is she?” Angelina stood on the cockpit steps.

“Overboard!”

“What?” Jervis roared as he stepped on deck.

I frantically studied the sea. “Makala and the dog fell over the side. Cole jumped in to save them. I can’t see them.”

Zoë and Takumi joined me.

Angelina collapsed sobbing on the seat.

Dylan started the engine and yelled, “Toni, get the light!”

I scrambled below for the large battery spotlight. My hands shook. I had a difficult time opening the cabinet door. It seemed like I took forever.

Finally, I tried to hand Dylan the light. “Why was Cole up here in the first place? He was supposed to be…”

“Not now.” Dylan adjusted the throttle and shoved the light back at me. “Shine it out there. Find them.”

The boat started backing up the way we’d come.

“Someone, go to the bow and make sure I’m headed straight.” Dylan adjusted the wheel while watching the water behind us.

Everyone was screaming. “Cole! Makala!”

“Quiet!” Takumi held up his hand. “We can’t hear them answer.”

I scanned the black water. Back and forth across the waves I aimed the light. The swells made us bob up and down. The sea had never seemed so large and empty.

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