Maiden Voyage (The Seryys Chronicles) by Joseph Nicholson

Author:Joseph Nicholson [Nicholson, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clockwork Quills
Published: 2014-03-09T22:00:00+00:00

He was on his fourth trip back down to the reef; he was inwardly smiling to himself as he caught his wife dozing on the boat. He was going to make one more trip down. He hit the reef, pulled out two more flowers, turned to face the boat and saw two huge sharks circling it.

Shit! Stryyk thought. His minded raced. He quickly swam to the cliff face and tried to find a way to climb up. With it being low tide the algae on the rocks went up further that he could reach, and he couldn’t get a firm grip on any holds. He ducked down into water again and surveyed the area. The sharks were still circling the boat. It was really unusual to see these big predators in such warm and shallow waters. Their massive bodies dictated that they needed deeper waters for hunting. From the depth of their current location they wouldn’t be able to get enough speed to mount a successful attack from below, which was their preferred method.

It must have been the blood! The realization struck him. They must have smelled Char’s blood in the water and come in for an easy meal on a wounded animal. He thought about his next move. He couldn’t go up, so he had to get to the boat. He came up for air and heard Char screaming his name.

“Char!” he screamed back.

She looked up and for an instant was relieved to see him, but it quickly went back to her concerned expression. “Oh, thank the Founders! You’re all right!” she shouted.

Just then, one of the sharks bumped the boat hard enough to almost capsize it. Char screamed as he held onto the steering wheel. The boat righted itself.

“Char!” he cried out, watching helplessly as his wife’s life hung the balance. He had to come up with a plan. He needed a distraction.

“Char!” he shouted again. “Is your hand still bleeding?”

She looked down and the bandages were starting to drip onto the floor of the boat. She quickly unraveled the bandages and blood flowed from the wound. “Yes!”

“Good! Soak our two towels in your blood. When you’re sure their soaked, throw one in each direction! One that way and one that way!” He ducked down and saw the two sharks were still circling the boat. This particular type of shark—the Maal Shark—had very poor eyesight, so they couldn’t see Stryyk from where they were. And Stryyk was doing everything in his power to keep himself as calm as possible as to not draw attention from the two predators. A few minutes later, Char shouted back that she was ready. Both towels had an unhealthy amount of blood on them.

“Throw them!” he shouted.

Char threw one with all her might. One went to the port side of the boat a good thirty yards away and the one to the starboard, close to the same distance. For a few seconds, neither shark responded, but as the aroma of blood reached their

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