Mega: A Deep Sea Thriller by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2013-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

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The knocking woke her slowly and she had to fight to get her eyes open. Kinsey wondered if Gunnar hadn’t put a little extra in her formula.

“Wha…uh…what?” Kinsey croaked, her throat dry. “What?”

The hatch opened and Darby looked in. “You’ll want to see this,” she said. “There’s a bunch of the crew, including Captain Chambers, taking a Zodiac out to a carcass that was spotted.”

“Good for them,” Kinsey said. “Let them.”

Darby stepped fully into Kinsey’s quarters. “I’ll let you think it through for a second.”

“Think what through?” Kinsey asked, annoyed that Darby wouldn’t let her go back to sleep. Darby just waited. “It’s going to be like that, huh? You stand there and let your big announcement sink into my brain and then all of a sudden, I’ll understand what you’re getting at? Is that it?” Darby didn’t respond. “Listen, Darby, you seem cool and all, but I---”

Kinsey stopped. Darby smiled.

“Carcass?” Kinsey said. “Things like to eat carcasses.”

“Yes, they do,” Darby said, “and your ex is too focused on whales to think what might want to eat a whale carcass.”

“Ah, fuck,” Kinsey said as she hopped from her bunk and grabbed her pants, tugging them up over her bare legs. She got a tank top over her bra and then pushed past Darby, grabbing her boots on the way.

“Ah, Ms. Thorne,” Mr. Ballantine said as he hurried up the passageway, “news travels fast.”

“A Zodiac won’t be much against your giant shark,” Kinsey said.

“No, it won’t,” Mr. Ballantine said. “Maybe we should talk some sense into the captain before he gets hurt?”

“Oh, I don’t care if he gets hurt,” Kinsey said, “I just don’t want to miss it if it happens.”

“Ouch,” Mr. Ballantine smirked.

They all rushed up onto the upper deck, joining the rest of the crew that weren’t busy with duties and tasks to keep the ship working.

“Mr. Ballantine,” Ms. Horace nodded, her hand shielding her eyes from the glare of the sun off the water. “I believe the captain has left the ship and is chasing his whale.”

“Chasing his tail, more like,” Mr. Perry said from her left. “Whatever is out there is dead. No good use to anyone.”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Perry,” Mr. Ballantine said, “did you think I was going to let the shark live?”

“Didn’t think much about it,” Mr. Perry replied, “because I don’t believe in your shark, Mr. Ballantine. I do believe in Captain Chambers’ whale, though. And I am 100% against killing whales. My parents gave me a subscription to Greenpeace magazine when I was little. Save the whales.”

“I had no idea you knew what compassion was, Mr. Perry,” Mr. Ballantine said.

“Only for whales, Mr. Ballantine,” Mr. Perry smiled. “People, I can care less about.”

“Delightful.”

Kinsey left Mr. Ballantine and his colleagues and made her way up to the crow’s nest, followed closely by Darby.

“Hey, my fiancé is here,” Max said. “Hey, sweetie. Having a good day?”

“Not going to happen, rifle jockey,” Darby replied.

“Give me that,” Kinsey said, as she took Max’s rifle from him and put her eye to the scope.

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