Rogue Wave by Christopher Cartwright

Author:Christopher Cartwright
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 1534886605
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-06-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifty Two

Genevieve tried for a couple of minutes to break the door. “Okay, time for a new plan. I’m not going to be capable of creating enough force to break this door.”

Tom looked at his dive computer. He had about ten minutes worth of Heliox remaining. And they still had to get out of the ancient trimaran. “I’m going to see if I can squeeze past you to reach it.”

“There’s no way you’ll fit.”

Tom carefully detached his BCD from his chest. “I’m not planning on taking my dive tanks with me.” He then slowly slipped his twin dive tanks off. It was hard, and for someone his size, Tom was surprisingly lithe in the confined area. He would still struggle to turn around, but he might just squeeze through to the door.

“I need you to rotate so that you’re looking up towards me.”

“Why?”

“Because, for me to get past you, I’m going to have to lose my dive tanks.” Tom shuffled closer to her and picked up her dive computer. She had less than half the Heliox he had. “We’re running pretty low on Heliox. Good thing, Matthew made me take an extra twin tank.”

She slowly maneuvered herself to face him. “Pity its back on the deck.”

Tom shuffled a little closer towards her. This was the dangerous part. If he became stuck now, they would both die for his mistake. “We’ll break through this door and then we’ll find somewhere to turn around. Trust me.”

He disconnected his dive tanks from his facemask. Dozens of bubbles of residual Heliox disappeared from the end of the tube, with a hiss.

He held his breath and then calmly turned to face Genevieve. No longer encumbered by his own twin tanks he was able to squeeze himself directly above her. He attached her secondary gas source to his own facemask. Expelled the small amount of water in the tube. And then took a deep breath of Heliox.

Tom could see her light. He could hear the deep, mechanical sound of her breathing too much Heliox. But he couldn’t see her face as he tried to squeeze over the top of her. The ancient silt had been stirred so badly that it looked like a million stars made of gold as the light ricocheted off the tiny particles.

Their two bodies pressed together, hard. Tom shuffled himself ever slightly forward. Her arms shook, just slightly – the only outward sign of fear she displayed. They were trapped at the end of an ancient tunnel inside the trimaran’s hull, sharing the one Heliox system, at a depth of 175 feet.

The sort of thing that would scare the best wreck divers.

Tom felt his facemask scrape along hers. Careful not to damage it, he strained his eyes to see. They were face to face with their masks only just separating them.

Genevieve opened her eyes. They were blue and stared at him with something resembling adoration. And there was something else there, too. It surprised him – was it desire?

“Tom, do you realize you have the most beautiful hazel eyes? They have tiny shimmers of green in them.

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