The Pursuit (Alias) by Skurnick Elizabeth

Author:Skurnick, Elizabeth [Skurnick, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2003-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Vaughn and Nick returned to the group about ten minutes later, the transmittal successfully completed. The rest of the team was suited up, and they silently put on their tanks and packs. Maybe I was wrong about this guy, Vaughn thought. Maybe he’s just a got a really stupid sense of humor.

He revised his thinking minutes later, though. As he brought up the rear of the line in the underwater chamber, he suddenly smacked headfirst into Nick’s flippers and found himself jammed up against the ceiling of the chamber, his mouthpiece pushed dangerously away.

This is going too far, he thought, scrambling madly to get his mouthpiece back before his lungs began to feel it and he panicked. This is endangering the welfare of the team!

In any operation, the last person—the team leader—was always responsible for those in front. Vaughn knew that, whatever was happening, Akiko, Sam, Melvin, Chloe, and Don should continue to swim to safety, then send a person back in, if necessary. But now he was left to subdue Nick in the confines of this tunnel, and he wasn’t sure how much oxygen he had left.

However, as Vaughn replaced his mouthpiece and pushed forward to assess the situation, he realized that the first five team members hadn’t swum to safety at all. Don was still hanging back, and it looked like he was wrestling with Nick.

Vaughn swam forward and grabbed Nick by the shoulders. As he tried to pull him away from Don, Nick strong-armed him back, sending him floating up toward the cement ceiling again. In the darkness of the tunnel, it was hard to see what was going on. But he thought that he saw Nick rip Don’s mouthpiece off, then place it in his own mouth and begin to breath from it.

What’s he doing? Vaughn thought, frantically trying to swim back toward the two lashing bodies through the muck they’d kicked up with their wrestling. Has he totally lost his mind?

But as he finally reached them, the situation abruptly came to a halt. Nick replaced Don’s mouth-piece, broke formation, and kicked off in the direction of the departed team.

Vaughn reached Don and held him up in the water. Through the mask, Vaughn could see that Don’s eyes held fear and panic. He wasn’t breathing into his mouthpiece, and he looked on the verge of passing out.

Securing Don’s head firmly under his arm, Vaughn began to kick off after Nick. It was only a few strokes towards the entrance from the tunnel, then a few kicks to the surface of the water, but Vaughn knew he had to get Don out fast. People didn’t breathe properly when they went into shock, and they could drown in just an inch of water.

Kicking powerfully, Vaughn dragged Don past the rest of the group and broke through the surface into the open air. The boat was only a few yards away, and he hauled Don onto the keel, ripping his mask off and checking for vitals. He was about

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