The wet, stinging crack of four bodies against the water's surface is almost as disorienting as the icy plunge beneath the surface itself, silver bubbles streaming from her and Hitoshi's mouths as she reels from the impact that forced nearly all the air from her lungs. The water is dark and frothing, the great thing sending the water heaving and carrying Mako in a dark, inescapable current. Hitoshi ducks beside her, moving through the water despite the tumultuous waves, swift and streamlined, and Mako surges upward with a renewed burst of energy.
Her head breaks water with a staggering gasp. She can see Johnny, not far from her and almost lurches to swim toward him, but - but -
But they are not alone anymore. She can see a woman, a woman and something inexplicably canine beside her, and she cannot tell what they are doing, only that whatever it is, it's sending the monster's horrible vibrating cries shuddering through the water. Holding it back.
She needs to move, and quickly. Hitoshi is a purposeful streak beside her as she strikes out toward Johnny. She can get him out of this, out of the water and away from the beach, if only she can get to him first.
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The wet, stinging crack of four bodies against the water's surface is almost as disorienting as the icy plunge beneath the surface itself, silver bubbles streaming from her and Hitoshi's mouths as she reels from the impact that forced nearly all the air from her lungs. The water is dark and frothing, the great thing sending the water heaving and carrying Mako in a dark, inescapable current. Hitoshi ducks beside her, moving through the water despite the tumultuous waves, swift and streamlined, and Mako surges upward with a renewed burst of energy.
Her head breaks water with a staggering gasp. She can see Johnny, not far from her and almost lurches to swim toward him, but - but -
But they are not alone anymore. She can see a woman, a woman and something inexplicably canine beside her, and she cannot tell what they are doing, only that whatever it is, it's sending the monster's horrible vibrating cries shuddering through the water. Holding it back.
She needs to move, and quickly. Hitoshi is a purposeful streak beside her as she strikes out toward Johnny. She can get him out of this, out of the water and away from the beach, if only she can get to him first.