The Color of Courage
“The next few were so fast I couldn’t process them. Trace and I turned as one and started to swim, but neither of us could move very fast. Certainly not as fast as a bomb. I didn’t know what kind of delay there was going to be between detonation and explosion, but I wouldn’t assume we had no chance.
We swam, hard. I saw two splashes ahead of us and thought, No! Kirby and Summer! Something pressed against my feet. Water surged and churned around me. Something else pushed down on top of me, pr...essing me down into the water, deeper. I couldn’t tell which way was up, couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see or hear or feel anything.
Except absence.
When I opened my eyes, sunlight glared into them. I coughed. Someone rolled me to the side so I could spit the water that came up. My body was stiff, like it was all one unit. My head wouldn’t move independently of my shoulders, and I realized I was strapped to a backboard.MoreLess
We swam, hard. I saw two splashes ahead of us and thought, No! Kirby and Summer! Something pressed against my feet. Water surged and churned around me. Something else pushed down on top of me, pr...essing me down into the water, deeper. I couldn’t tell which way was up, couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see or hear or feel anything.
Except absence.
When I opened my eyes, sunlight glared into them. I coughed. Someone rolled me to the side so I could spit the water that came up. My body was stiff, like it was all one unit. My head wouldn’t move independently of my shoulders, and I realized I was strapped to a backboard.MoreLess
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