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His alarm went off at 4 am. He rolled over to shut it off before it woke Maxi up. He'd barely slept the last couple of nights and he didn't want a grumpy Maxi to deal with. He hadn't been here that long and didn't know anyone really. The last thing he wanted was to annoy people more than he already was. He grabbed his towel and clothes for the day and headed to the bathroom to get ready for the day ahead.
He'd woken up feeling off. He hoped a shower and a run before work would fix it. Maybe he was just overtired and hadn't woken up fully yet. He didn't know what had started it. He hadn't felt like this in years. Not since he was barely an adult. He thought about everything that had happened in the past few weeks, he still couldn't work out what had triggered him feeling like this. Maybe he was coming down with something and that was why he felt off.
He'd been trying to keep himself distracted and occupied all day to stop him feeling like he was. He had woken up more now so it definitely wasn't that causing this odd feeling he'd had all day. Luckily for Harrison it was a packed day. The beach had almost 25,000 people by 11 am. It was set to be one of the hottest days of the season. This meant lots of tourists out in backpackers, lost children and lots of beach goers suffering from heatstroke.
Harrison and the rest of the lifeguards spent most of the day performing rescues and dealing with lost children. The number of people ignoring the lifeguards advice to swim between the flags was really start to irritate Harrison. How could people be so stupid. They were swimming right in front of a big yellow sign that clearly said no swimming. The picture on it was clear enough for everyone to see but people still insisted on going in. He was really not in the mood for this today. He'd been here since 5 am and was here until 7 at least. He hoped the rest of the day would cool down and slowly calm down. Today was not his day though.
"Central to all the guys on the beach. I've just had a call saying that there has been a shark sighting out the back of the icebergs."
All the guys on the beach were relieved to hear that come over the radio but not at the same time. That meant panicked beach goers if they had to set the alarm off. It also meant that of course there would be a few people who refused to listen to it and come out of the water.
Chappo and Harrison were sent out on the two jet skis to go and check out the area. The two of the circled the bay and gradually made their way out there. They couldn't find anything unusual in the water. There wasn't even a shark bait ball out there. Without warning the shark alarm was set off. They looked at each other as they had reported back to central that they couldn't see anything. They split up to either side of the bay to help clear the waters of swimmers and surfers.
Chappo came over the radio. " I think we might have a resus guys can someone get the defib and bring it down ready for me. It looks like someone out the back of flat rock." Harrison went to go out and help Chappo in case it was a resus but the engine on the jet ski cut out suddenly. Harrison tried turning it back on and off again but it didn't work.
"Hey central my jet ski has just died on me."
" Central to Hutz. You're going to have to stay there for a moment. Once Chappo comes back in I'll get him to give you a tow back so we can check it out."
Harrison sighed. God knows he would be stuck out here for then. Now all the guys in the tower and on the beach would be laughing at him. The new trainee has broken the jet ski and got himself stuck. That's when Harrison saw it. Out of the corner of his eye he swore he saw something move. He turned to check if it was a person that needed help. Nope. Why would it. He had already messed up once today. Why would something want to go his way. Harrison nervously looked back out in the water. It was a bull shark and it was massive. It had to be at least 6ft long if not more. Harrison tried the jet ski once more. It was still dead. He shakily reached for his radio.
"Umm, hey central. I have a massive bull shark over by me. At least 6ft long. It's starting to come closer to the ski. Can someone please come out and help me please?"
"Central to Hutz. Chappo is just bringing the resus patient back to shore. I'll turn him around straight away just stay calm for me."
Harrison was starting to panic. Chappo was on the other end of the beach and he was helpless near a massive shark. He hated sharks even if they did come with the job on occasions. Harrison could see Chappo racing over to him but that didn't stop the panic setting in even more. All Harrison could think of was the shark being so close to him and Chappo being not close enough for his liking. He tried taking calm steady breaths but it wasn't working. He heard Chappo shouting at him to hold on and stay aware of what was going on but it was faint to Harrison. The last thing he heard before it went black and he broke through the waves was Chappo screaming his name.