Sheila Chapter 2

Sheila had never seen a human before, or at least not that see could recall. So she approached the human girl with a mix of curiosity and caution. Sheila soon realized that the noise the girl was making was the sound of crying, not a panicked crying, but that of hopelessness and grief.

The Ocra's heart went out to the young girl, surely the human must be exhausted from treading water for so long. She must try to help her! So she began to slowly approach the girl while trying to look as non threatening as possible, after all its really difficult for a 50 foot killer whale to look non threatening. as Sheila got closer to the girl she turned and stared wide eyed for a moment as the monster approached her and then screamed and attempted to swim away in a panic. At this point Sheila attempted to speak to the girl "Don't be afraid." Sheila said and much to her dismay her speech came out extremely rough due to the fact that she hadn't had anyone to speak with in the last 5 years. However the girl either didn't notice or the rough sounding speech scared her more.

The girl efforts were futile due to the fact she was still holding onto the ring and she quickly exhausted herself in her escape attempt and resumed simply clinging to the life ring with her eyes shut tight hoping it was all a dream. Sheila spoke again "There there now, don't be frightened. I'm going to help you." This time Sheila's speech came out much smoother and girl turned to see who or what was talking. At the sight of the behemoth's mouth opening the girl screeched in a new wave of terror and she let go of the life ring as she attempted to flee, however she never learned how to swim and simply began to flail in the water as she continued to scream. As the girls adrenaline began to run low her movement began to slow and in her attempts to take breath she swallowed much water. The girl was starting to drown.

As the girl began to sink, no longer able to make the effort to stay afloat, she suddenly felt very dizzy and within a few moments she felt her feet touch something. "I can't be on the ocean floor this soon." she thought, however she suddenly felt herself rising to the surface. Upon contact with the open air she coughed up the water that had gotten into her lungs, as she held on for dear life to the whatever object was keeping her afloat. Once she was able to take in a few breaths of clean air she head began to clear up and the girl laid her head down to rest, to tired to try to figure out what was keeping her out of the water.