A Heroic Tragedy

Tony surfaced for air. Kari popped up out of the water right next to him. After coughing water out of their lungs, they wiped the water from their eyes. Tony looked all around him.

"Where's Violet?" Tony asked.

Kari looked to her left, and then jerked her head to the right. She looked back at Tony with a terrified expression on her face.

"Oh my God, Violet!" gasped Tony.

Tony took in a deep breath before diving back underwater. Kari followed after him. Both looked all around for Violet, but they had difficulty searching underwater. Everything seemed dark and invisible. Suddenly, something caught Kari's eye from under her. It was a white blinking dot. Kari could also see that the dot was flashing from the chest of a shadowy corpse. Kari knew that it was Violet. She tapped Tony on the arm and pointed at the blinking light. Tony and Kari swam farther down until they reached Violet's body. Tony grabbed her from under the arms and swam back to the surface. It was hard for him because Violet's body felt like a dead weight. This was because Violet had no air in her lungs.

Finally, Tony, Kari, and Violet reached the surface. Tony and Kari swam as hard as they could to the beach. Tony struggled to keep Violet's body above water. It took a long five minutes, but they finally reached shore. Tony dragged Violet on to the sand. Kari followed after him. Both were drenched. Their clothes felt a little heavier, and they were both incredibly exhausted. In addition, both were extremely worried and frightened with Violet's condition. Kari rushed to her side.

"Come on Tony! I need your help!"

Kari placed both of her hands on Violet's chest. Tony gasped and tackled her to the ground.

"Tony, what was that for?"

"What do you think you are doing?" snapped Tony.

"Violet probably has got water in her lungs. We have to do CPR to put oxygen back in her system." replied Kari. She was becoming more and more frightened with each passing second.

"She landed on her chest Kari. She could've broken her ribs. If you do CPR on her, you could puncture her lungs."

"So what do we do?" Kari panicked. Tears were forming in her eyes.

"I . . . don't . . ." Tony murmured. He too was horrified.

"HELP!!! SOME BODY HELP!!! ANYONE!!!" called Kari.

She grabbed Violet's hand and held it tightly, wishing with all of her heart for her best friend to wake up. Tony lifted Violet's head up on to his legs. He began to sob, tears falling down from his eyes on to her face.

"Violet . . . please wake up." cried Tony. "Please . . . you can't . . . die . . ."

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