Dolphin Adventure: Adults $15
Children $8 (2 yrs. & under free)
Sunset Cruises: Adults $18
Children $11 (13+)
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TYBEE BEACHCOMBER | APRIL 2018 31
“WHAT?!” Rudy exclaims, as Tony grabs what used to be Howard and
pins him down.
“It’s not Howard anymore!” Tony shouts at Brian.
“Jesus Christ, man,” Rudy says. “Put him out of his misery already.”
A loud blast from Becky’s gun ends the conversation and whatever
Howard had become.
“What the hell Becky!” Brian screams. “You killed Howard!”
“That wasn’t Howard, man,” Rudy says. “That was something else.”
At that moment the whole group’s attention shifts toward Carrie.
She’s holding her chest and the blood is everywhere. “Jesus…
Jesus… Jesus…” she chants as she rocks back and forth.
Nate is the first to speak up. “Jay, grab the first aid kit.”
As Jay goes to retrieve it, Tony says, “I don’t know that there’s
anything we can do for her guys. I’m pretty sure getting bit is a death
sentence.”
“Oh,” Brian begins. “What should we do then? Shoot her? I don’t
think so.”
“If she turns into one of those things, that is exactly what we’re
going to have to do,” Tony retorts.
“I don’t know man…” Nate joins in. “Do you think she’ll want to wait
that long? I mean, who would want to go through the process of turning
into one of those things?”
“We really don’t know what’s going to happen,” says Tony. “Maybe
we should wait and see how long it takes to turn into one of those
things.”
“She’s not a freaking experiment,” Becky interjects, just as Jay
arrives with the first aid kit.
Brian snatches the kit from Jay’s hand while saying, “Give me that!”
He opens the kit with such force that the contents spill out all over the
beach. “SHIT!”
“Calm down, Brian,” Tony says. “We’re going to try to help her.”
“Screw you, asshole!” Brian shouts at him. “You were just talking
about shooting her!”
“Don’t shoot me!” Carrie finally manages to articulate.
“No one is going to shoot you Carrie,” Becky chokes out. “We’re
going to fix you up as good as new.”
“We have to keep pressure on this to stop the bleeding,” Rudy says
as he takes the bandages he’s shaken sand out of and applies them to
her wound.
As Rudy is applying pressure to Carrie’s wound, Tony says, “I wonder
if disinfecting the wound would help? Nate, help me find anything we
can use to clean the wound.” Then he adds, while looking at Brian with
the side of his eye, “Now that everything is strewn all over the beach.”
Nate, choosing to ignore that particular tension, says, “I think we’ve
got some rum, that might do the trick. I’ll go get it.” While he is away
Tony digs through the sand and finds some antiseptic cream and
bandage tape. Carrie has calmed down enough to talk by the time Nate
returns and hands the rum over to Rudy.
“Okay, Carrie,” Rudy says. “This is going to sting. A lot. So be ready.”
“I’m a tough girl,” she says through her teeth, but with confidence.
Rudy pours the rum onto Carrie’s wound and she cries out, “Holy shit
that hurts!” He applies the antiseptic and bandages her up.
“I guess it’s a waiting game now,” Tony says.
To be continued…
Experience the pleasure
of seeing the friendly
Bottle Nose Dolphins
playing in their natural
habitat on this 1 to 1.5 hr.
cruise towards the
Atlantic Ocean.
Reservations Recommended
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Directions from Tybee Island: Go west on HWY 80, turn left at the last road before Lazaretto Creek Bridge
(at the “Capt. Mikes’s Dolphin Adventure” Billboard). Go until the dead end & turn right.
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