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was about to die. ‘Can we put it back?’
    James looked up at her with the fish in his hand, having pulled it from the net. He took hold of the hook and carefully pulled it from the fish’s mouth, saying, ‘Of course we can, Lucy.’ And he dropped the fish into the water over the side of the boat.
    Lucy quickly stepped up to the side and leaned over, to see the fish that had so recently been fighting against her at the other end of the line swim off, back down into the depths of the sea from where it had come. Lucy stood up and, with a huge smile on her face, jumped up at James, throwing her arms around his shoulders saying, ‘Thank you! Thank you, that was great.’
    They both heard another plop. Lucy’s feet, as she was being swung around by James, had hit the handheld radio and knocked it from the dashboard, where it had been, and into the sea.
    James was not so happy now, but it was no big deal. He still had a mobile and Lucy should have one as well. But still, he had better head back to shore just in case. He was responsible for Lucy and he didn’t want anything to happen to her.
    Lucy had left her mobile behind in the hotel. The radio had gone, so that just left James’s phone. It was in his jacket pocket. It was really too hot for a jacket in Greece, but James had to wear one to conceal his gun which was always in his chest holster. Out in the boat, with no one around, he had taken his jacket off. Lucy dropped it over the side as James looked over the back of the boat; he was looking at the engine, which had not started when he pushed the button. He didn’t notice her, or the jacket as it slowly sank beneath the surface.
    James leaned further over the back and saw that some rope had become tangled up in the rotor blades of the engine. This was not good. He didn’t like to be so vulnerable. He was suspicious by nature and took his time to look around carefully.
    There was a flash up in the hills on the shore. Was he imagining it? No, there it was again. Was it a signal to someone? He turned to get his phone; he wasn’t going to take a chance. He would call for back-up; help would be with them in five minutes. ‘Lucy, have you seen my jacket?’
    â€˜No.’
    James picked up the binoculars and, looking around, saw two jet skis heading towards them at speed. ‘Lucy, give me your phone.’
    â€˜I left it in the hotel,’ Lucy replied.
    At that moment, the boat lurched backwards, jolting them both off their feet; they landed in a huddle at the back of the boat. The boat was moving backwards and was picking up speed; as well as that, it was getting lower in the water, which was climbing fast and then coming over the back. Lucy was quite scared, although she knew it was only Lunar pulling them under and that Indigo was around to make sure they were safe.
    The jet skis were nearly on them before Lucy noticed them. As she did, the boat went under, leaving her and James swimming. He had taken his gun out of its holster and was keeping it above water.
    Then she noticed that the men on the jet skis also had guns and they shot at them! James fired back and pushed Lucy under the surface. James was hit in the arm and he dropped his gun, but he kept moving himself in front of Lucy, keeping the men’s hands away from her as they tried to grab her.
    He was kicked in the face and knocked away. One of the men grabbed hold of Lucy and dragged her out of the water and onto the jet ski in front of him; they both sped away, leaving James unconscious behind them.
    Suddenly Indigo jumped up alongside the jet ski with Lucy on and she looked into his eye; Lucy was very scared and Indigo could see that, but with that one look she felt that he would look after her. He quickly vanished back into the sea.
    She next saw Indigo as he jumped from the side towards the man who was holding her, knocking the man a glancing blow as he flew through the air. Lucy thought he had done