The Red Shores

Chapter 1: Sand on my skin

I woke up on the sand with each leg in the water up to my knees. It's warm. I can feel the sun beating down on me. "Where am I?" I think to myself while getting to my feet.
I looked down at my Khaki shorts and my blue shirt now torn in multiple areas. I can't help but notice something pointy sticking out of the water. It's about a foot out of the water, it's grey and sharp.
"Could it be a shark?" I think. "No. It's not moving." I slowly wade into the water hoping it really isn't a shark. I come up slowly on the grey object and put my hand on it. "It's no animal. It's a boat." I wondered how it got there. It couldn't have been the way I got there could it?

I began thinking and I came to the conclusion that I didn't even know who I was.
It took a bit of thinking but I remembered my name was Tyler. That was it. After jogging down the beach to see if I could find anyone for an hour I decided that my only hope would be to go into the forest where the sand led.
Forests have snakes, I hate snakes. I walked past a tree and then one more and more trees until I couldn't see the ocean behind me.

"I'm lost." I realized. As I turned and saw the sun one last time fade into the distance as darkness took hold of the sky I heard a scream about one hundred yards from me.
It didn't sound like a scream of fear, but a scream of pain. "Fuck, this is gonna be a bad night." Running towards the screams which grow louder and louder I approach a young woman. Standing in a small field surrounded by plants and streams.
"Ma'am? Are you okay? I heard you scream and I was wondering if you needed help." The woman didn't reply. Was she in so much fear that she couldn't?

"Hey Ma'am I'm seriously lost and I'm honestly horribly scared right now so if you could just let me know you're okay we can help each other out here." The woman slowly turned around. Her button up shirt was open revealing her skin and she was wearing a bikini bottom.
"Um...Ma'am you might wanna button up your shirt." The woman looked me up and down and walked up to me slowly. "Or you could just not. That's totally alright too." The woman slowly leaned forward. "It's alright Ma'am. I'm here you'll be okay." I had no Idea. Absolutely no idea the creature my arms were around.