End of the competition and heading home

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He was gone.
I swam to Luna and Jake quickly.
Luna! Jake! Watch out! I screeched.
It was too late. I watched as the wave hurled forward and crashed on top of them.
"Parker! Luna and Jake went under!"
I dove down and saw them.
Quickly pulling them up I put Luna on my back while Parker took Jake.Then the blaring sound of the alarms started. We decided to keep swimming to the pier.
Come on! We are almost there!
I could see it, the old brown pier. I don't think I could ever look at it the way I did before. It was a sign we were going to make it. The last thing I remember were the lifeguards jumping in the water, risking their lives, to  save ours.
I woke in a hospital near Tokyo. I looked to my left and right and saw Luna, Jake and Parker. There is no one else I would have rather been with.
Hours later a nurse walked in our room and said it was a miracle we were alive. I asked if the lifeguards found Carter, they said no.
When we got back to the U.S. tons of people surrounded us upon our arrival. Seconds from getting off the plane I saw a glimpse of my family.

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