Shoreline

11

He had repeatedly tried to do compressions but still nothing, he called for an ambulance and once they arrived he stopped, he looked at the shark wound she had lost a lot of blood it explained why she wasn't responding, Ava was taken to hospital but Arthur didn't go with her he went straight to Atlantis. He swam as fast as he could, almost a man possessed.

He reached the palace where his brother, Mera and her father sat. "You almost killed Ava!" He yelled.

"We did warn her but she didn't heed my warning and so she suffered my consequences." His brother answered.

"She's doing what she believes is right." Arthur snarled.

"No, she's being stubborn and I don't appreciate stubbornness." He replied.

"If she dies this is on you, you will never get the shard back!" He exclaimed and was about to swim away but one of the guards caught his foot with shackles and bought him back down again.

"Then we handle this on our own! You never threaten me." His brother said squaring up to him. "Lock him up."

"No! I must get back to Ava!" He began to yell. He desperately looked at Mera.

"You help that worthless human and you will suffer the same fate as Arthur." He said as he turned to her.

Ava was now in the hospital, they had managed to clear her lungs and stitch up her shark wound, now she was undergoing a blood transfusion. Arthur's father sat with her, George had only just arrived, he turned pale when he saw the scene. "Ava!" He cried.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I don't know I was just alerted that she was in hospital and since my son isn't here I thought I'd watch over her for him." Arthur's father explained.

"Is she not responding to anything?" George asked.

"No, she hasn't woken up since they bought her back from the dead." He said.

"She was dead?!" He exclaimed.

"Yes for a good half an hour from the beach." Arthur's father said. 

"Oh Ava!" George exclaimed and gripped her hand in his, she was still a little cold to the touch. "You are going to have a diving buddy after this."

"She didn't dive all alone did she?" His father asked a little surprised.

"Yes, she did or does, the dolphins only really respond to her as they're afraid of everyone else." He explained.

"I see but it seems rather foolish for her to do that." Arthur's father remarked. A nurse came over and that was when George asked what happened and she told him everything.

"Thank you," he said and winked at her before coming back to her bed side.

"What did she say?" Arthur's father asked.

"She said that Ava had been dragged under the water by a shark, and almost drowned if Arthur hadn't rescued her in time, but she has lost a lot of blood but if she responds well she should wake up and recover well." He explained.

Arthur had been locked up in one of the cells in Atlantis, he  wanted nothing more than to be free, he gripped the bars and stared up at the surface. "I'm sorry Ava, I have failed you."