The Danger ( PDFDrive.com )

pincers. He would not realize the hunter was near until he was already taken.
There he cowered, hugging the mud bottom for any trace of warmth,
listening to the chattering of his teeth and — another sound. Was it the whir of
Tin Man’s thrusters? No, it didn’t seem to be mechanical. It was more like a low,
steady gurgling.
What could it be? There’s nothing down here!
After what seemed like an eternity, he worked up his courage and switched
on his torch.
What he saw turned his limbs to lead and brought him to his knees in the
sand. The opening in the sea floor formed a large grotto with a silt bottom and a
rocky ceiling. The gurgling turned out to be an underwater vent that sent an
explosion of bubbles coursing through the cave. But it was not this natural
phenomenon that churned his stomach to Cool Whip.
It was the sharks.