The Fight ...
"Wait! Alex! I want to help!" Bell, too, was prepared."Bell..." he started to say, but there was no time to argue -- the whale lunged for him, and he jumped away, the whale's teeth burying itself in the sand. Then they launched a counter-strike: Alex struck a blow first, along the beast's back, and then Bell second, along the whale's exposed underside. The monster roared in outrage before slipping back into the sea.
Panting for breath, Alex asked, "Are you hurt?"
Bell shook her head. "I'm fine."
"That was more trouble than I bargained for." He offered her his hand. "Stick tight. You never know what else might spring out of the sea."
Bell held onto his hand as the radiant flaming sunset began to fill the sky.
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