The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 846

Chapter 846

With their night-vision goggles guiding them, Nicole and Zeph quickly swam to the second fishing boat. Nicole touched the hull and pulled it into her storage space.

More than a dozen Ardelonians dropped into the sea.

Furious shouts filled the darkness. With everyone splashing and struggling, no one could tell friend from foe.

Convinced they were under attack, one Ardelonian grabbed a man flailing beside him and drew his knife.

He stabbed wildly, driving the blade in more than a dozen times. Only when his victim screamed a curse in Ardelonian did he realize he was killing one of his own.

Before that realization could fully sink in, someone else grabbed his shoulder.

He turned and lashed out with the knife again.

This time, he didn’t stop to wonder who it was. In his panic, killing someone innocent seemed safer than letting an enemy get close enough to kill him.

Others reacted the same way. Patches of blood spread through the water as the men turned on one another.

The screams alerted the Ardelonians aboard the cargo ship. They switched on the deck lights and rushed to the railing.

Both fishing boats were gone.

“What happened?”

While they stared at the water, trying to figure out how to help their comrades, the captives seized their chance.

One survivor lunged at an Ardelonian near the railing and sent him tumbling overboard. Others joined in, throwing themselves at their captors.

With little hope of surviving captivity, they staked everything on a chance to fight back.

Generations before them fought and died to drive Ardelonian invaders from Yorwyn. Now that same defiance drove the survivors forward.

Gunfire cracked through the darkness as the captives fought for control of the ship.

In the water below, the Ardelonians struggled to get aboard, but the cargo ship’s hull rose too high above them to climb.

A scream tore through the night, followed by more cries from across the dark water,

The blood drew sharks. Dozens converged on the Ardelonians, jaws opening as they lunged.

Nicole couldn’t believe how smoothly it was going. They didn’t even need to fire a shot.

But the sharks put her and Zeph in danger, too. She was about to pull him into her storage space when water surged around them from behind. Something enormous engulfed them both.

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For one panicked moment, Nicole thought a shark was swallowing them. It would have to be huge to take them both in one bite.

Then she noticed the lack of teeth and realized they were inside Blue’s mouth.

Apparently, this was Blue’s idea of helping.

The sharks tore into the Ardelonians, but none came near the whale. They gave her plenty of room as she swam

away.

Blue carried Nicole and Zeph back to the submarine and released them beside it. Then she let out a deafening

call.

Nicole surfaced with her ears ringing, too stunned to speak.

At least they would have a story to tell for the rest of their lives. Few people could say they nearly became a blue whale’s midnight snack.

Their wetsuits offered some consolation. Nicole preferred not to think about making that trip with bare skin.

Zeph looked at Nicole, speechless.