Dancing Tides (153 page)

B
ra
n
wa
it
e
d
w
ith a
g
u
r
n
e
y
,
a
n o
v
er
si
z
e
d on
e
, to t
r
a
nspo
r
t the
l
ea
th
e
r
b
ac
k
t
o the
ce
nt
er
.
U
sing
the
h
ar
n
e
ss, th
e
y
wer
e
a
ble
to hoist the
tu
r
tle
into position on the
p
o
r
t
a
ble
litt
er
,
a
nd
f
in
a
l
l
y s
ec
u
re
d it in pl
a
c
e.

O
n
c
e
th
a
t
w
a
s don
e
,
a
ll
t
h
re
e
of
t
h
e
m us
e
d some
s
er
ious mus
c
le
to lo
a
d the
m
e
t
a
l litt
e
r into the
b
ac
k of
B
ra
n
’
s t
r
u
c
k.

W
hile
B
ra
n d
r
ove
t
h
e
c
o
uple
of
blo
c
ks to the
ce
n
t
er
,
K
ee
g
a
n
g
a
v
e
him a
r
u
ndo
w
n on the
re
ptil
e’
s
c
ondition.

A
t the
b
ac
k doo
r
, th
e
y
u
n
lo
a
d
e
d the
tu
r
tle
a
nd
w
h
e
e
l
e
d him into the
hospit
a
l
w
h
er
e
Co
r
d
wa
t
c
h
e
d t
r
a
ns
f
i
x
e
d,
a
s
B
r
a
n
a
nd
K
ee
g
a
n
w
e
nt to
w
o
r
k.

“Y
ou st
a
y
i
n
g
?
”
B
ra
n
a
s
k
e
d
a
w
i
de
-
e
y
e
d Co
r
d.

“
I
’
m not l
ea
vi
n
g
unl
e
ss
y
ou ki
c
k me
out,”
Co
r
d
r
e
pli
e
d.

“G
ot a
st
r
o
n
g
stom
ac
h
?
”

“
I
g
u
e
ss
w
e’
re about to
f
ind out.”

Com
f
o
r
t
a
ble
using
Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
’
s m
e
di
c
a
l
f
a
c
ili
t
y
, B
ra
n
g
ot do
w
n to bus
i
n
e
ss.
“Ke
e
g
a
n,
I
’
ll st
ar
t
a
n
I
V
w
ith the
s
e
d
a
tiv
e
,
y
ou
g
r
a
b th
a
t
c
h
ar
t o
v
e
r
th
e
r
e
a
nd m
a
ke
some
not
e
s
f
or
m
e
.”

B
ra
n
wa
sh
e
d up
f
or
su
r
g
e
r
y
w
hile
K
ee
g
a
n
we
i
g
h
e
d, m
ea
su
re
d, took blood
s
a
mpl
e
s,
a
nd do
c
um
e
nt
e
d
e
v
e
r
y
thin
g
.
“E
v
e
n tho
u
g
h his
we
i
g
ht
is on
e-
thi
r
t
y
-
e
i
g
ht, h
e’
s
s
till
c
onsid
ere
d a sub
a
dult.”

T
h
e
n
a
n id
e
a
f
o
r
m
e
d.

“
Co
r
d, th
er
e
’
s a
vid
e
o
ca
m
er
a
in the
c
a
bin
e
t ov
e
r
t
h
ere
.
D
i
g
it out
a
nd l
e
t
’
s
g
e
t this p
r
o
ce
du
r
e
on
f
ilm
f
or
po
s
t
er
i
t
y
.
U
nl
e
ss
y
o
u
’r
e
q
u
e
a
s
y
?
”

H
e
g
a
ve
h
e
r
a
w
ith
er
i
n
g st
are
.
“
G
ee
z
,
I
g
u
e
ss
y
ou
g
u
y
s
f
o
r
g
ot
I
’
ve
b
ee
n th
r
ou
g
h
c
om
b
a
t. R
e
m
e
mb
er
?
S
ee
n
w
o
r
se
th
a
n this
w
ith hum
a
ns t
r
y
i
ng
to kill
eac
h ot
h
er
.”

“O
k
a
y
, th
e
n. Show
me
w
h
a
t
y
ou
’
v
e
g
ot.”

So Co
r
d
c
h
r
oni
c
l
e
d the
e
v
e
nt
w
hile
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
nd
B
ra
n took
X-
r
a
y
s
a
nd
f
ou
n
d a
m
a
ssive l
e
n
g
th of
pl
a
stic
obst
r
u
c
ting
w
h
a
t look
e
d like
the
t
u
r
tl
e’
s
e
nti
r
e
d
i
g
e
stive
t
r
ac
t.