Bitterly he watched the sea floor approach. Moments later he was mired in a wash of stirred up sediment as the ball and chain clanged into the ocean floor. The sediment cleared and he looked around at the surrounding coral reefs and exotic fish species that were in abundant display.
There were worse places to die other than this he thought abstractly to himself. He choked with the vital need to receive more oxygen.
Dazedly he glanced at the crystalline water around him and noticed that there was a red tinge to it. It was his blood. He was putting out and all beacons alert to every shark and sea monster in the area. He'd rather drown then feel himself being fed upon, but his mouth remained closed.
He saw a shadow of an approaching shark and then he saw her. Koke blinked his eyes. He had to be dreaming. Lack of oxygen, that had to be it, as nothing else made sense.
She was moving toward him then and somehow the shark was leaving. Was any of this real?
It really didn't matter anymore because he couldn't hold his breath any longer. Her fingers touched his face and he opened his eyes to see her right there before him as her long blonde hair clouded around him in the water.
Oh darn what a terrible time to die!
His mouth opened hopelessly and to his surprise her lips closed over his and somehow he was breathing and drowning all at the same time. Somehow drowning didn't seem to matter as kissing this woman come from the realms of heavenly fantasy was a dream come true.
Surely this wasn't allowed in heaven, but the kiss went on and on and he lost track of time. Who knew this was what heaven was like was his last conscious thought.