She didn’t know where to go from here...This was where she was. This was where she stood. She couldn’t turn back; there was no place to return to. She couldn’t go forwards; she still couldn’t swim.

To the left, stood the jagged rocks. To her right came the approaching beasts, their growling and yapping heightening her fear and hitching her breath.

If I could turn back time...I would never have allowed that infernal virus to escape...I would have guarded it until I understood every feature and aspect of it.

But this was it. No do-overs. Just accepting what was coming. Her imminent death. Either being drowned or being torn to shreds by beastly creatures.