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It was decided that Lew, Marty, Ted, Jaden and Zoe would stay behind to keep an eye on the encah, because he had recently purchased new sonar equiper to see if his calculations ht find some of the debris from the pirate ship in shalloater

There was an hour of busywork, coh as they transferred dive equipment and supplies froain, it seemed that they all moved smoothly

As the divers and crew climbed aboard, Vanessa noted that Bill looked forlornly back at Zoe, and that Zoe s

Bartholomew seemed torn At the last minute, however, he ca slowly due southwest of the island Sean grew excited at a blip on the screen, but a study of the sea charts showed that it was a World War II ship that had gone down in 1943; at war’s end, it was already beco reef

"Wait," Sean said "Uncle Ja here, that could be a reason that it has never been found!"

"Sean, good call--worth an exploration, at least," David said "That happened with the old British ship Renegade in the Bay of Bengal She had twisted beneath a trawler that went down several hundred years later"

Barry was fil!"

His excite

"Ahem, camera, ear and the casements for the cameras," Sean said "David, obviously, you and Katie Ja watch on the line and my boat!" Jamie said firmly

"You want me on board or in the water?" Jay asked

Sean seemed to hesitate for just a second

He doesn’t trust Jay! Vanessa thought

"What about me?" Barry asked

"Barry, you’re up here, camera ready, with Jamie," Sean said

Barry frowned "I--"

"You’re the soundood with a camera, too Be ready e come up," Sean said

"Where do you want me?" Bill asked

"Make it a threeso on with Katie and David"

He had done it again, Vanessa realized--divided the old group Ja with Ted and Jaden, keeping an eye on Lew and Zoe Lia Jay David would have his eye on Jake

Barry seeot into their gear and asked Ja equip the divers!"

"No!" Barry protested "I’ll be catching fresh fish for dinner!"

Ja equipe of fil when the divers surfaced

As Vanessa slipped her ulator on and held the mask in place in order to slip over the hull backward, she noticed Bartholo back at the island

As they descended, the water was clear and beautiful until they reached thirty-three feet and paused to pressurize Another twenty feet down, and while visibility was still good, the sunlight didn’t penetrate as well

Vanessa saw the hull of the old World War II vessel and followed Sean around the portside, aware that Bill was keeping pace with her Sean had the calad

It was the camera lens that see hi peculiar seemed to be stuck just beneath the vessel

It hile they were occupied that Vanessa saw the figurehead

It was just feet in front of theher partners to follow it, to see if it was real

To see if it led her to an old treasure again, a pendant

Or a dead body

She moved toward it in the water and realized that it was actually within a torn seg to follow--not without her fellow divers knowing that she was entering the wreck

She turned, giving a massive kick with her flippers, only to realize that she was already inside the ship She h which she had entered, only to discover that the ship seemed to have shifted; the entryway--the exit!--was no urehead to be seen

For a split second, she nearly panicked