We were now at the beach and I was on a stretcher on my side as I was brought into an ambulance.
"I'll see you later at the hospital, okay sweetie?" Dad said as he kissed my forehead before walking out as the doors to the ambulance closed.
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I was now at the beach since I was released from the hospital and was with Dad and the others.
The doctor just said to not do anything too extreme.
We were now at a table eating our lunches when Brody came and sat next to me.
"How was your day today?" I asked Brody.
"Uh, I don't know. A guy died. How about you? Is your back okay?" He asked as I just nodded.
"Yep. I just won't be swimming in water for the next few weeks." I said, poking my food.
"Maybe this is why we keep losing recruits. They can't handle it." Stephanie said to Dad according to Brody's question.
"Yeah. I mean, now that you know our job is much more than you expected, right, the stakes are higher, what happened today, while very tragic, unfortunately, it does happen. So if you want to quit, hey, we totally get it. But if you don't and you choose to stay, just know that Baywatch is more than a job. It's a way of life." Dad said, looking at Brody.
"A way of life. You and I both know I'm sticking around." Brody said back to Dad.
"Am I the only one that got a salad?" Ronnie said making me smile.
"Look, this is what I don't understand, okay? A guy dies. That's tragic. But that doesn't mean that there's anything sinister going on. Okay? And even if there was, that's not our job. That's not what we do. We're lifeguards. So this technically has nothing to do with us. You just heard that cop. He just told us that." Brody said, explaining to us about what's our job and what we should be doing.
"I just that you had to be on a really restrictive diet to look like you guys." Ronnie said, now gaining our attention as he eats a forkful of his salad.
"Brody, what is it that you think we do here at Baywatch?" CJ asked.
"I thought we were lifeguards. I thought that we prevent people from getting sunburned and, yeah, occasionally stop them from drowning."
"And that's all you think that this is?" Stephanie asks with a smile.
"It's exactly what I thought it was."
"CJ. How about you throw a few of last months casss at Olympiad here and see what he'd do." Stephanie said to CJ.
"Cases?"
"Okay, um... school of manta ray in the cove?"
"You call Animal Control?" Brody asked, looking at CJ weirdly.
"Before Animal Control shows up, the school of manga ray fly up out of the water, sting someone in the chest and they die." Dad said, explaining it to Mitch.
"Steve Irwin, R.I.P." Ronnie said.
"How about, uh, sand grifters running a con on the beach, right?" Stephanie asked, looking at Dad.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure what a sand grifter is, Stephanie. But I would probably call the cops."
"Sand grifters are, uh, beach thieves. Okay, so while you're working on your tan, they're stealing things from families on the beach. I'll give you one better. How about diamond smugglers who are putting the rocks in surfboards and bringing them ashore?" Dad asked.
"Everything that you guys are talking about sounds like, uh, really entertaining but a far fetched TV show but if that was the case, I would definitely call the cops." Brody said, looking between me and the others.
"We could call the cops, and then do nothing. Like most people would, but that's not us, it's not how we operate. We watch when other people don't want to watch. We protect other people don't want to protect. If we do the bare minimum, sometimes people die. Guys, we have flakka that just washed ashore. That shit is hardcore and it fucking kills people. And now we got a dead body in our bay. And the girls on the boat had the same drugs on them that I found in front of Leed's club. So my gut says that it's all connected." Dad said, looking at all of us.
"Wait. Leeds did say there'd be an open house tonight, right?" Summer asked.
"Yes, she did. And we're all going." Dad said as we all looked at each other with a nod.
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It was now time for the open house tonight and we all decided to dress fancy except for Brody who was wearing a unique t-shirt.
"Hey." Brody said, running up next to me.
"Hi."
"Wow. You look really nice, Baby Gap. That shirt come in big-big size?" Dad asked Brody with a smirk, making me giggle.
"Well, at least I'm undercover. Look at you. You didn't even try." Brody said, looking at Dad's outfit.
"All right, guys. We got a very big night, with one goal in mind. It's our only shot to prove that they're dealing here, so we gotta make it right." Dad said as we all nodded.
"So. CJ and Ronnie, find out who's selling. Summer, keep an eye on Leeds and her thugs. Then Mitch and I will search the place for where she hides the product. Brody? You and Y/n are our lookout." Stephanie said, giving everybody orders.
"Lookout? Guys, if you want to find drugs at a party, I can walk in there and find drugs. It'd take me like, five minutes. Not cause I do it all the time. I'm just saying it's not rocket science." Brody said, clearly disappointed that he was on lookout.
"Okay, troubled you. Thank you for that. The only way this whole thing is gonna work out is is everyone, everyone, does their job. Can you handle that, Malibu Ken?" Dad asked, walking inside with the others following behind.
"What? Why is everybody looking at me? Y/n. Hey, am I the only one that thinks this is clearly a job for the police?" Brody asked.
"Yes." Dad and I said as I walk inside.
We all then start to walk in slow motion when Ronnie hits a plant as I try to keep a straight face.
We were now doing our jobs when I see Brody talking to Victoria Leeds. I glance at Summer to see him talking to her as well.
"Hey. Did you get any intel on Leeds?" Summer asked as we both walked up Brody.
"Yeah, I got intel."
"That's awesome." I sat with a smile.
"Single malt 35-year-old intel and its fucking delicious." Brody says, holding up a bottle of alcohol.
"I'm going to go. Keep an eye out." Summer tells me as she walks off, leaving me with Brody.
"What's your deal? You like torturing guys?" Brody ask me with a smile.
"No." I reply with a smile.
"Yeah, you do."
"Well, I mean, I have a dad, so I've had a lot of practice. I take it you're an only child." I tell him.
"I don't know, honestly."
"You don't know?"
"I grew up in a foster home."
"Oh shit."
"Three of them, actually."
"I'm sorry."
"Mmh. Don't be. It was pretty cool. One of them had a pool. If it wasn't for that pool, I probably wouldn't have gone to the Olympics."
"Yeah. I mean, that's amazing. Go from foster home to winning a gold medal."
"Two." Brody said, holding up 2 fingers.
"Two gold metals."
"And I fucking busted my ass for those gold metals, so you can't blame me for celebrating."
"Yeah. Huh. I mean, I've always wondered what happened that night."
"I knew the relay was the next day, but those guys... they didn't care about me. They just needed me to win." Brody said, taking a sip of alcohol.
"Well, you certainly made sure they did not win." I said with a smile.
"I lost way more than they did. Okay? I lost all my sponsors. I'm an Olympic champion and I'm fucking broke." He says with a chuckle.
Soon enough, the music starts to blare when Ronnie starts to dance in front of Leeds, making Brody and I cringe to how bad his dancing is.
I then realized it was a distraction for Leeds.