The Mudflats - Alternate Ending

                                  by Fear359
                                   (f/m, qs)


Kelly could feel her left hand slowly coming down to join the rest of her body,
when  all  of a sudden it stopped, and so did she. Something or someone had her
hand  and  was pulling for all it was worth. Slowly Kelly's head popped back up
above the mud, and she could see nothing because the mud had made her close her
eyes. But she heard a voice, and it was a males voice. "Miss! Are you alright?"

"Yes, I think so. Just get me out of here!"

"Ok.  Just  hold on! I sent my little brother for help. What were you doing out
here in the first place?"

"I went for a walk. A moose chased me out here, and I got stuck in this mud."

"Alright, alright! You're safe now. All we have to do is get you out of there."

"Can't you just pull me out yourself?"

"No.  I  can't.  I don't have the strength. Do you feel the suction around your
body?"

"Yeah. So?"

"Well, that, young lady, is a vacuum, and if I try and pull you out all I would
do is rip your lovely arm out of the socket. Now do you want that?"

"God, no! Just please don't let me go!"

"Don't worry. I've got you. By the way, my name is Mark."

"I'm Kelly."

"Well, Kelly, you aren't from around here, are you?"

"No. I just moved up here from Florida three days ago. Can you please wipe this
mud from out of my eyes, please?"

As  Mark  wiped  the mud from her face Kelly got a good look at him. 'Not bad,'
she thought. 'If I ever get out of here, I'll have to go out with him.'

Mark's  younger  brother  showed up about 15 minutes later with a rope and with
news  that  the fire department and rescue were on the way. After rescue showed
up  it  took  an  hour to get Kelly out of that mud, and when she looked up her
parents  were  waiting  for her on dry land. She knew that her Dad was gonna be
mad,  but  she really didn't care because she was alive. But she did know this:
She would forever be in Mark's and his little brother's debt forever.