Zane tried to stay under water for as long as he possibly could. The near miss from getting crushed by the huge Mech foot terrified him. However, after all the running and panicking he had undergone, soon forced him to come back up nearly immediately after going under. He gasped heavily as his head broke the surface of the muddy river water.
Turning frantically around he looked back on shore to see if the Mech was going to follow after him. To his relief, the Mech was still standing there motionless at the river’s edge. For now his gamble had paid off.
"I have got to get out of here!" Zane thought looking desperately around the river.
There was a long dock that ran alongside the river that started not too far downstream from him. He could try swimming to it, but the Mech would just foll
