The Guardian Page #5

against the current and not with it.

Aye, aye, Senior Chief.

Fisch.

Fisch. Why are you here, Fisch?

I'm here to exceed your expectations,

Senior Chief.

I'm a rescue swimmer at heart,

born, bred and water-fed. Oorah!

Wow. I bet you practiced that

all morning.

Mr. Fischer is

our high school swim champ.

He's had scholarships

to every lvy League.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't realize that he was so qualified.

I mean, you set records in a pool?

That's amazing.

I'll bet it was like, what,

eight feet deep in the deep end?

What if your nose plug didn't work?

What if another swimmer

had cut into your lane?

For the love of God,

you could have been killed.

Your schedule says that you will

perform a PT test this morning.

That will not be necessary.

Water is where

you've been called to serve.

Water is where you will be tested.

This will serve

in place of your PT in-test.

This is a golno-go exercise.

You will tread water for one hour.

You touch the wall, you fail.

You touch the bottom, you fail.

You fail and you go home.

Senior, this school operates

on a two-challenge rule.

You can't throw them out

on their first day.

If you cannot survive

in a warm pool of water,

then you have no business being here.

Does this class understand?

Yes, Senior Chief!

Oorah, Class 5506.

Now, who here can tell me

the rescue swimmer's motto?

"So others may live," Senior Chief!

Oh, I feel safer already.

You willing to sacrifice your life

so others may live, Goldfish?

Yes, I am, Senior Chief.

You will have to earn that right.

I want all of you to think about that.

There's going to come a time

when you reach the point of exhaustion

and you wanna give up.

Question is, will you?

There are three letters

that will set you free.

DOR. Drop on Request.

Look at that.

Waste of time.

- You all right?

- Hey. Come on, stay up.

Somebody help him out.

Hey, he's going under, man!

Help him out.

Come on!

- Help him out.

- Help him out!

Guys, relax, man!

Come on.

Come on, man.

You're dismissed.

- I cramped up.

- You're gone.

Let's go, Lyons,

out of the water. Hurry up.

- Let's go.

- Let's go.

On your feet.

muscle does not float.

Petty Officer Watson,

pull them out of the pool.

Aye, aye, Senior Chief.

Let's go, people, out of the water.

Hurry up! Let's move, people!

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Class leader, right here.

I thought you said you were willing

to sacrifice your life for another.

I am, Senior Chief.

Then why didn't you

save your teammate

when he reached out for you?

I wasn't aware we were working

as a team, Senior Chief.

That's the only way we work,

swim champ.

Aye, aye, Senior Chief.

A**hole.

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