(A father took his daughter on a vacation trip to Mirror Lake Placid, trying to reconnect with her after a horrible argument. But what they didn't expect was to run into a flesh-eating Leopard Seal.
Cast: Abby Evergreen. Henry Evergreen.)
WARNING: This story may not be suitable for young readers, as it contains mature content intended for readers 18 years old or older. Viewers' description is advice.
In Antarctica, we see penguins communicating with one another, catching fish, and swimming freely. The baby penguins were being fed by their mothers, and eggs began hatching. Some penguins were still swimming as something was watching them from afar. As soon as a penguin tried to catch a fish, a leopard seal swam quickly and caught the penguin, then began devouring it.
Blood was flowing around the water as other leopard seals approached. The other penguins were trying to swim away, but most of them got caught by the leopard seals, as blood was flowing all over the water. A human was filming the entire thing with his camera for a documentary project, and he gathered everything he needed to complete his project. However, as he was about to head to shore, something was wrecking his boat. He quickly saw what it was and saw a leopard seal.
The man quickly turned on the motor and tried to get away but the leopard seal jumped over and pushed the man into the water. In the water, the man was drowning as his left arm was completely bitten off. The last thing he saw was the leopard seal opening its mouth wide as it came towards his face, everything went pitch black.
We now see police sirens outside of a house as police officers are arresting teens who are graduating from junior & sophomore year, and were about to hit senior year. As they were all drinking underage and smoking pot. One of the officers dragged a girl, who is named Abby Evergreen, a fifteen-year-old junior, into a police car. The girl was now behind bars as someone she was expecting bailed her out, and the someone was her father.
Her father, named Henry Evergreen, seemed very disappointed with his daughter as they walked to the car. He drove home with his daughter and spoke to her. "You have got to stop doing this." Henry said as his daughter replied, "Stop doing what?" Henry shouted, "Stop getting yourself into trouble!" Henry shouted at Abby. "All I did was order a pizza, and just because I didn't pay the guy the full price, he called the cops because he smelled weed in the house." Abby tried to place the blame on someone else but Henry stopped her nonsense, "No, you got yourself into trouble because you've been smoking pot. Ever since your mother died, you've changed. You are about to be in your senior year. You're not going to be a kid forever. You need to start acting like an adult if not your ass will be in the streets, cause I'm not going to be looking after you anymore!"
Abby couldn't believe what she heard from her own father as they arrived home. Abby quickly got out of the car and went inside. Henry, who took a deep sigh, got out of the car and went inside the house. Henry went upstairs to talk to his daughter, as he wanted to apologize for what he said. However, he ended up overhearing Abby talking to one of her friends on her phone, where he heard her say that she wished her mom were still alive instead of her dad.
Henry was crushed by what his daughter just said to her friends. He went to the living room and looked at the old family photos that had him, his daughter, and his wife. They all seemed happy back then, but Henry didn't know where it all went wrong. He sat in his chair, thinking of a way to fix everything with his daughter. So, he took out his laptop and searched for a perfect vacation home for him and his daughter to spend time together, and to get away from the city, and all of its technology, weed, and alcohol.
Henry searched for a vacation home on every website he searched on his laptop. After two hours, he couldn't find anything until he discovered the perfect place, called Mirror Lake, a seasonal lake on Tenaya Creek, famous for its reflections of Half Dome and Mount Watkins. Wayside exhibits explain the natural and cultural features of the area.
Henry read the reviews of the inns in Mirror Lake, which stated that the hotel offers beautiful rooms with stunning views of the lake and mountains, a delicious breakfast buffet, and various dinner options. A relaxing and enchanting atmosphere, with well-maintained facilities featuring indoor plants and a cozy library. They have also mentioned the friendly, attentive, and welcoming staff who provide exceptional service. And finds it a bit pricey, but has found great deals, with rooms potentially ranging from around $300 to over $700 per night.
Henry thought it would be perfect, so he booked an inn for two people and went upstairs to get some shut-eye for a great vacation with his daughter.
Meanwhile, Abby was talking to her friends on her phone, and they scolded her for what she had said. They said that she had changed for the worse and wished to never contact her or be around her any longer. They immediately hung up and blocked her number.
Abby remembers all those times her father spent time with her when she was around six-years-old, and her mother had gotten sick by the time she turned seven. When Abby wouldn't stop crying for her mother, her father came into her room and hugged her tight to release all the pain.
On her eighth birthday, Abby wasn't feeling like having a birthday at all, but her father made a surprise birthday party for her, and he gave her a new bike. Abby wasn't feeling sad anymore, and she started to laugh. Abby stopped crying in her sleep, feeling nothing but regret.
The next day, Henry was cooking breakfast when Abby came to the kitchen and saw two plates filled with two pancakes, scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, and four sausages. Henry noticed Abby. "Abby, hi, I-I made breakfast," Henry said. "Yeah, I noticed but why are you making breakfast?" Abby asked as she sat down at the dinner table.
"Well, I've been thinking. It's summer break, and I think we should go on vacation. So I booked us an inn around Mirror Lake." Abby was surprised that her father had booked an inn for both of them, especially an inn around Mirror Lake.
Abby asked. "Why did you book us a place at Mirror Lake?" Henry answered. "Well, I thought maybe we could spend some time together. You know, like we used to." Abby couldn't believe her father paid for a trip for both of them to spend time together.
"Y-Yeah, sure," Abby replied. "Great! I mean That's Great, we could go check the library over there, or maybe go biking, or maybe kayaking? OH! They also have an indoor pool in the inn, and a spa." Henry was explaining all of the activities they could both do in Mirror Lake, as Abby was wondering if they're gonna see any animals around Mirror Lake.
By the time Henry and Abby finished breakfast, they had started packing for their trip, Henry packed his clothes, shoes, socks, toothbrush, hairbrush, shampoo, body wash, towels, and glasses. Abby packed her clothes, shoes, socks, toothbrush, hairbrush, hair gel, shampoo, body wash, and her phone.
Both Henry and Abby got in the car and drove to Mirror Lake, it took them eight minutes to arrive at Mirror Lake. Henry and Abby came in with their bags as Henry spoke to the receptionist about his room number, Henry was handed the key to his room.
Henry and Abby made it into their room, and Abby went to the balcony to view the outside of Mirror Lake and saw how beautiful it is. "Hey, I'm going to head to a bar and play some pool. You going to be okay by yourself?" Henry asked as Abby replied. "Yeah, I'll just take a shower."
Henry left to greet the other guests around the inn, as Abby looked around from the balcony and saw a deer walking around the forest. Abby went to get her phone and took a picture of the deer before the deer ran away. The deer headed for the lake and drank some water from the lake, but something dragged it into the lake, and blood was flowing in the water.
Meanwhile, Henry was at a bar playing pool, and he lost a round. "Oh, looks like you screwd up there. Best two out of three?" The person with whom Henry is playing pool, named Jason, replied. "I don't think so, gotta save money for the rest of this trip."
Jason understood and replied. "You know what's the best part of Mirror Lake?" Henry replied. "The Lake?" Jason replied. "The Lake. My father always brings me here every summer or winter break, and now I'm doing the same thing with my kids." Henry was surprised. "Every summer or winter break?"
Jason nodded his head. "Every summer or winter break. So what will you be doing with your kid?" Henry replied. "I'm planning on taking my daughter for a kayaking trip around Mirror Lake."
"That sounds like a good idea. I hope you and your daughter have a great trip." Jason said as he left to be with his family, while Henry got a text message from Abby and saw that it was a picture of a deer. Henry smiled at the picture knowing that his daughter would enjoy this trip.
Henry got another text message from Abby saying that she is going to the indoor pool of the inn, Henry texted back telling her to "Be careful." and "Be back at 7:00." While Abby replied with a heart emoji, Henry smiled as he left the bar to rent a kayak for two people.
Abby made it into the indoor pool, and there she began to swim enjoying her time alone, until she was met with another girl who was also swimming in the indoor pool.
"Hi, my name is Jessica what is your name?" As she introduced herself Abby replied, "Name's Abby." As the girls introduced themselves Jessica asked if this was Abby's first time in Mirror Lake Inn, to which Abby replied, "Yeah, my dad booked us here so we can spend time together during summer vacation." Abby explained to Jessica, "That's good, my dad bought me and my brother here all the time during summer or winter break."
"That's actually pretty cool. What about your mom?" Abby asked as Jessica paused for a moment before replying. "My mom is dead." Abby was shocked by the fact that Jessica had also lost her mother. "I'm so sorry, my mom died too. That's why we're here, to reconnect." Abby and Jessica shared a couple of moments sharing their life stories with their mothers, and how much they missed them.
As both Jessica and Abby went to dry off Jessica saw the time on her phone and noticednthat it's past seven. "I have to get going, my dad has plans for tomorrow." "It was nice meeting you, hope to see you again someday," Abby said to Jessica as Jessica replied. "Same here," Jessica said as she went back to her room, Abby quickly dried off to go back to her room.
Henry was ordering room service when he heard his daughter returned, he welcomed her back and told her that he ordered room service, sandwiches with Sprite. Abby liked the sound of that and turned on the TV where they were showing Extracted, by the time they were enjoying the reality show, room service arrived with their food.
At the docks, two female employees were on their break having some alone time as they were kissing each other while getting naked. The two female employees were enjoying their time together as they started to hear singing, one of the female employees was wondering where that singing was coming from, as the other was hearing it from under the docks.
She went to see what it was as the figure bit her head clean off, and her girlfriend, who witnessed the scene screamed in horror. As she tried to run from the scene the same creature jumped through the air over the docks and dragged her into the lake, blood began to flow in the water, and the body of the headless employee was now dragged into the lake.
The next morning both Henry and Abby were heading to the beach where they were greeted by the beach attendant who would be assisting them with their own boat and equipment. He instructed them that their life jackets should be worn at all times, and that they must have their attachment whistles around their necks and blow them three times in case for emergency.
He also advised them to stay in the boat if it flips, rather than trying to swim to shore. And strongly advise them to never kayak alone and to stay within sight of a partner, but they don't have to worry about that since they'll be kayaking together on the same boat.
He even demonstrated to the two of them how to enter the kayak in shallow water, keep the boat parallel to the shore, and stay low for stability. And to remain seated to keep the weight centered, and to avoid standing up to prevent tipping. And finally told them to secure the paddle if they stop to take pictures or rest.
As he had finished instructing them about boat safety he handed them sunscreens, hats, and sunglasses to protect them from the sun, and gave them water bottles to keep them hydrated. As the beach attendant finally permitted them to go kayaking both Henry and Abby were on the kayak and began going to the lake.
It has been three hours of Henry and Abby kayaking and they are now in a forest enjoying it very much. "How're you liking kayaking so far?" Henry asked as Abby replied, "A lot dad, we should have come here years ago. Mom would have loved this."
"Yes, she would." Henry and Abby were enjoying their kayaking as something was watching them from above the water. "Hey dad, I was thinking that, maybe we should come back here during winter break." Henry liked the sound of that as he agreed to it.
As Henry and Abby were kayaking, they felt that something had hit their boat underneath. "What was that?" Abby asked as her father replied. "I don't know?" "There are no alligators or crocodiles in the lake right?" "Don't worry about that honey, there are no predators around Mirror Lake."
As Henry said, they felt another bump under their boat. As Henry was wondering what it was Abby saw something with a long tail. "Dad, I just saw something," Abby said to her father in a panic. "What was it?" Before Abby could say anything the boat was knocked over.
Both Henry and Abby were now on the water as they clung to the boat that was floating upside down. "What the hell was that!?" Henry shouted as he asked what wrecked their boat, Abby told him that it was a fish with a long tail.
Henry was dragged by the same creature that wrecked their boat, Abby shouted for her father as she went underwater to try and save him, but Henry kicked the creature off of him and swam back to the surface.
"Did you see what it was?" Abby asked her father as he replied, "Yeah, it was a leopard seal." Henry said shocked as he was catching his breath. "Why is there a leopard seal around Mirror Lake?" Abby asked sinceit was unnatural to see a leopard seal around Mirror Lake. "I don't know but they don't usually swim around Mirror Lakes it's a freshwater lake," Henry said as Abby replied. "Unless it's a female."
Henry stared at Abby as she continued to tell her father that only female leopard seals can survive in freshwater longer than a male leopard seal, as long as they have anything to eat. Henry told Abby to use the boat to swim over to shore as the leopard seal was coming back, Henry and Abby made it to shore.
Henry grabbed his right leg as he and Abby saw how damaged it looked, Henry tried to stop the bleeding as he took off his shirt and tore it to bandage it up. Abby took off her life coat to patch up her father's leg, and poured her water bottle to ease the pain. Henry began gritting his teeth and groaning as it strained, Abby quickly blew the whistle for help, and Henry did the same, Henry and Abby blew their whistles as many times as they could so someone could hear them.
Abby saw the leopard seal staring back at them as it returned to the water, Abby didn't understand how or why a leopard seal was around or anywhere near Mirror Lake. "This isn't how it was supposed to be, there wasn't supposed to be an apex predator around Mirror Lake, so why is there a leopard seal?" Henry kept asking as Abby couldn't answer.
They couldn't walk either as Henry was unable to walk and they didn't know the way back into Mirror Lake Inn through the woods as they could get lost in it. There was nothing they could do as both Abby and Henry had to stay put until help arrived. Time had passed and the sun was setting, both Henry and Abby getting cold, Abby was looking for help as she saw the two beach attendants with flashlights, Abby saw them and blew her whistle gaining their attention.
One of the employees saw Abby and alerted the other one, "Hang on will be with you shortly." Abby shouted. "No, there is a leopard seal, watch out!" As Abby tried to warn them about the leopard seal it was too late their boat was wrecked and one of the employees was being eaten by the leopard seal as the other employee was trying to swim away from the leopard seal, but she noticed the employee trying to escape and swam in her direction.
The employee made it to shore only to get caught by the leopard seal in the leg and was brought back into the water, Abby and Henry witnessed the scene where both employees were being devoured by one leopard seal as blood began to flow around the lake.
"What just happened?" Henry asked as Abby answered that they were all alone, Abby sat down while hugging her knees as Henry watched the entire scene in horror, "She must've been starving," Henry said as Abby stared at her father as he continued, "You see the way she was acting, it's like she's been here for years, starving."Abby was now more terrified of the leopard seal as she hugged herself for comfort.
The next day had passed and both Abby and Henry were hungry, Henry saw a spider crawling up a tree but did not want to eat it. Abby saw a worm but definitely did not want to eat it, both Henry and Abby thought it was worth starving rather than eating bugs.
The leopard seal was still waiting for the two of them as if she was still hungry, "When do you think more will arrive to save us, or kill this thing?" Abby asked her father as he said to her, "I don't think there'll be more coming, the inn is a busy business, even if some people go missing. It'll have to take the inn to close for people to come looking for us."
Abby sighed in despair as she began to cry, Henry apologized to Abby for bringing them here but Abby said in tears that he had nothing to apologize for if only she acted her age none of this would have happened, and she blamed herself for this whole mess. Henry hugged his daughter as Abby hugged back, "We'll get through this." Henry said as Abby asked how in which he replied, "We just need a little faith."
A minute had passed and Abby and Henry were getting hungry, but still refused to eat bugs. Abby noticed the leopard seal was staring at them, but she looked away as Henry started coughing. "Dad, Dad are you ok!?" Abby was starting to get worried about her father as he quickly replied, (cough, cough) "Yeah, yeah, I'm alright." (Cough) As he said while wheezing Abby needed to figure out a way to save herself and her father from the leopard seal.
Abby saw the paddle from their kayak from afar, so she thought that maybe she could swim fast enough to retrieve it. But Abby needed something to distract the leopard seal enough to get the paddle to defend her and her father. "Dad, I need you to blow your whistle to get the seal's attention." Henry had no idea what Abby was planning until she dived into the water, Henry quickly blew his whistle to get the leopard seal's attention just to protect his daughter.
Henry began to wave his hands around to get the leopard seal's attention as Abby swam underneath the water just so the leopard seal wouldn't notice her appearance. Henry tried his best to get the leopard seal's attention until he started coughing, and the leopard seal started to notice Abby's appearance and quickly tried to catch her, Abby saw the leopard seal coming in her way and immediately went up to the service to the nearest shore as possible.
As Abby made it to the other side of the shore, the leopard seal almost caught her by the leg, as Abby was breathing heavily, Henry caught his breath after he finished coughing, "What are you doing!?" He shouted at Abby as she shouted back. "I was trying to get the paddle, so we can defend ourselves with it."
"A paddle won't have any effect on a leopard seal, they are a powerful apex predator, with a jaw that can open almost 90 degrees, with long sharp teeth. And they are too fast for a human, you'll never stand a chance against them." Henry finished explaining that Abby doesn't stand a chance against the leopard seal and coughed again.
Abby looked at the lake seeing the leopard seal circling the same area where she was. Abby couldn't think of anything to escape from the leopard seal, as her father had thought of an idea, "Abby!" Henry shouted his daughter's name getting her attention, they both stared at each other before Henry said one last word to his daughter. "I overheard what you said to your friends on your phone." Abby looked at her father before replying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I was mad at what you said to me, and said something I should never say. You were right, I'm not a little kid anymore, and I should start acting like my age."
Abby shouted to her father but Henry just stared at her as he replied, "I don't care what you said, I'm still your father and I'll love you no matter what you say, or do, I'll even love you for your preferences. Just remember how much I love you, for you'll always be my little Abigail!" Henry said those last words to Abby before he grabbed a rock big enough to deal with the leopard seal and dived into the lake, as the leopard seal noticed Henry's appearance in the water and quickly swam to his direction.
"No, Dad!" Abby screamed as Henry saw the leopard seal coming at him with her jaw wide open, and he immediately put the rock up into the leopard seal's mouth as she struggled to get it out. Henry immediately swam to get the paddle as he needed to grab it for his daughter, he knew that it wouldn't do anything but hope for Abby to survive from the apex predator.
The leopard seal got the rock out of her mouth as she was now pissed at Henry, the leopard seal swam fast in Henry's direction, and Henry got to the paddle in time before the leopard seal got to him. Henry fought the leopard seal with the paddle as the leopard seal was breaking it apart where the end, which looked pointy, Henry saw this as a perfect weapon for Abby to use against the leopard seal.
Henry kicked the leopard seal in the stomach which pisses her off even more, before Henry could make it into the service the leopard seal grabbed the same leg she damaged. As Henry screamed in pain underwater losing air, he immediately used the busted sharp paddle to strike the leopard seal only to scratch out her eye completely, the leopard seal cried in pain as Henry quickly made it to the other side of the shore, where his daughter was.
Abby saw her dad as she tried to pull him onto the shore only for Henry to slap her hands away to give her the busted sharp paddle before he was pulled back into the lake by the leopard seal, as Abby saw her father being devoured by the leopard seal before screaming for him one last time. "Dad!" Blood was flowing over the lake as Henry raised his half bitten arm from the lake one last time beforecit sinked back into the lake.
Abby began to cry for her dad as she lay in the ground and hugged herself for comfort, as she remembered the words she said to her friends as they replayed in her head, over and over and over again. Abby screamed as she began to hit herself in the head, "What the hell is wrong with me!" She said as she kept blaming herself for what had happened to her father and using the passing of her mother as an excuse.
It hit nightfall as Abby was still in the ground looking at a beetle walking on its own, but soon heard the leopard seal start singing as she saw her on the side of the shore staring at her, "Why, why are you lying on a shore now?" Abby asked as she saw the leopard seal with one eye, "My dad did that to you did he? So you decided to rest just so you can get me, is that right?" Abby said as she and the leopard seal stared at each other in deep hatred.
Abby had sworn to kill the leopard seal for her father and to survive from this nightmare. The next morning Abby woke up and saw the leopard seal had gotten back into the water, Abby looked at the broken sharp paddle and picked it up with rage and fury, and used it as a spear and dived into the water alerting the leopard seal.
Abby swam underneath the lake and looked around to find the leopard seal only to see her father's head in the ground as she wanted to throw up she saw the whistle and grabbed it. Abby put the whistle around her neck and noticed how the leopard seal was swimming around her as she prepared to fight the leopard seal, the leopard seal struck first with her mouth only for Abby to guard herself with the spear-like paddle and headbutted the leopard seal.
The leopard seal tried to strike again but Abby guarded herself again and kicked the leopard seal in the stomach, pushing her away to reach for the surface to get some air before returning to the water to fight the leopard seal as the leopard seal got a bite at Abby by the right leg. Abby screamed in pain and stabbed the leopard seal at the torso, the leopard seal cried in pain as she let go of Abby's leg, and Abby swam to the surface to get air again, and she breathed heavily.
Abby took a deep breath as she got back underneath the water only to swim to the ground so she had a better chance to strike the leopard seal. The leopard seal saw Abby and was extremely pissed, the leopard seal swam towards Abby as she opened her mouth wide open to bite her head clean off. Abby saw the leopard seal swimming at her fast, and she saw this as a perfect opportunity and raised her spear like a paddle directly at the leopard seal, and as the leopard seal noticed it, it was too late as it jabbed through her head halfway.
Blood began to come out of the leopard seal's head as the leopard seal's eyes closed showing that she's dead. Abby let go of the spear-like paddle and swam back to the surface and made it to shore, Abby lay on the ground as she breathed heavily for she was starving, Abby used her father's whistle and blew it to alert anyone nearby.
Abby blew the whistle as many times as she could before she passed out, Abby's eyes slowly opened as she saw two people bringing her into their boat and the guy who was known as Jason saw that she was opening her eyes asking her if she was ok? Abby saw it was Jessica's dad and her brother making room for her, as they began to row back to the inn.
Awakened in a hospital room where she saw Jason, Jessica, and her brother sitting on chairs waiting for her to wake up. "Dad, she's awake," Jessica alerted her dad and brother as her dad checked on Abby. "Are you ok? What happened to you, where is your father?" Jason asked Abby as he told his son to go get the doctor as he and Jessica stayed in the room. "I made it, I made it, I made it, (crying) I made it!" Abby repeated as she began to cry as her father was dead, and she survived from the leopard seal.
A month has passed and Abby was now living with her uncle Claudius, as they were at a zoo looking through animals, "Hey, Abby, where do you wanna go to next? We can go see the gorillas, the lion's, or maybe," as Claudius was telling Abby the animals they could see next, she saw a tank filled with leopard seals swimming around their tank, as she breathe slowly in frustration as one of the leopard seal looked directly at her in the eyes.
