NaNo Novel Excerpt

My best friend has been brave enough to reveal an excerpt from her NaNo novel.  I have decided to follow her lead:)  When you read this please keep in mind that this is part of a 50,000 word manuscript that was written in 30 days.:)

I am losing this battle.  I realized as the water closed over my battered head again. I am going to die.  Then I saw a tall purple blob racing down the bank.   Between submersions I heard a voice coming from the bank. “Do. . .not. . .give up! I. . help. . .you!”  The swift current pulled me under again.  When i surfaced I tried to swim back to the bank, but in my panicked state I only succeeded in falling under the water again.   Bubbles swirled around me.  Which way is up?  My lungs hurt.  I.  Need. Air.  Black spots were dancing before my eyes when my head finally broke the surface.  My head pounded as I tried to keep it above the water.  The darkness was still clawing for a foothold. It nearly overtook me as the person from the bank dove into the water and started to swim toward me. I felt an arm close around my waist and heard shouts.  I was drug through the water. I felt the ground beneath me was dry and knew I was out of the river. Using what little consciousness I had left I tried to stand. As I stood the darkness finally won me over and I collapsed and knew no more.