Rad - Dual grapple

He struggled to find the coral grotto through the murky water. It was his only chance. He shot out the grappling hook and hoped it would hit its target. Jack felt the hook snap onto a piece of coral and hold.

He started to reel in the line that attached him to the hook. He moved one, two, three, four feet toward the grotto. Then he came to a sudden stop. The octopus wouldn't let go.

Jack felt like a piece of rubber being pulled apart in a tug-of-war. He didn't know what would go first — his lungs or his arms. Accidentally, Jack squeezed the button for the grappling hook again. To his amazement, a second hook shot out and clamped onto the other side of the coral grotto.

He had a spare! The Captain had forgotten to tell him about it. Jack started to reel in both lines at the same time. Suddenly, he flew out of the octopus's tentacles like a stone out of a slingshot. His body shot through the grotto, up into a waterproof chamber closed off from the sea. He lay on the floor, breathing in huge gulps of air into his tortured lungs.

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Worlds of Power: Bionic Commando, Chapter 10