Cosette manages to break through the surface again, arms flailing as she tries to hold the creature off and keep Spencer, dumb ass of the year, from drowning; if he dies trying to save her, she'll kill him. She takes comfort in that brief bit of snark that flashes in her thoughts; it means she's still somewhat coherent, even if her vision is unstable and the part of her body currently in seal form is bleeding profusely.

She starts when she hears a familiar voice close by; she turns and sees Joel running into the water as though the hounds of hell were after him. It both warms her heart and terrifies her, because the thought of him getting hurt trying to rescue her haunts her like a bad dream.

She tries to warn him to stay back, but as she feels another tug by the teeth of the monster in the water with them, she's forced to focus her attention on keeping herself and Spencer away from its greedy jaws.