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Sunday, 11:00 AM, June 14, 2015, Manhattan Beach

Sunday brunch was in full swing. Locals and tourists enjoyed the buffet while savoring the view of the beach.

“Hi, my name is Trevis and I’ll be your waiter. Will you be having the buffet or would you like menus?" Trevis seated a family in the booth by the picture window. They didn’t answer him.

“Mom!” one of the children screamed, pointing at the beach below.

“That is disgusting!” An elderly woman scrambled to get away so fast that she took the table cloth and the meals of her family crashing to the floor with her.

A crowd gathered around the beached sea lion. The belly was horribly distended and something inside was ripping its way out. What emerged was another sea lion that was the almost the same size as the sea lion it had been inside. It had leg-like fins with retractile claws.  

The creature was born via a self-made cesarean section by using its extreme saber teeth. It looked at the crowd and then spit a substance that burned through the clothing and skin of the people it hit. It bolted towards one of the children.  Everyone screamed and ran as fast as they could in the hot sand. Someone tried to pick up the child but tripped and fell. The voracious monster caught them and dragged them both into the sea.