OutWorldly Haven (an original story)

Chapter 3 - Trapped?!?! Not today!!!!

Previously on OWH, our boys headed into deep sea for some fishing, but things went crazy when the boat suddenly died, the compass no longer pointed North and, to top it out, the horizon line itself disappeared. Now they're stranded in the middle of the ocean! What are they going to do? Find out now!


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December 4th, 2020

Somewhere within the Bermuda Triangle area

C: "Okay, how long have we been here?", Checked his watch; it stopped at 2:27 PM and clearly was way past that time. "We're totally lost..."

N: "I'd say a few hours...maybe a day, who knows? My phone's deader than Elvis, so I can't tell what time it is either."

C: "I was gonna say that we might've had better chances if we had some oars aboard, but of course that would be stupid.", Chuckled. "Anyway...now that you got your prize...", Gave Nathan a $20 bill. "...tell me all you know about this place."

N: "Thank ya kindly!", Took the $20 and placed it in his wallet. "Okay now, to give you a brief on the Bermuda Triangle...first of all, it's a strange place. A great example is once again Flight 19 which disappeared on December 5th, 1945. Flight 19 consisted of five TBF Avengers and the planes along with the 14 airmen were lost in the Triangle. Later, at the same day, a PBM Mariner, Bureau number #59225, was lost with 13 airmen while searching for Flight 19...AT THE SAME DAY. There are more incidents as well...a lot more."

C: "Not just about the incidents, but about the place itself...what is it that happens here? The explanations I gae before are not making much sense now that I'm seeing everything happening with my very eyes."

N: "Look, a flying unicorn!", Laughed. "Jokes aside, all I can say is I don't know. I guess you can say that we're in limbo or purgatory. I mean, all we can really do is wait and see what happens. Either we get lucky and end up where we were before or we go into some other dimension like what theoretically happened to the USS Indianapolis advanced missile cruiser, back in 2011. To this day, no one knows where it ended up."

C: "And why do you think that ship went to another dimension? No one has any proof! I do know it disappeared in here somewhere, but no one ever found its wreckage. She was the pride of the US Navy, the most advanced and expensive warship ever built...hell, they ditched so many upgrade programs for the existing platforms that the Navy went on a huge budget deficit because of it."

N: "They could've attempted to send a distress call, but the ship just up and vanished. And if they went through the same debacle we're going through as we speak, then there's no way for them to send a distress signal out. Or...it could've suffered a massive failure and been lost at sea. That ship was almost entirely automated, save for a small crew."

C: "Quite the sad moment for the military when that ship was lost along with the unfortunate souls manning it.", Went inside the boat to get some snacks, throwing a bag to Nathan as well. "I hope our fate doesn't turn out the same."

N: "So do I, man...so do I.", Opened the bag and began eating. "But like I said, all we can do is really wait and see what happens, because...who knows what lies ahead?"

C: "I think praying would be a good thing to do now. I dunno if someone out there's listening, but..."

Christian closed his eyes and went silent, Nathan observing his friend.

C: "I don't know if there's a God, and I don't know how to pray, but...if You're listening to me, right now...please, let us out of this place alive. I don't know why we ended up here, but please spare my friend and I...I know what I did in Iran was wrong, and I honestly regret my decisions in regards to that, but...You gotta know that I was also fighting for my life! I didn't want to shoot those enemies down, but I had no choice! Still...if that still counts as an offense of some kind...I ask for Your forgiveness.", He thought to himself.