Titanic (Asmodeus X Fizzarolli)

Chapter Eighteen: Almost Drowning

Asmodeus and Fizzarolli ran through the kitchen where all the plates were on display and down some stairs making sure they had escaped Sarah. When they stopped at another flooding deck, they realised that Sarah had stopped following them. But the flooding in the dining room got worse after they had left it. As they took a break, they suddenly heard a child yelling out for their father. They looked down the hall to see a young boy in a long coat, crying at the fact his father was nowhere to be found.

There was a set of doors in front of him, threatening to burst open and let all the water behind it through. Asmodeus didn't want them to leave the boy alone so they went to take him to safety. Fizzarolli picked the boy up and noticed the door that was spilling out water so they started to run the other way. But down one of the corridors was another fast-flooding exit so they went the other way. That's when the father came back and took his boy back from the couple.

But when the father went back towards the straining door to get a suitcase, Asmodeus and Fizzarolli tried to stop him, saying that he was going the wrong way. But, just as he grabbed his bag, the doors burst open, letting all the water trapped behind it through. Asmodeus and Fizzarolli started to run for it, going down a hallway that wasn't yet filled with water. But the water soon came rushing after them and swept the two off their feet.

They were swept down the hallway until they were stopped by a locked gate. Fighting against the rushing water, Fizzarolli led Asmodeus out of the hallway to find another way out. They made it to a stairwell but there was another locked gate. Fizzarolli tried to pry the gate open but it was locked shut. They started crying out for help when they saw the water start to rise. A member of staff ran by and they begged him to open the gate.

He wanted to leave them alone but he knew deep down he would regret it later and started to fumble with his keys to find the one that unlocked the gates. But, as he struggled to find the right one, he accidentally dropped the keys. He told them what happened, apologising for it before running away. As Asmodeus begged for the man to come back, Fizzarolli went under the water to find the dropped keys.

It was hard to find them as the lights were flashing but he soon grabbed them and brought them up to the surface. He showed them to Asmodeus, asking which one it could be. He pointed out a sharp one and said to try that. So, Fizzarolli took that one and started to unlock the gate. Not being able to see what he was doing, he struggled to get the key into the lock. But, even when he did, the key got stuck and he couldn't turn it.

Just as they were running out of room to keep their heads above water, Fizzarolli got the gate unlocked and let them through. They sawm through the flooded corridor and made their way up the stairs. Above deck, Murdoch was doing everything he could to get the collapsable boats down safely for passengers to use. Tommy and Fabrizio were there too. With a lack of proper equipment, Murdoch told the crew and passengers to let the boat slide down the ores to get it down safely.

But the ores snapped and parts of the boat broke. Looking at the deck below, Murdoch saw that the water was reaching his area now and ordered his men to get the boat ready for launch. Sarah had to run through the crowds just to try and get to the lifeboat. As she climbed up to see if there were any more boats, she noticed a young girl crying for her mother who she had lost in the chaos.

But she ignored her and tried to push through the crowd. But the chaos was making Murdoch take desperate measures by threatening passengers with his gun just so they would get out of the way to let the boat get ready to be launched. Sarah had made her way back through the crowd where he found Murdoch who had stopped letting men on now. Sarah reminded him of their deal to which Murdoch threw Sarah's money back at her, claiming that her money couldn't save Sarah any more than it could save him.

He told Sarah to get back and kept warning passengers to stay back. As passengers tried climbing into the boat themselves, Murdoch gave out warning shots, stopping them from going any further. But one passenger pushed Moxxie forward accidentally. One of the other officers with Murodch accidentally shot Moxxie, thinking he was trying to get into the boat too. Moxxie fell back, dying from his wound.

Blitzø held Moxxie in his arms, cursing at the officer for what he did. Murdoch just stood there in shock, watching the blood run down the deck. But he didn't let it get to him, keeping to his duty and coordinating the lifeboats. Knowing that Sarah had no luck with Murdoch anymore, she tried thinking of a new plan. But that was the last time the two would see each other that night.

On the other side, more collapsable boats were being launched but failing with the hurry, making them fall and break on impact. But Sarah went back to the child she had seen earlier and took her from her spot. She ran over to a different lifeboat that was ready to launch, yelling to the officer that she had a child. When she got to the officer, she claimed that she was all the girl had left so she needed to be with her. The officer believed her and let her onto the boat. Trying to keep up the mother act, she tried her best to comfort the girl to stop her from crying.