049. THE COSTAL VENTURE

369 5 23
                                    

Sarah snapped her head back to Scarlett and gestured towards the door.

Scarlett nodded and climbed out of her seat. The girls walked as quietly as they could over to the door.

Once they slipped out of the small crack, they immediately started down the hallway, still making sure to be as quiet as possible.

The twins entered a room and they grabbed each others hands while they walked, both of them slightly frightened for what was going to happen.

There wasn't much they could do considering that they were on a giant ship in the middle of the ocean, but they knew that needed to do something to let their friends know that they were okay.

Just as the twins were walking, Scarlett looked over to notice a giant wooden box with something inside of it. The cross.

She came to a sudden stop, causing Sarah to stop as well.

Scarlett pointed to the box that held the cross. Sarah furrowed her brows and shook her head.

"Liar." She whispered.

"When does he ever tell the truth?" Scarlett just rolled her and and both girls took a deep breath before starting towards the exit of the room.

They opened the door and quickly ran out of it. They looked around for a moment, not knowing what to do. They were now on the outside of the ship so they could see the water and feel the ocean breeze.

"Shit." Sarah spoke, looking around, trying to decide which way to go.

They ran towards a staircase and climbed up so they were now outside the room with the captain and all of the control panels.

The girls lifted themselves onto their toes so they were tall enough to look through the window. They saw two men. One was on the phone and the other was working on something at a table.

Scarlett looked over to see Sarah thinking of something. "No, no, no." She whispered to her sister. "There's no chance we can get in there without being noticed." She told her.

Sarah shook her head. "I have a plan." She grabbed Scarlett's hand and they quickly walked past the room and around the corner where there were multiple paint cans stacked on each other.

Sarah lifted her leg and kicked one of the cans. The girls watched as one of the men emerged from the room to check out the scene.

Once the man was out, the twins rushed into the room and grabbed a walkie-talkie which was on the table.

They then quickly ran out and rushed back down the staircase. Once the blondes were sure they were hidden good enough, Sarah began dialing numbers into the walkie-talkie.

"Dispatch 60290." A voice echoed from the device.

Sarah immediately held it closer to she and Scarlett's face so they could both talk.

"Hello?" Sarah questioned.

"What is your emergency?"

"Hello? Hello? My name... my name is Sarah and my sister is Scarlett. We're on a boat called the Costal Venture. We... we've been kidnapped. We need—"

All of a sudden, a man came up behind the twins and grabbed the device out of Sarah's hands. The girls fought for it, but the man shoved Sarah against the wall, shushing her.

"Can you repeat that, please?" The dispatch questioned.

"Get off of her!" Scarlett screeched, lunging forward and shoving the man away from her sister.

SHOOTING STARS  ✰ jj maybankWhere stories live. Discover now