The rush to Survive
Part 1
As the boat tilted side to side, I hang on tightly to the edge, shivering as the water splashes over like a cold bucket of ice. My heart starts to beat heavily, as a man steadily creeps towards me. I quickly duck behind a box! His shaggy beard was shaken as he bent down to take the life jackets. My heart is beating quicker by the second now. A loud voice comes over the speakers "The ship is capsized!"
I awake as my body feels like the inside of a refrigerator, as I sit on the wet sand. I lift my tired dragging body off the sand. My feet kick the sand as I continue to walk. I tumble over my feet,my eyes slowly close. My vision is extremely blurry, but I think I can make out a city. As I continue to walk, my leg starts to hurt, but I push on.Everyone is frantically running into shops. Where am I?
I turn around to feel a hand pull my arm,as a girl appears. Her lips move up and down,as the water in my ear blocks out all of the sound."Sorry, just need to get the water out!" I say as nicely as possible. "Who are you?" She repeats.
"Oh I should have introduced myself.My name's Timothy,Timothy Hodges!"
"I'm Grace Smith,welcome to my home!"
"Where is it?" I curiously ask. "You're looking at it,I sleep on that crate!" She replies.
"On a crate?" I ask "It's not that bad,well when you get used to it!"
My mind wonders back to dad. Would he be alright? Maybe I shouldn't have ran away, I was over reacting. "It's almost night,I think I should go find a place to sleep" I say tiredly.
"Why don't you stay here,if you don't mind?"
"Sure!" I reply. So we both get ready for bed."Good night!" I say
I awake to the sound of cars."Grace" I whisper. There's no response, I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck start to stand up! She couldn't have gone far,could she have? Probably not! I decide to go back and sit on the crate. An hour goes by, I realise I should look for her.
I slowly lift myself up, I walk over to the crossing. I look over and to my astonishment she is standing with a police officer. I duck behind a bin.
"Where are your parents? Speak up girl!" angrily yells the officer!
"I..I..don't have any!" Grace replies
"You're going to the orphanage!"
To be continued in part 2
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The rush to survive
AdventureTimothy Hodges is in for an adventure, as he discovers a girl named Grace. Was it a good thing that he met her? Will he survive? If so will he survive with Grace.
