Mountains And Plains [OLD VERSION]

Chapter Four

The first day of the trip was wonderful. The sky was clear and sun shone through all day. A mild breeze cooled workers on the deck and random birds made our moods a bit better.

I with Emma helped around the kitchen while Mark worked with engineers and technicians.

I was peeling potatoes when our ship shook for a few seconds. We heard footsteps and shouts in the coridors.

'Should we go take a look?' I asked the cook Jack and he nod. We left what we were doing unfinished and quickly made our way to the main deck.

'That's not good' Jack said and fear creeped into my chest. Before us was a storm. A huge storm. The sky was dark blue, almost black, with thunders and rain. Waves got bigger and fiercer by the seconds and we were getting too close to the storm.

I quickly made my way to the captain who was speaking something to the crew.

'...there is nothing to worry about!' He shouted and I frowned.

'Sir, we are sailing right into a massive storm!' I shouted through the crew and got a death glare from captain.

'So what?' He asked and I swear my mouth dropped open. Doesn't he care about people on board?

'Are you going to kill us?' I asked and whispers went down through people. The captain snarled at me.

'No one is going to die' he simply said but I wasn't done. With our lives in danger I forgot about my shyness and snarled right back at him.

'This storm is a sign that we are not welcome here!'

The captain looked at me as if I was an alien and a cocky smirk appeared on his face.

'And how do you know that hm? This is just a casual storm and we are going to sail through it. Now shut up and get back to work before I toss you off the ship!' He deadpaned and walked down into his room leaving us standing there shocked.

What's wrong with this guy?!....

I looked at Emma who had a frown on her face and fear in her eyes. But she quickly masked it and grabbed my hand.

'Let's go back to the kitchen' she said dragging me.

We sat at our places and started working but I couldn't concentrate. We could hear other crew members shout orders to each other.

'Emma do you think....' I started but was interupted with loud screech noise and before we know it the ship started to move. I quickly grabbed onto the table for support but the ship moved further down. We both screamed as we fell right into the wall that was in flooring's place. I turned into a ball and heard a massive crash just meters to my right.

When the sounds of furniture stopped I looked around and shook from fear. The fridge was right by my side with all our food scatered around and the floor was right in front of us.

I could have been crushed and.....

The ship fell to the side.

'Emma!' I shouted looking around and heard a small groan far away. Thumbling through now useless junk I made my way to another side of the room and saw my friend trapped under a dining table.

'Are you okay?' I asked moving the furniture away from her. She nod and I helpped her stand up.

'Nothing is broken' she said after a quick check and I nod in relief.

'Let's go. We need to find a boat' I said and we walked to the door. With a little of struggle we opened the door and our legs were hit by freezing water.

'Shit! We are sinking!' Emma shouted and took the lead by grabbing my hand and dragging me through now half flooded halls.

The water was stinging my legs and I could feel them stiffen. But I concentrated on Emma before me and ran-swam through the hall.

But then it hit me.

'Emma, we are going in a wromg way!' I shouted through my teeth and stopped her. She frowned at me and I continued ' the ship is on the side, we need to get to the part that is above the water' I said and she nod.

'The captains room' she said and quickly turned around running-swimming as if she knew the ship like her five fingers.

After a few minutes of now literally swimming and climbing over dead bodies of the crew we finally stood before captains room's door. There wasn't water in this place yet, but it was raising really quickly.

Emma opened the door and we saw the captain preparing a boat. I was surprised to see that he had a whole wall designed with an emergency boat for the escape.

'We are comming with you' Emma said getting captain's attention.

'You two are still alive?' He said surprised but it quickly turned into a discust 'I'm not taking some petty useless girls. This boat is mine, go find your own' he said and started to climb into a small orange boat.

'No you are not!' I screamed and ran towards his. I jumped on him making him stagger and both of us fell into the boat. I shook my head and quickly got up but he did the same.

'Die you bitch!' He said with anger and with his full force pushed me.

'Ary!!' I heard Emma's horrified scream before freezing water consumed me.

My whole body shoock from the cold and I tried to get to the surface but my body was too stiff and I was too tired from swimming around the ship to pull my body up. I felt my oxygen running out and I tried my hardest to pull myself up but just at that moment one of my leg's muscles cramp. The pain shot through the whole legs making me let out a shout that caused water rush into my mouth.

No....

Suddenly I saw a white figure. A figure that was comming towards me but before I could see who it was I blacked out releasing me from burning pain in my chest and freezing cold water's jaws.