Under the tides

Chepepta for

"I know my skin, that wrapped my frame, wasn't made to play this game."

Emma's POV:

There was a moment of complete silence, divine milliseconds of everyone being okay. Oh how I wish I could stretch that time of content and wrap it around everyone, keeping everyone safe. But unfortunately planet earth doesn't have a stop button, no reset, no rewind, it only pushes forward, and that's exactly what the waves did.

The salt water slams the bus, poisonous waves tipping it over. Children scream, falling out of their seats due to the sheer force of the ocean waves. Bodies collide  into to other bodies. The weight of both Gina and Rowan swamp me, my shoulder juts against the cold glass window, I can hear it tint and crack under the pressure. If a window broke, every single one of us would surely drown, unable to escape the giant vehicle.

Ce'Nedra and Neha scream, tumbling into the isle. People I know, yell and cry as the water engulfs the bus, rolling it over again. As if the ocean was toying with us, playing some sort of sick game.

The sound of everyone's terror bangs on my eardrums as gravity and impact makes us bounce around like characterless balls in a pinball machine. I fall on my neck, my leg being crushed by Kater who fell on his back. I shout out in pain, shock waves pulsate threw my body as hot pain begins to accumulate in my shin and hip. Not to mention the stabbing headache that quickly rushes in upon the nape of my neck meeting the inside of the buses roof.

This is where I'm gonna die, I'm going to die.

Rowan's POV:

Absolute chaos is taking place. Everyone is pushing and shoving, trying to gain their bearings. A girl in a thrasher hoodie and a BPS hat pushes my head downwards in a desperate attempt for her head to surface the sea of bodies piled On top of each other. My nose collides against the ceiling,which is now the floor.

I have never gotten a nose bleed before, I always thought I would get my first one from riding a bike for the first time, something I still haven't done. Or maybe in some early twenties street fight, I just always thought I would have time to experience this first, and many other ones. But this ruthless Ocean makes me feel as if I have no time at all anymore.

I can feel the thin blood and enormous amount of agony compacts itself in the centre of my face. I cough, my lungs heaving out raspy cracks, I can't move my body, being held under by the weight of about five other people. I can hear muffled disoriented screams and the water sloshing outside of the bus and against the windows.

My eyelids droop and pull downwards, gently fluttering as I conduct ragged,shallow breaths. It would be so easy to go to sleep right now. The need of rest sweeps my train of thought, it would be nice, a break.
I'm pretty sure this nosebleed is the last first I'll get.

I don't believe in heaven, or hell. Religion is something I don't have time for, far too much hate and cherry picking. With that said, I have no clue what happens when you die. Probably nothing, but I just can't imagine not existing. Surely I'll go somewhere, but I doubt there will pearly gates in the clouds with a man with giant hands, or brimstone and fire downstairs. Reincarnation maybe?

Maybe..

Nah,fuck that.

"GET OFF." 

Trentin's POV:

In any moment a wave could hit the bus again, and when it does i'm positive that one of the thin window panes will shatter, the waves have receded, but I've watched enough natural disaster movies to know that the waves sudden exit only means it's coming back harder and with more malice imaginable.
I scan the bodies that are tangled amongst the fear, I can see Kater, it looks like Emma is under him. Harsh sobbing fills the bus, messing up my head, where is everyone else?

Aiden was right beside me before the wave hit, Cen and Neha only a seat ahead.
"Cole!?" I call out, tugging my arm out from under a kid and cupping the sides of my mouth to project my voice.

"Over here!" I turn my head to see Cole rubbing his neck, his voice is hoarse, eyebrows furrowed, but his eyes are scanning the bus frantically. "Where's Emma?!"He says, not looking away from his search to glance at me. I point to where I saw her last,
"Under Kater!" Cole scrambles over towards the brunette girl.

"GET OFF." A muffled voice below me makes itself known, I must be lying on top of someone, I carefully shift my weight, as well do the people around me. A mop of dark hair slams out from under me.
"Ouch!" I yell, the person sits up, pushing their hair backwards, flipping it so they could angrily scowl at me.
"You were on top of me! You have no right to say ouch!"

It was Rowan, her eyes calming when seeing a familiar face.
"Emma,Janae,Gina." She says hurried, I look at her confused then understand her statement. She wants to know where her friends are, I point her towards where sent Cole.
"Emma is over there with Cole." I say, she snaps her head to them.
"Relationship goals." She mumbles, wildly climbing over other people to help heave people off of Emma.

Defeat feels like a cold smack in the guts as I realize I can't protect them, but the stone of self doubt and anxiety that sits in my chest has now manifested itself into an overwhelming amount of guilt, if I just spoke up about the waves, none of this would be happening.

I still can't see half of my friends, and this is all my fault. This is all my fault...this is my fault.

Before I could distance myself from reality from my overflowing thoughts I see Gina hugging Janae out of the corner of my eye and I clench my jaw, I'm gonna get us all out of here.

Writers note: sorry for not killing anyone yet"" and it's short, but I didn't want to take a month to update.