Sailing Away

Chapter Three

"We can't keep her on the boat if she's sick," Strand declared.

"What're you gonna do? Throw her overboard, maybe? Like if she was a piece of garbage?" Daniel asked.

Nick, who had heard the argument, decided to go see what was happening. As the men continued to talk, he leaned back on the wall, listening to everything that was said.

"We can't bring her to Mexico."

"Oh, because now we're going to Mexico? When did you decide that?" Daniel requested, a bit angry that nobody was warned.

"Since the beginning. And if you're wondering why I decided alone, it's because it's my ship and I'm going wherever I want to because I saved your lives."

"No, you didn't. Madison saved you. And now you wanna throw her away like she was less than nothing?!"

"She's sick," Victor said, hanging on his decision.

Knowing that Victor wanted to get rid of his mother like that because she was sick made Nick so furious that he forgot that he was supposed to be silently listening without getting caught. He got in the driving area where Daniel and Victor were both standing.

"Why do you wanna get rid of my mom? Because she's sick? Why? Because you're scared that she's gonna bite you when you'll be sleeping? You're still scared of monsters, Victor?!" Nick asked, provoking him.

"You listening to door now, kid?" he stated, completely ignoring what Nick had just asked him.

"She's not gonna bite you, okay? She may be sick, but she's not turning into anything. It might just be the water or the food! Anyway, we need her on the boat."

"You need her," Victor corrected.

"Not just me. You need her because she's a part of the main we're all forming. We can't decide anything alone, we all need to judge the situation because we all see it from a different perspective. So you need her."

"On the Abigail, I'm the captain. I'm doing whatever I want."

"You don't," Nick exclaimed before slapping him in the face and getting out followed by Daniel.

Victor rubbed his cheek to make disappear the future bruise he'd have.

Nick madly walked to his cabin before closing the door and locking it. There was no way Victor was throwing his mother overboard. He would have to kill him first. Someone knocked on his door.

"Nick?" a manly voice with a Spanish accent asked.

He knew it was Daniel, but he didn't want to unlock the door yet.

"You okay?"

He didn't want to answer. He sat on his bed and waited until Daniel walked away which was pretty soon. A few minutes later, someone else knocked on the door. This time, it was Alicia. Nick chose to let her in. he unlocked the door and laid back on his bed. His sister sat next to him.

"I've heard everything," she softly declared without any emotions. "But we have to trust him."

"How do you want me to trust him? We are once again a family and he wants to tear us apart!"

"I know it seems odd to trust someone who was a complete stranger a few weeks ago and who is now tearing us apart, but he is our only way to survive. If we had stayed on the land, we would probably be all dead. For now, this ship is our only way to survive and Victor owns this ship."

"So, you would let him kill our mom only because he's supposedly our only way out of this nightmare?"

"I wouldn't. And I'm sure he won't."

"All he knows is that she's is sick and he doesn't want anybody else to get sick."

"And what if she what mom has wasn't contagious at all?" Alicia asked.

"Strand doesn't know it and doesn't wanna hear it."

Meanwhile, Travis was looking for something to make Madison feel better. But he didn't seem to find anything. Suddenly, he felt someone patting on his shoulder. He turned back and noticed Chris handing him a bottle of pills.

"Here."

"Thank you," Travis replied, taking the bottle.

He walked to his cabin with the medicine. Before entering his cabin, he knocked on the door to warn Madison of his arrival. Once in, he looked in the bed to find it empty. He inspected the room and finally found his fiancée. She was in the bathroom, her head laid on the toilet. She was pretty pale and was trembling a bit. He walked to her, handing her the medicine before passing his hand through her hair.

"My head's gonna explode..." she complained.

"At least, it proves you have one," Travis declared, trying to be a little bit funny to change her mind.

"You're stupid, Trav!" she laughed.

But she quickly stopped due to her headache which was getting worse as she was laughing. Travis was about to rub his girlfriend's back when someone knocked on the door. Travis got up and opened it.

"We have a new destination," Daniel declared, seriously.

"What...? Where?" he asked, surprised.

"We're heading to Mexico."

"Since when have we decided that?"

"We haven't. Victor decided it."

Travis cursed to himself before thanking Daniel for the information and heading back to his cabin.

"What was it, Trav?"

"We're heading to Mexico," he replied, confused.

"What? Who said that?"

"Strand decided," he answered, rubbing his face.

Madison furiously stood up and headed outside the cabin.

"Madi! Where do you think you're going?" Travis demanded, following her through the corridor.

"I'm gonna go talk to him."