My Mind - Short Stories From My Imagination

Part 20 ~ Imagine ~ Ocean blue

Lots of swearing and violence.

You're out sailing on a ship. Not a small one but not a particularly big one either. You're under the deck in your little cabin. It's a chilly evening so you wanted to stay indoors. You can see the sea through your window. You made sure you got a room in one of the lowest levels of the ship, as long as it had a window. You loved to watch the ocean and how clear everything was under water. It made you feel calm.

You sat in your bed, reading a book. Suddenly you hear a bump and almost fall over as the ship hits something. With the book on the floor and you lying in bed you look out your window but see nothing. It's completely dark outside. You don't think much of it. It was nighttime and it was probably clouded outside since you couldn't see the stars. You come to the conclusion that since you heard no message from the crew or captain it was probably nothing, so you picked up your book and continued reading.

After a bit of reading you heard noise outside your door and on the deck above you. You look through the peephole in your door and see some of the crew members being instructed up on deck by someone you didn't recognise. What the...? When they were out of sight you slowly opened the door and sneaked outside.

You silently made you way to the maintenence room. It was on the same level as your room so you wanted to check the crew members to see if they were okay. On your way down the hall you heard someone coming closer. You quickly hid behind a wall and waited for them to get past you. When they walked away you continued down the hall.

When you made it to the maintenance room you were surprised to see the door slightly open. You cautiously made your way inside and what you saw horrified you, to say the least. There were a dead guy in the middle of the room and the rest of the maintenance crew were nowhere to be found. You checked the dead guy for ID. He was a maintenance crew member. He had been shot once in the head.

You slowly walked out of the room again and closed the door. You decided to make your way to the main deck and see what the hell was going on. You only encountered a few people on your way up. Most were civilians, but there were also two unidentified guys. They wanted you to come with them but you refused and ended up fighting them instead.

It was a quick fight. You were a skilled fighter. You injured one of the guys so much so he couldn't move afterwards. The other guy was to go up on the main deck with only you. The civilians were going to hide in your cabin with the injured guy. He was tied up so he was no threat anymore and the civilians should be able to handle him if he were to get angry.

You made it to the main deck without problems. The guy who was with you only tried to fight you once, but you quickly taught him that it was best to cooperate if he enjoyed living.

On the main deck you saw all the other passengers that were sitting together in the middle. There were a few guards looking after them but you couldn't identify the captain of either your ship nor the stranger's. You went to sit with the other passengers as you waited for instructions from the strangers.

You had given up your weapon when you got to the main deck. You didn't want them to think that you were a threat. What's going on? Where's the rest of the crew? Who are these guys and what do they want?

"Hey, what's going on here?" You silently ask one of the passengers next to you.

"Were not supposed to talk." Was all he said. You looked around and saw that they all were silent.

"Where's the crew?" You silently asked again but the guy didn't answer. You nudged his leg with yours and he looked annoyed at you.

"Where's the crew?" You ask him again.