The Search

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We started on the main deck. I had Jonathan search in the far left corridor while I'd check on the right.

"Find anything?"

Most of the deck was deserted.

"Jonathan?"

No response.

"Jonathan?"

He was gone. I was on my own.

I ran down the hall. Panicked screams came from the doors lining the walls.

A frantic woman rushed down the hallway and grabbed my arm when she hurried past me.

"Tanika? Is that you? Tanika! Tanika!"

I pryed her fingers from my skin and continued my search.

People with life jackets holding each other's hands huddled in corners, grasping whatever they could find to support themselves.

Suddenly the ship jerked right and I smacked into the wall. My head slammed up against a window creating a crack in it, and a ginormous lump on my scalp.

I pressed my hand up against the bump trying to contain the pain. It just made things worse.

I was starting to get dizzy. The palm trees were spinning. I fell to the ground.

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