Chapter one the ship sets sail.
"All aboard!" The sailor cried as he lead the passengers onto the boat. It was a fine day out at sea. The waves where calm, the dolphin's dove out of the water making the sea lively, and the SS Titanic 2 was about ready to set sail for London England. The captain stood at the edge of his ship and watched as the crowds of happy looking people boarded his prized boat. By his side was his first mate Nathan. Nathan looked down at the people boarding as he clenched his megaphone in his hands. "Isn't this a beautiful day Nathan?" Asked the captain. "Yes captain John, it's very beautiful out here. I never thought the ocean could be so calm sir." John was a very respected man by all who knew him. He was never one to laugh at a joke or be the one joking. He was always the silent serious type, (but perhaps to serious.) He had been a captain for over 45 years sailing ocean's from the Pacific, to the Arctic. He loved the ocean with all his heart. His wife Eve died a long time ago of a heart attack and left him alone with no one to sail with. His dream was to sail with his wife for the rest of his life but since her death, he has been depressed and angry with the world around him.
"Come now Nathan, let us now prepare for the departure. "Ordered captain John. Nathan followed him to the first deck to prepare for the departure.
On the other side of the boat, a young woman was preparing to start her daily job. Her name was Kate. She was the captain's young niece who worked for him to make a living, while getting into medical school. She had dark brown hair, matching eyes, and wasn't very tall. She was about nineteen years old, and started working for her uncle at the age of sixteen. She, like her uncle, was also a person who took life seriously. She had a hard time having fun always constantly working or trying to find work, hardly cracking a smile to any good joke. She was however very sweet and kind to all she met. She didn't have many friends but two. The first one was a girl named Sarah. She was her younger sister who traveled all over the world as a marine biologist. She would occasionally stop by the boat if it was near and would visit Kate and at the same time teach the younger passenger's about the world beneath the waves. Sarah was the opposite of Kate, she was very cheerful but still maintained a serious face as well. I guess you can say, she was more balanced than Kate was. Sarah had a boyfriend that lived in a place that no one was familiar with, not even Kate. All she knew was that his name was Eric. Kate's second friend was a young man named Michael. Michael was like Kate but much worse. Unlike Kate, he never cracked a smile and never really had any fun on his breaks or day's off. He and Kate had always been friend's since high school.
Kate was rolling a cart that had a sign that said "check in" on the body of it. She wheeled it all the way to the front of the ship to check people into their cabins. She parked her cart and stood there waiting for the people to come by which was going to be any minute now. Michael followed her all the way over holding a bunch of key's to all the cabin's. He stood beside her holding a clipboard. "Good morning," said Michael while yawning. She yawned loudly after hearing him yawn. "Good morning Mike, how are ya today?" She asked while rubbing her eye's. "I'm alright, but I had that dream again last night. "He replied. "Which one? The giant dancing bottle of aspirin dream, or the dream where your mom is ballroom dancing with the gorilla?" She asked. "Neither, the one where I'm a cowboy chef trying to save a seven eleven from the goat kid." He replied. Kate began to chuckle. "I thought your therapist said those dreams would end by now," she said. "I know, I called her this morning and had to do my therapeutic hand stands again." He replied. "What's up with you this morning?" He asked. "I was put in charge of assigning the passengers their cabins for this morning, and then I have a whole days worth of my regular work ahead of me." She explained. "Well I guess we better put on our hospitable faces now because here come the passengers. "Micheal replied pointing ahead. The passengers where flooding onto the ship ready to begin their vacation's. Yep, it was just another regular day for Kate and Michael.
As things where getting crazy on the ship, they where also getting crazy at a near by bar. The local bar was a spot where all the local citizen's would flock to unwind after a hard day's work. That day at the bar was the day of the annual poker tournament. The prize varied each year, but this year the grand prize was an all expenses paid cruise for two on the SS Titanic. Jack Dawson, a local man known for his painting skills was at the table. Alongside him was his good friend Eddy Bird, who was a womanizer and mechanic.
Jack looked at his hand sharply as he wiped sweat away from his forehead. The man across from him was the meanest poker player around. They called him poker king Paul. He glared at both Eddy and Jack sharply hoping he could intimidate them and make them lose. "C'mon, I know you don't have a hand even near decent enough to beat my hand buddy!" Paul taunted, but Jack kept a straight face up till the bitter end. Jack carefully overlooked his hand and made as smart of moves as he could. Eddy did the same, although, he was not as crafty as Jack was at the table. Paul laid the cards down on the table glaring at Jack. "Face it kid, you can't beat me!" He said in a cocky tone, but Jack knew better and was smiling at Paul deviously." You know, all kings eventually get de throned from their spot at the throne. "He said, with a devious smile. "I don't think you have what it takes drifter!" Paul replied. "Hey!" Eddy cried jumping up from his seat. "Nobody calls my buddy a drifter and gets away with it!" Eddy balled up a fist to throw a punch at Paul, but Jack stood up and restrained him. He looked at Eddy in the eye and winked. Eddy knew that Jack was trying to give him a signal, so he sat back down and controlled his anger. Jack took one last look at his hand and threw his cards face down on the table. "Ooh! Scary hand! It's face down punk, everybody knows you're gonna lose!" Paul said happily, but Jack turned his hand over and to Paul's surprise, it was a winning hand! He gasped at the sight of Jack's perfect score. "How the heck did you? " "Face it Paul, you ain't the king no more, I am!" Jack cried happily. He and Eddy stood up and embraced each other cheering and celebrating. Onlookers applauded their victory and began to dance with joy over Paul's defeat. Paul rolled his eyes and quickly left the table to avoid any further embarrassment. The pit boss then approached Jack and Eddy with tickets in his hand. He handed them both each a ticket and said in a cheerful voice, "Congratulations! You have just won two tickets to the fabulous and luxurious SS Titanic 2!" Jack and Eddy both cheered. "Ed, were goin' home!" Jack cried happily.
Eddy looked behind himself and saw two men in trench coats making their way through the crowd's for them. "Hey Jack, we better split if you know what I mean." Eddy tugging at Jack's sleeve. Jack could then see the two men coming for them. He grabbed Eddy's hand and ran out the door. They grabbed their bags that where sitting outside in a corner and ran for the docks. "Come on it's boarding now!" Jack cried as he ran ahead. Eddy was close behind him looking over his shoulder. He could see the men in the trench coats running for them. "Come on Jack!" He cried. They ran through allies and jumped fences to avoid contact, but somehow the men kept up with them. Jack looked back and could see just how close they where getting. I have an idea bud, follow me!" Jack cried, making a sharp turn down a street. They ran into a crowd of people, and through a huge narrow ally to their left and climbed over a chain linked fence. They ran a couple more blocks and stopped to take a rest. They both looked around and saw no one had followed them this time. "Way to go boss!" Eddy cheered. Before they could celebrate, the men in the coats walked over to them both standing on opposite ends of the ally to stop them from running away this time. Jack and Eddy knew the chase was up. One of the men approached them taking his hood off his head exposing his face. It was a man who was bald with a tattoo of a cobra coiled in a ball on his face. He approached Jack and Eddy with an envelope. "You two clowns know why where here, so why avoid us?" He asked. Jack and Eddy stayed silent while Jack took the envelope from him. He carefully opened the letter using his pocket knife and read the short letter. It was two pages long in all. The first page had an entire map and blue print scale of the entire ship, and the second page had the text "do not fail me," on it. Jack showed it to Eddy who had a big disagreement for what he was thinking. "Jack, where free, don't you wanna go home?" He whispered. "Were not free unless we complete this last mission Ed, you know that." Jack replied sadly. "But the boat, we can make a run for it without them knowing!" Eddy suggested. "We can hear what your saying, so if your thinking about running away, know that we will find you wherever you are, and there will, however, be blood on your account... literally!" The bald man replied while the hooded one chuckled. Jack and Eddy had been linked to a mob of thieves for the longest time in the world. The reason for this, was to have money and the ability to live while they got themselves on their feet, but by the time they where able to leave the organization, their boss wanted them to complete so called "tasks," in order to leave the mob forever. "So boy's, are you gonna complete the task the boss has givin' ya, or do we have a problem?" Asked the balled man as he pulled a gun from his pocket. Jack and Eddy could see his gun and shuttered by the sight of it. "Okay, okay, we'll do it, but promise us you'll let us go after all this is over!" Jack demanded. The man put the gun away and extended a hand to Jack. "You have our word boy," he replied with an evil smirk coming on his face. Jack shook his hand and left the ally with Eddy to catch the boat. The two men disappeared into the shadows going back to the man who had sent them.
Michael and Kate where busy on the boat unaware of the two passengers that where on their way. Michael checked names off his clip board, while Kate signed people in and handed out room keys. "This crowd is never going to die down!" Michael shouted. "Ya think?" Kate replied sarcastically.
The ship was now boarding it's last hundred passengers before casting off, and Jack and Eddy where still five minutes away from the boat. Jack ran in front of Eddy holding their tickets. "Ed, keep up!" He cried. "Jack, I'm trying, but I'm going to have a heat stroke in a minute!" Eddy replied, panting from lack of air. Then they could hear the sound of the ships horn being blown. That was the signal that they where about to take off. "Oh man! Let's move it Eddo!" Jack cried. They ran as fast as they could until they could see the ship and dock. "There it is Jack!" Cried Eddy, but the bridge was slowly beginning to rise up. "Oh man! Run!" Jack cried. They tried to run as fast as they could to cross the bridge, but they could already tell they weren't going to make it. "Jack, what do we do now?" Eddy cried. Jack was usually the one to make all the plans so he quickly thought of one, but it was dangerous and risky to attempt. "Got it, Ed, run as fast as you can and jump once you hit the end of the dock!" Jack ordered, but Eddy didn't like that plan at all since he was afraid of falling into the deep water. "We won't make it Jack! We'll be shark bait!" Eddy replied. "Do you want to be free once and for all?" Asked Jack. "Yeah," Eddy replied. "Then jump!" They ran at top speed and one by one they each jumped and landed onto the boat, but barely. They laid there on the deck to catch their breathe after running for all that time. A man came by and helped them both up on their feet. "You okay boys?" Asked the man. "We sure are." Jack replied. They looked around and remembered the ship from a couple of years ago. "It hasn't changed a bit," said Eddy. "Yeah I know what you mean," Jack replied gazing at the grand voyager. Jack passed Eddy his ticket and they both put their hooded jackets on. "Now remember Ed, protect your identity or we'll get arrested by the captain. Only take it off in a spot that you feel is safe. "Jack ordered. "Got it buddy!" Eddy replied. They both walked over to Kate and Michael with their heads pointed down so they couldn't see their faces. Micheal saw them but he didn't care who they where even though they looked suspicious. "Name's," he said holding his clip board, but they didn't answer.
"Name's,"he said again, but still no answer. "Hey, are you deaf?" Michael said impatiently. "Michael! Your yelling at the passengers again!" Kate cried. "I'm sorry, please let me see your ticket." She said reaching her hand out for them. They both handed her the tickets at once. She examined them carefully and stamped them both. "Micheal, they are the contest winners of the local bar's Poker tournament. "She said. "Oh... sorry for yelling at ya." He replied feeling a little embarrassed. "Okay, I'm going to need both your first and last names please." She asked. Jack and Eddy didn't want to reveal their real names for the fear of them getting caught, so they made up fake ones. "My name is Jack Davidson, and this is my friend," "Eddy Papa Georgio!" Eddy cried interrupting Jack. Jack glared at him thinking they where for sure caught now that he gave them an obvious fake name, but Kate wrote them down at the bottom of the list ."Okay mister Davidson and... mister Georgio, here is your room keys down below on the fiesta deck." She said while handing them the keys. "Uh, fiesta deck?" replied Jack sounding confused. "Yeah, the only available room we have left is the one on the first floor and that's the fiesta deck." She explained. Jack and Eddy knew they had no other choice but to take what they got. "Alright then," Jack replied." Okay, well here is a map of the ship and if you have any questions, call the front desk and we'll be happy to assist you." Said Michael handing them both maps. They took them, snatched their keys from Kate, and quickly ran down the stairs for the fiesta deck. "Have a good day!" Kate cried. Jack turned to look back and reply, but Eddy pulled him down the stairs with him before he could. "Come on bud before we get caught!" Said Eddy. They disappeared below the deck. Kate and Michael looked at each other for a moment with confusion. "Who has a name like Papa Georgio?" She asked. "Only people who have dated hundreds of women." Micheal replied.
Jack and Eddy ran down to the fiesta deck .It was dark, the hallways where small, the windows that looked out to the sea had scratches on them, and it smelled like chlorine. They walked down a few hallways and found their room number 23. Jack quickly unlocked the door and went in with Eddy behind him. It was small, cramped and very uncomfortable. But to top it off, they had to share the room with one other man named Melman who was doing aerobic exercise's on the other side of the room. He was doing lunges, and squats to a 1960's song called "surfin bird," by the trashmen. Jack and Eddy just stared at him like he was weird until he turned around and saw them watching. He turned his radio off and ran over to greet them covered in sweat. "Hi fella's!" He cried happily. "I am Melman Alfonsoremireztinkerbot! What are your names?" He asked. Jack and Eddy where creeped out by him a little, simply by his annoying personality. "Uh, my name is Jack Dawson, and this is my friend Eddy Bird." Jack replied. "Nice to meet ya fella's!" Melman replied sticking his hand out to shake their's. Eddy shook it, but Jack didn't want to because of how dirty Melman looked from exercising, but he did any way. "I'll be right back! I need to throw my exercising clothes in the washroom on the second floor! Be back in a jiffy!" He cried as he ran down the hallway for the stairs. They watched him run until he was out of sight. Eddy then looked at Jack with a creeped out look on his face. "Am I the only one who thinks that guy could kill with a cereal spoon?" Asked Eddy. "No," Jack replied. He walked into the room and looked around it. "Well despite the size, cleanliness and Melman, the room is nice." He said trying to make the best of what they had. His attention was then focused on the window they had that looked out to the ocean. "Look! We get a nice view!" Jack said looking out the window, but right as he did, a shark with huge teeth so big, they stuck out of his mouth swam by staring at Jack. "Oh!" He yelped jumping backwards. Eddy walked over to the door and shut it. "Oh Jack let's face it," said Eddy beginning to complain, "The room sucks, the view sucks and the people suck, but remember, vacation is not why were on the boat." Jack knew he was right and began to unpack his bag. "I guess it's better to stay well hidden on the crumby part of the ship then to be discovered on the nice part of it."Jack replied. So Eddy and Jack unpacked their bags ready for two weeks of sailing.