Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Chapter one:

Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends,
And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;
White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud
Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud:
Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears;
And instant death on every wave appears.

The storm came out of nowhere. The clouds rolled in without warning, the sun was blotted out and fat droplets of rain splattered down from the heaven like needles. Fast and angry gusts of icy wind came throwing things out of its way. The furry with which it came was astonishing and alarming, people stopped in their tracks trying to wrap there heads around the sudden monstrous torrent of a storm whirling around them; then suddenly flying into motion they went fleeing for shelter and finding none as the tempest seemed to find every nock and cranny, pushing its way in unbidden.

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She was near the water when it came on. The waves got rough but she thought nothing of it. Storms happened all the time here. She waded in further, temping the ocean to swallow her up. Not that that would ever happen. Suddenly, too suddenly for her to understand what was going on, a gale picked up, pushing her down. She fought to stand up using her arms for balance, closing her eyes against the sand that was blown into her eyes. She stood with her eyes closed for a moment longer imagining surfing on the wind… flying.

Then she heard something, a rumbling like she hadn't heard before. A sickening feeling flooded her stomach and her eyes flashed open. Before her a wave so tall was threatening to crash down on her. At that same moment a voice called out, panic clearly shinning through.

"Kate!" It screamed but barely was heard through the now terrifying wind.

She tried to move, to run out of the water. 'Get away.' Her mind screamed. 'Get away, get away, GET AWAY!' But she stumbled her feet stuck in the sand. She fell. She saw the water fall. She felt the pain before the water even hit her. She knew. This time she wouldn't come back.

The force was like no other. The water tugged at her with the force of a mighty hurricane. The thought flitted across her mind that this might actually be one. Then the sand came, grating across her skin like a thousand sandpapers hell bend on rubbing her raw.

She felt the need for air. Fighting for the surface, a fear like no other. Did this cruel universe know that one of the ways she was especially afraid of dieing was by drowning? She clawed at the water and it clawed back. She could feel her lungs ready to burst; pain and dizziness overcame her as she tried to hang on. All she needed to do was get to the surface. Then her breath ran out.

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"Kate!" He heard the warning leave his mouth before he had even consciously recognized the threat. It didn't sound like him. He never called her that. To him, she was just 'Freckles'. Watching as the wave towered above her and seemed to stand still as if it was deciding if it should crash down on the person below. Then slowly from the top the wave started to fall, then faster and faster. He screamed more, telling her to get out of the way but the wind just sucked his words away leaving him breathless. This was not right, this wasn't right at all. The panic inside of him frightened him further, as he watched her being pushed down and sucked under. "Kate! Kate!"

His voice was lost in the wind and he knew that she couldn't hear him as he ran towards the waves. The going was too slow and he got angry at the wind for slowing him down. How dare it. Getting to the shore he ripped off his shoes and shirt, panicking once again when he looked out at the turbulent sea and saw Kate reappear then disappear back under as if an invisible hand had pushed her down.

Diving in he fought the waves that threatened to suck him under too. Felt the sand scrap his skin and though of what a bitch of a sand burn he was going to have when him and Kate were out of this pickle.

He just had to get to Kate. She was all that mattered. And it was as if time stood still. The thought took over and he knew it was true it had always been true. Now it was Kate possibly dieing to get him to realize it.

Fighting against the waves harder a rush of adrenaline raced through him and he swam to her last known location. He saw a wave starting to tower over him and he sucked in a deep breath. 'God, this isn't going to be fun.' He thought then ducked under the water as the wave pounded down on him. It was stronger than he had anticipated and he was forced down. Down so far he could almost feel the sand beneath his feet. He quickly shot up. Gasping for air when another wave pounded him down again. This time his body protested bursting out in pain.

Again he came up for air and saw Kate. She was fighting like him, but seemed to be losing. She kept going under and he tried to call out to her, but instead got a mouthful of seawater. Choking he fought to get to her. She kept floating further away. Being taken out to sea and again the thought occurred that she really would die. That he wouldn't be able to save her.

Then she turned and their eyes connected, for a brief moment before they were both pushed under by a force like no other.


Okay so i don't know if this is going to a two story chapter or just my plannedfour or five chapters. I guess i will just see how many reviews i get and go by that. So DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!