The Whisperer
Rainbow Haired Girl
Summary: A complete rewrite of the original The Whisperer. Sixteen year old Sabrina MacAlister is called upon by Dr. Ballard to try and search for the Titanic. She takes the job offer through her mother who thinks it will do some good, but all of her years on the sea excavating the Titanic things turn out to be a lot harder for the young woman. She turns out to be a rebel while on the second bout of looking at the Titanic.
Disclaimer: I don't own Titanic. I do own Sabrina MacAlister.
Authoress Note: To restart this story I had to watch Titanic over again to get into the mood to write this very first chapter. Some of this will follow the storyline of James Cameron's Titanic and some will actually be actual people who found the Titanic Dr. Robert D. Ballard. So this story is going to be a bit different than what I had intended it for in the first place. Jack and Rose are still going to be in the story in one point or another. Just letting you know now my oc Sabrina isn't going to be hired on to help them hunt for a diamond. She's just going to be there to give her insight on everything that deals with the Titanic like a historian of it kind of thing. It won't be mentioned in the first chapter though since it is going to be starting out in 1985. Also on another note. I do not know which manic panic hair colors were out at the time of 1985 so please bare with me on that. I am just going to pick colors through out this story for Sabrina's hair when she does dye it different colors.
Chapter 1
Finding the Wreck of the RMS Titanic
August 10th, 1985
Ever since I could remember I could see things. Sixteen years of seeing nothing, but ghosts and who they were scary beyond belief. Not only could I see them, but I could touch them. It was weird that I could do so, but I couldn't help it. All I had to do was reach out and touch them. They felt cool to the touch and it scared me more that I could talk to them as well as if they were still alive.
Even now I had gotten jobs left and right talking to people from beyond the dead. I didn't like this job at all. It bothered me a lot when my mother told me to take the jobs on. She always told me that I was doing good by helping out. She said it was probably the best things that I could do was send people to the other side so they weren't wandering the earth forever.
That was when a phone call had come in and mom was accepting another job for my special talents. I guess I have to do it since I love helping people out. It was just that I wasn't expecting something to come so soon since I had just gotten back from a trip from overseas in Romania. I walked out of my room and saw my mother standing there with information on the latest trip that I would be going on.
"Mother another one?" I asked as I fingered my short fuschia shock pink hair that use to be blond. I was going through a phase as my mother would call it was a rebel phase.
My mother who was a splitting image of me. She had long blond hair and green eyes. "Yes." She said with a smile.
I blinked my pale blue eyes a few times. I got those from my father. "What is it?"
"You are going to help someone find the Titanic."
My eyes widened. "Who?"
"Dr. Ballard." She said with a smile handing the paper to me with all of the information on it. "He heard about you and wants your help."
I took the paper carefully and looked at it. "He knows of my gifts to look back into the past and being able to find things like this?" I asked softly.
"Yes, he does honey that is why he wants you lass."
I smiled a small smile. "Alright I'll go." My mother knew that I loved anything that dealt with the Titanic. She couldn't get me away from the library for long amounts of time as I studied anything that I could get my hands on about the once glorious ship that had gone down on April 15, 1912.
"He's expecting you in the morning on RV Le Suroît tomorrow morning."
I nodded my head. "Yes, mother." I said softly. "I'll go pack my bags." I walked to my room knowing fully well enough what would be happening when I got onto the RV Le Suroît. I grabbed my suitcase and began to pack for the trip that I would be going on in the morning.
"Honey I won't be going on the trip with you I hope you do know that." My mother said leaning up against the doorway.
I looked at her. "I know mother. You're taking care of grandmum and granddah." I said softly.
"Sweetie I know that you wanted me to go with you and I wish I could go with you. Dr. Ballard said that he would keep an eye on you on this adventure."
"I kind of figured that he would keep an eye on me." I said with a small smile.
August 11th, 1985
I had said goodbye to my mother and I was on my way to the the RV Le Suroît. I didn't know what to expect when I got there. I looked over the vast amount of ocean that was below the copter as it flew to the RV Le Suroît. I got off once we had landed.
Dr. Ballard came up to me. "Sabrina MacAlister right?" He asked me.
"Yes, sir." I said softly as my hair whipped around as the copter took off again.
"I am so glad that you could make it Miss."
"I am too. Once my mother told me that it was about finding the Titanic I couldn't help, but come. The Titanic is what I strive for." I said with a smile. "I am sure I can use my gifts to help you locate it." I was more than willing to help find the ship that I had fallen in love with so long ago.
"Yes, let me take you to your room." He said grabbed one of my bags for me. He led me down to one of the state rooms. "I take it your brought a book to write everything down Miss MacAlister."
"Yes, I did sir. I wanted to write everything down so I don't forget what happened on this trip." I said with a smile. I was always one to bring a book with me on my trips to write down everything that was needed for each of my trips.
"I understand and I am sure that you would want to start writing." He said as he opened the door to a stateroom that was to be mine. "Here is your room Miss MacAlister."
"Thank you sir." I said with a smile.
"Let me know if you need anything."
"Yes, sir I will."
He left the room and I walked to my desk that was in my room and pulled out my little black book. I sat down on my bed and opened the book to write in neat hand writing that I normally did when I went on my little adventures.
August 11th, 1985
RV Le Suroît
I just arrived on the RV Le Suroît on the Atlantic Ocean to hunt for the Titanic which rests somewhere on the bottom of the Atlantic. 73 years after she sank after hitting a ice burg on April 15,1912. We can only hope that we find this glorious ship on the bottom of the Atlantic. We only have a month to find the wreck before funding goes up even higher and we won't be able to pay for it again. It's bad enough that they are paying me for this.
September 1st, 1985
We had spent weeks going up and down the travel zone of where the Titanic supposedly sailed. We were now using something a lot different to be able to find it. We were now on Knorr looking at the cameras that were on Argo.
Dr. Ballard was wondering when my gift was going to kick in. I had told him the closer we got to the wreckage that I would be able to see it more clearly.
It was really early in the morning when I came running into the room. Need I mind you that it was so early in the morning I was actually dressed in my night clothes. Silk night pants and a silk night shirt that matched. I didn't care since they had gotten use to having a young lady on the ship which had a mouth on her like I did.
Dr. Ballard looked at me from the screen that he was looking at.
"It's here." I said softly a small smile forming on my face.
"You aren't lying?"
"No, I'm not lying." I said my eyes were glued on the screen. "We spent all this time hunting for it and..." Slowly something appeared on the screen. "There." I pointed to it. "It looks like a boiler from the ship." I said with a smile. "That means the rest of her should be around here some where."
Dr. Ballard smiled. "Get some rest and we will continue on."
I nodded my head and ran my fingers through my short fuschia shock pink locks which were a lot paler then they were when I first started this journey. I went back to my room and went to go and write in my journal again. I grabbed it and began to write in it.
September 1st, 1985
12:58 A.M.
Knorr
About damn time we found a piece of the once beautiful ship once known at the Titanic. It means we are getting very close. I can't wait until we find the rest of her. It will be the greatest discovery in the Atlantic since she sailed on the ocean above. Now all we can do is wait and see if the sonar can pick up the rest of her. I am just hoping that she isn't in seven pieces or something like that. I suppose we will find out soon enough. Using Argo was the best idea yet since it has camera. I guess we will find out later if we find more of the ship in the next few days.
I closed my little black book and shook my head before placing it down on my nightstand. I curled up underneath my blankets and tried to get some much needed sleep. Everyone on the ship seemed to be taking turns of watching the cameras as we were looking at it in a completely different way now.
September 2nd, 1985
I tied my hair back into a short pony tail and changed into my day clothes fairly quickly. I wore a black tank top and a pair of black jeans and a pair of black tennis shoes. Today I would be watching the cameras. I was actually really happy to be able to sit and watch it this time since I never really got the chance to since people had been wanting to use my gifts and they weren't working up until now. I ran down the stairs only to run into Dr. Ballard knocking myself down to the ground.
Dr. Ballard held his hand out to me. "This way up." He said with a smile.
I took his hand and he pulled me up to my feet.
"Careful next time Sabrina. Wouldn't want to take you to the doctor on the ship." He said with a smile.
I smiled. "I'll be careful next time." I said with a giggle. "I was just excited that I got to look at the cameras today."
He smile. "I understand that Sabrina. Just call me on this and let me know if you see anything on the cameras."
I nodded my head causing my short locks to fall out of their bind. "Yes, Dr. Ballard." I said before running off to the camera room. I sat down in front of the monitor and keep an eye on it. I bit the inside of my lip as I watched hours and hours of footage from Argo.
I rested backwards in the seat and rubbed my eyes tiredly with the backs of my pale hands. This was a long day so far and nothing was discovered yet except for that boiler that we found in the early hours on September 1st. I leaned forward again and noticed that there was something on the screen. My eyes went wide as I looked at what I saw. "Dr. Ballard!" I said into my mic.
"Yes Sabrina."
"You might want to get in here. I have something and it's huge." I said not taking my eyes off of the screen.
"I'm on my way Sabrina."
"Good." I said softly. I dropped my mic to the floor causing a clatter of it hitting the floor with enough force that it was probably broken. I heard footsteps of someone running as fast as they could into the room. I felt someone's hands on my shoulders.
"All be god damned. We found it!" Dr. Ballard said happily.
I nodded my head. I never thought we would find it. The memory of seeing it the way it was now bothered me to no end. I couldn't help, but shed a few tears. I kept looking at the image that was on the screen and I closed my eyes. I felt I was being jerked into the past 73 years prior to when the ship was beautiful and about to set sail across the Atlantic. I opened my eyes and tore my eyes from the screen.
"Go write this in your book Sabrina." He told me softly.
I got up off of the chair and nodded my head.
"I have a feeling that we are going to need you for a while with your gifts."
I nodded my head. "Yes, sir." I said softly as I walked out of the room. I closed the door to the research room and leaned against the door. I wiped the tears that had fallen from my pale blue eyes. I couldn't believe this. We found the Titanic and I was dreading that it would have looked a lot worse than what it did. I knew that if we were doing dives under water I was going to have a problem. I was going to most likely have dangerous flashbacks.
I walked back to my room and went over to my bed grabbing my black book off of my nightstand and grabbed my black ink pen. I began to write another entry in my Titanic book as I would like to call it.
September 2nd, 1985
3P.M.
Knorr
We finally found her. At least the biggest piece of her. I am shocked of how large the piece was that we have found of her. It's heartbreaking to see this once glorious ship look the way she does now. She isn't as bad as I thought she would've been. I thought that more of the ship would've been gone than what was seen on the screens. Argo really was a great help for us this time.
Now I am more worried about what is to come. They are going to need my gifts to send all 1,514 people to the other side. I already know one of them in my great granddah who went down with the ship after telling my great grandmum to get onto one of the lifeboats.
I am willing to do this. I guess I will be writing each name of each passenger as I send them onto the other side if they don't have any unfinished business that needs to be done before I can do so.
I let out a sigh and closed the book and placed it on my nightstand. I just hoped that this wasn't going to be causing a huge problem for me later. I heard a knock on my door. "Come in." I said softly.
Dr. Ballard came into the room. "Sabrina... we won't be going down until next year." He explained to me. "In July."
I nodded my head in understanding. "I understand Dr. Ballard." I said with a smile. "I don't mind waiting. Mum would want me back in school to finish my junior year up before I come out and go with you guys. As long as I finish my senior year as well."
Dr. Ballard nodded his head. "Well, I will leave you to what you were going to do. We will be loading you up onto the next copter out of here which is in a few days."
I nodded my head. "Yes, Dr. Ballard." I said softly.
"I will see you at dinner then." He said before leaving my room.
I waved as he left the room. I tucked a strand of fuschia shock pink hair behind my ear as I grabbed a sketch book to sketch something that was in my mind when I saw the Titanic on the screen. I closed my eyes and began to sketch the picture that was burned into my memory.
An hour ticked by without me knowing it until I opened my eyes. I looked at the picture and it was the blueprints. The very blue prints of the Titanic. I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to find the blueprints even after all of this time. They were probably destroyed by the ocean water. I could only hope that they were still in tact.
That is the end of the very first chapter. I decided to take this in a different direction. So hopefully that it is a lot better than the first story of the Whisperer. Let me know what you think of it.