The Storm

Gulf of St Lawrence

"Weather here in North America has been a bit like a rollercoaster. We see two fronts colliding creating a storm system that has been affecting the Mid West United States with a series of tornado outbreaks. In East Canada, weather is not as good as well. High waves have been reported in the Gulf of Lawrence. Local authorities there report several …"

"Change the channel, James!"

"Yeah fine. Nothing good to watch anyway"

"Howard, what are you doing?"

"Gonna go outside and take a…"

"Didn't you here?! The weather is bad."

Howard heard James but he continued outside. The two men are stuck in a fishing boat due to the bad weather. They decided not to move until the weather improves.

"I already feel sea sick." James said. The waves were rocking like a rollercoaster just like the weather report said.

"Can it James! You are a sailor. What do you expect?"

"I wanted us to leave this damn place earlier when there wasn't any storm! I think we have to send a distress signal to the Coast Guard. I don't want to have a meeting with Davy Jones."

Howard was a little superstitious and thought about what James just said.

"If you put it that way." Howard goes inside, grabs the radio and contacts the Canadian coast guard.

"This is the Invincible. Can anyone hear us? We are declaring an SOS."

"This…s the co…guard… ple…se state your l…ation?"

"We are 30 miles North of the coast of Prince Edward Island."

There was no response. The signal was lost. Howard began to worry and re-establish contact with the coast guard.

In the meantime, James was still outside looking at the ocean. He suddenly caught a glimpse of something. Probably some log he said to himself. It was slowly drifting to their boat. Wait a minute. It had the figure of a person but he didn't see clearly.

"Howard come over here!" Howard was still trying to work the radio. James saw it more clearly now. It definitely looked like a living thing.

"Howard! I think we have a man overboard."

"What?" Howard dropped his radio came outside. James was pointing to the man overboard but Howard couldn't see it until it was really close.

"I'll get the life vest." Howard tied himself to the boat and swam to the creature. As he came closer, the less it was becoming human. What is that thing he said to himself. It didn't matter. It needed help. He managed to grab it and he swam back to the boat with it.