+Long Lost Friend+
A young girl hung on dearly to a floating log in the middle of the ocean. The water lapped against her nearly making her loose grip of it. Her face was littered with confusion of how she had gotten there or who she was. Visions slowly came back to her as if they had been poured straight into her brain.
A long huge roar rang in her ears as she felt herself slip of the edge of a cliff while people pushed her toward it. The people looked like they were tribal men and women with evil looks on their faces. They seemed angry with her, but she didn't know why. All the sudden some huge mass jumped over a wall and the people began to scatter, and in that instance she slipped and fell. She managed to grab a root and hang on for dear life though. The mass peaked over the ridge and reached a large primal hand out toward her. She tried to reach for it, but slipped and fell to the depths of the ocean while a loud roar erupted from the ridge.
The girl couldn't remember anything but that. Slowly the storm died down as well as the waves and she slowly drifted into a deep slumber.
-Venture-
Englehorn stood on deck enjoying the day after the storm. The sun shone brilliantly and the waves were calm and serene. Hayes kept an eye out for him though just incase. Everyone on the ship was relaxing including their newest member they had found a year ago down below in the cargo hold. They all called him Jimmy and that's all they knew about him. He was about 12 years old, and he was a bit skittish, but he proved his worth on the ship and he constantly was a help. They mainly kept him on lookout in the crow's nest since the job had been the only one that had been unoccupied at the time. Hayes had become like a farther to the boy. The boy clung to him like barnacles to an unclean ship. Hayes was often caught teaching the boy about the sea and telling him stories. The boy completely adored Mister Hayes
"Captain!" Englehorn was brought out his thoughts by Mister Hayes.
"Yes Hayes," Englehorn called.
"There's something out there, port side," Hayes called. Enlgehorn squinted to look and noticed something floating out there closely. He took out a small telescope and peered through it. Surprisingly what he found almost made his stomach turn!
"Hayes get down here and help me get a lifeboat ready," Hayes complied and immediately disappeared. Englehorn raced to the lifeboats and began readying one. When Hayes got there he began helping him along with Jimmy who had followed him.
"Jimmy come along with me I may need your strength," the boy looked at him timidly but complied all the same. As soon as the boat dropped they began to row on out toward the thing that seemed to hover in the sea unmoving.
"What is it sir," Jimmy asked cautiously as they made their way upon it.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told ya," Englehorn said as he stopped the boat right in front of it. Englehorn bent over and yelled for Jimmy to help hoist whatever it was in. Once the thing was pulled in Jimmy could easily see it was a girl no older than his age. She looked worn and torn. She had barely nothing on covering her except for something covering her chest and a short skirt like underwear covering her lower parts. Her hair was soaking wet and matted with dirt and seaweed, but it wasn't hard to tell that she had brownish blond hair. Her skin had several bruises and cuts on it. The one thing though that attracted both of his and the captain's attention was the necklace made of bones around her neck and the few tattoos on her.
"Who is she sir," Jimmy asked.
"I don't know boy, I don't know," Englehorn said laying a blanket over her after checking if she was alive or not. She was. As they slowly rowed back to the ship the whole crew was on deck watching as they approached. Englehorn attached ropes to a chain that slowly pulled them up. As soon as they were up people began helping them get the girl out of the boat.
"Hayes help me get her to my cabin and Jimmy get the Medic," they both listened and began doing their duties. Within an hour the girl was clean, dry, bandaged, and in a large T-shirt to cover her, and she was laying on Englehorn's bed. He was still trying to piece together who she was. It was obvious that she hadn't been shipwrecked due to the look of what she had been wearing, but she didn't exactly look like a tribal person either. How she had survived that long out there in the sea was a mystery to him.
Jimmy sat beside her keeping an eye on her while Englehorn went back to his work and Hayes went back to his own. Jimmy continued to stare at her as if she was suddenly going to jump up and start talking and explaining what had happened, but she didn't. Her breathing stayed steady signaling she was in a deep sleep. Jimmy decided since she was asleep he would nod off himself. Jimmy leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes and drifted off into his own deep sleep.
When he awoke however it was due to a sudden movement beside him. His eyes shot open and he found himself staring into another pair of dark green ones. The dark green ones actually belonged to the girl who was looking at him curiously. She had awoken and she looked afraid. Jimmy sat straight up and began to call the captain's name. The captain immediately came running and stopped in mid-step when he saw the girl's face turn toward him. She was afraid and she looked like she was about to jump up and make a run for it.
"It's okay we're not going to hurt you," Jimmy said standing up and inching toward her. She flinched as Jimmy made contact with her arm, but slowly eased into him. Jimmy sat her down and Englehorn walked closer now with Hayes pursuing behind him.
"Hey there, see it's okay we're not going to hurt ya," Englehorn said showing kindness that not even Hayes or Jimmy had ever seen. "Where are you from," the girl just stared at him curiously not understanding a word.
"Can you understand what I'm saying," he asked as she just continued to stare at him. Englehorn shook his head and said, "She's probably mute or she speaks another language."
"Great," Hayes said, "What are we going to do with her."
"I have a sister back in New York she can take her. I'm not going to leave a native in the hands of an orphanage. No telling what will happen to her there."
"What are we going to call her until then or do with her until then," Hayes asked.
"She can stay with Jimmy since it looks like she's taken to him, and as for a name I don't know," Englehorn said.
"How about Nemo," Jimmy said.
"What," both Hayes and Englehorn asked at the same time.
"What about the name Nemo? I heard in Latin it means No one," Hayes snorted and said, "Sure why not because right now that's all she is since we know nothing about her." The girl, Nemo, caught onto her name and for the first time she spoke.
"Nemo," she said pointing to herself.
Jimmy and the others looked at her in astonishment. Jimmy slowly nodded and then repeated, "Nemo." Hayes smiled and said, "See Jimmy she's already fond of ya." Jimmy sort of snorted and said, "Thanks."
"Jimmy," she said pointing at him. Jimmy nodded and then she pointed at the other two and said, "Hayes, Englehorn." Englehorn was so blown out of his mind from her speaking their names in English that he about fainted. From that moment on he spent most of his spare time with her and Jimmy trying to teach her to speak English and find out who she was, but all she would saying was she didn't remember. By the end of the month they were nearing New York and the girl had already learned as much as she could. She was a very fast learner so fast that it seemed unusual.
Nemo was standing at the bow of the ship leaning against it. She was wearing a pair of pants and a white t-shirt that one of the shortest crewmembers had loaned her. She was looking at the ocean. Jimmy was done with all his chores so he decided to go see how she was doing.
"Hey Nemo what are you doing," Jimmy asked with a smile.
"Looking out at the ocean," She said with a sort of African accent to her voice. Jimmy had heard her speak her native language once or twice, but still she couldn't remember where she came from or who she was.
"Why," Jimmy asked with his boyish cracking voice.
"Because it's pretty, and it calms me down," She said. Jimmy was quiet for a few moments before saying, "Are you scared." She looked at him with her childish features and said, "Not really, for some reason I'm never afraid. It's like something worse has happened to me that makes me unafraid. Though at times I wonder if when I get there will I be afraid. All I remember is the ocean. It's my home. I don't want to leave it." Jimmy frowned and said, "I don't want you to leave it either," Nemo smiled and said, "I know you don't." They just sat like that together until it become so dark that the only thing they could see was what the boat light would let them see.
"I'm tired," Jimmy said.
"So am I," Nemo said, "I'm going to my cabin." Jimmy nodded and they both made their own way back to their cabins. In the morning they found themselves waking up to a loud racket outside the ship that made them both make their way out of each other's cabins. When they came out they found themselves looking upon New York City. A little while later they docked where Englehorn led Nemo off the ship with what she had toward a short and well-dressed woman who awaited them. Jimmy watched as she waved goodbye as the woman and her got in a car and drove off. Captain Englehorn walked back aboard the ship and walked over to him and laid a hand on his shoulder and said, "Forget her boy, that's all we can do," and then he walked off. Jimmy turned away and began to go help the crewmembers to get the ship stocked and ready to go again.
-7 Years Later-
Jimmy was sitting on a barrel up above deck waiting for someone to give him something to do since he was completely bored out of his mind. Englehorn was talking to some well-dressed fat guy and they seemed to be arguing over something stupid. Cameramen and other well-dressed people were making their way onto the boat.
Jimmy had heard earlier from Englehorn that they were going to sail them to Singapore so that they could film a movie. Jimmy wasn't in the least bit interested. The only thing on his mind was a memory from seven years ago. The one where his best friend had been left here at this very dock! He at times wondered how she had been doing, but as soon as the thought came to him it slipped away quickly as he got his mind back on work. Now that he had time to think about it though he found the memory to be painful and he wished he could go looking for her. Unbeknownst to him though a car had pulled up to the dock.
A young woman stepped out wearing a beautiful peach colored summer dress with a topcoat to cover her arms. The woman wore her brownish-blonde hair up in a bun. Long chandelier earrings hung from her ears. Makeup made her face stand out giving her a beautiful pale look to herself. The moment she walked up to Englehorn and Mr. Denham their mouths became speechless.
"Can I help you Miss," Englehorn asked not noticing who she was.
"Yes Uncle you can," the woman said with a smirk.
"Nemo," Englehorn said with a smile coming upon his face.
"Yes, it's just a shame you haven't visited in three years, but I do forgive you," Nemo said hugging her so called 'Uncle'.
"Mr. Denham I'd like you to meet my niece. Nemo, Mr. Carl Denham," Englehorn said. Carl just stared wide eye at the girl as if an angel had just touched him, but still he slowly stuck out his hand.
"Nice to meet you Miss. Englehorn," Carl said shakily. Nemo smiled and laughed as he kept shaking her hand, "Mr. Denham you know you can stop now don't you." Carl noticed what he was doing and quickly stopped while blushing a storm. "Sorry I'm just so caught up in your beauty. Might I say you look nothing like your Uncle," Mr. Denham said.
"That might be because he's not really my Uncle. His sister adopted me," Nemo said giggling.
"Oh," Carl said with a stupid look.
About that time Jimmy had snapped out of his thoughts and had started listening again until he caught a woman's voice and he turned to find a very, very beautiful girl with her back turned to him talking to Mr. Denham and the captain. She seemed to know someone was staring at her and she turned around so he could get a better look at her. Beautiful dark green eyes stared back at him while his own bright blue ones stared on at her. He immediately knew who she was though she no longer looked like that dorkish girl he had helped rescued a long time ago. She seemed to recognize him to because she waved at him. He was so out of it that he gave a half wave and a crooked smile. She held her gloved hand to her mouth and giggled at his stupidity.
She so wasn't the girl that Jimmy and saved along time ago. She had grown into a woman. She had a curvy form and her hair had seemed like it had brightened. Her face structure was slender, but still strong, and her chest, well she wasn't a little girl anymore that's all he could say.
Nemo had had the same reaction. Jimmy no longer looked like the scrawny boy she had first met. He was more of a man now. He had a teenager's frame that seemed to be slowly retreating and being replaced with a hint of muscles showing he was becoming more of a man. His hair was longer and a little darker, plus, he was taller, much taller than what he had been back then.
"So why are you here Nemo," Englehorn asked now that Mr. Denham had retreated.
"I'm here to come with you," Englehorn's face fell and he looked at her sternly, "Why."
"I miss the sea, and I think it might help me if I go back to it for awhile. Even Aunt Beth thinks it would be a good idea. Listen I can help cook and help around. I may look like a woman Uncle, but I have a man's heart and strength," Englehorn stared at her hard and then said, "Listen I'll let you come, but you must keep out of the way as much as possible. You can help our cook Lumpy, you remember him right?"
"Yes I remember him and his old bird," Nemo said with a laugh.
"You'll need a better set of clothes than dresses for my ship," Englehorn said.
"Don't worry, I have several pairs of boots, trousers, and blouses I can wear," Nemo said proudly.
"Good then you're all set, other than the fact I'll have to find a room for you," Englehorn said right as Carl Denham had reappeared. He seemed to catch the conversation and said, "Well I believe Miss Darrow wouldn't mind company. She could room with out star actress so that way she won't feel so lonely being all by herself on a man's ship."
"You'd be surprised Mr. Denham to come to find, that I've been on this ship before all by my lonesome. It's this very ship that actually saved me from the ocean when I was 12 years old," Mr. Denham looked at her oddly and she said, "It's a long story and a boring one, nothing you'd like I bet." He nodded and then struck up a conversation with Englehorn giving Nemo her own time to find someone's help to help her with her luggage. Jimmy seemed to notice this and quickly headed down the dock. As soon as he reached her his speed quickened and when he reached her he picked her up in his strong muscled arms and spun her around while hugging her. When he put her down some of her hair had fallen out of place from her bun and had fallen around her face. She still looked as beautiful as ever to Jimmy though.
"I've missed you so much," Nemo said hugging him again. Jimmy seemed to notice that her accent had worn away over the years and had been replaced by a New York one.
"So have I," Jimmy said playfully as he poked her in the shoulder.
"I was beginning to think I would never see you again, but I guess god is on my side," Nemo said.
"I guess so," Jimmy said and then realized her bags beside her, "Need some help with those?"
"Actually I do, I'm going to be rooming with Miss. Darrow," She said.
"Wait a minute you're actually staying," Jimmy said playfully.
"Yeah I'm back…for now," Nemo said patting his shoulder. Jimmy quickly began helping her with her luggage and before long they were already off and sailing. Nemo was now wearing, instead of a dress, a pair of brown tight pants, a pair of black boots, and a white button up t-shirt. Her hair had been let down so that she could feel the breeze that whipped through her hair unmercifully. Unknown to her she had two pairs of eyes watching her, one was Jimmy's and the other was Carl Denham who was asking one of the crewmembers about her.
"So how long has she been living in New York," Carl asked Choy.
"Oh she been living there for seven year ever since Skipper save her," Choy said happily.
"Saved her, How?"
"She was floating in the ocean, no name, no story, no memory," Choy said.
"And he just handed her off to his Aunt," Carl asked.
"Yes, but after teaching her English. She spoke whole other language, she did. No one even knew the language. She was tribal," Choy said. Carl Denham smiled and said, "Where'd you find her."
"West of Sumatra," Denham's brow curled and he said, " Sumatra? She doesn't look like a native," but he never got an answer because Choy was called off by Mr. Hayes.
Jimmy quickly got done helping Mr. Hayes and headed down to see Nemo. When he was approaching her he found that she was singing under her breath some song that he had never head before.
"This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass
This is me for forever
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
My flower
Withered between
The pages two and three
The once and forever bloom gone with my sins
Walk the dark path
Sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forever more
Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forever more
Nemo my name forever more," as Nemo stopped she seemed to realize Jimmy was standing there and she began to blush a deep red.
"Did you make that song up," Jimmy asked.
"Yeah when I was 14," it's been with me ever since.
"Is everything you just said true," Jimmy asked
.
"Yeah, at times I do wish I knew who I was, but then I seem to realize that I got it good enough now that I don't really need to know," Nemo said. Jimmy smiled as he caught a glimpse at her. Jimmy felt some odd feeling looking at her that he'd never felt before. He felt the need to touch her as the wind whipped through her hair giving her an exotic look for once. Jimmy was brought out of his thoughts as Hayes called down at the two, "Jimmy I need your help, and Nemo I think Lumpy might need yours in the kitchen. Please try to convince him to fix something without walnuts for once please."
"Sure thing Mr. Hayes," both Jimmy and Nemo said at the same time making the both of them blush.
"Well I guess I'll see you tonight at dinner," Jimmy said.
"Yeah I guess," Nemo said as she got up sauntered off toward the kitchen.
As Jimmy watched her retreating form he couldn't help but remember the way her voice how sounded when she had sang. It had sounded so exotic and so unreal. Something that made his blood boil and an odd and funny feeling well up inside of him! Something he had never felt before. He'd have to ask Mister Hayes about it later and see what he thought of it.
Well I hoped you liked it because it took me along time to get it back. I wrote this a long time ago and was going to post it but my computer crashed but luckily I saved it to my drafts on my email account, but it wouldn't let me copy or print it so I had to send it to my other account to get it. Took me that long to figure that out. Guess I am blonde LOL. Well anyway I hope you enjoyed it and there is more coming.
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