Chapter 1
Sea of last sight
Finally we cast off, five teens on a mission. We were going to Turkey. In only ten minutes we couldn't see the harbor that we called home. Our sanctuary wasn't safe anymore, the beaches are polluted, the water supply low or none, and the police were after me. Arthur deserved it; he deserved my hands around his throat, the li-
"Stop reliving it Jeffery" Hunter woke me from my day throttle. "Check the air, look for birds." I scanned the horizon and say two seagulls, moving unusually fast. "Pull in the mast quick."
"Fold the mainmast!" I repeated. Eight eyes swept toward me, looking at me in confusion. Key noticed the seagulls, she looked at me with her faded grayish eyes and quickly began to work on the mainmast, the others just stared at me like I was crazy.
"You guys going to help anytime soon?" Key said, tugging at the coil of rope used to coil the mainmast. The other three started to get to work again, Izzy, with his blonde hair that was in a sort of wavy cut, Luke, with his brown hair that covered his deep green eyes and Rachel, the redhead of the group.
It was to late; the seagulls had ripped a gigantic hole in the mast that rendered us helpless.
"Get below deck, there's something going on." Hunter instructed.
I suddenly say what he was talking about, a huge thunderhead, no scratch that three thunderheads were coming, fast. "Get below deck! Now!"
Everyone piled into the small bedroom under the sailboat's deck. After about fifteen minutes we were being tossed around like an elementary kid's lunch box.
"Get ready" Hunter told me excitedly. Before I could think about it, our whole ship exploded like popcorn. I did flips and cartwheels in the air and fell into the water belly up; the shock of the water hitting my spine was intense. I saw Key floating in the water; she was out or at least stunned. Please don't be dead for once it was my own head thinking.
"The others, get them all together. You're safer together." I called for the others, Key in my arms, her black hair touching my shoulders. No one came, I thought fast. "Guy's call out if you're ok!"
"I'm good" Izzy called. I saw him on the only flat surface big enough for a few people. I swam over to the raft and lugged Key onto the raft, Luke and Rachel called out and swam to the raft. We all piled on, and huddled together. I felt how much I hurt, and how sharp the rain was when it pelted my arms.
Finally Key coughed up some water and opened her eyes; it looked like there was no end to them.
"Think fast" Hunter told me, before I knew what was happening and big plank of wood was flying toward my head.
Everything went black.
