Strong Love and Strong Will
Ch.2: The Search
Maddy and Cody ran below deck, ignoring the orders from the crew to get into a lifeboat. They ran down the halls in frantic search. They ran down lower and lower in the ship, searching crazily. Cody opened every closed door.
"Bailey!" he called desperately.
Maddy ran down the corridor, looking around.
"Bailey!" Maddy heaved as loud as she could. Her voice echoed in the empty corridor. The lights around her flickered. "Shit"
She ran down another flight of stairs. She jumped from the second to last step in hurry, she landed with a splash and Maddy looked down.
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph" Maddy cursed. She took off down the hall, her feet splashing against the cool water pouring in from the big hole in the bow.
"HELP!" came a shout. Maddy looked around, it sounded like a girl.
"CODY!" Maddy shouted as loud as she could. "I THINK I FOUND HER!"
Cody came running down the stairs.
"Where?" he asked. Maddy pointed her index finger down the hall towards the next flight of stairs.
"Lower deck" Maddy told him. They soon looked at each other and took off. They finally ran down the stairs, only to see the hallway halfway submerged with the salty sea water. They maneuvered through the water that soaked them from the waist down. Maddy pointed again. "Look!"
They found a body floating in the water.
"Bailey!" Cody shouted in panic. He moved past Maddy and found his ex-girlfriend nearly sinking. Cody lifted her in his arms, he desperately shook her. "Bailey wake up!"
Maddy placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on lad," she told him. "We can't stay here long"
And she was right. The water was pouring in faster than you could say 'Titanic'. Cody looked at her.
"No she can't be gone" Cody said. He turned his gaze to her, and kept begging her to wake. Maddy noticed something.
"Wait!" she shouted. Cody looked at her. "She's tied down!"
Cody looked down at the water. The lights flickered again. Maddy reached into her pocket and pulled out her pocketknife. Maddy sucked in a deep breath and soon dove under, the water began to forcibly push Maddy away from Bailey, Maddy opened her eyes halfway and took the rope that had caught Bailey's foot in her hand. She tried to saw at the thick rope but a wave of water crashed down on her. The blade slipped from her hand and Maddy was fighting the harsh current. She resurfaced and coughed out the salty water.
"My blade slipped!" Maddy cried.
"Here," Cody said. "Keep her head above water"
Maddy took Bailey's body and Cody dove underneath, he frantically searched for the blade. He felt the floor with his hands as he searched, the water stung his eyes but he kept searching. He finally felt the knife against his palm and he picked it up. He resurfaced and took in a deep breath before going under.
He gripped the rope as he fought the dangerous current. Cody sawed through the thick rope, cutting it inch by inch until finally it broke completely. He made way with the rest of the rope and finally cut the last of it off. He resurfaced, panting like a mad dog.
"Okay go!" Cody shouted. Maddy pulled Bailey along the water, up towards the steps where the water was following them. Cody stopped Maddy and picked up Bailey bridal style. He carried her down the hall and Maddy followed. They finally ran until they came to two doors being pushed by the sea water. The doors were almost off their hinges. Maddy turned around.
"There's no way out!" Maddy heaved. The water poured in from all angles, the ceiling dripped from water, the stairs next to them was occupied by currents of water pouring into the corridor and the hallway connecting to the hallway they were in had water flowing in.
"Dammit!" Cody cussed. Finally, the water broke the doors down and strong jets of water attacked the trio, they were swept up by the water and they came down the halls. Maddy reached out and her hand grasped a railing, she fought the pounds of water smashing into her, she held her breath for as long as she could.
Her world began to go black as she sank lower and lower in the water, giving up.
To be continued.