~Part 2; Jack & Rose~

"I'm not going without you," Rose stated, looking into Jack's eyes.

"No you have to go. Now!" Jack told her seriously.

"No Jack..." Rose began.

"Get in the boat Rose," Jack instructed firmly.

"No Jack!" Rose was about to beg.

"Yes!" Jack said. "Get on the boat Rose!"

"Yes, get on the boat Rose," came the ever so unpleasant voice of Cal. Rose backed up and stared coldly at him. "My God look at you! You look a fright!" Cal exclaimed. "Here." He took off Rose's blanket and shoved it into Jack, draping his jacket over her shoulders instead. He started to pet her hair. Rose backed up in disgust and Jack put himself between them.

"Go on, I'll get the next one," Jack said.

"No! Not without you!" Rose protested.

"It'll be alright, listen I'll be fine, I'm a survivor, Don't worry about me-" Jack was saying in an effort to console her, Cal watched in utter contempt. "Now go on, get on!" Jack urged.

"I have an arrangement on the other side of the ship, Jack and I can get off safely-both of us," Cal interjected. It was a lie of course, but maybe Rose would get on.

Jack looked at Cal curiously, as if he knew he was lying. "See? I've got my own boat to catch," he told Rose.

"Better hurry, it's almost full-" Cal urged, trying to coax Rose to get in the boat.

Rose looked from Jack to Cal, finally she climbed into the boat with Officer Wilde's assistance. "Keep back I say!" Wilde was shouting. Rose turned and quickly grabbed Jack's hand-only for Wilde to push them apart. Both of their hearts sank.

"LOWER AWAY!"

The boat began to lower, the shouts of the officers could be heard clearly in the background. But Rose wasn't focused on the chaos around her, she was solely focused on Jack-staring sadly down at her.

"You're a good liar," Cal remarked coldly.

"Almost as good as you," Jack returned the comment. "There's uh, there's no arrangement is there?"

Cal smirked. "No there is," he said. "Not that you'll benefit much from it."

Jack stared at him incredulously. "I always win Jack, one way or another," Cal smirked again.

Jack swallowed hard and looked back down at Rose, who was staring back up at him. She looked so sad, so helpless, as if she'd like nothing more than to jump off the boat. Jack prayed that she wouldn't, and she didn't.

Cal stalked off in the opposite direction. Jack wasn't sure what he was going to do, but he promised Rose that he'd survive. He decided to look for Tommy again, maybe together they could figure something out.

Rose looked around her lifeboat; everyone was miserable. She took one last glance up at the doomed ship and had to wonder what would happen to those still aboard, friends, even enemies; Jack of course, Tommy, Fabrizio, the Dahls, Cora, Mr. Andrews, the officers, Captain Smith, Trudy, even Cal and Lovejoy.

~Part 3; Tommy~

Tommy navigated his way around the crowded, chaotic deck. Finally he came to a lifeboat manned by Murdoch that was about to be launched, several men crowded around trying to get in-only to be shot at.

He thought about going over there, demanding to be let on. He'd always had a good sense of leadership, perhaps he could help. "Stay back! I'll shoot you I will!" he could hear Murdoch yelling in the background followed by several threatening gunshots. There was much pushing and shoving to get to the front of the mob.

Tommy knew how easy it was for the officers to shoot out of panic and accidentally fatally injure someone. He immediately decided against it and ran in the opposite direction, towards the other side of the ship.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Fabrizio dragging Helga up towards the stern with Olaf and Mrs. Dahl running not far behind them. "Hey!" he shouted, deciding to follow them. Fabrizio spun around, panting. Helga still had that terrified look in her eyes. Apparently they'd finally decided to escape the locked gate.

"T-Tommy!" Fabrizio exclaimed.

"Left the locked gate have ya?" Tommy asked.

"Si, si. I a' think I heard the boats are all gone!" Fabrizio panted.

Tommy nodded "I know, if not they're going quickly-there's no chance of getting one at this point."

Olaf Dahl ran ahead of them, his blue eyes were wild in fright. "Kommer! Kommer til rail!" he shouted. Helga pulled at Fabrizio's sleeve "Ja! Vi gå with Pappa!" she said. Mrs. Dahl was already up by the rail at the stern of the ship.

"Okay okay we go sweet Helga," Fabrizio said, his voice shaky. He turned to Tommy "We're a' gonna go up by da rail."

Tommy nodded "Alright, I'm gonna go see what else I can do-I'm not giving up yet!" he said.

Fabrizio shook his head "But a' if da boats are gone-is the safest up here eh?"

"No, there must be a different option, a way out of this!" Tommy shouted. Helga was nervously rubbing Fabrizio's arm.

"Okay a' good luck!" Fabrizio yelled.

"Thanks Fabri!" Tommy yelled back, running in the opposite direction again.

"Tommy where is Jack?" Fabrizio shouted suddenly. Helga yanked his arm.

"I dunno! He and Rose went a different way!" Tommy shouted back, he continued running. Fabrizio and Helga continued up to the rail by Helga's parents.

Tommy ran all the way back towards the front of the ship. He discovered that all remaining lifeboats he'd seen had gone, if there were any left-which he doubted-they'd be too far away and wouldn't let him on anyway.

Just then he spotted a deck chair, lightbulb. Perhaps he could use the chair to keep afloat in the water. "Tommy?"

Tommy spun around, he was filled with relief to see Jack. "Jack-o! Where is Rose?" he asked.

"I managed to get her onto a boat, have you seen Fabri?" Jack asked.

Tommy nodded "Yeah. He was running to the stern with Helga and her parents," he replied.

"So, Helga and her mom didn't get a boat?" Jack asked, concerned.

"No, my guess is they didn't escape that locked gate in time-Olaf's an idiot by the way, Rose probably got the last one," Tommy said.

Jack nodded "Oh. So what? Are they just going to hang on at the rail?" he asked.

"Yeah." Tommy replied.

"What are you doing then? Maybe we should go back there-it seems to be what most people are doing now," Jack suggested.

"I found this chair, it could help keep me afloat in the water," Tommy said. "I dunno-the rail doesn't seem the safest place to me."

Jack nodded again "Okay, well what do you suggest?"

Tommy thought for a second "Find yerself something to float on, a chair, anything-then we'll just wait here for the ship to go down."

"Yeah, but should we just be standing here? Shouldn't we hold on to something?" Jack asked.

Tommy was contemplating. "I dunno Jack-o, I'm not sure what to do, there's got to be a way outta this!" he said.

Jack shook his head "I don't think so Tommy, we're basically doomed to atleast end up in the water."

Just then Tommy's eyes lit up. "I've got an idea! It's insane though!" he exclaimed.

Jack stared at him. "What?"

Tommy grinned "Maybe if I have enough alcohol in me system-the hypothermia won't get me."

Jack rolled his eyes "Tommy that's ridiculous! There's no time to go looking for whiskey and beer!" he shouted, panicked. The ship was sinking quickly, it was beginning to tilt upwards.

Tommy slapped him on the back "Alright, you go up and find Fabrizio by the rail if ya wanna play it safe. I'm gonna go down and see if I can find anything to drink. They might still have something up in first class," he said.

Jack shook his head "Good luck man," he said, giving him a hug.

"You too Jack-o!" Tommy shouted, running back inside. Jack bolted for the stern.