Chapter 4: In the boat…
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The boat sailed in the clear blue ocean.
Its destination: Mineral Town!
Chelsea and Elliot placed their bags in their cabin, and lay down in their bed. Chelsea stared at the ceiling then turned her head to see that her husband was too looking at the ceiling she began to speak, "Uhh... Elliot..." Elliot turned his head, "Yeah?" Chelsea crept closer to him and said, "Uhh... Elliot. Should we..." Elliot blushed as their faces were only inches away. Chelsea continued, "Should we..." Elliot gulped as he looks on Chelsea's lips, which made him blush more. Chelsea finished, "Should we... Try... to see if Natalie and Pierre are okay?"
Elliot's eyes widened, but still disappointed. He replied while sighing sadly, "Sure, let's go see them..." "'Kay! Chelsea stood up, and helped Elliot stand up as well.
They walked to the cabin next door that happens to be Natalie and Pierre's, they peeked into the door's window, and saw the couple sitting in the opposite sides of the bed.
Natalie and Pierre sat on the opposite sides of the bed. They didn't move an inch as they were only sitting in the bed. Elliot and Chelsea noticed their expressions, and they were both the same. It's a mix of anger and sadness, well at least at their perspective. Not a sound was heard with the exception of the boat running in the waters, and the sound of the other people aboard the ship.
Chelsea took the first step and opened the door with great force, "Hey! How are both of ya?" She beamed with her smile as she greets them both.
But again there was silence.
Chelsea tried again, "Hey! Isn't this a great boat! I mean we're finally heading to Mineral Town, and both of you will have a grand vacation in Mineral Town and Elliot and I will vacation in Mine-I mean Forget-me-Not Valley" She lied to them as well on going to Forget-me-Not Valley. Nervous sweats started to come down from her face.
Still there was no reply.
Chelsea got bit annoyed, "Hey, if you're just going to sit here without doing anything, the vacation won't be a good one?"
Natalie quickly interrupted, "How can it be a good one?" Chelsea was startled. Natalie continued, "How can it be good if nothing "good" will happen anyway?" She paused, Natalie continued, "So please just stop on your annoying attempts to make this scenery lively. Because I know what you know..."
Chelsea was surprised, 'She found out...' She thought to herself, 'She... found... out...' She looked down with a startled look on her face, now that Natalie has found out the secret. She raised her head and looked at the couple again. She realized on how the expressions they noticed before they entered were because of what they had found.
Chelsea replayed on her mind what Natalie had said to her. 'So please just stop on your annoying attempts to make this scenery lively. Because I know what you know...'
She clenched her fists and said in a loud voice angrily, "Hey! At least I'm trying! If you two are just going to sit here and not do anything while this test is going on, then... then..." Tears started to form in her eyes as her fists clenched tighter, "Then, you shouldn't have had a baby in the first place!" She yelled. Pierre turned his head and saw his sister-in-law starting to cry. Elliot approached Chelsea and tapped her shoulder, he became worried. Chelsea looked at Elliot and turned away, she said, "Let's go Elliot..." She left the room. Elliot followed her and as he closed the door he stopped looked back to them, he saw Pierre in a bewildered look while Natalie was still angry. He looked down, and closed the door.
After closing the door, Elliot turned to Chelsea who was in front of him. He muttered, "Ch-Chelsea... A-Are, y-y-you o-okay?" Chelsea didn't reply. Instead she fell onto him, rested her head into his chest, her body leaning to his, and started to cry. Elliot was surprised, but he realizes on why Chelsea was crying. He wrapped his arms to her to embrace. Chelsea followed as she continues to sniffle.
It was night time; Pierre was taking a stroll around the boat. He felt the cold winter night wind blow from his face and shivered from it at the same time. He clutched his coat more from the cold.
He continued to walk around. Then he looked on what's behind the ship.
It was only water.
Just the blue clear water.
He can't see Sunny Island anymore, the island where they lived and met a lot of great people. He can't see it anymore. Now they were heading to Mineral Town, the town where the exam will take place, and also where Dr. Trent's hospital is... the hospital where Natalie is going to give birth.
He remembered how happy Natalie was. How happy they both were when they found out Natalie was pregnant. Now... because of this exam, he doesn't even know what to do.
He headed back to the cabins, approached the stairs, then as he takes a step down stairs, Natalie met up with him
Pierre realized that he had seen Natalie, turned around and said, "Hey, Natalie you should head back to our room. It's night out and it's dangerous to be outside in your situation."
Natalie heard what he had said, so she yelled back facing Pierre, "Look! I don't need any of your help! I can take care of myself and the baby." Pierre still wanted to help, "But... Natalie..."
Natalie got angry and continued to yell, "I said, I don't need your help! Can't you just leave me alone? Just go back to that Gourmet cooking life of yours!" then she started to climb up.
Pierre was surprised on what she had said; he got frustrated and grabbed Natalie's hand.
Natalie felt someone grabbed her hand and started to pull her back, she protested, "Let go of me!"
Pierre tugged Natalie back closer to him, "Natalie!" He yelled.
Natalie was irked, "What's the big i— " Her foot moved backwards.
She stopped, as her foot suddenly tilted back on the stair. She was startled, and didn't mutter a word.
Pierre began to yell her name, "NATALIE!" It wasn't a yell of anger, but it was a yell of fear.
Natalie's body tilted back with her foot and without any warning or realization.
She was falling.
Pierre yelled her name again as he reached for her hand. But it wasn't long enough to grab her.
She fell down.
A loud thud came as her body dropped on the floor. Her back came first then her legs. Her face was still in shock when she fell, but as her whole body dropped, her eyes closed. She fell unconscious.
"NATALIE!" Pierre shouted as he ran down the stairs to his wife. He kept repeating her name multiple times as he tried to wake her up. But it didn't work; instead it woke up a lot of sleeping passengers. They began to step out of their cabins complaining on who was making those noises.
Some of them got mad, some of them yelled, but they all went quiet when they saw a girl lying on the floor.
Some of them gasped, some of them were startled, and some of them approached Pierre asking on what happened to her. Pierre didn't answer any of their questions. He realized what had happened and said in his thoughts, 'I pulled her then she fell down… It's all… my… fault…It's all my fault…'
Elliot and Chelsea came though the crowd to see what the commotion was about, and then, they saw, Natalie's body lying on the floor and Pierre kneeling next to it.
Elliot quickly rushed to them, "NATALIE!" He yelled, lowering the crowd's voices. He shook Natalie's body a few times, hoping that she will wake up. He said to Chelsea, "Chelsea! Go get Dr. Trent quickly!" Chelsea saw how worried her husband was, she nodded and ran off.
He looked at Pierre and saw that he wasn't moving or saying anything so he called Pierre in a louder voice, "Pierre! Pierre!" Pierre heard Elliot and looked at him. Elliot continued, "What happened to her? Tell me Pierre, what happened to her?" he repeated his question in a louder voice.
Pierre realized that Elliot was yelling at him. He started to mutter, "Um… You see… I… um…" He stopped looking around and saw a crowd of people whispering at each other on what they think was going on. Pierre saw Elliot's worried, but at the same time, distressed expression, she began to stutter, "Um… you see…I… grabbed her arm… and I… pulled her back… and…" He stopped again, "And she… tripped over… and… she… fell…" It hushed the crowd as they heard what really happened.
Then a man started to push his way from the crowd and towards where Natalie is. Everyone turned their attention to the man as they all realized who he was. "Dr. Trent!" Elliot and Pierre said at the same time. Chelsea came after Dr. Trent and said, "Here she is Doctor. I don't know what happened but please try to help her." Dr. Trent approached Natalie's body as he began to look for any complications. After a few seconds on observation he sighed worriedly and said, "She fell down the stairs, am I right?" Elliot nodded once. Dr. Trent let out another sigh, "This is bad.." Pierre was startled, "Because of this incident something bad will happen both of them, and that the baby…might get… miscarried…" Chelsea gasped, Elliot was flabbergasted, and Pierre was staggered. It silenced the crowd even more.
Pierre couldn't believe what he just heard 'miscarried' the word repeated on his mind like a broken tape recorder 'miscarried' his fingers began to tremble 'miscarried' he looked at Natalie with a troubled look and started to mutter, "No…" His voice became louder as he looked at Dr. Trent with the same look, "No…" He didn't want this to happen, but it did. "NO!" He practically leapt to Dr. Trent and grabbed the collar of his shirt. Chelsea and Elliot looked at Pierre with an astonished look. He started to plead to the doctor, "Please… PLEASE! Please try to do something about it. Please let the baby survive! Please, let Natalie be better. Please… SAVE THEM BOTH!" he didn't care that everyone is staring at him, or that they found out that he was a Gourmet. In fact to him right now, screw the Gourmets. He couldn't let a small trip from the stairs take away the lives of his wonderful wife, Natalie and his soon-to-be-born child. He started to sob loudly. The crowd started to whisper to each other, as they have never seen anything like this before.
Dr. Trent was also taken aback from Pierre's reaction. He had seen patients plead to make the patient all better, and he would always somehow cure them. But in all of his life, he has never seen someone plead to him so much that they didn't care about their reputation anymore or basically everything they had, just to save someone they love. He knew that the situation was rough, as there is a really low chance of survival. Mostly the patients who have survived are usually miraculous. But from what he just saw, he said to Pierre, "Don't worry. I'll try my best." He looked up to the crowd and asked, "When does this ship arrive?" The crowd started to look at each other, whispering and asking the same question, then one of the sailors that was in the crowd answered, "The ship will arrive in Mineral Town soon Doctor, really early in the morning, once we arrive, we'll get a stretcher to help you carry her." The young doctor nodded in agreement, "Thank you, then for now, Pierre I want you to watch over Natalie and tell me if anything happens to her." He says as he helped carry Natalie into Pierre's arms.
Pierre nodded in response, and then the doctor helped disperse the crowd.
The crowd left and went back to their rooms.
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