Written by Mahonechic89:

As the Cornelia Marie headed out of St. Paul and back out into the Bering Sea, Josh eyed the picking hook. A sudden thought came to his mind. He turned towards Jake and gave him a rather mischievious look.

"Hey, tough-guy," he hissed, "Wanna have a little fun?"

Jake gave his brother a highly-irritated look.

"No, not really Josh," he said with a sarcastic tone, "You see, I kind of hit my head pretty hard earlier so I'm really not in the mood for whatever it is you have in mind."

Josh rolled his eyes and snickered as he grabbed the picking hook.

"No, you're just scared."

"Am not! I'm hurt."

Josh laughed and gave Jake a mocking look. He pretended to cry and act pitiful.

"Poor little Jakie hit his wittle head," he said in a baby-like voice.

"It's not funny, Josh! I could have been seriously hurt!"

Josh rolled his eyes again in exasperation.

"But you weren't so get over it. Come on, you claim to be oh so tough, so why don't you go ahead and prove it to me?"

"By doing what?" asked Jake, suspiciously.

"Going for a little ride on the hook," replied Josh with a grin.

Jake's eyes widened in surprise.

"You're insane," he muttered as he turned to leave.

"Fine, then I'll do it," announced Josh as he began to put one foot into the curved part of the hook.

"Okay, Josh, seriously that's not a good idea."



Josh just laughed and began to climb over the rail.

"Josh I'm not kidding!" said Jake, more urgently this time, "You could get yourself killed! Get off now!"

Josh whirled around and glared at his brother.

"Do not ever tell me what to do, got it?" he said angrily, "You may not be a greenhorn anymore, but you're still my little brother and I still don't take orders from you!"

"I didn't mean it like that!" protested Jake, "I don't want you to get hurt!"

Josh sneered and began to lean out over the water. Jake cried out as he let go of the rail and sailed across the length of the ship on the picking hook. For a brief moment, Jake thought he really was going to be fine. But then, without warning, he slammed into the side of the boat. He had not timed the swing right with the movement of the waves and smacked the side of the boat.

"Josh!" screamed Jake, in full panic.

Jake ran over to the rail where Josh had hit the side of the boat and looked down.

Josh was no longer on the hook…