OK people I am back and writing. I thought since it was kind of mean for me to leave you with a cliffie I better continue with the next chapter. Now onto the reviewers.

Insanity-Angel-Devil-Me: Ok I won't ask what you would do. Anyways thanks for the review and I am glad that you enjoy the cookie. I hope you'll like this chapter.

Ccpopstar: Yes I guess he may have issues surviving with a bullet in him but oh well. Glad you found time to review now just keep on doing it.

That's it for the reviewers no onto the story.

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(Previously)

"RUN!" Ashley, Courtney, Ryan, Richy, and Chelsea all yelled at once. They all didn't need to be told twice as they took off in the opposite direction. No one was really paying attention to anyone else so when it came to the turns everyone kind of split up. Down the first hallway went Bri, Zack, and Emma. The one after that was traveled by Ashley, Courtney, John, and TJ. Kristen, Matt, and Dalton took the one after that and the last one was taken by Chelsea, Ryan, Richy, and Travis. The water tore after all of them and before any of them knew that they had been split up they were swept down their respective hallway by the raging water.

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Chapter 20: Ashley's Got a Gun

(please note these all take place during the same time)

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"HELP!" Kristen screamed before she went under the water for what seemed like the third time. She knew that Matt and Dalton were behind her somewhere probably having the same difficulty in the water. She popped her head above the water just in time to see a railing on the side wall coming up. Without thinking she reached out and grabbed it as the water continued to try and pull her to who knows where. She opened her eyes against the cold and salty liquid.

"Matt, Dalton where are you!" she called out as the lights flickered on and off. They wouldn't have found another way out and left her would they? She gasped a little in surprise as she felt someone grab onto her ankle. Her eyes turned back and she saw Matt hanging onto her with Dalton hanging on around his waist. They both showed evidence that they had gone underwater too.

"Would you quit looking at us and trying getting to the stairs already?" Dalton called out in frustration. Kristen swiftly nodded before she began to pull toward the staircase about five feet away. She felt Matt let go and turned to see that he and Dalton had now made it to the railing themselves. She turned back and was about to reach the stairs when a piece of debris hit her right in the face.

"Ahh!" she screamed in confusion as she let go of the railing and went flying back. She probably would have been lost had she not had two people with her. Matt reached out and grabbed her around her waist to stop the water from taking her away. She was still conscious but was extremely dazed at this moment.

"Dalton help me!" Matt yelled back as Dalton reached up and took Kristen as Matt finished making his way up to the stairs. He took back Kristen and placed her on his back while helping Dalton make it safely to the stairs as well. The water was rising quickly. They ran up the stairs only to be met with a gate.

"Not another one!" Dalton yelled in frustration while Matt tried to kick it down. Kristen was snapping out of it slightly and her coughs caused Dalton to look back and see that she still had the keys on here.

"Hey Matt look! She has keys. We could use those as soon as we find out which one opens it." He said happily even though the water had reached their feet.

"That's not a bad idea. Hurry up and try to figure that out." Matt said as he felt tapping on his shoulder.

"You know you can put me down right now right?" Kristen asked slightly annoyed that she came to on this boy's back. Matt nodded and set her down in the water. It was now up to their knees. The boys went back to figuring out the keys while Kristen examined the gate.

"I think it's this one." Dalton said pulling out one key.

"No that one is too sharp. Try this one." Matt said impatiently. The two continued to fight over which key to use until Kristen looked back over at them.

"Guys…."

"This one!"

"No this one!"

"Boys…"

"Come on Matt it's this one."

"No you're blind Dalton, it's clearly this one."

"HELLO!" Kristen screamed this time over the boys and the water. This time it caught their attention as they stopped and looked at her. She stuck her wrist through the gate and turned a key that was already in the lock. The gate immediately snapped open as did her smirk.

"It's this one…"

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"Ouch…" Travis grimaced as the water threw him into the wall. He heard three other impacts beside him as the water dispersed in different directions, easing the pressure off them slowly. When it was down to his waist he pushed off the wall and turned to see Ryan, Richy, and Chelsea all balancing themselves as well.

"Where's everyone else?" he asked as he began to wade over to the rest of the group. Chelsea looked up at him.

"You have got to be kidding me, I have none of my friends here. Perfect, just perfect." She grumbled under her breath. Travis felt an eyebrow shoot up at her anger toward them but on second thought, guessed he deserved it in some way. The other two came up to them.

"I guess they must have gone down some other hallway." Richy said looking around. "Should we go back that way?"

"I doubt we could even if we wanted to." Ryan said and the others knew he was right.

"So what do we do?" Travis asked as he started walking away from where they had come from. The others followed.

"We have to head for the stern. If I know Emma, and trust me I do, she'll be heading for the last place to go underwater. Or at the least she's working toward the deck." She said as she found a staircase. The four started to climb them and were happy to reach a dry hallway.

"Crap that stuff was cold…" Ryan said as they took of running to the left. The others nodded in agreement as they reached a gate in front of them but two other directions to go. They looked down the stairs behind the gate and saw the water raging. Richy looked down and saw that someone had left the keys in the door.

"Hey do you think we should take these just in case?" he asked but Chelsea shook her head before anyone else could answer.

"No we should leave them here. Who knows…maybe someone else will need them." She said and just as she finished she heard a scream coming from one direction that they all knew to be Rose and Jack. Ryan looked at them.

"Come on let's go help them." He said as they took off running right before Matt appeared on the other side of the gate.

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"Ack…my hair got wet…" Ashley complained as she decided to keep pulling at it. Courtney rolled her eyes while John and TJ just looked at all the people.

"Yeah and it's going to get a lot wetter Ashley so why do you bother trying to dry it out?" Courtney asked as Ashley just returned with a shrug. The group heard voices coming from down the hall.

"Yeah I heard about Pat….kind of sad how he went." Came Rory's voice from over the crowds of people. They watched as he came walking up to them followed by his two friends, Andrew and Jesse. They stopped when they saw Ashley and Courtney.

"Hey guys haven't seem you this whole trip and now I see you when we're about to die. Talk about irony huh?" he asked jokingly. The girls knew he always acted like this but the boys added him to the mental hospital list along with Emma and Courtney.

"You seem awfully cheery to be facing death Rory. Is dying making you happy somehow?" Courtney asked as she dodged a couple of German people. Rory laughed and then nodded.

"Yeah actually. You see I have a fiancée by the initials of A.M. and I never saw her so now I never will." He said with a smile. Ashley broke out laughing after he had finished and everyone turned to her.

"That is so funny because I have a fiancée I never saw by the initials of R.B. and I never found him either." She exclaimed causing both her and Rory to laugh. Rory's friends joined in the laughter but TJ, John, and Courtney all backed up against a wall. The two continued laughing until slowly it dawned on them what the truth was. They looked up at each other in horror.

"No way…" Rory said quietly as it dawned on Jesse and Andrew as well. They joined the looks of horror in the crowd. Ashley gulped as she looked around, wide eyed, until she noticed a gun on the floor. She quickly picked it up and looked to make sure it was loaded.

"Ashley don't you dare shoot yourself. Being married to Rory isn't that bad seeing as we're going to die in an hour anyway!" Courtney exclaimed. Ashley turned to her.

"Thanks for your concern Courtney but you're worried about the wrong things." She said quietly. Courtney tilted her head in confusion until she watched Ashley point the gun at Rory and shoot him right in the heart. Everyone's eyes grew wide.

"And to finish this…" Ashley turned to Jesse and Andrew and shot them as well. People, we have a homicidal, cookie loving maniac on our hands. Courtney made a gesture to try and grab the gun but Ashley simply pulled it away.

"Not yet Courtney, before I give you this I have to tell you that I heard to boys kept trying to throw me over the ship. I want to repay them." Ashley said turning toward John and TJ who both were now literally cowering in a corner.

"Oh come on I already got shot once today…" TJ whined as Ashley made a move to pull the trigger. Courtney made a move to stop her.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" came Emma's voice as she jumped in front of the gun right as Ashley pulled the trigger. A small click happened but no bullet came out. The boys sighed with relief as Courtney looked at Emma and Ashley opened the gun.

"Awww… man there is no more ammunition." She sighed quietly before tossing the gun aside. The boys kept a good five feet away from her.

"Emma, where'd you come from?" Courtney asked as Emma slowly got back up. The brunette gave her a small peace sign.

"I just had a feeling that a dramatic moment was in need." She said sheepishly before running back the way she had came. Courtney sighed and rubbed her head.

"Ashley here's a cookie. Take it and keep your hands off of the guns." She muttered tossing Ashley a chocolate chip cookie. Ashley immediately accepted it and kept quiet. Courtney stepped over the boys bodies and motioned the other three to follow her up the stairs. TJ and John never disobeyed.

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Emma, Bri, and Zack were having issues at the moment. They had been swept away by the water of course but now the loudest sound right now were Emma and Zack biting each other's heads off. Bri was just standing there trying to motion to the water that was coming in quickly.

"This is no time to be sexist ZACK!" Emma screamed at the annoying boy. He looked livid at this moment at the thought that this girl was trying to tell him what to do.

"I am not being sexist Emma, I just think that being a boy I KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THIS SITUATION!" he yelled back in her face. Bri was standing at the doorway.

"Guys can we please hurry up? We have a clear, no gate, way to the grand staircase and I don't want to die when we have this great chance of living." She complained quietly but Emma and Zack weren't listening.

"OH YEAH YOU DEFINETLY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THESE SITUATIONS. I'M STILL AMAZED THAT YOU MANAGED TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THAT GATE!" Emma screamed at the top of her lungs causing Bri to hold her ears. Zack was unfazed though as he immediately responded.

"WELL IT'S NOT LIKE YOU DID ANYTHING HELPFUL DURING THAT WHOLE THING!"

"UHH….HELLO! I ALMOST GOT SHOT TRYING TO SAVE YOUR SORRY BUTTS!" Emma said and made a gesture like she was trying to restrain herself from hitting him. Bri rolled her eyes.

"Guys anytime now…" she said sadly, knowing that they still weren't listening to her.

"YOU MAY HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN SHOT BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TOOK THE BULLET FOR YOU! NOW HE'S BLEEDING SOMEWHERE BECAUSE OF THAT!" Zack yelled right in Emma's face. Bri looked down and noticed that the water was now up to her waist. She would have to think of some way to get their attention or else they'd all be killed.

Now let's see what would really throw them off of their guard. She was quiet, but screaming wasn't working. She was short, but she didn't feel like finding a stepladder at the moment. She could hit them but then they'd hit back. Bri sat there pondering until an idea came to that almost made her wish a beam would fall down and kill her right there. She looked up to see if she could make that come true but no such luck. She sighed quietly, bit her lip, and then walked over to the two.

"I HATE YOU!" Emma screamed at Zack who flipped her off.

"WELL I HATE YOU T- What the…?" Zack asked before Bri stood on her toes and kissed him right there. She quickly backed away as soon as she heard them stop yelling at each other. Zack was now looking confused, Emma was shocked, and poor Bri looked like she wanted to puke. Now she wouldn't mind dying down here.

Emma was about to say something when she paused and looked around with a crazy expression. After Bri had finished gagging she and Zack looked at the frantic girl. Her eyes met theirs.

"I am needed in a dramatic moment." She said before running down a certain hallway. The two looked after her while avoiding each others eyes. Their ears picked up three gunshots, someone saying "…tried to throw me over the boat.", and then a dramatic "NOOOOOO!" that they knew had come from Emma. Within thirty seconds after that she returned.

"You guys don't want to get on Ashley's bad side." She said as she motioned toward the stairs leading up.

"Why's that?" Bri and Zack asked unanimously. They glared at each other before turning back to Emma.

"Well let's just say that that's the second time I almost got shot tonight." She said before picking up speed on the staircase.

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Yahoo I have updated with a pretty long chapter. I'm sorry for any of you Chelsea, Ryan, Richy, or Travis fans out there if you're mad that their part was shorter than the rest (and I already know ccpopstar is going to be mad) In the next chapter ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS WILL DIE! You can guess which one if you want. Plus a secret about surviving is revealed. So stay tuned and REVIEW!