We all stood breathlessly looking up at the white low ceiling and walls surrounding us, trying not to make a sound in case cal comes, I hope we've see the last of him, the thought of him coming down the stairs and finding us, staring with his dark soulless eyes makes me shiver, I imagine it so real that I jump when I look at the staircase, thinking for a moment that he was here, his trousers wet form the water and his hair all messed up.

For that second my heart beats rapidly, I can feel it in my chest and hear it, and the world seems to stop spinning and the feeling of dread piles up in my throat, but it's just for a second, and I realize that he's not really there, it's just an empty space with a thin layer of water coming down the stairs. I sigh relief; I really need to get control of my mind, I get sucked into my imagination so quickly, and it's so vivid it all seems real, sometimes I don't know what's real and what I make up. But this isn't the time to imagine anything; I have to stay in the real world for now. I feel my doll in my arm, I still have her with me, through breaking the gate and cal's shooting, my mommy gave her to me, i need to keep her with me.

I let out a silent sigh and close my eyes, when I open them I look down at the floor, there's not that much water here, only up to our ankles, it's really cold though, I can feel it through the edges of my tights. But I'll get used to it, I'll have to.

I look up at the ceiling again, I can still feels Jack's grip on my hand, and I feel the heavy material of a coat brush my fingers and then a smooth cold hand grasp them, that must be roses hand. This may sound strange but for a moment it's nice been down here, it feels peaceful, with just us three standing here breathing, with no shouting or sound of really heavy water rushing, just the sound of some coming slowly down the staircase, and droplets dripping from the ceiling, if I close my eyes I can forget that we're in danger, that everything's horrible, that I'm standing in just a lake or river, with the sound of spitting rain dropping down onto the water, maybe the sun could be out. I open my eyes again, I'm not stupid, I know it's not real, but it was nice for a moment to pretend that this isn't happening, that everything's okay.

Here where's there's no panic, I can believe that everything will be okay, we'll find a way out, get another boat, or another ship will come and rescue us, we'll find Daddy and Tommy and Fabrizio and-

Wha-what's that, I can hear crying in the distance, getting louder by the second, no, maybe it's just me, thinking I can hear it, but I wasn't imagining anyone crying... I look to Rose, she has a confused worried look on her face, she looks like she's listening, making sure the sound is real, I look to Jack, he looks down at me in the same way, and about a second later we all turn to look down the long corridor at the same time.

I gasp silently and stare when I see where the crying's coming from. Near the end of the corridor a boys standing against the wall wearing a brown overcoat that's far too big for him, looking terrified, tears stained down his face, he's crying "PAPA!" Over and over again, oh god, he must be lost! Behind him the closed doors that lead to another part of the corridor are heaving with overflowing water coming from them, the wood creaking every so often, as if a reminder that they will give way. "PAPA!" He shouts and turns to look at us, he looks so scared, I would be too if I was separated in here with the flood-

Hang on, is he, no, now way... yes it is, it's him! I recognize the boy, he was in goal when I tried to join the boy's football game, I think his names...Erik, yeah, that's his name, I remember someone shouting to him in the game. I remember him even more clearly now, smiling, laughing when he saved the goals, to look at him now, terrified and alone, it's heartbreaking.

We have to save him, we have to do something. We can't just leave him here, we've seen him now and we have to help him. Maybe that's the reason that we ended up down here, to help save him.

Jack looks to the stairs, seeing the water levels again, there's still not much water coming down them,

"We can't leave him." Rose said, it's as if she heard what I was thinking, her eyes fixed on Eric, she's right, we can't just leave him, we have to save him. Jack looked at the water levels and then Eric, he knew we had to save him too.

"Alright come on." Jack said and he let go of my hand to run fast down the corridor the reach Eric, rose still held my hand tightly and we ran as fast as we could through the freezing water, I caught my breath every time we splashed through it, I knew I'd have bear it and get used to it but it still can't quite prepare you for how freezing it is. Sparks from the lights come down making snapping sounds and the water droplets get bigger and heavier from the ceiling, I have to keep telling myself that we'll get outta here, that we will be okay, but when all this is happening around you it's difficult to even imagine that.

A few seconds later we reach Eric, jack gets there first and picks him up with ease, the way he picks me up. Eric's ten, my age. He stops crying for a moment when jack picks him up. I know he's not English, I think he's Swedish or Norwegian like Helga, no, I think he's Swedish. When me and rose get there, soaking wet, he looks down at me from jack's arms, with a look of just remembered recognition. But then a second later we're all running again, to get back to the stairs, it's okay, we have Eric now, we've saved him, the stairs are only a few steps away but it seems to take forever to get there, finally we're-

No, oh please no, this can't be happening! The stairs are now flooded with rushing water pouring into the corridor, there's no way we'll be able to get up them now. There has to be another way to get out, this can't be it.

"GO BACK!" Jack shouts and we run back , trying to find another way out, there's a side corridor that leads away from the doors and the flooding maybe they'll be a way out there, just then a man steps out from the left hand side of the corridor, the side we were going to go down. He looks to the left, where we had just come from, he looks panicked, like he's looking for something, a second later he see's us, he looks to Eric and then Jack and starts shouting at him in rapid Swedish, taking Eric and pushing Jack away. He must be Eric's dad. Jack look startled by the whole thing, he couldn't explain that he was trying to help Eric, and that he wasn't going to hurt him, because he didn't know how to say all that in Swedish. We all just looked at the man and Eric and then saw then run to the other end of the corridor- the other end! No, that's where the door is, it's the wrong way, they'll get hurt!

"IT'S THE WRONG WAY, COME BACK." Jack shouts and we ran after them. I clutched the doll that my mommy gave me tightly. Rose shouted to "PLEASE, COME BACK!" But they didn't turn around. Eric's dad went to pick up their suitcase, we ran towards them, desperately trying to get them to come the other way,

"COME BACK!" I shouted as loud as I could, please come back, it's not safe that way! The doors began to bulge even more, creaking with the water pressure, oh please come back! Roses grip was still on my hand, her hair was soaking wet, and the ends of mine now were too, the water was flowing faster now, the doors creaked and more water flowed through, I breathed quicker, my heart racing "COME BACK!" I shouted as loud as I could "COME BAC-"

I can't breathe, I try to gasp and scream but I can't, I'm too petrified, my eyes stare fixed at the water bursting through the doors, rushing wildly towards us, gushing out in rapid powerful huge waves of white, coming towards as if to attack. Eric and his dad scream but they get merged into the waves, my eyes widen, I want to scream but I can't I'm frozen, I have to move but I can't, I can't! They're getting closer, they hurdle towards us, tears blur my eyes but they can't overflow, I can't move, oh god oh god!

In the space of a second I feel a pair of arms tear me away and in an instant I'm running, running so fast I that it's hard to tell if it's my legs that are really moving I feel someone behind me and a grip on my hand, I hear Jack shout "RUN! RUN!" And the lights flicker out, leaving us in a midnight blue darkness, then the lights flicker on and off, making it hard to see, my hearts pounding, I'm gasping, everything's happening so fast, I-

Cold! So cold! It's freezing, I can't breathe, I can't feel anything, roses' grip not hear, I move my hand around but I can't feel it, I have to get out! I have to get out now! I twist and turn in the water, trying to reach the surface, how did I get here, one moment I was running, I can't breathe, The pressure swirls around me, I can hear the water, I need to get out, help, please help me god, I need to get-

I gasp and struggle as my head reaches the surface again, the water still pulling me forward, my legs slide and struggle but I can't fight it, I gasp breaths and look behind me, in a blurred second I see roses' hair and jack behind us, still sliding forward, I spin my head round quickly, I see something blurred and brass, we're heading towards it, in a few seconds I manage to hold out my arms and brace myself before we hit the gate...

Authors note: Hey, hope u like this one! Please review and tell me what you think. I'll update sometime again this week xxx