CUT TO: 78 INT. BOAT DECK FOYER / STAIRCASE / A-DECK FOYER
(Flame runs in, and down to the landing, pushing past the gentlemen and ladies who are filling up the stairs. He scans the A-deck foyer. Cynder is gone. CUT TO: 179 EXT. OCEAN / TITANIC / BOAT 6 The hull of Titanic looms over Boat 6 like a cliff. Its enormous mass is suddenly threatening to those in the tiny boat. Quartermaster Rattle Shake, at the tiller, wants nothing but to get away from the ship. Unfortunately his two seamen can't row. They flail like a duck with a broken wing.)
RATTLE SHAKE: Keep pulling... away from the ship. Pull.
EMBER: Ain't you boys ever rowed before? Here, give me those oars. I'll show ya how it's done.
(She climbs over Elora to get at the oars, stepping on her feet. Around them the evacuation is in full swing, with boats in the water, others being lowered. CUT TO: 180 INT. MASTER AT ARMS' OFFICE / CORRIDOR Spyro pulls on the pipe with all his strength. It's not budging. He hears a gurgling sound. Water pours under the door, spreading rapidly across the floor.)
SPYRO: Shoot. (He tries to pull one hand out of the cuffs, working until the skin is raw... no good.) Help! Somebody! Can anybody hear me?! (to himself) This could be bad.
(181 THE CORRIDOR outside is deserted. Flooded a couple of inches deep. Spyro's voice comes faintly through the door, but there is no one to hear it. CUT TO: 182 INT. FIRST CLASS CORRIDOR Sgt. James Byrd is opening stateroom doors, checking that people are out.)
JAMES BYRD: Anyone in here? (Cynder runs up to him, breathless.)
CYNDER: Sgt. Byrd, thank God! Where would the Master at Arms take someone under arrest?!
JAMES BYRD: What? You have to get to a boat right away!
CYNDER: No! I'll do this with or without your help, sir. But without will take longer.
JAMES BYRD: (beat): Take the elevator to the very bottom, go left, down the crewman's passage, then make a right.
CYNDER: Bottom, left, right. I have it.
JAMES BYRD: Hurry, Cynder.
Finally a rescue is coming Spyro's way! Let's hope it comes in time. Anyways, so sorry I haven't been updating recently, I've been trying to get ready to go back to school tomorrow that I've been losing track of this. Also, if you've not read my Les Miserables fanfiction which is now up, you'll not know that I'm posting a contest. If you've read it, you'll know that I intend to leave a riddle at the end of each chapter, and if you send me the correct answer, your OC, if you have one, will be a guest at the wedding in "The Ties that Bind", part 3 of The Return of Malefor. Anyways, I'll post the riddles in both here and in Les Miserables, so here is today's riddle! "Why is Silk like Grass?" This one should be easy, but before I go, here is the answer to the previous riddle. If you missed the riddle, here it is: "Why is a musician's bandstand like an oven?" Answer: Because that's where he makes his bread. Bread meaning money. Anyways, good luck and hope to see somebody send me an answer! To find out if Cynder gets to Spyro in time, tune in next chapter! Same Time, Same Channel!
