Walker, Texas Ranger: The Answers are at Sea
"Who could that be?" Gage asked, "I mean, it's so late. I'll get it."
Gage went over to the door and opened it. It was the first mate.
"Hey, are you the Texas Ranger?" The young man asked.
"We are." Sydney said as she came up next to Gage by the door. "What's up?"
"Uh, well," he first mate said nervously, "There's been a death on board."
"A what?" Gage asked, disbelievingly.
"We believe that someone killed the captin sir." The first mate explained, "Someone poisoned his dinner sir. He was found dead in his room about an hour ago."
"Oh dear." Sydney said, "Well, can't you just take over?"
"I have been." He said, "And I think that we can make it back to shore but, we've got a problem."
"What kind of problem?" Gage asked.
"Some messed with the navigational equipment. I don't believe that we are off course yet, and I also think I know where to go. I just thought that you should know what's going on." The first mate went on to say, "And one more thing, if anything happens, you have to help ensure the safety of our passengers."
Gage and Sydney nodded before the man left.
"I think we should stay awake." Gage said.
"Ya think?" Sydney answered sarcasticly.
****
Gage and Sydney decided to hang out in the main steering area with the first mate. For an hour or two they just sat there talking and making sure nothing went wrong.
Then, at around 12:30am, the crew started acting frantic.
When Gage asked what was going on, the first mate said as he was walking, "We've got an un-dentified vessal coming straight for us. We could be off course. We are trying to send them a message but it's not going through. Something's wrong with the radio. We are going to send up a flare, and hope that the ship sees us."
"Are you saying that we could run into this thing?" Sydney asked.
"Ma'am," The first mate started, "That's exactly what I'm saying."
Gage and Sydney looked at each other with hidden worried glances.
****
They sent up to flare but from what they could tell the ship was still going head-on.
The first mate instructed them to go off course, to try and get out of the way, before it was to late.
Sydney and Gage were out on the deck. They could see the lights of the other ship. Sydney shivered in the chilly night air as she said, "Why isn't this boat turning?"
Gage put on arm around her cold shoulders and said, "We will, it's just that it's a big boat."
Sydney nodded.
They just stood there as the boat turned ever so slowly. The lights across the way still seemed to be coming closer, gaining speed.
The boat turned so much and it almost seemed as though they were going to make it out.
Almost.
There was a earthquake-like thing that took place. The ship rumbled as the back of it rubbed up against the other ship's hull.
Sydney and Gage held on for dear life as the crew went down to investagate the damage.
It was bad.
Water was coming in through the back left portal below decks, and slowly rising.
"You have to evacuate." Gage spoke with the first mate, "We have to get these people of this death trap. I'll call on my cell phone for another ship to come but for now, we have to get these people all together and in lifeboats or something. Don't you guys have some kind of plan for this?"
"Yes we do," The first mate said, "I would set off the alarm. But we don't want a panic. I think that we should just get the people who are in rooms F5-H10 up here, they are the only ones in any danger."
"Yeah," Gage said, "But we're all going to be in danger if we don't hurry."
Gage made his phone call and then they went down to the F deck to alert the people to report up.
Door by door they instructed the people to calmly go up to he main deck.
When they got to room H10, there was already a thin layer of water on the floor.
Gage and Sydney looked at each other and they knew that they were in trouble.
"Who could that be?" Gage asked, "I mean, it's so late. I'll get it."
Gage went over to the door and opened it. It was the first mate.
"Hey, are you the Texas Ranger?" The young man asked.
"We are." Sydney said as she came up next to Gage by the door. "What's up?"
"Uh, well," he first mate said nervously, "There's been a death on board."
"A what?" Gage asked, disbelievingly.
"We believe that someone killed the captin sir." The first mate explained, "Someone poisoned his dinner sir. He was found dead in his room about an hour ago."
"Oh dear." Sydney said, "Well, can't you just take over?"
"I have been." He said, "And I think that we can make it back to shore but, we've got a problem."
"What kind of problem?" Gage asked.
"Some messed with the navigational equipment. I don't believe that we are off course yet, and I also think I know where to go. I just thought that you should know what's going on." The first mate went on to say, "And one more thing, if anything happens, you have to help ensure the safety of our passengers."
Gage and Sydney nodded before the man left.
"I think we should stay awake." Gage said.
"Ya think?" Sydney answered sarcasticly.
****
Gage and Sydney decided to hang out in the main steering area with the first mate. For an hour or two they just sat there talking and making sure nothing went wrong.
Then, at around 12:30am, the crew started acting frantic.
When Gage asked what was going on, the first mate said as he was walking, "We've got an un-dentified vessal coming straight for us. We could be off course. We are trying to send them a message but it's not going through. Something's wrong with the radio. We are going to send up a flare, and hope that the ship sees us."
"Are you saying that we could run into this thing?" Sydney asked.
"Ma'am," The first mate started, "That's exactly what I'm saying."
Gage and Sydney looked at each other with hidden worried glances.
****
They sent up to flare but from what they could tell the ship was still going head-on.
The first mate instructed them to go off course, to try and get out of the way, before it was to late.
Sydney and Gage were out on the deck. They could see the lights of the other ship. Sydney shivered in the chilly night air as she said, "Why isn't this boat turning?"
Gage put on arm around her cold shoulders and said, "We will, it's just that it's a big boat."
Sydney nodded.
They just stood there as the boat turned ever so slowly. The lights across the way still seemed to be coming closer, gaining speed.
The boat turned so much and it almost seemed as though they were going to make it out.
Almost.
There was a earthquake-like thing that took place. The ship rumbled as the back of it rubbed up against the other ship's hull.
Sydney and Gage held on for dear life as the crew went down to investagate the damage.
It was bad.
Water was coming in through the back left portal below decks, and slowly rising.
"You have to evacuate." Gage spoke with the first mate, "We have to get these people of this death trap. I'll call on my cell phone for another ship to come but for now, we have to get these people all together and in lifeboats or something. Don't you guys have some kind of plan for this?"
"Yes we do," The first mate said, "I would set off the alarm. But we don't want a panic. I think that we should just get the people who are in rooms F5-H10 up here, they are the only ones in any danger."
"Yeah," Gage said, "But we're all going to be in danger if we don't hurry."
Gage made his phone call and then they went down to the F deck to alert the people to report up.
Door by door they instructed the people to calmly go up to he main deck.
When they got to room H10, there was already a thin layer of water on the floor.
Gage and Sydney looked at each other and they knew that they were in trouble.