Yeah, I reuploaded chapter 12 because I saw quite a few mistakes there.
Now they're all corrected. (Nothing changed in the plot, just a few
grammer mistakes, so if you've already ready it, there's no need to reread
it.) K, here ya go!
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Chapter 13: Cassie
So we went back to our rooms. Jake and Ax went back to third class. Marco and I went back to second. And Rachel and Tobias stayed where they were. Rachel took Tobias back to his room, since he was a hawk and didn't feel like remorphing back to human.
It was late. But I didn't feel like sleeping.
So instead I walked around outside, on the poop deck. Marco had already gone to sleep. I guess he got over his seasickness. That's when I caught some girl walking around outside Her long brown hair rustled in the wind, and her blue eyes seemed to be troubled. Not quite sad, but troubled.
I approached her.
"You can't sleep either?" I asked her, smiling.
"I'm afraid not," she replied. Her blue eyes glazed over.
"Is something bothering you?" I asked gently.
"Not really.I've met this friend. And he and I have been doing things together-
"You mean hanging out?"
"Why would I hang him out?"
"Never mind. Keep going."
"-and I have found out he has lied to me. Just about one thing. But he really is an odd bird, so I've found myself wondering if he has lied to me about other things as well."
Ah. This must be Kristen, I decided. Time to save Marco.
"I doubt he would lie to you about other things. I think he maybe meant it as sort of a joke-you know?"
"A joke? Lying is a joke?"
"I'm American. If he's American as well, then yes, he meant it as a joke. Americans tend to joke around by lying to each other."
"So it's just a culture difference?"
"Yep."
"Thank you! I've been so wrong to him!"
I almost wanted to die laughing right there. I carefully masked my laughter with coughing. 'I've been so wrong to him!' was classic. I would tell the others later, after we got off the ship. They would get a good laugh out of it. She turned and told me goodbye, and slowly got up.
And then tripped.
She fell, face first on the deck.
"Ouch!" She looked at me while she got up. "I'm very sorry, I'm rather clumsy-"
"Hey, me too. Don't worry about it."
She left.
I smiled to myself as I got up and headed to my own room to go to sleep.
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It was the night. We had gotten the coordinates of the CALIFORNIAN.
We were all ready to morph and get off the sinking ship.
Except the screams. The cries. The shrieks of fear. We, the Animorphs, were ready to morph to birds and fly to the CALIFORNIAN. And leave these people to drown to their deaths.
Suddenly, some guy roughly grabbed Rachel.
"Young lady, I recognize you, you're first class. Get into the lifeboat!"
"No! Mister, I'll get to a lifeboat later-" Rachel tried to argue.
"You're refusal is unacceptable. You are young. Get into the boat!"
He shoved Rachel in the boat. Rachel tried to jump out, but she ended up plunging into the icy waters below her.
RACHEL! Tobias screamed. He flew down to meet her. She looked cold. She started to swim, but some other guy in the water jumped on her and used her to stay above water. I could see her thrashing, trying to get away, but this guy was big. Tobias scratched up the guy pretty bad, but the guy hit Tobias and sent him spiraling into the waters with Rachel. I didn't see him surface. I knew Tobias wouldn't last long, and neither would Rachel.
I jumped in after them.
"Cassie! Don't be an idiot!" Marco screamed. "Rachel and Tobias will morph!"
I landed in the water.
The ship hadn't even sank all the way yet, but I already was seeing dead bodies.
I was so cold.
Way too cold.
"HELP ME!" I screamed in desperation.
Help me.
It's so cold.
Where was Rachel?
"Rachel! Tobias!"
I didn't see either of them. And I heard the screams. The wails.
"Gerald! Where are you sweetie? I'll find you-"
"Mark! I love you-"
"Sonia! Where are you, baby? Answer me. ANSWER ME! Please-"
Too many screams.
And I didn't find Rachel.
I was scared. And I was cold.
Where were Jake, Marco and Ax?
Did they forget about us?
Where were you, Rachel? Tobias?
"Rachel! Tobias!" my chattering teeth managed to scream out into the night. However, my voice was drowned out by the other screams. The screams of agony. They would forever haunt my dreams.
I tried to find them. I looked everywhere.
I couldn't see them.
Were they already dead?
Hypothermia would set in after 20 minutes of this water.
And then they would be dead.
And it had already been 10 minutes.
Please, oh dear God, please no. They can't be dead.
I kept looking.
I had been in the water for fifteen minutes.
I couldn't see them.
Then I saw a hawk's body.
Tobias had been crushed to death.
A female was holding him.
Rachel had died, too. I couldn't tell the cause.
Both dead.
They died a violent death, not once, but twice now.
Hadn't we been through enough?
Rachel's body glowed as the moonlight hit her seemly frozen body.
She was beautiful, even in death...
I cried, but the tears seemed frozen on my cheeks.
Hypothermia. It was setting in. It would be all over, right here. No more pain.
Just let it end, Cassie.
Just let it end...
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I awoke in my bed, with sweat pouring down my face. It was a nightmare. Rachel and Tobias hadn't died. But the dream had been so real... was that how it was going to be? In real life? Were the screams going to go away? Would they be better? Or ten times worse? Rachel and Tobias wouldn't die, of course. It was just in my dream. Or would they? My dreams had come true before. Why not now?
Because I wouldn't let them, I told myself. I refuse to let them die like that.
I tried to go back to sleep. I had guessed it was about 2:00am in the morning. But I couldn't. Something about a nightmare like that just scares you. You're afraid to go back to sleep, 'cause then you might dream the same dream. And that dream wasn't a normal dream. It was a dream of death.
I finally fell back asleep.
And then, I woke up again. Very suddenly.
I walked outside on the poop deck, and realized it was daytime.
I felt like I hadn't gotten any sleep at all, but I knew that wasn't true.
I thought I should tell them about it. But instead, I walked back to my stateroom and got dressed. I should forget about dreams like that, and focus on more important issues.
But the image of Rachel and Tobias's dead bodies would not go away...
I finished dressing and headed down to breakfast.
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Chapter 13: Cassie
So we went back to our rooms. Jake and Ax went back to third class. Marco and I went back to second. And Rachel and Tobias stayed where they were. Rachel took Tobias back to his room, since he was a hawk and didn't feel like remorphing back to human.
It was late. But I didn't feel like sleeping.
So instead I walked around outside, on the poop deck. Marco had already gone to sleep. I guess he got over his seasickness. That's when I caught some girl walking around outside Her long brown hair rustled in the wind, and her blue eyes seemed to be troubled. Not quite sad, but troubled.
I approached her.
"You can't sleep either?" I asked her, smiling.
"I'm afraid not," she replied. Her blue eyes glazed over.
"Is something bothering you?" I asked gently.
"Not really.I've met this friend. And he and I have been doing things together-
"You mean hanging out?"
"Why would I hang him out?"
"Never mind. Keep going."
"-and I have found out he has lied to me. Just about one thing. But he really is an odd bird, so I've found myself wondering if he has lied to me about other things as well."
Ah. This must be Kristen, I decided. Time to save Marco.
"I doubt he would lie to you about other things. I think he maybe meant it as sort of a joke-you know?"
"A joke? Lying is a joke?"
"I'm American. If he's American as well, then yes, he meant it as a joke. Americans tend to joke around by lying to each other."
"So it's just a culture difference?"
"Yep."
"Thank you! I've been so wrong to him!"
I almost wanted to die laughing right there. I carefully masked my laughter with coughing. 'I've been so wrong to him!' was classic. I would tell the others later, after we got off the ship. They would get a good laugh out of it. She turned and told me goodbye, and slowly got up.
And then tripped.
She fell, face first on the deck.
"Ouch!" She looked at me while she got up. "I'm very sorry, I'm rather clumsy-"
"Hey, me too. Don't worry about it."
She left.
I smiled to myself as I got up and headed to my own room to go to sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was the night. We had gotten the coordinates of the CALIFORNIAN.
We were all ready to morph and get off the sinking ship.
Except the screams. The cries. The shrieks of fear. We, the Animorphs, were ready to morph to birds and fly to the CALIFORNIAN. And leave these people to drown to their deaths.
Suddenly, some guy roughly grabbed Rachel.
"Young lady, I recognize you, you're first class. Get into the lifeboat!"
"No! Mister, I'll get to a lifeboat later-" Rachel tried to argue.
"You're refusal is unacceptable. You are young. Get into the boat!"
He shoved Rachel in the boat. Rachel tried to jump out, but she ended up plunging into the icy waters below her.
RACHEL! Tobias screamed. He flew down to meet her. She looked cold. She started to swim, but some other guy in the water jumped on her and used her to stay above water. I could see her thrashing, trying to get away, but this guy was big. Tobias scratched up the guy pretty bad, but the guy hit Tobias and sent him spiraling into the waters with Rachel. I didn't see him surface. I knew Tobias wouldn't last long, and neither would Rachel.
I jumped in after them.
"Cassie! Don't be an idiot!" Marco screamed. "Rachel and Tobias will morph!"
I landed in the water.
The ship hadn't even sank all the way yet, but I already was seeing dead bodies.
I was so cold.
Way too cold.
"HELP ME!" I screamed in desperation.
Help me.
It's so cold.
Where was Rachel?
"Rachel! Tobias!"
I didn't see either of them. And I heard the screams. The wails.
"Gerald! Where are you sweetie? I'll find you-"
"Mark! I love you-"
"Sonia! Where are you, baby? Answer me. ANSWER ME! Please-"
Too many screams.
And I didn't find Rachel.
I was scared. And I was cold.
Where were Jake, Marco and Ax?
Did they forget about us?
Where were you, Rachel? Tobias?
"Rachel! Tobias!" my chattering teeth managed to scream out into the night. However, my voice was drowned out by the other screams. The screams of agony. They would forever haunt my dreams.
I tried to find them. I looked everywhere.
I couldn't see them.
Were they already dead?
Hypothermia would set in after 20 minutes of this water.
And then they would be dead.
And it had already been 10 minutes.
Please, oh dear God, please no. They can't be dead.
I kept looking.
I had been in the water for fifteen minutes.
I couldn't see them.
Then I saw a hawk's body.
Tobias had been crushed to death.
A female was holding him.
Rachel had died, too. I couldn't tell the cause.
Both dead.
They died a violent death, not once, but twice now.
Hadn't we been through enough?
Rachel's body glowed as the moonlight hit her seemly frozen body.
She was beautiful, even in death...
I cried, but the tears seemed frozen on my cheeks.
Hypothermia. It was setting in. It would be all over, right here. No more pain.
Just let it end, Cassie.
Just let it end...
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I awoke in my bed, with sweat pouring down my face. It was a nightmare. Rachel and Tobias hadn't died. But the dream had been so real... was that how it was going to be? In real life? Were the screams going to go away? Would they be better? Or ten times worse? Rachel and Tobias wouldn't die, of course. It was just in my dream. Or would they? My dreams had come true before. Why not now?
Because I wouldn't let them, I told myself. I refuse to let them die like that.
I tried to go back to sleep. I had guessed it was about 2:00am in the morning. But I couldn't. Something about a nightmare like that just scares you. You're afraid to go back to sleep, 'cause then you might dream the same dream. And that dream wasn't a normal dream. It was a dream of death.
I finally fell back asleep.
And then, I woke up again. Very suddenly.
I walked outside on the poop deck, and realized it was daytime.
I felt like I hadn't gotten any sleep at all, but I knew that wasn't true.
I thought I should tell them about it. But instead, I walked back to my stateroom and got dressed. I should forget about dreams like that, and focus on more important issues.
But the image of Rachel and Tobias's dead bodies would not go away...
I finished dressing and headed down to breakfast.
