Chapter 4
Gideon was woken up at about 6 a.m. by a loud explosion that seemed to come
from
right bellow him. He immediately tried to think of what was bellow his
room. 'Oh God,' he thought, 'the engine room!'
"Honey, what in the world was that?" Rachel asked.
"It sounded like an explosion in the engine room."
Rachel jumped out of bed and panicked.
"An explosion! What do you mean an explosion? Are we sinking?"
"Most likely. Lets head topside and try to find a life boat."
When Gideon opened the door there was a rush of water that came sweeping in.
Gideon also saw people running around, screaming, and panicking, trying to
get to the top deck.
"Um...Honey, we'd better get moving. There's quite a bit of water in the
hall,"
Gideon called.
Gideon and Rachel both threw on some clothes and ran out the door and up
the stairs to the top deck. As they were waiting to get into a lifeboat
Gideon heard someone call his name. He looked around and saw Tony.
"Rachel, This way," Gideon said.
"But we'll lose our spot in line for a life boat."
"That's ok. Tony's holding one for us."
"Who's Tony?" Rachel asked as they ran over to the lifeboat.
"He's the bartender that I talked to last night after you went to bed,"
Gideon said as he helped her into the boat. Gideon turned to Tony and said,
"Thank you very much."
"No problem. You better get in though before someone rushes over and throws
you out of the way."
"Good idea," Gideon joked.
Gideon climbed in and Tony lowered the boat and they rowed away from the
sinking ship.
"We probably should head over to that island over there," Tony said, "I
grabbed a flare gun and a survival kit, so we should be ok."
"Sounds like a good idea," Rachel said, "I thank you very much Mr. uh..."
"Just call me Tony."
"Ok. Well I thank you Tony for saving us a spot in your boat. I don't think
we would have gotten in to one in time if you hadn't."
"It's no problem. Gideon and I became pretty good friends last night and it
was the least that I could do."
Gideon looked back at the ship just in time to see it's majestic hull sink
bellow the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. 'Something's not right,' he
thought, 'but what?'
Gideon was woken up at about 6 a.m. by a loud explosion that seemed to come
from
right bellow him. He immediately tried to think of what was bellow his
room. 'Oh God,' he thought, 'the engine room!'
"Honey, what in the world was that?" Rachel asked.
"It sounded like an explosion in the engine room."
Rachel jumped out of bed and panicked.
"An explosion! What do you mean an explosion? Are we sinking?"
"Most likely. Lets head topside and try to find a life boat."
When Gideon opened the door there was a rush of water that came sweeping in.
Gideon also saw people running around, screaming, and panicking, trying to
get to the top deck.
"Um...Honey, we'd better get moving. There's quite a bit of water in the
hall,"
Gideon called.
Gideon and Rachel both threw on some clothes and ran out the door and up
the stairs to the top deck. As they were waiting to get into a lifeboat
Gideon heard someone call his name. He looked around and saw Tony.
"Rachel, This way," Gideon said.
"But we'll lose our spot in line for a life boat."
"That's ok. Tony's holding one for us."
"Who's Tony?" Rachel asked as they ran over to the lifeboat.
"He's the bartender that I talked to last night after you went to bed,"
Gideon said as he helped her into the boat. Gideon turned to Tony and said,
"Thank you very much."
"No problem. You better get in though before someone rushes over and throws
you out of the way."
"Good idea," Gideon joked.
Gideon climbed in and Tony lowered the boat and they rowed away from the
sinking ship.
"We probably should head over to that island over there," Tony said, "I
grabbed a flare gun and a survival kit, so we should be ok."
"Sounds like a good idea," Rachel said, "I thank you very much Mr. uh..."
"Just call me Tony."
"Ok. Well I thank you Tony for saving us a spot in your boat. I don't think
we would have gotten in to one in time if you hadn't."
"It's no problem. Gideon and I became pretty good friends last night and it
was the least that I could do."
Gideon looked back at the ship just in time to see it's majestic hull sink
bellow the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. 'Something's not right,' he
thought, 'but what?'
