Washed Away

Chapter 2

Disclaimer- I DO NOT own Diontopia. Not even Jimmny Cricket can change this fact.

The pair leaned against the railing together, watching the setting sun reflecting off the water and the clouds. Tired and full, they were content to observe the beauties of nature in silence. It was only as the last of the blazing light sank behind the horizon that they truly realized how late it was. They turned to where their fathers stood by the boat controls.

"Shouldn't we be heading back in? It's getting late, and no offense, but neither of you have ever really sailed before."

One of the men held up handset to the radio. "The docks are closed. One of the larger boats had a leak and caught on fire. They have the coast guard and everyone out there trying to clean up the mess so that the rest of us can back in there. Why don't you two go on down below and see if you can't come up with something for dinner?"

Glancing with resignation to the land just visible in distance, distinguishable from the lights of the night life the girls did as they were. Below they threw some water in a heater and begin to heat it up while they searched through the lunch leftovers in hope of finding something that they could create a decent soup out of. SJ help up a bag.

"Somehow I don't think that half a bag of potato chips will go very well in soup."

Kat grabbed it form her and held it up I irritation. "No, but they'll go well enough with it provided that we can find something to actually put in that water that we're heating up."

"Hey! Bullion cubes and some of those baby carrots!"

"Well that's a start. Here's some cinnamon and the rest of those potatoes that we brought to bake on the grill and never got around to. Throw those in."

SJ held up the jar skeptically. "Cinnamon?"

"Just trust me on this one and throw some in, okay? I think we're going to have to live with a sort of veggie stew, because I'm not finding any meat in this cooler whatsoever."

SJ dumped in the cinnamon and began chopping the carrots as Kat produced another knife from somewhere and peeled and cubed the potatoes. She shorted redhead dumped the entire mixture together and snorted. "Knowing our luck ,as soon as this is ready we'll get word that we can head in and we'll have done all of this work for nothing."

They set back and looked at one another until SJ grinned. "Ready to have your butt whipped at Trivia again?"

Kat woke slowly, the crik in her neck slowly bringing her back to consciousness. Then the sickness welled up in her stomach. Maybe that second bowl of soup hadn't been such a good idea after all. She needed to visit the bathroom, or whatever it was that they called in on a ship. The head or something ridiculous like that. SJ had fallen asleep leaning against her and pinning her in the corner . With a gentle shove Kat tried to shift the blond enough to release.

Sending both of them flying across the cabin had not bee her intention. Suddenly squished between Kat and the wall, SJ woke much more quickly.

"What was that for?"

"I didn't do it,. I swear.-"

Freed from the protection of the corner, both girls started to tumble across the floor as ship rocked back the other direction.

"What is going on?"

"I dunno!"

"Where's dad?"

"I dunno!"

The ship rocked again, and this time Kat grabbed the edge of the table, using the moment to pull herself to her feet. She grabbed SJ as the blond tumbled by, and together they staggered up the steps. The door was stuck, or so they thought. Together ether managed to push it open, only to have it ripped from their fingers.

Outside was like something from a nightmare. It was almost pitch black, lit only by the flashes of lightning. The deck was empty, the emergency lights shattered and the instruments dark.

"Dad!" SJ called, pushing past. Kat grabbed for her and missed as the ship dropped out from under her feet and a wave washed across the deck, sweeping her to one side. She slammed into the rail. pain erupting in her side.

"SJ!"

There wasn't any response, and the next wave knocked her against the rail again then over it as she lost her balance. Lightning cracked overhead, and Kat thought she might have seen someone floating in the water on her way down, just before she hit the water. The pain from the impact was instantaneous, then gone, swallowed by a blissful darkness.

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