They got into their seats and a few minutes later it took off. Both of them fell asleep as the stewardess showed the people on the airplane how to use the emergency equipment. A few hours later, the stewardess gently woke them up and gave them some water. They looked down saw the city of Los Angeles below them. The airplane landed and they had a half an hour layover and got on the last plane, the one that would take them to Australia.
This time, they both stayed awake, reading books and playing card games together, and just talking about what was yet to come. The airplane was filled with lots of Aussies, talking with their accents. Becca and Kris kept laughing at how crazy this all was.
Finally, the airplane landed, they had gotten to Australia. Kris and Becca gave their passports to an official and they got off of their plane, greeted by their two dogs and the luggage. Bosco and Weslar looked a little tired, but other than that, they were both fine. The cousins put their leather leashes on their dogs and went to find the right port that had their rented boat.
They were in Sydney, and were told that they needed to find the west side of the city. A special cruise boat would take them out to a certain point and drop them off, all of the passengers had their own boats, the ship would then come back in a week where the vactaion would finish off with a cruise.
Taking all of the sites of Sydney in as the found the port, the dogs seemed determined to keep going, pulling their masters along. "Alright you two!" Kris said, "It's alright, no need to go so fast!" They found the ship and went aboard, showing the captain of the ship, a handsome blond Aussie their tickets. "G'day girls! Enjoy your adventure!" Smiling, the cousins walked to their cabin with Bosco and Weslar almost guarding them from all of the strangers.
Becca smiled at Kris, "A little too over protective they are, must have been listening to our moms."
Kris grinned, "Yeah, probably."
They put their suitcases in the room and went to the little SCUBA shop they had in the middle of the ship. "Hi," Becca said to the salesclerk, "I'd like to get five full tanks of regular air." The lady looked at Becca, she was really short for her age, so she looked more like a thirteen year old than a seventeen year old. They left the shop with a tank carrier.
"Sometimes I hate being so short Kris!" She said to Kris as she started to sneak through the crowds. "And sometimes I just love it!" Sneaking through crowds was something you could only do if you were short. She dragged Kris through, praying that she wouldn't get separated from her and went back to the cabin, greeted by the dogs.
The ship's horn blew. Kris and Becca ran outside with Bosco and Weslar in tow. They felt the ship start to move, so exciting. Running over to the stern of the ship, we waved with a couple of people that gathered to wave to the crowd of people that were gathered to wave goodbye to their loved ones. The two of them felt a little sad that their family wasn't there to see them off.
Yet their dogs made them feel better, they pulled Kris and Becca to the bow of the boat to see Sydney Harbor, the Opera House was in full sight. It made the cousins remember a scene they had seen from Finding Nemo when Marlin and Dory had made it to the harbor. It made them laugh to see it for real. Becca got out her camera and took a picture of the Opera House.
The ship left the harbor and they looked at the sea, they looked at the horizon. Becca whispered to Kris, "Now, bring me that horizon." Kris laughed and they went to the cabin once again to get
ready to plan out their week.
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Finally the captain of the ship announced that it was time to leave the ship. The cousins grabbed their stuff and took their dogs, ran down to where all the speedboats were and got in to one. It was lowered into the ocean and Becca and Kris sped off.
About an hour later, they saw an island that they thought would be a good place to start. It looked as if it was uninhabited, which also meant that not a lot of people went there. Becca lowered anchor in the shallows and they helped each other suit up.
After squeezing into their wetsuits and getting all of their gear on, they went into the water. As soon as their heads hit the water, they could see reefs all around them. They had gone to Key Largo, Florida, but this was a lot cooler. There were tons of sea anemone with clownfish in them, those were not in Key Largo, so many new fish to look at, they spent about a hour looking at everything.
They went back to the boat and saw Wes and Boz, standing guard still. Becca shook her short blond hair out of her eyes. "Well, lets go check out another spot!" Kris grinned over at her friend.
"Yeah! Let's go!" They pulled up anchor, and Becca tried to start the motor, yet the motor was dead. "I could have sworn we had full tank." She looked at the gas gauge and saw that there was barely any gas. She peered over the edge of the boat and noticed a small crack in the engine. She touched the dark liquid that lined it and smelled it. It was gas. "Oh no, Kris, I think we are stranded."
Both of their hearts started to beat faster. "Oh my gosh, this is not good." Kris said, tears were brimming in both of their eyes.
"Don't worry! We'll be fine. There's probably loads of fruit on this island, and we do have food on this boat." Becca gave her cousin a hug, "and with Bosco and Weslar, nothing bad is going to happen to us, don't worry."
Kris smiled back at her cousin. "But how're we going to get this stuff off of the boat?"
"My suitcase is waterproof, we can just take loads." Becca said reassuringly.
After taking all of their clothes and food, it just left Becca's SCUBA equipment on the boat. She swam back to the boat that was just offshore, she was starting to get really tired. Weslar was helping her carry some of the weight of the things by now, and Bosco was pulling his weight too. Everyone was becoming very exhausted. They got back on the boat and Becca grabbed the four empty tanks and went over the side with them and started to go back to shore, Weslar helping by pulling two of the tanks with her leash. Finally they could just sit on the beach.
They looked at the boat, and saw that it was sinking, the motor was waterlogged. There was no way to get back now.
The two girls looked at the pile of stuff that had accumulated on the beach, and sorted it all. Becca opened her backpack and found her cell phone, it was out of service. "Darn, thought that might work, isn't that a bit odd? I mean we are in the middle of the ocean for heaven sakes!" She looked into her backpack again and found her laptop. "I'll bet this still works!" And thankfully, it did.
They were still able to go on the Internet, but still there was no way of tracking the girls, even with the satellite. They were able to tell their family that they were ok, though they were stuck on an island. After sending two e-mails, and seeing if they were on the news, which they weren't, they went to look for food.
Bosco and Weslar followed them incessantly, they were not going to let their masters out of their sight, which they didn't. The cousins felt better with their dogs with them, and that the dogs would never let them alone.
Finally, they spotted some fruit trees, bananas and pineapples were hanging in the trees all around them. They filled up Becca's bag with both fruits and headed back to the beach, not wanting to stay in the forest for too long.
Kris and Bosco started to roam the island. "Hey Becca, look at this!" She pointed towards the sky, in some trees, coconuts! They now had food and drink! Maybe this wasn't going to be too bad after all.
Becca ran over with Weslar and started to climb the tree, gradually dragging herself up as the prickly bark scratched at her arms and legs. The coconuts were ripe! She threw down six to Kris, who caught them all and put them down in the sand. Those were enough to last a day or two.
Kris sat down on the beach and started to pet Bosco. Becca joined her with Weslar. "We never knew that this was going to happen did we?" Becca said to Kris. "The horizon sure looks beautiful from here." She looked over to Kris and gave her another hug. "We're going to get through this Kris, how, I don't know."
Becca started to have doubts about what she just said. "You are right Becca, we can do this!" She grinned and got out two blankets that her mom packed for her just in case she got cold. "Let's get to bed alright? We should do some more exploring in the morning, and see if there are any fresh water sources on the island." Smiling at Becca, she walked over to where her things where, Becca followed.