Hey Guys! IM BACK! MWAHAHAHAHA! I'm so sorry I left you guys hangin' for so long! (sobs) Oh, the humanity! I'm so so so so so sorry! I'm a bad writer! Can you guys forgive me? Really, yes! But when I wrote the last chapter, I was in middle school, but now I've graduated into high school as a ninth grader! I took a speech and writing class in the first two semesters so now I'm an even better writer than before (shows huge muscles) Oh yeah, look at that! Enjoy the new improved chapter you guys!

The Tip of the Iceberg

"Hurry Domon! Argo's coming!"

"My drawings!"

Before Domon could go back to retrieve his drawings, Rain grabbed his hand and led him into the next room towards the back door of the suite. Argo had just come through the front entrance and looked around finding no trace of Rain. He was about to turn and leave when he heard the faint sound of the back door closing, so he went to investigate. Domon and Rain didn't want to attract attention to themselves, so they casually walked down the hallway towards the elevator lobby of the ship. They heard Argo open the back door and he looked down one hallway and then to the other one. Rain looked behind her shoulder and saw Argo staring at her. They were caught! Rain gave out a happy shriek and pulled Domon to a run with her. To find out what she was running from, Domon looked around his shoulder to see an angry Argo running after them. His eyes widened.

"Oh shit!"

They ran faster as they met the elevator lobby and just managed to jump in an elevator that was headed down to the lower decks of the ship. They hurriedly closed the gate as Argo crashed into it and stared at them menacingly. Rain laughed and flicked him off happily. Domon looked over and burst out laughing at Argo. Before they disappeared under deck, Rain waved a triumphant hand at him and happily said,

"Bye!"

Argo was furious as he ran to the stairs in hope of catching the two before they got out of the elevator. It was too late though. The elevator stopped on the third-floor and an exited Domon and Rain jumped out of the elevator and ran into a metal door close by with a windowed porthole in it so they could see out of it.

Man he's persistent, if I didn't know better, I'd say he was a cop." said Domon

"I think he was" gasped Rain still tired from running

While laughing Domon glanced out the porthole to see Argo had just landed the stairs and had spotted them through the porthole.

"Oh shit, run!" he cried

They grabbed each other's hands as Rain gave another wild shriek and they bolted forward. Domon steered Rain around a corner to find out it was a dead end.

"Oh shit, oh shit."

"Domon where do we go?"

Domon frantically searched around the corridor until he turned around and saw a small door to his left. He prayed it was open and turned the knob. He thanked the lord that it was open as both Domon and Rain burst into the room and locked the door behind them just as they heard a furious Argo bang on the door. He cursed under his breath and ran to go find Saette. The room Domon and Rain had come across was the boiler room down below them. Loud turbines were grinding in their ears and it was hard to hear anything the other was saying. Domon then spotted a hole in the floor with a ladder attached that led into the heart of the boiler room.

"Let's go down there!" he yelled

"What?" cried Rain

Domon rolled his eyes and pointed down the hole as Rain nodded her head in understanding. Domon climbed down the ladder first and then grabbed Rain's hand gently to ease her down the ladder. The boiler room was the lowest portion of the ship. Thousands of men were working below day and night shoveling coal to make this giant steamer go. It was dangerous work, but many were poor immigrants that needed the money for their families. It was boiling hot down there and the heat was overwhelming. They looked around for a way to go when someone yelled at them,

"Hey! What are you two doin' down here! It's not safe!"

Domon grabbed Rain's hand and they bolted through the narrow walkway behind the workmen. Time seemed to slow down and every detail of them became evident. Rain's hair blowing wildly behind her, the huge grin on her face and her constant laughter made Domon more happy in his life than he had ever been before. When they had run far enough, they ran into a metal door that led to the ships storage room. They ventured through the door and closed it silently behind them. They walked through the maze of carts and crates until Domon spotted an olden style English car and pulled Rain towards it. It was the kind of car with the open driver seat and a carriage behind it. The only thing that separated the driver from the carriage in the back was a window that could be pulled up or down at will. Domon was about to jump into the driver's seat when Rain cleared her throat loudly causing Domon to turn around and laugh. She stood beside the door waiting for him to open it like a gentleman. He strode over and opened the door casually as he held out his hand to guide Rain inside. She accepted his hand and hoisted herself in the car as Domon closed the door behind her. At this point, they were both sweating heavily because of the intense heat in the storage room and having no ventilation. Domon jumped in the driver's seat and grabbed the wheel. He honked the horn as Rain pulled down the window separating them.

"Where to miss?" he asked casually

She leaned in close to his hear and whispered softly into his ear.

"To the stars."

She then grabbed his arms and began to drag him into the backseat. Domon was startled and laughed the whole time she pulled him. When he finally plopped into the backseat, he grabbed Rain's hand and held her close in his arms. They stared at each other intently as if trying to read what the other was thinking. It was obvious, of course, what they were thinking and Domon felt brave and spoke to her.

"Are you nervous" he asked softly

"No."

Domon smiled at Rain and was glad that she trusted him enough to know that he would never hurt her and would take good care of her. Rain had been waiting for this moment, and she couldn't wait any longer. The feelings had begun to stir up in her at the bow of the ship and when he drew her picture, it all led up to now. She took his hand close to her face and began to caress his fingers softly with her lips. She looked up at him and knew she couldn't hold back any longer.

"Put you hands on me Domon."

She guided his hand gently to the side of her chest as he leaned close to her and caught her in a passionate kiss. No feeling were held back as the kiss intensified by every second that passed. Domon gently eased Rain down onto her back in the seat and kissed her with more passion as the world floated away before them.

"Captain, we have an iceberg warning from the mainland. If we continue at this speed we won't be able to stop if we hit a large patch of icebergs"

"Thank you, you may go now."

"Yes sir."

The captain just stared out at sea gripping the note his first mate had given him. He knew lighting the last four boilers was a mistake, but not a mistake that would cause the greatest shipwreck of all time. No one could have predicted that kind of fate.

The car window was now completely fogged from the heat that was rising from inside it. Intensity grew within it and a lone hand suddenly shot up and slapped the window as the fingers slipped away towards the seat again. About ten minute's later two exhausted bodies lay in the back of the car. They were both panting heavily and wrapped in towels they had found in the car. Rain lay under Domon and her hands lay on his back gently. She moved one of her hands to Domon's cheek and felt his body shudder beneath her.

"Y-You're trembling."

He smiled and reassured her.

"Don't worry, I'll be alright."

He panted heavily and leaned down into her to give her one last small, but sweet kiss. Rain then moved up and kissed him gently on the forehead. She then grabbed his head and brought it gently underneath her chin so he rested comfortably on her chest. They both took a deep breath in unison and Rain brought her hand up to caress Domon's hair gently as he recovered from their fireworks.

The brandy room was full that night. Saette was sitting at the card table with his rich buddies drinking champagne and playing poker. Argo strode over quietly, leaned in, and whispered something in Saette's ear.

"Where could she be? There's only so many places."

"She ran off with that Kaashu boy and escaped into the lower deck."

"What! Well find her! She will not defy me!"

Two men from the White Star Line security walked into the storage room. They had received a call from the head worker in the boiler room about two troublemakers fooling around in unauthorized territory. They shone their flashlights all around the storage room and split up in the middle. A few minutes later, one of them signaled his partner over to an English style car in the center of the room. He motioned him over and shone his flashlight on the window, which was stamped with a handprint signaling that someone had been in there. He crept over to the back door of the car and swung the door open. He shone his flashlight inside to find... nothing.

Rain and Domon burst out the heavy metal door onto the top deck laughing triumphantly at their dirty little trick. They swung each other around in circles dancing and stopped near the side of the edge.

"Did you see those guys faces? Did you see them!" he laughed triumphantly

Rain silenced his laughter with a gentle finger to his lips as her eyes turned serious.

"When the boat docks, I-I'm coming off with you."

Domon smiled at her.

"This is crazy." He laughed

"I know it is crazy," she laughed. But then became serious again, "that's why I trust it."

Domon smiled gently as Rain leapt forward and kissed him heavily and happily knowing that she would follow Domon now wherever he goes. Little did they know that they had onlookers watching them, one being George DeSand (A.K.A. William Murdoch). He smiled as he turned around to look at the ocean wondering how it works in such strange ways.

Meanwhile, Saette and Argo were back in their suite looking for a clue to what Rain and Domon had been doing in there (But only we know!). Of course, Saette first ran to his safe to make sure his precious diamond hadn't been stolen. He saw the diamond still there and sighed in content as he was about to close the safe, but something caught his eye. He noticed a brown notebook sitting in the corner of the safe that had never been there before. He reached in the safe and pulled out the notebook. He opened it, and right on top, was the picture that Domon had drawn of Rain. He knew exactly who it was and anger rose into him knowing exactly what had gone on in this suite. He then noticed another piece of paper in the safe and took it out with the diamond necklace attached to it. It read:

Darling,

You cannot keep us both in this safe.

-Rain

This had torn it, Saette was as mad as ever and wanting revenge right now. He was about to tear up the not and the pictures when he calmed down and formulated an evil plan that would be devised to tear Domon and Rain apart.

On the top deck, Domon and Rain were still locked with each other in a strong kiss. From up above in the bird's nest, one of the men spotted Domon and Rain and elbowed his partner.

"Here, look at that!"

"They look warmer down there then we do up here." He said

The other one playfully shoved his partner into the corner of the barrel thy were in and laughed.

"Well then, maybe you and me should tie the knot to stay warm up here ay'?"

He laughed and turned back to the bow front ahead of him. He stopped laughing to squint his eyes as something shimmered ahead from the distance. As the ship got closer, the thundering figure of a giant iceberg loomed into view and the ship was closing in dangerously fast. He panicked and rang the bell above them that signaled danger. His partner grabbed the phone next to him and telephoned the main steering room. It rang for a long time but time was of the essence now.

"Pick up you bastards!"

Then, a port-man strolled in casually to pick up the phone and heard a loud and panicked voice in his ear.

"Yes?"

"ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD!" he screamed

"Right."

He slammed the phone down and turned to the man who was driving the ship at the time.

"We have an iceberg warning, we need to put the ship in reverse now!"

The driver nodded as he turned to the signal box and pulled the lever on it into the box, which sent the message downstairs to the engine room to reverse. The man in charge of the engine room saw the signal and yelled to the workers.

"All right men we have an iceberg warning we need the ship in reverse now! Tell the men in the boiler room to shut all the boilers and release the pressure valves!"

The men were quick in responding (there was complete chaos in better terms). They frantically ran about like mice trying to release all gauges to reverse the huge turbines that drove the propellers. When all the men had done their jobs, all they could do was pray that all they had done was done quick enough as the turbines stopped and reversed themselves.

On deck inside the steering room, George DeSand had arrived and watched hopefully ahead of him. The driver had turned the ship to bear left, but the ship was so big, it would be a miracle if they missed it. George clasped his hands together and went onto deck to get a better look.

"Come on, come on." He muttered

Now, the ship was dangerously close to the iceberg and George knew the ship would never make it.

"Oh, no. BRACE FOR IMPACT!" he yelled

The ship crashed its starboard side into the iceberg and it sounded like nails driving themselves into a chalkboard (not a pleasant sound). The ship gave a shudder causing Domon and Rain to separate their kiss and look around frantically.

"What was that?" asked Rain

She then knew as the ship passed a huge iceberg and chunks of it came flying down onto the deck. Small children began to kick the ice and older men and women came on deck to see what the sound was. Titanic had indeed struck the iceberg and a gash had been made into the lower portion of the ship letting water pour in at an alarming rate. George knew quite well what would happen to his ship. His once unsinkable ship now became a time bomb, only a matter of time and not enough of it to stop destruction. No one was aware that that was the last time that Titanic would ever see day again. All it wold see after that, is a lifetime of darkness where it would not be able to escape...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Evil cliffhangers! DUN, DUN, DUN! Again, I'm really sorry for being such a lazy ass and not writing my story. High school is a pain in the butt. UGH. What reminded me of the story was seeing Titanic over the weekend and I completely flipped out when I remembered that I left you guys hanging off the edge of a cliff for many months. Did you guys have fun on the cliff? (Readers throw things at Soccer C.C.) AH! Alright, alright I get it! Don't do it again! Sheesh, critics. Well, buy you guys, and yes I will get the next chapter up within a year. Just joking! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!