Author's note: First off I would like to say that I am trying to use each character and add some of there thoughts and feelings. Though it will mostly be focusing on Chance and Felina since this is a romance fict about them. Also this chapter is long. I didn't intend for it to be this long that just happens to be the case. I got some really good ideas and ran with them.

Commander Ferral jumped in a raft, put on a life jacket and got seated between the oars at the back of the raft. Steel jumped in putting on his life jacket and taking a seat in front of the Commander. Johnny and Ann followed Commander Ferral's example and both sat in the front of his raft.

Felina kind of wanted to be in her uncle's boat, but since it was full and Steel was in it she figured it would be fine to ride in Chance's boat. She grabbed her life jacket and tugged it tightly to her. Then she got in the front of Chance's raft beside Callie. Jake rode in the middle of the raft. This was it as they pushed off with Commander Ferral taking the lead.

Ferral watched at the sandy bank gave way to steep canyon walls. He was pushing slowly on the oars, the current wasn't very strong yet and the raft stayed in the center of the river on it's on.

"Hey listen," Ann said a few minutes later. No one had really said anything since they started so they all could here it. It sounded like a giant snake hissing and echoing through the canyon. It took them all a minute to realize they were hearing a rapid. As they rounded a bend in the river the hiss became a roar.

Commander Ferral looked down stream and saw the river just end. He saw a small patch of sand to the left of the rapid and thought he might be able to get a look before they ran it. "Let's tie up there for a minute," Ferral yelled back to Chance.

Felina grabbed the mile by mile guide as Chance landed them on the small spit of sand. She quickly scanned the guide. "This one is called Echo rapid it's rated a 7," she told Ferral and Chance as they scrambled up a boulder to get a better look. Jake followed them up helping Callie with him. Johnny and Ann stayed in the rat. Felina wanted to see too.

Chance noticed Felina trying to get up so he offered his hand to help her up. She accepted and he felt her hand close around his as he pulled her up. He then looked back at Echo rapid. There were a lot of white water and huge rocks through out the rapid. Near the end of the rapid the river narrowed and took a big drop.

"Just follow me," Commander Ferral said as he got back in his boat, and paddled it into the river.

Callie watched as Commander Ferral's raft went over the edge of the rapid. Callie let out a small scream as they were pulled into the fury of white water. Callie felt the raft go sideways in the waves. She thought they might tip over, but they didn't the rapid spit them out and they were free.

Around the bend another mile or two down river they stopped to look at another rapid. This one was called Horizon and it was also rate a 7. It was basically like the first accept with bigger waves.

"I think I see a path, follow me again," Ferral said as they pushed off again for another wild ride.

Felina felt the boat turn sideways again as Chance tried to get the hang of paddling. Felina felt them rise on the wave and all of a sudden she was in the cold water, lucky for her she grabbed the line that ran around the side of the raft. Felina was surprised that when they were away from the rapid Callie was the one who grabbed her and pulled her by the life jacket back in.

"Sorry Felina are you alright," Chance asked as he bailed out water.

"It's ok I'm fine," Felina said impressed that he would apologize. She noticed that the other raft didn't' even have to bail there ride was almost perfect.

Ann got out some food and they ate lunch in the boats during a stretch of calm water. Ann watched as Felina spread out in the boat while eating lunch trying to dry. She was glad she was in Ferral's boat because she didn't know how Chance was doing on the paddles.

Down river they came to Bend rapid. It was rated an 8, it was the worst one yet. The rapid was on a bend in the river with the current making a big wave against the cliff on the left. The waves poured into huge holes in the rapid.

"This is going to be difficult; we need to stay in the little strip of calm water in the middle. Problem is the current is going to take us right into the waves," Johnny said standing with Ferral this time.

Steel held his breath as the boat went over the edge. He watched Commander Ferral try to keep away from the big waves, but he couldn't. Steel felt the boat rise and then drop right into one of the big holes they didn't want to be in. Steel thought for sure they would flip, but they landed right side up in the hole and it spit them out. He looked back to see Chance bring the boat through right where it should be. Steel grabbed a bucket and started bailing out all the water.

Ann looked at the map the next rapid was named Ice and it was rated an 8. This time they couldn't find a place to pull out and look at the rapid. We rounded a bend and there it was a huge hole only about 30 yards away. Ann felt the boat hit the hole and stop. The boat just stopped, they were rowing on place. Water was pouring in and the boat started leaning. Ann, Johnny and Steel all lunged to one side to keep it from turning over. It worked the hole spit them out.

Felina felt themselves hit the hole. They were flung high up and then it happened they flipped. Felina and Chance were flung to one side. They were able to swim to a shore close by. Jake had hung onto the boat and Commander Ferral dragged him and the boat.

"Where's Callie?" Jake asked not seeing her.

"There," Ann said pointing up river as Callie came down. Ann grabbed her and hauled her in.

Callie was shaking; she had been pulled into the whole and turned around like clothes in a dryer. They made it to shore where Chance and Felina waited to help turn the raft over.

After turning the raft over they made dinner and set up the tents. The tents could hold four and they had two of them. Felina, Callie and Ann had a tent. One of the guys would have to sleep outside. That night Commander Ferral slept outside on the ground.