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The alarm, that had been blaring noisily since the water started leaking, stopped.

It made no sense. The water was still coming in fast. If they didn't get to the stop of the stairs in 10 seconds, the water would over take them and almost certainly drown them. The water was now so deep that H's feet where not touching the floor. She seemed to run, in water, without going anywhere. Then suddenly, she sank.

Alex wasted no time. He surfaced dived. The water was cold, even though it was the Mediterranean. He opened his eyes, the salt stinging them badly. There! H was unconscious on the stairs. Alex swam down to her, and pulled her up to the surface. While he had been under water, M, Tom and Sabina had somehow made it to the top of the stairs. "Alex!" screamed Sabina. "Hurry up!"

Alex, out of breath and exhausted, heaved H up to the group. M took her hand, pulling her up to where she was standing. She slapped H's face. "Wake up!" said M, shaking H. "WAKE UP!" she screamed, before starting to cry. She looked up, tear ridden at Alex. "She can't swim," M whispered. "She likes water. But she can't swim." Alex was having doubts about saving H at all. She slowed the group down, and she wasn't waking up. There wasn't anywhere to do artificial respiration. If she didn't get that soon, then she would die, taking Alex, Sabina, Tom and M with her.

"Tom, if we don't get to the top soon, we're dead." Alex's voice was somehow heard by the 2 girls. "What?" spluttered M "There are life boats, you know…"

"Yes, but they'll all be taken. We've been here for ages."

"Oh."

The news hit the group hard. They where half walking, half swimming through the ever rising water. Alex couldn't take it anymore. Sabina was able to scull alongside the group, but even with the up thrust, H seemed to get heavier and heavier. Suddenly Alex couldn't take it any more. His muscles where aching, and he was surprised that he hadn't dropped down dead from exhaustion. Even though Alex knew it was wrong, he was having serious thought about leaving H behind. The group was on deck 3. The stairs loomed up. Onto deck 4. The water was shoulder depth, only leaving 2 foot or so of air. Then the boat began to tilt. "Oh God…" yelled M and Sabina simultaneously. The sudden tilt made escape harder. The group where now forced to swim, dragging H along side like a rag doll.

The stairs approached. It seemed now impossible to go up them. And still they had 2 decks to go. Tom was scrabbling around in the water, obviously weary. Sabina looked the same. M was gasping, taking huge breaths to try to make up for the lack of oxygen, still protectively dragging H along. The girls chances where slim. Alex debated if she would ever wake up. Suddenly M sank, taking H with her. Alex didn't have the energy to find her. "Alex! Go down and rescue her!" panted Sabina

"I cant" Alex replied "I'm too…" He didn't finish. He didn't have enough strength.

"I'll go," said Sabina breathlessly, surface diving. Alex and Tom trod water, waiting for Sabina's return. A minute passed. The gap between the water and ceiling was getting dangerously close. Tom went, dropping like a stone.

Alex was left on his own. He wanted to sink, to give up, to give in to tiredness. Crazy thoughts swam around Alexs mind as he sank.

I'll never see the Sydney opera house he thought, as he lay to rest on the floor.