Find yourslef
Chapter 2: Welcome aboard

When you find yourself
In some far off place
And it causes you to rethink some things
You start to sense that slowly
You're becoming someone else
And then you find yourself

"Welcome aboard Miss Maxwell." The captain stood and offered his hand to her. Accepting Catherine was pulled to her feet. "Mr. Hayes find her some fresh clothes and ready my cabin for her."

"Wait. Please I don't want to intrude on you, you have done so much already for me." He cut her off.

"Miss Maxwell, you should take the offer, unless you want to sleep below in a cage. I will gladly accommodate you with one." Her eyes widened.

"A cage!"

"Yes a cage."

"I gladly accept your offer Captain, thank you." With that Mr. Hayes went off to do as his captain ordered. "But where will you stay?"

"Don't worry about it I can manage."

"We must get you cleaned up, my dear, who knows how long you were in that water." They all turned as Miss Darrow approached Catherine. "Ann Darrow, it's a pleasure to meet you." Catherine smiled, women as friendly as her were hard to find. "Come on I'll get you cleaned up." Ann grasped her hand and lead her off the main deck. The crew watched and waited for their captains command.

"What happened to her ship Captain?" Englehorn glanced at Jimmy.

"I don't know Jimmy, but I intend to find out." He gaze landed on Carl, Who was filming some wide shots of the seas, for a brief moment. "Go on know, get back to work all of you! Lets get out of this rubble." Englehorn made his way back up to the bridge and checked their position and marked it on the map. Something wasn't right and he intended to get to the bottom of all his suspicions. Something had caused the destruction of one steamship, he was about to let it happen to his.

Ann pushed Catherine to sit on her bed as she began to rush around her room. Collecting brushes, make up, and miscellaneous garments. Catherine just smiled as she watched her rush around the room muttering to herself only to be interrupted by a knock to the door. Rushing, of coarse, to it Mr. Hayes and Jimmy stood outside with fresh clothing and some warm water. They were let in the quickly ushered out so that Ann could continue with her fussing.

"Okay let's get you washed and dried." Catherine stripped down and had a typical sponge bath that anyone who lived on a ship usually got before she put on the dry cloths Mr. Hayes had brought. The pants fit her well with her old belt she took from the pile of dirty wet clothing; the shirt was a little oversized but fit her none the less.

"Looking better already, now let's wash that hair of yours." Ann wrapped a towel around Catherine's shoulders and leaned her head back into the sink. It took a bit of scrubbing but Ann managed to get most of the dirt and tangles out of Catherine's hair. Drying her hair Catherine sat back down on the bed and waited for what Ann was about to do next. Watching her go for the makeup she stopped her.

"I don't wear makeup."

"Why not?"

"I've never seen the point, it covers the truth up I think." Ann looked down at the make up she held in her hand and tossed it aside.

"Your right, what should we do with your hair?"

"Don't worry about it I'll just brush it and leave it down." Catherine began to brush her hair out as Ann thought in the corner of the room.

"Lets do half and half." Ann walked over to her with a simple hair clip.

"What?"

"Half up, half down, keep the hair out of yours eyes."

"No I like it down like this."

"But it just covers up the truth don't you think." Catherine smile and let her fix her hair up.

"Fair enough." She looked in the mirror when Ann finished. "Thank you for your help."

"Don't mention it, I'm just glad to have another girl around with all these guys you know what I mean." She smiled.

"Yeah I know."

"You must have been the only woman on your ship, must have been hard."

"Not really. When you're the Captain it all works out for the better." Grabbing her boots she had leaft near the heater she slipped them back on before heading to the door.

"Shouldn't you let them dry?"

"The have never really been dry." She smiled. "I'm going to see the Captain. See you on deck later?"

"Yes of course." Catherine smiled.

Up on the bridge Mr. Hayes had the helm, while Englehorn leaned over a map, with his head in his hands. He hated sailing blindly, he couldn't be sure of their position. Sighing he pulled out one of his hand rolled cigarettes and lit it. Just when he needed it most, Carl decided to play his own little role as captain as he made his way on to the bridge.

"How's everything going, are we on target?"

"How can we be on target Mr. Denham, You seem to be the only one who knows where we are going." Englehorn made his way to the helm.

"Just keep heading southwest and we will be at our destination."

"There nothing out there." Englehorn almost shouted back at the man.

"Like I said, then you have nothing to lose." Carl smirked and went to turn out of the small space only to run into their straggler. "Well, Well, don't we clean up well. Carl Denham." He held out his hand. Englehorn's attention was suddenly drawn to her, Carl was right she did clean up well.

"I know who you are, you're the one that filmed the entire rescue thanks for your help." She said as she walked passed him. Englehorn turned to Hayes and smirked as the conversation continued.

"Don't worry I will give you full credit in my film, maybe even pay you for it, how does that sound?"

"Your not worth my time." Carl's brows furrowed and he head back down to his cabin. Catherine turned back to the captain who had a smile of his face. She finally got a good look at him.

"I have to thank you, it takes us ages to get rid of him." She smiled and watched him take another drag of his cigarette. "You don't mind do you?"

"No, not at all." Soon the bridge was silent aside from the sound of the steam engine below as Englehorn watched her with a small smile on his face. Catherine took the time to notice his eyes were a brilliant shade of blue, and stood watching him as well. Hayes not liking the uncomfortable silence grunted causing his captain to snap back to attention.

"Forgive me this is my first mate, Mr. Hayes." Hayes turned from the helm to her holding out his hand.

"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Hayes." She grasped his hand in a firm hand shake.

"Like wise, it amazing to find that you survived that wreck."

"Well when you been on the sea as long as I have one knows how to survive it." She smiled and looked out one of the many windows surveying their position. "Where are you heading?"

"Ask Mr. Denham, he wants us to sail southwest." Catherine's head snapped in the Englehorn's direction.

"What area southwest?" Englehorn motioned for her to follow him into the backroom of the bridge where there was a large map lay out on a table.

"This is where we found you." He pointed to the mark he had made on the map. "We drifted of course by a few miles but are heading in that general direction." He moved his hand across the map, showing her their supposed destination area.

"You actually listen to that man, does he even have any nautical education to even give us the hint that he knows what hes talking about."

"Probably not." Catherine sighed and ran her hands over her face.

"Turn back now before its too late." Englehorn saw fear in her eyes and sighed. "Trust me on this one, there is something out there, its only a matter of time before your ship ends up like mine." Englehorn stood upright and faced her.

"What's out there?" Catherine looked up with her with a sincere face.

"An island."

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