Chapter 174
In collaboration with Vasmasdas1.
(Lake Eddy, okay somewhere in the middle of Lake Eddy.)
The sun is shining onto the brown haired girl, Jordan Rosato wakes up, and she rubs her eyes and coughs up some water. Then someone goes to her. "Jordan? Jordan? Are you okay?"
She then gets her hearing back and then she sees who it is. "Lincoln? Is that you?"
Lincoln smiles and hugs her, the sound of Jordan's voice was all he needed to here to make him happy. "Oh thank goodness you're okay! You're fine!" He then kisses her lips and she returns the kiss.
They soon break the kiss and look to each other. "Lincoln ….. Wh-What happened?"
Lincoln sighs. "Do you remember anything?"
Jordan tries to recall, then it hits her. The boat trip, the clouds, the wave and the Yacht. She then looks around in panic, they were in one of the lifeboats. "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Lincoln! What do we do?!"
Lincoln knew she would react like this. "Jordan, listen to me. I know we're lost and we don't know if our ….. F-Family survived." The thought of his family not making it wasn't what he wanted to think about. "B-But we have to find some land and try and get some help. Okay? Can you be strong with me?"
Jordan could tell Lincoln was trying to remain calm and make sure both of them are safe. "Y-Yeah, okay." The two of them then hug.
They soon break the hug. "Okay, I do have some good news and bad news. Which one do you wanna hear?" asked Lincoln.
"Bad news I guess" replied Jordan.
Lincoln shows her something. "Our phones are busted."
"Dang it!" yelled Jordan. "And the Good news?"
Lincoln then showed her what he found. "We found land." They then rapidly paddle their way towards the tropical island.
They then make it to the shores, both of them drag the lifeboat onto the sand and away from the water. Then they both tiredly lay on the nice warm sand.
"Finally! Some land, how long were we in the lake anyway?" asked Jordan.
Lincoln checks his watch and thankfully it was also water proof. "No clue, I lost tack when I woke up and we were in the lifeboat. Let's hope our family did survive."
Jordan then sits up. "W-What do we do now?! We have no way to contact any help, we don't know if someone will come looking for us and I don't know why there is even a tropical island in Lake Eddy!"
Lincoln sighs. 'Looks like she's under stress and panic. I can't blame her.' He then scooches closer to Jordan and hugs her, she then starts to sob.
"What …. What now? I'm scared!" cried Jordan. Lincoln continues to hug her and rub her back. "Everything is gonna be fine Jordan, we'll make it through this. I promise."
They then break the hug. "Okay, so the one thing we have to do first is to make some shelter, forage for some food and water and make a fire. It's the best survival we have strategy we have."
Jordan chuckled a bit at his survival plan. "Did you learn that from TV?"
"I did, from National Geographic and Discovery Channel, also the History Channel" Lincoln gets up and lends Jordan his hand. "Come on, if we're staying on this island we have to find a way to at least stay alive. Until rescue comes."
Jordan smiles and takes his hand, they both start with getting some food to eat.
They venture into the forest or better yet the jungle. "Why is there even a jungle here?" asked Jordan.
"No clue Jordan. But the good thing about a jungle, is the food on it" Lincoln spots some mangoes and peaches. "Jackpot!"
Jordan gets onto Lincoln's shoulder and gets two mangoes and two peaches, she then gets down and they both proceed to eat what they got.
After a few minutes of eating they make their way back to the beach. "Okay, so next we have to make some shelter, and I think we have some shelter" Lincoln spots some debris from what was left of the Yacht.
Jordan covers her mouth. "Oh no! The Yacht!" She then sees Lincoln drag some of the cloth and he places it onto a low tree branch and lets the blanket dry under the sun.
Jordan removes her jacket and so does Lincoln. They then let their clothes dry on the tree branches. Leaving them in only their trunks, shorts and sleeveless shirts.
"Come on Jordan, there's tons of debris we can salvage from" said Lincoln. Seeing Lincoln like this was making Jordan blush, he just went full survival loud mode. Something she hasn't seen or has ever seen.
Jordan follows him and they manage to find some stuff from the Yacht wreckage. A few metal parts, pieces of the Yacht's engine, some traveling bags, a cooler, food storage box and a bag with flares, med kits and other useful stuff.
"Huh, looks like some of the stuff we packed for emergencies is all here, some of it" sai Lincoln.
"And a good thing they're all in this water proof bag" said Jordan. "Let's pile this somewhere and the set up some shelter."
Lincoln was happy to see Jordan all happy and what not trying to survive with him. Lincoln follows her with some canned food he found, but then he steps into something wooden.
Lincoln looks down and sees what it was and it shocked him. Jordan attaches the supports of the shelter using some chopped down tree branches and secured them using some metal wiring. "There, secured!"
She then notices something or someone was missing. "Huh, where the heck is Lincoln?"
She then looks for Lincoln and then she spots him. "Lincoln?" She sees he's on his knees and his back is facing her.
Jordan approaches him. "Lincoln?" She then hears some slight sobbing, it was then she realized her boyfriend was crying. But why?
"L-Luna … L-Luna … P-Please be okay" cried Lincoln as he hugs his and Luna's acoustic guitars. Both guitars are slightly damaged but repairable.
Jordan then kneels next to Lincoln and hugs him. "Everything is gonna be okay Lincoln, we just have to hope they did survive. And who knows, maybe Luna is assembling a search party right now."
(Back on main shores.)
Luna is giving out so many commands to the small allied amphibious and naval search team.
"I want Hydrofoils to search every sector of the lake and do not overlook any of them, next are the islands I'm gonna be taking some of those amphibious Riptide ACV's to scout each of them, I also want aircraft in the sky and to start scouting everything! And finally …"
Luna spots two familiar eagles coming towards them. Patriot and Valkyrie don't know why they haven't come home yet. "Good you two are here, here's the sitch. We got onto the boat trip, a storm came in, Lincoln and Jordan are missing and I need the two of you to get those eagle eyes of yours to scout for them got it?"
Patriot and Valkyrie were shocked at first, but then they put on their game face and nodded.
Luna smiles and looks to everyone. "Alright people, we got two twelve year old kids who need some love and protection to find! So let's get moving now!"
Luna hops onto one of the Riptide ACV's and they roll out onto the lake, along with the Hydrofoils, Apollo Fighters and Patriot and Valkyrie.
The rest of the family were still on land with a few amphibious transports, they were all trying to keep warm after the storm and it was almost afternoon.
"So, should we go after Luna?" asked Lola.
Leni tosses her blanket aside and hops onto one of the empty Riptide ACV's. "Get in!" She starts the engine.
They all hop on board and they set off. "Wow, first Vanzilla and now this? How?" asked Lynn Jr.
"It's like driving a car" replied Leni.
Lori then pulls out her only surviving phone and calls her friends and some of Jordan's gal pals and Bobby, Ronnie Anne and Sid. They all have to know about this.
Back on the beach they forgot about Peter Harris and the two soldiers who were supposed to man that transport.
"So, now what?" asked Peter.
(Back to Lincoln and Jordan.)
Lincoln wipes away his tears and he stands up while still hugging the guitars. "Y-Yeah, okay. Let's go."
Jordan kisses his cheek and she guides him into the makeshift shelter she made. "We still need to make some beds in order to have a soft and comfortable sleep."
Lincoln then goes out and he garbs the mattress he found on the beach, they were dried on the sun when he placed them onto the branches.
"Wow! Did not know you found those" said Jordan.
They both use some branches and sticks to make some bed frames and they place the large mattress on it and the blanket.
"I couldn't find any pillows, but maybe we can tear these empty bags and use them as pillows" replied Lincoln.
"Smart thinking, and we don't have to go and forage for food. The emergency kit bag has some canned goods and some drinkable water bottles, so glad this survived" said Jordan.
"But we should go and look for a water source, just in case" said Lincoln.
"Okay" replied Jordan. They place all the food and water into the storage box and cooler and made sure they were both heavily secured, they then leave the makeshift shelter and close the door. They then get their jackets which are dry now.
They put a few traps in case some animals might sneak in.
Soon, the sun was setting. And both kids managed to find a cave with some water. "Okay, so this will be our emergency drinking pool, and we can use the bottles to get them" said Lincoln.
"Awesome" replied Jordan. "We should get back to the shelter, it looks like it's gonna get dark soon."
"Okay" said Lincoln. They both leave the cave and make their way back to the small camp.
They make it there and spot a monkey is stuck on their jungle net trap. The two kids go to the monkey.
"So, you thought it was a good idea to try and break into the shelter of some strangers huh?" asked Lincoln with his arms crossed.
The monkey tries to play innocent. They both cut the rope and the monkey is free. "Now get lost!" said Jordan.
The monkey screams in fear and runs off. Jordan sighs. "That was close, we can't let any of the other wildlife get to the rest of our food or stuff."
"Yeah, let's start on the fire now. It's gonna be a cold night" replied Lincoln.
Lincoln and Jordan grab some extra sticks and some paper they found and they start a fire with the matches they have in the emergency kit.
They then use some metal and some extra sticks so they can be able to cook the canned corned beef.
They then proceed to eat the food. "This is like camping, sorta" said Jordan.
"Yeah, this whole thing will make me rethink of going camping for the summer" replied Lincoln.
"Same" replied Jordan. The two of them laugh a bit.
Then Lincoln goes back into the shelter and he grabs his acoustic and fixes some of the strings and damages, he then plays a tune to ease they're worries.
But Jordan can see Lincoln was feeling hurt every time he played the guitar. Being separated from Luna and getting scared from that storm was almost the same fate he had when he was kidnapped.
Lincoln sheds few tears, So Jordan hugs him. "We can get through this Lincoln, we just have to be strong."
Lincoln leans his head onto hers and they both enjoy this night time moment together.
But both of them have no clue that a sea monster was watching them, the creature smiles and swims away with great speed.
As the time passes and their dinner is done, Lincoln checks his watch and sees the time. "We should get some sleep. We're gonna need it for tomorrow."
Jordan nods. "Okay, but first we have to let someone know we're here."
"Got it" Lincoln and Jordan go to the makeshift signal they made. At first they use two flares and shoot them into the air, then Lincoln grabs some fire and lights up a wooden sign not too far from their camp, with the words. "Help Us! We're trapped here!"
"You think someone will see it?" asked Jordan.
"Let's hope so" replied Lincoln. "Now come on, let's get some sleep."
They both enter the wooden and metal hut and both of them lay on the mattress and cover themselves with the blanket.
Jordan then hears Lincoln whimpering. "L-Luna … S-Save me ….. I-I can't r-reach!"
Jordan knows that this was going wrong real fast. 'Looks like this is another scarring moment.' She scooches closer and hugs him, to try and get him to calm down and get some sleep.
And soon, he does calm down and fall asleep while hugging Jordan.
(Meanwhile.)
Luna is scouring the waters of the lake at high speed on the Riptide ACV. Eventually the others catch up to her.
"Luna!" yelled Rita. "We can't stay out here much longer! Some of us are starting to fall asleep!"
Luna ignores them.
"Leni can't keep driving this boat Luna! We can search for Lincoln and Jordan tomorrow!" said Lori.
Luna still ignores them.
"Luna, we can search for Lincoln at the first crack of sunlight" said Lynn Sr.
Luna was now annoyed and snaps at them. "Then Go! Go back to land and get some sleep! But I am not stopping my search! I am not giving up on finding my brother! I made a promise to keep him safe, and the same goes for Jordan and I am not turning that promise down now!"
They were all startled by this. But they understood.
"Wait!" they look to Rick and Jesse. "We're coming with you."
Luna smiles. Both Riptides neighbor each other so Rick and Jesse can join Luna's ride.
"Luna" Luna looks to Leni. "Please find Lincoln and Jordan, and bring them home."
Luna knows Leni cares for all the family members, and she has to be a big sister to help support all of them. Leni also knows that Luna was given the task as Lincoln's guardian.
"I will Leni, I promise" The Riptide Acv then continues with its search, while the other one heads back to the mainland.
(Hours later, past twelve.)
Luna and the Rosato parents continue their search, but then they see Patriot and Valkyrie come down and land onto Luna's shoulders. "You dudes tired too?"
The two eagles nod. "It's okay guys, you two need some rest." the two eagles head into the transport and get some sleep.
Luna then sees Jesse Rosato is asleep and leaning onto her husband, while Rick uses some night vision binoculars to look around. "Where are you sweetie?"
Luna sighs. They can't stay searching for the whole night.
She notices that the Apollo fighters have already fallen back to the base. 'Maybe we should go back, we can search tomorrow.'
But then she spots a large creature surfacing from the water. Rick and Jesse were shocked by the Lake creature in front of them.
The soldier with them mans the machine gun, but Luna stops him. "Plessy, what is it?" Luna recalls that Plessy helped Peter Harris get to the others.
Plessy then looks as if she's trying to point to something. "What's she trying to tell us?" asked Rick.
Luna tries to figure out what she's trying to tell them. Then Patriot and Valkyrie come out and see the creature.
The two eagles start making some light caw sounds, and Plessy makes some snarl grunting sound. Luna knows they were talking to each other.
They then look to Luna. "What did Plessy say guys?"
Patriot garbs the necklace that Luna gave to Lincoln, he then points it towards the direction Plessy is pointing. Luna's eyes go wide.
"Luna? What's going on?" asked Rick. Jesse also gets confused.
Luna sheds a tear and then look to them. "We found them!"
They both gasp and shed some tears. Plessy goes to Luna and she places her hand onto the large lake creatures head and she leans her forehead to Plessy's. "Thank you Plessy, lead the way girl."
Luna then looks to the soldier. "Contact the other rescue division and tell them we found them!"
The soldier nods and gets to his communicator and also drives the ACV and they're off, following the lake monster.
"Hang on Lincoln, Jordan. We're coming!" said Luna as she stands tall on the front of the transport with Patriot and Valkyrie on her shoulders and Apollo fighters fly past them.
(The following morning.)
Lincoln stirs in his sleep, and he was still hugging Jordan. But then he breaks the hug and turns to the other side.
He gets scared in his sleep and cries a bit. But then someone wipes away his tears and kisses his forehead.
Lincoln smiles and whispers in his sleep. "Luna …. Thank you."
Then something strokes his hair, and whispers. "You're welcome bro, I told you I'd protect you and I am now."
Lincoln then slowly opens his eyes and sees some bright light, but then his vision adjusts to the light and he sees Luna in front of him smiling and looking like she needs some sleep.
Lincoln's eyes go wide and he sits up and sheds some tears. "L-Luna!"
Jordan also wakes up and sits up and sees Luna right there sitting on the side of the bed. "Luna?"
Luna smiles and holds Lincoln's hand and lets it rest on her cheek. Lincoln's lips start to tremble and he cries. "Luna!" He lunges forward and hugs her tightly and cries.
Luna returns the hug and also cries. "It's okay bro. I'm here, I'm here. I found you. I found you both!" Jordan also cries and joins in the hug, Luna hugs her as well.
"You're here!" cried Jordan.
"Yeah, I am" replied Luna.
They all stay in this position for a few minutes. Later they all leave the shelter and they see a massive naval and amphibious division waiting outside.
"You ….. You set a rescue party for us" said Lincoln. Luna hugs him once more. "I did bro, I wasn't gonna give up on my promise bro!"
Patriot and Valkyrie go to them. "Patriot! Valkyrie!" said Lincoln and Jordan.
The two kids hug the eagles and cry.
Then they see their family and they run to hug them, all of them.
"My sweet baby girl!" cried Jesse.
"We thought you were gone!" said Rick.
"Lincoln! My baby is back!" cried Rita.
"Oh Lincoln! My son!" said Lynn Sr.
"We thought we lost you Linky!" cried Leni.
"We're so glad you're safe little bro!" said Lori.
"Don't eve scare us like that again Lincoln!" cried Luan.
"I don't know what would happen to you bro!" cried Lynn Jr.
"Don't get lost again Lincoln!" cried the twins.
Lisa doesn't say anything, she just cries and hugs Lincoln. Same goes for Lily.
"And we have her to thanks!" cried Lucy.
Lincoln and Jordan look to Luna and smile. But Luna shakes her head in denial. "I just made the rescue party bro, she was the one who found you two." Luna points to what was behind them.
Lincoln and Jordan turn around and they see the large blue, scaly and frilled lake monster. "Plessy?!"
Plessy licks both of them and smiles. Lincoln and Jordan are amazed by this and they hug her head. "Thank you so much for leading my sister to us!" cried Lincoln.
"You're more than just a myth Plessy, you're legendary!" cried Jordan.
Plessy liked this, she liked helping them find the two lost kids.
Later they all board into one of the Riptide ACV's and they head back to the mainland along with the rest of the naval and aerial crew.
They look back and wave goodbye to Plessy. "So, we keep this a secret?" asked Luan.
They all agreed, even Lisa decided to let Plessy live in peace.
Lincoln and Jordan lean onto Luna and close their eyes. "Will we ever come back and see Plessy again?" asked Jordan.
Luna looks back and watches Plessy dive back into the lakes deep waters "Yeah, I think we will. Someday."
Lincoln then hugs Luna. "Thank you for being there to find us sis!" The next one is a whisper for Luna to hear. "I love you …. Mom."
Luna felt touched by what Lincoln just called her, and only she heard it.
Luna kisses his forehead and hugs both Lincoln and Jordan. "And I love you both, always." Luna then close her eyes and drifts off to sleep with Lincoln and Jordan. But she whispers something for only Lincoln to hear. "And Luna will always love you too my wayward son, always."
And they all make their way, back home.
A/N: And that's the second part of this story. What? You didn't expect for the Lake Monster to help them out? Well I did and it happened for this story. And I like how Vasmasdas1 and me made it all work out. I will make an aftermath chapter, since it deserves one. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 3/17/20.