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Stranded
Chapter 3: The Storm
All of the students had boarded on the ship and were now socializing with their group mates, with the exception of Danny and Star, whom had immediately went to socialize with their respective group of friends, now that the worst of their assignment was over...
One that Danny had to do all by himself.
"How are you feeling man, are you still...you know?...'Tucker asked carefully to his best friend.
Danny looked both ways and was glad that once again, no one was paying attention to them. So he tried to at the very least turn his right hand invisible, but couldn't do so, since the spectral algae was still in effect.
"No good.." Danny said with a sigh... "Of all things, it had to be spectral algae...'He said as he shook his head.
"Calm down man...'Tucker said.
"How can I calm down?...Guys, this is really bad, anything could happen and I won't be able to use my powers...'Danny said, with his inner most sense of danger about to flare up.
"Relax Danny, we got you and don't worry, we always carry some extra thermoses and wrist rays in case something goes wrong..."Sam said as she revealed said items in her backpack.
"All we have to do is go straight to your house as soon as we dock and I'll try and search for anything that can undo the effects of the algae...'Tucker said, as he pulled out his trusty PDA, though he was without internet access due to being out at sea.
"Besides, you managed to survive an entire afternoon being yelled at by the blonde banshee, I think that's the worst of it...'Sam said, referring to Star and how loud and bossy she has been all day.
"Tell me about it..."Danny said, still sore over how Star acted during the assignment.
"How long until we get back to port?..."He asked, wanting to get back home before Murphy's law starts kicking in...
"We should be reaching back in about an hour...so just chill and be patient, man...what's the worst that could happen...'Tucker said.
CRACK!
Suddenly they heard a crack of lightning and looked to see the clouds looking dark and threatening to rain. Sam and Danny both glared at Tucker for his big mouth.
"You had to say that, didn't you...'Danny said in annoyance as he saw that it was about to rain...
With Star
Star sighed as her desire to return to shore sudden lessened. Paulina was dropping her hints to go and talk to Kwan before the party, just so they can both already go together, all made up and everything. ..
"I told you Paulina, if Kwan wants me back...he's gonna ha e to prove himself to me..." Star said, trying to hope that she sounded good to her picky friend.
"So, the party is at 8 tonight and it's plenty of time for Kwan to fix things. .." Paulina said in a confident tone...
"How do you figure that?..." Star asked, confused, wondering what Paulina had in mind...
"Duh! The party is at 8, which would leave him at least 5 hours to redeem himself...speaking of which, what do you have in mind? Jewelry at Antonio or shoes at Abyss? ..." Paulina questioned. .." You could take the chance to get an even cuter outfit for the party tonight. ..." She continued. ..
Star blinked at that and then she realized that Paulina might have misunderstood what she meant by work for her back...To Paulina, forgiveness is only a credit card swipe away and she believes the same goes for Star too.
Star could say anything about it, she suddenly heard some thunder and lightning..
CRACK!
Star looked up to the stormy skies, she saw lighting, rain and thunder and she knew that this lame school trip took an unpleasant turn.
"It's raining..." Nathan said, pointing out the obvious.
"When is the weather man ever right?..." Another student complained loudly.
"Rain?! It's going to totally ruin my totally expensive blowout!..." Paulina complained loudly as she pulled out her umbrella in order to save her hair from being soaked...
Star cursed that she forgot to bring her own umbrella and immediately used her backpack as some sort of shield to protect her hair...
"Do you have an extra umbrella Paulina?..." Star asked.
"Sorry Star but no, just one for my beautiful but delicate head..." Paulina said in a dramatic voice, unaware that Star sighed in defeat.
She knew it would be pointless to ask Paulina to share hers, since she never shared anything when her own beauty is at stake. ..before she could say anything at all, Mr. Lancer tried to get their attention to calm them down...
"Remain calm students, I am sure that our captain,Angus will know what to do..." Mr. Lancer said to the captain who is still at the wheel, but could hear the portly educator.
"I fear that this storm will not be a mere shower and we are still too far from the mainland...everybody get inside the cabin and don't touch anything metallic, we best be safe than sorry until further notice, since I have a sense that there is more..." Captain Angus ordered.
All the students entered the cabin, which unfortunately wasn't very big, especially with 20 plus students and a teacher all being crammed in there...and Star squirmed a bit in the tight situation. She thankfully wasn't claustrophobic but that didn't mean she is a fan of tight spaces...
"Man, this stinks..." Dash said in annoyance of having too many people in his personal space.
"Mr. Lancer, couldn't you have rented a bigger boat if so many of us were going to be in a situation like this..." Paulina complained loudly, since there were just a bunch of teens in a small room and the rocking of the boat wasn't helping anyone's mood...
"For your information, this vessel was not of my choice, the school budget just didn't have enough to rent a larger boat with a larger cabin..." Mr. Lancer shouted in his defense.
However the winds started to pick uo and rain started falling faster and the waves were getting even wilder, making the students panic due to the sea storm they are currently in...
"Oh my gosh!..." A scared student shouted..
"We're going to sink!..." Another screamed while everyone else started panicking...
"Remain calm. ..remain calm..." Mr. Lancer said, trying to regain control of his panicking group...
Though he didn't notice that only three students were screaming to whimpering, though they weren't exactly happy campers either...
"Hang on guys..." Danny warned as he tried to,hold onto something while the boat continued to be jerk around by the big waves...he was so preoccupied worrying over his and his friends survival, he didn't notice that a blonde, girl was behind him, worrying over her own safety.
"Stay calm...stay calm. .."Star whispered to herself as she tried to not freak out over each time a wave hits the ship...
"Brace yourselves children! The sea is one angry mistress today..." Captain Angus shouted as he tried to regain control, despite the choppy water and rising waves.
However, the winds have picked up a lot and suddenly the door flew open, bringing in the winds and rains inside the cabin of the ship...
"WHO' DIDN'T LOCK THE DOOR?!..." Lancer shouted in horror, however another wave jerk the boat and Angus tried to control it, causing it to move down a bit...and the force of gravity made about 4 students who were near the door to fall back to the deck, Star included. ..
"AH!..." Star shouted as she suddenly found herself sliding on the slippery, dangerous deck and hit the railing.
"Oh my gosh...oh my gosh..." Star said in a freaked out voice as she tried to get herself up and get back to the cabin but the rain and winds almost literally held her back, while the other students clung to whether as the wild storm continued to hit...
"I just...I just got to..." Star tried to let go of the railing and run back inside but luck was not at her side, as another wave hit the ship, causing it to shake once more...
"AH!...'Star screamed in horror at the rocking of the boat and the thick rain falling on her and she suddenly found herself losing her balance at the jerk of another large wave...
She found herself falling off the railing only to stop falling as she felt someone's hand grabbed her, trying to pull her back up. She looked up to see that it's Danny Fenton, trying to pull her back up to the boat.
"Fenton?...'Star whispered in shock.
"I got you...'Danny said as he tried to yank her back up to the boat...
When the door had flown open, he had been one of the few that slid out, he had tried to get back to the cabin but he had seen Star about to fall overboard and he found himself rushing to her aid...it didn't matter how rude and bossy she is or the fact that he is still without his powers for the time, even being, he is still suppose to be thr good guy and he is not going to let her drown...
Unfortunately, before he could successfully do so, another wave hit the ship, causing a strong jerk that made Danny lose his balance as well, and now the two were beginning to fall to the water together.
"AHHH!..."Danny and Star both shouted even as they landed inside the stormy sea water.
"MAN OVERBOARD!..."Mr. Lancer shouted but the waves kept jerking the boat, even as he tried to throw a life preserve at the two teenagers, but the raining just got worse, as well as the waves.
"What are we going to do?!...'Star shouted in a scared tone, while Danny tried to remain calm and grabbed her.
"Come on...'Danny said as he made it to the life preserve and placed it on himself and he still had a grip on Star.
"Hang on, Star...'Danny shouted, cursing the fact that he no longer had his powers now and that he and Star are in danger.
Regardless, he is going to get out of this with her, alive!
Star, for the first time ever, didn't care that he was unpopular and now is clinging to him and the life preserve as the waves got wilder and the rain fell even harder.
"AH!...'Star screamed as another big wave came, and got them, and only the life preserve they were both clinging to was keeping them above water...for the time being...
After what felt like forever, the rain started to let up and the waves calmed a bit...and the students finally got out of their hiding places, both unable to believe what just happened.
"Man, that was even worse than the Whirlpool generator at Floody waters..."Tucker commended.
"DANNY!..."Sam shouted as she ran to the railing to see where he was.
"STAR!...'Paulina and the other A-Listers shouted, as they went to see as well.
However, to everyone's immense horrors, they couldn't see them anywhere...
"Where are they?..."Sam shouted, frantically trying to find any sign of her missing friend.
"The storm must have drifted them out to sea..."Dash said in a scared voice and no one corrected him...since it looks like it.
"Oh dear...'Mr. Lancer said in worry as he looked out to the sea and saw no sign of either of his missing students.
"This is not good...'Tucker said to Sam who looked out to the sea in worry...
'We will have to turn this ship around and search for them...'Mr. Lancer said in a serious tone of voice.
'Um, Mr. L...Exactly where are we now?..." Dash asked.
"Captain?...' Mr. Lancer called Captain Angus, who was busy looking at his map.
"Oh dear...I'm afraid that sudden storm put us off course, but don't worry, we will find those two and our way back to the mainland..."Captain Angus said as he tried to look at the map, but the students looked worried.
"Are we gonna die out here?...'Mikey asked in a scared voice, freaking out the rest of the students.
"No we WILL NOT!..." Mr. Lancer shouted... "Now everybody remain calm...I am going to try and get the Coast Guard to arrive and we are all going to search for our missing students...'Mr. Lancer said as he went to get to the radio to call for help.
All the while Sam and Tucker were looking out at the water and Tucker could see the forlorn look on the goth girl's face and he knew what is on her mind...
"Don't worry Sam, Danny is a strong guy, with or without his powers...if anyone can make it, it's him...'Tucker said, trying to sound hopeful.
"I hope so Tuck...I can't believe this is happening..."Sam said as she continued to look at the water while Lancer tried to get communication...
There had been a major storm and now Danny and Star were now lost at sea, they had no idea where they are now and the two only had a life preserve on them as their only key for survival...
"No! Tucker is right, if anyone can make it, it's Danny...he has to..."Sam thought as she continued to look at the water, hoping that somehow, her friend will be found soon, alive and well...
-To be continued-
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Stranded
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