OK people I'm back. I have writers block on my other story so I'll be dedicating more time on this one. Hope you all will enjoy this. Last time we left of the boys were in danger of drowning below deck. Will Emma and TJ be able to find them in time or will they to need to rely on the late cavalry lead by Courtney. We'll find out after the reviewer…
Insanity-Angel-Devil-Me: Hehe what will you do if I actually kill them. Well anyway you have been dubbed my best and most consistent reviewer. With that title comes a cookie so here ya go. Hope you keep reviewing and enjoy this chapter.
Now on with the story.
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(previously)
"I'm coming Emma." TJ said from the corner. All eyes turned to him. "I promised them that I would help them, and if that means putting myself in danger then I guess I have to face danger." He said as he stood beside Emma. She looked at her friends one more time.
"If you people don't hear from us at least you'll know what happened to us." She said as she and TJ closed the door behind them. The room once again fell silent.
"Dang it….I hate her guilt sayings…" Ashley complained.
"Yeah…"Kristen agreed. Courtney looked around.
She sighed. "Come on guys….let's go help the jocks.
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Chapter 19: Waiting
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"Man she runs fast when it comes to those guys. I wonder how far she and TJ could have gotten?" Ashley asked to no one in particular. The were down in the lower second class corridors and already they could feel the boat tipping slightly. They had to hurry or else they too would be trapped down here.
"I don't know… they didn't get that far of a head start." Kristen said as she checked around a corner. The group walked over to a gate that once they shook it, revealed that it was locked. They were about to turn to leave until they heard a familiar voice shouting from the stairs above them.
"Are you ready TJ? One…two…three!" The girl's moved out of the way just as Emma and TJ came running down the stairs and slammed both their body weights against a gate that had stairs leading farther down. The gate broke under the sudden pressure and the duo went falling down the stairs. It didn't even phase them though as they got up and started running down the hall at the bottom.
"Well that solves our question." Bri said as the girls took off after them. Who knew what kind of trouble they would get themselves into. They found them standing at another locked gate.
"Need some help?" Chelsea asked with a smirk. Emma turned around surprised but smiled when she saw all her friends were standing there instead of up at the lifeboats.
"So you decided to come after all?" she asked softly. All the girls nodded as Emma ran forward and hugged all of them, minus Ashley who threatened to kill her if she did. TJ walked up to all of them while looking around them.
"Umm… isn't John supposed to be with you?" he asked as he started to worry that his friend had already died. Courtney looked up at him.
"No he's upstairs waiting for us. He's also trying to find a lifeboat which we can all get on because it isn't to full." She said with a comforting smile. Everyone was surprised that she was being so nice but they guessed it was because they were all on death row at the moment.
"So will you two answer my question, do you need help?" Chelsea repeated as she nodded to the gate. The two looked at each other before nodding at the girls. They all stood in a line and charged at the gate at the same time. The poor gate didn't stand a chance. It broke as soon as the impact happened. The group tumbled through and landed at the bottom of another staircase.
"Ouch…how did you two do that without flinching?" Kristen asked but didn't receive an answer. Another voice broke into their conversation.
"Hey! What are you lot doing down here!" a sour looking steward yelled at them. Emma looked up and her eyes grew wide at who she saw.
"Ryan!" she let out a quick yell as she pulled out of the group. She ran over to the gate and was extremely happy when she saw the other boys standing there as well. She didn't even notice the steward standing there still. The rest of the group ran over.
"You guys have no idea how happy we are to see you." Dalton said as he kept looking down in case water started to show up. Ashley shot her eyebrows up.
"You mean that you are actually happy to see the stalker and all her little friends?" she asked half mockingly.
"Don't get used to it." Matt said. "Just get us out of here." He said slightly urgent. Emma nodded before she turned to the forgotten steward.
"Can we please have the keys?" she asked him as politely as she could. He looked at her as if she was crazy.
"Are you mad miss? I'm being paid good money to keep them locked up until the voyage is over." He said showing her his bulging coat pocket. Everyone's eye twitched at this before Emma reached down and tried to grab the keys off of him. Before she had the chance though he pulled out a pistol and pointed in at her. She raised her hands slightly above her head but kept her eyes on the keys. Ashley tapped her on the shoulder.
"Maybe we should try to find another way down there." She whispered. Emma simply shook her head.
"No the guys would have found one by now if there was and I think I can get the keys." She whispered back before lowering her hands. "Listen, this whole ship is in trouble. You shouldn't be down here either. Just please let us have the keys and we won't have any trouble." She said quietly as she took a step forward.
"You stay back! If you come any closer I'll have no choice but to shoot you!" he said quickly and everyone heard the gun click. Emma though was getting desperate.
"Please just give us the keys." She took another step forward and the guy pulled the trigger.
"Emma watch out!" TJ yelled as he pushed her out of the way. The bullet was fired and hit him in the shoulder. "Ugh…" he groaned as he fell to the floor. Both the groups stared in either horror or shock at what had just happened. Emma was sitting against the wall before she ran over and helped TJ to his feet. While he was swearing quietly the rest of them helped him to the floor above, once again leaving the boys down there.
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"Anyone have any other ideas?" Kristen asked as she tore a piece of her sleeve off to make a bandage for the bleeding boy. Everyone was sitting against the wall as they listened to the jocks yell at the steward below.
"Well I do but it will be taking a shot." Chelsea said quietly. They all looked at her.
"Whatever it is Chelsea we'll do it." Courtney said as Kristen and Bri nodded. TJ was sitting against a wall but was listening for anything he could do. Chelsea looked around.
"Well ok here it is…" the whole group bent forward and listened as she whispered quietly. Once in awhile you'd hear "Ok…" or "We could do that." But that was it until they all broke apart.
"I think that's genius Chelsea." Ashley said proudly as Emma smirked. Chelsea nodded before she took off to the upstairs to begin the plan.
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"LET US OUT!" The boys yelled at the steward as they shook the gate. They were already mad that they were trapped down here but now they really wanted to hurt him ever since he had shot one of their friends. The poor guy was standing there with the gun pointed at them.
"I said no now shut up!" he exclaimed before he heard a cough behind him. He turned his head to see an officer standing there.
"You've done your job well enough. I'll take over now." He said as he stood there as if he was a statue.
"Finally, maybe you can make them shut up." He growled before he went to go up the stairs. He climbed about five before looking up. "What the…?"
"HIYA!" Ashley, Courtney, and Emma yelled as they did a high jump kick on this guys face. The boys heard him fall down and watched as his body hit the hallway below them. Kristen walked calmly down.
"Nice job guys. Chelsea you can take that uniform off now." She said with a smile as the officer took off the jacket and the hat to reveal Chelsea standing there. She gave everyone a peace sign. Kristen began to work with the keys.
"Thanks for the idea Chelsea, although I want to know where you got that uniform." Emma said happily as Kristen tried one key. It didn't work so she went to the next one.
"Well you see Emma, I figured that the captain wouldn't be needing these." Chelsea said with an innocent smile. Kristen finally picked the right key and opened the gate, letting the relieved boys out. Unfortunately it wasn't to last. Bri and John came down the stairs as they were followed by TJ.
"Where'd he come from?" Ashley asked as she pointed to John. He looked at her blankly.
"I was called down here by Bri and now I know why…" he said while looking up the stairs. Everyone turned to Bri.
"We've got trouble." Bri said as the group watched as water began to flow down the stairs. All their eyes grew wide as Bri's head simply said that they couldn't go back that way. They all looked down the hallway that had many turns leading to other parts of the ship as they heard a low rumble.
"This isn't good…" Zack said and was proven right as a large amount of water began to rage in their direction.
"RUN!" Ashley, Courtney, Ryan, Richy, and Chelsea all yelled at once. They all didn't need to be told twice as they took off in the opposite direction. No one was really paying attention to anyone else so when it came to the turns everyone kind of split up. Down the first hallway went Bri, Zack, and Emma. The one after that was traveled by Ashley, Courtney, John, and TJ. Kristen, Matt, and Dalton took the one after that and the last one was taken by Chelsea, Ryan, Richy, and Travis. The water tore after all of them and before any of them knew that they had been split up they were swept down their respective hallway by the raging water.
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There we go I have now updated. Now everyone is in smaller groups but will that help with their survival or will they all get lost and some not survive. Any ideas for the groups please tell me. And as always please REVIEW! Arigatou.
Kyree