Gabriel and Rosalie, fully dressed now, come threw the crew door onto the deck. There hands are holding one another in a death grip, to scared to let the other go. The air is cold, so Gabriel holds Rosalie to her chest for warmth. Rosalie lays her head atop Gabriel's heart, "When we dock, I'm going to get off with you." Rosalie told her. Gabriel chuckles, "This is crazy." She says. Rosalie nods her head, "Yes it is, which is why I trust it." She looks up and smiles. Gabriel leans down and kisses her fiercely, like there's no tomorrow.
Then, all of a sudden, they feel a bump and a bell ringing. They stop kissing and go to lean over the rail, looking at the hull of the ship. "I don't see anything, you?" She said. Rosalie shook her head. They turn around and sees the Captain and some crew members going down to the well deck. "It's bad." Gabriel whispers. "We have to go tell Edward and my mother." Rosalie said, even though she didn't want to she knew she had to. "Now it's worse." Gabriel sighs.
"Come with me." Rosalie urges. "I jump, you jump...right?" She asks. Gabriel nods her head and follows Rosalie. As they rush to Rosalie's room, they pass a ton of people in there pjs...demanding what was going on.
When they reach her room, they see Edward's manservant waiting for them in the hall. "We've been looking for you miss." He says, following closely behind the two girls. Rosalie and Gabriel are to focused on what's ahead that they fail to see him slip something inside Gabriel's overcoat.
They reach the room to see both Judy and Edward sitting, along with the Master at Arms and two stewards. "Something serious has happened-" Rosalie starts. Edward stands and cuts her off, "That's right. Two things that are dear to me have been stolen. Now that one is back, I believe I know where the other one is." Edward says, going straight at Gabriel. He reaches into her overcoat and pulls out the Heart of the Ocean. Rosalie, and Gabriel, are both stunned. The Master at Arms handcuffs Gabriel. "This is horseshit! I didn't steal anything!" She yells, but was being hulled away. "Rosalie! I didn't steal anything, you got to believe me." She says. "They planted it on me." She says, but was out the door.
"But, she was with me the entire time." Rosalie says. Edward puts the diamond in his pocket and whispers in her ear, "Maybe she stole it when you were putting your clothes back on."
Judy get's up from her chair, "I had better go dress." She said, walking out the door. Edward follows her and closes the door. He then crosses over to Rosalie and slaps her across the face, glaring at her coldly. To Rosalie, the blow was inconsequential compared to the blow that her heart was just given. Edward shook her roughly when she refused to look at him. "Look at me, you little-" He started to yell, but was interrupted by a loud knock at the door. The door opens and their steward steps in, "Sir, I've been told to ask you to put on your lifebelt and to come up to the boat deck." He said.
Edward just glared at the steward, "I'm busy at the moment." He said, turning back to Rosalie. The steward shook his head and grabbed the two lifebelts from the dresser. "Sorry sir, Captains orders." He says, handing both him and Rosalie a lifebelt. 'Please dress warmly it's quite cold out tonight." He tells them, then leaves.
"This is ridiculous." Edward says under his breath, but puts on his lifebelt and practically drags Rosalie out the door. They pass by stewards waking up passengers, banging on doors loudly and telling them to get to the boat deck. They get to the staircase, were there was a large number of first class passengers all gathered up...demanding to know why they were woken up.
Edward passes them and moves up to the A-deck foyer, were they meet Judy and the rest of there entourage.
Rosalie was like a sleepwalker, her mind barely there. She saw Thomas Andrews come up from the stairs and walks over to him, ignoring Edward behind her. "I saw the iceberg, Mr Andrews." Rosalie says. "Please, just tell me the truth." She asks him. Thomas bows his head, "The ship will sink within the next hour or so." He says. "My God!" Edward yells behind Rosalie. Thomas gives them a sad smile, "Please tell only who you must, I don't wish to be responsible for a panic." He says. "And, try to get to a boat quickly. Don't wait." He then goes off, moving among the passengers and urging them to put on there lifebelts and get into the boats.
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The Master at Arms and Edward's manservant were currently handcuffing Gabriel to a water pipe down on the lower deck. A crewman rushed in, his face all anxious and nervous. "Sir, your wanted by the Purser." He told the Master at Arms. He looked at Gabriel with a glare, but the manservant waved him off. "Go on, i'll keep and eye on her." He said. The Master at Arms nodded his head and tossed the handcuff key, then followed behind the crewman. The manservant smiled as he tossed the key in the air, and pulled out a Colt .45 from his coat.
He goes and sits atop an old desk, and just stares at Gabriel. Gabriel stares right back at him, her eyes showing what she'd do to him if she wasn't handcuffed to a pipe. He places the gun on the desk and takes out a bullet, and places that on the desk. Both he and Gabriel watch as the bullet rolls off of the desk and falls to the ground.
"You know...I think that this ship may sink." The manservant says with a shrug. He gets up and puts the gun and bullet back into his coat. He crosses over to Gabriel. "Mr Cullen asked me to give you a token of our appreciation." He says, then punches Gabriel in the stomach...hard. "Normally I don't hit women, but I made an exception for you." He tells her. He tosses the key into the air, almost like he was gloating, then left.
Gabriel coughed and yanked hard, but couldn't get out of the handcuffs.
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"Women and children first!" The Captain yells. The women and children all climb aboard the lifeboats and are slowly lowered down onto the water. Rosalie, Judy and Edward were all walking with a purpose. Edward was shoving people out of his way. It was pure and utter chaos, with kids crying and people scrambling to save there belongings while they could.
They stopped in front of an Officer whom was loading a boat. He placed his hand on Edward's chest, "Sorry sir, were only taking women and children now." He told Edward. Rosalie glanced around, seeing the farewells that husband gave to there wives. She saw Alice trying to usher a reluctant woman to board the lifeboat. "Will the lifeboats be seated according to class?" She heard her mother ask the officer. "I hope they're not to-" Rosalie snapped her around, glaring at Judy. "Oh, Mother shut up!" She yelled at her. "Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats...not enough by half. Half of these people are going to die." Rosalie says.
Edward, all smug, shrugs his shoulders. "Not the better half." He says. That's when it hits Rosalie, like a thunderbolt had struck her. Gabriel was third class, so she didn't stand a chance. A rocket bursts overhead and bathes her face in a white light. She pushes him, hard. "You bastard!" She yells at him.
Meanwhile, Alice ushered Judy into the boat. She turned her head to Rosalie, "Come on Rosalie, your next." She tells the blonde. Rosalie steps back and shakes her head, refusing to get in. "Get in the boat!" Judy yells at her. Rosalie glares at her mother, "Goodbye." She tells her, then turns on the spot. Edward grabs her arm, but she shakes from his grasp and walks into the crowd.
He runs after her and grips her more tightly. "Where do you think your going?" He asks. "To her, is that it? To be her whore?" Rosalie turns around, her eyes full of anger. "I'd rather be her whore then your wife." She tells him, then slaps him across the face with her free hand. She runs into the crowd, but Edward is fast behind her. So, she walks up to two proper looking men. "That man tried to take advantage of me in the crowd!" She yells, pointing at Edward.
They turn around and see young Edward running towards them. Rosalie runs past the two men as they grab Edward, restraining him. Rosalie runs through the first class entrance, looking for a way to get to Gabriel. Edward breaks free of the two men and runs after her. He reaches the entrance, but runs into a crowd of people coming out. He pushes on past and scans the deck for Rosalie. But, he can't find her...she's gone.
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Gabriel pulls on the pipe with all of her strength, trying but failing to break free. The pipe won't budge. She then starts to hear a gurgling sound, and seconds later water starts to pour under the door. The water spreads across the floor rapidly, coming up to her ankles in mere seconds. "Shit!" She yells. She tries to pull one hand out of the cuffs, pulling till her skin was raw...but her hand wouldn't slip through.
She stares wide eyed at the door, "HELP!" She yells in a desperate plea. "Can anybody hear me?!" Outside, the corridor was flooded a couple inches deep and was completely deserted. Gabriel's voice came through the door faintly, but there was no one to hear her.
When she didn't hear a reply, she slumped down and closed her eyes. "This could be bad." She says to herself.
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Rosalie runs into Thomas Andrews, breathless and trying to catch said breath. Thomas pats her back, "Miss Rosalie, why are you here? I told you to get on a lifeboat." He told her. She shakes her head, "Where would the Master at Arms take someone under arrest?" She asks him, shaking his shoulders. Thomas closes his eyes and grabs her arm, "I'm taking you to a boat, right now." He tells her.
Rosalie stands her ground, not moving. "I'll do this with or without your help, sir. But, without said help it will take me even longer." She tells him. Thomas sighs, "Take the elevator to the very bottom, go left, down the crewman's passage and then make a right." He tells her. Rosalie nods, "Bottom, left, right. I have it." She says, giving Thomas a quick hug.
She runs past Thomas, whom stares at the blonde with pained eyes. "I hope she's worth it." He says to himself, then resumes looking to see if there was anyone on board.
Rosalie runs up to the last elevator, where an operator was closing up his lift to leave. "Sorry miss, lifts are closed-" He starts to say but gets cut off Rosalie shoving him back into the lift and demanding him to take her down. The operator fumbled with the gate and started the lift, heading down. Rosalie watches the decks go past through the iron gates. The lift slows down, and suddenly theres ice water swirling around her legs. She screams in shock of how cold the water is, and the operator screams a few seconds later.
Rosalie opens the door and splashes out of the lift, looking around as the operator heads back up. "Left, crew passage." She says to herself, then spots said passage. She slowly moves through the flooded corridor, the place deserted. It finally dawned on Rosalie that she was on her own down here, but that didn't stop her. "Right, right...right." She says, turning into a cross-corridor. There's a row of doors on each side.
"Gabriel!" She yells. "GABRIEL!" She yells louder, her voice echoing off of the water. She walks forward, yelling the redhead's name over and over. "Rosalie! In here!" She hears behind her. She spins around and runs back, locating the correct door and pushes it open..creating a small wave in the process. She smiles when she see's Gabriel and splashes over to her, putting her arms around her neck. "Gabriel!" She says, repeating her name over and over again. "I'm sorry, so..so sorry." Rosalie tells her. "Edward's manservant put it in my pocket, I swear it." Gabriel tells her. Rosalie nods her head, "I believe you." She answers.
"See if you can find a key for these." Gabriel says, tugging at her handcuff. "Try the drawers, it's a little brass key." She says. Rosalie kisses her face and hugs her once more, then gets up and rummages through the desk. Gabriel coughed, "So..how'd you find out that I didn't do it?" She asked the blonde. Rosalie looked over her shoulder, "I didn't. I just realized that I already knew that you couldn't have done it." She says. There eyes lock at one another, looking at one another with so much love and affection that it's embarrassing.
Rosalie turns her head around and continues to look for the key, searching drawers and cupboards. Gabriel looks out of the porthole and watches as a lifeboat touches the surface of the water. Rosalie stopped trashing the room and just stands there, breathing hard. "There's no key in here." She says. Gabriel turns her gaze from the porthole and looks down. The water is now two feet deep.
"Rosalie, you have to leave." Gabriel says, her voice full of pain. "You have to leave me and get on a lifeboat." She says. Rosalie shakes her head at Gabriel, refusing to leave her. "No!" She shouts. "I'll ho and find help." She says, almost to herself. She nods, "Yes, I'll go and find help. You just..stay here." She says. Gabriel sighs, and nods her head.
Rosalie runs out, but looks back at Gabriel from the doorways. She smiles at her and Rosalie smiles back, then splashes away. She goes down the hall to the stairwell that goes up to the next deck. She starts up the stairs, but finds herself climbing the stairs at a snails pace dew to her dress. She quickly unbuttons the dress and runs up the stairs in her underclothes, yelling for help. When she gets to the top, there's no one there. She finds a fire-axe in a glass case. She shrugs her shoulders and breaks the case with a battered suitcase that was nearby. She seizes the axe and runs back the way she came. When she gets halfway down, she finds that the water has nearly flooded the entire corridor. She steels herself and crouches down. She powers through the water and gets to the door that Gabriel is trapped in.
She enters the room and finds that Gabriel has climbed up on the bench and was hugging the water pipe. Rosalie wade in, holding the axe above her head. "Will this work?" She asked. Gabriel shrugged her shoulders, "We'll find out." She answered. They were both terrified, but were both trying to be strong for the other. Gabriel stretches the handcuffs across the steel pipe, but the chain was very short and had exposed her wrists on either side.
"Try a couple of practice swings." Gabriel says. Rosalie nods and swings it hard into a wooden cabinet. Gabriel nods, "Now try again, and hit the same place." She says. Rosalie swings once more, and the blade hits the same place. "Okay, that's enough practice." Gabriel says. Rosalie raises the axe, and Gabriel braces herself. "You can do it Rosalie. Hit it as hard as you can." Gabriel says. "I trust you." Rosalie nodded, smiling at Gabriel. Gabriel closes her eyes, and so does Rosalie. The axe comes down and they here the blade hitting the chain. Rosalie gingerly opens her eyes and looks to see Gabriel giving her a wide smile, with two separate cuffs.
Rosalie drops the axe, all of her strength leaving her. "Nice work." Gabriel says, climbing down into the water next to her. She can't breathe for a moment, "Ow, ow, ow..that's cold!" Gabriel says, shivering a bit. She nods her head at the door, "Come on, let's go." They wade out into the hall. Rosalie starts towards the stairs, but Gabriel stops her. There's only about a foot of the stairwell open. "The waters to deep, we gotta find another way out." Gabriel says, then drags Rosalie with her.
They find a wooden door frame that wasn't wet, and so Gabriel tried to burst it open with her shoulder. After about a few minutes, the wooden door bursts open. They stumble through, into a corridor. A Steward, whom was nearby herding people along, marched towards them. "Hey!" He yelled. "You'll have to pay for that! That's White Star Line property-" He gets cut off by Gabriel and Rosalie glaring at him. "SHUTUP!" They yell together.
Gabriel leads them past the dumbfounded steward. They join the steerage stragglers going aft. In certain places, the corridor was blocked off by large families carrying all of there luggage. A woman gives Rosalie a blanket, and her husband offers them a flask of whiskey. Rosalie takes it and takes a mighty belt, then hands it to Gabriel. Gabriel smiles and follows suit.
They try a number of doors and iron gates along the way, but find them all locked.
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After awhile, they found Emmett and Dylan. "Emmett! Dylan!" Gabriel yells. Dylan turns and smiles and he sees Gabriel and Rosalie pushing through the crowd. Emmett turns just as they reach them and he and Gabriel bear hug one another. "The boats are all going." Dylan says. Gabriel nods, "We gotta get up there or we're gonna be gargling saltwater all the way to the ocean floor." She says.
The gates open up and the stewards let a few women through. "Women only. No men, no men!" They say. But. some of the men don't know english and try to rush through the gate. The crewmen and stewards push them back, shoving and punching them. "Lock it!" A steward says. One of the stewards pulls out a revolver while the other holds a fire axe over his shoulder.
"It's useless that way." Dylan says, nodding towards the gate. Gabriel turns back and grabs Rosalie, "Let's go!" She yells. Dylan and Emmett closely follow the two women through the crowd. They push past confused passengers..past a mother that was changing her baby's diaper on top of a trunk..past a woman arguing with man, a wailing child next to them...past a man that was kneeling to console a woman who was sobbing on the floor..and past another man who was reading an english/arabic dictionary as he tried to figure out what was going on.
They come upon a narrow stairwell and go up two decks, but get stopped by a small group that was pressed against a steel gate. "Go to the main stairwell, with everyone else." A steward says. "It'll get sorted out there."
Gabriel loses it then and grabs one end of a bench, which was bolted to the floor. She tries to pull at it, and Dylan and Emmett pitch in until the bolts shear and breaks free. Rosalie clears a path up the stairs. "Move aside!" She yells. "Quickly, move aside!" She says. Dylan and Emmett rams the bench into the gate with all of their strength. The gates rips from its track and falls forward, almost hitting one of the stewards. Gabriel leads the crowd and surges on through.
Rosalie steps up to the steward, whom was cowering, and spoke in her most imperious tone. "If you have any intention of keeping your pathetic job with White Star Line, then I suggest that you escort these nice people to the boat deck...now!" She says, ending with a sweet smile. He nods and motions for the crowd to follow him.
When they get to the boat deck, that's when panic ensues. Everyone is clambering to get in a boat, and the crew is trying to get order.
"Come on Miss." A crewman urges Rosalie. She shakes her head and walks back into Gabriel, "Not without her." She says. The crewman looks at Gabriel, and shakes his head. "Sorry miss, she's third class and your first. You come first." He says, and grabs her arm. He tries to drag her into the boat, but she kicks and screams at him. Gabriel wraps her arms around Rosalie and pulls her back into her. The crewman gives up and turns around. He starts to lower the boat, but that's when the rope gives way and sends the boat crashing into the water.
"What's that noise?" Emmett asks. The crowd quiets down, and that's when they hear it. Wood crackling, metal breaking. The boat was falling apart.
Rosalie turns herself into Gabriel and kisses her full on the mouth. 'I jump, you jump." She says. Gabriel nods her head and kisses her forehead. As the crowd screams and runs for the remaining boats, Gabriel grips Rosalie's hand. They both run towards the railing and jumps...everything goes black.
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Rosalie's eyes shoot open, and she finds herself on a small piece of wood. She looks around and finds that everything is blurry. She see's the Titanic in the distance, the once beautiful ship now broken in half. She blinks her eyes quickly, everything coming back into full view. She finds a body a bit away, with red hair, floating. "Gabriel" Rosalie gasps out. She slowly paddles to the body, saying Gabriel over and over again. She nears the body and finds that it is Gabriel. She grips her and starts to kiss her, hoping that she wasn't to late.
Gabriel gasps and coughs up water. She starts to blink away the water in her eyes and smiles at Rosalie. "Hey." Gabriel says, tucking a wet piece of blonde hair behind Rosalie's ears. Rosalie smiles, "Hi." She says. Gabriel looks around and her eye catches a whistle, probably from the boat the crashed into the water. She lets one of her hands go from Rosalie and gets the whistle, then puts it around Rosalie's neck.
"The boats will come and find us." Rosalie says. "You'll see." After awhile, Gabriel's lips turn blue and she starts to shiver. Rosalie looks around, hoping to catch sight of a boat. "I'm n-n-not g-g-going t-to m-m-make it." Gabriel stutters out. Rosalie shakes her head and kisses Gabriel on her forehead. "No, no. You'll make it. Any moment now, they'll be here." She says. Gabriel closes her eyes, but Rosalie shakes her. "Stay awake with me Gabriel. You stay awake!" She says.
"L-l-live." Gabriel says. Rosalie starts to cry, "You and I are both going to live. And we'll grow old together and you'll sketch me everyday." She says. "T-t-that sou-sounds n-n-nice." Gabriel stutters. "And we-we'll go to that pier you were talking about and ride the rollercoaster." She says. Gabriel smiles, her eyes half closed.
"HELLO!" Rosalie hears. She looks over and sees a lone boat, looking through the wreckage for survivors. Rosalie smiles, "Gabriel." She says. No answer. "Gabriel, look." She says, looking over at the redhead. Her smile turns to a frown when she sees Gabriel has her eyes closed and mouth shut. "Gabriel?" She asks. She tries to shake the redhead, asking her to wake up. But, it's useless. "HELLO!" She hears again.
She looks back at Gabriel and gives her a sad smile, kisses her on the forehead and lets her go. 'I'm sorry Gabriel." She says. She places the whistle in her mouth and starts to blow, waving her arms like crazy. After a few seconds, the boat comes near her and two men help her up..draping a blanket around her.
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Rosalie looked out at the ocean, shivering. It's been less then four hours since the Titanic fell into the ocean, never to be seen again. Rosalie was mad at herself, wishing that she had died. Wishing that she had followed Gabriel down into the ocean floor.
"Name, miss?" She heard. She looked up and saw an officer with a notepad. Rosalie coughs a bit and pulls the blanket around her...pretending that it was Gabriel's arms.
"Swan. Rosalie Swan." She answers.
so, that's the end of the Movie/Original Ending. You guys asked for it, so I shall do it. I will do not 1, but 2 AE's. So, look forward for those in the future. Also, if there's any Faberry fans out there..i plan to make a fic about them, so be on the look out for that.
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