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p style="text-align: left;"Ray had been holding Kate for a while, trying to let everything sink in. He could not believe that this was happening to them. He took a few more seconds to try and figure out what to do next. He looked at Kate then stood up giving out orders to the rest of the men. Everyone nodded and started working, putting on the pumps so that some of the water that was flowing in could be pumped out again. /p
p style="text-align: left;"Kate was in a daze and she watched Ray and the men working, then she stood up and walked upstairs to the kitchen to make sure everyone up there was okay and that no one was hurt. She told the kitchen crew what happened and like her they all where shocked. Ray and the rest of the crew that was under came into the kitchen, and Kate could see that he was deep in thought and she wondered what he was thinking. She smiled slightly at the head chef before she walked to Ray sitting down. She could hear that the men where arguing about what they should do. Some suggested they take the life boats and the others said that there should be another way, something else they could do. Then suddenly it grew quiet and everyone turned their attention to Ray and herself, they asked Ray what he thought was the best option, since Ray was the chief engineer and the highest ranking of them all. Ray looked at them for a moment, and then he turned to Kate, she could see that he was starting to form a plan, but that he needed her to back him up, he needed the courage. She smiled at him and took his hand in hers giving it a gentle squeeze, trying to encourage him. /p
p style="text-align: left;"Ray looked back at the rest of the men, "We have the pumps, but it will only last us a few hours, once the water reaches the ventilation shafts of the pump it will stop running and we will sink" he said. Kate frowned and listened and then she added knowing where Ray was going with this, "We could run ashore" , she looked at the men and they starting arguing with her and Ray saying it was crazy and they where going to die. Ray suddenly stood up, "It is our only and best option a t the moment, if we do this right it could buy us and the search team some time, time that we need now" he said. One of the men then asked how many time they have now before they sink and Ray answered with a few but enough to get us to a shoreline if we start working now. Kate stood up wanting to get this plan going as fast as she could, she did not have time to mourn the death of her father, she will do it later when she has time and if they get out alive. /p
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p style="text-align: left;"An hour or so later they where busy trying to get everything together, there had been some trouble earlier on with one of the crew members, he wanted to get on one of the life boats. Kate wanted to walk away to talk to the man when Ray picked up and axe, Kate frowned and followed him up not knowing what he was thinking or what he wanted to do. He suddenly swinged the axe, with the angle Kate was at she could not see what he hit and screamed no. She then ran forward and saw that he had cut the rope that held the life boat. The life boat tumbled to the bottom hitting the water, she looked down and saw a massive wave picking up the boat and slamming it into the tanker's side, making it break into pieces. She suddenly heard a commotion and she looked up, she saw that the man had Ray pinned against a pole and wanted to hit him. She ran forward and grabbed his arm "Look, Ray just saved your life, the boat shattered to pieces against the tanker, this storm is too big, you would never survive it" she said and then moved in between them. She looked at the man, she could see that he was struggling, if he wanted to punch Ray he would have to get through her and that will not be easy. He lifted his hand further back and she could feel Ray moving fast, he put his harms around her waist and turned them around, she could hear the man scream in fury and she closed her eyes waiting for the impact.../p
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p style="text-align: left;"Ray had been holding Kate for a while, trying to let everything sink in. He could not believe that this was happening to them. He took a few more seconds to try and figure out what to do next. He looked at Kate then stood up giving out orders to the rest of the men. Everyone nodded and started working, putting on the pumps so that some of the water that was flowing in could be pumped out again. /p
p style="text-align: left;"Kate was in a daze and she watched Ray and the men working, then she stood up and walked upstairs to the kitchen to make sure everyone up there was okay and that no one was hurt. She told the kitchen crew what happened and like her they all where shocked. Ray and the rest of the crew that was under came into the kitchen, and Kate could see that he was deep in thought and she wondered what he was thinking. She smiled slightly at the head chef before she walked to Ray sitting down. She could hear that the men where arguing about what they should do. Some suggested they take the life boats and the others said that there should be another way, something else they could do. Then suddenly it grew quiet and everyone turned their attention to Ray and herself, they asked Ray what he thought was the best option, since Ray was the chief engineer and the highest ranking of them all. Ray looked at them for a moment, and then he turned to Kate, she could see that he was starting to form a plan, but that he needed her to back him up, he needed the courage. She smiled at him and took his hand in hers giving it a gentle squeeze, trying to encourage him. /p
p style="text-align: left;"Ray looked back at the rest of the men, "We have the pumps, but it will only last us a few hours, once the water reaches the ventilation shafts of the pump it will stop running and we will sink" he said. Kate frowned and listened and then she added knowing where Ray was going with this, "We could run ashore" , she looked at the men and they starting arguing with her and Ray saying it was crazy and they where going to die. Ray suddenly stood up, "It is our only and best option a t the moment, if we do this right it could buy us and the search team some time, time that we need now" he said. One of the men then asked how many time they have now before they sink and Ray answered with a few but enough to get us to a shoreline if we start working now. Kate stood up wanting to get this plan going as fast as she could, she did not have time to mourn the death of her father, she will do it later when she has time and if they get out alive. /p
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p style="text-align: left;"An hour or so later they where busy trying to get everything together, there had been some trouble earlier on with one of the crew members, he wanted to get on one of the life boats. Kate wanted to walk away to talk to the man when Ray picked up and axe, Kate frowned and followed him up not knowing what he was thinking or what he wanted to do. He suddenly swinged the axe, with the angle Kate was at she could not see what he hit and screamed no. She then ran forward and saw that he had cut the rope that held the life boat. The life boat tumbled to the bottom hitting the water, she looked down and saw a massive wave picking up the boat and slamming it into the tanker's side, making it break into pieces. She suddenly heard a commotion and she looked up, she saw that the man had Ray pinned against a pole and wanted to hit him. She ran forward and grabbed his arm "Look, Ray just saved your life, the boat shattered to pieces against the tanker, this storm is too big, you would never survive it" she said and then moved in between them. She looked at the man, she could see that he was struggling, if he wanted to punch Ray he would have to get through her and that will not be easy. He lifted his hand further back and she could feel Ray moving fast, he put his harms around her waist and turned them around, she could hear the man scream in fury and she closed her eyes waiting for the impact.../p