Summary: Tohru receives tickets for the luxury cruise upon the Poseidon for her birthday, along with 9 other people from the Sohma family. Midway through the cruise, the ship is fatally struck by a rogue wave, and is capsized. Now Tohru must find out where everyone else is and escape the bowels of the ship before it slips under the ocean's waves. But not everyone can survive fate. . .

Poseidon
Chapter Seventeen
Bow Thrusters

"We need to get to those tubes," said Kyo, looking below them, where water flooded the bottom part of the ship.

Alarms and sirens were blasting out nearby. Kyo ran over to them, and looked at what was causing all the commotion. He looked over the electronic equipment near him, and read a red flashing sign that said:
"Fuel Delivery Problems – Engine Shut Down".

"What's that mean?" he muttered to himself.

Tohru joined him, reading the text "What's it mean, Kyo?" she asked.

"I think it means the bow thrusters aren't on," he replied, slowly "meaning we should be able to get out."

"That's great!" she exclaimed, and told the others the good news.

They applauded and hugged, thanking God that finally, things seemed to be going their way.

They clambered down the edge of the ceiling, and onto another walkway, which lead to the first propeller tube. They ran up the steps, to hear a gentle humming coming from outside of it.

"What's that noise?" asked Tohru, placing her ear against the tube.

The group did the same. The tube was warm to the touch. A gentle humming drifted through the metal, meaning only one thing. The bow thrusters were still spinning.

"T-They're still moving," said Kyo, pulling away from the tube, as sparks flew behind him.

"What?" asked Ren, also pulling away "how can that be? That sign said they'd stopped."

"Maybe it's meaning they will stop," said Tohru "for all we know, that sign could've only just appeared."

"Or," came Yuki's voice, sounding grave and harsh "maybe it meant about something else..."

"You've got a point," said Haru "none of us know about ship engineering, that could be for anything in this room."

They looked sombre for a moment. All thinking of a way to escape, as the ship groaned violently and creaked menacingly, as though it knew they wanted to escape.

"We have to find some way to switch them off," came Kyo eventually.

"Yeah, but how?" asked Aya, standing behind Yuki.

"Only one way to find out," said Kyo, and he followed the tube, to where a tightly shut hatch had been placed.

"Isn't it dangerous to have something like that there?" asked Tohru, looking slightly freaked out by its presence. It had never really occurred to her until now, seeing it.

"What?" asked Ren, looking at Tohru "That's our escape, how can you not be thankful it's there?!"

"Hey, hey," said Kyo, looking at Ren "no need to start an argument."

"I'm just saying," said Tohru, cutting through Ren and Kyo's glares to each other "isn't it dangerous to have a hatch on a propeller tube so far below the waterline? Wouldn't it interrupt the ship's overall hull structure?"

"You have a point," said Haru "but that's nothing to discuss now. Let's just focus on getting out of here, and suing the bastards that run this cruise line!"

So Kyo began to work the handle on the hatch. It was no use; the hatch was sealed shut completely. Not even when all of them had had a try at prising open the hatch did it open.

"Well, that answers your question, Tohru," Ren said, shaking his hands "the door is sealed so much it may as well not be there at all!"

Tohru sat on a pipe that ran along the tube. She looked around. The ship shuddered violently, creaking and groaning. She shot up, as they all screamed, and she ran to the hatch, prising it open with all her strength. Kyo helped her as the ship roared around them.
The water below them bubbled, and began to rise, as pieces of metal around them shook free from their holdings and fell with a splash into the water. Explosions in the previous room shook the ship, the vibrations here were the worst, as this is were they emanated from.

Finally, with all of them pulling at once, did the handle begin to turn, and they kept on going. Screaming encouragement to one another, as the handle finally flew free, and the hatch burst open.
An explosion so loud ripped open the door behind them, as water began to pour in from it, the only trouble was, the propellers were still turning.

Tohru screamed, as the water reached their heels, still rising fast. Kyo ran away from them, "KYO!" Tohru screamed, as he ran into the water, coming up to his waist, water pouring over him.
He returned with a gas canister of some kind, and he took of the lid, and threw it into the tube, throwing himself on top of Tohru, and everyone ducked for cover, as the gas canister was sucked into one of the propellers.

A loud explosion rang through the tube, as flames licked through the hatch. The screamed, as the water continued to rise quickly. More explosions ran through the vessel, as they clambered through the hatch, to see one of the propellers had been completely destroyed by the explosion, yet, the other continued spinning, blowing them to the other side.

Kyo dragged Tohru to the edge. It was only about a 20foot drop into the water below, and the water was rising fast. They had only just made it. Kyo dragged her over the edge, and found a life raft floating nearby, it had been tethered to the ship; it's cord still leading under the depths to the life boat deck.

Kyo swam as fast as he could, pulling Tohru with him. They reached the raft and clambered aboard. They looked at the ship, as Yuki, and the others were at the edge of the tube, about to jump.
When suddenly, a thunderous explosion rocked the nights air, and blasted through the propeller tube, flames shot out of it, licking the air around it, surrounding Tohru and Kyo in immense heat, obliterating everything in their path. Everything.
Pieces of metal and other debris flew around them, as they looked on in horror, as the mighty Poseidon slowly flipped over, revealing the once-glossy and new superstructure, now broken, burnt and crippled.
The words Poseidon upon the hull shone once more, as the ship finally released the trapped air, and slowly, descended into the ocean's waves.

Tohru stared on, in disbelief. As the bubbles rose to the surface of the water. Debris such as boxes, chairs, towels and other items littered the ocean's surface. All that was left of the once-famous Poseidon.

(A/N: Okay, I'm throwing these updates out now, another chapter – done. These past two chapters aren't meant to be long, don't worry. The next (and final) chapters should be a bit longer, anyway, look out for them!)