Disclaimer: Everything belongs to James Cameron except for my OC, Darya.

Chapter 4

The water started up again, this time with more force. We needed to tread faster than this if we wanted to get to the rest and make it back up. Josh took a hold of my hand so that we could support each other and tread on faster. I followed behind him, matching his steps as much as I could. Hopefully Frank and the rest would meet us half way, that could speed everything up and we'd be able to get too. Otherwise, no I couldn't afford to think like that.

"Who's there?" Frank shouted and Josh sped up.

"Dad!" Josh shouted back. I tried to steady myself with the rocks around me, the water was getting too strong.

"What the fuck are you doing here?"

"Dad, the cave is flooding."

"You think! Send down the rope."

"Yeah." With that Josh threw down the rope. I hurried to tie the other end to the boulder in the way. "Secure?" I nodded.

"She's climbing!" George shouted

"Victoria, you're going to take a big hit now. Ready yourself." Frank shouted. Josh beckoned me ahead so that I could help him bring Victoria up.

"Victoria!" I shouted as I saw her head appear. That's when the boulder moved.

"Stop! Stop! It's moving." Josh shouted as I rushed back to push the boulder from moving.

"It's not going to hold, Josh." I shouted as my feet slipped. "Climb back down Victoria!"

"Fuck that. I'm not going down." She climbed up further and Josh helped her up.

"Shit! Josh! It's not – With that I fell back. I felt Josh's hand try to grab onto me but the strength of the water was too much and we took Victoria down with us.

The water below hit me hard and I panicked. Desperately and quickly I swam away from the waterfall (because that is what it looked like now) so that I could get my head out without being hit by the force of the water. I took lungs full of air and gasped for air.

"Josh!" Frank screamed and I looked around desperately. Shit. Where the hell was he?

"Josh! Victoria! Josh!" I screamed and got ready to back towards the flow to search for him and Vic. That's was when both Vic and Josh appeared. Carl jumped in to help Victoria out and I stretched my hand so that Josh could take a hold of it. Thank God, they were alright. "You okay?" I asked as we both swam away from the opening. Josh only grunted in response as he tried to swim faster.

"No!" I heard George scream to which both Josh and I looked up to find that the boulder had blocked the exit. "Shit. Shit." He screamed.

We swam onto the sides, and I coughed out water. Shit, I shouldn't have panicked like that. You panic and you die faster and quicker. Frank and George joined us. "Listen, to me. Both of you. You did all you could." Josh nodded to that and I just closed my eyes to steady my breathing. "We're heading down to forward base! We'll find a way out. Through the restriction." Frank shouted.

When we made it back to forward base, the camp site was flooded. "Grab anything that you see useful!" Frank barked. "I said useful! Ropes, torches, re-breathers. We've only got a few more hours left before this place floods up too." My eyes roamed around the camp site looking for the useful.

"Where's my mask? God dammit!" Carl started screaming. I grabbed a mask which floated towards me and handed it to him.

"You need to calm down!" I shouted.

"George, give me hand here!" Frank shouted, to which Victoria and I looked towards them. Frank was opening Judes's body bag.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Victoria shouted, horrified. But I knew. Victoria needed the suit. But she wasn't going to like it.

"We don't have any extra suits your size. There is only one for Darya. This is the only one that will fit you."

"Ha. Fuck that! I am not wearing a dead person's suit."

"Vic you need to." I said calmly. Forcing her wasn't going to help the situation because it'd only make her more stubborn.

"You can do this! Because you have to do this!" Frank shouted. "Darya, go to Josh. He'll give you the extra suit." I walked away giving Vic another pitying look. "George will teach you the basics."

"Hey! I thought George wasn't supposed to dive anymore." Carl reasoned.

"Well, we're taking him out of retirement." Frank replied.

Vic was pissed and Frank obviously wasn't in the mood to be shouted at. They could be heard shouting at each other throughout the cave, as I made my way over to Josh.

"You listen to me Frank! I'd rather be cold and alive, then warm and dead! Show me how to use the rebreathers!" Victoria shouted.

"You shouldn't have come after me, Darya." Josh whispered as he handed me the suit.

"Haven't we already gone over this?" I asked while taking off the climbing gear. "Now turn around." I said and started stripping down.

With his back turned towards me, "You could have made it out. There really is only a slim chance of getting out of here."

"Hey zip me up, would you?" I turned my back to Josh and I felt his hands fumble with the zipper. "Josh, listen to me. Let's not dwell on the 'what if' anymore, okay? It's too late now. And besides, I wanted to come. I've done this before, okay? I'm not new to the dive." I said quietly, as his hands came to rest on my shoulders. "God, your hands are freezing." I joked as I took his hands in mine in order to warm them. "Your turn." I gave his hands one last squeeze. I heard him start to strip down too.

"Come here, you two." Frank said to Josh and me, as we waded in the water. "Green light means good, red light means bad. Darya, did George brief you on everything?"

"Hmm."

"Okay, I'll be monitoring you guys, alright?"

"Dad, we know, okay?" Josh said firmly and Frank just gave him a nod.

Frank turned to face everyone and said, "Visibility will be screwed to shit. Just follow the guideline. And Victoria goes last."

"What!" Victoria said, a bit on the edge.

"You panic in there; everyone behind you dies along with you." Frank said with finality. No one was going to argue with that. "I'll see you all on the other side." With that said Frank slowly lowered under water. We all followed suit.

Visibility was crap. I couldn't see anything properly and the light wasn't helping at all. Frank took my hand and guided it to a thin rope. It had to be the guideline. I gave him a 'okay' sign and he swam on further.

When the squeeze came into sight, I tried not to panic. It may not have shown on my face but I knew I'd have trouble with it. It was far too tight. Frank squeezed through first. My eyes roamed around me for another way through, a more relaxed way but no such luck. Josh came up to me, squeezed my hand and looked at me. He knew. He knew I was freaking out. I squeezed his hand back to tell him I was okay. He gave me thumbs up and followed after his father. I was to go next.

Carl nudged me a bit, signaling my turn and I gave him a weary look. He just nodded his head and slowly blinked at me. I went in.

As I squeezed my way through I kept chanting 'Don't panic' in my head. At least it kept my attention away from the close proximity and the small area. When I saw the end I pushed myself to go faster. Josh saw me and helped me out. I didn't let go of his hand till everyone was out.

Where the hell was Victoria? Dread filled my heart when I saw everyone was out and she was nowhere in sight. I made to go and check it out when I saw Josh hold on to my hand tighter to keep me in place. He blinked me a 'no' and I turned around to see Carl going towards the squeeze. Before he could get there, a light appeared and Victoria was out. Without anymore stops, we swam our way to the top.

Josh helped me out of the water, as I pulled the tank off my back.

"Where the hell is Carl?" Frank screamed. Victoria lay on the side shivering. I quickly got over to her and started peeling of her wet clothes. "Carl!" Uncle Carl ran over to us, from God knows where. "You'll need to keep her warm. Josh! Where is that blanket?" Frank shouted.

"Vic, cross your arms. Cross your arms." I said as Josh returned with the foil blanket. "Uncle Carl, come on!"

"I'm coming!" He replied as he started stripping down. He quickly joined Victoria under the blanket. I got up and walked over to where Josh was.

"If we run out of light, we run out of time. Observe your batteries. Alright, get some rest." Frank said after which he promptly switched of his torch. Everyone soon followed.

I lay down on the ground and closed my eyes. Sleep was going to be harder than I thought. After all that we had been through, we if I was tired, it was going to be hard.

A/N: And that is the end of Chapter 4. Thanks for the reviews! :D I love them! And i have to say this story is going along pretty well. Yay!

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