Chp 11 Danger, Cody Martin, Danger!

Zack held a hand out to help Bailey to stand. The three teens stood and looked at each other.

"Okay that is one shudder too many now. What is going on with this ship?" Bailey pondered.

"Mr Moseby will know." Woody said.

"I need to find Cody, what if the ship is badly damaged? Trust Cody to go wandering at a time like this." Zack said sitting down dejected on the bed.

"Maybe the shudders to the ship will make Cody wonder and he will appear." Bailey suggested.

"Knowing Cody, yeah. He likes to show up at just the right time and show off his knowledge." Zack said.

"Maybe his knowledge might help him. If he is lost somewhere or heaven forbid, hurt, he is intelligent enough to figure out what to do." Bailey pointed out.

"I hope so." Zack said.

"So now what?" Woody said.

"We need to get looking for both Cody and Mr Moseby, he will be upset if he realises that Cody is missing while the ship is sinking." Zack said.

"Sinking!? No it can't sink, its the unsinkable ship." Woody said.

"That's the Titanic." Bailey said.

"Yeah and that sank." Zack said.

"Not helping." Woody said.

"Let's go and see If Mr Moseby knows what's going on or if he has seen Cody." Zack said

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The ship shook again and Cody was thrown to the ground. He got himself up and brushed the dust and dirt off his clothes, he would have to get a good lint brush on these when he got back to his cabin. But he was in no hurry, he really didn't want to bump into Zack. After what was said, Cody was part mad and part upset. Ever since they were kids, Zack always got the good things, the girls, the sport awards, the cool friends. And Cody was always playing catch up. Now his brother was muscling in on the one girl Cody really cared for. Cody couldn't believe how two faced Zack was being, saying he could help Cody but then spending time with Bailey behind his back. For the first time since coming on the ship, Cody wished he could talk with his Mom. She always knew how to make him feel better. Normally he would go to Zack or even Mr Moseby, but in this case he couldn't do either. Instead he had decided to get some space. Being a twin meant you were always with your twin and hardly got time to yourself. So Cody had made good use of this 'not talking to Zack' phase to have some valuable Cody time. He had decided to find somewhere in the ship that no one would think to look for him. He remembered an excursion him and Zack took the day after they got on the ship. They had found an entrance to some old rooms in the bowel of the ship. Cody had liked the old musty smell and the old furniture that remained in them. There was a corridor of these rooms, Cody thought they used to be storage rooms for something as the doors were heavy. He had headed down there knowing that no one would come around, not Zack or Moseby. He walked through the corridor and spent ages looking through the rooms, sitting on the old chairs and imaging what it must have been like when these rooms were in their full glory. The rooms all had different things in them, they looked nearly the same with Beds, chairs, tables and books. He made a note to ask Mr Moseby what the rooms were used for. He headed to the next room along his trip and walked in. There was a bed, chair and table just like the other rooms. He sat on the old chair and looked around the room. It wasn't long before he had dozed off. Another jolt from the ship woke him up. He was thrown to the ground just as the door to the room slammed shut. He picked himself up and realised maybe he should go and find Mr Moseby to find out what was going on with the ship. He went to the door and tried to pull on it. But it wouldn't move. It seemed locked into place. He pulled hard but it wouldn't move.

"Oh dear." He said. He tried it once again but fell back as the handle fell off. "That's not good."