The door crashed open to Nate's room. He glanced around for a brief moment before rushing forward and grabbing the map from the desk and smirking to himself.
"Right where I left you" he said to himself.
"Nate! What the bloody hell are you doing, we need to get off the ship not run back onto it!" Harry snapped as he slid to a halt behind him. Nate wheeled around and looked at him for a moment and nodded. The pair turned and began back through the corridors just as the ship shook violently.
Hawk looked back at the ship and smirked.
"…1" he said just as a bright orange glow exploded against the inky black sky. Katie jumped and only hoped Nate and the others had gotten off before that had blown up.
"You said it was going to be a small explosion" she snapped looking at Hawk who shrugged.
"I never did like leaving without making an exit" he smirked. Katie glared at him for a moment before glancing back at the ship and all she could do now was hope.
A sharp ringing sounded in his brain while the muffled sound of a loud bang rang through his ears. Nate groaned as he rolled onto his side feeling the floor rocking from side to side below him. He felt heavy parts from the ship interior covering his body, the dust floating slowly through the air, he coughed to clear his lungs and pushed himself up.
"Flynn?" he managed to say while coughing at the same time. "Flynn?!" he called again looking around and feeling the ship shake again. The fire that the explosion had caused had probably spread to the fuel cells and would make an even bigger mess of the whole situation. He could hear the screams from people outside and the sound of another bang going off. He got to his hands and knees and looked around seeing the dark form of Harry only meters away, also covered in what looked like the plaster from the ceiling. "Flynn!" he said worried. He hoped he hadn't taken any serious blows or hurt. He stumbled to his feet and reached his side looking down at him as he stirred slightly.
"No need to shout mate" Harry said pressing a hand to his head "What the hell happened?" he sat up and it then registered what was happening. The ship was going to sink and if they weren't off it in time they'd be gone with it. With the help of the wall he got to his feet and looked at Nate. "You still got the map?" Nate patted his belt and then found nothing. It was gone. He looked at Harry and smirked nodding. Harry wouldn't notice if he had or not, all he wanted to do was get off the ship.
"Come on" Nate said before turning and beginning through the rumble laden corridors. There was another sharp explosion making Nate stumble before being caught on the shoulders by Harry to keep him up. They stumbled out onto the deck and looked around, everyone was gone. Even Sully and Chloe. Nate knew Sully would have made the decision and was thankful for it; he didn't want them stuck in the same position as he and Harry were now. There was a gas like hissing from behind him and he glanced over his shoulder as the glass from the hall exploded from its panes. Harry shielded his face as the glass flew towards them as well as a sudden burst of flames.
"Time to go!" Harry called over the sound of the ship which was just glowing with flames, the sound of the cracking wood growing louder as well as the curling sound of melting metal. Nate looked at Harry and nodded before the pair broke into a run and vaulted over the railings, just as there was a loud crack and the wooden boards broke under the pressure.
The soft sound of the surf washed up and down off the golden beach, the few birds that were around dug in the sand for any crustaceans that may have buried themselves in the sand to avoid getting eaten. There was a cool breeze blowing softly throughout the tall dark palm trees that watched over the beach and the sea. Chloe, now changed into a pair of cream cargo pants and a simple string top with heavy boots, walked along the sand looking up and down the beach searching for any sign of Nate or Harry. She had Sully had made the call to leave when after the first explosion went off, it had been a hard decision but there was no use in staying, there had been nothing they could have done. She sighed and pulled the hair band from her wrist and pulled her hair back tying it loosely in a ponytail.
"Anything?" she heard Sully call from somewhere in the trees. She opened her mouth to answer and her eyes settled on the form of two men lying half in the surf half on the sand.
"Victor! Over here!" she called quickly before picking up her pace and running towards them. When she had seen the last explosion she was sure they had been caught inside the ship but they were right here. She stopped when she reached Nate and pulled him from the water looking down at him. "Victor get Harry" she said when she saw the man appear from the trees and run towards Harry. She turned her attention back to Nate and looked at him. "Hey, Nate? Can you hear me?"
"He's ok" Sully called. She turned and looked over seeing Harry turn onto his side and cough up water from his lungs and groaning slightly. He pressed a hand to his head and closed his eyes for a moment before looking towards her and frowning crawling to her side.
"He alright?" he asked looking down at Nate. She shook her head not knowing if he was or wasn't, he didn't seem to be breathing. Harry rolled his eyes and looked at her before smirking. He brought a hand down onto Nate's chest making him jump and cough up the water.
"Not on me!" Harry growled when Nate coughed the water onto him. Nate looked at smirked slightly as he looked at him.
"Oops" Nate said before sitting up and looking at the sea and then to the others.
"Jesus Nate every time your on your own you seem to get something blown up" Sully smirked patting his shoulder.
"Well now, what do you think we should do now?" Chloe said standing up and looking around the beach and then at the trees. "How much of a start do you think Hawk has on us?"
"Let's just say long enough" Harry growled slightly as he shrugged off the leather jacket and tossed it to the side. "That was dam expensive" he grumbled.
"Then why bring it on a treasure hunt?" Chloe asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well it did have the effect on some people darling" he smirked as he looked at her. She looked horrified.
"Me?!"
"Yes you, I saw you eying me up in the hall and don't pretend you weren't" Harry said about to stand up. She shot him a glare and pushed him back down onto the sand, there was a thud as he landed making Sully wince slightly.
"Alright, I have a confession to make" Nate said standing up and looking at the waters a moment longer before turning to them. "I kinda lost the map" he said slowly.
"What?! How do you expect to even catch up with Hawk let alone pass him out if we don't know where we're going?" Harry said looking at him in disbelief.
"Son of a bitch" Sully grumbled to himself as he ran a hand through his grey hair.
"Well that's just great" Chloe muttered before folding her arms and glancing away.
"Hey relax I have a plan….half a plan…ok I'll think of something soon" Nate said smirking slightly. Nate didn't have any idea how they were going to do it, he pulled the broken walkie talkie from his belt and threw it to the side. He froze and turned to look at where the device had fallen and a coy smirk came over his face.
"Guys…"
"Got a plan?" Harry asked leaning back propping himself up with his hands.
"Yep" Nate said nodding at his own brilliance.
