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Authors' Notes: And just when you thought all was well now with our lovers...

Murdock was as pale as a sheet, "Those pirates are gone. And so is B.A.!" He exclaimed, "Hannibal's lookin' for them now, but we gotta go too, or else somebody's gonna get hurt!"

Face dropped the towels and grabbed Murdock's arm, "Where are they now?"

Her eyes widened, "Shit." She couldn't believe that those stupid pirates had gotten the drop on BA, "Let's split up, we'll have a better chance of finding them that way." She pulled her gun from its inner pants holster and checked to make sure it was fully loaded.

Murdock and Face went together, since Face hadn't been packing a weapon that morning. They went down the starboard side of the boat, picking their way from hallway to hallway, cabin to cabin, but they found nothing.

She took the other side and began to search. She did her thing different than them. She was discreet sure, but she went by the book, pushing doors open and pointing her gun into the room first before walking in. She had checked every where possible and turned to head back up top when suddenly she was grabbed from behind, "Shi-" A cloth being pressed over her mouth was the last thing she remembered.

Hannibal and B.A. met up with Murdock and Face,"Any sign of any of them?"

"No. Where's Sosa?" Murdock asked.

"She went to check the other side."

"We didn't check anywhere there! Come on!"

She felt cold metal pressed against her cheek, but it wasn't a gun… it was a floor. She blinked, groaning and realized she was tied up. Slowly the world came into focus and she figured out she was down in the bowels of the ship probably one of the water holds, "Alright you little assholes. Where are you?" She called out struggling against her confines trying to figure out how exactly she was tied up and if she could get out of it.

Cold silence answered her. The four pirates had brought her down to one of the ballast tanks. It was normally full of air - but by the time they were finished opening one of these hatches - it would fill up with water, killing anything inside. The ship would list a little, but it wouldn't sink. Immediately anyways. They'd have back-up here, and finish the job soon.

She stopped struggling and felt with her fingers, they had her tied up from behind which meant if she could get free she could hide it. Idiots, you never tied someone up from behind, always have the hands where you can see them she thought to herself and she focused on working at the ropes. She didn't like the place she was in, it was creepy and well… at the bottom of the ship surrounding by water. She noticed it was a little hard to breathe and figured she was probably sealed in which meant she needed to try as much as possible to conserve air.

They got the hatch open a little way, and left it. It was enough: water began to slowly run down the inside of the ship, making a creaking groan as the pressure started to drop. It began to fill the bottom of the container.

Hannibal was the one who spotted the pirates, "There they are!"

She felt and heard the groan of the ship and frowned, "Shit! Damnit!" She began to really struggle at her confines now, "Those shits really know how to tie a damned knot." She muttered, her eyes going wide as she saw the water starting to fill the room, "Not good." She wiggled and squirmed, the ropes loosening a little but not enough, "Help! Someone!" She called out as loud as she could.

They heard the scream. Murdock and Face bolted back in the direction they'd come, heading for the ballast tanks, while Hannibal and B.A. began to take down the pirates.

The water was coming in fast, faster than she was comfortable with. She kept moving her wrists, ignoring the fact she was rubbing her skin raw as she did so. The water kept rising and rising, "This is just not my day." She muttered and tilted her head towards the top of the room as the water began to reach the top of her neck. By the time Murdock and Face would reach her she'd be just disappearing under the water.

Murdock reached the door and panicked, "It's bolted shut!" He heaved at the bars.

"Move!" Face threw his weight against the lock, and it moved a little. Two more thrusts, and the door banged open. Water rushed over their feet as they ran in.

She took the deepest breath she could as the water flowed over her fully and she began to float up from the floor a little. She tried to use the weightless like conditions to her advantage, but the water made the knots swell and tighten. She clenched her teeth and kept trying no matter. Suddenly the water level began to drop, but she had already stopped struggling, her lungs were burning as she had no choice but to breathe. The salt water filled her mouth and went down her throat, stinging as it went and the world went black.

"Charissa!" Face ran in, splashing through the water and caught her body as it surged towards them, "Murdock! Close the door!" He yelled, once he was in the hallway. Water sloshed around their knees, "We need to close that off!"

Murdock quickly locked the door. Water stopped flowing, and drained away down the hallways. They could hear bullets firing down the hallway.

She was limp in his arms; her lips blue the water having been quite cold. Her hair was dark and matted to her face and neck and her wrists were bleeding steadily thanks to the rope tight around them. She had a pulse but it was very faint and she wasn't breathing.

"Shit!" Face put her on a bench and immediately began to give her mouth-to-mouth. Murdock stood guard, gun at the ready.

Hannibal and B.A. rushed back to them, "They're all dead," the Colonel muttered, breathing a little hard, "Is she going to be all right?"

She began to feel something warm against her, and lips and warm breath filling her burning lungs. She heard voices, and other noises that echoed. Her throat burned and then she was coughing which made it even worse and water was coming up, she turned groaning and opened her eyes as she threw up the water that had been in her lungs until she was dry heaving. She curled up, her body shivering and very cold, "Sssso ccooollllddd." She managed to chatter out hoarsely.

"Here - here - I gotcha." Face was holding her tight and close.

Hannibal breathed a sigh of relief and Murdock backed off a little, "Hey boss - we should go tell the cabin crew that someone opened a hatch down here."

She clung to him, "Sorry." She managed to get out again as she tucked tight against Face, she had never been so scared in her life, hell she had almost just died. She swallowed her fear however and kept moving more and more against him as though she was trying to climb inside him somehow. He was so warm and she was fucking freezing.

"Come on. Let's get you out of those wet clothes and into a blanket." Face carried her up the stairs while B.A. went to dispose of the bodies. Hannibal went to the captain, and Murdock went to talk to the ship's crew.

Well that was close, whew.

Last chapter for this part coming up!