Hey!
I am so so sorry it has taken me such a ridiculously long time to update, I really am sorry! I've just had so much to do, but I promise I will never go that long without updating again! I hope you like this chapter, I've not written in a while (as you know, sorry again :() so I hope you still like this. Gemma xxx
We climb one more step and then we reach the gate. I feel relief and exhaustion flood and flow rapidly into my veins; finally, we're getting outta here! It's all finished, we're safe! Happiness begins to tingle in me at that thought, spreading a warm sensation through my body, from my head to my toes. This is all over, we did it, me Jack and Rose, we survived this, like I prayed, like Jack said we would! My eyes close as I put my hands through the Iron bars, I can hear Jack and roses' echoing footsteps behind me. It's only now I'm stood here that I feel how heavy my clothes feel, pulling my down like Iron weights. The bitter cold makes me shiver as it clings to my cloths, and drips from my hair icily down me. I won't think about that just now, not after everything that's happened, after all we're safe now. My eyes are still closed, with my hands closed around the iron bars.
I imagine running on deck, with the inky night sky surrounding us; seeing daddy and Tommy, and Fabrizio, and me Jack and Rose getting into a boat, and then rowing away, all of us, safe...
I feel the bars shake forcefully in my hands, hearing the loud harsh clatter. I jump suddenly, startled, but then I calm down. I feel a heavy material brush close to my hand, its rose, its roses' coat; I know the feel of it so well now. She's opened it, she's opened the gate, we can go, we can escape this, we can find Da-
The gates vibrate again and the loud clatter rings loudly again. It come from the left side of the gate this time, it must be Jack. Why is he shaking the gate? Rose did it, we can go!
I push against the gate to open it, if no one else is going to open this thing then I will, we can't just stay here, we can go, we-
The gate doesn't open.
The gate doesn't move at all. My eyes flash open, no, the gate has to open, it has to, why wouldn't it open.
I shake it again, maybe I didn't push it hard enough last time, maybe it's just stiff. I grip my hands hard around the bars, so that it almost feels like they're cutting into me. I shake them again but nothing happens.
They're not going to open.
I can't breathe; I can barely stand, my hands begin to shake, the realisation just hit me, washing over me, drowning me in it, we're not going to get outta here, we're trapped.
Roses' hands begin to shake to the gate again, I look up at her, her eyes are filled with panic, she's realised it too.
"Oh god!" She shouts as she shakes the gate, trying desperately for it to open, She looks down at me, I'm shaking so much. She must see I'm scared because she puts both of her hands around both of mine that are around the bars and squeezes them hard, and then shakes the bars again, so my hands go with hers.
"HELP!" I hear Jack shout, I turn my head to face him, he's shaking the gates so hard too, he desperately wants go get us out of here. I quickly turn my head again, to face the gate-
Icy water suddenly bites through me, it makes me gasp and choke on air. I here Rose gasp sharply too. Only a few seconds after the shock I can breathe again; I turn my head around quickly, the waters here! It's at our feet! It's creeping up here already! I quickly turn my head round again, just as rose turns hers.
I can feel the bars shaking violently, I can hear Jack and Rose shout for help, but it's all a blur, everything's going out of focus, blurry, like it not real. Thoughts keep rushing through my mind so fast that I can barely focus on them, the water, the cold, Jack, Rose, Daddy, the gate, everything racing in my mind at once. Tears begin to spill over my face, we're going to die, there's no way we can get through this, no one's coming, no one's coming to save us.
"HELP US!" I shout as loud as I can, but no one comes, no one's coming to help us. I feel the freezing water begin to rise at my ankles, freezing my bones, stabbing them like knives.
Rose squeezes my hands tighter, she knows I'm terrified, terrified as her. I know I shouldn't think like this, I should try to hope, but I can't, there's no one here, the gates won't open, there's no one here to save us. Oh please god please let someone help us please!
I look down for a second, seeing the water swirl and twist at my ankles, please let someone come, please...
"WAIT SIR, SIR OPEN THE GATE PLEASE"
I look up quickly, has someone come, please say someone's, yes! Someone's come!
"PLEASE, HELP US!" Shouts rose, I feel her hand separate from mine and she puts it through the bar, towards the man. He must be a crew member, he looks like it. He's stood on the stairs, looking back at us. I can't believe it somebody's come! We're saved!
"Please, help us!"
"Help us!" I hear Jack and rose shout again, they don't need to, he's seen us, he's here, he's going to help!
"Please!" I hear rose shout again, but why is she shouting, he going to help isn-
And then I realize; my stomach sinks down to the floor again; I feel the horrible sensation of my throat closing up when I want to scream.
He's not moving. He's not coming to help us.
He's stood on the stairs, frozen, he eyes fixing in turn on each of us.
My breathing quickens again, no, NO! Why can't he save us! He can't just walk away, not now; he's the only hope we have!
"PLEASE, HELP US"
"HELP US!" Jack and Rose cry out through the gates, I open my mouth to shout but no words come out, I'm too terrified, his eyes fix on me, I look at his, oh please help us, please!
He keeps looking, his eyes are scared to, I know he's scared, he wants to stay alive, but can't he quickly help us? I feel my blood pound in my head, I feel dizzy; please help us, please stay...
NO! My mind screams, he's turned and has one foot on the next step up, don't go, don't go, please!
I feel Rose tense behind me, she's thinking the same thing, please stay, oh god please help us.
"Bloody hell" He says with desperation, suddenly he's turned, he's, he's coming towards us, he's helping us! I let out a sigh, relief runs through me.
He quickly runs down the steps until he's in front of us, pulling out a set of keys and trying them in the lock, any second now and we can escape.
"Hurry!" Rose says as he puts the key shakily in the lock, his hands are trembling so much. My breathing quickens, please hurry, please unlock it soon...
Another stab of daggers hit me, I gasp and see the water rising, it's at my knees now, the pain spreading through my legs,
"COME ON, COME ON!" Jack shouts, as he sees the water rising too, but he doesn't hurry up, the keys twisting and shaking in his hands. I feel panic rising in me, he has to unlock it soon!
"Oh Jesus!" The man on the other side says desperately, he's trying, I know he is, but the waters rising rapidly, he has to unlock it soon!
"Please, hurry" I hear rose say, another gasp and the waters at my waist. I feel her arms wrap around me and pull me up higher, so the waters only at my knees now.
"Come on, come on!" Jack shouts, we have to get out of here! Suddenly the light flashes into sparks and then into flickering darkness. I can barely see now, the keys flashing from silver to darkness, the sound of the water roaring below me, it's reached my waist again now, rose can't hold me any higher. The feel of it threatens to pull my legs down beneath the surface, I hear jack and rose' shout, the keys shaking in the lock, the sound of the sparks from the lights, all this blurred together, I can't think straight, I can barely breathe. Oh please let us out soon, please unlock the gate please!
And then I see the keys slip through the surface.
Authors note: Please tell me what you think! Let me know if you still like this, or if your still reading this. If you are still reading this thank you very much for sticking with me, and I promise to have another update ready either this week or next weekend :)