The house sent a tidal wave in every direction when in crashed into the ocean floor. Ruby shoved a broken mirror off of her and examined the damage. Pain coursed through her arm whenever she touched it. Probably afracture she thought. Wait, fracture...Skull Boy!
"I-is everyone o-ok?" Ruby shouted, her voice wavering.
"I've been better," moaned Skull Boy. Ruby's heart fluttered with glee that he was alive.
"Misery?" Ruby began to crawl across the debris looking for her. Skull Boy followed.
"Ow," came a voice from beneath Skull Boy.
"Misery!" They both exclaimed, pulling her up onto Ruby's ripped mattress and hugging her like crazy. "I hate to be a downer, but I think we should watch out for that," Misery pointed to a crack forming in the right corner of Ruby's window.
"Everyone take cover!" ordered Skull Boy. The right window burst, letting water barbarically surge into the bedroom.
"GET TO HIGH GROUND!" screamed Misery. "It worked for my great, great, great, great..." Misery began to zone out, but luckily Ruby yanked out of the way before the water swept her away.
"Up here!" Beckoned Skull Boy from on top of Ruby's broken bed frame. He pulled them up to safety.
"Thank you!" Ruby almost hugged him, but then remembered how awkward that might be, and quickly hugged the frame like she was trying to hang on. She could see the water charging at them like an angry bull below her, wondering how...and why...oh why...
"How did this happen?" Ruby asked.
"Well I was having a jump roping contest with Iris...which results in an immediate earthquake...but I promise I won't start any more disasters," said Misery. Suddenly, a chunk of the ceiling fell onto Misery's head with a crack. "Ow," she muttered before sinking into the depths of despair.
"Misery!" Ruby and Skull Boy shouted together. Without hesitating they dove into the water, searching for Misery. Ruby swam deeper, repeating in her head: we'll find you. We'll find you. We'll find you,in attempt to comfort herself. She felt something touch her ankle, but ignored it.
Underwater was a nightmare wasteland; huge objects threatening to crush you in what little light there was, and the stabbing feel of longing to see your friends alive. But at last, there was a glint of hope. They spotted a floating body with long black hair. Misery. They swam up to the surface and Skull Boy hoisted her onto Ruby's orange floating mattress.
"Misery? Misery?" Ruby shook her.
"She's fine," Skull Boy calmly told Ruby "I can feel her pulse," he placed Ruby's hand under his to feel the pulse in Misery's neck. A relieved sigh escaped from their mouths at the thought of her being alive, and Ruby began to pull her hand away from Misery. Skull Boy's hand slid into hers, until they were holding hands. They gazed into each other's eyes, and for a moment, all the fear, worry, and sorrow had been washed away. And then that moment ended. Skull Boy began to pull Ruby up onto her mattress with him, but something stopped her.