Napoleon heard the explosion, heading out into the corridor as an announcement was made by the Captain.

"Ladies and Gentlemen if you would be so good as to don your lifevests and proceed to the nearest lifeboat. We are abandoning ship, women and children first. This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill. First officer to the deck."

A sea of people rushed out, surrounding him. People sobbing, screaming. Amidst the rising din, he saw a child pressing herself against the wall in terror, wailing for Mommy.

"Okay sweetheart." He picked her up. "We'll find her."