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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"Do you guys wanna play War?" Wheezie speaks up from the room I'm sat in with her, Sarah and Rose.

"You brought cards?" Sarah asks, perking up.

"Mmhm" Wheezie nods happily.

"Yeah" Sarah agrees to a card game.

"I'll go grab them" Wheezie grins, jumping out her seat and exiting the room to go get her cards.

"Oh God" I hear my twin groan as she stands up and I finally move my gaze from the table in front of me to see Sarah stumble into the cabinet, making Rose gasp.

"Oh, Sarah. Hey. Hey, what's wrong, sweetie?" Rose asks worriedly.

"I just think I'm gonna be seasick" Sarah says in a pained voice.

"Oh" Rose chirps, putting down her magazine and getting up "Here. I have just the thing"

"Meds?" Sarah questions.

"Sarah, seriously, that was for your own good, and you know it killed me to do that" Rose retorts in irritation.

"I was just gonna ask for nondrowsy" Sarah explains.

"We're all together. Just chill, Sarah. This is a good thing" Rose tells her, heading into the bathroom "Where was it? I know it's in here somewhere. Ugh. I have just the thing. I just saw it"

Sarah immediately uses Roses distraction as an advantage and gestures for me to follow her as she sneaks to the door, but I shake my head. She pleads to me with her eyes but I'm to exhausted from crying, my head pounding and chest aching with hopelessness. I shake my head again and she frowns deeply, disappearing down the hallway.

"Where did Sarah go?" Rose comes out off the bathroom holding a box of sickness pills.

"She went to lay down. Told me to tell you she doesn't want the meds anymore" I lie to my step mother "But if you've got something for pain, that would be appreciated"

"Yeah, I've got something for that" Rose sighs, heading back into the bathroom.

The woman takes only a minute or two before she exits the bathroom and sits down opposite me, sliding the meds across the table to me.

"Be careful though, sweetie. Those are really strong" She warns me, sliding a glass of water to me too.

"Thank God for that" I mutter, uncapping the orange bottle.

I swallow a couple pills and decide to pocket the bottle for later, laying back against the sofa.

"Everything is going to be fine, Sylvie. Stop worrying so much" Rose advises me, picking up her magazine again.

Using the woman's distraction to my advantage, I swallow a few more pills and lay down, curling up on the uncomfortable cushions. I let my eyes flutter closed and I feel my pain starting to fade just as my consciousness does the same.

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I'm abruptly shaken awake and I fight to open my eyes, seeing Sarah above me with a worried look on her face.

"Oh my God, I thought you were dead" She breathes out in relief as I pull myself to sit up, noticing that Rose is no longer in the room.

"What's going on?" I ask my sister groggily.

"The cross is on the ship, brat. Dad lied to us and we have to get out of here" She rambles out in a rush, pulling me to my feet.

I stumble sleepily after my sister as she drags me through the halls off the ship and I slowly waken fully, realising exactly what's going on right now.

"Let's split up here. You check the left half of the ship for the life boats and I'll check the right half" Sarah suggests and before I can tell her that's a terrible idea, she rushes away from me.

"What the actual fuck?" I mumble to myself, heading towards the left half of the ship.

I start scouring the ship for any sign of a way home and back to my friends but I come up empty handed. Frustration kicks in and I let out a muffled scream, kicking a bucket angrily.

Just as I'm about to turn around and try to find my sister to see if she's had any luck, I'm yanked roughly into a doorway that I pass. I start swinging at the person in fear and my arms are grabbed as I'm spun around.

My furious glare immediately melts away when I'm met with the smiling faces of JJ Maybank and Kiara Carrera.

"Oh my God" I breathe out in relief, throwing myself at the duo.

"Are you okay?" Kiara asks me as they hug me back.

"I am now" I assure her before pulling away to look at them again with a wide grin "Are Pope and John B here too?"

"John B is looking for Sarah and Pope is securing the cross" JJ informs me.

"Sarah and I are looking for a lifeboat to get us out of here" I tell them.

"Sarah's likely had more luck cause they're on the other side, angel" JJ teases me, pressing a gentle kiss to my bruised temple.

"We gotta find them" I declare.

"Let's go" Kiara agrees.

The three of us exit the room and start heading towards the front of the boat, JJ leading the way. We turn the corner to round the boat and JJ starts looking around but Kiara pulls me back. I quickly spot the reason why she does, the captain of the ship is right in front of us and he looks angry.

"JJ" I warn the boy and he turns to see the man.

"Of course. There's more of you" Captain Eberhimi sneers and I notice the machete in the man's hand "Get down on your knees"

"Yeah, that's not gonna happen" JJ states and the captain swings his weapon at the blonde who ducks "Go, go, go!"

We dodge the man's blows and I manage to trip him up enough that he stumbles into the wall. Kiara grabs the mans wrist and slams the hand he's holding the machete in against the wall as JJ punches him in the face.

"Hit him, Vie!" JJ hollers as they let him go and I grab the metal door, swinging it at the captain's face.

"Where's John B?" JJ shouts as the captain recovers and starts swinging at him again.

"John B!" Kiara screams.

"Sarah!" I shout.

I hear a loud smash and I spin around to see JJ on the ground, holding his head. My eyes then dart to the captain who is glaring at Kiara and I.

"Kie!" JJ shouts to get the girls attention as she still hung over the railing.

The captain swings the machete at us and Kiara tackles me to the floor as JJ jumps to his feet, attacking the older man. Kiara and I scramble to out feet as the two males fight for the weapon until the captain elbows JJ in the gut, causing the blonde to stumble back in pain.

Eberhimi slashes the machete at Kiara and I again, but we both duck out of his way. I watch in horror from my crouched position as the handle of the older man's weapon crashes against JJ's skull and he falls backwards over the railing.