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Shipwrecked – Part 1

Posted on 26/10/2013 by margotoele

This is part 1 of my new story. I hope you’ll like it.

In those days it was ‘trendy’ or, ‘hip’ if you’d like, to go on a luxury cruise.

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Lizzy just celebrated her birthday, and her parents wanted to take her on such a cruise before she’d have to go to school for the first time. It was the summer holiday.

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There were other families on board of the ship; Of course they did not know one another, but they were supposed to spend their time in each other’s company for the duration of the cruise.

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Two days after having set off while Lizzy was sleeping, the weather changed and the big ship moved like a small nutshell on the huge waves. Pitch black it was, and a thick fog surrounded the ship. The next thing that happened in just a blink of the eye was a crash that had everybody running around. Lizzy woke up and screamed for her mom and dad. Somebody lifted her up and brought her to a life boat.

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She was struggling while shouting out loud for her parents. A woman in the lifeboat took her in her arms and comforted her, and the sound of a quiet lullaby brought the sounds of panic to the background. Lizzy drifted off to sleep.

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When Lizzy woke up she noticed she was being carried by a tall man this time. He made sure the girl didn’t get wet after their lifeboat washed ashore. When he saw the girl awake, he set her down on the beach where they all were now. Everybody was exhausted and all were very thirsty.

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It took a while before Lizzy remembered what had happened. She scrutinized the horizon looking for her mom and dad to appear as well. While most of the others tried to contact their families on their cell phones… but there was no signal… perhaps because their phones were wet.

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There they all were: eight people not really knowing each other but having something in common… they shipwrecked.

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The man who seemed to be a born leader was John Builder. He had been the only one who hadn’t reached for his cell phone… being aware it would be wet anyway.

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“This place looks very isolated” John said. “I don’t see any signs of human life here… But wait! I hear water.”
They all turned around and saw a majestic waterfall at a certain distance. Very anxious to drink water, they started running towards it.

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In spite of the situation, they felt good to be able to move around and use their legs after having been ‘packed’ together in that life boat.

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They didn’t think it over twice and started drinking the sweet water, and washing away the saltiness from their bodies.

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Even in the pond, Builder was looking around when he noticed something else. “Look! There are some very strong bamboos growing over there.

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As we should try to make some shelter for the night, I’d say let’s go out of the water and divide tasks. We’ll have a better chance to survive if we work together.”

“Now, is there anybody here who can provide us some food? By fishing maybe? You… eh… what’s your name again? Ah… yes, Jeff… good. Try to catch us some fish, will you…? We’ll need something to eat.”

“Yes sir! As a matter of fact I did see some fish in the pond already!.”

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“Now, ladies… you women could look around and see if you can find some seeds we could plant… We have enough water here to water them and start something to grow.”

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Lizzy looked at him and asked: “What about me…? What do you want me to do?”

“You?… Yes you can be of much help if you could find some stones and some really dry wood.”

Lizzy felt very useful and thinking about her task helped her to get her mind off her parent’s fate.

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John Builder looked at the small group of people and said… “We have been in the sun for too long. Let’s get dressed to protect ourselves. I will go back to the beach to see if there is something we can use to make a fire. After a shipwreck things wash ashore… That very same stream brought us to this island…”

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John went to the beach taking the teenage boy Jerome with him to help him carry things that could be of use.

Not just Jeff, but George and Evelyn went fishing as well. As a matter of fact, Evelyn’s help was not much appreciated, because she just swam around scaring the fish away.

Rose and Miriam looked for seeds. Lizzy didn’t dare to go too far away from the waterfall but she found some nice round stones and was very proud when John patted her on the back and said… “Great…! Now we can make a us a campfire!”

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It had to be called very fortunate that John and Jerome found some tents on the beach, so they could at least sleep in them and get out of the sun. They all had a nasty sun burn. With the sun setting, they noticed the wind was cold on their hot burnt skins.

It was nice to warm up near the fire. They still didn’t have anything to sit on but they couldn’t be picky, considering their situation.

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They noticed they must be near the tropics somewhere. There was hardly time between daylight and night… There was no twilight.

John promised he would prepare some shelter the next day and that he would improvise a toilet.

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That first night they drank a lot of water so their stomachs felt full. They thanked their Creator that those tents had been found… even when partially wet.

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The day after, while John was having a look at the stuff he found so far, Jerome excitedly shouted: “Hey… look what I found! Apples! I swear there weren’t any apples on those trees yesterday!”

They were all happy to have something to eat. Jeff went fishing again.

All the others went back to the beach to see if they could find anything, anything at all, to bring back to their improvised camp. The pile of found materials and just stuff got quite large. John was putting materials together and tried making useful things.

That day lots of boxes from the shipwreck washed ashore. And Creator be praised; there was even a box with tools. John was delighted! There was an axe and a saw…; tools he could use to make some stools out of the tree trunks.

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But first he built a shelter to store the boxes, the planks and the wood. More than that, it was a place for them to hide when it was raining, although that didn’t happen so far.

Some of the women had asked John to prepare some lines to tend the laundry. He observed his work while Miriam and George were cleaning the place.

When Evelyn saw the lines, she yelled: “If you guys expect me to do your laundry… you are very mistaken. She was ignored by all of them.

“Now, it’s still summer” John said. “But we will have to count on other weather as well… George could you lend me a hand? Let’s try and make some private place behind the shelter wall… Nobody wants to do their necessities for all the world to see…!”

“That’s a great idea!” Miriam squealed. “I really wouldn’t like to see someone doing his necessities in the pond. It’s the only place where we can refresh ourselves.”

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“Well…., I suppose you don’t expect me to use the same toilet as you all use?!” Evelyn snapped.

The others turned to her without saying a word, and John rose an eyebrow and replied: “No, of course not! You can go through that canyon over there, and at the end there’s a forest… for you alone to do your necessities”.

This caused suppressed laughter and Evelyn looked affronted.

Miriam tried to excuse the others by saying: “Evelyn, please, we don’t mean to hurt your feelings but we all are in the same boat here, so to speak. We cannot be picky at this moment and we better start seeing each other as friends, because we will need each other… and don’t worry about the laundry… I will do that.”

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‘Forget it’, Evelyn said. She turned around and went swimming. Jeff Gardener saw her coming and quickly went away. Because having HER around, the fish wouldn’t bite. He picked up the seeds the women had found earlier and started planting them… very near the apple trees.

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Jerome, the teenager, said he would take care of the apple trees. He would harvest the fruits. He felt important. It was then when they saw there were deer around as well.

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After John finished their private place, he said: “All the others who don’t have any defined task, could you please accompany me to the beach and check out if new things washed ashore?”

Big piles of items were found and the fast hands of John made good use of them. While sitting on the ground, he made the first seat from a tree trunk and promised he’d make more of them the next day.

When you are that busy, a day passes very fast… too fast… The moment the sun set, it was dark again and without electricity they couldn’t do anything… So they went to bed. They were very satisfied with all the work that had been done so far.

To be continued…

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Fear not…, it’s only the wind – Part 2 (End)

Posted on 13/10/2013 by margotoele

Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees
– Dexter Kozen

Jake sits at the local hang out in town later that night. The person he was suppose to meet was a no-show. Jake didn’t ever really say who it was he was waiting for. We may never know the answer to that question. I don’t think Jake is going to say.

He had no place to go and the transportation system was closed for the night. He missed his chance to return home to Sparklewood. What was he to do?

On his third glass of….well…..hummmmm…….water. He was becoming restless. It was almost midnight.
Where was that Sam fellow…Jake has met plenty of strange folks he guessed maybe Sam fit right it.

He tried that number one more time and got nothing…static…dead phone…

Great now what……feeling stressed and very uncomfortable he decided to leave. Go where…great “What have I got myself into.” Jake thought.

Not really looking where he was going….BAM…runs right into someone…”Hey watch it mister! What’s the matter with you!” Jake almost screams at the man.

Something odd about the man made Jake stop and watch him…it was if the guy never even knew Jake was there…he just stumbled along mumbling things under his breath

“Get out of my head!…stop talking to me…I know my name is Carl….just stop talking to me!!!”

I gave you Sam..and the others too..now get out of my head!”

Jake was so mind boggled at what he had just witnessed. That even he nearly stumbled out the door.
“God I have enough weird stuff at home….”Sam, could he be talking about Sam the Library Sam… what was he about to get caught up in….he didn’t even know where Sam was staying.

For the first time that night since he left the hangout he had no idea where he was going, just walking..he looked around…no one was out, nothing, not a car, not another living soul. Creepy Jake thought.

He came by the Police station and thought, “Yeah, hey Sam is a PI, I bet they know where Sam is.”

Officer Daniel, the only cop in town greeted Jake with a warm and super friendly handshake. He responded to Jake’s query “Oh sure, Sam, yep he’s down at the old Bayou Place just down yonder a ways across the old wooden bridge, you’ll see it on yer right if you go there from this side of town..” Jake said “O K , sure thing
and thanked the guy and headed out the door.

Off down the road he went, coming upon just this side of the bridge, it was dark and the wind howled and loons sang, the frogs croaked out their calls, the branches twitched and cracked. The owls whooooooooooo whooooooooooo went their calls…..let’s face Jake was getting scared.

He walked a little faster. In the middle of the bridge the water splashed “Who’s there!” Jake called out. Another splash much closer…a little louder….”WHO”S THERE! Jake yelled and then silence…..complete silence…..

BAM BAM BAM….something coming up behind Jake….
Jake didn’t even look back as he high tailed across the bridge as fast as he could run…

The house, there it was. Sam’s truck was there too, so it seemed to Jake that Sam should be there too, a glow from the living beamed out the windows, Jake wasn’t real sure he wanted to enter. “Ah hell” he mumbled “Here we go”

Opening the door as it creaked and groaned …peeking in and calling “Sam… are you here SAM” Nothing but the TV responded.

He started to make his way upstairs….wait a minute…they always go upstairs, in every horror movie they always go upstairs…well not in my story…

Noooo not this time….standing in the living room Jake turns off the TV the silence is welcome. Jake being a writer respects silence, it is what a writer needs to be able to bring forth the words of the mind. So he listens….something in the basement..

.”Ah hell” Jake takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly as he descends down the stairs.

In the dark damp and wet, something dripping…Jake strains to see in the dark and he put his senses to work…listening….something far away….help…..Jake strains a little harder……help….there it was again…getting the feel for where it’s coming from he heads to the back of the stairs…..

“HELLO!” Jake calls out……in here….came a voice…..Jake then sees the hole and moves closer to it…

WHACK!!!!

Lights out……

“Carl….bring them to me, through the hole, my ship will be ready soon… the hole will lead them to me….Carl do as I say……”

Carl began to fill in the hole…..

“oh my god Jake….are you ok…..said Sam”….Yeah I think so, a bit of a headache…some guy came up behind me and hit me in the head.” I remember I fell on the ground hey that guy was pretty sick looking creepy zombie like. I saw him at the hangout..how was he strong enough to pick me up? He called himself Carl..I don’t know man I think he lost his marbles.”
“Carl?…Sam’s thoughts went wild. Oh my god Tim set him up…but why? Sam’s wife rushed into his thoughts…..”come on Jake we have to find a way out of here.”

As they felt their way along the tunnel voices became louder….”Jake do you hear that?”

“Yeah come on let go!”

Going around the corner there they found Mr. and Mrs. Paisley and Jamie.
“Are you all alright?”
“Yes we are alright, we can’t remember much, said Mr. Paisley. It was night and maybe I tripped in a hole not sure how it got there”….Jamie cut in “yes that’s what happened to me too”

Jake and Sam looked them over…How long have you been down here. “oh about a day, we are fine, a bit dirty and a tad hungry but we are not hurt.”

Round another corner in the tunnel grass was poking out of the top. Sam and Jake went to investigate it “Hey Sam it’s another hole let’s get everyone out. Next to the last out will bring a rope.

And they did one by one they pulled each other up. Dirty and hungry. Safe and sound.

Sam was so relieved that everyone was found… case closed well almost…. They hoped that whoever lived here didn’t mind too much if they borrowed the facilities to clean up.

Carl…you let them escape……you did not follow orders….come closer….

Carl stood there talking to the old blinking light in the old mine shaft. Talking to himself really…

Carl felt the beginning of guilt and was going to turn himself in for setting traps for the townsfolk…

But as he ran he began to disappear…as a silent whoosh….stopped above his head…and like lighting it was gone in a flash…and so was Carl….

The troupe headed to the police station to give their reports and resume their lives.

Taking Jake to the train station…they became best friends and got along well.

“Jake I own you one buddy, thanks for coming to the rescue…we did it, we solved the case…
“Hey Sam, It’s not like I had anything better to do, there’s a nut case out there talking to himself and digging holes everywhere…and I thought Sparklewood was strange…hey you got any Milk and buns…they both laughed.

“Hey Jake take it easy man, see you around…”

“Yeah..Sam you too man…you won’t see me back here again. Bye Sam.”

“Bye Jake.”

Sam had to hurry home things didn’t make sense did Tim really set him up. He phoned his wife…oh god baby it good to hear your voice…I’m on my home baby….what a tale I have to tell you. Yes the case was solved and everyone is safe and sound. I’ll be home soon love… I love you too baby.

As Sam closed the door to his truck he heard a whisper SaaaaaaAM……oh It’s only the wind….
Sam thought.

Sam was sooooo ready to be home, to be in the arms of his wonderful wife. Thoughts of her filled his head when click….went the door locks…Sam checked them and they wouldn’t unlock…he began to panic some..jerking at the handle ..one hand on the steering wheel, the wheel began to move of its own accord. Sam is really in a panic now.

“Saaaaaaaammmmmmmm your are mine now…..all mine”

Said the GPS as she took control of the truck.

Happy Halloween Everybody

I hope you enjoyed the little Halloween tale.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Thank you everyone for all the goodies used and Flatter thank you my friend for Jake. It’s a good thing he took the train home. WHAHHAHAHAHA

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