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Lost

Kurona
10-06-2006, 01:25
A seemingly quite night in the country side. Or is it? The sky was pitch-black, sure signs of a storm brewing, the air was still, and the land was dry. Too dry. It had been very dry. Inside the quaint farm house the family of five slept soundly. Out side, a sudden lightning bolt streaked down from the sky. Thunder rumbled. Frighteningly enough, lightning hit the house, sparking a fire. Rosette woke up to the sound of thunder. She proceeded to go back to sleep, but she smelled smoke. She scrambled to the window, she figured something out side like the wind mill, or the barn was burning. But nothing. Suddenly a plank from the roof fell in, fire and all.

"FIRE" She shouted, as she raced to get her brother and sister. As the flames spreaded, The all blond family raced out side into the night, and watched as their house burned.

By the next morning Molly and Paul (the parents) we're attempting to work out their insurance needs. Molly came back with sad news. "The fire, is not covered under our insurance. And we are out of money. We spent all on repairing from the twister we had."

Rosette didn't feel much like going to Church Choir practice. She just walked in the rain, and wind. It was likely now they would lose the farm, or even go to jail if they didn't pay their fees. She could see them, naked, huddled in a tiny prison boat destined for a deserted isle. A flyer flew onto Rosette's yellow coat. She pulled it off, and read. World Boat Race, GRAND PRIZE of $20,000 She folded up her umbrella and ran to the small apartment they we're renting until further notice. "Ma'ma. Look, an International Boat Race! A grand prize, if we enter and win, we can still save our home."

"I don't know babe," Molly said, "It's been a while since either of us have been on a boat, much less race one."

"Maybe we can do it Molly." Paul said, "After all, God has a plan for us all right? Maybe it's ours to win this."

Paul would spend several days training in the harbor, along with Molly. But one stormy night, Paul fell ill. "He's burning up." Molly said.

Little Madeline said "Should we call the fire department?"

"No sweetie, burning up is just a metaphor."

Joshua said "You are as thick as a plank of wood."

Rosette responded with "That's a simile."

"There is no way he can race. We have to sail just to get there."

"I'll do it."

"Rosette, the rules state, no one is allowed go alone."

"I'll take Joshua with me. You need to stay and take care of Papa. And Maddie. I've sailed before Mama, so has Josh, we can do it."

Their was much argument, but it was settled.


After a long trip Rosette and Joshua made it to Aqua Anu. They we're preparing for the most horrendous journey they may ever take.

"Ready for this?"

Joshua said confidently "Yes."

"Me too. Let's win this, for Mama, Papa, and Madaline."


This wasn't Josh and Rosette's first sea voyage together. They had been on one alone, and several with their parents. But this was hardly a desire for Rosette to prove her self, like last time, this was to help the family.
Rosette was at the wheel, the wind blowing her blond hair back.
It had been a while since Josh had been on a boat, and he was swaying about.

Rosette chuckled "Joshua, I can't belive you still don't get your sea legs till way into the journey."

"It's been a while."

"How you'll survive any storms I don't know."

"Oh I'll get my sea legs eventually right?"

"Suppose so."



When things are going well it's easy to get confident, even cocky.

Two Farm Kids with little sailing expereince, we're now in some harsh waters.

Joshua struggled tying securing ropes to the mast. A wave washed over him.

Rosetter shouted out to him "Joshua, you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just keep focused Rosette!"

A large wave was barrling down on her. "Ahh!"

She lost grip of the steering wheel, and began sliding.

Joshua grabbed her. "You okay?"

"Thanks Josh."

He readjusted her hat. Later that night, the storm had calmed enough slightly for both to get bellow, and rest.

Rosette said to Josh. "You think I would have learned that saling is harder than farming."

"Come on, Mama and Papa we're fishermen right?"

"Yeah, before either of us we're born. Now we're just farmers."

"Sailing is tough. But just think of the prize. Save our home, family."

"If we win. I wonder if we're behind? I'm sure everyone else can cruise through storms."

"Maybe. But I think we'll do okay."


Un beknowist to them, they have drifted horribly off course. The weather would be great for the next while. Hot sunny eerily calm. As night fell the clouds gatherd, the seas began to get rougher and rouger.

Rosette and Joshua we're awoken to the sound of thunder.

"Come on Josh we have to get up!"

Both scrambled on the tossing and turning boat, putting on their rain gear. As soon as they got out on deck, both slipped and fell. Rosette grabbed Josh, and pulled him up. Rosette grabbed the wheel, but could barley support her self. Thunder crashed. Josh stuggled at the mast. He held on tightly. The boat was being bashed by the harsh storm. Josh slipped falling down onto the hard wood deck. Rosette saw him lying, and ran to him. "Joshua, are you okay? Speak to me." He utterd lightly. Rosette dragged him down bellow. She pulled his coat and hat off. "Take it easy Josh." Thunder boomed. Rosette took off her coat and hat, and her wet tank. Leaving only her bra. She lied next to Josh, and just waited the storm out.

The next morning Rostte bandaged up Joshua's wounds. "Easy Josh."

"Oh how long was I out?"

"All night. Storm really took a toll on the boat, everything is damaged. Even the radio."

"Oh this is just like last time."

"Josh last time it was storming the whole time, and besides we we're with Mama and Papa."

"Yeah and she was 6 months pregnat."

"Hey we we're rescued weren't we?"

"Yeah, but now we are in the middle of the ocean. God only knows where, we could be way off course."

Rosette struggled with the radio

"Mayday, Mayday, mayday." Radio static

"Mayday, this is the Saint we have sustaind heavy damage. My brother has minor injuries, we need help, is anyone there?"

Satic

"Mayday! Is anyone there?"

Static.

The radio buzed with the sounds of life.

"Thank God. Hello hello hello? Can anyone hear me. This is the Saint we request emegrency aid. We had to dump our motor, our radio is badly damaged, as well. My brother has sustaind minor injuries. The last storm batterd us up bretty badly."

Still she could barley hear. All she could do was pray.

"Hello hello? Anyone there?" And silence. The radio had died out. Now they we're on their own. Rather scary.

"That's it Joshua, the radio is dead."

"Did anyone hear us?"

"I don't know. And the weather is getting bad."

(OOC: So who will help these two? Will you? Go ahead and post)
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 01:34
Captain Petra Nerva looked over at the comm officer as he shrugged. The NGS Istvan Vaikov (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476956) had just completed part one of it's shakedown cruise and maiden voyage, the crackling signal on the radio was barely intelligible even with the ships impressive array of antenna and such.

Captain Nerva stood. "Comm, can you triangulate on the source?"

He shrugged "I think so Ma'am, it has to be a small vessel, it's not showing up on radar, with the heavy seas, I can guess at where it is, but, I can't be certain."

She nodded " Send up a pair of spotter planes, alert command that we may have received a distress signal of unknown origin. Helm slow to one fourth speed and follow comm's lead."

Captain Nerva resumed her seat and waited. She was a true sailor and hadn't set foot on land for than a week at a time for ten years, vessels in distress were always top priority.

The NGS Istvan Vaikov cut steadily through the heavy seas following the signal, the Comm Leftenant tried to contact the crew of the vessel, to maybe get a beeter position. On the flight deck apair of Orion Fighters lifted off and took to the air, circling the battle cruiser in wide arcs, looking for any ship.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 02:29
Rosette struggled with the wheel, and the boat. She couldn't keep it steady. And the storm was rough. "Joshua come here!"

He staggerd his way to her holding on. She tied a rope around his waiste. "I don't want you falling over."

"Thanks"

"Becareful."

Josh left her side to secure the already damged mast. A rouge wave toppled the boat severly Joshua was able to hang on. But Rosette was missing.

"Rose!" He searched the water, and saw her floating sinking beneath the waves. He jummped into the water, the rope spool spun out. Beneath the water Joshua grabbed Rosette, and pulled her up. He pulled themselves to the boat, and out of the water, and bellow deck. He listend she wasn't breathing.

He opend her coat and started CPR.

"Come on Rosette, breath!" He continued and continued

"Please come on!" He gave one last breath and pummped more, finally she spit out water.

"You're all right!"

"Josh, what happend?"

"You wen't over. I rescued you."

"Your growing up baby bro."

He hugged her, glad she was alive.
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 02:45
The Istvan Vaikov cut steadily through the rough sea, drawing inexoriably closer to the small craft when the sensor operator beeped the Comm Leftenant.

"Sir, we've got a small craft one fifty five West SouthWest." he stated calmly as the tightband rader finally pivked up a solid blip.

The Comm Leftenant radioed the Orion jets and gave them a location, as he zeroed in on the craft and tried radio contact.

"This is the NGS Istvan Vaikov to unidentified boat, what is your condition, do you require assistance?" He waited a few seconds before repeating.

*****

Meanwhile above the boat the swift Orions were heralded by a sonic boom as they arrived over the ship. Their forward lights blazing, sending video of the craft back to the Vaikov, looking for movement on the boat.

The Flight Leftenant radioed back "It's a small sailing vessel, it is disabled."

*****

Back abord the Vaikov the news was relayed to the Captain who quickly set things in order.

"Have a rescue unit of Naval Guard Marine standing by, ahead at half, keep trying to make contact." Captain Nerva said as she stood again to watch the radar blip.

The Vaikov increased speed , it's search lights cuting through the gloom.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 02:55
The blazing lights shone into the cabin. "What the?"

He went up on deck.
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 03:08
The Flight Leftenant radioed the Vaikov "We have one passenger, just come up from below deck."

*****
Comm reported back to Captain Nerva "We have confirmation of at least one survivor."

Captain Nerva noded "Call back the Orions, launch the rescue crew as soon as they aready, bring us in as close as possible."

*****

Above the sail boat the lights receeded quickly as the Orions peeled off. Several minutes went by as those lights were replaced by much bigger ones, from the Battle Cruiser Istvan Vaikov, lighting up the waters for hundreds of yards around the boat, framing the huge warship, and highlighting the shadow of the Marathon-A/R rescue craft, the VTOL craft circled the sail boat before setling in above it.

The rear of it opened and a line with a figure on it descended to the crippled boat, the figure swung over the deck, hitting the side once as the swells tossed the boat, before he finally made it onto the deck.

The Marine shook it off, dresed in his buoyant shock armour, lights on either side of his helmet illuminating the deck where ever he looked, he crouched on the deck and yelled out at Joshua "Right! How many of you are there!?" Above the noise of the Marathon, the storm and the sea.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 03:22
"Just me and my sister! She's bellow deck."
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 03:31
The Marine nodded and headed towards Joshua, but was jerked back by his line, he reached back and grabbed it as he pressed a panel on the side of his helmet and yelled "SLACK!"

Within second yards of line were coiling onto the deck behind him, he then walked to Joshua. and followed him down below deck, talking into his helmet "We have two."

He looked down at Rosette and looks at Joshua "I'll take her up first...." he pulls his harness forward "Help her up, I have to strap her on me."
Kurona
10-06-2006, 03:41
"Come on Rosette." He helped her. Despite both their age, they've always watched out for eachother, and been quite protective. He tightend the strap to her. "All right take her."
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 03:54
The Marine put his arm around Rosette and followed the line back up onto deck. He looked at Joshua "Stay here, I'll be back."

He pressed the side of his helmet "Alright, reel it in!!" He was jerked backwards up by his harness to the Martahon. He grapped at the handrails as he came back up to the ramp, four pairs of hands pulled him and Rosette into the back of the Marathon, Rosette was dropped off and a Naval Guard Marine Medic began looking her over as he secured her in, the Marine then went back off the back of the ramp and down to the deck of the boat.

"Alright, now you!" he yelled to Joshua as he pulled his harness forward again.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 04:04
He had trouble grabbing. Things tend to go from bad to worse, sure enough, 1 in a 1 millionth chance, a second rouge wave struck toppleng Joshua back into the water.
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 04:18
The Marine watched helplessly as Joshua was tossed from the deck, he grabbed the side of his helmet and yelled '"Lights!" the underside of the Marathon lit up with all of it's flood lights, and the Marine strained through the weather to spot any sign of Joshua in the waves.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 04:26
Josh was struggling to reach the surface. Everything was dark, occasionally he emeged in a dark spot, but only to be pulled down again.

"Joshua!" Rosette shouted, she had to be held to prevent her from jummping out.

Josh emerged again, hopping to be seen, before he would slip beneath the waves again.
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 04:38
The Marine yelled into his headset "I'm going in." and released his line, going in after Joshua as soon as he spotted anything that even remotely resembled him and made for him.

One of the other Marines Grabbed Rosette and held her in as a third went down on a line after the first Marine, holding both lines, waiting for him to re-emerge. The Marine held Rosette tight "Calm down, they are trained for this sort of thing."

The first Marine dove after Joshua, and grabbed onto him, and simply hung on, relaxing and letting his buoyant armour pull him to the surface. The other Marine watched from his line, waiting to see if and when they surfaced.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 04:40
he took a great gasp of air.

Rosette saw him come up, tears in her eyes. "Josh!" She shouted.
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 05:00
The Second Marine caught the first and latched the line to his harness and yelled into his comm "Reel us in! I've got them!"

The Line went taut as they were yanked up and out of the water and back up to the rear of the Marathon, Joshua and the Marines were finally hauled aboard and the hatch to the rear was closed as the Marathon circled and headed back to the Vaikov. The Marine Medic looked over both Joshua and Rosette calmly.

"How long were you two out to sea? You're sure no one else was with you? " He queries calmy as he give them a thourough once over.
Kurona
10-06-2006, 05:02
"No just us. I'd say we've been out for a good 6-8 week now."

Rosette hugged Joshua tightly

"I'm okay Rose. I'm okay."
Ilek-Vaad
10-06-2006, 05:15
The Medic shook his head "And how long without fresh water, or food? Do you feel any pain anywhere?"

He continued looking them over as the Marathon shuddered as it came to a landing on the flight deck at the back of the Battle Cruiser. The Marathon deployed it's ramp again and Joshua and Rosette were helped off , the Medic close behind.

"Take them to the medical deck, get them started on saline to re-hydrate them, get them out of their wet clothes and get them into x-ray." He instructed as he headed over the Deck Boss.

The Marines nodded and helped them along "This way , right along here."

The inside of the Vaikov is huge, and everything looks practically brand new, being only about a month old. They were lead to the elevator and then down, into the most heavily armoured and safest parts of the ship, where fire control and the medical decks were safely tucked away. As they stood in the elevator the first Marine removed his helmet and looked them over.

"Now then, where are you from, and what on earth wee you doing out in these seas in that boat?"
Kurona
10-06-2006, 05:37
"We expended our suplies about two weeks ago." Josh said.

"My brother has a few injuries to his head, armes and legs. I have a few bruises but nothing bad." She was shiviring.

"I think she may be going into shock sir. Rosette stay with me alright? I'll explain what we're doing a little later, once we get warmed up and get my sister calm."
Ilek-Vaad
11-06-2006, 19:10
The Marine simply nodded, and then open the lift doodr as they reached the Medical Deck. Rosette and Joshus were ushered off and met by a Marine Doctor, a pair of orderlies and a nurse.

The Doctor nodded to them "I am Dr. Edlund, right this way, first thing is to get you out of those wet clothes and into dry ones, follow these orderlies here and they will take care, I and the nurse when then be by in a few minutes to do a more thourough check."

He motioned to a door, and the orderlies led them into a private room, where they were both given clean pajamas and helped them change and dressed any superficial wounds.
Kurona
12-06-2006, 05:10
"Thank you." He took the clothes, and dressed.

Rostte managed to do the same comming out of her state of shock.

She spoke "I don't think we can thank you enough, if you hadn't come alone, we may have been doomed."