Caribbean Cruise

Chapter 5: One By One

Meanwhile on the other side of the ship----"Um,excuse me sir......." "Yes,what is it?, what do you want?" said the tall, dark, shadowy figure. "Well sir....." he replied ".....we have gotten some very useful information about the ones you so desperately seek," the man paused, and continued again "....it appears that they are aboard the ship sir," he replied. "Excellent," he replied, "gather the others, we have some important matters to discuss." "Yes, sir." the man replied. With that the man turned and left to gather "the others."
Once the man had left he chuckled silently to himself, "Excellent indeed..........now I will have my revenge on you Samuel!!!!!!! I will make you suffer dearly for taking my 'precious angel' away from me by killing the ones you love dearly one-by-one. It was because of you that my life became so cold and bleak. It was you who caused me this pain and suffering and I will never ever forgive you of what you did to me NEVER!" he shouted.
Five minutes later the man returned with "the others." "Um, sir....." the man replied ".....Yes, what is it now?" he murmured. "Well, sir I have brought the 'others' like you have requested me to do." "Excellent......" he replied slowly, "bring them here." With that he ushered them towards his master, they bowed in respect. "You may rise, now...." he replied "....I have a job for the three of you and I want you to listen carefully...." he paused "....I want you to KILL Samuels's friends, one by one, every night until only he and my 'precious angel' are left....then bring them both here to me. I hope you have seen Samuel's and my angel's picture?"
"Yes" they replied in unison. "Good....they are the ones I want alive and brought back to me so don't forget what they look like" he replied as a devilish smile cursed his lips. "You will report back to me here at exactly 12:00 midnight and no later or there will be trouble." he retorted. When midnight rolled around the four men had joined their master once again. "The first person you must kill is the one called Jandy...." he began "....you are to take this knife and stab her directly in the heart so that she has no chance of surviving," the figure replied. "This assignment is for you Dylan,.....make me proud and I will reward you handsomely." "Yes, my leige." Dylan replied and left the room to go do his job.
Meanwhile-----on the otherside of the ship piloting the boat Shawn is talking to Jandy. "You should really get some sleep......" Shawn said. "Well......I really wanted to be able to talk to you alone....." she replied sheepishly, then turned towards the rest of us, who were sleeping, with a small grin on her face. "What did you want to talk about Jandy?" Shawn questioned. "Well,.....I just wanted to say that....." she paused. "That what?" he asked her. "That I love you and I've always had feelings for you ever since I first met you......" she paused again then looked down at her feet as a slight blush tinted her cheeks. "Um, Y-You d-do?" he stuttered.
"Yeah" she admitted. "I've always had feelings for you too Jandy" he replied and smiled warmly at her. "Will you be m....my g-girlfriend?" he asked her. "Yes," she replied simultaneously. He smiled at her and they hugged. When they broke their hug Jandy went to take a nap, Shawn was still maneuvering the ship through the water. Unknown to Shawn a figure stood in the doorway watching their every move. 'Perfect' he thought to himself 'now that they are a couple, hopefully their guard will be down.' Shawn then turned his attention back to steering the ship.
Dylan slowly creeped into the room and toward the sleeping Jandy. When Shawn turned around to check on Jandy, he saw someone looming over her with a dagger drawn. "Hey, you" he yelled. Dylan looked up to see a furious Shawn running towards him. Suddenly Dylan jumped out of the way before almost being trampled by Shawn for messing with 'his' Jandy, causing Shawn to ram himself into the wall knocking him unconcious wakeing everyone with a start.
Dylan ran toward Jandy, who was unable to move in time and Dylan thrusted the dagger into her side. "Aaaahhh!" she screamed. Shawn awoke at the sound of her cry and ran to her side and held her in his arms. Shawn was also studying to be a doctor, so he got the first aid kit and tended to her injury. The bleeding had stopped for now but if they didn't get her to a hospital soon she would surely bleed to death.
Jon took to steering the ship while Shawn stayed by his love's side. Lauren stayed close to Jon in fear of getting hurt seriously or killed, but would still have him to stay with her if she did get hurt. Dylan was pleased with himself and turned to leave, "I'll be back, and that's a promise," he said then exited the room.
When he had left the room Samuel, Shawn, Jandy, and myself moved over to where Lauren and Jon were. Shawn was carrying Jandy, so he was the last one to join our little circle, and we all prayed for Jandy. "Dear God, we come to you today...." Lauren said, then paused, trying to fight back tears that stung her eyes. "We just want to come to you today..." she repeated and couldn't find the will to hold back her tears anymore so she just let them all out.
Jon noticed this and embraced and comforted her. Shawn took over on finishing the prayer. "Dear God, we just want to come to you today to pray for Jandy that her injury will heal and she will feel no pain and that she knows she can trust you with all her needs and problems. We pray that you will watch over her and comfort her and in your name I pray, Amen."
"Amen" we replied, then we sat in silence for a minute or so and Jon went back to steering the ship. The rest of us went our separte ways, Lauren and Jonathan steering the ship, Shawn holding Jandy in his arms, and Samuel and myself conversing in our own little way.
I then suggested we all get something to eat, so all of us, except for Shawn and Jandy, went to get something to eat. When we arrived at the kitchen we looked around for something to eat. Lauren was looking in the refrigarator and saw 4 steaks and 2 chicken breasts. So, we took them out and cooked them, then sat down to eat. When we were finished eating we brought the 2 chicken breasts to Shawn and Jandy. Shawn had to feed Jandy because she was unable to feed herself because she was too weak from her injury.
When they were both done eating Shawn and Jandy just sat in silence looking into each others eyes. "Do you think she will make it?" I asked Samuel. "It's hard to tell right now, she needs to rest" he replied. "But..." he continued "it looks like she's staying alive in Shawn's arms, as if she doesn't want to leave him all alone. She is getting better by the minute" he finished. "I'm so glad she is getting better" I replied. "I couldn't bear it if anything happened to the rest of them or you, especially you" I stated.
"Well, I will make sure nothing happens to you or me, I promise" he said. "I love you, angel" I said. "I love you too baby" he replied. Then we kissed for what seemed like eternity, neither one of us wanting to part. When we parted our breath was shallow and rugged. Then we embraced and just laid in each others arms. Lauren was leaning against Jon's shoulder, talking about something.
Meanwhile-----"Sir, I have completed my mission." "Very good, will she live" the man replied. "No, not if she doesn't get to a hospital" Dylan replied. "Excellent, you may leave now, I will send for you if I need you to get someone for me." "Yes, sir" Dylan said as he left the room.


Continued in Ch. 6