Riley POV
It was over… no more lifeboats… we were going to die here… then I felt Maya shaking me and tell me we could still make it… I glared at her… could we?
-Come with me, I'm a survivor remember?
I nodded. But as we began to run we felt the ship tip to one side and start to get vertical, Maya was literally pulling me, I just trusted her judgement as we arrived to where a multitude was trying to get to the highest part of the ship.
Maya POV
We had to get to the top of the ship, it was our only chance, I was pulling Riley as much as I could until we reached a staircase where a multitude of people was trying to get to the top of the ship as well.
-MOVE IT ALREADY!
I was honestly scared, we all could hear the ship cringe and break as water kept pouring in. Finally we managed to pass and we got to the back of the ship, we held from the ralink along with several people. I noticed Riley glaring at me.
-What?
-This is where we first met.
She was right… I held her hand and glared at her. How much my life changed since I met her, it was incredible. It was then when the ship went vertical, I pulled Riley to the outside of the railink, we glared as some people decided to jump and hit the water many meters below us, Riley glared at me.
-NO! Whatever you do just hold on OK? We're not jumping… we're staying here, OK?
She nodded and held to the steel, I was about to open my mouth when we heard a very loud crack and people started to scream… I didn't needed to see to know it… we were on the side of the ship where the propellers were located, which meant it was the heavier part of the ship and it was matter of time for that to become an issue, the ship was breaking in two, and I knew that we were going to get back into our original horizontal position and it wasn't going to be gentle.
-Riley listen to me… we're about to go down again so hold on tight OK? We're going to make it, I promise.
Riley POV
I just felt the ship pull us down as it returned to its original position, I held as hard as I could and heard the screams around as it came down, as it hit the water it splashed us all with the atlantic's icy water that pierced me like a million knives, I opened my eyes and saw Maya completely wet glaring at me.
-I'm fine… I'm fine…
But it lasted for just a few minutes, then, as water poured in through the huge opening the ship began to get vertical again, or should I say the half we were in, Maya held my hand.
-OK, listen to me, as soon as we go underwater the ship is going to try to suck us down, no matter what don't let go of my hand, understand? Don't let go, when I tell you, take a deep breath…
I glared at her, I was in the verge of panic and she seemed so fierce… then I heard screams and realized the ship was going under really fast.
-OK Riley… wait… wait… NOW! TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND DON'T LET GO!
I did as she told me and five seconds later I felt the water engulf me, I tried, I really did, but suddenly I saw her go under and my hand was free, I moved my legs as hard as I could until I hit the surface, it was uther chaos, people screaming, trying to find something to float on, it was so deafening that I didn't even tried to yell for Maya, I concentrated on floating up and get some air, suddenly, a man came up, he was in panic and before I could say anything he literally got up on my shoulders and got me under the water…
MAYA POV
I tried to help Riley's hand as much as I could, but the pull was harder than I thought and I found myself looking at her getting far from me, I thought it was over but suddenly I felt like I could swim and I did, I gasped for air and then began to look for Riley, it was incredibly hard with some many people around, suddenly I saw her, but what I saw scared me, a guy was on top of her keep in her underwater, I swimmed and had to punch him off.
-Riley, I'm here, I'm here…
I pulled her out of the chaos and began to look for something to hold us, suddenly I saw it, something that seemed like a door, first I made sure Riley was up, but when I tried to climb to it I realized it wasn't big enough to support us both, I held Riley's hands.
-We'll be fine… they… they'll come back…. To… to… get us…
Riley POV
I held Maya's hands. I was up on the piece of door but I was also wet and freezing. I noticed how the screams and yells were slowly dying out…
-Maya… we have to make it…
It was then when I noticed that she was paler and there was ice, literally ice on her hair and eyes.
-w… we… will… I… I promise you… but… you… need… t… to promise me… you'll be… free… you'll do all the things… you said… you will do…
-I promise Maya…
And then it happened, I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to… I fell asleep… I woke up when I heard someone yelling for survivors, I noticed Maya was asleep too.
-Maya wake up! They're coming back… you were right… they're coming back… they… Maya? Maya please… please don't… Maya… wake… wake… up…
But reality hit me… she wasn't going to wake up… and then I noticed… in one last act of friendship she made sure I was able to be rescued… Maya found a whistle and placed it around me… and hour later I was on one of the lifeboats… I was the last person alive that was saved that night… the next morning I was in a ship and had a blanket covering me… all I could do was think about Maya… suddenly someone with a clipboard came to me.
-Miss I need your name.
-Riley… Riley Hart…
I don't know what was of my mother… I heard about the Friar guy they wanted me to marry… read it on a newspaper a few months after this… he ended up marrying a girl named Smakle… weird name… I on the other hand kept my promise to Maya…
The End.