Abandon Ship
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 56
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
Unlike most of the sauced passengers aboard the luxury liner, the captain wasn't so lost that he couldn't recognize the danger that lay ahead. The two raging giants could capsize the whole ship with just their movements alone or at worse, tear the entire vessel apart in their battle for dominance.
The sea captain was still responsible for all the lives of all the snobs aboard his vessel and wasn't about to let them all expire on his watch if he could help it. He grabbed the nearest server next to him, a short brunette woman who's name he could barely remember. He firmly placed his hands on her shoulders and slurred, "Abandon ship!"
The server who was clearly buzzed and started nodded and began to alert other members of staff. As this was going on the captain stumbled his way back to the helm and got on the intercom. "This is your captain Long John Silver speaking and in lieu of the night's events we are abandoning ship! I repeat... abandon ship! This is not a drill! Please follow the crew to the nearest lifeboats in an orderly fashion! Thank you."
The panic from the already apprehensive passengers was immediate while the wasted one's continued to place bets. Most of the crew were damn near useless as they were drunk as a skunk and twice as smelly. What had once been a luxury cruise full of elites had quickly devolved into a moshpit of tangled limbs and screams.
The captain then ordered his seamen to drop anchor which they managed to do. The ship had come to full stop with everyone fighting for their lives just to make it onto a boat. The entire upper deck was like a scene ripped straight out of the movie Titanic except twice as chaotic.
Captain Silver reached into his coat and pulled out a flask. He took a quick sip, savoring the sliver of whiskey that traveled down his throat. "It's high time I made my own exit."
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"They've stopped." Steve pointed out.
"Huh?" Beth noticed the sudden stop too. "You think someone over there got our message."
The tiny scientist tapped his chin. "I'm not sure. They probably saw the giants and halted the engines."
Whatever the reason was, they were both grateful. That didn't mean the luxury liner wasn't out of troubled waters yet however. The giants were still inching ever closer and it was only a matter of time until impact. With any luck the ship will have rounded up all the passengers and gotten them on the upper deck to wait for a lifeboat.
"Is there anything else we can do from here?" Beth asked her mentor.
"Unfortunately not." Steve sighed. "Every bit of power we have will need to got to the prototype when the giants are in position."
Beth already knew that but it didn't make sitting and waiting any easier. "I hope everyone makes it out okay."
Steve gently rubbed her hand. "Me too. Me too."
The sea captain was still responsible for all the lives of all the snobs aboard his vessel and wasn't about to let them all expire on his watch if he could help it. He grabbed the nearest server next to him, a short brunette woman who's name he could barely remember. He firmly placed his hands on her shoulders and slurred, "Abandon ship!"
The server who was clearly buzzed and started nodded and began to alert other members of staff. As this was going on the captain stumbled his way back to the helm and got on the intercom. "This is your captain Long John Silver speaking and in lieu of the night's events we are abandoning ship! I repeat... abandon ship! This is not a drill! Please follow the crew to the nearest lifeboats in an orderly fashion! Thank you."
The panic from the already apprehensive passengers was immediate while the wasted one's continued to place bets. Most of the crew were damn near useless as they were drunk as a skunk and twice as smelly. What had once been a luxury cruise full of elites had quickly devolved into a moshpit of tangled limbs and screams.
The captain then ordered his seamen to drop anchor which they managed to do. The ship had come to full stop with everyone fighting for their lives just to make it onto a boat. The entire upper deck was like a scene ripped straight out of the movie Titanic except twice as chaotic.
Captain Silver reached into his coat and pulled out a flask. He took a quick sip, savoring the sliver of whiskey that traveled down his throat. "It's high time I made my own exit."
______
"They've stopped." Steve pointed out.
"Huh?" Beth noticed the sudden stop too. "You think someone over there got our message."
The tiny scientist tapped his chin. "I'm not sure. They probably saw the giants and halted the engines."
Whatever the reason was, they were both grateful. That didn't mean the luxury liner wasn't out of troubled waters yet however. The giants were still inching ever closer and it was only a matter of time until impact. With any luck the ship will have rounded up all the passengers and gotten them on the upper deck to wait for a lifeboat.
"Is there anything else we can do from here?" Beth asked her mentor.
"Unfortunately not." Steve sighed. "Every bit of power we have will need to got to the prototype when the giants are in position."
Beth already knew that but it didn't make sitting and waiting any easier. "I hope everyone makes it out okay."
Steve gently rubbed her hand. "Me too. Me too."
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