One Torpedo
Chapter 7
Previous ChapterNext ChapterMean while. On the U-20.
Only about a few minutes have passed and the crew members from the U-20 are watching the Lusitania sink from the little scope from the sub. One of the crew members faces the caption.
"She's going down fast." He said to the caption. He lets him take a look at it when there was a pause until he speaks.
"With one torpedo... Unbelievable." He said as he looked away from the scope.
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Mean While. On the Lusitania...
You and Sunset are running to the lifeboats as you keep hearing a man say "Keep the boat-decks clear! Stand back from the boats, please!" While everyone panics out of their minds. Even you and Sunset. This is bad.
"We will lower the boats as soon as he say to do so!" You hear a man said as one guy tries to get on one of them, but the crew member pushes him back and repeats himself. "As soon as he say to do so!"
"No we can't wait! We're sinking you damn fool!" As soon as he said that. You watched a lot of people get on the boat. And the guys that got pushed back by the crew member however...
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!" You hear the crew member. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" You see him fall of of the boat and into the water. That must be a long fall. You and Sunset watched in shock as you saw that. This is really bad. As the ship continues to lean even more, you start to feel a bit of a panic on the inside.
"Come on." You said to Sunset.
"Huh?"
"We need to tell the caption that the boats need to be lowered."
"Are you crazy? He won't listen to you! But we can see what he's probably up to."
"Good point." You said as you and Sunset are now racing to the cabin. But someone stops you.
"Hey get off of me!"
"Come on young man. I'll get you away from here. Where's your mother?"
"Get off of me, asshole!" You said as you punched him the the face, and he falls to the floor. "Come on."
Finally, you reached the cabin. And you hear the caption and the other crew members start to chat about what to do. You see the lights go out in there also. The power must of gone out.
"Sir what do we do?"
"We can't lower the boats still! We haven't slowed down enough!" Caption Turner said as another crew member has entered the cabion. He must of went through something do to the cuts on his head.
"How is it?"
"The four bolk head's gone. And boiler rooms one. two, and three are flooded I can get no further exceptions." He said as he starts panting for breath. "Sir. She's filling fast to the hull and there's no way to stop it."
"So there is no possible way to stop the ship from sinking."
"Nothing sir."
"Twenty degrees on the starboard, sir." You hear the man behind the wheel. This is bad. Now the ship will never slow down. You and Sunset race back to the lifeboats when you know that it's almost time to lower the boats. As you returned, you see people trying desperately to get on the boats.
"Get back!" You hear one of the crew members as he hits a passenger.
After standing there for about a minute. You see one of the crew members race to the man patrolling the life-boat.
"Sir! Caption says we can lower the boats!"
"Women and children first!" He said. But everyone refuses to listen and the race on the boat. "I said women and children first, damn it!"
As everyone starts to get organized on the boat. You watch as they prepare to lower.
"Ready? Lower the boat!" The crew member said as the others lower the boat when you and Sunset watched.
"Come on. "You said to her. "Lets find another boat." Sunset nods her head, and she follows you to the next lifeboat. And as you reached it, there's still enough room to get on.
Sunset gets on the boat first, and you grab her hand so she can help you on. Good, you both are safe on the boat.
"Ready?" The crew member said to the men that are about to lower the boat. "Lower away!" As he said that, you felt a small jerk, and the boat begins to lower. Lets hope this goes well.
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