
After the ship closed, Jhonson took the initiative to see the movement of the lifeboat that had managed to escape from the rear deck of the ship. Followed by Jacob and Daniel who are also curious.
The three of them peeked out of the glass that led straight to the sea where the lifeboat was floating. However, what made them shocked was when a few minutes after the lifeboat floated. They saw a scene that truly left the three of them instantly traumatized.
The blue sea turned into a red sea instantly.
Jhonson fumbled around him, "J-Jac," he called out softly as he pulled Jacob's arm, but the look in his eyes still could not escape the sight of the situation outside the ship.
Jacob and Daniel were still pecking with their eyes round in panic, their brains still not in sync with what their eyes had seen. Their nerves are like they are stuck, having trouble bringing perfectly captured information to their brains.
There, they saw a lifeboat containing 18 crew members and their friends in the crowd with red sirens crawling over the entire body of the ship. There were about 20 to 30 red sirens blocking the lifeboat easily.
With weapons that were exactly like Arios's, but there were some of them who modified it like a 2-meter-long spear. The sirens pierced the body of the ship repeatedly, until it penetrated and left a hole that was widened with their webbed hands until part of the ship's side was perfectly open.
There were 18 crew members who panicked and tried to escape until they fell into the water, but there were also some who resisted. Due to the extremely unsupportive terrain, the red siren weapon managed to breach their defenses to kill all those on board without exception. Including the crew that had fallen and swimming in the sea.
Red liquid began to inundate the entire ship, to around the water under the ship. Changing the color of the sea water to reddish caused by the brutality of the murder committed by the red siren.
Daniel's legs shook making him unable to hold his weight until he fell to the floor, "they die?" he muttered with a blank look.
Jhonson retreated a few steps back, unable to see the sight for much longer. He still cannot accept all the things that continue to happen today.
Just a few minutes ago, they had a fight a few minutes ago, but it turned out to be their last memory with the rest of the crew. It is like a nightmare that makes the dreamer forcefully wake up to breathe fresh breath.
Daniel curled up and hugged his legs, "what next are we going to die?" he murmured again in a soft voice, this time his tears could not be dammed and flowed smoothly on his cheeks.
Jacob turned his body, leaning against the wall of the ship with the net straight forward. "What should we do now?" he asked the two people who were still in shock at his side.
Jhonson slowly turned towards Jacob, "we must pick up the captain."
Jacob nodded in understanding, "alright."
"W-can we take another 5 minutes? I'm tired" lamented Daniel behind his trembling back. He was still unable to move at this moment, his muscles and brain were like a mute and refused him to move even a inch. He needs a break.
The two men looked at Daniel sitting on the floor, slowly approaching Daniel and sitting there.
Jhonson stroked Daniel's head softly, "alright. We rest for a while" he said, trying to smile.
Jacob's hand also patted Daniel's shoulder, trying to make him a little calmer. He was as shocked as Daniel, but he tried not to be too affected so that their atmosphere was more conducive. Not wanting to drag on again, Jacob finally decided to get them moving now.
Jacob held Daniel's arms together, "let's say Daniel, I help him stand up" he bargained as he helped him stand up.
Daniel does not seem to refuse Jacob's offer and stands proud of Jacob. Jhonson helped lead Daniel to walk from the right side, while Jacob from the left.
The three of them walked slowly through the long corridor towards the core deck, hoping that their captain was still there. Until suddenly their attention turned towards the dividing door between the rear deck and the open R deck area.
Their breaths hunted, along with a high curiosity. Similarly, fear is also no less high, controlling their entire body.
"Jac, the door to open" whispered Daniel with a stiffened face.
Jacob swallowed the salivary, "yes. I saw it too."
"What if it's the sirens?" daniel whispered again with a frenzy.
"If the captain how?" Jhonson chimed in, trying to think positively.
They were still standing in place, not moving in the slightest. Even just thinking of running away is not, because it feels unable and resigned to what happened.
The dividing door opened perfectly and Jhonson's guess was right, it was Tio.
"Armghh!" tio's shout was accompanied by a hiss withstanding the intense pain in his numb hand.
Tio held onto his pressed left hand with the clothes he was wearing, trying to stop the bleeding. Jhonson who saw that immediately ran over to him and helped Tio.
Jacob took the initiative to pick up a towel and a P3K box not far from the corridor. Half-running, he handed Jhonson a towel and opened P3K to find the alcohol cleaning wound.
"Damn!" jacob is frustrated.
Jhonson turned to Jacob, "why, Jac?"
"Alcohol is not enough. How do we clean the captain's wound like this?" annoyed Jacob again.
Jhonson scrunched his forehead, "cleansing the wound with alcohol? That's not good, Jac."
"Then what do you want to clean it with? Of water? You need to get back to the core deck to access the water, Jhon. Re-entry meets the sirens. You want?" jacob's circus, staring at Jhonson, was upset, he had forgotten about the situation they were in.
They finally fell silent.
After a few moments of silence, Daniel finally approached them with a bottle of vodka that was only slightly reduced. Of course, the three people who were there looked at Daniel with questioning eyes and difficult to interpret.
"I have no alcohol other than this" Daniel said, handing over a glass vial containing Vodka, "is it possible to clean the wound?" continued.
Jacob looked at Daniel, "better than nothing" and his hand grabbed Vodka from Daniel.
Strictly, Jacob began to order Daniel and Jhonson to lay Tio down and hold his legs and head tightly. Slowly, Jacob also told Tio to remove his right hand from the cloth above his left hand.
Before that, Jacob wet both hands with Vodka to make it sterile when touching Tio's wound later. Not forgetting Jacob gave instructions to Jhonson to put a cloth in Tio's mouth, so that he did not bite his own tongue or lips later.
Jacob's plan was to clean Tio's slash wound with alcohol, give him a hint of reddish-yellow liquid, then wrap it in gauze to hold the bleeding.
"Captain, I count to 3."
"One.."
"Two.."
"Three!"
Jacob immediately soaked Tio's left hand with Vodka which made him bite hard on the fabric of his mouth, withstanding the intense pain from the effects of alcohol on his wounds. Daniel held Tio's legs back, while Jhonson held Tio's head in a lying state.
With uninvited tears coming out from the corner of Tio's eyes.
Without lingering any longer, Jacob quickly passed a reddish-yellow liquid over Tio's skin, then wrapped it in gauze. He continued to press and roll the cloth to cover Tio's half-living hand sincerely.
In view of how it works, Jacob is very painstaking and can be quick to respond in dealing with urgent problems like today. Jacob is a graduate of the nursing academy who switched professions to sailor because he felt more comfortable in that position.
Although there were a few questions asked when he changed professions, but after seeing an excellent track record of his background all along, he was finally accepted into this new job.
Jacob restrained his case with a sterile gauze hansaplast and then sat back down with a slight sigh of relief. "It's over, captain."
Tio still closed his eyes, trying to neutralize his breath and endure the matchless pain.
While waiting for Tio to calm down, Daniel and Jhonson are ordered by Jacob to check on the spare lifeboat they will be using to escape. Although hesitant, they still carry out Jacob's orders well.
At first it seemed they refused to escape with a lifeboat, especially after seeing his colleague who was immediately killed sadistically by red sirens right after they dropped the lifeboat into the sea.
But in retrospect, it was better for them to escape from this ship than to continue to be there with ever-peaking fear. The risk of being killed with a fight is better than dying without a fight, more honorable according to them.
"Jac, lock the barrier door immediately," Tio said in a hoarse voice.
Jacob obeyed Tio's orders without asking much, then sat down next to Tio to just keep him awake.
After returning from checking the spare lifeboat, they carried Tio slowly and put him first into the lifeboat. Followed by Daniel, Jhonson and Jacob, who before closing the door, first pressed the lever to open the rear deck of the ship.
As the rear deck door opened, Jacob dashed into the lifeboat and tightly closed the door. He also told them to sit on the floor nearby, except for Tio who was laid on top.
The doors of the deck of the ship had already fully opened and moved their lifeboats into the sea slowly. In the day they prayed, asking that nothing bad befall them.
The ship was slightly shaken when the hull hit the water and moved along with the waves dancing under the turbulent sea breeze dance.
Daniel put his hands together to pray to the triniti for protection, Jacob put his hands together to pray to his god, while Jhonson raised his hands to pray to his Lord.
They pray according to their own beliefs.
About 10 minutes had passed, nothing happened there. With his remaining courage, Daniel stood up and peered out the window.
Blank.
He did not see their ship 0AS-Ship 5389 there. Supposedly, they were still within reach of that large ship. But all he saw was an empty ocean with no objects.
"There is no ship" cried Daniel surprised.
Jacob opened his eyes, shifting focus from his solemn prayer. "What do you mean?" tanyanya's confused.
"Help me open the roof of this ship, I want to look around!" daniel's orders were directly assisted by Jacob and Jhonson there.
The roof of the lifeboat that has been opened wide makes the light enter the ship little by little, along with the sea breeze. By sitting on Jacob's shoulders, Daniel was finally able to get his head out of the top like a peek out. In a submarine, he's like the binoculars of their life right now.
Daniel turned to the right and left, trying to find the whereabouts of their ship that should be there. But, nil.
"Where are we going? Our ship does not exist!" report Daniel from up there.
"You sure?" ask Jacob to make sure.
Daniel turned his head back in all directions, but still nil, "yes, I'm sure!"
Jacob lowered Daniel down and closed the roof that was originally open. Their activities stopped again when Tio spoke again.
Tio cleared his throat, "you won't find the ship again," he said with a hoarse voice, "especially in this condition."
"What is your masud captain?" daniel asked in full search, not understanding Tio's words.
Tio who was lying down forced himself to sit down, helped Jacob who was beside him. Tio's condition is already very concerning now.
Lips have turned slightly blue, his knuckles are blue, the body cold and sweat always continue to pour. He seemed to have shed too much blood, even as he sat down, his eyes twitched.
Tio sighed softly, "you must be unconscious, this lifeboat has since moved away from our ship. I think it's been further out to sea than ever before" he said.
"How can you move yourself? We haven't even turned on the engine of this ship yet" Jhonson argued, making no sense in the captain's words.
Tio shook his head, "this ship is moving because it has been pushed from underwater by the siren. I believe this is on Arios' orders. They want to abandon us to an uninhabited island" he explained with a look of eyes swooping straight out the window. He knows exactly what is going on right now.
Exactly like what had happened before, when the SS Ourang Medan was successfully taken over. The remaining survivors were left to escape and die of dehydration on the uninhabited island.
It will happen to them next too.
Might as well.
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