It’s been three days since we got on the ship. I can’t believe everything that's happened. Every day feels like a never-ending dream and every dream feels more real than reality itself. Now that everyone has settled in I decided to take some time to meet the other passengers. There's the Allisters, the Hendersons, the Boulders, and us the Flints. Each family gets their own floor with the ship's crew spread out below. From what I’ve noticed the weirdest out of all of them are the Hendersons. They definitely win the strange award. One of the reasons why I say that is because they are always happy. Every time I see them they have a smile on their faces and they do everything together. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, poolside, bathroom breaks you name it they have probably done it together. Our neighbors the Boulder, on the other hand, are the complete opposite of the Hendersons. All they do is sit in their cabin and do nothing all day. Once in a while, you’ll see one of them by the pool or in the dining hall. The weirdest one in that family would have to be the son Malcolm. He’s tall and awkward, he even hunches over a lot like a sad sloth, and he doesn’t talk at all. The most you can get out of him is a nod of approval. Otherwise, it's a blank stare. He just kinda sits there looking at all the people walking by. Yesterday I finally got to meet the captain he made a grand entrance on the stage during dinner and tried to sing Gangnam style, too bad he failed miserably. Oddly enough the captain looked kinda like Kevin Bacon dressed as a flamboyant sailor, and with a scruffy beard. All though I’ve seen and talked to all the people on this ship, no one knows about the strange boy I keep seeing in what felt like a horrible dream. One thing that I don’t get is this ship has thirty levels and thirteen rooms on the floor of the upper floors. From what the Captain proudly says the S.S. Last Hope could hold up to six hundred and sixty-six people. But why are there only four families and ten crew members on the boat? Are we the only survivors left? Also, how come no one's heard of this kid? Something just doesn’t feel right about this place.

The next day I decided to break from the family activities and do some exploring. If I have to play shuffleboard or volleyball one more time I'm going to lose my mind. As I lock my door to the cabin I suddenly get the feeling that someone is watching me I slowly turn my head to the right and see Malcolm Boulders’ Six foot-two, sloth-like body hovering over me to the point where I can feel his breath on my neck. “Hello, Malcolm!” I say shakily.

“Hi...Brian” he said quickly.

“So… got any plans for today,” I say with a nervous quiver.

“No not really I just wanted to get away from the stupid family activities”

“I know the feeling want to come with me on an adventure around the boat?”

“Sure” he snapped. We start walking toward the elevator that takes us down to the twentieth floor.

“So what made you want to come with me ?” I ask.

“Uh… I don’t know I’ve just seen you walking around…”

“ Wait... when?”

“ On the day we all died”

“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!” I scream at him.

“I said on the first day we got on the boat?” he said with a puzzled look on his face.

“Oh, that's what I thought you said,” I said with a fake smile. As we get to the stairs to the lower levels. I was pretty shocked about who I saw waiting for us. It's the hot, tan, bubbly, annoying, let me finish your sentence twins. Kaycie and Sabrina Henderson. Although they are fifteen years old identical twins it's not that hard to tell them apart. Kaycie dyed her long hair black and usually has a red bow in her hair. Sabrina, on the other hand, has long brown hair with bleached tips. They both stand about five-nine with green eyes. Every time I see them they always either have on a red and white cheerleading outfit that says HHS. Sometimes you will see them wearing grey sweatpants and a pink or black sports bra. Besides their flawless hair and tan skin it gets hard to tell them apart they both have the same body figure. Sexy and curvy. “Hey, guys what’s up?”

“We're bored…” said Kaycie.

“Like really bored.” finished Sabrina

“You guys want to join us on our adventure?” Malcolm said as he tried to cower behind me.

“An adventure…” said Sabrina

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“We love adventures!” said Kaycie as they jumped in the air giggling.

As we all started walking down to the basement/storage unit of the boat. It felt strange that we haven’t heard from or seen anyone all the whole way down. No crew. No passengers. No one! When we finally made it to the door to the creepy dirty basement I remembered that the only reason why I’m doing this is to find out who that kid is. “Well, here we go,” I said. I slowly reach towards the door handle. That's when it hit me! I suddenly started to get that cold feeling again. I whipped my head around looking for that kid. While the overwhelming fear swept through me, I slowly retract my hand back to my side. “What’s wrong? Why won’t you open the door?” said Malcolm. “Don’t tell me that you’re too scared to go in!”

“No… I… I don’t know how to say it… but I have a really bad feeling about this.” I say with my head in a defeated position staring down the door.

“Ha we should have known better…” said Sabrina.

“...than to believe that you would be any more fun…” Kaycie finished.

“... let’s get out of here.” As soon as they turned around. “KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!” At that moment silence fell upon everything. “KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! There it was again. Just three knocks then a moment of silence, again. “KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!” I look back to see the pale countenance on all of their faces. It almost looked like someone took an eraser and tried to rub the color off of their skin. “KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!” There it was again. Standing there struck with fear we all just stand there. Waiting! Watching! Hoping for something to happen. “KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!”

“HEY, GUYS!” a raspy voice screamed behind us. Shakely we all whip around screaming “AHHHHHHHHH…” But to our relief, it was just Yanto the captain's assistant.

“Oh hey Yanto,” I say shakily.

“What are you guys doing all the way down here?”

“Nothing just wanted to see what’s down here.”

“Yeah, sure.”

“S..so Yanto what bring you down here?”

“I heard a strange noise down here, so I came to check it out”

“KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!”

It was the same head-turning, hair standing up on ends, knocking. Just three knocks the same three knocks not a second off the same sound as the last time. “What is that sound? Why won’t it just stop?” I say to myself. Yanto looks like he’s going to pass out along with everyone else. “THE DOOR!” It slowly begins to creep open. From the rusted creaking door a horrible smell that would even make the dead puke. A figure comes flying out above us. We look up to find CoCo is Yanto’s pet flying squirrel(pets are not allowed on the ship).

“AWE ITS SOOOO CUTE!” Both the girls scream in giggly joy.

“Oh, there you are CoCo. How did you get down here? You’re supposed to be in your little cage in my room on the second floor.” said Yanto. Coco flies onto Yontos’ shoulder. Then climbs into Yanto’s shirt pocket. We all start walking back to the upper deck to see what the party planner had in store for us. But as we get to the stairs I got that feeling again that he is here. OH NO, HE’S HERE!

Suddenly everything just stops, it gets all cold, and in a blink of an eye, everyone is gone. The hallway suddenly has a dark tint to it. I know he’s here. I can feel it. Just like last time. I… I… I can’t stop shaking. This overwhelming feeling suddenly rushes over me. The only thing I can move is my head. It takes a few minutes for me to break free from the tight grip of fear. Suddenly it gets dark. “Hello… Is… Is anyone there?” I whisper.

“KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!” I quickly shut my eyes in fear. The knocking starts speeding up. All I can do at this point is scream at the top of my lungs. “AHHHHHHH” (sadly sounding like a little girl). Then complete silence, followed by an amazing sea breeze and the sounds of waves hitting the boat; there’s a voice screaming out “NOOOOO SOMEONE STOP HIM!” The next thing I know I can feel my body being thrown to the ground. I open my eyes… I… I’m laying on the top deck with Yanto and Malcolm wrapped around me. Turns out the screaming I heard was Kaycie.

“What the fuck were you thinking?” Sabrina yelled as she slapped the life back into me.

“What the heck are you talking about? We were just downstairs and about to go back to our rooms… right?” I tried to explain.

“Yeah, we were shithead, but you started screaming and running to the deck so we all ran after you! Then you stood by the guard rail for about fifteen minutes not saying anything. Next thing we know you start clinging to the rail about to jump off that’s when Kacie started screaming and now we're here.”

“I... I don’t remember any of that. How long has it been since we were downstairs.”

“About half an hour,” Yanto states trying to catch his breath.

“Humm… well, I think I’m going to bed. So we’ll talk about this tomorrow during the group activities.”

“We can’t join you”

“Why not because we’re already dead”

“W...WAIT WHAT… Say that again!”

“God, did your hearing go out as well you’re sooo stupid, I said… we will be happy to join you.” Said Kaycie

“Oh okay… we’ll meet by the pool” I say as I turn my back to hide my embarrassment.

We all agree and parted ways. I got the lucky privilege of getting escorted to my room by Yanto and Malcolm.