Shipwreck

It has been my 22nd day on the sea, and our ship is currently inside the Dragon's Triangle, heading towards the destination that Lara pointed out. I am in the galley making food for Lara, who was still in her cabin. The past few days now, I have been trying to get Lara out of Sam's hand, but I could not separate the two from each other. When I first joined the ship, I was the camera crew for Sam. Now I am assigned to be a chef together with my brother.

Those past few day's I would be helping Dr. Whitman with his TV show that I was supposed to be filming, but now the camera is facing me instead of behind the camera. I helped Dr. Whitman cook fish in front of the camera; I asked Sam why I needed to be on camera. Sam said that girls would love to see a hot chef teaching a famous archeologist how to cook. I didn't mind as much because I saw Lara having fun together with Sam.

While I was making Lara's food, I felt a shift with the floor I am standing on; I looked out the porthole and saw that there was a massive storm outside the ship. When I saw the weather outside, my warning bells were ringing, telling me something terrible is about to happen. I looked at Jonah and warned him of the danger that was coming.

Joseph: "Jonah, there is…" but before I could tell him the danger that was going to hit us, the ship suddenly shook like we hit something. I didn't bother looking outside the porthole and just called Jonah. "Jonah, we need to go to Lara's cabin," Jonah didn't question me and followed me to Lara's room.

We ran towards Lara's room, but all of a sudden, the walls of the ship started bursting with water all around us. The massive force of the seawater forced me to separate with Johan, who wasn't affected as much. I grabbed the pole that was part of the ship, but something hit my head, which made me let go of the thing I am holding on to; I only thing I saw as I fell was Jonah looking at me in terror as I fell into the sea.

As I crashed down the sea, I tried to swim as hard as I could, but the massive waves made it hard for me to stay on the surface of the water. All of a sudden, I hit something hard and impaled a piece of thin metal scrap from the ship onto my shoulders, which made my swimming even harder. At the same time, I was desperately catching some air I thought about Lara.

Joseph: "I wish that I should have told you my secrets sooner." I said in my head, but before I would drown, I hit something buoyant, I quickly grabbed it and rested the top half of my body on the floating platform. While I was floating away, I saw the ship was breaking apart. "Don't worry, Lara, I will find you," I whispered to myself.

I looked at my shoulders as I saw a metal spike through my shoulders. I was going to pull it out, but suddenly the waves made the floating platform flip over. I hit my head on the platform when it flipped. Without the platform, I sank deep into the ocean as I slowly closed my eyes as I fell deep into the sea; the only thing in my mind right now was Lara and Jonah.

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I slowly opened my eyes, and I felt sand on my face. I slowly got up from a prone position. I looked around and saw that I was on the stormy beach. I saw the ship wreckage everywhere. I further scanned my area around me and saw no one was near my position.

When I was using my right hand to stand up, I felt a stinging sensation on my shoulders. I looked at my shoulder and saw a piece of metal spike sticking through my right shoulder. I took a deep breath and pulled the metal spike out of my shoulder.

Joseph: "F@CK!!.." I yelled in pain; I applied pressure on my bleeding shoulders to stop the blood from flowing out. I quickly looked around for any medical supplies. "I need to find medical supplies and then find Lara and Jonah."

I slowly walked around the beach and saw two footsteps on the beach; one was as big as mine while the other was small. I didn't follow the tracks as I still needed to find medical supplies, but suddenly my eyes caught something. I walked towards it and saw that It was my gun case that I brought with me just in case I needed to use them in this expedition. I opened the case and saw a Suppressed M1911 with a mounted rail on top of the weapon. There was a red dot sight mounted on top and an extended mag for added bounce.

I took the gun and grabbed the holster for this gun in the case, and wore the gear. When I saw that my weapon was safely secured on my hop, I looked in the Gun case for more supplies. The only thing I saw was a chromed lighter and a flask of whiskey. Seeing this, I sighed and whispered to myself.

Joseph: "I guess I need to do it the hard way." I said, I opened the flask of whiskey and poured some of the liquid on my opened wounds to disinfect my wounds. The slight sting when I poured whiskey on my injuries didn't face me. I looked at my left bionic arm and brought out the hidden blades. I lit up my lighter, and I exposed my hidden blade to the open fire. I waited when my knife was hot enough then used that to close up my wounds.

Joseph: HMPH… "I gurnet in pain as I touched my opened wound with the hot blade. When I saw that I am not injured anymore, I went back towards the tracks. I followed the tracks towards a small cave that is blocked by a boulder. "Whoever came here looked like they were trapped in this cave. I hope that it's not anyone I know."

I looked around and saw no new tracks to follow. I walked backed towards the beach to search for more supplies I could salvage. While searching for more supplies, I found a lifeboat that came from Endurance. I saw many old footprints that have been washed out but still visible. I followed the tracks and led me to a camp.

I looked around and saw blood on the ground. I swiped my finger on the blood and used my eyes to analyze with the help of Ava.

Ava: [host, this blood belongs to Lara, this blood has been here for about three hours] When I heard her words that this blood belongs to Lara, I looked around and saw that there was no sign of a struggle. Ava once again started informing me about Lara's current condition.

Ava: [based on how much blood was on the floor Lara is still alive somewhere on this island, host, if you wish to find her she is three to four hours ahead already] when I heard her words I looked around and saw multiple tracks going towards the cliff nearby. I walked towards the cliff, I saw track marks going up the cliff, but suddenly my eyes caught a slide mark going down the muddy hills.

When I saw this, I decided to go down the hill as it was still fresh. I jumped in the muddy slope and slid my way down. When I was down the mountain, I saw a rising smoke nearby. I smiled and hurriedly walked there, expecting someone to be there, but I only saw a lit campfire.

I sat near the fire to wait for the storm to die down. I looked around the area and saw even more blood, which I could only guess that this blood came from Lara. while sitting, I curled up into a ball and started talking to myself.

Joseph: "Don't worry, Lara, I am coming for you.."