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******Meanwhile, at the Tracy Island boat pen...******

Gordon and his team arrived at the boat pen. After he gave the assignments, everyone immediately got to work.

Callie looked at him. "Gordon, uh, I know this isn't exactly the right time to say this, but I haven't done any sailing since I was a child."

"Well, then we'll just do as Dad suggested and attach a line from the cruiser to the Lucille and--"

"Hang on," interrupted Cherie. "Callie, I'll help you out. We'll take one of the cabin cruisers together and maybe Chris and Elise can take the other one?"

"Sounds good to me." Chris replied. The others nodded and looked toward Elise for her agreement. None was forthcoming.

"Elise? Are you okay? What's wrong?" Callie asked worriedly.

"Um... no, not really. I, well... look guys, I'm not getting in the boat. I'll do what Mr. Tracy suggested and secure the monorail with the equipment you can't get on board the boats." Elise's words tumbled out and she barely stopped to breathe.

Gordon said, "Good. Callie, you'll get refresher lessons after we take care of this situation. Right now we've got to get things loaded and batten down the cat. We're running out of time."

Gordon and Chris loaded the small craft into the cabin cruisers while Callie, Elise, and Cherie worked on loading the monorail of the loose life jackets. As Cherie scrambled around securing items, Callie took an opportune moment to quickly talk to Elise.

"Are you afraid of water, Elise?" Callie wasted no time in getting to her point.

Caught off guard Elise stopped what she was doing and turned to glare at Callie who wasn't backing down and waited for an answer. Elise averted her eyes and spoke quietly, she didn't want Cherie to hear.

"Yes. I hate it. My parents drowned in a boating accident when I was 9. I was with them." She looked back at Callie.

"I'm so sorry," Callie said.

"Thanks. Listen, we better get this done or Gordon will be on to us."
At that moment, the red-head ran over to them. Callie saw Gordon favoring his shoulder. "Gordon, are you all right?"

"I'm fine."

"No, you need to rest that shoulder. I'll help Chris load up the rest onto the cruiser."

"None of us can rest until all the boats are out of the way of the tsunami."

"You're right. Then I'll do the best I can, but you have to promise me you'll be careful sailing the Lucille."

Everyone completed their tasks less than 20 minutes later, and they did the best they could to save the catamaran by tying it down tightly. Elise ran as fast as she could to the monorail as the others took to the sea. Gordon took the controls of the Lucille, and Chris piloted one of the cabin cruisers while Callie sailed the other with assistance from Cherie. All three craft moved toward the southern end of the island.

Post by TracyFan4Ever and FrankieCTB2 on 25/06/2005


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