EPISODE THREE:
KINGS AND QUEENS
"Um, are you ok?" Lucy softly touched the boy's shoulder
"I think I'm gonna be sick", he replied, and the quickly gripped his mouth. Lucy took two steps back.
"Never been on a ship?" she ventured again after he had collected himself.
"Is it that obvious?"
"A little", she smiled. "Here, drink this", Lucy opened her cordial and handed it to him,"It'll help." He raised the bottle to his mouth and drank.
"Thanks."
A sudden movement in the water caught Caspian's eye, "Um, is that a guy in the water?"
"Yeah"
"Aren't you going to help him?"
"Nope. He got himself there, he can get himself out", the boy said with indifference. Lucy stared at him, and Caspian jumped in the water. "What kind of a person are you?" she asked accusingly.
"Haven't quite figured that out yet. Working on it though.", he propped himself up against the railing.
"Lucy." Caspian called from the water.
"So what's your name?"
"Sam. Sam Temple." Sam turned to face her, "And I'm guessing you're Lucy?"
"What?"
"Your name is Lucy, right?" Sam asked again.
"Oh! Yes, it is"
"LUCY!", Caspian called again
"I think you're boyfriend's calling you", Sam pointed.
"He's not my boyfriend"
"LUCY!"
"Brother?"
"No"
"LUCY!!"
"What is he then?"
"Just a friend"
"LUCY!!!"
"WHAT!?" Lucy, now extremely annoyed, looked overboard to face Caspian, "What is so important Caspian!?"
"I'm saving someone, that's what", Caspian replied. "Now is there a rope or something up there? He's heavy"
Lucy found a rope and threw it to him. "Here, let me help you up", she called. Caspian and Lucy hoisted themselves and a very unconscious boy back on board. Caspian looked at Sam. "Do you know him?"
"Yeah. He's my brother."
"Your bro--", Caspian stopped himself. "So why didn't you pull him out?"
"Long story"
"Well, what's his name?"
"Caine"
Caspian turned back to Caine, "Caine, can you hear me?" He put his ear to Caine's blazer. "He's still alive", he said after hearing a faint heartbeat.
"Oh goody"
Caspian got up. "Look--", he looked at Lucy.
"Sam. His name is Sam"
He turned back, "Look Sam, I don't know where you're from, but where I'm from, we respect and protect our families. Not leave them in the middle of the sea"
Sam's shrug was soaking with apathy, "Don't know where you're from, but for my situation, when your brother and his goons try to kill you, it's every man for himself"
Lucy was sitting at Caine's side. Maybe...would it work? It worked for Sam, didn't it? She pulled out her cordial, and dropped a little bit into Caine's mouth.
"What type of goons could he possibly have? The local bully?", Caspian rolled his eyes. "You guys are just kids. You need to resolve this friction"
"Hey!" Sam retorted, "Don't go all Dr. Phil on me! I wouldn't have pulled him out. Ever."
"I don't know who this Dr. Phil is, but I'm taking that as an insult", Caspian hurled back.
Was that a blink? It looked like a blink. Lucy thought she saw him blink. She moved in front of his face to get a better look. There it is again!...maybe.
"Good, because it was. Oh, and we're almost 16", Sam said. "You're friend here looks younger than me"
"She's short for her age", Caspian replied,"but still, 16-year-olds trying to kill each other is a bit much, don't you think?"
"We're the oldest back home"
"What happened to the adults?" Caspian couldn't help it; his interest was peaked.
"Long story"
"You seem to have a lot of those"
Where am I? What happened? Caine's brain was mix of...water, and falling, and...his name? Someone was calling his name. He knew he should probably open his eyes. But...he couldn't. It was physically impossible. He tried, though.
I think he blinked again. A very small blink though. Maybe I should give him a little bit more. Lucy opened her cordial for the third time and dropped more into Caine's mouth.
Caine felt a surge of energy. Maybe I can open my eyes now.
Maybe he will be able to blink now.
Caine hesitantly opened his eyes and saw a teenage girl staring into his eyes. Concern was written all over her face. "Are you alright?" she asked him. He blinked a couple times, "What happened?"
"I don't know. We just...arrived and you were in the water." She turned away, "Hey guys! He's awake!"
Caine studied her face intently. She was really quite beautiful. Her hair was just the right color to match her complexion. Her eyes were a pleasing mix of hazel and green. What was he doing? He had a girl, Diana. All he had to do was the get back. But this girl was so...simple. So nice. Looking around, he saw that he was back on the stupid ship. But now there was another guy here. Woah, who brought the weirdo beardo? he thought. "What's your name?" he asked the girl.
"Lucy" she replied absentmindedly.
Lucy. What a pretty name
"Guys! Get over here!", Lucy called again.
Caspian and Sam's banter was interrupted with the call that Caine was indeed alive, and awake. They looked at each other for a millisecond, Caspian with expectation, Sam with a look of...fear? Yes, it was fear. Sam was afraid of what Caine might do to them all.They quickly rushed over to see him, interrupting Caine and Lucy's conversation. Caine's eyes met with his. Sam looked straight back, "How are you feeling, brother?"
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