The Castaway Novels & Stories

Castaway: Danica watched the men pick up the tentacles and drop them back into the sea. Their nerves were on edge, still waiting for another attack from the monster of the deep. Everyone was just waiting. A few men began mopping up the creature's blood trying to keep busy as they made their way through the passage. Kaleb was on guard and couldn't seem to relax. She never thought any of this would happen on this sea voyage. Kaleb sensed her guilt and walked over to her.

"Deal?" "Okay." I had said with a nod. Cyrus walked around me and toward the door, he paused and looked back at me. "Keep in mind that there could be others like us out there." He warned but his tone was calm like he knew what he was talking about. I gave another nod and waved goodbye. Ch 7

Rowan has not been home for two weeks, and his number has been switched off. Fuck my life! ~~~~ It’s been three weeks since I got married to Rowan. And my husband has spent those three weeks with his lover. My leave of absence at the hospital ends tomorrow. I’m eating lunch with Catherine today, then I’ll resume work tomorrow. At least I will be busy with work, instead of brooding over my sad life. I pick one of the clothes in my closet, and I wear a simple gown. The driver follows me to the restaurant even after I insist on going alone.

"My dear Fernando, the investigation was not so quick. As we suspected, Miss Helen changed her surname; he's no longer Reynolds, he's now calling himself Parker. "Parker?" For what purpose? "The intention is to change his identity and run away from his parents. Although he maintains constant contact with his mother, no one knows that he has moved to Villa Esperanza, a remote town from here. Fernando poured himself a glass of alcohol and was absorbed, staring blankly at nothingness. Ever since Helen fled, something inside him changed. He was no longer the imposing, proud man he had always been He felt dejected and defeated, ready to do the impossible to make her pay for his misery.

“Barely.” Juniper tried to sit up. The seatbelt dug into her chest. Adrian’s fingers brushed her face. “You’re bleeding.” She touched her forehead. Came away with blood. “Not bad,” she muttered. Adrian cut her seatbelt loose. They climbed out of the wreckage. Above them—Damien’s SUVs loomed on the cliff’s edge. Men peered down. Flashlights swept the trees. Damien’s voice carried down the canyon. “Find them.”

I ask, my servant-bot slowly hovering at the base of my staircases. “Unstoppable had been beaten,” my servant-bot starts,” The OutCasts had defeated him and now, he is begin held in a maximum-security prison cell at IronWall Prison.” “I guess Unstoppable wasn’t so unstoppable after all,” I say, my eyes still focus on the hundreds and hundreds of screens in front of me. As I keep on watching, I see so many people walking around, doing whatever it is want. I see them speeding through the streets. I see them throw their trash everywhere. I see them act like uncaged animals.

“A few call-center people, drunk people, just-came-from-a-wake people… the usual.” “Hey, I know you can see and hear me!” the stray beside her interrupted. He was talking and screaming and whining non-stop, and Akira’s head began to ache. Of the short shift she worked in this 7-Eleven, it sure felt like a thousand days with this tireless, lost soul. Shut up, shut up, shut up! “’Just-came-from-a-wake people?’” Nate asked and pondered for a second before realizing what Akira meant. “Oh… pagpag.”

Her vision blurred and she fainted. When she woke up, Amelia felt a dull pain in her stomach. She realized her hands and feet were tied when she tried to move. She had been kidnapped! She started to panic. Looking around, she found herself lying on a pile of hay in an abandoned warehouse. But there were traces of people staying there, judging by the broken bowls nearby. It was probably a shelter for homeless people. Now, she was alone in the warehouse. She shouted a few times trying to call for help.

Principal Badminton said inwardly wishing he could cancel the trip but once again he had to remind himself that it was the kids idea and if their parents are okay then he should be okay, though he could bet that none of the parents were really informed about Bear forest or if they did, none seem bothered to let their children go out to the wilds where twenty five people got lost and not a body was even found. Well, Callum and his guide are there with them, Jack Daniels was a survivalist before he became a teacher in the school. All should go well he hoped. "The bus should be back before sundown." Principal Badminton asked Mr. Daniels whom answered in the affirmative. "Emma Winston Faber?." T

"Did someone say N*****x?" I see Sam's head pop in. "Yeah, I did. want to join me." "Sure kiddo." We went to the lounge and sat on the sofa. I grabbed the remote. "Let's watch that Kevin Heart and Dwan Johnson movie. Central Intelligence." "Again?" "Whose birthday is it?" "Okay, fine." It wasn't long before I passed out. Sam woke me up. "Hey Kiddo, it is time." My eyes shot open. "Really?"