Jay

The Lost Island

One beautiful Sunday morning, my school mates and I were cruising on a white ship near Phu Quoc Island.

were just talking about our adventurous cruise and one of my close friends, whose hair were short and neat, joked, “Would a massive typhoon come and strike us all to hell?”, and then he laughed. Aries gently replied, “Oh! Come on Harith. Don’t be so silly.” A couple of minutes later, we heard a loud thunder with flashes upon the skies. We gradually looked at the sky and it was covered by thick black clouds, the sun was totally unseen. We saw many flashes above. We quickly ran back to our room and shut the door; I could feel that the ship was rocking as hardly as it could. Although, all the doors and windows were shut, we could hear the crying of the wind and thunder. After a while, we heard the alarm ringing with red lights popping. Aries quickly shouted, “We gotta get the emergency life jacket attached underneath our beds and get back to the hell deck!” “BANG” A lethal thunder strike came down from the sky and stroke the ship hard. “The ship is sinking.” We gradually got our jackets on and tried to get as quickly as possible to the life emergency room. I could hear the loud crying of the wind, thunder and waves. The ship was rocking like hell; I could barely keep myself balanced. We and others passengers rushed back to the deck. I could see huge and powerful waves were trying to sink our ship. It was chaos; everyone was rushing towards to the salvage tugs. Sailors tried to calm passengers down and they slowly get one by one to the tug. The waves once again smashed the deck hardly. The ship was rocking. The wind was tearing my skin, it was extremely cold. I dared not look at the sky nor the sea. I was shocked when I heard a huge and scary thunder shouted. Again, another huge wave stroked the deck but this time, I was thrown into the sea. I was sinking into the deep blue sea and then I passed out. When I regained my conscious, my friends were next to me. We were thrown from our ship together. The ship was far away from us and we could see it sinking. The huge waves lifted us up and then pulled us down. It was hell, the wind, the thunder and the waves sounded so loud that it shook the place. We tried to reach each others. We held each others shoulders tightly, Harith cried something but no one could hear it. I could not see anything but waves. I could not hear anything my friend said, I was completely down. The world was just spinning in front of my eyes. I could feel the tight squeezes of Aries and Harith on my shoulders. I held them tightly and shut my eyes, hoping we would pass this nightmare. I could taste salty of the sea water in my mouth. My skin could feel the hard stroke of the waves. When the wave lifted us up again I could hear thunder and loud wind. Our bodies were spinning wildly. I never imaged the sea could be so deathly dangerous. Our lives were at stake. We might die any moment. I dared not to open my eyes. I prayed to god and my ancestors that we will survive through this bloody storm. A few hours later the storm was weakening. It was raining hard and the waves were still big, but the wind dropped. Finally I could hear the rain and it was slowing too. By the dawn, we could see the sky and spotted an island not so far away from us. Luckily the waves pushed us toward the land. I thanked to god and my ancestors that we were still alive from the storm. We were all exhausted, but we still lived in one piece. Couples hours later we landed. We gathered all of our remaining strength to crawl to the beach. We lied under the shade of a palm tree. We all passed out next moment. It was a very heavy sleep, indeed. I was too tired to dream. I didn’t know how long but when I woke up it was probably about evening time. My friends they were still sleeping. I looked around. All I could see were palm trees, bushes and completely no sign of humans. I slowly sat up and looked at the dark sea. I wondered where I was, and if there is anyone on this island. Aries woke up so did Harith. We decided to explore the island.

We survived the storm. And I wondered if we were trapped on an isolated desert island.