" " The cruise director told everyone with a smile on his face.

" We just lost power and they expect us to remain calm? As if the whole ride wasn't stressful enough." One of the students whispered to their friend as they took one of the life vests.

"We are just one day away from reaching Norway, and then this happens."

"This is like every other movie scene where the crew members tell us to remain calm when they themselves are panicking on the inside. Who knows if they'll just abandon us without us knowing." Another rolled their eyes.

"It's quite scary, it's almost 9:30 pm and it's already sunset. The waves might pick up and we'd have no power..."

" Good afternoon, Ladies~" Meredith greeted them in a sing-song voice.

"" Charm bit as she glared at her.

"Ooh~ feisty aren't we? I'll let it pass since this is the last time we'd ever see each other." She said and rolled her eyes. She glanced at the whole room and she was drawn to the specific woman that made her begin the plan in the first place.

"If it isn't the one and only Miss Aera Whitfield? The soulmates of those bratty, self-important, rich, spoiled, idiots. " Her words filled with distaste.

" " She started breathing heavily. Her eyes shook slightly from the anger building inside her.

" What made you think I am her? Pfft- who am I kidding? Of course, I am Meredith~ Though I do go by the name Kendra nowadays but, who cares? " She laughed.

"You know her??" Charm questioned Aera, in shock.

"" Not wanting to disclose the whole story, she said what Charms would understand from what she had previously told her.

"" Samantha gritted.

"I want my last performance to be grand. What better way to end it all than with a bang with the soulmate of the people I hate the most and a whole bunch of immature and spoiled people? " She laughed even harder.

""

"" She patted Aera's cheek harshly and giggled.

Aera remained silent, she stared directly at Meredith's eyes, studying her.

"I despise you"

"" Aera asked in a monotonous tone.

"" She started laughing maniacally.

" " Aera nodded her head and leaned back on her seat.

Meredith stopped laughing and stood over her. Her eye twitched and she raised her had to slap Aera across the face.

"" Samantha screamed at her. Meredith turned around and glared at Samantha.

""

"What are you doing, be careful Lorey!" Archer grabbed Lorelei's hand as she nearly tripped. They found a way to sneak back to the stairs when they didn't see any crew members in sight.

"I couldn't see which deck we are at now but I think we might have accidentally reached the bottom. Can you turn on your flashlight??" Lorelei asked him while holding his arm.

"Sure, in a sec."

"Do you hear that?? It sounds like water doesn't it?" She spoke while leaning her ear to the open dark space.

"Isn't it because we are literally in the ocean right now?" He said, confused while searching for his phone.

"No..no.I'm pretty sure I hear it from the inside." She shook her head.

When Archer turned on his flashlight, they both tensed up.

"T-That's water isn't it?" She pointed at the floor.

"Let's go back up, hurry! " He pulled Lorelei and rushed upstairs.

"" A small voice came out of Samantha as she tried to hold in the pain on her thigh.

"" Meredith hid her gun back to her belt and crouched to meet Samantha's eyes.

"" She laughed.

As she turned around, Aera stabbed her in her stomach and kicked the knife to go even deeper.

Meredith crouched down on the floor and held her stomach while looking up at Aera with widened eyes.

"Didn't think I'd have more knives, didn't you? " She smiled while copying her crouching on the floor.

" " She managed to grab her gun but was easily taken away with one kick to her wrist.

Aera grabbed her gun and pointed it at her.

" " She then pulled the trigger and shot her twice in the chest.

Wallace walked in but she quickly shot him square in the head.

"" Charm cheered.

She rushed to Samantha's side and untied her then went to Charm who immediately crushed her in a hug.

"I didn't believe that stupid vice principal or your ugly bodyguards even for one minute." She said through their hug.

"..I knew you wouldn't." She said with a smile on her face.

Since there were only emergency lights on, their vision was limited.

Upon reaching the top, they found the students in a panic.

" " Charm worriedly asked.

Suddenly, Samantha managed to run to the side making them even more confused but then they saw that she was holding onto a crew member.

" Where the fuck do you think you're going?? " Samantha gritted.

" " The woman stuttered but Samantha could still hear the distant sound of the crack releasing.

She grabbed the flashlight that the crew member had and pointed it at the direction she heard it.

It was a life boat with other crew members in it.

""

It got worse when she stretched out the light further to see four more lifeboats out and only filled with crew members.

"" She muttered silently, in shock.

In a midst of rage, she pushed the crew member off the ship and rushed out to the nearest speaker.

""

She then continued on saying where the students should go and what they should do.

"" Lorelei yelled as she ran towards them with two life jackets.

"" Charm asked while shaking her shoulders.

"" She pushed the life jackets to them.

"" Aera asked.

""

"" Aera stuttered.

""

Aera and Charm shared a look when Aera then ran off.

"" Tears started forming in her eyes as she asked her.

Bumping into student after student, Aera tried her best to pass by them and scan the place. She went back to the stairs and saw the track of blood leading back down to the lower deck.

*click*

'What was that?'