《Uncharted》


 Mystery girl

    The waves crash against the sand as hidden shells become uncovered to cover up another. Small crabs chasing the receding waves only reach the waters only to be sent back to land upside down with a loud crash. There, the purple hair of a girl in her early twenties is soaking wet tangled with seaweed as she lay sprawled on the ground covered in wet sand. With every crashing wave, her hair gets swept along with it ready to be taken away.


    The sun had begun to climb the horizon, disturbing her slumber only to present her with one of the worst hangovers in her life. The college student is hit with intense smell of salt that eventually caused her to barf all over her favorite Jean jacket and black joggers combining a pool of colors that should never be seen to lead a healthy life.


    The waves¡¯ slight tug on her hair and body quietly trying to drag her out to sea fail as she struggled to sit up straight without falling over. All evidence of her throwing up disappear little by little as the sea crashed around her. Even the acidic smell from her breath was covered up by the string stench of salt in the air.


    She sat around until night finally came to her senses. She couldn¡¯t resist no longer. She was still a bit drunk. The sea was calling for her and the allure of the dangerous beauty of the uncharted was irresistible. Without another second to waste, step after step, she ran after the the sea. Luckily a man was passing by and witnessed her stagger in and chased after her into the sea.


    As she went deeper, suddenly a lantern appeared in her hand as it brightly showed the way. It was as if she was in a dream. She was under water at night but now she could see as clear as day. Even her outfit changed to a flowing black dress that allowed her to swim easily. Swimming deeper, forgetting to catch a breath, her surroundings didn¡¯t change for hours. There was the occasional tiny fish passed her, but she no longer longed to see a colony of fish or a sea anemone. Her deep craving to see something new from when she was younger bubbled up; to explore the unknown grew in her. Her curiosity pushed all bounds and urged her on. The lantern faded away but she could still see now. But then the shadow of a man appeared before her. Suddenly, she woke up in a new place. She started to panic. As she tried to get up, she fainted again. She woke up in the sea again. She reached up towards the sky but continued to sink. The man tightly wrapped his arms around her and began to swim back towards the surface. As they reached the surface, he ran out of energy but luckily, an early fisher¡¯s boat spotted them and was willing to help them out. They threw out a liferaft out for them and he hung onto dear life tightly until his feet reached solid ground again. He did CPR on her and got the water out of her lungs but she was feverishly cold. She fainted again right after coughing up the water. Thinking about how nice of a person he is, the man in his early thirties sighed and thanked the fisher then left the beach to bring her to his home. He can''t have his girl die from neumon¨ªa, it''d stay on his concience. He did his best to get the sand out of her hair and keep her warm but she stayed ice cold. Worried about her life he cursed under his breath as he quickly put her in a warm bath with her clothes still on. Her temperature had risen to a healthy level but how is she still asleep? He took the liberty to wash her hair with the shampoo and conditioner his ex left behind along with any sand still sticking on to her not thinking about anything in particular. He had a little sister in his home country so he was used to doing things for his little sister like this. The lady really reminded him of his frail little sister still living in his home county.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    The man had recently broken up with his girlfriend but most her things were still here. Out of an assortment of clothes mostly composed of uncomfortable dresses, he picked out a pair of comfortable joggers and a baggy white t-shirt and left them next to her with a note. Checking the time, he was gonna be late for his work so he double checked her vitals quickly and left her on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her with a note explaining her situation -where she was and that she could raid the fridge if she wanted and that the hot tub was ready if she wanted that. If she had any questions he left his number at the end of the note.


    He left for work thinking he had just saved someone who had tried to commit suicide while drunk. Thinking he did a good deed, he started the day on a high note. After finishing work he came home to his home and thought a hurricane had come through. The lady was still passed out on the couch but there was food and trash everywhere. She stunk of alcohol and cheese. While thinking about what he should do with her, he cleaned up his house and came to a decision. When he ran into a problem, he was always level headed. He was like this in Russia too. This was one of the reasons why he was so successful in life where ever he went.


    He thought he would let the girl explain herself after sobering up a little so he could send her home. Little did he know that the reason she was at the beach was because she had lost her home because her father gambled it away.

 Intrigue

    While he was away from home at work, the lady woke up from her deep slumber like a tornado. Her pounding headache had caused her to roll off the couch. Trying to stop herself from falling she had pulled on a cloth with no luck and unfortunately brought it down with her and fell onto the floor. The lasting effects of the hangover that hadn¡¯t receded yet. Having thrown up her food on the beach, she was so hungry, she thought she could eat a horse. Not being able to recognize her surroundings, she became confused about where she was, but her hunger made her forget all of her worries. She tried to get up off the floor using a nearby chair for support, but with no signs of success, she slipped on the note he left her that fell onto the floor when she fell off the couch the first time and knocked over a vase. With her head still in the clouds, she found and read the note and raided the fridge. She stuffed herself crazy and passed out again on the couch. She stayed asleep until the man had come home again. She had always lived a carefree life, but this time around the days when she could continue being this way were numbered.


    The shock that filled the man when he got home was priceless. He thought the girl had attempted to commit suicide once again! There was blood dripping from cuts of her feet, but she lay there snoring this time. He quickly ran to his bathroom closet to grab a first aid kit and began to disinfect open wounds on the bottom of her feet. He thought it looked like as if she walked on shards of glass without even noticing.


    He looked around after cleaning and bandaging her feet up and noticed a trail of food from the fridge to the couch. He was bewildered at how at home she was. Even if he had been at his friend¡¯s house, he wouldn¡¯t have done this.


    Sighing yet another time, he left a glass of water on a small table next to her after picking up the shards of the broken vase around her. It was actually the last thing he received from his grandma before she inevitably passed away. He was beginning to become irritated.


    Most things never phased him in life, his sister depended for him to be that. Before his little sister was old enough to understand what was happening, their parents had divorced and then disappeared into thin air. He was sixteen at the time so for two years their uncle provided a roof over their heads with free meals attached. One day, a week after he had turned 18, the two got kicked out. A month after that he learned that his uncle was a double spy for America but his cover had been blown for a while and was killed in a ¡°accidental¡± fire. That¡¯s what the news said; he died in a fire.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    To not get separated, he adopted his sister and became her legal guardian and started working a full time job to provide the necessary medicine for his sister. Around this time, some agents who had known his uncle had reached out to them and offered a job in America. Although it was well paid, it was also dangerous; he¡¯d be working as an inside man, as an informant of outside activities of shady secret societies. The agents who had known their uncle were impressed with his ability to stay calm even though his luck could not be worse. Without the help of their parents who are still missing, he had managed to provide the necessary items for his sister to stay alive. He managed to stay cool-headed even when he was fired from his job because of budget cuts. They had a few strings pulled and got him a job in America. Unable to leave the house without risking her life, the little sister had decided to stay at home to do what she could do to live on. Hold onto hope.


    The first thing he received when he arrived in America was a cover job as a lifeguard and a small time doctor. Back in his hometown, for his sister¡¯s sake, he¡¯d been studying medicine and how the body reacts to each unique pill for a while now so the role was very easy.


    He got used to the job fast; all he had to do was use his ¡°free time¡± to hang out at places where some societies were based at and report any suspicious movement, this required for him to sometimes visit casinos where more often than not, a fight broke out. Usually unorganized, these quick clashes of fists disperse really quickly when given enough time. He had learned how to control the mood without ever sticking out. Nowadays it has become a second nature for him to control the mood so now, even the people around him in his cover jobs seldom fought.


    Around his time the hurricane of a lady appeared in his life. He was caught so off guard it amused him. This girl seemed to be able to get on his nerves very easily. These almost nostalgic rare feelings that overflowed inside him because of the girl made life interesting again for him. His days had become a big routine until now, before then he felt like he was becoming a routine robot slave to his schedule. He had been choking on the rope he had set up himself.