FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

CHAPTER FOUR

THE EXTRACTION

The sun was climbing over the trees lighting up the city with a golden glow. The city was quiet in the early morning hours. The wind blew softly through the trees. It was a peaceful Wednesday morning.

In the nymphomaniac temple, Solange was sleeping soundly next to Darin in her private room. She had her arm wrapped around Darin in a hug, cuddling with him. She loved the boy the very minute she laid eyes on him. Although she was a nymphomaniac, she did have her preferences for whom she wanted to be with and Darin filled that preference perfectly. Everything about him was just what she was looking for, the age, the height, the build, everything.

Solange shifted onto her back in her sleep and carried Darin on top of her. Solange woke at the sudden weight and looked at him. Darin was still sound asleep even after Solange shifted. She smiled and stroked his back gently and laid her head back onto the pillow. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to drift off into sleep again.

Meanwhile, in another room Robert was sharing a bed with Tyra. Robert was sleeping next to Tyra who was on her side. Robert was resting on her pillow.

Tyra had been looking for a human mate ever since her early child years. However, no humans ever passed by the island frequently. She had to do with the other males on the island who only used her body for their own pleasure. However, now she had a mate to call her own.

Tyra watched Robert sleep, eyeing his body in its beauty. She took her hand and stroked his head lovingly. She was in another world, for she was feeling emotions she had never had before now. She knew it was love, but what kind of love. Tyra pushed that question aside and continued to adore Robert. She kissed him softly on the cheek then laid her head back down on the pillow as the sunlight crept through the opening in the wall that was the window.

Meanwhile, one thousand feet above, John Ashbin was flying over through the clouds. It was a clear day to fly, no bad weather or wind to worry over. He flew closer to the water and skimmed over it, creating geysers as he flew over the water. John was rounding an island when he noticed an orange object on the shore. He swung around for another pass and confirmed it as the missing lifeboat. John checked his interments and his GPS location on a heads-up-display. He was about to radio that he had found the lifeboat but stopped. He knew they would be asking where it was and he could not answer that he did not have a clue what island they were on, however, John decided to radio his findings anyway.

"Attention all craft, I've found them repeat I've found them!"

"Identify yourself," someone said.

"This is pilot John Ashbin; I've found the missing lifeboat." John replied.

"This is the Capt. M. Z. Souza, where are they?" the person asked.

"They're on an island. I don't know if the island is on a map." John replied.

"Well, what's your position?" the person asked.

John gave his current position and waited for a reply.

"You're right John, the island is not marked. I have marked it now and are currently heading to your location," the person replied.

"I can't stay long; I'm running out of fuel." John said.

"Go and refuel, we can take it from here."

John made a course for the airport he left to refuel. He touched down and taxied to the fuel dock where he paid the management to fuel his plane. Once his plane had been fueled, he taxied back to the hangar, where he parked his plane and went home.

Meanwhile, in the nymphomaniac temple things were just waking up. Val and her sister, Thorne, were just waking up to start their day. Val sat up in her bed and stretched out, she loved the mornings. She sighed as the sun's rays greeted her skin. However, Thorne had her head under her pillow; she is a night owl preferring to do her things at night.

Val sat on the edge of Thorne's bed and removed the pillow from her head. Thorne growled at her with anger, however, Val knew her sister better than she knew herself. Whenever Thorne became hostile, Val would rub her neck gently to calm her down. Val massaged Thorne with her hands and rubbed her neck clockwise as she soothed her sister. Thorne purred as her sister's hands glided over her neck. All her tensions vanished and her anger evaporated and was replaced with a feeling of peace and pleasure.

"How are we feeling this morning sister?" Val asked.

"I'm in heaven right now, don't stop, you're doing wonders for my back." Thorne replied.

Val continued her attentions on her sister's back being careful not to arouse her. Thorne's skin felt soft to the touch as Val's hands graced her sister's back. Thorne suddenly sat up in her bed and looked at Val.

"It's my turn," she said.

Val lay down on her stomach on the bed as Thorne pressed her hands gently against Val's skin before she began massaging her. Val sank into a light nap as Thorne rubbed her on the neck and moving slowly down towards her rump then back up again.

Meanwhile, Darin had just woken up from his sleep. The first thing he noticed was that he had been sleeping next to Solange. She looked as if she was still sleeping however; he knew she was faking it. Darin sat up in the bed and stretched out then felt something rubbing his left leg. He looked to see Solange staring back at him with a twinkle in her eyes. At first, Darin was confused as to what Solange's intentions were, then remembering that she was a nymphomaniac, began to panic. Solange was keen to these reactions; however, and was quick to put Darin at ease.

"I am not going to hurt you. I only wish to get to know you better," she said gently.

"Oh, okay, what would you like to know?" Darin asked calmly.

"Your life's story." Solange replied.

"Well, I was adopted in Michigan in the United States. I grew up in the city of Livonia. At age seven, I began plans for a massive underground hangar system for storing ships and stuff," said Darin. "The hangars were finished when I was thirteen years old. I was an explorer at that time and had developed a computer network where I could plan intergalactic trips to planets. My first and only trip was to the planet Aramis; where I became quite the celebrity there."

"What happened after that?" Solange asked, moving closer to him.

"On the last day on Aramis, the Emperor gave me his daughter as a thank you for the gifts that I gave his army." Darin replied.

"What kind of gifts?" Solange asked.

"Some military equipment such as some old tank and planes," Darin replied. "It was also where I ran into the Vlatorrans. Man, they were some nasty bruits there."

"What happened?" Solange asked, now captivated by Darin's story.

"Well, they were after me for blowing up their space station which was threatening Aramis," Darin replied. "They followed me back to earth and invaded. I found out about their plan and prepared a counter strike against them. There were some incredible battles."

"Please tell me." Solange said.

"I had gathered a group of fighting men into a unit called AUD which stood for American United Defense. We fought bravely but in the end, we lost the war. My friend, Robert Cadwallader, and I were surrendering to the Vlatorran general when a blaster went off in the hangar and killed him. Robert and I were on the run after that. We stowed aboard a cargo ship that took us to Septerra Station, where we came across a Vlatorran police officer named Kreg. He was a tough one, always on our tail and never gave up the chase."

"Kind of what happened yesterday hum," Solange said.

"Yeah, something like that," Darin said with a chuckle. "After that, we worked on getting the world back together again and then got a job at the Alaskan Fishing Company where we worked during the winter. In the spring and summer, we worked as underwater archaeologists. Just in the past few weeks, we returned to fishing again. It's a cycle, we fish, then study, then fish again."

"Whoa, I had no idea you and your friend were so involved in everything," said Solange softly.

"What do you mean by 'everything'?" Darin asked.

"I think you know what I'm talking about." Solange replied.

"No I don't. My mind is drawing a blank," said Darin.

"Then let me fill that blank," Solange said seductively.

She squeezed Darin's shoulders in a massage and drew him closer to her in a hug. She then kissed him on the forehead as she picked him up and cradled him in her arms. Solange's right arm supported his head while her left held the rest of his body against hers. Solange kept quiet as she held him close and adored him. Darin was tense at her touch, but as she loosened him, he relaxed more and allowed her to hold on as if he were a newborn babe. Solange smiled as she stroked the back of his head gently, causing a soft sigh of content to escape from Darin as he melted in her arms. She brought Darin's head closer to hers as she held him there tenderly. She had positioned on top of her, their chests against each other. Solange rubbed Darin's back starting at the shoulder blades and moving down. She stopped at his waistline and followed it to his front; a mischievous smile broke out over her muzzle before she restrained herself.

Meanwhile, Robert was enjoying his attention from Tyra. He was lying next to her as she stroked his back gently. Tyra sat up and left the room. Robert looked around and snuck out of the room and into the main hall.

Meanwhile, Solange and Darin walked out of their room and ran into Robert, who was startled some.

"Now you two have fun now," said Solange.

She left them alone while she went to Tyra's room.

"What's the plan?" Robert asked.

"We try and escape from here and make our way back to the lifeboat. Someone is bound to find it and report its location." Darin replied.

"How are we going to make our escape?" Robert asked.

"Through a window, we'll escape under cover of night." Darin replied.

"Oh boys!" Solange called.

Darin and Robert turned to see Solange, Tyra, and Dalia standing with grins on their faces. They were up to something, but what?

"Ready for the hunt?" Tyra asked.

"Hunt? What hunt?" Darin asked.

"Its something we do here. After taking in a male, we have a hunt to celebrate. But don't worry, we won't kill you." Solange replied.

"So how dose this hunt work?" Robert asked.

"Tomorrow morning, we will allow you a fifteen minute head start before we come after you." Dalia replied.

"This isn't good," said Darin.

"After seeing how you two can run, we'll have some fun," said Tyra.

That night, Darin and Robert were sleeping next to their lovers. With a stroke of luck, none of them were in any kind of physical contact with their partner. Darin slowly rolled out of bed and over to the window and climbed silently out into the night. He met up with Robert at the edge of the woods and confirmed that all was going according to plan before heading into the jungle. The moon was in full and lit the way into the jungle. Their main objective was to remain silent until they made it to the other side.

They crawled their way through the thick growth, stepping over branches and around dead leaves. They were being very careful not to make any noise during the whole operation. They kept going forward in a straight line. They emerged on the other side just as the sun was peeking up in the horizon. Now the race was on to locate their lifeboat before the hunting party discover their prey had escaped during the night. They went in search of the stream they had seen the day before.

They ran down the beach as fast as they could and looking just as hard. When they finally found it, they turned and ran in the other direction. They remembered that they had walked down a mile from their lifeboat when they found the stream the day before and that they would find their boat a mile in the other direction.

They ran an all-out sprint to down the beach neither racing along the way. They finally found it and scrambled inside. Darin kept the hatch open for ventilation. They sat in the lifeboat thinking of a solution to their new problem, how to get the lifeboat back into the water. The boat was a good distance inland and made a difficult challenge for the boys to work out, until Darin had a brain spark.

"We could dig under the lifeboat and slip logs under it and roll it back into the water that way." Darin said.

The boys were fortunate to discover the beach covered with logs. Robert set to work digging the holes while Darin gathered the logs. They work in a rush to get the boat ready to be launched into the water again.

Meanwhile, Solange and the others woke to find their partners gone. They all jumped out of their beds and scrambled out of the temple into the jungle. The ground shook as the stampede charged forward, toppling everything in their path. The hunt was on.

Meanwhile, Darin and Robert had just finished setting in the last log and were about to push the boat into the water. They put their hands against the bow and pushed against it. At first, the boat did not move, but as they continued to push, it budged a little. They put more effort into it and the boat began to slip back into the water. Finally, the boat was afloat in the surf and they pilled into it. Darin was the last to board when they heard something in the jungle. They looked back to see their captors coming for them. Darin slammed the hatch close and locked it. Then he turned the engines over and floored it towards the sea, leaving their island far behind.

Meanwhile, at the same time a Coast Guard search plane was flying overhead and spotted the lifeboat. They called in and reported it. Cheers went up on the radio. At long last, they finally found them alive. The search plane radioed a near by cutter and reported the lifeboat's position and asked if they could go and retrieve it. The cutter acknowledged the lifeboat's position and accepted the task of retrieving the lifeboat.

Meanwhile, Darin was steering the lifeboat towards a white vessel in front of them. Darin was hoping that they would be able to tell him where they were.

Robert was down in the survivor compartment sitting on the bench looking very troubled with something. Robert held his head low with his face in his hands. His mind was in turmoil over one issue and that was whither or not to quit the trawling business. He wrestled with the matter as the boat pitched in the waves. He thought hard about his decision, constantly looking at the other side and what it could bring to his life.

Darin was approaching the vessel he had seen and discovered it to be a Coast Guard cutter.

He pulled back on the throttle to prepare to meet the cutter when suddenly out of nowhere a freak cyclone struck and sucked the lifeboat out of the water and into the air. Darin and Robert were tossed around inside, banging against the walls and hurting themselves badly.

When the cyclone dropped them, they fell a thousand feet into an ocean. Darin and Robert were still dazed by their boat going through a spin cycle as they tried to get up.

Robert was trying to stand when he discovered that his left arm was broken. He groaned loudly as the made itself present.

Darin stood up fine however his right arm was broken. This severely limited his ability to navigate the lifeboat. This brought a new challenge to their already shaken up lives. Darin paced as he thought hard to come up with a solution.

"What to do, what to do?" Darin said.

He looked at Robert and realized that his right arm was still good.

"Robert I'm going to need your help if we're ever going to get out of this mess."

"Okay, what do you want me to do?" Robert asked.

"Follow me to the navigation section." Darin replied.

Robert followed Darin to the ladder to the control post. Darin climbed up with one hand and gritted his teeth as his mangled right struck each step. Once he made it to the top, he extended his left to help Robert up. Once he made it, Robert sat down at the controls while Darin sat behind the steering wheel and looking out the window wide eye.

"Robert, I don't think we are in Kansas any more," said Darin.

Robert looked out and saw a completely different scenery from before.

They were in a channel with trees, big palm trees, growing along the banks. The channel appeared to go on for miles. The lifeboat drifted with the current down the channel to a destination unknown.

Darin and Robert looked out the window at the scenery as it passed by. They saw creatures resembling dinosaurs on the banks of the channel and saw one finish drinking from channel.

The creature appeared to be about 6' 8" tall with a muscular build. The creature's skin was a purplish blue with a reddish tan color on its palms the inside of its legs and the underside of its feet. It looked to be a T-Rex in a human form.

Darin watched as the water glistened on the creatures scales as it stood up again, then looked at the lifeboat passing by with wonder and curiosity before bolting into the woods.

Darin was having a bad feeling about their fortune at that moment; both of them had a broken arm and were in need of medical attention. In addition, the locals had just spotted them and it was only a matter of time before they were swarmed upon by the whole country.

The creature ran through the woods at a blinding speed. He ran to a village and approached a female raptor, his mother, who was working out.

"Mother, mother!" the creature called.

The arthro raptor stopped her exercise and looked at her son as he franticly tried to catch his breath.

"What is it Celtion?" the raptor asked.

"I just saw an orange thing with two creatures in it floating down the river." Celtion replied.

Normally, she would tell Celtion that it was noting to worry about and that it was something most couples did to start a family, however, whatever he saw today interested her.

"Show me this thing you saw," said the raptor.

Sharifollowed her son as they went off in search for the object.

Meanwhile, Darin and Robert were putting their teamwork skills to work as they tried to pull the lifeboat up on to shore to stop and search for a medically inclined local.

"Robert increase throttle 29%," said Darin.

"Increasing throttle 29%," Robert said.

Darin steered the lifeboat to the shore and braced himself for impact with the land. The boat struck the shore, shaking the vessel violently. Darin and Robert were jarred around as the boat finally came to a stop.

"WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING?" Robert shouted angrily.

"Hay, at least we can stop and see if anyone can heal our arms," said Darin.

"You're right," said Robert.

Darin hopped down from the post and help Robert down. He then went over to the hatch and opened it.

At the same time, Celtion and Shari were approaching the lifeboat when Darin opened the hatch. He fell onto the ground and screamed in pain.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH my arm it hurts!"

Shariturned to Celtion quickly.

"Celtion, go and find the stargazer, this child is hurt," she said.

Celtion bolted into the woods again to find the stargazer, leaving his mother to tend the wounded. Shari examined Darin's arm being careful not to cause him anymore pain.

"Is there anyone else hurt?" she asked.

"Yes, my friend Robert, he must still be inside the lifeboat." Darin replied.

Sharirush to the lifeboat and entered it. She marveled at the interior of the craft and search in for Robert. She found him on the floor, picked him up. She then found a trail of blood coming from his arm. He had been bleeding and had grown weak. Shari rushed him outside and on the soft grass next to Darin.

"How did this happen?" Shari asked.

"We were caught in a cyclone," Darin replied weakly. "We were returning..."

"Save your strength, you can tell me the story later," Shari said softly.

Darin silently agreed and allowed himself to drift in to a light sleep. Shari sat next to the boys, keeping watch over them.

Meanwhile, Celtion arrived at the stargazers hut. He walked inside and was astounded by what he saw.

The hut was 12' tall and 12' wide. In the middle was a stone fire pit with a roaring fire in it. Shelves were on the brown walls and were loaded with medicine in glass jars.

He walked through the hut and out into a garden. In the garden was a pond with a gazebo and a Japanese bridge linking to the gazebo. The stargazer was a triceratops in a human form. He was in the gazebo looking at the sky.

"Stargazer," Celtion called.

"What is it young one?" the stargazer asked.

"Come, we have wounded on the riverbanks." Celtion replied.

The stargazer rose up from where he sat and approached Celtion. He gestured Celtion to follow him into his hut where he grabbed a bag and began filling it with jars of medicine.

"Take me to them," said the stargazer.

Celtion led the stargazer through the forest to the lifeboat, begin careful not to lose him in the rush. They emerged to find Shari crying. Celtion rushed to his mother's side.

"What is it mother?" he asked.

"This child is almost dead," she replied, pointing to Robert.

The stargazer rushed to his side and noticed the blood from Robert's arm. He began preparing the medicine to heal the boy's wounds and looked at Shari.

"Shari, I need you to take the other child somewhere else while I heal this one, keep him busy," he said.

Shari nodded and picked up Darin, who was still asleep. She carried him to the beach on the edge of the forest. Darin was waking up and she laid him down on the sand.

"Where am I?" Darin asked.

"You're not the only ones who have been swallowed by the cyclone." Shari said.

"There have been others?" Darin asked.

"Yes, however they weren't as fortunate as you are." Shari replied.

"What happened to them?" Darin asked.

"See for yourself." Shari said and pointed in front of him.

Darin followed her finger's direction and look upon a shipwreck on the beach.

The waves washed against the rusted hull, sending water everywhere. The structural damage was extensive making it impossible to determine what it once was. The wreckage was five hundred feet long, fifty feet wide and leaning to the right.

Darin stood up and walked over to the bow of the wreck. He placed a hand on the hull, feeling the rough texture of rust and the occasional sleek paint that still cling to the steel hull. He walked aft and came across a large hole in the right side that looked as if it had been torn apart.

"What happened?" Darin asked.

"The men were killed when it hit the shore. A fire started inside and scorched everyone." Shari replied.

Darin looked at the wreck as a testimony to the perils of fortune. He backed away from it and looked at Shari as she stood there at the bow looking back at him. Darin walked closer to her and then felt a sharp pain in his right arm.

Sharigrabbed some sticks and some vines and wrapped them around Darin's broken arm. She then carried him through the jungle and back to the lifeboat where the stargazer was finishing up with Robert's broken left arm. She laid him down next to Robert where the stargazer went to work on his arm.

He opened a jar, stuck his fingers into it, and pulled out a blue jelly like substance. He then spread it over the damaged arm and it immediately began healing the bones.

Darin was unable to comprehend what was happening to his arm. The speed in which it was healed was amazing and he tried moving it and found it to be good as new. He then looked at Robert who was still out. His bleeding had stopped and his arm was healed. The stargazer put his jars away and turned to Shari and Celtion.

"Bring the boys to my hut. They will stay with me until they are ready," he said.

Shari carried Darin while Celtion carried Robert back to the stargazer's hut. The venture was not easy, as the dinos had to negotiate with undergrowth and fallen trees. When they finally arrived, the stargazer had two beds ready for them. Shari and Celtion placed the boys in one of the beds.

"You may come and visit whenever you want," said the stargazer.

"Thank you wise one," said Celtion.

He and his mother turned and left the hut. Darin and Robert watched the stargazer put away the jars he had used to heal them. Darin was looking around the hut when the stargazer noticed him.

"I see you are a child wonder," he said.

"Yes I am star..."

"Please call me Kenketia."

"Okay, Kenketia," said Darin.

Kenketia went into a part of the hut in the shadows beyond the reach of the firelight. He emerged with two blankets and laid one on each of the boys. Kenketia then went back and returned with two pillows. He gave one to each of them.

"Thank you Kenketia," said Darin.

"You're welcome." Kenketia replied.

Later that day a storm rolled in. Kenketia was preparing them all a meal for the evening before they all turned in for the night. He set an iron grill over the fire and put a few more logs into the flames. He then brought out some meat that had been stored in permafrost under the hut and put it on the grill. He carefully watched the meat cook and turned it over to cook it evenly. Once the meat was done, he removed it from the grill and onto a wooden plate. He sprinkled some seasoning on the meat and gave it to Robert.

"Looks like beef jerky," he said as he ate his meal.

Kenketia gave Darin his meal and returned to the fire to retrieve his own dinner. They ate with little being said. When they finished, Darin and Robert gave Kenketia their plates. Kenketia put the plates away. He then brought out a pan flute and began to play a soothing tune. Darin and Robert laid there in their beds, listening to the music blend with the sound of the rain outside. The music was putting them to sleep and it was an enjoyable experience.

After fifteen minutes, Kenketia stopped playing and brought his bed over between the boys. He lay down and listened to the rain. The firelight lit the hut with a soft light as the fire died down. Kenketia closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.

The next morning, Darin and Robert were woken up by Shari. The female was wearing different cloths, a white robe with blue trim. She smiled as Darin began to stir.

"Good morning," she said.

"Good morning." Darin replied.

Darin sat up in the bed and rubbed his eyes. It was then he realized he was homesick for Shora and her sweet voice. He tried to keep the emotion inside and hope for the best. He got out of bed and stretched out. Shari stood there watching him as he stretched out. She gazed at his figure and sighed.

Darin was slowly loosing control of his hold on his emotions; if he did not do something quickly, the water works would kick in.

"I'm going out for a walk," said Darin as he exited the hut.

Darin walked a good distance from the hut and looked for a secluded spot to hide and relieve his eyes of their load. His search took him deeper into the jungle. He crawled and climbed over and under the growth until he came across a gap between two fallen trees. He crawled underneath and cried. He cried and cried as he released the torrent of tears stored up over the years. Darin missed Shora. He missed her soft voice, the kind of voice that makes you relaxed and calm. He also missed her touch and her warm embrace. The warmth that radiated from her could melt even the coldest heart. Shora was special to him in a way that nothing could or ever would replace.

Meanwhile, Shari had gone for a walk as well. She calmly strolled through the thick jungle taking in all of the sights and sounds of her surroundings. She knew them all by heart and could tell if anything was out of place. Shari was walking passed some fallen trees when she heard the soft sound of someone crying.

"Who could that be?" she thought.

Shari walked quietly towards the sound and looked around to find the source. She peered through a hole in the trees and saw Darin with his face in his knees and crying very hard. Shari felt a lump forming in her throat as she had pity upon him. Shari looked for an entrance to the space where Darin sat and entered. She quietly sat next to Darin and pulled him close to her. Darin looked up at her as tears rolled down his cheeks.

"What's wrong?" Shari asked.

"I'm homesick." Darin replied.

Shariwatched as the tears welled up again and he began to cry again. She hugged Darin and stroked his back. She rocked him in her arms trying to calm him.

"Shhhh...it's okay, it's okay," she said softly. "We'll find a way to get you back home."

Shari carried Darin out from under the trees and led him back to the hut. Kenketia approached Shari with a concerned look on his face. Shari told him about Darin being homesick and that it was time for them to go home. Kenketia agreed with Shari and began preparing a spell that would send the boys back home. Shari spoke with Darin and Robert, telling them that they were going to send them home where they belonged. Darin was overjoyed while Robert was half-and-half. He wanted to go home, but he did not want to go back to working on a trawler again.

Darin and Robert got inside the lifeboat while Celtion pushed it off the shore. Darin fired up the engines and turned the boat towards the opening to the river. He pushed on the throttle and the boat picked up speed.

Meanwhile, Kenketia was finishing the spell. He threw in the last bit of the required ingredients and stepped outside to watch as a cyclone formed at the mouth of the river. The trees surrounding it were thrashed about in the wind.

Darin spotted the cyclone and told Robert to strap himself in a seat. Robert took a seat, fastened the harness, and tightened it. Darin cut the engines, strapped himself in his seat, and steered the drifting boat towards the cyclone.

"Here goes nothing," said Darin.

He braced himself for the wild ride that waited them. The boat was sucked into the air. However, this time they were not thrown about the cabin and causing injury to themselves. The cyclone dropped them in the same exact spot as before, right by the Coast Guard cutter. Darin wasted no time getting the engines started. He and Robert were hoisted up onto the deck of the cutter. Darin had just opened the hatch when a pair of familiar hands yanked him out.

"Oh how I have missed you my love."

Darin recognized that voice to be that of Shora. He tied to look into her face but Shora was holding him so tightly that it was impossible to move. Darin kept quiet as Shora emptied her worry in the embrace. When she had finished, she turned him around and looked into his eyes. She saw anguish and sorrow. Darin had truly missed her and that touched her in a way she had only dreamed of.

At that same moment, Robert emerged from the lifeboat. He was assisted by Sethi-Arh. They all went inside where Darin and Robert were examined by the cutter's doctor. After that they joined Sethi-Arh and Shora in the mess hall where Darin told them the adventure he and Robert had gone through. Shora was amazed at how Darin remained devoted to her while being held captive by a nymphomaniac.

Sethi-Arh told them that the Alaskan Fishing company had forward their paychecks for the whole season and that they would no longer be working in Alaska on trawlers. They had been dismissed, not fired but dismissed. The company had concluded that they were becoming a liability and that it was time to let them go. Darin and Robert were a little shaken up by this but recovered at the thought of returning to work at FUPA early.

The group then headed for a cabin on the lower decks of the cutter where they would sleep for the night until they pulled into the port of Juneau. Shora slept with Darin that night. She held him tight, still feeling the affects of almost losing him three times.

The next morning, the cutter pulled into harbor. Darin, Robert, Shora, and Sethi-Arh disembarked and walked down the gangway. They had just reached the end then a crewmember ran to Darin.

"The captain would like to know if you would like us to send your lifeboat to your home," he said.

"Yes I would." Darin replied.

Darin gave his address to the man and left. A taxi pulled up and they all piled in. The taxi drove them to the airport where an Alaskan Fishing company plan was waiting to take Darin and Robert back to Florida. Sethi-Arh and Shora had used a commercial flight to get to Alaska and had paid for a round trip. Darin said good-bye to Shora and boarded the plane. They were in the air in less than fifteen minutes.

The flight was long since the plane was prop driven, Sethi-Arh and Shora's flight would take off about three hours later. Darin looked out the window at the clouds passing by. Robert was reading a magazine.

Six hours later, they were on approach with Miami international airport. They had been given clearance to land as they approached the runway. As the plane was about to touch down, a gust of wind blew the plane to the left. Then suddenly, the landing took a terrible turn.

As the plane was about to land, a gust of wind came up and blew the plane to the right. The pilot tried to correct their approach but it was to close. The plane slammed into the runway and snapped the wings off. The plane skidded down the runway for about three miles before coming to a stop. The fire brigade was on the scene in a flash, put the fires out, and helped the survivors out of the wreckage.

Darin and Robert were a little shaken up but were fine. The wreckage was cleared from the runway just in time as another jet came in. The plane touched down, the engines went into reverse thrust, and the breaks went on. Suddenly, the nose landing gear's tires exploded. A shower of sparks followed as the plane traveled down the runway on the rims.

"Today just isn't our day," said Darin.

"How true," said Robert.

It turned to be Sethi-Arh and Shora's flight that had the tire problem. They reunited inside the terminal and comforted Shora who was in shock of the experience. Darin and Robert decided not to tell Shora about their flight's problem. Sethi-Arh flagged down a taxi and they all piled in. Sethi-Arh gave the driver directions to their house and the driver pulled away from the curb. They arrived at the house before 6:20 PM that evening. As they walked up to the front door, they discovered a large box addressed to Darin and Robert. Sethi-Arh unlocked to door and they went inside. Darin and Robert wasted no time opening the box and discovered it to be their personal belongings they had left on the Capt. M. Z. Souza.

While Darin and Robert were settling in again, Sethi-Arh began making dinner. Selin ambushed Robert in his room while he was finishing up unpacking.

Darin had finished unpacking and was about to leave the room when he noticed Shora blocking his way. She was wearing her nightgown and had a devious smile on her face. Darin could only guess what her intentions were. Shora stepped into the room and closed the door.

Meanwhile, Sethi-Arh was cooking dinner. Tonight was going to be a special night. Sethi-Arh was making a Florida meal to welcome Darin and Robert home. Sethi-Arh prided himself on his ability to create divine dishes.

The whole gang sat down to eat around 7:20 PM. Darin and Shora were the first to take their seats. Sethi-Arh looked at them and noticed that Shora was breathing hard and Darin's hair was all bunched up. Then Selin and Robert came down. Once everyone had taken their seats, Sethi-Arh dished out dinner and in no time at all, it was gone. Darin and Shora decided to turn in for the night and so did Robert and Selin, leaving Jasmine and Sethi-Arh to clean up. The two talked while they washed the dishes.

"Its nice to have the boys home again," said Jasmine.

"I don't think they would rather be anywhere else," said Sethi-Arh.

"Say, after we're done here, what do you say we spend some alone time?" Jasmine said.

"Sounds good to me." Sethi-Arh replied.

They quickly cleaned the last few dishes and ran off to their bedroom for a night to remember.