Sea of Lost Souls by Emerald Dodge

Author:Emerald Dodge [Dodge, Emerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

She grinned, excitement lighting up her face. “Oh, thank you, Rachel!”

She melted into the floor, making me shout in alarm.

The ship began to tremble, then shake with earthquake force. Overhead, lightbulbs exploded, throwing little shards of glass everywhere, all over myself and the floor. I dashed to a spot far away from a bulb and crouched.

Then I gasped.

The ship righted itself, lurching up, listing no more. Deck plates flipped over, revealing newer, stronger steel that was polished to within an inch of its life. They flipped up one by one, traveling out of the engine room. Every time they changed, a puff of gold dust flew into the air.

I began to sprint after them, laughing all the while. Flip, flip, flip—the deck plates, the bulk heads, even a few panels on the ceiling, all changing into something new at a breathtaking speed. Light danced along the wires and pipes, snaking around, changing its avenue as it went.

Each room I passed was clean, neat, and organized. The signs pointing the way around the ship were sleek and modern, and there were no anti-smoking signs anywhere. I flew up the stairs toward the flight deck. Could it be…?

I banged the door open just as the transforming magic reached the few remaining planes. They shimmered—and then suddenly they were brand-new F-18s. Twenty in all, they were lined up like new cars in a showroom. Lights blew into being, blinding me, but I kept running around the flight deck, the decks flipping up just one step ahead of me. I sprinted to the edge—and the ship began to grow. The flight deck expanded out, shifting, growing, elongating the Saint Catherine into something bigger and more beautiful.

There was a metallic groan from above. I turned, happy tears streaming down my cheeks. The eagle’s nest was stretching higher and higher, reaching toward the midnight blue sky, lit up by lights. And the name, there for all to see...

I was now aboard the USS Rickover. True to her word, the ship made sure that everyone would know his name.

Cheers erupted from the pier. I ran to the side of the ship and peered down at the assembled sailors. They were climbing to their feet, hale and whole. Two tiny figures were waving their arms and facing me.

It seemed that I was thudding down the gangplank in just seconds, the world blurring in my haste to get to my friends. Torres ran up to me, now in sharp green camo, the latest working uniform of the Navy. “You did it! You helped the ship upgrade!” Though she was tiny, she lifted me up in her excitement and spun me around.

Bickley ran over. Since I was eye-level with his chest, I saw straightaway his biggest change. “You’re a chief now! Chief Bickley!”

Torres and I jumped up and down, shrieking with excitement and pointing at his rank insignia on the front of his uniform. Other sailors were admiring their own new, higher ranks. All were dressed in green camo; they were striking poses for each other and laughing with abandon.

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