Paralyzed - Chapter 14: Separated - Part 1/4

Episode Date: September 18, 2019

Things have drastically changed. The group is now separated. Erika, Michelle, Roger, and Skye don't even know if the others are still alive. Regardless, Erika wants to head down, deeper into the ship, to find them. She can't leave Shane behind. But Michelle and Roger feel otherwise. They must decide fast, because the creatures could show up at any moment!Music:"Fogman" by Elderich T'Challa of Nemesis Black @ reverbnation.com/nemesisblack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Seven Lamb presents Paralyzed Chapter 14 Separated Part 1 I'm going to be able to be. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, help me. Help you with what?

The doors! Not so loud. Help me! Erica! I rushed over to the doors and tried to pry them open. I can't get it! Erica, stop. No!

Roger ran over and gripped one side. We need to go. But I ignored her as I scrambled to get the doors open. Help me, Michelle! Fine. Michelle and Sky came over and helped pry the door open. We got it! We got it! Erica, seriously!

Not so loud! Roger's right. We need something to keep the doors from closing. What? There's a garbage can there. I'll get it. Hurry! My fingers are slipping. Okay.

Sky ran off down the hall, grabbed the small, gray garbage bin and rolled it over to us. You have to pull them back more. Just put it in that way. No, we got this. Pull! There. Sky slid the bin in long ways to provide more room.

We all let go and allowed the bin to hold the doors apart. I leaned in. Erica, be careful. I looked down into the darkness. Shit. Well, I don't see anything. Is that really a shock? Shane!

Erica, stop! Shane! Erica! Roger's right. You've got to keep your voice down. Those things could hear you. We have to get down there. Um, what?

No way. We have to. You have no idea how far it fell. I would assume the bottom. No fucking kidding. But we have no idea how far that is. Roger walked over to the wall map. We're on the upper promenade.

Meaning? Meaning it fell at least five level. Although I'm not sure if the elevator The reach is the lower levels. What lower levels? Yeah, the engine room and maintenance decks. I'm assuming that's what those are. Roger was pointing to a white space below B deck.

Is that on the map? No, but those are restricted access. Probably need a key card. Regardless, we have to get down there. Do you have a key card? We don't know how far it fell. You want to crawl down the cables and find out? No, we can use the stairs.

We are not doing that. What? Erica, have you forgotten about the psychopaths with the deerheads? We need to get out of here. We need to get off this ship. Yeah, they could come up here any minute. We're not that far up, are we? Roger looked at the map again.

Three levels? They don't even know where we are, though. How do you know that? You were yelling pretty loudly, Erica. We need to get off this ship. Oh, and how do you propose we do that? Jump. Jump?

How else? That's a far fall. What do you want to do? Oh, I don't know. Go to the navigation deck? For what? The ship's still moving. I think someone is steering it.

You really think so. If they weren't, I think we would have run aground. Really, Roger? Stop saying that shit. It's true. How could the ship stay on course? We already hit something. Yeah, don't you remember almost falling off?

But we're still moving now, meaning whatever we hit wasn't enough to stop us. We listed it all. Maybe someone is steering the ship and making sure it doesn't... Don't you dare say it. And that doesn't explain where everyone else is. Could we go to security? I don't know where that is. Why would any of that shit matter?

Obviously, people are not on the ship anymore, which means they vacated. That's impossible. Do you see people? They wouldn't have been able to evacuate everyone off the ship in the amount of time we were outside. Plus, wouldn't we have seen people? Yes, we would. So everyone's hiding on the navigation deck? Someone's got to be steering the ship.

We're not that far from land. We could be out in the ocean for all you know. We're not. There's land on both sides. I saw our path. Then maybe we're heading in a straight line. I walked back over to the elevator shaft and peered down into darkness. Erica.

Please don't shout You know, the time we've spent debating We could have used to find Shane and the others I'm not heading back down In fact, we need to get out of this hall Yeah, what if they're on their way up here now Shane? No, the

The people People? Please People don't bend that way They don't make those kinds of noises I'm not leaving without Shane We heard a crash So what? Come on, Erica.

Oh, no. Can we discuss what to do later? We need to find some place safe. And where would that be? Not out in the open. Let's try the navigation deck. Maybe the captain's there. I'm telling you, someone has to be.

Where's the navigation deck? Roger looked at the map. Three decks up. No, no, no, no. We have to head down. Erica, please. you hear that they're coming are they most likely let's just go to the navigation deck we need help no god damn it erika michel quiet what about you sky me yeah what about me that's your girlfriend right cora yeah and you just want to leave her no i don't then we need to head down there and find them i want to it's just just just

those people those things are down there too so you're scared aren't you yes none of us know what the fuck is going on let's go to the damn navigators deck navigation deck whatever oh so that's what you want to do now what do you mean a minute ago you wanted to jump ship figuratively and literally yeah i did

we need to get out of here Michelle was right about that Shane had even said it himself But without Shane, I couldn't leave. We can't jump. It's a far drop. And we're not near anything. And isn't the water super cold? Yeah, it's unsafe.

You know what else is unsafe? Being on an abandoned ship with three deer psychos with knives. Machetes. Roger, if you correct me one more time. I'm sorry. We don't even know if there's more of those deer-headed psychos. She's right. Michelle peered around the corner.

Anything? No. And what happens if there isn't anyone on the navigation deck? Then what? Then we'll figure out something else. Then we go for Shane? I don't know. Exactly.

Exactly what? You're not going to go back for Shane. No, we can. I just... Shut up, Roger. Erica, did you not hear that crash? What are you implying? I don't think we should hastily make our way back to where we were almost butchered.

If it wasn't for Shane and the others, we would still be on that elevator, down there with them. They helped us get the doors open. They let us out first. I appreciate what they did for us, but I'm not going to risk my life on a meaningless errand. You're an asshole. What? Shane was right about you. It's all about you. Always has been. That's not fucking fair. This is not me ditching you at a party. This is some fucked-up shit where we're trying to survive.

So yes, if it's about me living, I'm going to be a little selfish. Let me ask you a question. If it was Roger, would you go back for him? She didn't answer. Yeah, that's what I thought. We need to get help first. First, if you don't find anyone, I'm sure you'll be disembarking soon after. Look, I love Shane. I'm not leaving him. Shane knew the danger, right?

He knew something was up. He would want us to leave. Way to project. Then fine, do it. Go back for him. Wait, we shouldn't split up. I'm not going back that way. Roger, you want to go to the navigator's deck, then let's go.

At least it leads us away from the... crazies. But if no one's there, we get off the ship. I don't care how. We still shouldn't split up. So you're going to go back downstairs? The room decks. That's probably where it stopped. Man could have fallen further. Well, I'm heading downstairs regardless. I take it you're going with them. What about those things? But I didn't know how to answer. Instead, I just shrug. I don't want to die. Well, if I find Quora, I'll let her know you all made it out safe. Sky's eyes drop to the ground. We're not out yet.

Erica, please, come with us. We can get help. Well, if you find help, send them my way. Wait! I'll go with you. I want to find Cora. You sure about that? Yes, I can't leave her.

Okay. I looked back at Roger and Michelle. Good luck. You too. Paralyzed Written by Robert M. Lamb Edited by Issa Yastazade Starring, Ryan Wiggs

as Shane, Ariel Zadok as Erica, Alexander Dottie as Roger, Ariel Hack as Michelle, Amy LaRae as Roland, Catabelle as Ray, Reed Criner as Dale, Maggie Kieren as Cora, and Evelyn as Sky, co-starring, Justin Anderson. Amber Simpson, Jabrina Cooper, Brett Wilkins, Anthony Grimm, and Robert M. Lamb. Music provided by Kevin McLeod of Incompetect.com. Eldorich Chachala of Nemesis Black at Reverbnation.com slash Nemesis Black. If you enjoy this podcast, don't forget to rate and review. Visit www.7lam.com for more audio dramas such as

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