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rang. The real blast wave would be coming soon.
    “Dear God,” Kevin whispered while Amanda clung to him in
confusion. “Come on, baby, we have to get inside now,” he said, but saw that
she couldn’t hear his words over the ringing in her ears. “Inside!” he yelled.
“We have to get inside!” Turning to the stunned people around him he yelled,
“Everyone! Get inside the ship and stay away from the windows!”  He pulled
Amanda to her feet and headed for the door into the spa. There was a stairwell
there that would take them down towards their stateroom. They had to get to
Emily and move her somewhere safe, if there were such a place anywhere aboard.
    Their path took them past the closest pool and the stage
where the Captain stood like a statue of King Neptune, God of the Sea, faced
with a crisis of biblical proportions. He didn’t look injured, or incapacitated,
more like disbelieving. Kevin didn’t blame him, but knew that decisive action
was called for. He changed course across the deck and pushed through the
bewildered crowd to reach the stage, dodging drenched crew who were trying to
climb out of the pool. 
    “Captain!” he yelled. “Captain Krystos! It’s an asteroid
strike over the horizon, but the blast wave is coming!  You must get everyone
inside and secure the ship for impact!”
    “Impact?” the Captain asked, shaking himself into action.
“What impact?”
    “There’s a blast wave heading towards us at the speed of
sound,” Kevin explained quickly.
    “Didn’t we just get hit by the blast wave?” the Captain
asked.
    “No, that was only a sonic boom as it passed over us.  I’m
talking about an impact blast wave! It could be a hundred times worse.” That
got the Captain’s attention, along with the rest of his costumed officers on
the stage.
    “How do you know this?” asked Captain Krystos with a note of
skepticism.
    “I’m a meteorologist and climatologist. That was an asteroid
strike. A big one,” Kevin stated with conviction.
    The Captain took another second or two to consider the
situation before dropping Neptune’s trident, pulling off the wig, and grabbing
the microphone from the speechless Mr. Crawford. “Attention, this is the
Captain. All passengers will go below decks and gather at the lifeboat muster
stations immediately! Do not go back to your staterooms. Go directly to your
lifeboat stations and wait for further instructions. Officers and crew report
for duty at fire drill stations. Prepare the ship for impact.”  He turned to
the officers behind him and said, “Staff Captain Stevens, you will take charge
of moving these passengers below and evacuating the staterooms.” Turning back
to Kevin, he said, “Please accompany me to the Bridge. If you know what is
happening, I may need your advice.”
    “We have to get our daughter from our stateroom,” Kevin
protested. “It’s not safe in any of the rooms with windows or balconies.”
    Taking that piece of information in stride, Captain Krystos
realized that he really did need this man’s advice. Turning to one of the
junior officers he said, “Lieutenant Reiner, go with this man’s wife and
retrieve their daughter from their stateroom.” Returning his attention to Kevin
he continued, “We will see to the safety of your family, but I must insist that
you come with me now.”
    “Uhh… Alright,” Kevin reluctantly agreed with his reasoning.
“Honey, go with the officer and get Emily out of the stateroom. Take her to the
forward stairwell lobby and wait for me there. And bring your life jacket.”
    “No!” Amanda objected. “Don’t leave us, we need you.”
    “Just do it, baby,” Kevin replied as he moved to follow the
Captain. “Emily needs you, but the whole ship is in danger. The next few
minutes are critical. We have to turn the ship, or it could be the end for all
of us.” That stopped her protests and she allowed the young Lieutenant to lead
her inside. Kevin watched her go while the Captain