Option 3: Jason and Sarah

-- Ok. Thank you so much! Have a nice day! Bye!

Jason closed his phone and went out on the balcony. He stared at the clouds and felt goose bumps all over his body. He had never felt like this before.

Winning two tickets for 7-night Mediterranean Cruise from Civitavecchia was his most desired dream. It was the beginning of year and until yesterday he was struggling to choose the best gift for his girlfriend’s birthday on January 13.

Jason was a 22 year-old student studying Business Analytics at the University of Bologna, Italy. He was in love with his girlfriend Sarah for the last 6 months.

It was January 8 and they had to show at Cruise Terminal in the morning of January 13.

She was the happiest girl when he surprised her with the pleasant news later that night. They both enjoyed looking at the itinerary that included visiting Tuskany’s Isola del Giglio and Savona.

Four days later they arrived at Terminal A of the Cruise Terminal complex. It was 8.55 a.m. and they still had 40 minutes before boarding on their cruise Costa Concordia.......

Jason and Sara went walking and visiting the markets around the harbor for a while, while in the cruise they in the were going to travel is prepared to announce their departure; both walked peacefully through the beautiful boulevard adorned with large palm trees and the clear sky under a radiant sun, joy music and laughter is mixed in the environment.

Large cruise ships came and went, the Costa Concordia, an Italian cruise known for its grandeur to other ships of its kind, was preparing to leave the Roman port Civitavecchia, while both young people with the look of amazement and happiness were one step away from meet his romantic dream of sailing on the warm waters of the Mediterranean.

The sailors and their well-dressed officers greeted from the deck and offered all passengers a warm welcome. Sara, a tall girl with her long brown hair, very pretty but shy, was madly in love with Jason, a boy she met in high school and went to the same university together, both were about to graduate; Jason's parents were doctors, lived in the city of Marseille, a region with a fantastic coastline, it was they who organized to give the couple a big surprise, the good behavior of Jason as a was enough to deserve big present prior to their marital commitment, one pair of tickets for a fabulous cruise that both would enjoy for a double celebration.

On board the ship there was a meeting of recently graduated boys there were around six hundred students together with their teachers. two weeks of travel, making stops in Spain, Portugal and France, Jason and Sara contemplated the surroundings, the happy couple enjoyed the happy moments and the gentle breeze in the middle of the Mediterranean, everything went perfect. That night the captain announced that on the main deck there was going to be a great show of dancing, the place abounded with joy, the hours passed and the starry sky was present covering with his heavenly cloak, they had no knowledge of where they were being surrounded by the immense sea, in the distance Jason could perceive a strange fog that appeared in the middle of nowhere, suddenly the joy became silent, the lights began to show faults, some burst by the intensity and several areas of the big ship They began to get dark, those present went into a panic, nobody really understood what was happening. The sailors making use of their training tried to calm the people and Captain Francesco Schettino from the bridge began to ask for help by radio:

-IBHD Costa Concordia
-We are presenting faults in the electrical system
-We have run out of energy
-We are in the coordinates 35 ° N -18 ° E
-We ask for prompt help.

The only signal he received was pure static, the navigation instruments did not work properly, while the Costa Concordia was dark in middle of the sea, Jason and Sara stayed together in their cabin waiting for everyone to return to normal but Sara was very scared and nervous, Jason tried to reassure her and with a lump in his throat he said: - Do not worry everything will be fine and we will be back home, soft words to hide the truth, but Jason knew that something was not going well.

While the fog was seen on the horizon was growing as if it had a life of its own, the cruise slowly turned towards the phenomenon as if a strange force controlled the course of the ship, on board the silence reigned in the place, you could hear the beat of the heart in people, when suddenly a mysterious spell without any explanation trapped the life of all those present that night.

The next morning the seagulls flew peacefully over the immense sea, several ships approached to the point where they intercepted the last signal without having any news, the authorities wondered what happened that night with the Costa Concordia ?, nobody had a logical answer and accurate, the last message was:

• IBHD Costa Concordia
• We are presenting faults in the electrical system
• We are without power
• We ask for prompt help.
• We approach a strange fog and have lost control of the ship
• The instruments do not respond, there is on ...

the transmission was strangely interrupted and the ship Costa Concordia in a huge mystery remained.

By: @edurley

Thank you @steemfluencer for organizing this wonderful and interesting contest.

Fuente de imagen
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/458804280771354926/
http://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/all-hallows-eve-ghost-ship