Love Me Back to Life

Well I had an idea for another story…let's see how this one works out!

This story is purely fictional and the people (except for Marie) are real people who fish in the Bering Sea and appear on Discovery's Deadliest Catch TV show. Edgar Hansen will be single in this story just for the story's sake. Also a certain even that happens early on to one of the boats is not true in real life and I pray it never will be true EVER. So don't worry! : ) (*knocks on wood*) I apologize ahead of time to my loyal readers…this one is gonna be worse than Hope Floats when it comes to tragedy. Sorry!!!! And as always reviews are very much appreciated!!!

The sun rose slowly over the cold horizon and reflected off the snow-white mountains surrounding Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The waves lapped lazily on the shore as the fog slowly began to lift away from the docks.

Marie shivered as a cold breeze ruffled her dark, auburn hair. Her hazel eyes scanned the horizon searching for something through the thick fog. She sighed in frustration as she waited. It had been too long. They should have been here by now.

Just then a shape appeared from about a mile away. Marie felt her heart race with excitement but then frowned when she realized that this boat was a house-forward style vessel. It wasn't the one she was desperate to see. She watched as the boat drew closer to the docks. She heard cheers erupt from several people waiting at the end of the dock as the boat was tied up.

A couple members of the crew leapt off the boat and hugged their wives and children. A man with light blonde hair jumped off and went over to a rather attractive blonde woman and gave her a hug and a loving kiss. Marie smiled when she recognized the face. It was the infamous Sig Hansen.

As all the crew members climbed off the Northwestern and greeted their loved ones, Marie couldn't help but notice how one of the deckhands stayed on the boat. He was wearing a navy blue hoodie with the Northwestern logo on the front with the hood pulled up. He had his hands in his pockets and he stood against the rail watching everyone on the dock. Marie felt a pang of sadness for the man…he was all alone. No one had come to welcome him back from his dangerous fishing trip.

Just then the man glanced up and saw her a little ways further down the dock. Marie smiled at him and waved, feeling another pang of sympathy for the man. He waved back and as a smile slowly spread along his face. To Marie's surprise he climbed off the boat and made his way down the dock toward her. She blinked in surprise when he walked right up to her and held out his hand.

"Hi…I'm Edgar Hansen," he said with a smile.

Marie smiled back, "Hi, I'm Marie Winnicker."

Edgar glanced away awkwardly as he put his hand back in his pocket.

"You know you're the first person who has ever said hi to me when I come back to the dock in the past five years?"

Marie frowned at that as she looked up at him.

"Really? Don't you have a girlfriend or a wife or something?"

Edgar smiled sadly and shook his head, "No…not anymore."

"Oh…I'm sorry. Did you break up with her?"

Edgar's shoulders tensed up instantly and he looked away quickly, "Um, not really."

Marie gave him a confused look as she tried to figure out what he meant. Suddenly her eyes grew wide with understanding and she gaped in surprise.

"Oh! Oh, Edgar I'm so sorry…I didn't know…"

Edgar shook his head, "Nah don't worry about it. You didn't know. So…who are you waiting for?"

"Um, my boyfriend is on the Cornelia Marie. They should have been here by now though."

"Cornelia Marie?" asked Edgar in surprise, "No joke? Who is he?"

"Josh Harris…the captain's oldest son," said Marie with a smile as she glanced back out over the water.

"No kidding," said Edgar with a smirk, "Josh Harris finally landed himself a good girl eh? It's about time."

Marie laughed as she pulled her parka closer to her, "Yeah I guess so….I just wish he'd hurry up and get back here…"

Meanwhile back over at the Northwestern, the families of the crew were busy hugging and talking with their loved ones when Sig Hansen got a phone call.

"This better be important I'm with my family," he grumbled into the cell phone.

After a few moments Sig turned and gave his wife a horrified look. He walked away from the dock quickly to get away from the crowd. After a couple minutes he ended the call and turned back around slowly, a look of shock and disbelief on his face.

Edgar had seen his older brother walk off and glanced over his shoulder to see what was going on. When he saw the look on Sig's face he knew something terrible had happened.

"Oh no…" he murmured quietly.

"What? What is it?" asked Marie, alarmed by the look on Edgar's face.

"I don't know…but Sig looks really upset about something. I'd better go find out what's going on. You're welcome to come if you want."

Marie nodded and followed Edgar over to the group of Northwestern crew members and families. Sig was walking slowly back over to them as if in a daze.

"Sig…what's wrong honey?" asked Sig's very pretty wife, "What's happened?"

Sig cleared his throat slightly and took a deep breath.

"Um…something, something terrible has happened," he began unsteadily, "A boat went down about three hours ago. There are only two survivors the rest went in without survival suits. All the bodies have been recovered."

"What boat Sig?" asked Matt.

"The…the Cornelia Marie."

Marie felt the world around her spin out of control. A feeling of absolute horror filled her entire body and she felt herself grow weak with horror.

"No…no it…it can't be…" she murmured quietly.

Edgar moved quickly to her side in case she fainted. He glanced up and saw Sig giving him a questioning look.

"Her…her boyfriend is Josh Harris," explained Edgar as he glanced around at the rest of his crew.

Sig closed his eyes for a moment as he glanced at Marie. The rest of the crew shook their heads in disbelief as they looked at each other in shock.

The Cornelia Marie was gone…and only two members of her crew had lived to tell the tale…

Eek…yeah I know bad hang-off ending. Again I apologize. *KNOCKS ON WOOD* I pray that never happens to them in real life of course *KNOCKS ON WOOD AGAIN*

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