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I walked into the plane, My hand in Mizi's. The Runway felt like if there was one more crack, a sinkhole would open and swallow them whole. The air felt too tight when it brushed against my neck. The Carpet on the plane was torn and stained, I admit I'm sort of Glad my shoe stuck to the floor, Because I would've Faceplanted into some Old mans cane.
I got into my seat, Luckily I didnt have the window seat. I tried to calm down, by doing some breathing exercises while Mizi was taking selfies like she always does post flight. I buckled my seatbelt but the shivers began again. My eyes glanced at the sky through the window for less than a second, and I saw it. The sky didnt look real. It looked staged.
"Excuse me ma'am are you okay? Can you hear me" Questioned this curious flight attendant.
I turned around and saw a red glow in her eyes. I read her nametag, It read "Lethe". My face flushed after she told me I wasnt responding. "Yeah I'm fine! I just zoned out! My seatbelt is done so I am a-okay! If you asked me how to rate how I feel from a scale of 1 to 70, I'd pick 89!" I blurted that out so fast I didn’t even notice how Mizi was staring at me after Lethe Left. I cringed like a wasp would if it was trapped in a urinal.
"Sua. What the fuck was that? I love you to the moon and back, but what was that." Mizi looked like she had enough of my unusual behavior and she was quick to demand answers. She kept lecturing me but i didnt care. I was way too lost in those chartreuse eyes because in that splitsecond they looked so blue.
Finally she finished so I could speak. "Im really sorry Mizi i didnt mean to reply like that its just that you know i feel on planes - everything feels wromg and unearthly and it makes my sentences sound like a cringe post... Please believe me!" I pleaded with the most convincing face i could. Mizi accepted it then she just put her noise cancelling headphones on.
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It’s been Three hours of torture since the plane took off. The toilet is apparently broken and being repaired. I call it bullshit. I bet they have a random ass monster in there destroying everything. As soon as this rusty excuse of a plane lands, I’m not flying home. I would rather get the life sentence a hundred times.
I keep hearing muted crashes and other noises, but the Robots Lethe and Nica are saying it’s just a little amount of turbulence, and the captains say there is nothing to worry about. If it’s just a little turbulence why does it sound like a hurricane.
Then the bathroom door bursts open. Some blond guy is biting a younger guy who a mother and daughter are yelling about how they are related. Eventually the man is thrown out of the plane by Nica. She says she analyzed his face and he was a subject to some experiments, and how he was murderous.
No one cares though. I try to care but I am focusing on this guys throat. Its a disgusting how it got all over the carpet. It wasnt even reallistic, it was like a cartoon. The man looked like he just turned 20, and to just die like that? If I was that woman claiming to be related to him, I would just sue this company. I felt a heavy pressured air blast into my ear and before i knew it the kid was gone.
I looked out the window, and I swear I saw a missile. I’m not crazy, I swear that it was real. I heard the swoosh and everything.
Lethe says that everything is okay and that everyone should stay seated. No one listened. Who would?
Mizi yawns and taps my shoulder. I cant believe she slept through that. "Sua are we there yet? I had a dream a guy bit someones throat out and died..." Shoot.
"Mizi do you want the bad news or the go- nevermind its both bad news." Mizi tilts her head in confusion at me. "One is that your nightmare was real, but dont worry it was dealth with! and the bad news is that we havent landed yet." I'm sweating so hard that its diabolical that this crappy chair that got built in a broke factory is still intact and dry.
Mizi bursts out laughing. "Sua you silly billy! I made that up! there was no dream! You should've seen your face you look like it was rea- You arent joking are you...? Awkward!" Mizi nods at me and i finally cringe. I have nothing against that word. 'Awkward'. I use it in sentences still to be honest, but my sweet Mizi just had to say it like a chronically online fact checker.
Eventually Lethe and Nica came back with some snacks to cool us down, but we decline them. Instead I give Mizi a run down of what happened. "So basically a guy broke the bathroom door and tore out a chunk of this kids neck and then they both get flung out an emergency exit. You understand?" She nods at me. I sigh, picking at that bracelet she gave me back at home. I want to light up the mood, so I start with some not so obvious jokes, like ones that'll make Mizi laugh louder than the plane engine. Instead I just nudge her shoulder and whisper "Hey... I guess we cant ever get a break am I right?" Not even a smirk. I say it again, No reply.
"Sua it isn’t the time for jokes now alright!" She snaps. Then there comes the perfect idea. Make a funny face. "We are on a plane where two people have died an" Boom. I hit her with a face a donkey would make. She laughs. Genuinely. Not just a fake laugh whenever relatives make you insecure so you laugh along with them, a real laugh. "That... That face! I cant even describe it!" she laughs instead of taking breathes inbetween words.
"And you say my humor is dumb" I mutter, hoping she wont hear me through her laughter.
"You know what Sua, I think its all gonna be okay. Y'know?" Mizi stares at me in a Say you agree with me, please. I need the help to calm down. I stare at her admiringly. Why am i admiring her? I don’t know, don’t ask me I'm busy. I have 0.3 milliseconds to answer her or she’ll know it’s a lie. Do I say we’re gonna possibly die? Or do I say that we are gonna make it. She wraps her arms around me tightly, extremely happy with my response. "If you didn’t answer any sooner I would know you answer! so thanks for saying the truth and how it’s all okay!" Yeah. No problem. I definitely did not lie. Nope. I didnt.
I jump out of my seat, heading for the toilet. I say to Mizi its the plane food, knowing damn well i didn’t have any, the truth being I feel extremely sick whenever I lie to her. But thats normal, right? Yeah. I know it is.
I wrap my arms around the toilet seat and out it comes - Guilt, lies, and some peanuts. How delicious. Mizi would probably call this a dirl ginner or whatever people call it.
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I step out and wave to Mizi then -
SWOOOOOOOSHHHHHHH
I trip down and slam into the cockpit door, and Lethe finally helps me up after 20 minutes or however how long and apologises for the turbulence. My back hurts. I mean your back would hurt too if you got slammed into a rock hard door because of 'turbulence'.
"Oh dear, Sua are you okay? That seemed painful!" Mizi holds onto me dearingly. Whiel Nica passes me some water and painkillers.
"Thanks Nica... and yeah, I’m fine Mizi. It did hurt my back a bit but look back on the events today - I've hurt my back one too many times." I reassure her within seconds. "Plus Nica gave me some painkillers so its all good. I can already feel it go away!" Lie. Instead of feeling ill after that specific lie, I just had a tiny cough. My body's a little comedian like that.
Mizi clings onto me tighter. That’s never good. "Sua can we hug a bit more?" Phew. Nothing negative.
"Yeah sure... sweetheart." I lay my head on hers, and for a few seconds all that noise feels quiet.
WARNING!!! EMERGENCY ALERT!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! I REPEAT, NOT A DRILL!!! FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS SETP BY STEP!!! (BRAILLE VERSION SUPORTED TOO.)
REMAIN CALM AND ACT QUICKLY
PULL THE MASK TOWARDS YOU
PLACE THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND YOU MOUTH
SECURE THE ELASTIC STRAP
BREATHE AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD
ASSIST OTHERS IN SECURING THEIR MASKS AFTER YOU HAVE DONE YOURS
KEEP THE MASK ON UNTIL INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
LETHE, NICA, THE PILOTS, AND ALL OF OUR ANAKT AIRLINES TEAM
"Mizi are you okay! Mizi can you hear me? Please dont joke about, please let me know your mask is on!" Tears are rolling into my mask now. Eventually Mizi nods at me. Good. Her mask is working. Mine is too.
COMMENCING SELF DESTRUCT MODE!!! Lethe and Nica yell before combusting at the front of the plane.
"Just close your eyes Mizi..." I whisper, shaking aggresively.
That was the last thing i remembered. Was this still Earth? It looked more abandoned and toxic. It looked deader than it was. What on God's destroyed, wrecked, World happened while i was on that plane with mizi?
"Sua... my head hurts..." MIZI. MIZI. ITS REALLY YOU!