With the Gang Leader

Chapter 5

05. Her luck is wretched.

Two hours passed, but still the scenario was same as the first minute. Chasity bragged about her spurious stories and found a disgusting word in each sentence to mock Rayne. Alec sat right next to the bimbo, paying absolutely no attention to her bogus talks.

Right in front of them, sat Rayne, enraptured in the book 'The Story Of My Life' by 'Helen Keller'. She paid no attention to Chasity's mean talks. She plunged earphones into her ears .

Alec found Rayne, really quiet yet, something about her was so mysterious that he wanted to dig deeper holes and reach to the roots of her nature.

Chasity can tell me something about Rayne, he thought.

"She is your sister? ", he started with a dumb question, to which he already knew the answer.

"Who? That nerd?",Chasity asked. By the choice of her words it was clear that she hated Rayne.

Alec nodded.

"Yeah, step sister ", she answered.

" How come?", he was trying to scratch the painful memory, not for Chasity, but for Rayne.

"Dad married my mom after her mom died",she gushed.

"Oh, so is she always like this?", he asked.

"Yeah, always stuck in some book. She write things."

" What things? "

"I don't pay attention to her stuff. You know, I don't talk to ugly people."

" And what is-"

He was interrupted by a loud voice. "What was that? ", asked Chasity .

By now the earphones were out of Rayne's ears. Alec stood up and made his way to the cockpit.

" What was that noise?" He asked.

"I think something is stuck into the engine. It can stop working anytime."
The pilot's voice was shrill and hasty.

"What? What do we do then?"

The pilot went to the two girls with Alec.

"I think you should take the parachute, sir ", the pilot exclaimed. "Pick out the necessary things and please jump out. There are parachutes at the back ."

"C'mon Chasity." Alec place his hand casting protection on Chasity's waist.

"What do you mean by necessary things?", Chasity was such a dumb bimbo.

They rushed at the back and opened the closet, to what they found out, Rayne was struck. There were only three parachutes. Alec and Chasity quickly wore two and stopped as they saw Rayne doing nothing .

" Rayne, what are you waiting for? ", Alec asked her.

"What about you? " Rayne ignored his question and asked the young pilot.

"I don't know. I'll check what is wrong and..." The pilot looked down at his shoes lost for the next words.

"And...if it didn't work out? You'll go down with the plane." Rayne looked at him empathetically and figured, it was his duty to keep them safe.

"Chasity, Alec, you can go. I will just take some time", Rayne was very caring. She couldn't stand the thought that she became so selfish that she put the life of a young man in danger.

"What? Are you crazy?" Alec knitted his eyebrows in confusion and shook his perplexity in the next moment, " don't be stupid," he muttered and tried to put a hand on Rayne's body to convey to her that she needs to follow him. But Rayne didn't like his idea, she dodged.

"No way! Look at your pilot's face, look how scared he is! Still he is trying to save all of us," she enunciated, "and you are telling me to save myself alone. "

"She's wacky, Alec. Let her be." Chasity coldly narrowed her eyes on Rayne and tied the last strap of her parachute.

Alec hesitated but didn't speak anything.

Alec and Chasity, only cared about themselves. They jumped right ahead.

"C'mon, what's your name? ", Rayne asked.

" Luke Millers", he answered.

"Okay Luke, see, I cannot leave this bag behind", she started, " please collect my bag and guitar till then I will make this parachute for two, okay? "

He nodded without hesitation.

After a minute or two, Rayne finally, after cutting some straps from the seat of the plane and tying them, made the parachute that could fit two people.

" Here are your things", Luke said .

" Okay now, hold them tight and wear these straps. I think it can carry both of us", she muttered .

Luke did as he was told .

"On the count of three!", Luke shouted as they experienced a quite heavy jerk due to the engine

Rayne nodded .

" 3..."

"2..."

"1!"

And they jumped.