Airfield 57 Son of Blackbird (Aeromorph life)

Hostage

It is currently December 24 of 2059, 11:20 AM...

Today was a special day indeed, not because it was Christmas Eve, but today was Cris' debut flight, she is fully repaired and ready to get back to work...
I could see Cris smiling ear to ear- or.. Just smiling a lot...
We walked out of the hangar after I ran a quick diagnostic just to make sure she was ready...
When we were in the roads to the runway, I saw that the runway was all repaired, and seems brand new...
"You seem in a good mood Cristina..." The general said as he snapped me from my thoughts...
"I've waited for this for about 2 years sir, so I've finally get to fly again..."
"Understandable, as for you Joshua?"
"I am happy, all that work and sleepless nights are going to pay off..."
"Very good, make your way to hangar 59, there will be an F-35 craft to accompany you on your flight..."
"Sir, I can't fly an aircraft, I just work on them..."
"That's why there is a pilot for that F-35 Joshua..."
"Oh..."
"Get going Josh..." the general said as he went on his way....
Cristina then picked me up and we walked towards Hangar 59 and as the general said there was an F-35 waiting for us there...
"Hello?"
"Huh? Who are you two?"
"I'm Joshua, this is Cristina, we were told you're our companion for her test flight..."
"Oh right..."
"Wait a minute, I remember you now! You're the pilot from back in Airfield 57!"
"What are you going on about brat- oh god..."
"No time to complain dude, you're stuck with me until this is over..."
"Great... Can't wait..."
"The more you complain the worst this will be for you..."
"Let's just get this over with kid, grab a helmet and get in the back..."
I ran to a metal closet and grabbed a helmet that fit my head and ran back to the plane grabbing my laptop since I needed to finalize her tests...
The pilot started up the jet and I got in the nick of time...
I strapped myself in and waited for everything to be ready...
"Hey kid!"
"Yeah?"
"You see the console infront of you?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Turn in on, since you are back there you are going to be my navigator!" He said but then I realized something...
"But F-35's are a 1 man aircraft, how the hell does this one have two seats?"
"Custom job from airfield 57, I guess this is why they made it..."
I fixed them plenty of times, so it's easy for me to know what to do...
I looked out and saw Cris just waiting for me to catch up so she could finally fly...
The smile she had on right now was pure joy, and I could see after last night's talk helped her...

*Last night at the hangar*

"fucking jerk..." she said as I just started to laugh on how embarrassed she was...
"Oh cheer up! You found love! I'm proud of ya!" I said as I kept laughing...
I then realized that she wasn't responding and kept looking away from me...
"Cris..?" I asked as she didn't respond...
I walked closer to her as I was now touching her thigh trying to get her attention...
"Cris, you know I'm only teasing ya..?"
"I... I know.. it's just..."
"Cris, if it's too hard to say don't worry, I won't tease you anymore, 'kay? I'm here to help ya." I said as I went to the console just to do one final check...
"I'm not too comfortable around men..." she said as it made me pause in the moment...
"what?"
"I'm not too comfortable having relationships Josh... It's painful in a way..."
"When you're doing IT or..."
"What? NO!!!"
"Sorry for asking, but I'm asking cause I don't understand!"

She took a breath before continuing...
"It's partially traumatic..." she said as she turned to look away from me...
"Cris, if you're going to explain all of it I need to know it from the beginning..." I said as I went infront of her and sat down...
Cris sat down criss-crossing her legs together...
"It started roughly 20 years back..."
"2039?"
"Yes... I was... still human then..."
"Okay..?"
"I was in a relationship with a man that was 30-ish at the time, he was so sweet and I knew him since college... we were going to be engaged till I found out that he was cheating with someone else... I broke up with his ass right then and there, later on I found another partner... He was kind in the beginning but as time passed he became un-interested in me... I dumped him and he begged for me to go back because he couldn't care for the house by himself... Piece of shit..."
"Cris, focus..."
"Right.. sorry... I tried one last time and this one seemed that it would last, until he started to get really abusive with me, I reported him and he went to prison for roughly 30 years..."
"yeah, laws then were more strict due to how stupid some people were becoming..."
"In any case, after that I decided not to try again due to my bad luck... 20 years wasted on one guy and another 10 wasted on two idiots... I had enough, I decided to join the military since it was the only fair place I could escape to, my family wasn't really supportive..." she said but seemed to become hesitant...