The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers - Ache (Chapter 18)

CHAPTER 18

- Dese's POV 

We're still flying and my legs are getting all cramped up but Zeki looks worse than me. He's all pale and sweaty and looks like he's going to vomit. Hah! Payback is such a bitch. 

I gaze out the window, the first rays of light are beginning to appear on the Sahara desert, they reflect of the golden sand below. The Sahara desert is more empty than the Serengeti grassland, we can go up to 15 minutes with no shapes appearing on the black infrared screen. 

We swapped the helicopter for a larger airplane, despite it is now more spacious than in the helicopter, I feel claustrophobic. I hate sitting for long periods of time and not being in action. My arms squeeze the white leather seats and my feet bounce on the cream carpet floor. What luxury this airplane provides but I can't enjoy it because we have so much to do. The waiting is making me increasingly edgy. 

"This is so boring." Love complains. You're not alone kid. 

Well we did warn her not to come but no, she had to be stubborn like she normally is. Neither of us respond to her whine. It's not as if, we can do anything about it, we're all in the same position, here.

Maybe we've looked at the riddle, the wrong way? Maybe the little boy is not in the desert, he could be on a beach? There's sand there, right? Doubts begin to flood my mind. Why aren't we finding this freaken' kid, yet?

"What're you complaining about, we're showing you the world?" Zeki rasps after a few minutes. 

All she can see is the darkness and the few shards of the rising sun, sure we're showing her the world, right now. I roll my eyes. 

We suddenly dip at the same time as I feel the power rushing through me. My breathe is whooshed out of me and I feel all my blood and organs sink. The initial shock of power is over but then I slowly  sit up but I still feel the sinking feeling. Why are we going down?

The plane is falling? We're crashing. Oh no. Not good. I jump up from my seat, peering into the cockpit, but can't see Sap. Come on Sapi, get up. Where are you?  

I rapidly look around, Zeki is clutching his head, bent over. I don't know whether it's because of the power or the fact that we are going to crash. I can't see Sap. Where is he? I peer closer, I see legs sticking out and his blond head on top of the controls. He's unconscious? What happened? I mean the power came on but he shouldn't have passed out. Something is wrong.  

We're still falling. I don't know what to do. I can't move. We're going to die and I can't move. Move, come on woman. What should I do? This is screwed up. I hear a scream that shatters my thoughts. Love is grabbing my arm, panic in her tear filled blue eyes. I have to do something, for this kid.

Leaping up, I grab the oxygen mask and parachute on the front of the plane. I attach the mask onto Love and then myself. What do I do with this parachute? There's so much material and string, where's the instructions? My hands shake. I'm such a mess, my brain is like jelly. My limbs aren't functioning properly, moving jerkily.

We can't die. I have to look after this kid.  Why is Sap not controlling the plane? We're falling. Why are we not hitting the floor yet, we've been falling for ages? I grasp onto the seat, as we turn upside, we all tumble across onto the other side of the plane. Metal, legs, seats, carpet scrap and bang into us. Sharp jabs of pain shoot up through me, as my flesh is torn and bruised by the debris from the interior of the airplane. I shut my eyes to jam everything out. This is a nightmare, I'm going to wake up with a plane steadily flying through the air, by a very in controlled Sapien. Screams and cries, rip through my ears, over the whirring of the engines making my eyes crack open by reflex, leaving me disorientated in the catastrophe.