ATLAS 776

19

"Psst... Psst..." a familiar voice whispered into Victoria's ears. Victoria looked to the source. Aiden's mischievous face greeted her. "let's check out the plane..." he continued. Victoria squinted her eyes a little, and gave Aiden a stare. " What's there to check out?" she asked.

Aiden reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of folded paper. He unfolded the paper in his hands, and showed it to Victoria. "We are going to check out avionics!" he whispered, while he pointed at the plane drawing on the paper.

"Are you crazy? What for?" Victoria whispered back. Aiden looked behind him to check if there were anyone else around. He quickly turned back to Victoria. "Why not? Kate and Darryl have already gone ahead..." he added.

Victoria had a confused look. "What? Kate actually went into the plane's sub components without informing me?" Victoria asked, as she felt perplexed as to why her best friend would do such activities without informing her.

Aiden sat on Kate's seat, and handed the paper to Victoria. "Look. They have been in there for an hour or so... I have not seen them yet, but either they are lost, or they are having a ton of fun." He whispered.

Victoria slammed her head back onto the cushion, and placed both hands on her hair, gripping them. "Oh my god... This can't be real." she said, as she felt the tension and doubt rising.

Aiden patted Victoria's shoulder. "Well apparently it is... And we have to look for them either way. You know the plane better than us..." he whispered to her. Victoria looked at Aiden, and frowned. "And you didn't ask me first? Are you playing a prank on me? This is not funny, Aiden." Aiden gulped, and looked around. "Come on, let's go. It'll be fine." Aiden whispered, as he gestured Victoria to get out of her seat with his hands.

Victoria started to lift herself off her seat, infuriated with the information she had. She tried not to believe it, but her instinct had been telling her otherwise. "Are you sure she is not in the toilet? And Darryl? Why would he do something like that?" she asked.

Aiden placed one hand on the seat to support himself. "I don't know okay! It's not like they went to the mile high club or anything, I mean... Kate literally woke me up and told me she and Darryl were going to sneak around the plane." Aiden whispered.

Victoria breathed in hard and exhaled. She rubbed her palms on her jacket, and closed her eyes. "If this is a prank..." she gave a stern look at Aiden. Aiden shook his head in disagreement. Aiden started to walk down the aisle, past the sleeping passengers. The cabin was quiet, as most passengers were sound asleep.

"Sorry, excuse me." Victoria said politely as she wedged past a passing passenger. The pair passed two cabins. They were walking down a cabin midway, when Victoria suddenly felt a hand grip her arm tightly. Victoria felt her heart skip a beat. "Oh my god!" She shouted. Victoria looked down, and saw a woman staring at her. "Don't... Don't..." she shook her head and spoke softly.

Victoria felt uneasy. "Don't what?" she asked. The woman just released her grip, retracted her arms into a resting position and turned her head back at the television screen quietly. Victoria stood at her spot, looking down at the strange woman. "Uhh... What?" she asked. The woman looked abck at her, and gave her a perplexed look. "Sorry, young miss. What did you say?" she asked back. Victoria bent down towards her. "What did you try to tell me not to do?" she asked.

The woman leaned back away from her. "Miss I did not speak to you. I don't even know you!" she replied. Victoria eased back, and gave her a stare, before she walked off to catch up to Aiden. "Crazy girl." the woman said.

A passing air stewardess looked at Victoria and smiled. She stood at her spot. Victoria felt a cold feeling from her smile. She felt goosebumps more and more as she looked at the stewardess. Victoria looked away, and increased her pace. Aiden stopped by a toilet door. "Here." he said, as he pushed the door open.

Victoria stood outside the door, and looked around. "Seriously?" she asked him. Aiden smiled back. "Well. It's the best way up." he replied. "How do you guys even know about this?" Victoria asked. She refused to follow suit. Aiden rolled his eyes. "Internet. Now come on, I ain't gonna rape you." he replied, as he placed his left arm on the door frame.

Victoria looked around again to make sure nobody was looking. "Okay, smart guy. Show me." she folded her arms and said to Aiden. Aiden immediately climbed onto the sink, and pushed his arms upwards, pushing the ceiling cover off. The cover moved, and gave way to a dark narrow confine. "There we go!" Aiden laughed.

Victoria felt even more uneasy. How did Aiden know so much about the aircraft? He did not even care.