Gone

Chapter V: A Calm Flight

The girls are unbuckling their seatbelts to relax during the long, long flight to Honolulu, Hawaii.

"Why would James be held captive in Honolulu, Hawaii?" Rebecca asked.

"What if it's the Government?" Sasha asked while making a martini at the mini bar.

"Well whoever and whatever it is, I'm prepared to fight it," Joan shouted from the cockpit.

"What if it's the force?" Mikayla joked.

After she had said that everyone, including Joan, looked at Mikayla with an angry tone to their face.

"Why are you joking around? This is a serious mission," Rebecca said.

"Why can't we just have one laugh? Why are you guys making such a big deal out of it?" Mikayla said.

Then Mikayla walks over to the bar while the other girls go back to playing their card games in the lounge section of the plane.

"Guys, it was a joke. It's in the past now. Now, we have to come up with a plan to try and get back James,"

Then Mikayla walks over to the lounge section and pulls up a chair from the dining table that's right next to the girls. She then sits down and puts her drink on the table.

"So what's the plan here guys?"

Sasha and Rebecca both look at each other in despair.

"We need a plan?" Rebecca asked.

"I thought this was just a rescue mission? Like get James and get the hell outta there....alive of course," Rebecca continued.

"Well yeah, but we can't just barge into a secret facility and rescue a bunch of people,"

Rebecca, Sasha and McKenna all look at Mikayla confused.

"WAIT! We're rescuing everybody? Not just James? We don't even have enough space on the jet to take on almost a hundred passengers,"

"Well we're just going to have to make it work. Don't get use to how comfy the plane is, because it won't be like that forever,"

McKenna, Sasha and Rebecca all roll their eyes at Mikayla. They then get up and go sit at the bar.

"This is stupid Mikayla, you know that? I thought the original plan was to just save James, but I guess not, huh?"

"NO! And if you don't like it, next time we land, you can depart the aircraft. I don't need this kind of nonsense. I want my freaking husband back. And that's what we're EXACTLY going to do," Mikayla stated.

Then Mikayla puts her drink down, and get's up out of her seat and walks back up to the cockpit to check on Joan. Mikayla then walks into the cockpit and sits down in the co-pilots seat and puts her headset on.

"These girls are pushing my buttons today. You know?"

Joan then leans forward and presses the autopilot button. Then she reaches up and takes off her head seat then looks at Mikayla.

"Look this trip so far is having it's ups and downs. It seems that you and the other girls are fighting because you don't agree on the subject that you're talking about. Trust me dear, I have those kind of situations all the time. One time we were talking about 9/11 for some odd reason. I said something that I shouldn't have and then it all went downhill from there. So my point is, is that during every trip or rescue mission in our case, there's always going to be tension between us. Yes, we're upset about having to rescue everyone, but it's for the good of James and you Mikayla. I'm on your side with rescuing everyone. It's wrong to just rescue one person and not rescue everyone else,"

"Thank you Joan. You don't know how much that means to me. I can't thank you enough for coming along and flying us to our destination,"

"Well don't thank me yet. Remember the maintenance log we had to check before takeoff to make sure everything was working properly? Well engine two is making this weird noise. It started right after we took off from J.F.K. And the other problem is, is that we're already running low on fuel and we've only been in the air for what? Almost an hour now? This jet is sucking up more fuel than regular commercial aircrafts. So, my thought was we'd land in Milwaukee to refuel and fix these issues. Because if not, then eventually engine two will fail and then we'll only be flying on one engine. So I want YOU to make a decision. Should I land the plane soon and refuel and fix engine two? Or should we keep flying and land at Kansas City International?"

"Keep flying! The faster we get to Honolulu, the better. I want to be back here safe and sound before this jet does take a dump on us, alright?"

"Wow I thought you'd take a little more time to think about that, but okay if you say so," Joan said.

"It's a risky move, but I think we'll be able to make it to Kansas City,"

"Well, how far are we from Kansas?" Mikayla asked.

"Well in my opinion it's too far for us to keep flying on a damaged engine and low fuel," Joan said.

"But I'll be able to improvise. Just mean we'll have to shut down engines for about five to ten minutes each. I know this is risky, but when I was in training, they told me how to operate planes like this and situations like this, so no need to worry. Why don't you go get some rest Mikayla. You look pale and tired,"

"Okay thanks again Joan. I really appreciate this talk. Now, just concentrate on getting us to Kansas City safely. Goodnight Joan,"

"Goodnight dear. See you in the morning,"

Then Mikayla takes off her headset, unbuckles her seatbelt, and get's up and goes back to her bunk.

"Let me know if anything goes wrong and/ or is serious, okay?" Mikayla said.

Joan turns around and looks at Mikayla.

"Will do honey, will do. Now you go get some rest. You need it,"

"Alright, goodnight,"

Mikayla walks back to her bedroom. She then changes into her nightgown and pulls the neatly tucked in covers off the bed and lays down in them.

"Ahh, peace and quiet at last. This is what I've been wanting for a long time,"

Mikayla then closes her eyes and slowly drifts to sleep.