A laugh erupts from inside of me. This is the first time I've realized that this is just one of my nightmares. I'm probably just still laying on Tony's couch, napping away. I just sit back and smile because I know this can't be real.
"Well I'm glad your happy with your return to this beautiful land." The man that talked to me at Diary Queen says.
"No it's just that this is the first time that I've realized I'm in a dream. I'll wake up any moment now." I say back, crossing my arms.
"Oh I see. You're in denial."
"I am not! This isn't real!" I yell. I quickly close my eyes and open them again. But I'm still on the plane. "This is a dream! A nightmare!"
"I'm sorry but it's really not." Jackson says. I remember his name now.
The terror starts to settle in as I slowly realize that this is real. I start to breathe quicker and quicker. Almost to a point of hyperventilating.
"Berry it's okay..." His wife (whose name I don't remember) says laying her hand on my shoulder. "We're just going to come down for a couple days and do some research and go back." I glare at her hand on my shoulder and I just want to bite it. But I decide not to.
"We even hired our very own body guard. Charles!" He yells up towards the front of the plane. A big guy stands up and turn around. He looks like very kind and smart but I'm also sure he could crush me in a second.
"He was the one that recruited you." The wife says again.
"Recruited?" I look back and forth between them. "He tackled me and shoved a needle into me. I was kidnapped not recruited!"
"Oh honey we didn't..."
"No! I don't want any of your shit! I want you to turn this damn plane around and take me back to the United States!"
"Sorry but that's not an option." Jackson says.
I stand up, look him dead in the eye, and say "Did...I...Stutter?"
They just stare back at me with a blank look. Maybe I'm actually starting to scare them. But I'm definitely not kidding.
"TAKE ME BACK! NOW! TAKE ME BACK! TAKE ME BACK! TAKE ME BACK!" I start flailing my arms and legs not really caring about who I hit. I scream at the top of my lungs and I don't stop. The sting in my throat doesn't even bother me because I am NOT stepping back down onto the ground of Magnum Terram. I stop for a second a collect myself. I look at them nicely and say "I'm sorry but I'm not getting off this plane."
"Well that's okay because we brought others to help too." Jackson says.
"What? Like who?" I ask.
Jackson points his finger back and I peek over the seat I'm sitting in. My heart drops when I see what he's talking about.
A few seats behind me are Jennifer and Megan. They still seemed to be knocked out by whatever they drugged us with.
"Are you freakin kidding me?! This is insane! You're insane! You kidnapped us! I am reporting you to the police that first chance I get!"
"Berry please, just listen. The research we are doing is groundbreaking. This trip to Magnum Terram is a necessity for us and our research. We needed someone who had been here before so they could guide us. And that someone is you and your friends."
"Okay first of all, I don't give a rat's ass about your research! And second of all, this would have been okay if we would have willingly come. But no, you forced us here. You hired a strong man to tackle us down and inject us with some drug. Are you hearing how crazy and illegal this sound?"
