Falling for the jungle boy

Chapter 1

The ground under us all was throttling, thundering, spinning off axis. The airtight walls prevented the breeze that I longed so desperately for. Grunt . Heave . Wheeze. The pattern to survive continued like that. In, out... the breaths I took became sharper and sharper. My lungs contracted at remarkable rates. The complex series of nerves in my brain and body were alight with an unatural buzz that left me giddy and stone cold. 

My stomach had plummeted along with the aircraft. The force that drove us down was forcing my insides up. The spew was inches away from hurtling down with us, away from the confines of my body. The dreaded mild turbulence had escalated, and quickly. In a matter of seconds we were experimenting with a nose dive, experimenting with death...

... Churning, cranking in the walls drew us into a frenzy. I felt the world topple around over me. The frame of the plane was beginning to become more and more visible as pieces of insulation began to be torn off. The heat and anticipation in the metal tube was stifling. It clogged up my throat as stale air bit at my nose, daring me to breath in.

My dry coughs echoed in the pertrified silence. The cabin itself was small and spacious for 5 people, each had their backpack in arms or already upon their back.... they were awaiting landing. It was eerily quiet. Not a sound was emitted in the cockpit, we were too frightened to investigate further.

I looked down onto the vast tree tops and let the beauty of the jungle distract me from our growing turmoil. Vibrant, green leaves were decked out as far as the eye could see. Flocks of impressive, mulit- coloured macaws danced in the gentle tranquil breeze. With the sun streaming down onto the village of foilage the poofy cotton wool clouds eveloped the scene as they added finishing touches to the scenery that was to die for. In the distance, just level with my eye I could see the crystal clear, sparkling stream. The water droplets reflected the sun and let it bounce up to my eyes. Suddenly the water took a plunge over a jagged cliff face and into the waiting river at the foot of the steep slope. A faint golden glow caught my eye as we decnded again. Intrugied i latched both hands onto the window and stared out in confusion.

"Amy..." I was about to lean and nudge my best friend then I realised...

I slumped my shoulders as the memories of Ams sprouted up in my mind. She was the reason i was here... if she didn't manage to tick this off her bucket list, i was definitely going to do it for her. She had promised to go through with it, but that was before... I couldn't bare to think of her, especially when I was face to face, eye to eye, nose to nose with death. As much as I wanted to see my friend again, i had to keep going, keep myself a foot extra in front, at all costs. I could join her after this trip. If that was what fate intended.

A jerk in my stomach pulled me back to my senses, back to reality, a gruesome reality that I had managed to avoid for roughly ten minutes. The sea was comming closer and closer to the window of the plane.  The gorgeous Amazon was drifting away. Further and further from my grasp.

The whirring of the engines completely stopped there were flamess lapping at the wings, already having consumed the turbines. The cackle of the fire rise dangerously closely to the feul tanks in the wing. The heat dazed me, the flames dancing continuously in my eyes. Hyponotising. And so, so beautiful. I could reach out and touch it. Reach out and caress the inferno. Have the flames lick and nibble my fingers. Drench them in the stinging senstation, drench them in tickling wounds. So, so beautiful...

The last sound I heard before my eyes clamped shut were the soothing sounds of water. Being submerged in water. Floating under water. Drowing under the water. The corners of my mouth shifted into a smile. Soon Amy. Soon...

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First chapter of FFTJB.

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