The Aviation Diaries

CHAPTER 11

"Harry???Wake up!!" I heard someone whisper in my ear.

"Harry!!! I can hear some footsteps" the voice was iffier than before.

"Fine!! get lost!" with drowsiness engulfing me it was difficult to open my eyes even though I wasn't fully asleep. Whoever was bothered about 'footsteps' would sleep again on finding some recognizable member from the island walking around.

"Harryyyy, please wake up!!"

"WHAT?" Irritated with that someone blowing air in my ear I sat up straight to see Jenny biting her nails.

"I could hear footsteps a while ago, they went towards the water"

"You're being paranoid Jenny! Go inside and sleep." with that I fell back on my sheets and covered my ears with my hands.

Ten minutes of struggle tossing on the ground after Jenny disturbed my sleep I gave up over the idea of sleeping again.

"Jenny!!" I grumbled irritatedly, rubbing my eyes.

'If I'm awake, Jenny has to stay awake too. She can't get over this so easily' thinking to myself I walked over to her cottage.

Walking past the gate, I peeped through the window to see an empty bed. There were other ladies on the ground dreaming peacefully.

I moved to the right window to see if Jenny was around but I couldn't see her anywhere.

'Must've slept in some other cottage?'

I walked over towards cottage number 2 but I couldn't see her there as well. Moving on to the third cottage.....

'I can hear footsteps' Jenny's words rang in my head like a church bell.

'I hope she hasn't gotten herself in another controversy'

'The black box'

'She's definitely somewhere close to the vicinity of the black box'

I made a run towards the shore. The water seemed silent. Waves weren't too active and I couldn't see any human figures up till the horizon.

Jenny's disappearance was not settling well in my head. She wasn't a child for me to worry of but we weren't on our lands and she isn't familiar with the area.

"Jenny!!" I shouted in the space expecting her to appear in front of me from where ever she was! Instead George walked towards me.

"What's wrong son?" I disturbed his sleep with all the 'Jenny's' I was yelling.

"I can't find jenny. She came to me earlier this morning. She .... heard footsteps." I was getting restless with every passing minute.

Harry? This isn't you! Why are you worrying about Jenny? She's a matured woman. Capable of handling herself. She's a freaking pilot!

No no... she has to be somewhere close. She wouldn't wake me up if she could handle it herself. Or if it wasn't something serious.

"Footsteps? In what direction? She has to be close,Harry. Don't worry."

"I don't know George. I woke up just ten minutes later."

"She can't make it too far in ten minutes Harry." He reassured me.

"I'll go in that direction, you'll search for her around the cottages?"

"Okay. Take this." He gave his wooden katana for safety.

"Jenny??" After 15 minutes of walking into the woods, I called out for her once again moving the over grown grass out of my way.

"Jen-" Certain movement on the left side of me grabbed my attention.