Alexandria Chem Chapter 1

"Come on Kameron. Why are you stalling? Out of all of us you were the most excited to go to America. Now you're dragging your feet. What's wrong?"

Her 13 year old sister turned to look at her. "I don't know. Some thing feels wrong. I don't want to go on the plane any more. Maybe we should go home."

I sighed this is probably home sickness. Sometimes I hate being an older sister.

"We can't do that. You heard the radio. We got out just in time. Mom's letter saying they were leaving to the country came right before those bombs dropped. There's nothing left there for us. Besides, that will have made all of our hard work go to waste. Come on Kameron. We cut our hair so we could be safe. It's not like we can tell them we're girls 'cuz we'll be in trouble and get kicked out. Staying at this school is what has kept us safe. Now we're going some where even safer. And it will undoubtedly be much more fun then this stupid boy's school. Think of the adventure."

The light came back into her eyes. She started nodding with a small smile. "Ok. Now let's pack our things. Remember they don't always do the right thing when it comes to luggage. It will be best if we put everything important or irreplaceable in our carry-ons. And make sure you put it right above you or under you seat." She blinked for a moment. Then smiling went to start packing.

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Hours later we just finished eating dinner. We were sent up to finish packing for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Then we would board the planes. I sat down and went over my checklist 3 times. Then I went over Kameron's carry-on. Only 5 minutes passed so while she finished I took a nap.

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Suddenly the room was shaking. I looked around startled. It was pitch black in the room. Outside I heard explosions. Oh no!

"Kameron! Kam! Where are you? Shit! What was that? Why is it so dark? Oww dammit, was that the lamp? Are you in here?" A body crashed into mine. Immediately to not be detected I changed to my 'boy' voice.

"Cam, is that you" Heavy breathing. "No it's me. Taylor. Jess sent me to get you cuz Kam said you were taking a nap while she was taking your stuff down. All of her stuff it there too. But she didn't get your or her carry on. She was freaking out so Jess made her help with our luggage to get her mind occupied. Are you ok?"

Ok good Jess is taking care of Kam. "I'm fine. Can you get my bag under my bed by the pillow? I'm gonna grab Kam's." She made a noise I assumed was a yes. Quickly stepping around the broken lamp I grabbed Kam's duffle then feel along the wall to the door.

"Taylor are you alright?" A grunt. "Taylor?" I stopped and she bumped into me from behind.

"I'm fine. Right behind you. Go." Walking faster we stumbled into the hallway.

As we were about to reach the stairs, another explosion knocked us to the side. The other shadowy figures in the hall started panicking. It was almost impossible to get up.

Suddenly one of the taller figures called out. "Choir, stand still." Most of the boys stopped. The rest stopped because they probably felt silly. Finally I was able to get back up. Again the ground shook and I was pushed against a wall.

Well it was a wall until I heard it grunt. I looked up and met eyes with a red head. "Get up. We need to leave." At his rude tone my eyes narrowed. "Well I'm sorry. Maybe you should talk to the guy whose breaking my ribs with his fat ass. Then I'll happily get out of your way."

At my words I felt his arms go around my waist. Before I could panic though, I felt him push the other guy off me. Quickly I scrambled up, grabbed my duffle and pick Taylor out of her pile of boys. She picked up Kam's duffle and we slid down the stairs.

"Aye. You could have said thank you!" The guy from before called. Looking over my shoulder I yelled out thanks. It wasn't until we met back up with Kam and Jess that Taylor told me I didn't use my guy voice. "Well hopefully he will just assume its 'cuz you're panicking. We're on plane 3. Let's go." We all grabbed out respective bags and followed Jess's instructions.

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It was infinitely quieter on the plane. Every one knew what to do because our captains told us at dinner before we went to finish packing.

During the lull between explosions more and more students filed on. At one point Jess got off to help a captain who was trying to get all of the little kids on. Once they were on our plane was full and we were cleared to take off. After the rocky start we were in the air.

The intercom came on. "Please remain seated while we divert form out pursuer."

Whipping around I climbed over Kam to look out the window. I saw the plane and went to put on my seatbelt. As I did Taylor climbed over me to look. I felt the plane tipping as she went to sit back down. Before she could slide out I grabbed her around the waist and held on as she fumbled to buckle herself in.

Once she was in I let go and nodded when she mumbled a thanks. Jess shot me a grateful look when the plane lurched again.

Tilting, Kam gripped my hand while we bobbed and weaved to get out of the enemy plane's range. Most of the boys were trying to look out of the windows to see it. A few were sitting the sophisticatedly while the captains tried to keep all of the others in there seats. I heard several little kids crying for their parents.

Hopefully the whole ride won't be like this. 30 minutes later we finally got away form the other plane.

Now that it was quiet I decided to would write to clear my thoughts. Instead of taking out my diary I took out one of the 7 packs of paper in my bag. As I took out a sheet I looked up and saw Kam shaking her head at me.

"Why must you bring 50,000 pieces of paper? If you need that many then you write way too much." I simply rolled my eyes. I started writing my story. About 1 hour into it I looked up and saw everyone was either asleep or talking quietly. I put away my story which was now 7 pages longer that before.

Pulling out my blanket I made sure my bag was strapped to my leg. Then I took my blanket and wrapped it securely around me. Right before I leaned back I saw Kam still had her earphones in. leaning forward I took them out wrapped them up and put it in my bag. Then I got resettled.

As I leaned back before I could close my eyes I caught sight of a slightly round boy being teased. Before I stood up for him though, a captain came and solved the problem. Leaning back I closed my eyes. While I was drifting off I wondered what it will be like in such a new place. I can be whatever I want to be in America after all.

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I woke up when I felt the plane lurch. Blinking my eyes to get rid of the leftover sleep, I glanced around. A few of the boys woke up as well. To my left I heard movement. Jess was waking up too.

When she looked at me I shrugged my shoulders and raised my hand. A captain who was passing by paused.

"Yes?" "Is everything alright sir? We lost the enemy plane right?" He sent me a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry son. We lost that plane 3 hours ago. Pilots probably just fightin' the wind. If it makes you feel more secure, that captain would tell us if something was wrong. And we've got that there emergency exit just in case. I'll let you know if there's danger… What's yer name?"

Taking my eyes from the exit I looked at him. "My name is Alex, sir. Alexander Chem. Thank you." He nodded then went back to patrolling.

Jess tapped me. "What did he say?"

"He said the pilot would tell us if something was wrong. There's the emergency exit. He's really nice." "Pretty cute too."

"If I only had 2 more years. And wasn't a guy." At my last statement she busted out laughing. Right after I joined her, the plane started jerking again. This time it didn't stop.

Taylor jumped awake, or tried to. She was buckled in, in her defense. Kam woke up slowly. "What's going on?" She asked even though it sounded like "Naats noning non?" around her yawn.

Before I could open my mouth the plane really got violent. Now I could see several captains moving to the pilot's cot. I took off my seat belt and fully turned around. The rest of the boys had woken up and were panicking again.

Someone tapped my on my shoulder. It was the guy from before.

"Listen Alex, you seem pretty smart. You and your friends are some of the oldest and your all calm. I need you to watch the youngest for me while we go and help out the captain. Now if things get to out of hand I want you to get everyone off the plane. Understood?"

I nodded wide eyed.

"Good. But wait for me to signal you." Before he left he ruffled my short hair. I couldn't help but watch after him with a crush forming in my heart. Then as soon as he was out of sight I saw all the captains were gone.

The little kids screaming got louder. "Jess we're gonna move to the exit. Help me get the little kids." As the words left my mouth I got thrown out of my seat into another seat. Looking up I saw Jess scramble up and go to the littluns.

Kam and Taylor made their way to the door Jess pointed out telling as many people they could to get to the door. I got up and did the same making my way –slowly- to the kids. Getting there I saw an older boy helping her already.

Since we didn't know where we would drop I decided to hand off bags to the older ones. No one questioned me in the panic.

Finally Jess, the boy, and I were able to go to the exit when suddenly the cock-pit opened. "Alex. Do what I told you!" As I went to look at him the plane took a nose dive.

"Every one hold on to some thing!" I climbed to the door and tried to pry it open but it wouldn't budge. The other boy came to help me.

"Shit! That hurt!" "Alex!" "Oh shut up Jess!" We finally swung the door open.

Then with a force stronger than gravity I felt my self yanked out of the plane. Before I hit anything though, my trusty duffle bag knocked me out.