It was a beautiful day. Me and the team just finished another job. Bad guys in jail, good guys taking a nap, almost. Me and Murdock were lying down on our client's lawn, shoulder to shoulder. My eyes were closed and Murdock was humming a song I never heard of before. I opened my eyes and watched the blue sky with the white clouds dancing in it. After a few minutes, I said
"Hey Murdock, you mind if I ask you something?"
"Sure Face, what's on your mind"
"Well.. I was just wondering, why flying?"
"What you mean!"
"Ah.. I mean what made you decided to be a pilot.. I know you love flying and all, but why?"
He was silent for a moment then he smiled a little. "Its the sky Face..."
"The sky?"
"Yeah. You know when you feel like the world is all dark around you and the light that everyone keep saying you will see at the end of the tunnel". At my nod he continued. "Well.. I never did until I saw the sky"
"Umm Murdock.. I am lost here" I was confused. Yes Murdock can make your head act like a roller coaster with his crazy thoughts sometimes, but this time it was the lack of craziness in his voice that made me lose track.
"when I was a kid, whenever I feel lost and I just want to be free from whatever was bothering me, I just go out and lie down looking up at the sky and make shapes out of the clouds. Sometimes I stay there for hours. You ever tried that Face" He was half sitting when he asked me that. Looking at me while supporting himself with his elbow and his other arm dropped over his stomach. His brown eyes were shining from the light that reflect on them.
"Yes I did that a lot" I said smiling and thinking of all the times I hid on the roof after doing something bad so the sisters wont scold me, but they always catch me at the end. I guess you can never run away from your sins, thats what they said at least.
"So you know what am talking about. The feeling of freedom is what those babies give me. All the crazy world down here is forgotten up there, you know what I mean!" Just in case you didn't know this. Murdock always refers to the helicopters or planes that he flies as his babies.
I nodded. With all the horror we see in our world these days, all the pain and sorrow people around the world suffer from. The war that we both got in and out of hell because of it. I looked at the blue ocean above us and how it spread endlessly and how the clouds were shaping together to paint a beautiful picture with the sun shining throw their cover. Total peace. Yes I knew what he was talking about.
Murdock might been declared crazy but sometimes at moments like these, I wonder. We lie down in silence for a few minutes. I can hear the birds singing and playing together far far away from where we were and I can almost hear Murdocks heart beat next to me. I loved this feeling.
"You want to go and crash that party I see forming up there" I said pointing at the white clouds.
Murdock looked at me and gave me one of his biggest grins ever then jumped holding his hat with one hand and reaching to help me stand with the other.
"You know how much i Love crashing parties muchacho"
Yes. Freedom is good even if it was just for a few hours.