Chapter Three
The Plane Crash
A few days later, the whole Sonic Team were gathered at the Mobotropolis Airport, even Big was there with Froggy on his shoulder. Espio had called him up at four in the morning the previous night to tell him where they were meeting and had called him several times during the day to remind him of what to pack.
They were all standing near the check out, Rouge was looking excited, "oh God I can't wait!" she said, she picked up her bags and walked towards the check-in, she put two large bags of luggage on the conveyor belt and picked up a small handbag that she had been carrying on onto her shoulder.
Soon they were all sitting in the department lounge, they were all sitting there looking thoroughly bored. Sonic lay on the floor and stared at the ceiling. "When I get there!" he said proudly "I'm gonna just lie on the beach and stare at the sky" Amy sighed at Sonic "is that all you'll do Sonic?" she asked "why not?" asked Sonic.
Suddenly the announcement came up "all passengers for Exotic Mobius please report for flight 815, now boarding!" "THAT'S US!" yelled Knuckles, they all jumped up and began to run towards the door, the hostess, a yellow fox checked their boarding passes and directed them onto the plane, Sonic ran on ahead with Tails, Knuckles and the Chaotix followed. Amy sighed and walked with Cream and Cheese whilst Shadow walked with Rouge.
When they got onto the plane, Amy sat with Cream and Cheese as Sonic was sitting with Tails, Knuckles sat at a window seat and Rouge went to sit behind him, as she sat by the window, Shadow sat next to her. "You excited Rouge?" he asked, Rouge looked at him and nodded smiling.
The Chaotix sat in the middle with Big and Silver and Blaze sat together behind them. After a while, the captain made an announcement welcoming everyone aboard the flight, and to fasten their seat belts. Then the safety speech was made and some female fight attendants began to demonstrate the life jackets and show the exits.
Finally the plane began to move and steer towards the runway, Rouge bit her lip and looked out the window, "I'm a little nervous" she gripped her seat, Shadow smiled and placed his hand on hers "don't worry Rouge" he said, "I'll look after you" Rouge looked back at him "awww, your so sweet!" Shadow blushed.
Big looked out of the window with Froggy and his little eyes widened, "wow Froggy!" he said "look at all the people! They look like ants!" "They are ants you moron!" said Charmy "we haven't taken off yet!" Sonic and Tails laughed and Vector again scolded Charmy and told him to be quiet.
Sonic snickered and looked at Tails who was enjoying it, "it feels different being flown instead of me being the pilot!" Sonic smiled, Amy and Cream and Cheese meanwhile were chatting excitedly "get ready for some fun in the sun Cream!" said Amy "it was so kind of you to let us come on the trip Amy" said Cream. Amy blushed.
Finally the plane began to pick up speed, "oh my God!" cried Blaze "here we go!" cried Silver, "alright!" yelled Charmy "this'll be fun!" Rouge smiled and griped Shadow's hand tightly. Finally the plane began to lift off and soar into the air. Shadow leaned back into his seat and Rouge looked out of the window excitedly.
Finally the plane soared into the air, the seatbelt lights came on and the voice over began to speak, "this is your captain speaking, welcome aboard, please remain in your seat whilst the seat-belt light is on, and please refrain from smoking at all times" Rouge leaned back and again looked out of the window to see the city of Mobotropolis disappear from view.
"Wow!" she cried "its looks so beautiful!" Shadow leaned over so he could look too, "it sure is" he said "but nowhere near as beautiful as you" he thought in his head. Rouge looked back at him and leaned back in her seat. She then began to close her eyes a little.
"Sleepy?" asked Shadow leaning towards her, Rouge nodded, yawning as she did so, Shadow then beckoned her to his shoulder, "do you want to fall asleep on me?" he asked, Rouge looked up and nodded "thank you Shadow". She smiled then leaned towards Shadow and rested her head on his shoulder. Shadow smiled as she began to slowly drift to sleep.
Meanwhile Amy sat with Cream and looked out the window and the clouds that they flew over, "It's beautiful isn't it Cream?" said Amy as she watched the shapes, Cream nodded, and Cheese began to squeal happy Chao noises. Knuckles had relaxed and was drinking a can of coke whilst Sonic and Tail's munched on in flight snacks.
Big had fallen asleep with Froggy snuggled up on his chest, Blaze was watching the In-Flight movie with Silver, and the Chaotix were talking to each other quietly. Charmy was getting excited and was asking Vector about the different things they would be doing, Vector would just smile and say to him he had to be patient which was of course useless as Charmy never found it easy to calm down.
After a while, the team began to feel a strong turbulence and the plane began to rock and shake, then jolt a little. Big woke up and began to get nervous, so did Knuckles. Charmy began to get silly, "ladies and gentlemen!" he said, "now's the time to put your head between your knees!"
"Be quiet Charmy!" yelled Espio as he gripped his seat, the voice over then began to speak, "ladies and gentlemen please remain in your seats, this is just a mild turbulence which will end shortly" Sonic and Tails looked at each other "Don't worry Tails" said Sonic "It'll end soon" Tails bit his lip then looked out of the window again.
But after while, the turbulence didn't stop, but it got worse, then the roaring of the plane began to cease, Rouge had woken up because of the strong turbulence, "what's going on Shad?" she asked nervous. Shadow looked at her "I don't know!" said Shadow grabbing her hand.
"What's going on Amy!" cried Cream in a terrified voice, Cheese too let out a terrified Chao noise, Amy grasped Cream and Cheese "I don't know!" she whispered, Sonic and Tails began to get worried too. Knuckles gripped the seat and bit his lip, Silver and Blaze embraced each other in fear, and the Chaotix began to get scared too.
Just then, the planes engine died completely, then it hovered for a little bit, then began to fall forwards, as it did, Cream screamed, the Chaotix held onto each other in terror, Knuckles screamed and the others all held onto their seats. Rouge began crying in terror and clung onto Shadow, Blaze also screamed and held onto Silver.
As the plane began to plummet towards the ground, the stewards and stewardesses began to run up and down the plane aisles shouting instructions, Sonic grabbed a hold of the seat and began to yell in fear, as the plane began to fall, the pressure caused the side of the plane to get ripped away.
"Oh Shit!" screamed Knuckles, as the side was ripped away, some passengers got pulled out by the air pressure, Blaze grabbed a hold of Silver to stop him from getting pulled out. "We're gonna crash!" screamed Amy as she grasped a hold of her seat. As the plane shook violently, a female weasel stewardess got flung forward and she smacked at the front, the team then heard the horiffic sounds of bones cracking before she fell dead.
Cream began to scream and cry in terror, and clung onto Amy as the plane continued to hurtle towards the ground far below, Amy held onto her and shut her eyes waiting for the impact to kill them, after a while the plane hit the ground with a strong impact and she smacked her head against the seat, then everything went black and silent……….
