High Dive
After Rick had got off the phone with Radditch, he hatched a desperate plan that would require some help from Eric the air security guy and the pilot. Eric and Rick went up to the cabin and told the captain what was going on and what Ricks plan was.
"Are you fucking crazy? We're almost to New York now. I ain't turning around so this kid can play hero."
"You don't understand, kids lives could be on the line." Rick said.
"I ain't turning around." The pilot said.
"If you don't turn around, Degrassi's gonna have one big memorial service." Rick said
"Did you say Degrassi." The pilot said.
"Yeah," Rick said.
"I have a neice that goes there." Thpilot closed his eyes and thoght about what this could do to his job. Then he remembered his niece. Ellie's life was more important than his job. "Alright fine, lets say I do go to Toronto today. Most of these people need a reason why we are stopping there." The captain said
"That's the thing" Rick said taking a deep breath. "You aren't stopping."
"What do you mean I ain't stopping" The pilot said.
"Do you have a parachute on board." Rick said.
"What are you taling abou- Oh now I get it, Kid you are some kind of stupid." The pilot said almost laughing. "you're not fixing to think I going to let somebody jump out of the plane do ya."
"Yes, I think you do, if you ever want to see your neice alive and well." Rick said angrily. He had a flashback of how Terri talked to him like that, he grew angry but then kept it in check. He had lives to save.
The pilot was struck dumb as he thought of his niece. He then made a decision. "Go back and take your seats, we're turning around, you wanna be a hero kid, well woop de doo, make sure my niece isn't hurt though."
Rick walked back to his seat and sat down. He started getting sweaty and nervous. This plane was at 50,000 feet right now and going to toronto would make it higher than that. He was looking at a very high dive at about 70,000 feet. He calmed his nerves by calling Radditch.
Degrassi, Radditch's office
Radditch picked up his office phone. "Hello" He said
"Mr. Radditch hey, what's going on" Rick said
"Well, I'v got good news and bad news. The good news is we know through a total coincidince that the shooter has taken Ms. Kwans class, hostage, a witness watched the shooter kill Ms. Kwan, but couldn't recognise the killer. The SWAT team will not infiltrate the room as long as the student is armed because the shooter could killl many students before the swat team could take him down."
"I remember there being a window in there." Rick said
"Yeah, there is a window." Radditch said
"Good, I'v got a plan" He told it to Radditch.
"ARE YOU INSANE" Radditch yelled hestarically. "You are a 16 year old kid, and you want to take on a shoooter. You havegot to be joking. Not to mention that there is a 100 to one cahnce of you parachuting from that plane and landing in a cowfeild in Iowa. At seventy thousand feet, you could be killed by wind shear."
"I am perfectly aware of the risks. Mr. Radditch" Rick said. "Would you rather me do nothing and end up with a both of dead students on your hands. Asleast I am doing something. If this does suceed you will go down in history with me if you allow it. If anything bad should happen tell them you had no idea what I was doing."
"Oficially" Radditch said. "I don't condone this. Personally, however, I say right on my man. I'll let the SWAT captain know."
Out side Degrassi
"WHAT" the SWAT team captain said. "This is ludacris. You can't let this happpen." He whined.
"The only reason you are saying that is because you're afraid this kid will steal your thunder. Allow me to say what Rick said to me. If you say yes to this and everything goes right, we will go down in history as the people who stopped a massecre. If it doesn't go well, we can both deny we had any knowledge of it." Mr. Radditch said.
"All right, fine, but if this blows up in our faces I'm blaming you."
"Don't worry" Radditch said, "It won't." He hung up and said quietly, "I hope to God it won't."
OVER TORONTO, 25 MINUTES LATER.
"ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS." The pilot yelled over the wind shear that was coming from the open door.
"NO, BUT I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING," Rick yelled back. The pilot gave Rick the parachute. He put it on and saluted the pilot.
"GOOD LUCK" The pilot said, "AND GODSPEED"
Rick nodded and jumped out of the airplane. He dived down 60,000 feet before he activated his parachute. The last 10,000 feet was a cool brease. He saw Degrassi now. He then saw the classroom window. He pearched his legs straight infront of him and broke through the window straight into Dylan.
