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Chapter 10 – Flames in the Sky

-'So did you like Paris?'-Steve asked, trying to make a conversation.

-'It wasn't so bad…but honestly, the stupid meetings were simply…stupid.'-Miharu answered.

-'But you liked the city, right?'

-'Yeah…Paris is beautiful and I think I would like to see other European cities. Maybe I'll do that on my holidays.'

-'Right…'

When they didn't have anything else to talk about, Miharu left her seat and went to the bathroom.

Now that Steve was alone, the blonde woman prepared her move. Inside her fake cell phone was a capsule, she just had to make sure that Steve would drink it along with his glass of water.

She was almost near Steve when a man caught her attention. He was near the bathroom and smiled at her. The blonde woman clenched her fists and joined him, abandoning her plan.

-'What the hell are you doing here Miles?'-she asked furiously.

-'Your job, I guess.'-the man answered.

-'What the hell do you mean?'

-'The Organisation thinks you're going easy with the boy. They gave you this order last month and the boy is still alive and breathing.'

-'Anna showed up…I had to deal with her first. My sister can be a bitch sometimes.'

-'That's not my problem. Anyway…this guy has to die. I was paid in advanced to finish this once and for all. '

-'In advanced?'

-'Yeah…they must be really sick of this kid.'

-'Who paid you? Was it one of the Bosses?'

-'I don't know…we spoke on the phone and yesterday I checked my bank account and there it was my precious money. Besides I don't ask questions. You shouldn't do either.'

-'Well considering I was taking care of this kid, I think I deserve some explanations.'

-'Don't stress, Williams. Leave it to me. He will no longer be a problem in less than three minutes.'

-'Why? What have you done, Miles?'

-'Lets say that there's going to be some fireworks on the plane.'

-'A bomb?'-she whispered.-'Are you crazy?'

-'Chill out Williams…it's so small I don't even know if the other passengers will notice it.'

-'This is a commercial flight, and I'm in it, you moron! What the hell were you thinking of?'

-'I have an extra parachute, do you want it?'

Nina watched as all the passengers were talking and acting normally. No one knew that under Steve's seat, a small device was marking 02:36 minutes.

-'Look don't judge me ok…I'm only doing a job. You should've told me you had a plan too. I wouldn't put a bomb on his seat if I knew you were here.'

In that moment Nina and Miles turned around to see a confused Miharu looking at them. Did she hear the word "bomb"? Those two really seem suspicious. What if they were terrorists? Miharu watched them closely without moving. She didn't know if it was only her imagination.

-'Just great…now we'll have to take care of this one too.'-said Miles, going for his gun.

-'I'll do it.'-Nina announced.

Before Miharu could move a muscle, Nina hit her in the back of her neck and Miharu's body fell back. Miles caught her and put her on the floor quietly. Then Nina grabbed the parachute Miles was holding and put it on.

In his seat, Steve was thinking that Miharu was taking an eternity to return from the bathroom. He hated to be left alone, so he decided to check her out. When he was almost there an explosion launched Miharu and Steve's seats out of the plane and everyone started screaming. As the pilots were fighting to control the airplane, Nina and Miles jumped off and Steve crawled down to grab Miharu, preventing her to be thrown out of the plane. The passengers managed to put on their oxygen masks and there was no panic attacks because the pilots announce that the airplane was going to land soon.

Five minutes later the pilots managed to do an emergency landing on Jersey Island and there were only three injured passengers including Miharu. In St. Helier's Hospital, Miharu was discharged one hour after the landing. She was still a bit confused and her head was still spinning around but she was pretty sure about the bomb that the two strangers' had referred.

The police and the airport authorities had started an inquiry about that awkward accident that had left the airplane with a hole the size of a normal door from where two seats had disappeared, thankfully landing on the sea.

According to some witnesses there was an extremely bright light followed by an intense circle of flames in the sky. Actually it was almost a miracle how the pilots had managed to land the airplane, they were extremely lucky to be flying over the Channel Islands.

After the inquiry to determine what had happened, the authorities stopped questioning the passengers as soon as they realised that Steve Fox was involved.

-'Our seats flew out of the plane and you want me to keep quiet about it?'-Miharu asked alarmed.

-'We have some guys working in the intelligence services for us. They'll investigate the accident, don't worry.'-Steve assured.

-'How can you be so calm when you were their target?'-Miharu asked.

-'This is not the first time my life is in danger. I'm famous and I've learned how to deal with it. We'll just wait for my privet jet and it will be fine.'

-'If I hadn't gone to the bathroom I would be dead.'

-'I know…me too, so lets thank your bladder shall we?'

Steve laughed in an attempt to make her laugh too but she just looked at him frustrated. She hadn't travelled to London to see her life threatened just because her new boss was being hunted down by terrorists.

-'I think you owe me an explanation. I mean you don't seem very upset or worried about almost dying.'

-'I would tell you, but believe me…you don't want to get more involved.'

-'I'm already involved. In case you didn't notice I was attacked by a tall blonde woman because of you.'

-'Fine. I'll tell you everything once we get home.'

As soon as they landed in London, Steve had a car waiting for them and they headed to his parents' place. It was an ancient but comfortable house outside London. Steve didn't have time to show Miharu the house because their parents called him immediately. Miharu was taken to a guest room and she stayed there.

In the meanwhile Steve had told everything about the accident to his parents and they were worried for his safety.

-'I thought you had got rid of those people…'-his mother said.

-'Me too, but you know the Mafia.'-Steve explained.

-'I'll hire bodyguards and you should stop working for a while. Stan can take care of the company, ok?'-his father asked.

-'Come on dad…I can take care of myself. I'm a professional and a champion…I fought in the Iron Fist tournament.'

-'These people have bombs, Steve. You can't win against a bomb or a shotgun.'-said Steve's mother.

-'Please, Sarah…I'm sure Steve knows that, we shouldn't scare him even more.'

-'Lets wait for James. He'll know who tried to kill me in no time.'-Steve announced smiling. He wished his parents weren't so paranoid about that accident, but the situation was indeed serious.

On the news, the emergency landing in Jersey was the biggest hit so far and it would make several headlines the next day. The two pilots were the true heroes in that story and fortunately Steve's name wasn't mentioned.

In the end everyone agreed that the best thing to do was to wait for further news from James Kent, who was supposed to arrive in the next morning.

When Steve went to see how Miharu was doing he found her sleeping, so he left her resting in the guest room. If the Mafia was still after him then he wasn't the only one who should have bodyguards because it was obvious that those criminals could also hurt his friends.