Chapter 55: Snowball of Degradation
Since leaving the patrol car behind, both the male pilot and the officer walked through the city. Walking beside him, she tried small talk with him in which he responded normally sometimes. The other times, he would use different voices that were slightly different. A couple of them sounded like older versions of himself. One of them had a German accent that sounded a bit too natural. Two others sounded similar to his age with different phrasing patterns. Choosing to think his accents was him lightening the mood; Rayne ignored her gut feeling stating that it was something else.
Reaching to the subway station, they walked behind a crowd and got in line at the ticket station. Each paid with money at the kiosk instead of a card. Grabbing their tickets, both headed to the waiting area for the train they would get on. Scanning her surroundings, she didn't see anyone looking at them or following them. Glancing at Shinji, her eyes widen a little.
"…" she said seeing that he was looking at opposite corners of his eyes.
It was as if he was trying to look at his left and right side without turning his head. He blinked and his eyes were looking forward. Reaching the waiting area, both stopped nearby the boarding lines. Taking a quick glance to her left and right, she didn't see anyone stick out. A majority of the people here were either leaving from work, going to work for the night shift, or late night shoppers. The officer continued to ignore his peculiar behavior.
Hearing the train, people crowded in the designated areas prior to getting on board. The transit slowed to a stop and opened its doors. After the passengers inside got off, the crowd migrated into the available cars. Both got on and stood next to each other near the windows. An announcer indicated the doors closing and the first stop's location.
The train slowly started moving and gradually picked up speed. After a short ride, they came out of the tunnel and saw the night life of Neo-Tokyo. Despite the darkness of night, the lights of the evening business and entertainment illuminated the ground and buildings. Some areas were mildly lit while others were a dazzling display of colors and animation advertisement. Thinking about how she abandoned her position as an officer, she felt guilty.
Shaking her head, Rayne told herself to focus. Looking out the window, she wondered where her birth place would be. Shinji was watching the scenery go by through the window. Despite knowing what was really passing by, all he could see was a sea of red and a black sky. Buildings were rising and or descending into the body of crimson in various amounts. They were also slowly morphing in and out of being a towering organic flesh and vein pillars. All of them were slowly bending themselves in various directions. It was as if the structures were breathing while mists and clouds of red fell out of them profusely.
"Hey Shinji?" the young officer asked still looking out the window.
"Yes Miss Rayne?" he said looking out the window as well.
"Is the place far?"
"It is in…" he started to say when sporadic visions crossed his eyes. Everything sounded on fast-forward. "…the forest."
"Which side?"
"NoRtHeAsT," the male pilot said with a shudder.
"Northeast?" she repeated and looked at him confused. "There is no forest northeast from here."
"…" he replied only looking at her from the corner of his eyes. Returning to the window, something reflected from it. Blinking both eyes separately, something was dripping on his head from above. Identifying the familiar smell, he waited.
"…" Rayne said waiting for him to explain further.
About to turn to him, she heard footsteps coming down from the train car. Glancing at the window reflections to her left, she could make out a tall bald man with dark sunglasses. He wore a black suit just like the secret agents from America that Jack told her about. However, this one had a shoulder garment. Feeling her fight or flight senses engaging, the officer perceived the man as a hostile figure.
The bald individual walked toward them and sat down on the bench behind them. He pulled out his cell phone and started thumbing at the screen. Forcing herself to not physically react to the peculiar individual, she kept calm. Turning back to the window, Rayne looked at the male teen. Initially, she saw him staring out the window. However, something about his aura began to turn murkier than normal.
Down the car, light was being darkened and the air friction from the train was sounding louder. Turning her head to the right, she saw a tunnel coming. The lights in the compartment started flickering a little as it entered the tunnel. Both Rayne and the suited man saw the boy looking out the window in one flicker of light. Another went and his entire head turned 180 degrees and was staring wild eye at the man behind him. By the time both of them reacted from being startled, the lights flickered again then stayed on. Out of the tunnel, the illumination from the city's nightlife activity hit the windows a little.
"…!?" Rayne said not seeing the male pilot standing next to her. Her heartbeat and pulse were pounding faster than normal feeling the atmosphere around her becoming eerie. Glancing to the left and right, he was nowhere to be seen. Even looking at the reflection of the windows, there was no sign of him.
'Where…where did he…go,' she thought looking down both ways of the car. 'Did he…no…he couldn't…no one can do that to their neck.'
Thinking about where he could have possibly ran and hid, she didn't think he could have. There was nothing here for a person of his size to hide in or around. Also, the passengers didn't notice anything and were minding their own business. Wondering about the man behind her, she looked back at the reflection of the window in front of her. He was looking around as well while putting something around his ear.
'An ear piece? Damn it. Who is he?' she thought pressing her teeth together a little.
The man got up and started walking down one direction of the train car. She quickly glanced at him and saw his head slightly move from side to side when passing benches or people. Rayne quickly got out her phone and accessed previous texts to people. It gave the impression that she was messaging someone. A cold shiver went through her, but shrugged it off.
Looking over her shoulder with a frown, the agent man turned around continued walking. Looking back at her phone, he headed in her direction and stopped a little behind her. Clenching her free hand into a tight fist, he continued forward. Looking to her right, he was heading down the other end of the car doing the same sweeping glances at the benches and people. The thought of slugging his face went away as she relaxed her fist to an open hand.
Watching him out of the corner of her eye, he made it to the end. Seeing him touch his ear piece, he started mumbling to himself. Despite not knowing what he was saying, her suspicion was feeling confirmed. He replied back loud enough for Rayne to hear. Opening the door for the next train car, he entered it and closed it behind him.
'Damn it. He is an agent. But who? Where? Why?' she thought staring at the fading image of the man in black.
Another tunnel was coming up and the lights inside the car flickered again. When the train was engulfed, the car would flicker from illumination and darkness. The only other source of light was the ones in the tunnel that would pass by quickly in sections. Along with the loudness of the air friction, Rayne heard other sounds. It was as if someone was laughing and screaming at the same time. Only she seemed to be able to hear the distinction as it made her skin crawl with goosebumps. Once out of the tunnel, the lights stayed on and the loud sounds went away.
"…!?" Rayne said flinching from the sound of someone blowing their nose next to her. Looking to her right, her eyes widen seeing the male pilot wipe his nose with a tissue. It looked like he had a nosebleed. Looking down at his feet, there was a couple of drops of blood on the floor. He kneeled down and wiped it up with the tissue. Standing up and wrapping another tissue around the dirty one, he pocketed it.
"A SeCtion-2 Agent fRom NERV…D?" Shinji said next to her with the twisted voice overlapping.
"…" she said in scared shock.
Opening and closing her mouth, she was not able to process what just happened. Even more so on how it happened or how she couldn't even sense him there. Hearing her heartbeat in her head booming, she tried calming down. Trying to speak, her voice seemed lost. He looked out of the corner of his eyes at her. She stiffened seeing that his eyes looked completely bloodshot. His look sent a cold chill down her spine.
"The gentleman in the opposite car is an agent from SEELE," he said looking back slowly to the window.
His head quickly turned to his right causing his neck to pop and crack loudly. Slowly without even swaying, he turned around to be facing the train doors. Rayne slowly took a glance at the other end of the car. Through the window, there was a man peering at them with shades. He was using a newspaper in front of him to give the impression that he was reading it.
"Miss Rayne?" he asked blinking seeing that the world turned back to reality. The pulsating sea of red and black skies went away. He heard the dark clone giggle innocently and slowly pulled the needle out of the top of his head. Seeing his reflection, Shinji's eyes were back to being normal from being bloodshot.
"Y-Yes?" she asked quietly turning back to him. Blinking, his eyes were normal and his atmosphere of eeriness was gone.
"Are you ready?" he said turning his head slowly to her.
"…ready for what exactly?" the young officer asked when she felt the train slowing down.
[Approaching District 3-3. All passengers wishing to exit, please make you way to the doors. Approaching District 3-3] the computerized announcing system stated.
When the speaker came on, the doors at each end of the train car opened. From her peripheral vision, both suspicious black suited men were at either end of the car. Another tunnel was coming which would take them to the station. Engulfed by the tunnel's structure, the lights did not flicker like the previous times. Illumination became a bit brighter around them.
Taking another quick glance at both ends, Rayne saw that both agents were still standing at the door. They hadn't made hand movements; however, they were mumbling. The terminal was approaching and the train slowed down to a stop. As the train made the audible sound of reaching the station, the exit doors unlocked. Passengers got up and crowded to the doors. Looking at Shinji, he continued to look out the door windows with a stoic face. Once they opened, he stepped forward.
"…FoLlOw…" the male pilot stated. His voice had a semi distorted tone which made her recoil in fright. Blinking and shaking her head, she followed. After walking a little, she looked behind her. The agents exited the train from different exit sliding doors.
'Damn…they are tail us,' Rayne thought then felt her wrist being lightly grabbed. Looking toward the individual, she saw the male pilot look at her with cobalt blue eyes and a smile.
"Come on! Race ya up the stairs!" he stated then let go of her wrist.
"…what…the?" she whispered looking at him lost. He was briskly walking in which she blinked then tried catching up.
"What's wrong slow poke!" he said turning back and sticking his tongue at her.
'…!?' she thought then jogged after him. Just as she started moving faster, there were quickened trailing footsteps.
"Hurry up! I am going to win!" the blue-eyed Shinji said with laughter as he was walking backwards.
As she was catching up, more and more people were coming toward the train. Seeing him going around groups of passengers, she continued to follow. Looking behind, the agents were speeding up their pace while trying to keep both of them in their sights. A gate up ahead was approaching and the amount of people coming and going through it was continuous. Dodging people became more difficult and keeping him in her sights was fading.
"Shinji! Wait!" she shouted trying to call him above the volume of the mass amount of people.
Looking behind, she could see the agents were having the same amount of trouble. About to look forward, a hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her immediately to the right. Looking around, she was behind a large pillar. There were a handful of people hanging around in front of it. About to counter-attack the grab, she saw the male pilot put a finger to his lips. He now had green eyes.
"Any bright ideas?" he said with an older voice.
'…his atmosphere…is different again,' Rayne thought blinking then thinking about what he said.
Turning around, both looked through the spaces of the group. The two agents had stopped nearby and were looking around. Both were touching their ear piece and were talking to no one. After they stopped talking, both went in opposite directions and made sweeping head motions slowly. She heard the male pilot sigh out loud.
'What is going on? Why is he acting this way?…no…don't think that. Just go along with him,' she thought looking back. Shinji was holding his head up with one hand and tapping a finger on his cheek. He had a look of being deep in thought.
'I wonder if he is already gone,' a thought came to her. Shaking her head softly, she closed her eyes and tried to think about the situation.
'No…he can't be…not yet. He still has some normalcy left from all these alterations. Until he can't function, then I will say he is gone. I need to keep up with him and guide him back if he goes too far south,' she thought then heard him calling.
"Miss Rayne?" Shinji said again. She saw his eyes went back to their normal color and sighed in relief.
"I apologize to interrupt your train of thought. Shall we go now or wait?"
"It is okay. Where are we heading?" she asked and he pointed to the elevator that was up ahead. However, she saw one of the agents head towards it too. Shinji started walking toward the elevator with Rayne walking beside him.
"Are we going to take him out?" she whispered as they were getting closer.
"It won't be necessary. But if you like to, that is fine," he whispered back. Both saw the operative enter the elevator with only him inside. Hearing the doors closing, he turned around and saw the two subjects he was tailing with him. Instinctively, he reached for his gun, but saw faster movement from the female teen.
'Shit!' the agent thought in surprise. A service pistol was inserted into his mouth by the orange eye female. The operative's gun was only partially out when he watched the Third Child push it back into its holster. The elevator started going up slowly with a whirling mechanical sound.
"Pardon the intrusion sir," Shinji stated.
Giving a small bow, he started searching him. The man in shades grunted in anger and scowled at the female holding the pistol. She held a stoic expression and her hand was steady. It gave him the impression that there was more to these two than he previously thought. Glancing at the Third Child, he saw him rummaging through his wallet and access cards.
"Who is he with?" Rayne asked.
"SEELE," he said and pocketed a couple of the agent's cards.
"Does he know where the place is?"
"Noooo…buuuut…he has access to it," Shinzin sounded with cynical mirth. "Aren't you a lucky find."
Both the agent and Rayne glanced at the male teen and saw his eyes with the color of silver. His aura was more sadistic with a mocking grin at the black suited man. The operative uttered sounds as if he was trying to speak. Seeing the female distracted, he swiped her wrist quickly. The gun came out of his mouth and he attempted to lunge forward.
"Gah!" he grunted loudly.
He received a swift front kick in the stomach from the young woman. Looking up, her orange murky eyes were a bit intense staring at him. Her gun was trained back at his head. Looking to his right, the Third Child had copper-red colored eyes. A maniacal grin was on the boy's face as he cocked back a fist.
"Nighty night mac!" Sno said punching the agent's face and knocking him out.
"Oh yeah. That felt great!" he said with a fist pump.
"…" Rayne said as she put away her service pistol behind her. Looking down at the SEELE person, she blinked then looked at the male pilot. She saw his eye color changed back to the normal dark magenta. His grinning expression changed back to the normal stoic. The manic atmosphere was replaced with the familiar murky aura.
'…I…I have to keep going along…despite what my intuition is telling me,' she thought feeling herself shaking a little. It seemed to be a combination of anxiety, frustration, nerves being frayed, and seeing him slowly deteriorate. She knew he was on the edge and that it was a matter of time before he would be at the mercy of his head. Shinji moved only his eyes to see her staring at him.
"Miss Rayne, are you alright? You seem very troubled," he stated.
"…" she said then fully turned toward him with an unreadable expression.
"Shinji…do you know that you are having personality changes on the fly?"
"I do," he stated and blinked.
"…how can you know when you change?"
"BeCaUsEtHeYtElLmE," he said pointing to his head while shaking in place.
"…" she said feeling like she was being led on a wild goose chase. Doubt started to grip her. The elevator slowed to a halt and the doors opened up with a ding. Watching him pass her as she stood, the corrupted sounding copy of him came again as it was heading out of the elevator.
'…F…O…L…L…O…W…iiiiiiifff #$^ ^fffffffff YoU-dArE…"
"…" the officer said clenching her hands into fists. Debating with herself on what to do, two sides were trying taking hold. Following him was not logical due from his grave mental condition. However, she was being defiant and letting her frayed emotions make reaction judgments.
'I must be insane going along with this,' she thought turning around and exiting the elevator.
Both were on the top level of the subway that led to the city streets. The sky was dark as the bright lights of cars were coming and going. Not as many people were walking around as it would be during the daytime. In each direction, there were many shops, stores, and apartments. Some were still open while others were closed. Looking for the male pilot, she found him a little ahead walking with hands behind him. Quickening her step, she caught up with him.
"There you are. We need to get on a bus that will get us to our next stop," Rana stated. Rayne faltered her step hearing his voice go feminine. Looking at him, his presence was a little girlish with the red-blue eye color. Making a face of discovery, he pointed while smiling at her brightly.
"There it is! Come on!" he said lightly grabbing her wrist and pulling her along to jog towards the bus stop. A transit was there with its doors opening up.
'…I am so confused…wait a minute…that albino girl back during the "Info-Gave" conference stated she saw six versions of Shinji…I have seen six so far but there is one more I have yet seen,' she thought letting the enthusiastic male pilot pull her to the bus.
Reaching the transit, both boarded it and paid for a ticket. There weren't many people riding on it, but some of them were suspicious looking. However given that the time was late at night, everyone had a shadow to their face. Going to an empty seat, both sat next to each other. The automatic narrator indicated the doors were closing. After they did, the bus started moving. A few stops took place in the city which an equal amount of people got off and on. After the last city bus station stop, the transit got onto a freeway to the neighboring town up northeast.
"I bet the scenery here looks pretty nice in the daytime," Rana said looking out the window. Looking out the windows, all everyone could see was the night's blackness shadowing over the landscape. Only sporadic lights were seen in the distance of people's homes spread out from one another.
"Yeah…it is," Rayne commented. She was trying to push the awkwardness of him talking with a feminine voice and aura. Looking at him and the window's reflection, her eyebrows went up seeing a female sitting next to her in the glass. It uncannily looked like his twin.
"You stated before that you grew up around here, right?" Rana asked turning to her.
"Y-Yeah," the officer answered blinking. The female reflection was replaced with the back of the male pilot's.
"It must have been heck a hot here during the summer times," he said with a pleasant smile.
"…" Rayne nodded and felt the awkwardness increase. Seeing him continuing a conversation and looking pleasant with the same feminine aura, he kept throwing her off.
"…!?" she said hearing a deep chuckle around her. Glancing around slowly, no one was near them. Flinching from feeling him lightly grab her arm, she looked at him.
"Hey hey, tell me about where you grew up," he asked pleasantly.
"…um…alright," she said nodding her head slowly. Throughout the duration of the bus ride, both were making small conversation mostly about Rayne's memory and times in this area. At the end of the discussion, the female officer saw a sign that indicated a town. It made her blink and look at the sign go by.
'Wait a minute…why did we come back to a place when I was little,' the officer thought looking back forward.
"It's our stop," Rana said pointing to the upcoming pole with a bench.
The bus slowed down to a stop and released pressure. Descending a little, the automotive narrator announced the town's name as the stop. When the sliding doors opened up, both got out. Walking passed the bus stop a little, the young officer saw Shinji stretch a little before his hands went to his side.
"…where I grew up was near here," Rayne said turning around and looked at him. "Why did we come here?"
She saw that he turned back to the dark magenta eyes; however, his face looked a bit pale. Not only that, the nearby lights of the bus and street lamps were casting shadows on his face that made him look deathly ill. About to say something, an individual came out of the back exit of the bus. Glancing at the person, its features couldn't be distinguished from the darkness and shadows. She could see the figure was looking at its phone then put it to its ear. At the same time, the bus closed its doors and slowly rumbled away.
"…ithastobehere…thattime…longago," the male pilot said quietly and quickly. Rayne slowly moved her eyes to him and saw that he was looking around with a frantic face. Seeing the boy look up at a lamp post, she could see that his eyes were dilated.
"What's here Shinji?" she asked quietly keeping her eye on the suspicious man several yards behind them.
Multiple giggles were heard as if more than one person sounded. Recoiling in surprise, the male teen started skipping forward down the sidewalk. Looking lost and confused at him, Rayne glanced back at the man and saw him touch his ear while still on the phone. She instantly knew what the person was based on his actions.
'Damn it! Another one,' she thought frowning at the agent. Turning around, she hurried up to catch up with the skipping male teen. Once she caught up with him, he had a smirk. Stopping on one foot to end his hopscotch game, he turned to her.
"What do you think? Not bad, right?" Shino said. Rayne saw that his face angled up a little showing his eyes were brown.
'That…is seven…seven versions of him,' the first thought that came to her mind. All the sudden, Shinji threw his hands to the sky.
"Congratulations,"
"You have…"
"…made it…"
"…this far without…"
"…succumbing to fear…"
"…will you…"
"…choose your path…"
"…unaltered…"
"…or…"
"…rebirth…"
'…!?' she thought hearing all the versions talk one after another except for Shinji. Blinking and looking at the male pilot, he turned back and continued to play a never ending hopscotch game. Keeping up with him, the male pilot started behaving more deranged and unstable. He had eyes wide open as if he was possessed.
"…ah…Shinji…are you…okay?" she asked while trembling a little bit.
"yOuCaN'tEsCaPeThEqUeStIoNoFyOuRfAtE. EiThErGiVeInToThElAsTbIrThOrBeCoMeAnEwBrEeDoFhUmAnItY," he said quickly and quietly enough for her to hear. The sound of his voice was distorted and falsetto. Feeling torn inside, she slowed down to a stop. There was no denying it. It would be foolish of her to not believe it anymore. She looked at the ground clenching her hands into fists.
"…Shinji…stop…" she said through her teeth pressing together.
"ThEqUeStIoNtHeQuEsTiOnThEqUeStIoNtHeQuEsTiOn," he stated turning around and hopped back to where she stood. His eyes looked like a multitude of colors as his voice sounded like more than one person was talking at once.
"No more…enough of this…you…you are," she trailed off seeing him playing the game while looking frantically everywhere. The small ball of anxiety, fear, and depression started to morph into anger. Its intensity was making her vision blur a little as the emotion continued to grow.
The silhouette that was following them saw two things that made him extremely cautious. The Third Child showed symptoms of already being mentally gone. Looking at the female officer though, she was physically shaking with her head downcast and hands in fists. Oddly, the vibe she was giving was morphing into a murderous intent. He slowly took out his tranquilizer gun and pointed at the female. Based on the hostility she was showing, she was more of a threat than the male pilot.
"HoWtHoUnOwYoUrAvEn? DoEsThEwOrLdEaTiTsOwNlIvInG?"
"…shut up…" she said seethed at him.
"AH! ThEsKyIsBlEeDiNg! CaNyOuHeArThEmCrYiNg?!" Shinji shouted with arms open and wide. As he did that, Rayne lunged at him and threw a hard right cross to his face. The agent held his position while watching the Third Child hit the ground hard from the strike.
"…" the officer said breathing hard and still shaking. She closed her eyes and stood up straight.
'…just calm down…and take him back to NERV,' she thought repeating it to herself.
She heard movement behind her and glanced back quickly. The person had followed them and was looking directly at her. Something was shining off the night lights nearby in front of the person. It was an elongated pistol pointing at her. Time slowed down as her vision went micro. Every movement made a sound. She could see the operative's forefinger slowly squeezing onto the trigger. Reaching for her gun, she wouldn't make it in time to shoot back. A small breeze was passing by that folded the fabric of her cloths slightly. It sounded like ocean waves in her ears.
Suddenly, the agent started to raise both of his eyebrows slowly while continuing to squeeze the trigger of his gun. The Third Child was mad dashing at the operative in slow motion. Just when she saw him land a sprinting foot, her vision had a glitch. Shinji was suddenly in front of the other man. In her shock, the boy had a syringe in his hand and slammed it into the agent's shoulder hard. Rayne's micro vision went away seeing the man's mouth expand into a painful cry quickly.
"Gah-rrrrrrr!" the agent grunted trying to re-point the tranquilizer pistol at the male pilot.
The teen's free hand gripped his wrist and resisted him from pointing the handgun up. To his surprise, the male pilot had a lot of strength. Slowly, his hand wasn't able to grip it tightly and he started to fall on his knees. As the gun dropped from his hand, his body slowly fell down. Sleep suddenly took over him from the tranquilizer.
"…!?" Rayne said and blinked. The male pilot had suddenly turned 180 degrees and was looking at her. His facial features had changed. Fear started creeping into her as she blinked again.
"…!?" she exclaimed with wide open eyes and apprehension.
He was now standing in front of her. Black-red eyes were boring at her with a sinister toothy grin. Out of reflex, the officer blinked again. The evil clone was gone; however, a vile and menacing presence was behind her. Shaking hard and breathing quickly, she lunged forward and turned around.
"…!?" Rayne said with a sharp inhale. Her eyes widened into fright seeing the evil Shinji was standing in front of her. It still had the murderous grin; however, it seemed to continue to increase. The corners of its mouth started slowly break.
"…wwwoooo#$%^mmmmmaaa#%$^nnnnn…" it said with statics and glitches in its voice.
"Y-Y-Yes?" the officer replied quietly not moving or blinking. Skin at the ends of the mouth and its lips ripped as its grin became inhumanly wide and bloody.
"aRe-YoU…s…c…a…r…e…d…ScArEd-SCARED#$(&%^%!" the dark clone shouted in a deep monstrous tone before spewing out white noise and inaudible distortion.
Before she could react, the male pilot closed his eyes. His head started shaking a little then it slowly died away. When he opened his eyes, the dark magenta color appeared. The boy's expression went to neutral from the too large and wide murderous grin. His mouth was back to being normal and not ripped and bloody.
"This way Miss Rayne," Shinji stated turning around and walking away. He was heading up the sidewalk as if what happened didn't occur. Upon the immediate impulse of fear, anger, and confusion, she grabbed his shoulder stopping him.
"…" he said slowly glancing back at her and blinked his eyes separately.
"…you promised me…to take me to where I was born…are you lying?" she said quietly. He didn't even flinch or react.
"I…aM…nOt…LyInG," he said as his limbs started having tremors.
"…" she said not letting go of his shoulder.
Thinking that he was going to have and episode or change personality, he didn't. However, his aura was getting more candid. His eyes were becoming more and more hostile. Quickly letting go and stepping away, his eyes bore at her with killing intent. It made her feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end.
"…" Shinji said slowly calming down and eventually stopped his limbs from having tremors. Despite his expression going back to stoic, his eyes still held a murderous hostility.
"I-I'm sorry Shinji," she said holding up her hands that were shaking. "I-I will follow…p-please continue."
"…" the male pilot said blinking and slowly looking back forward. He straightened himself and walked forward. Following him, she looked at herself trembling all over. Her nerves were being pulled apart and then some. Looking at the back of the male pilot, she could still feel his tremors from grabbing his shoulder.
'…' she thought continuing to follow the insane teen.