Chapter 4: Peril is no longer limited to the Sea

"Courtney?" Jason blurted out her name before he could think. He didn't even notice that Courtney mentioned another name: Ric.

"Courtney, what are you…"

Click.

The other line shut off, and Jason took the phone away from his ear, looking at it with rejection.

"What was that?" Brenda asked.

"Nothing, no one. Besides, we have more important things to concentrate on. Like dying?"

****

"Courtney?"

As Ric helped Courtney back up from the ground, Courtney heard the voice on his cell phone, which now was lying on the ground.

"Is that…?" Courtney asked, gesturing toward the cell phone.

Ric instantly left Courtney on the ground. He went over to his cell phone. Without saying anything to the other person on the line, he turned off the phone, snapping it shut.

Courtney, back on her feet, stared at Ric. "What…. what was that?"

"That? Nothing." Rick changed the subject. "I'm glad we ran into each other, actually. I've been wanting to talk to you."

"Who was that you were talking to?" Courtney pressed, not wanting to let the issue go. "Was that Jason?"

****

Brenda groaned. She didn't want to think about crashing. Hell, she didn't want it to happen at all.

"How much time do we have?"

"Ten minutes, fifteen max," Jason replied, sticking his hands in his pocket again.

"What are we going to do?"

"Just hope we land in water."

Brenda laughed sarcastically at him. "Are you joking? Was that supposed to be funny? Because I don't think this is the type of situation where humor would be appreciated."

"It's not a joke. Because if we are going to crash, it would be better in water. We could swim out of the plane. While on land, you can't tell what would happen."

"Well, here's some things: what about drowning, and sharks, and jellyfish," Brenda rambled on until Jason left.

Jason went back down the aisle.

"Where are you going?" Brenda stood up, about to follow him.

"To get the lifejackets out. You stay here and take your seatbelt off, and get ready to swim."

Brenda laughed nervously. She couldn't see how a situation such as this could be taken so lightly.

****

Skye sat in Kelly's, alone as she drearily sipping her coffee. She was oblivious to everything and everyone around her. That was, until Jax sat in front of her.

"How are you?"

"Have you seen Scott Baldwin lately?" Skye asked.

"No."

"He's trying to get me arrested, but besides that, I'm just super great."

****

Carly was flipping through papers for her new club as her husband walked in.

"Hey."

"Hey," Sonny said. "Have you heard from Jason lately?"

"No, why?"

"Well, he was supposed to be home today, but I haven't heard from him."

"Do you think something's wrong?"

"I don't know, but I need to call him." Sonny pulled out his cell phone and dialed Jason's number.

****

"What am I supposed to do?" Brenda asked, her voice tone rising higher.

They were by the emergency exit now. It had been ten minutes, and the captain had already announced that they were crashing, offering a few pieces of advice that were completely useless.

"Just put your life jacket on, and when you feel us going down and the nose hitting the water, open the exit door and swim to the top of the water," Jason directed, strangely calm. "Just relax, if you tense up, you won't make it to the top."

"God, that's so damn reassuring."

"Just settle down, we'll be fine."

Brenda looked up at Jason, and he seemed calm cool and collected. Her, on the other hand, was sweating, shaking, and breathing unevenly.

"Are you sure?"

Jason just looked at Brenda. He placed his hand on Brenda's face. It was cold and drenched with sweat, and Brenda realized that he was nervous too, but he hid it, unlike her.

"I'll make sure you make it."

Brenda smiled shakily at him, and she hugged him. Jason awkwardly wrapped his arms around her and inhaled the soft, rose petal scent of her hair. There was a thud, and Brenda jumped. Jason pulled her tighter to him and mumbled,

"You'll be fine. I promise."

****

"What?" Ric asked, acting as if he didn't hear the question.

"Were you talking to Jason on your phone?" Courtney repeated.

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about," Rick grinned, walking closer to Courtney. She walked backwards, and found herself running into a brick wall of a building.

"You wanted to talk to me about Jason?" she said slowly.

"Yeah, I mean, you're close to him…..aren't you?"

"Why would you say that?"

"I don't know. Heard some stuff around, that's all."

****

The airplane began to jerk up and down, and Brenda knew this would be it. As if on cue, Jason's cell phone rang. Jason retrieved it from his pocket.

"Who is it?" Jason spoke, his voice reverberating from the jumping of the plane.

"Jason? Where are you?"

"Sonny?"

"Where are you?" Sonny repeated.

"I…" The cell phone went dead, and the plane seemed vertical now. They felt a rush of air as some of the glass around them shattered. This was it.

****

"Jason?" Sonny shouted into the phone. "Jason are you there?"  A tone told him that the phone had disconnected. He hung up, puzzled.

"What'd he say?" Carly said curiously.

"Nothing. He disconnected before he answered anything."

"Well, is he okay?"

"I don't know," Sonny said, his voice dripping with worry. "I don't know."

Courtney stood on the stairs. She had heard the entire conversation.

A/N Same thing, might have been out of character. Please, please, pretty please review. Also, if you feel like talking about the fic or just talking in general, you can instant message me, my screen name is AngryMob17