note: I have no idea how much time it takes in real life to fly to Japan, and I know for a fact that my time scales are off, but that's not so important, so enjoy! (If anyone does have the right time and can figure it out, please tell me!)
15 minutes later, the group spied another cluster of crewmen, four men and two women, going down the hall. They had tons of bags, indicating a long trip ahead.
"Okay, lets see if that's them," Mayumi ordered, getting up. They followed them down the hall, able to catch snippets of their conversations. Judging from the word 'kimonos' from the women and 'hot springs' from the men, they were heading to Japan.
"Alright!" Julie whispered as the group stepped into the locker rooms.
"Lets go," Hiiro said, slipping in behind the unsuspecting attendants.
The boy followed the four men, who were laughing and joking, completely oblivious of the three people following them.
Two stopped at the lockers, two went into the bathroom. The boys darted back behind a wall when the men split up.
"I'll take the two in the bathroom. You two get the others. Don't let them see you." Hiiro commanded, and stealthily crept past the lockers and into the bathroom.
Trowa took the one on the left and Duo the one on the right. The left man fell without a sound as Trowa chopped him in the neck.
Duo's turned at the sound of his friend falling, started to open his mouth, and then slammed it shut as Duo punched him in the jaw from behind.
The two turned as they heard a toilet flush and them the sound of something hitting the floor. Footsteps, another door opening, another body falling. Hiiro walked out, straightening his new shirt.
"This one fit better," he said defensively when they glanced at him.
The girls paused outside the women's locker room. Inside they could hear the woman laughing and gossiping, apparently excited about the trip to Japan.
"Okay, you two go get them. I'll guard," Mayumi said, motioning them forward.
Shiris went to the right and Julie to the left, moving in behind the two chatting women.
At the sound of heels on the floor, Shiris' target turned around.
"Hello, can I help-" she fell from a backhand punch to the jaw, her eyes opening wide a split second before contact. Julie's target never even had a chance to turn around before she was taken down from behind with a roundhouse kick.
Landing lightly, Julie grinned. "Pants are better then skirts," she commented.
Shiris rolled her eyes. "Lets get them out of sight."
They dragged the two women to the showers, put them inside one, and pulled the small curtain shut. It just covered the protruding shoes.
"Perfect fit," Julie said, turning to go.
They met up with the boys and headed back to the gate.
"Okay, now make sure you act like pilots. Adult pilots," Mayumi warned Julie and Duo sternly.
"Of course. Don't worry about us. You just act polite." Julie replied.
"Did you hear that Hiiro? PO-LITE. Be nice. No scarring little children for life," Duo warned seriously.
Hiiro glared.
"Show time," Shiris murmured as the plane rolled into the gate just as they walked up.
"Oh, you are early!"
They whirled around. A pleasant-looking older woman walked towards them, smiling, and went behind the ticket counter.
Then she frowned, her eyebrows turning down a little bit.
"Tatiana?"
All the girls panicked, wondering if that was them, and not wanting seem suspicious by glancing down at their name tags.
"Isn't Tatiana supposed to be on this trip? She's been talking about it all week," the woman said confusedly.
"Tatiana? Oh, right, she had to cancel. Something about the flu. I talked to her earlier, when they called me in to replace her," Shiris replied, smiling sadly and shrugging.
"She was extremely upset," Julie added. "She had to cancel at the last minute."
The woman nodded in understanding, and the smile returned to her face.
The doors to the plane opened, and passengers began slowly exiting, dragging their bags behind them. One young girl narrowly missed running over Julie's heel with her roller bag.
"Well, then, I hope you enjoy the trip, Bertha!" the woman said to Julie, who returned the smile as a customer came up to the desk and the woman turned away.
"Bertha? I was hoping for something more exotic," Julie complained, making a face and discreetly looking at her badge.
"Yep, I'm Bertha."
"I'm Alice," Shiris said, happy with it.
"I'm Jane," Mayumi said, not really caring what her name was.
"I'm Luigi," Hiiro muttered, angry at his name.
"I'm Sven," Trowa added, pleased.
"And I'm Frieder. Yan Frieder." Duo finished with a flourish, eliciting a smile from the girls.
The flow of people from the plane began diminishing, and soon the flight attendants started exiting, looking very tired and worn out.
"Okay, lets go," Julie said, leading the way to the door as the pilot came out.
She nodded at him with a smile, which he returned, then she walked to the plane, followed by Duo, then Mayumi, Shiris, Trowa, and finally Hiiro.
"See you later!" Duo whispered as he and Julie went up the stairs to the cockpit. The plane was a 747, complete with the two passenger levels and baggage level underneath.
Shiris smiled at them and turned left to the coach class's food area to find the assignment sheet.
It turned out that two attendants needed to cover first class, two covered coach. In the end, she and Trowa went upstairs to first class, while Hiiro and Mayumi were in coach. Needless to say, that did not make Hiiro too happy.
He and Mayumi stood silently as the passengers began arriving, nodding at them every now and then.
Shiris and Trowa went upstairs and greeted the first class passengers cordially, smiling brightly.
Inside the cockpit, Duo and Julie prepped the plane and went though all the checks. All the spies had learned how to fly every sort of plane and helicopter, and the process came naturally to them.
"Welcome aboard, this is Bertha your captain speaking, and we're all glad to have you aboard today," Julie said smoothly over the intercom after everyone had been settled in their seats and the checks finished.
"Our estimated time in-flight is 14 hours and 32 minutes. The local time of arrival in Japan is 12:00AM tomorrow. Please sit back and enjoy your flight!" She flicked off the intercom and leaned back, letting Duo coast the plane onto the runway.
"Do you think we'll make it?" she asked, putting her hands behind her head.
"I don't know. I hope so, 'cause this was a hell of a lot to go through for nothing," he replied, but with a smile.