As we trekked up to the plane, Charlie and Kevin slowed down to a stop. The reason they weren't going with us is they are scared of heights while Charlie hates planes. Turning around, I walked up to the two of them.
"It's alright. You have two aliens that will protect you," I tried to sooth both of them and to get this rolling. Bumblebee steps out of his vehicle and strolled his way over here.
"It's going to be alright, none of our planes have ever gone down. Gabriel id right, me and ol' Hide will protect you," Bumblebee encouraged. The two gazed at each other before nodding, they shuffle their way over to the plane.
Kevin gently places a foot on the ramp and turns to look at us.
"It's safe!" he yelled in good sprit. Charlie and he hiked up the ramp with Bumblebee the car behind them. Other soldiers were there and helping to secure Bumblebee. Waiting for Ironhide to load up behind Bumblebee and he also gets secure.
The rest of us load up into the cargo plane and Will and Epps led us over to the seats. We all sat down and put on the seat belt to get ready for takeoff.
A few minutes later we were ready to takeoff. Both Charlie and Kevin were scared out of their minds. So I grab onto Kevin's hand, who is sat next to me with Will on the other side of me. Kevin gazes up at me and gave me a tight smile.
The plane started to move onto the runway and took off with great speed. Kevin's hand squeezed mine and I see his eyes were closed tight.
About a minute the plane finally made it into the sky and leveled out. It took awhile before we were allowed to unbuckle and walk around.
Asking Will what are the humans that Ironhide and Bumblebee use, he answered with Holoforms. That didn't help much.
Ruby stood next to me as we scanned over everyone to make sure is fine. Piper, or at the moment Hyper Piper, was all over the place, literally bouncing off the walls of the plane. Kevin and Charlie are with Bumblebee's holoform, it seemed Bee was telling some kind of story.
Hearing footsteps fading away from me, Ruby was leaving me for Epps. Gazing over everyone again, Will and Ironhide were talking to each other. Noticing that I was alone, I made my way over to Will and Ironhide.
The two were talking until I arrived; Will greets me with a smile. Ironhide greets me with a grunt and a nod.
"I was wondering if I could hang with you two." I questioned with a slight hint of nervousness in my voice. Will opens his mouth to answer but Ironhide beats him to it.
"No, why don't you go and 'hang' with your friends." Oh, a hurtful look past over my face but I quick covered it with a fake smile.
"Hey, no. You can hang with us," Will told me. Ironhide scowled at Will and crossed his arms over his chest. Choosing to stay with the two, we went over to a crate
Will took out a pack of cards and offered to play 'Oh Hell'. You have a piece of paper where you make how may many columns of people that are playing. On the paper, you write 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. With the numbers telling how many cards you need. Before each round, you bet how many piles you'll win when each card is placed. There is trump card. When playing a card, you have to have the highest in the suit to win. When you win a pile, you get to place down any card you have. If you don't reach your bet, you lose points. When you reach your bet pile number you win that many points. If you get over the bet, you get your points plus however points to.
It was a long game to play plus we played a few times. In the end, Will won 2; Ironhide won 1; I won 1 too.
After awhile of playing card games, it started to get boring. Deciding it was time for a nap before we land. With my blanket over my body and suitcase as a pillow, my mind slowly drifted off to sleep land.
The rattle of the plane woke me from my slumber. Slowly sitting up, I glance around to see Kevin ready to barf and Charlie either somehow asleep or she fainted from fear. It should have been backwards.
Bumblebee was trying to get Kevin to calm down while making sure Charlie was fine.
The floor was not the ideal place to sleep on. It caused my back to hurt and my muscles sore from the floor. I get up with my back popping really loudly. Ruby looks off in my direction and gave me a concerning look. Mouthing the words 'my back' to her and she nodded in understanding before she went back to whatever she was doing.
Getting up from my spot on the floor, I walk over to the crate and climb onto the top of it to look out of the window. It was weird on why the window was closer to the top of the of plane roof then to the bottom.
Clouds covered the area below us as some stray clouds surround us. A waxing gibbous was out and shinning down with the stars twinkling. Ni life seems to be up here but it was pretty though.
A noise behind me startled me. Looking to where the noise came from, it was Piper starting to snore loudly. Ruby reaches over and sticks hopefully a clean sock into her mouth. Piper chokes on the sock and wakes up. She spits out the sock and was about to smack Ruby but smartly backs off. Next she turns around and lays down to fall asleep. Ruby lays back down too and turns away from Piper.
While looking out of the window of the plane, the door to the cockpit opens. Will walks out with a tired expression on his face. I felt bad for him, dealt with going against Starscream then having to deal with us.
"It's time to land!" he yelled over the humming of the engines. Piper groaned in annoyance; Ruby sits up and goes over to a seat; Charlie was already seated.
Jumping down from my spot, I sat down next to Kevin. He gratefully takes my hand and squeezes it tightly. Will makes his way over to Piper and tears the blanket off of her. She whines and curls up into a ball.
"Come on. When we land, we're going to stay at a hotel to get some rest," Will offered. Piper gets up and sluggishly walks over to a seat by Ruby sits down.
We all buckle in and get ready to land. The whiney sound of the landing gears folding down drifted into the air.
The plane rattle as it dove down back to the surface of Earth. Kevin's hand gripped mine tightly all the way down until the back hatch opened.
Fresh, crisp air blew in on us, making me wish I had a jacket to wear.
The other soldiers helped unloading the two aliens. They left after helping us to do whatever.
Kevin, Piper, and Charlie all loaded up with Bumblebee and Epps. Ruby and I load up with Ironhide and Will.
They take us to a not too shabby hotel.
"Do you guys care if you sleep in the same room together?" Epps questioned. We all glance at each other and shrug our shoulders. We don't care; we are use to sleeping in the same room together.
Epps gets us a room for us while him and Will get a room.
We all rushed to our room and I claimed the sofa first while the others fight over the 2 beds.
In the end, Ruby and Kevin got the beds and the others got the floor. It took a few minutes but my eyes drifted closed and sleep grabbed its hold on me.
A sudden weight and yell woke me up from my sleep. Using my hand to lazily smack whoever woke me up, someone grabbed it and licked it. Jolting up in disgust, I use whatever strength on the person and pushed them off.
Opening my eyes and gazing over to the left, Piper lays on the floor, a giggling mess.
Kevin was already up and moving around to get ready. Ruby woke up with a grumpy face towards Piper. Charlie is still asleep on the floor in the weirdest position ever.
Since it seemed to be still morning, I get off of the sofa and grab my clothes for the day. Heading to the shower first, I do my morning routine.
Being all clean and ready to leave I grab my favorite book to read. The pages of the book are old and lose to turning into dust. It has been used that many times for it to fall apart.
It didn't take too long until a knock was at the door. Piper bounds up to the door and opens it. Both Will and Epps stood at the doorway with their bags.
"Come on and load up, it's time to fly," Epps ordered. Putting away my book and my favorite blanket in my suitcase, I was ready to leave. Ruby was already packed and waiting for us. Charlie was still asleep on the floor in a different position. Kevin was watching T.V with his bag in hand.
Piper jumps on Charlie and tries to wake her up. Charlie groans and goes to push her off but stops when Piper accidently knees her in the stomach.
"I'm getting up, I'm getting up," Charlie growls before pushing Piper off. Both of them go off to pack their things.
Finally everyone was packed and ready to hit the air.
We left the hotel with our normal position from before. The time on the dash read 9:32, if that even right and I was still tired from before.
The two aliens pulled up to the ready cargo plane. We all hopped out while the other soldiers helped Ironhide and Bumblebee loaded up.
The plane took off with its rattle and the whine of the landing gears.
The plane ride was much longer then the last. Most of what I did during this ride was sleep to play games with the others.
The plot thickens! The story continues up the mountain. Also I'm sorry about explaining 'Oh Hell', I don't really know how to but it's really fun to play. Hope you liked the chapter!
Let the wolf howl!
-MidnightHowling4