"Now boarding passengers 1 – 4. U.S.A. airlines will be taking off in 15 minutes." Said the lady at the desk. "Come on Kate, let's go!" my mother called.

Hi, I am Kate Alicade. You don't know me yet but I will tell you. I am 19 years old and I have long brown hair and green eyes. I am going on a trip with my parents to celebrate graduating High School a few weeks ago. We were headed to Japan! I wanted to go here because I love their culture and they make the newest stuff!

"Coming Mom!" I called and ran to her. "Wait! Kate!" I turned around to see my new friend Skylar White come running up with a paper. I had met Skylar a couple of hours ago at a MacDonald's. "Oh, goodbye Skylar, I hope we get to meet each other again." I said and she nodded than handed me a paper.

I reached out and took the paper from her hand and opened it up. I smiled and said "You're a good drawler." Skylar blushed and said "My phone number and Email is at the bottom. Enjoy the picture and good bye!" she called as she ran back to her family. I waved good bye and turned back to my parents.

I gave the lady my ticket and then walked down the hall and boarded onto the Jet. My seat was number 17C, Window Seat!

I placed my bag under the seat in front of me than sat down and buckled up. My mother sat in the middle and my father sat on the end. "What did your new friend give you?" my mom asked and I opened the paper up. "That's a nice…what is it?" she asked and I rolled my eyes and said "It's Dr. Finitevus from Sonic the hedgehog comics! He is my favorite character!" I said and then added "She got every detail right, Skylar did say she wanted to be an artist when she got older."

My mom nodded and picked up a book. She never really paid attention to what I said. Just how she and dad are. The fight all the time and my life has been pretty suckish. I was actually surprised when they said we were going on a trip. And even more when they said Japan.

My life was going on the same until my friend Sarah disappeared. Well…I think I know where she is. See about two years ago. She went on a trip with her family and her father drove their car into a tree killing her parents and she fell into a coma. I visited her at the hospital every day and she would say weird things in her sleep about Sonic the hedgehog stuff like the Chaotix and Espio.

I thought she was just having some hell of a dream but when she came too, she had pulled out a warp ring from her pocket that she said that she had gotten it from Dr. Finitevus. At first I thought she just got it off EBay or something until she threw it on the ground and it opened up to be fucking real!

I almost had a spaz attack and then she said that she needed to go back. Then we said goodbye and she walked through and was gone…but the Warp ring stayed. And believe it or not, I have it in my bag right now. I'm not sure what really happened that day, but that ring is all I have left of Sarah. Of course it never opened when I tried, but I did expect that.

The caption's voice came on and he went over what to do if we were faced in danger and crap like that. I didn't listen to him and I began to read Sonic the hedgehog comic book I had bought in a book shop here at the airport. It was Sonic the hedgehog 230, this issue has come and gone, but what made me want it was that I had not read it yet.

I opened up the comic and read it through; I lifted my head out of the comic book as I felt the plane take off. I looked out the window and watched the plane increase in speed. Then we pointed up and started to rise into the sky.

I gripped hold of the arm rest and closed my eyes. I hate this part in flying. Takeoffs and Landings were the worst. Soon I opened my eyes and dove back into the comic. My dad fell asleep and my mom just read her book.

I continued to read and then when I turned the page to see Mecha Sally which looked bad ass, I saw Sonic's reaction and it looked…different from what I usually see. Huh, I looked over at the info about Mecha Sally and read about her, which was very little other than she is the made a great sacrifice and crap.

I closed the comic and lay back against the seat and closed my eyes. Everything was going good. New friends, new Characters in Sonic, going to Japan and parents not fighting. Life was go-my thoughts were interrupted as a man stood up and yelled "This is a hijacking! Everyone get down!" My dad woke up and my mom dropped her book and we all sat still as three men walked out with Guns.

Holy Shit! This better not turn out like the twin towers! The men walked down and headed for the cock pit. I gulped and then everyone flinched when there was a slam. I closed my eyes and prayed to God that we would be okay. I looked down at my back pack to see a pocket was leaking out light.

I looked around and then slowly reached down and opened my bag up. The light got brighter and my mom noticed and said "Get your Phone!" I glared at her thinking your fucking phone is in your pocket and I am risking my life for something glowing and you need to risk your own life Damit!

I turned back and grabbed hold of something smooth. When I touched it the light got brighter and I looked in my bag to see it was the Warp ring. "What is that?" my mom whispered and I quickly shoved it under my legs to get it to stop glowing. I heard footsteps and a man came over near our seat and he held up the gun and said "Okay, since the President won't hear our demands, every five minutes we wait, we kill one of you."

My heart skipped a beat and I gripped the ring. I could hear every sound because it was so quiet. "Five, four, three, two, one. Okay who is first?" he gazed around the room and his eyes locked on my mom. I wanted to scream at first but then my mom said as he got closer, "Please! Spare me!"

The mad pondered for a bit and then said "Fine, will take her instead." He said and pointed to me. I whipped my head around to face me parents but my dad had no emotion and my mother was shaking. "Get over here." He said and I slowly stood up, still gripping the warp ring for dear god's sake.

Tears were welling up in my eyes, not because I was about to die, but because my parents did nothing. I walked past my parents and he placed the gun to my head. I closed my eyes but before he could shoot, the plane started to shake and then the caption came on and said "Brace for impact!"

The man dropped the gun and I dived for it at the same time I dropped my warp ring, which opened. No one noticed except me. I grabbed the gun. Suddenly the plane jerked down and I was sent sliding back and falling into the warp ring wich closed behind me.