Chapter 2 of my new story is here…
Note to BlackCat46. There's a reason Jerome and Nina are together, but I won't place it in this chapter just yet.
Eliza Clarke's POV
(Flashback)
I can't fall asleep. No matter how much I tried, I could not. I continued staring out the window, shell-shocked by what just happened… I still wanted to be in denial, but deep down inside, I knew there was no way my parents survived that blast. I wanted to cry, but no tears would fall from my eyes. It seemed that I was already numb, and could not feel any emotion. Now that we were over the Atlantic Ocean, I just stared at the water, wondering about the still water I was seeing. It was almost as if they were not part of the war, this war that was going on all around the world… I felt a pang in my heart, wondering when the world as I knew it would be as peaceful as those gentle waves on the ocean.
There was a lot going on in my mind on that plane, as we cruised through the Atlantic, but I can't get rid of the nagging feeling that there was something drastic that was about to happen.
Then I heard the explosion. At first I thought it was just my mind remembering the explosion from a while ago, but then I instinctively looked towards the right wing, which was just in front of me to the right, and I was horrified to see that there was a giant hole on it. Then the I heard the sound of metal screeching, then the wing broke into half. One half of the wing fell off the plane towards the ocean, and I saw all those wires and tubes inside the wing of the plane that you did not want to see when you were airborne. The plane suddenly tilted to the right, and I heard myself scream as others did too. Then we heard the pilot's voice on the intercom.
"Ladies and Gentlemen", he said in a calm voice. "We have no choice but to try to land in the ocean. The flight attendants will be assisting you in what to do in this situation."
One of the attendants came to us and started to instruct us on what to do when we try to land on the ocean. The seatbelt sign was on. "Crouch down in the fetal position when we near landing", they told us as we followed. "Grab your life vests under your chairs. Don't inflate them until we have hit the water.", she instructed us, but there was so much panic that some of the passengers inflated their life vests anyway. At this, I started to cry. All my bottled-up emotions suddenly poured out. I cried, but I tried to stop myself, knowing that I needed to save my body fluids so that I can last longer if I ever live to be rescued, but I couldn't. I just kept on crying, realizing that this may be the end for me too.
We hear the plane's engines try to keep our plane flying, but I just knew that we were already descending. The pilot was trying to keep the plane in balance, but it was still leaning towards the right. I knew that because when I looked out the window, I could see the water get closer and closer by the minute.
"Brace yourself for impact!", the pilot shouted through the intercom, as I heard some of the passengers scream as we crouch down on our seat. I could hear the stress the plane was in, as our plane hit the water. Then I blacked out.
What will happen to Eliza Clarke? Will she be okay? Look out for the next chapter. Peace!