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I've got some free time, so I'll leave you a new chapter.

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The flight to Japan can take up to 18 hours.

Having a nightmare in the heights isn't very good.

Find out what the flight was like...

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Chapter 4 - The plane

Everyone gets on the plane and is automatically directed to first class, their seats relatively close together. Uruha and Aoi sit next to each other, while Ruki and Reita sit behind them. The translator sits with Kai at the same time as the two cameras sit together in economy class.

Uruha has his headphones and iPad ready to watch one of his videos and songs, while Aoi is next to him sharing one of the headphones with him. Ruki takes out her iPad to watch some concert videos and follow her social networks, while Reita chooses to read a book she got from one of her fans. Kai prefers to watch the movie available in the cabin catalog.

In the first class of this plane, the cabins have two comfortable seats that turn into beds. Each one has a screen in front of it where you can choose a movie, as well as a folding table where you can put food or a laptop.

The stewardess checks that everyone is comfortable and only then does one of them pass them with a trolley, serving them water, drinks, and snacks such as peanuts, cookies, chocolates, and other sweets. They help themselves to a little of each. To relieve the tension of flying, they order sake and whisky, which are served in glasses with ice and lemon.

They are now ready for the journey home. Finally, the plane takes off and each person is interacting with the person next to them, waiting for the time to pass.

(...)

After a few hours of flying, they make a stopover in Dubai, posing to pick up other passengers and drop off some. They get up and walk around the plane to stretch their legs, already feeling tired and sleepy. It's still early in the morning and they're already hungry, as the time zone is disrupting their biological clocks. They just wait for the plane to take off and ask one of the stewardesses for food.

The orders are placed and the stewardess returns with porcelain pots containing the main dish of Japanese cuisine, the famous yakissoba, because they didn't really want the other executive dish that was being served, which was rice with broccoli and sliced meat in Madeira sauce. New drinks were offered and some asked for more soda and a little more Sake.

They were really hungry, so they quickly finished their portion of noodles and some of the drinks. The girl on the trolley brings dessert and they chose a typical Japanese dessert, dango, a sweet made from white beans.

However, you can't lie down with a full belly, so at the top of the cabin there is a large-screen LED TV for communal use, and they decide to watch a movie together, as the batteries in the electronics had run out a long time ago and were charging.

The film chosen was Uruha's favorite: Avatar. Almost three hours of movie, for a flight that still has many hours to cross the remaining countries and get home, it's good to relax, the only thing missing was the popcorn. I'm sure they chose this movie to listen to Uruha's tirades about science fiction, but it's good fun and so the hours of the flight go by.

(...)

At the end of the movie, some people fell asleep before it was over. The stewardesses help the passengers get organized with the seats that have become beds, and distribute the airline's blue pillows and fleece blankets, those light, anti-allergenic blue ones. The cabin lights are dimmed, leaving only the emergency lights on the sides and on the floor.

Ruki snuggled into Reita's chest, making him hug the little man, fitting him between his body and his legs. They arrange the pillows and share the covers, sleeping peacefully.

Uruha lies snuggled up with Aoi. He slips his arm over Aoi's chest and reaches for her hand, interlacing their fingers so that they soon fall into a deep sleep. Kai is also lying on his bed, sighing and breathing a little heavily, he seems to be sleeping very heavily. The only one who seemed to lose sleep was the translator, who had already fallen asleep while the movie was playing.

(...)

"With the sound of owls hooting, the sounds of crawling animals and laughter followed by screams. They are together again in the dark forest. They didn't immediately understand how this could be possible, remembering that they had left the forest before, but they were back there. What made this place stranger was the clarity of the details of that night, everything was so clear and the richness of detail made it seem real.

The five men were together in this reverie, dressed as doctors in bloodstained coats.

They were standing near an ancient tree, its roots sprouting from the ground and its diameter could not be embraced even with the five of them standing around it, it was so tall that it disappeared into the clouds, it must have been a conifer that only exists in this region. Standing still, they waited for someone, but who would it be? Why were they tired? Why were they hiding?

The answer came when five beautiful young women came towards them.

- I asked you to wait near the school, but you came to the forest," asked a tall girl in a long dress.

- What do you mean wait? They all spoke at once.

- Have you forgotten? - asks the young woman.

- What? - they ask together again.

- We invited you to dance around the fire," replies another girl.

- Yes, that's right," confirmed Reita.

- That's right, let's have some fun," said Kai, holding out his hand to one of the girls.

- After the scare of being chased - complains Uruha.

- But I'm still afraid of the strangers coming back," said Aoi.

- I'm still undecided and scared about this decision," said Ruki, looking around.

- Since we're all here, let's get going! - Says the young woman, hugging one of them.

They walked with the girls towards the campfire, a long, slow walk that never reached its destination.

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Nervousness began to show on their features, their breathing was altered and adrenaline took over their bodies making them shiver and feel chills. They were on an endless loop as if the forest was closing in behind them, as they walked and figures lurked in the trees ready to attack them, but finally the campfire was spotted.

A momentary feeling of relief came over them when they reached the clearing in the forest, and the anguish, fear of the unknown and despair they had felt while walking eventually stabilized. They felt their breathing return to normal, giving way to surprise and the beauty of their companions, who were very spontaneous and friendly as they tried to keep in touch by miming, to make them understand what was happening in the place, making them feel happier and less apprehensive.

They soon noticed two other women on the opposite side of the fire, which was already very high. One of them had a guitar and the other looked older and was holding some kind of rolled-up old paper.

The five beautiful young women took their hands and formed a circle around the fire, a feeling of déjà vu came over the five men who, for a moment, felt they had already done this, but were laughing and enjoying the supposed novelty.

When the song ends, one of the beautiful young women goes to meet the one with the guitar, at which point they look at each other and comment:

- Now I'm wondering, how did we get here in the forest? - Reita asks intrigued.

- So there's a lot of detail and a lot of colors, doesn't it look like déjà vu? - Uruha asks.

- It's very palpable and very sensory, it's so real that I'm confused," comments Kai.

- I have a feeling it must be a memory of that night at the party," says Aoi.

-"Maybe it's a response to the amnesia from when we ran out of the forest," suggests Ruki.

Even though they're intrigued by the fact that it's a memory of what they forgot that night, they continue with the girls around the campfire, who begin to sing their Dogma song. It seems like a dream, when could they dance and sing together with their fans alone without being watched by staff?

But their fears and suspicions take shape when they are singing and black shadows appear around the campfire. The lyrics of the song Dogma talk about bringing the perfect death and enveloping the world in darkness, which matches these shadows around the campfire flames.

A real sense of dread comes over them when, without warning, the beautiful young women who seemed fragile and innocent now become dangerous and show what they're up to when they discreetly position themselves behind each of them. In a gesture of affection, they give them a hug, but when they try to let go, they hold them so tightly that their arms and legs move with supernatural force, making it impossible for them to escape.

The feeling that they have been involuntarily dragged to a fateful fate runs through their veins, increasing their heartbeat and their breathing becomes uncompensated. You can clearly see that they are more than terrified, they are in disbelief as to how they ended up in that desperate situation. They hear the older woman say something about them being the chosen ones of a prophecy involving darkness and the perfect death in a bonfire ritual.

It was only after this revelation that they realized the women could only be sorcerers. How could they not have connected the facts? The blood moon, the forest, the bonfire, beautiful young women and a prophecy had been chosen as the perfect sacrifice to the pagan gods. After these considerations they realize that this could be the end of them.

In a desperate attempt, they try to convince the girls by talking to them.

- Let us go, please," pleads Kai in anguish, scrambling to escape.

- There's no point in even trying to escape, we're stronger than you during the blood moon.

- Who are you? Why are you doing this to us? - Asks Reita, trying futilely to get away from the woman.

- Haven't you figured it out yet? Witches is the most popular name. We're following the Prophecy of Darkness," replies one of them.

- What kind of prophecy is that? Let us go," exclaims Aoi, already in tears.

- We can't let you go, even though we love you.

- For the sake of that love, let us go," pleads Uruha, terrified and in pain from the force exerted by the young woman holding him.

- You were given to us as an offering to bring darkness to this world, we can't let you go.

- Someone will look for us, we have friends at the party, " said Ruki, trying in vain to break free.

- The only salvation were those who chased you, the priests, chasing you away, running and trying to take you by force, they ended up helping us to gain your trust.

The agony and despair increased when a mass of black mist that snaked around the fire came towards each of them, you could feel the presence of evil in the smoke representing a powerful dark force.

They became more agitated, making jerky movements, trying unsuccessfully to free themselves from their tormentors. Moans of pain, tears of grief and laments about the end that is near can be heard. Changes in pressure, chills and shivers are felt from the back of the neck to the middle of the spine and there is an increase in heartbeats triggered by adrenaline.

There is a sensation that their breathing is getting heavier and heavier and that the air is not reaching their lungs, because at that moment they are filled with the black mist, making them lose all control of their senses, certain that they have no more salvation. They stop resisting and fighting, letting themselves be possessed by the spirits and surrendering their existence to the shadows of darkness."

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