Shocked by Harvell Casey

Author:Harvell, Casey [Harvell, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casey Harvell
Published: 2014-05-31T07:00:00+00:00

Unwelcome

This time we board a plane for our mission. It’s too loud for introductions and the only face I recognize is Lucas’. I eye the parachutes linked to chains next to a large hatch on the side of the plane and fasten my seatbelt with a little more force than necessary. Lucas shakes his head at me from the next seat.

My stomach hits my toes and I know we’re airborne. The noise dwindles to a steady annoying hum behind us. A few of the others (including Lucas) take off their seatbelts. I leave mine securely in place.

A couple hours go by. I can tell that Jase and Alex are our techs (despite their uniformed garb) and besides Lucas we have four soldiers with us, Mike, Lou, Cory and Jason. The eight of us will be flying to the outer edge of the safe zone. A couple vehicles to help us on our way sit below us in the belly of the plane. We’ll be moving by ground into the infected area.

It will be interesting to test Dr. Ford’s theory. One conversation (during my ‘resting period’ when I got back) I tell him my concern over Carch’s ability to track me through the infected area. Dr. Ford proposes the theory that if I zap the infection back around me in all directions as I go (basically throw random spheres with the ultimate goal of removing the most infection possible) then tracking me will become more difficult because the pattern will change. So I get to go nuts with energy spheres. Hopefully it’s fun and effective. Otherwise I’m just as much of a liability as an asset to everyone here.

At least everyone’s up-to-date so they expect it. Not that it can stop the looks of shock and awe when it happens, but it’ll be nice to skip the standard inquisition that follows.

Everyone sits down and re-buckles their seatbelts. The descent must be slight or maybe I’m finally getting comfortable flying. Either way my stomach doesn’t feel like I drop it somewhere. Until we hit some turbulence. Everything around us jolts up and down, trembling from the unseen airquake.

Please, please, please let me make it out of this metal deathtrap alive. I’ll never set foot in one again. With more grumbles, creaks and a surprisingly large impact the plane grinds to a halt. It causes me to release a breath I don’t realize I’ve been holding.

“Oh, thank goodness.” I breathe out softly.

Lucas gives my hand a squeeze. He’s smiling, but his face’s a little pale too.

It takes me a second to fumble around with the seatbelt before it finally releases me. Ground travel has never sounded better.

My steps falter when my feet hit the dirt. I’ve never appreciated solid ground quite so much. The plane’s engine drowns out the sound of everything around us. Our team makes quick work of unloading the vehicles and supplies we’ll need. It’s never said how long this mission can take. Neither the Captain nor the Doc wants to speculate on the time it takes to go to umpteen different nuclear facilities.

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