Air Born--Do You Dream of Flying? by Timothy Trimble

Author:Timothy Trimble
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Young Adult, YA, Urban Fantasy, Clean Read, Romantic
Publisher: Ion Blue Publishing
Published: 2017-08-18T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN - UNIVERSITY

“For our next agenda item, our newly appointed Director of the Nuclear Particle and Astrophysics facility, Dr. Suzanne Corellis, has managed to garner additional funding for continued particle physics research. The Sands Research Foundation has generously contributed a grant of three million dollars and a future scheduling of continued grants based on progress. While Dr. Corellis has stated the Sands Foundation is a conglomerate of various interested parties, we can only assume our own government might be contributing funds. Regardless, we are quite pleased with the progress we’ve been seeing since the appointment of Dr. Corellis.” (Dean of U.W. Operations at the monthly Board of Academics meeting.)

Giant Bald Eagles flew in a perfect circle above Leif as he hovered in the air. The sunlit sky was crystal clear and bathed in a blue almost as deep as the distant waters of Puget Sound. A full moon could barely be seen in the center of the circle of eagles. One of the eagles screeched loudly, pulled in its wings, and dove from the formation, heading directly toward Leif. His pulse raced as he looked around for someplace to hide, preferably a dense cloud, or trees would be perfect. There was nothing except the distant ground below. He could see the cone of Mt. Rainer, a small circle of jagged snow, thousands of feet directly below him. He looked to the horizon and spun around. There were no clouds as far as he could see. Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, the Olympics, and even Mt. Baker were showing peaks were above the curve of the distant horizon. How can I even breathe?

A shadow suddenly appeared over Leif as he impulsively flinched and looked up in time to see the eagle extend its talons toward his head. He flew backward, watching as the eagle pulled in its claws, and stroked the air with its massive wings. It turned and gazed at Leaf with one eye as it took another stroke of the air and climbed back up toward the circle of eagles. Leif continued to fall backward. He no longer feared the eagle, recognizing the attack was just a show of force. Mirroring the eagle’s graceful flight Leif let himself fall through the sky. It felt good to stop exerting himself against the pull of the earth below. The wind whistled in his ears and his hair rapidly fluttered against his forehead and face. He smiled as the eagle slipped back into formation of the flying circle above. They continued as if there had been no intrusion into their space.

Leif rolled over to face the ground and Mt. Rainer directly below. He continued to let himself fall through the air, spreading his arms and legs in the typical skydiver fashion. The crater of the mountain below grew in size. He lowered his legs, placed his arms at his sides, and focused his energy toward the ground. Nothing happened as he continued to fall. His speed increased. It was difficult to keep his legs together from the force of the rushing air.

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