The 7th of London by Beau Schemery

Author:Beau Schemery
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

SEV awoke, his muscles stiff. He stretched and opened his eyes, surprised that the cabin was aglow with morning light. His neck was stiff, and he felt a familiar pressure in his kidneys, but when he tried to stand up he realized where he was. “Silas!” Sev barked. “Where do we go t’the toilet?” Kettlebent hadn’t been asleep, but he had been dozing, and he jerked up, startled. “Five days on this thing, and we didn’t figure out where we’d make water!”

“Hang it out the hatch,” Silas said, pointing to the rear of the cabin. “That’s what I did.”

“What’re we over?”

“Does it matter?”

“Damn it, man.”

“Water. We’re still over water.”

“Thank God,” Sev sighed, rushing to the back of the cabin and unbuttoning the hatch. He growled contentedly as he released the contents of his bladder. “How did we overlook that?” he asked as he did up his trousers and turned back. Silas was stifling a laugh. “What’s so funny?”

“The look on your face was priceless,” Silas answered.

“Ha. Ha.” Sev scratched at his hair, sitting down.

“Would you like a bite to eat before we switch off?” Silas asked. Sev nodded, and Silas handed him a strip of jerky and scooped some pickled turnips from a jar. They ate in silence.

“I hope I don’t have a movement up here,” Sev said, smirking.

Silas chuckled. “Can you imagine being hit with that from above?” That drew a hearty laugh from both young men. When Silas caught his breath, he held up the now empty jar the turnips had been in. “At least we have a toilet now.” He wiggled the jar, and they shared another round of laughter. “I’m spent,” Silas stated when their laughter had tapered off to sporadic chuckles. “You know how to pilot this thing?” Silas asked, and Sev nodded. “Good. I need sleep.” He settled in and fell instantly asleep. Sev divided his attention between maintaining the course and watching his companion sleep.

The next few days passed in a similar manner with the two young men switching off, taking their meals together, and utilizing the hatch once the other was unconscious. Sev ran into a spot of high winds and needed to wake Silas to help him correct their flight path.

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