The Long Fall Box Set: The Complete Long Fall Series - Books 1-10 by Kraus Mike & Keys Logan

Author:Kraus, Mike & Keys, Logan [Kraus, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2019-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Wellington, New Zealand

“Lucky, you can open your eyes now.”

Luckman cracked one eye open and let out the breath he’d been holding in a long hiss.

“We’re climbing again!” Greg shouted, still glued to the window where moments ago the wave had been ready to overtake the tail end of the plane.

“We are!” Terry cried, and everyone erupted into cheers of excitement as the giant metal bird inched away from the melee below.

Luckman put his head in his hands before he finally turned to look at German.

“This guy,” the big Russian said, motioning toward the cockpit, and Luckman nodded. “Still a better flight than the last one, yeah?”

Then Luckman smiled. German did too. And soon they were laughing like loons.

The release of tension made Luckman’s eyes water as he cried out his laughter. Everyone was staring at them.

Luckman explained, “We jumped out of his plane last time.”

Terry’s mouth dropped open. “You what?”

“What, why?” Greg asked.

German and Luckman shared a glance and roared all over again. It wasn’t hilarious…but it kind of was. Even almost having the tsunami wave pull them into the ocean was better than before.

“Because it was crashing,” German said between gulps of air, slapping his knee, and wheezing.

“It was going down like a rock!” Luckman chortled, and they started cracking up all over again as German mimicked it with his hands.

This time, the gesture caught Luckman in the funny bone, and he laughed until his sides ached.

“I don’t see how that’s funny!” Holtz said with feigned outrage.

And that made German laugh even harder.

Danielle crossed her arms. “He seriously crashed a plane already? That you were on? And you’re letting him fly us ?”

“We had no choice,” Greg offered with a shrug, though he was cutting eyes at their hilarity.

Terry sighed. “No one else would do it. Would we have stayed?” she asked her sister who flopped back in her seat, angrily.

Luckman took notice of the woman’s bravery. Terry was made of stern stuff. To get to her family she would do anything. Even gripping her armrests until her knuckles were white, she forged ahead, and agreed that they wouldn’t have chosen differently.

“Well. We are in the air now.” Greg sighed and finally pulled away from the window as the plane entered dense cloud cover.

“Yes,” Terry said into the quiet that followed his statement. “We will be home soon.”

But California wasn’t home to Luckman. He had to go onward to New York after they landed. It all seemed so far away. And, at the moment, it really was.

“I’ll go check on our pilot,” Luckman said, unbuckling.

He kept a hand on the back of the seats as he went down the aisle. The door was closed, so he had to fiddle with the latch to get it open.

“How’s it going?” he asked, once inside.

“Toob-you-lance.” The man pointed at some of the screens. “Is dis word? Toob-you-lance? Yes…?”

“Turbulence?” Luckman asked, and the pilot nodded happily. “There is going to be turbulence?” The plane bounced hard in answer, making him stumble and then sit.

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