Wings Of The Foretold

Taken

The jet was soaring gently over picturesque lakes and farmlands. My eyes scanned the trees below, the fluffy clouds obscuring my vision at points. It was beautiful, but soon we’d near the city and the familiar farmlands would no longer be my reality.

Sighing, I ran a hand over my face. I had plenty of time to think on this long flight. As soon as I had arrived on the jet I apologized to the captain and pilot, thanking them for taking the time to wait for me. As well as coming up with an excuse about my health and how it took me longer than I expected to get ready. To be fair I probably didn't need to make an excuse at all seeing as how they didn't seem to care, but I felt it was a good chance to practice lying. It was something I assumed I would have to become very good at if I was to be living with an Anu for the next few years.

It had taken some time before we could take off, having to gather the rest of the crew that had gone off to sightsee while waiting for me. I sighed audibly, slouching down lower into my seat already feeling home sick. My eyes stayed glued to the seat in front of me, the isles of the jet silent besides the constant muffled roar of the aircraft. "Come on Koren, get it together, you’re a prince so act like one." I said to myself sitting back up to look out the window.

The city scape stretched out over the horizon from my window, it looked beautiful and made my stomach knot up with a sense of dread. Wait, I thought with a frown. We were supposed to be heading towards the city. If I could see it through my window, didn't that mean we were going the wrong way?

I tried to relax. Surely the pilot knew what he was doing, right? I tried to force myself to relax, my mind racing through the worst possibilities. Thoughts like "perhaps he doesn't realize he's heading in the wrong direction, maybe something happened to him and he needs help." Swarmed through my head as my anxiety grew. I tapped my foot on the ground, biting my lip as the thoughts continued to attack me along with a plethora of equally unpleasant senarios.

Finally resolving to go check on them and make sure everything was alright, I slowly lifted myself from my seat and started down the spacious walkway to ask what was going on.

I stopped myself halfway, if I wasn't careful I could make the situation worse. I gently pulled my Aura back so that it rested on top of my skin as opposed surrounding me. This skill I had taught myself after years of trying endlessly not to hurt anybody and one I am fairly confident no other fatu could do. With my Aura pulled back I should'nt be able to accidentally affect anyone. The last thing I want is a crash, going the wrong direction could be fixed, crashing could not be.

I tentatively started forward toward the cockpit, still unsure if I was actually right about us going in the wrong direction. However it wouldn't hurt to bring it up just in case I was right. I stood in front of the cockpit door for a moment thinking over what I would say once I opend it. It must be something along the lines of, "it's okay I just wanted to check and make sure we were headed the right direction." Or, "isn't the city that way?" Shaking my head I refocused.

A small nervous sigh left me as I mustered up every last ounce of confidence I possibly could, I shoved through the cockpit door speaking my premeditated lines before even taking a step inside. "I thought we were headed to the city but the city appears to be o-ver..." The words died on my lips as I got a look at everybody that was in the cockpit. There were far more people in here than I thought there needed to be, and they had all turned to stare at me. All of the eyes bore into me at once. This is way too many people to fly a plane.

Quickly I started apologizing but before I could even take a breath something stung me in the neck. I lifted my hand to the pain instinctively and felt something hard and cool protruding from my neck. A syringe? I hardly had time to feel terrified before the world started to go black around the edges. My eyelids became unbearably heavy and I sunk like a rock in water, into unconsciousness.

Strange thing is, I did not fight it.