Anita

                                                                    A Business trip.

     A tall slim not unattractive woman was hoping from one foot to the other, the line had hardly mover in the last hour. Security was tight, they had already lost one plane on its way from Malaysia to Penang. Her feet were killing her, she was now wishing she had worn flats instead of heels. Not only did her feet hurt but she also had a back problem, and standing in heels did not help.

Finally she was getting closer to checking in, the line moved again. Thank god. The young man behind was complaining, It’s bad enough they charge so much to be cramed in like cattle, without standing in line for nearly an hour and a half. She looked at him and smiled.

Gail was travelling on business so she would be in first class not squashed next to someone she didn’t know in the economy. She was hoping to do a little work on her laptop during the flight. Now at the check in she handed the stewardess her passport. ‘’Business or pleasure’’ asked the stewardess? ‘’Did you pack your luggage? Has anyone else handled it, are you carrying any liquids’’ etc, etc. It went on and on. The stewardess handed her back he passport and boarding card and said in a sing song voice, ‘’have a nice trip.                                                                                                            ‘’Thanks said Gail’’, picking up her brief case walking toward security. At last she would be able to sit. Half an hour later she was at the gate waiting to board. First class and priority got to board first, she found her seat and sat down and buckled in. Closed her eyes and waited for the plane to depart. She must have drifted off to sleep as she felt a jolt as the plane lifted off. Unlike other people Gail had to sit upright because her back was too painful to relax, this made people who didn’t know her think she was a very rigid person, and that made them a little afraid to ask questions.

The flight would be around 13 hours to Kuala Lumpur nonstop. She would be able to get a lot done in that time. Gail rarely slept on planes although she had drifted off when she had first taken her seat. Two hours into the flight the family that sat opposite Gail stood up. The woman carried a three year old boy who was now causing a problem by shouting at his mother and hitting her, saying ‘’I don’t want to go’’!’’ Shush Josh, stop you are making too much noise, people are looking’’.                 ‘’Don’t care’’ said the child.

At the same time a man came through the first class cabin waving a gun telling everyone to sit down and be quiet. ‘’One sound and I will shoot you’’. The child stopped shouting. His mother carried him back to their seat. The man walked up and down then banged on the door to the cockpit, ‘’open up’’ he shouted. He sounded as if he had some kind of accent. He grabbed hold of the stewardess and told her to open the door. She refused, he shot her. Instantly everyone in the cabin started to scream or cry. At the same time another man came into the cabin and said something in a foreign language to the one with the gun. Obviously he was not happy.

He turned, looked at the steward and told him he needed to speak with the captain, ‘’Get him out here now.  If he doesn’t come out I will start shooting the people in the first class cabin, starting with this woman.’’ Gail being the type of person she was said, oh please, you aren’t going to do that, your bluffing.’’ He pulled the trigger, Gail screamed and woke with a jump. She had been dreaming, thank god it wasn’t so.