Serial Novel: Falling in Public, Ch. 49
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Falling in Public
Chapter 49
Holly stayed as still as possible, not wanting to attract attention as the beam from Sean's flashlight explored every surface. When he turned away, she eased her healing leg out of it's position, moving her foot mere millimeters just to make sure it would hold up when she had to move.
"Holly! I know you're here - I heard you earlier. Where are you?"
Sean's yell startled her, and the involuntary twitch nearly sent the supplies on her lap to the floor. She managed to catch them just in time, but the resulting movement had already drawn the light back to her little cubby hole.
Sean chuckled. "There you are. When your body wasn't in the cockpit, I knew you had to be somewhere out here. You were talking in your sleep earlier - did you know you do that? Clear as a bell, calling out for Mr. Rock-Star-Stud himself. Musta been some dream, Holly-bear." He laughed again, apparently finding himself funny.
Holly was not amused. "Why didn't you just die?" the words just slipped out, and she regretted them immediately, knowing it would only fuel his anger. Considering he had the only weapon, it was a bad decision.
A loud click rang out through the cabin just before he jumped across from the doorway to the row of seats she was sequestered in. She looked up, catching a quick glimpse of a black barrel pointed at her before the flashlight beam joined it, effectively blinding her. Turning away, she held up a hand to block as much of the light as she could.
"I don't know about you, but I'm tired of this plane. What do you say we get ouf ot here? I just activated the emergency GPS tracker in my watch, so another team should be here to pick us up soon."
The light moved and she looked up to watch him surveying the hole she was in.
"I think you can shimmy through that space beween the seat backs to get to the slide. Let's go."
She thought about refusing just to test his resolve, but considering the lengths he'd already gone to
in order to kidnap her, she was fairly certain he'd just shoot her and leave. If she could get outside and on the ground, she'd probably have a better chance of getting away too. Pushing the supplies and blankets to the side, she shimmied around and through the space between the seats and the ceiling, her heart racing when she nearly fell out the open hatch. Finally she found stable footing on the edge and lowered herself carefully to sit with her feet on the slide.
"Stay right there," Sean said from somewhere above her. "I'm coming down."
Holly ran her fingers over the surfaces beside her, hoping to find something, anything that would make a good weapon. The only thing she found was the plastic knife she'd tossed away earlier. Running her thumb over the thick teeth, she wondered if it would penetrate the inflated sidewalls of the slide if there was enough force behind it.
Only one way to find out.
Taking a deep breath and fisting the knife point out in her hand, she launched herself over the edge of the hatch.
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Falling in Public
Chapter 49
Holly stayed as still as possible, not wanting to attract attention as the beam from Sean's flashlight explored every surface. When he turned away, she eased her healing leg out of it's position, moving her foot mere millimeters just to make sure it would hold up when she had to move.
"Holly! I know you're here - I heard you earlier. Where are you?"
Sean's yell startled her, and the involuntary twitch nearly sent the supplies on her lap to the floor. She managed to catch them just in time, but the resulting movement had already drawn the light back to her little cubby hole.
Sean chuckled. "There you are. When your body wasn't in the cockpit, I knew you had to be somewhere out here. You were talking in your sleep earlier - did you know you do that? Clear as a bell, calling out for Mr. Rock-Star-Stud himself. Musta been some dream, Holly-bear." He laughed again, apparently finding himself funny.
Holly was not amused. "Why didn't you just die?" the words just slipped out, and she regretted them immediately, knowing it would only fuel his anger. Considering he had the only weapon, it was a bad decision.
A loud click rang out through the cabin just before he jumped across from the doorway to the row of seats she was sequestered in. She looked up, catching a quick glimpse of a black barrel pointed at her before the flashlight beam joined it, effectively blinding her. Turning away, she held up a hand to block as much of the light as she could.
"I don't know about you, but I'm tired of this plane. What do you say we get ouf ot here? I just activated the emergency GPS tracker in my watch, so another team should be here to pick us up soon."
The light moved and she looked up to watch him surveying the hole she was in.
"I think you can shimmy through that space beween the seat backs to get to the slide. Let's go."
She thought about refusing just to test his resolve, but considering the lengths he'd already gone to
in order to kidnap her, she was fairly certain he'd just shoot her and leave. If she could get outside and on the ground, she'd probably have a better chance of getting away too. Pushing the supplies and blankets to the side, she shimmied around and through the space between the seats and the ceiling, her heart racing when she nearly fell out the open hatch. Finally she found stable footing on the edge and lowered herself carefully to sit with her feet on the slide.
"Stay right there," Sean said from somewhere above her. "I'm coming down."
Holly ran her fingers over the surfaces beside her, hoping to find something, anything that would make a good weapon. The only thing she found was the plastic knife she'd tossed away earlier. Running her thumb over the thick teeth, she wondered if it would penetrate the inflated sidewalls of the slide if there was enough force behind it.
Only one way to find out.
Taking a deep breath and fisting the knife point out in her hand, she launched herself over the edge of the hatch.
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