The Crash

I was lying down on a coach in a moving train. My eyes were feeling heavy and I was fleeing quite sleepy. I remember I had my headphones on but there wasn't any music playing. I was just too tried to reach and play something on my iPod. I decided to let it be and don't move, maybe this way I would be able to get some sleep. My headphones got serious noise-suppressors but if the music is turned off I can hear conversations and other types of noise specially rumbles!

Eventually I noticed, this moving train is my friend's office. I was still laying down on the same coach. I could see his boss sitting behind his desk in the room which was at the end of the hallway. My friend was also there he was sitting behind another desk, this one was located in the hallway near to where my coach was. Both of them were accompanied by one of their co-workers. After some minutes I noticed 2 men leaving the boss's room. They came and sit on a coach that was next to me. I was still lying down keeping my eyes half closed trying not to be noticed by anyone. One of them started a conversation with my friend. At first I wasn't really paying any attention and was just watching the views passing by outside the window next to me.

Then I heard them talking about a subject, something work-related, that also involved me! So I started listening. apparently he was going to buy some of the products me and my friend just started to import. I was keen to realize how big a deal he is willing to make! It turned out, the first shipment was relatively small and he has to wait for the arrival of the next batch. Then he started telling a story about importing some similar products from the same place while he was away on a holiday to that place!

By this time I wasn't really feeling sleepy anymore and they already noticed I'm not asleep so I just decided to sit up and join in with the conversation. I did! I sat up, removed my headphones and started listening to his tale which sounded quite stupid to me. Yet, as it is a costume to respect the costumer, I showed interest and followed his stupid story with a big smile on my face. The conversation kept on going for some minutes, it was then, when I noticed that the whole scenery somehow evolved into a private jet of some sort!

I was sitting there having a conversation with that guy whom I didn't even know. My friend was busy dealing with his own business and giving some orders to his cousin who works for him. And the boss's room was now the cockpit and he was the pilot, having his assistant as his co-pilot! I remember checking my ticket, noticing it's a transit flight and it was more or less the time to land and change the plane but I realized, instead, the same plane is taking off again. I discussed this rather curious matter with the guy who was telling me stupid stories and he said that's the way it's supposed to be!

It was a smooth flight but I had this feeling something is about to go wrong. I wasn't really paying any attention to it but then suddenly the plane turned upright and started to fall! I could see the ground clearly below my feet. It was drawing closer and closer at an amazing speed. I could hear the engine roar. I could feel the weightlessness. I have never been so frightened in my entire life! I coward and closed my eyes. I was afraid to face my end like this!

I was breathing heavily. It took me a moment to make my peace with the fact that I am about to die within next few seconds and there is nothing I can do about it! The only thing I thought about, was how awful my mother would feel when she receives the new! I was horrified but I thought to myself: “there's nothing you can do about it so lets just sit back and leave everything to chance!” It was such a chaos all around me. everyone was panicked. They were all shouting and trying to do something to save themselves. And I was sitting there, gnashing my teeth, and trying to focus on survival! Then my brain started to function, craving more and more even for a tiniest piece of hope. I remembered, statistically, there is still a possibility for me to survive this crash. Then I thought the chance of being crippled is relatively high so I decided I would rather take my chances with death! Suddenly I noticed a tiny stall in the fall and the sound of the engines changed. My heart rose another bit! I decided to open my eyes and at least see what the hell's going on. Maybe there was something happening that can bring me more hope. It took all my courage to do so!

When I opened my eyes, I was lying down on a coach in a moving train. Still breathing heavily and scared to death. There wasn't any plane nor there was any crash. I still had my headphones on. And there wasn't anything playing.