Chapter 1: Plane Crash

Takashi looked into his phone and checked the time. It was nearly 1:15, his flight would take off soon. He switched it off into airplane mode before slipping it into his pocket. From his pocket, he took out earphones that he plugged into the monitor in the back of the seat Infront of him and began scrolling through the collection of music and movies they had.

-INNER MONOLOGUE-

Takashi was an orphan who showed promising results in his school and was hailed as a genius of his generation. He broke the world's records when it came to mathematics and participated in many math and English competitions, often scoring a gold or a silver medal. This got him a scholarship at the prestigious Harvard University, however, wanting to be close to his roots, he took the offer from the Oxford University in England. After graduating with flying colors and exceeding the expectations from his professors and peers alike, he even got an amazing job offer in Computer Engineering under a 3 year contract from Microsoft. He decided to start the job from next month, taking a long deserved break from studies and other tedious tasks to go on a vacation, touring the countries in Europe while on a one-month cruise.

-INNER MONOLOGUE-ING ENDS-

As the sky darkened and the sun sank into the sea on the horizon, he plugged the earphones out and drifted off into sleep as the air hostess began making their rounds down the aisles asking if they can be of service.

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*FLASH BACK*

"Look at him!" - Bully #1

"Why does his face look like that?" - Bully #3

"Eww get away from us" - Bully #2

Takashi was hit on the head by a soda can that a bully threw at him. He covered his head with his arms and tried to shrink into the wall as if he wanted to disappear as the bullies jeered at him. He was used to this by now, as an orphan who's looked like a typical immigrant, he was bullied regularly and the other kids simply kept their distance from him and whispered about him spreading gossip about the weird kid who always knew the answer to the teacher's questions.

"Nerd!" Bully #2 shouted at him while throwing a crumpled ball of aluminum wrapping at him.

It got stuck in his silky black hair that looked slightly maroon in the sunlight. His skin was pale and his eyes were a piercing blue that seemed dimmed yet somehow still shone brightly. He picked it out and dropped while taking a deep breath and trying his best to ignore them just like anyway when suddenly he was pushed down by a Bully. As he fell he was stunned, though he was verbally abused many times, no-one had ever gotten physical against him before. As if realizing this the bully also took a step back as he saw what he did. He looked around in surprise as if he hadn't meant to go that far, especially in front of a crowd. Just then a voice shouted out.

"Hey! you Jerks! What do you think you're doing to him!" an angry voice sounded.

Takashi widened his eyes when he heard someone sticking up to him. He looked up and in the direc-

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

*JOLT*

*SHUDDER*

*BANG*

Takashi snapped out of his sleep as he was jolted awake by the erratic movements and shuddering of the aircraft. The people around him were in panic as the airhostesses were trying to calm everyone down. The seatbelt signs flickered on and oxygen masks dropped down before the monitors started showing safety procedures on the screen. Startled, Takashi strapped on an Oxygen mask and buckled himself in before helping the elderly couple who sat beside him. Not even moments after, a large WHOOMPH sounded as the oxygen in the room was sucked out and a hole appeared in the side of the aircraft revealing the stormy dark skies outside. As everything and everyone not tied down were pulled out he hit his head against the side of the aircraft and started to blank out. He caught glimpses of scenes as his mind faded away. The hole expanding before tearing their aircraft in two. Screaming, Spinning out of control. The elderly couple being torn away into the void along with their seats. A sound like metal grinding against itself before a glimpse of the black waters and then nothing. Just peace and quiet as he drifted off into his not-so-eternal sleep.