Page 126 of GAF Factor

“This is all your fucking fault,” Max grumbled.

“My fault? How the hell is this my fault?”

“Because you had to say it! You had a feeling something was wrong. You jinxed us!”

I pointed to the back of the plane. “They jinxed us. You didn’t hear IRIS on the way here, giving me his shitty, not helpful advice about keeping the plane level!”

“You should be doing that now!”

“It’s kind of hard with one fucking engine and half the plane on fire!” I shouted as the wheels touched down and something metal scraped against the ground. We came to a screeching halt and then I heard the plane door open and the stairs drop.

The fire crew rushed to our aid and were hosing down the plane as we disembarked. It was a fucking disaster, and as I stepped off the plane, I saw for the first time what caused us to nearly plummet to our deaths.

“Is that a fucking wind turbine blade?”

IRIS stood beside me, nodding as he stared at it. The blade sliced clean through the right wing of the plane. “Looks like it.”

“Holy shit,” I murmured. “Just a few feet over and that thing would have taken out the whole fucking plane.”

“Skewered us for dinner,” IRIS nodded.

“We’d be the shawarma,” I joked, finding the whole thing kinda funny now.

IRIS turned to me and frowned.

“What?”

“You didn’t puke.”

“What?”

“In flight. You were in the danger zone and didn’t puke. Didn’t even grab for a bag.”

I thought it over and realized he was right. “Well, shit.”

I heard the distinct sound of vomiting and turned just in time to see Max bent over, hurling his guts next to the plane. I smirked, wondering if my time with tactical vomit was over. Maybe it was time to pass on the torch. I’d had it long enough, after all.

“Are you the pilot?” one of the ground crew asked.

“Yeah, that’s me.”

“Nice flying, man. I saw the whole thing. The blade broke loose from the wind turbine and was flying right at you. It was scary as hell. That thing was really flying.”

“Wait, you saw it?”

“Yep, watched the whole thing. You turned away from it just as it flew toward it. Did you see it?”

“No, I had no idea.”

He grinned. “It’s like you knew it was coming or something. Anyway, glad you all made it down safely.”

“Yeah,” I nodded, shaking his hand. What the fuck were the odds of that happening?

“What is it?” Slider asked.

“Guess I just became your lucky charm.”

He rolled his eyes as Fox came walking over, sniffling as he wiped his eyes.

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