Aiden is on edge, not knowing what to do as his fingers make contact with the screen. He hadn't agreed to anything, let alone even pressed a button.
"For god's sake, what is happening with this damn phone."
He almost dropped his phone after it abruptly buzzed. Shortly after he turned it over, a black screen emerged.
Thinking he somehow broke the phone, sweat began to drip down his forehead.
He put the phone back where it belonged, the pocket, then held his breath as the plane jerked back and forth, the lights went off shortly after in the cabin.
"Let's just… Forget about that now."
The cabin lights went low. The turbulence hit, but eventually everything settled down.
He shoved in his earbuds that were already playing music, just to drown out that annoying karen.
Her voice had been drilling his ear drums since takeoff.
"Baby, no! Don't do that, do you want your tablet, no? Are you hungry? Excuse me, i'd like some french fries for my little baby here."
So loud that even with his earbuds on, he could still hear her.
"Lady, just give him a break… Or maybe a parachute."
2 Hours later, the cabin went dead silent, no more annoying karen screaming all over the place.
Aiden glanced back at the direction the karen is.
Half-open mouths, drooling uncontrollably. They were finally quiet.
"I can smell their stinky unbrushed teeth all the way over here."
But he decided to double check.
And when he did.
The kid wasn't asleep. Wide awake. Eyes all red and puffy.
"...Well that's creepy."
He decided not to comment on it.
He lifted up the curtains, then he froze on his tracks.
Outside the glass, was a tall, inhuman black figure with white eyes glaring at Aiden's soul.
"Am I hallucinating?"
There appeared to be no moon, nor were there stars, just that figure staring at him.
Maybe he finally lost it, jet lag, low oxygen, or something else.
He gathered up his courage, and decided to close the blinds.
Nothing happened, just silence.
Then he opened them again.
The figure was closer than ever, only the small thin glass separating them apart.
Aiden screamed his lungs out.
"AHHHHHHHH."
Every passenger on the plane woke up.
Some random baby decided to start crying.
The karen screamed loudly.
"Who dared to touch my bags?"
Suddenly, the pilot keyed the intercom and started to speak.
His shaky voice came through.
"Ladies and gentlemen… This is your captain speaking. We're currently experiencing an emergency, a radar blackout. I-I don't know what's ahead. The instruments aren't picking anyt—-"
He didn't get to finish his words.
The horizon jerked violently.
People shouted.
Then–
Black.