Part 10

By Nichole

 "Now what?" the man growled in Kevin's grasp.   

 Kevin had to think fast.  "Look mister.  Our friend, who you have flying this plane, is sick.  He has probably fallen asleep at the wheel.  Now why don't you please let me fly this damned thing before we all die?"

"That's it!" the man screamed.  "Shut up!"  He broke away from Kevin's grasp, turned around, and shot him in the foot.  He then turned to Howie and commanded him to go fly the plane.

Kevin yelled in pain as he fell to the ground.  AJ went to comfort him, but was stopped.  "Don't go near him or you'll be next," the man warned. "He got what was coming to him."

Howie got up front to see that Brian was indeed asleep.  And to top that all off, he was looking worse.  Something was very wrong with him and Howie only wished he could help.  

He tried to shake Brian awake so he could quickly get him to the copilot's seat.  Brian wasn't responding well though.  The only thing left to do was to steer the plane over Brian's shoulders.  So Howie stood over him and pulled the plane up to a better altitude.

Meanwhile, Kevin was in great pain.  Seeing this brought a huge smile to the man's face.  He enjoyed seeing Kevin suffer.

Nick saw this and was disgusted by it.  "You are one sick man," he said without thinking of what consequences it could bring.      

"You wanna end up like your friend over there?" the man demanded in a tone that made everyone cower.

"No," Nick whispered.

"Then keep your mouth shut.  And just think, I have a surprise for you and your buddies when we land."  The man laughed a sick laugh that chilled the guys to the bone.  

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