United Kingdom,London.
Lines of people were built up in front of a metal detector. While loads of others were crammed onto an escalator.
While people waited in front of a gate. They were all in an airport. All waiting to leave it as quickly as possible.
While a kid about the age of fourteen sat in front of a gate, gazing off into the distance.
He had headphones on while he daydreamed about his home.
This was Alex Tren, a young teenage boy with fluffy blonde hair, shimmering brown eyes, a thin nose, and a dark complexion.
There were many other people near him, all waiting for their plane to arrive. Yet Alex was the only one completely alone.
Everyone else had partners, friends, or family by them. Yet Alex was completely alone, with no family to even think of.
Alex was orphaned at the young age of five. He had few memories of his real parents and was sent to an orphanage after difficulties.
Now after two long years, he was finally heading back to that orphanage. Where all the friends he had made sat waiting in that old weary house.
Then their docking bay was finally opened. The plane has finally been prepared for their long flight.
Alex then got up out of his seat and started walking towards the gate agent.
Finally I'm heading back to America.
Alex was beginning to grow excited as he quickened his pace towards the gate agent.
I'm first in line, that's pretty lucky.
Alex then reached into his right pocket, digging around until he pulled out a piece of paper. It was his ticket, as he handed it to the gate agent.
"Here you go, miss."
The gate agent took Alex's ticket and scanned it on a barcode reader.
Ding*
The gate agent then looked at the computer in front of her and nodded.
"You may go ahead sir, have a good ride."
The gate agent then offered the plane ticket back to him. Alex grabbed it and smiled before turning around.
Alex then headed to the boarding bridge. Walking through the tunnel until he arrived at the plane door.
A flight attendant waited at the side of the plane door.
"Head on in."
Alex then started walking to the plane door.
"Thanks."
Alex entered the plane as he looked at his ticket to find his seat. He then walked over to where his seat was.
Alex's seat was next to the window.
Lucky me, I got a window seat!
Alex then went and sat down before putting his bag right next to his feet. Alex now had to wait for all the passengers to get on the plane.
…
Finally all the passengers had loaded on, and they were expected to leave in a few seconds. Then the speakers around the plane started speaking.
The flight attendants were giving their necessary safety speech. Going through protocols and procedures.
Finally the plane was taking off. As the plane started accelerating on its tracks. The loud sounds of the plane's takeoff were deafening.
The plane's wings adjusted, and right as this happened, the plane lifted off. It was now soaring above the ground as it got higher and higher.
Finally the plane was thousands of feet off the ground. They were now able to unbuckle their seats and move around.
While others chatted with the people next to them and got up to use restrooms and talk to others, Alex didn't move.
Alex stayed still as he looked out the window, watching the clouds pass by under them.
After studying abroad in the UK for two years he had learned that silent moments were too good to let by.
Alex then put his hand on his headphones and readjusted them.
Before continuing to gaze off into the distance, getting more and more excited the further the plane went.
…
The plane was now flying above the Atlantic Ocean as it cut through the sky. Yet in the distance, far beyond where the human eye could perceive, a storm was forming.
Alex was still watching the outside world fly by him. As he thought about his friends at the orphanage.
After two whole years he was finally going to see them again. Although he had kept in contact with them, this was the first time they'd see each other since two years ago.
Alex was excited, yet he was also worried. Worried that one of his friends could've been adopted and left.
He couldn't control this, yet he was still worried. Then the plane shook up and down, throwing people about. Alex had grasped onto his armrest, as he gripped it tightly.
Then, the plane went through a brief moment of turbulence.
"This is your captain speaking, please buckle back in, as we may be experiencing more turbulence."
People were momentarily shocked, although they then calmed down. Everybody on the plane hurriedly sat back down and buckled their seatbelts up.
…
The plane continued going through turbulence every once in a while. Yet it was not going away.
This had worried people, but not that much, believing it would go away eventually. While Alex continued looking out the window, wandering through his mind, pondering many questions he had.
Then a flagrant aroma swept through the plane. As a cart filled with food was pushed out of the flight attendant's cabin.
The cart passed through aisles of people as the flight attendant manning it handed out food. Then she arrived next to Alex's aisle.
There were only five plates left. So Alex scanned the options, yet only one of them stood out to him.
It was a simple steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli.
"Can I get the steak?"
The flight attendant grabbed the plate holding Alex's meal and passed it to him.
"Thank you."
"No problem, enjoy your meal."
The flight attendant then walked to the next row. As Alex put his meal on the fold-out table in front of him.
Alex then ate the meal quickly, scarfing it down. He ate it so quickly he had little time to enjoy the flavor.
Although Alex still was pleased with his meal. While another burst of turbulence hit the plane, sending Alex's plate into the air.
It then started falling back down as Alex leaned over sideways. As he stuck out his hand, the plate fell right into it. He had luckily caught the plate.
Then Alex once again looked out his window, except this time it wasn't the ocean beneath him. Nor was it a white fluffy cloud.
Instead, it was a raging black thundercloud beneath him. Alex panicked for a second, then he realized it was beneath him.
It was the fact that the storm was beneath Alex that it could cause no harm. As lightning was not able to strike upwards.
"This is your captain speaking. We will be travelling over a storm cloud; it should cause no threat."
The plane panicked before quickly calming down. They believed what the captain had said.
Yet some were still a bit weary, as a thick ominous feeling lingered in the air. Yet nothing had happened, other than the turbulence.
A baby a couple rows in front of Alex started whining. As its mother immediately started comforting it, trying to calm her baby down.
"Don't cry, please don't cry; Mommy's right here."
The baby kept whining, ignoring its mother's pleas. While the face of the mother immediately flushed red in embarrassment.
I wish this baby would stop crying.
Alex was trying to focus on himself and not the loud cries from the baby. Finally the baby stopped its banter.
As the mother and everyone around her were relieved. All then focused on what they were previously doing.
Then the lights of the plane turned off, then back on, and then back off. The lights were flickering rapidly.
Then the flickering stopped as the lights stabilized. The plane was thrown into panic.
Yet people hid it inside themselves, not wanting to cause chaos on the plane. Even Alex was afraid but chose to hide it.
While a plane flew above a storm cloud in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. While in front of it, a wave of energy shot towards it.
The wave originated from North America, heading out into every crevice of the world.
Inside the plane Alex was still looking out the window. Yet this time he was just trying to hold back his fear.
Him, and everyone else felt immense pressure sent through them. As the wave of energy passed through them.
This pressure was so intense some even fainted after feeling it. While others felt a shiver sent through their whole body.
Some unlucky people also vomited blood from the wave of energy. While the pilot was knocked out from the intense wave.
With the absence of the pilot, the plane began to plummet. As it fell further and further down.
As the dark abyss of the water waited for the arrival of the plane. Yet right before the plane could plummet into the water, the pilot woke up and pulled the plane up as hard as he could.
Barely saving the plane and its survivors from disaster. People were still absolutely terrified, as the wave, plummet, lights, and turbulence had caused the people to feel fear for their lives.
As the palms of death were grasped around the plane. The fear of the passengers had all erupted as soon as the plane stopped plummeting.
"Are we going to die?!?!!"
"I have my baby with me!!!"
"I can't die here! I have a family!"
"What the hell is happening?!"
Everyone was confused about what had happened and what was going to happen. Yet people were also unbelievably scared of what had happened.
Yet one thing the passengers had not thought of was that they had fallen through the storm cloud and were now right under it.
In front of the plane a large streak of lightning flashed through the sky as it branched in multiple directions and branched off of the branches.
Yet there was something terribly wrong with the lightning. While only Alex had noticed it, as he was the only one calm enough to look out his window, or rather the only one who suppressed his fear enough.
Alex had noticed that the lightning was pink. Not white, not even purple, but pink. Although portrayed in fiction, it was not possible for real lightning.
Then Alex was filled with fear, as now the impossible was just put in front of him. Now he did not know what to expect, with everything good and bad being possible in Alex's eyes.
Then, not a minute later, the plane was unguided in another pink lightning strike. As the plane immediately started plummeting to the awaiting ocean.
…
Then Alex and the rest of the survivors woke up.
Right as they did, an illusory screen flickered in front of them. Yet Alex could not see others' screens, while no one could see Alex's screen. As though they were personally connected to the owner.
Except it didn't matter, as everyone's screen said the exact same thing.
[Welcome to the special continent, congratulations on making it!]