Knock,knock .knock
'Come in..' Alexia said when she heard the knock on the door
The door opened and her mother stepped in, she slowly closed the door and walked towards Alexia, she sat on the chair beside her
"how do you feel?"
"...…..better then the hospital…"
"that's great, so what are you planning on doing this week? Any plans? I can accompany you if you want…" her mother tried her best to make her happy but all she got was a plain answer
"Book tickets for me, I want to go on a vacation...….alone"
"but Alex you can't......…" Alexia cut her sentence in the middle
"what worst can happen? I just want to spend sometime alone......"
"but...."
"I don't blame you for anything anymore, I know what you did was for my own good and I am not angry for that, I just want to be alone for a while" Alexia looked directly at her mother after a long time, she held her hands and comforted her "I will be just fine…."
"you really are not angry? You don't blame me anymore?" her mother was happy to hear that
"yes I don't blame you for anything?" Alexia bent forwards and hugged her mother tightly she had missed that warmth for so long
The mother daughter had their precious time together, they talked a lot and smiled happily after a long time, both of them lightened the burden of their hearts which had suffocated them.
After spending two days at home Alexia was finally leaving for her trip, her flight was at 4pm, until the last minute her mother tried to stop her as she was worried about her condition but Alexia was not backing out from her words. At last her mother gave up.
Her mother accompanied her to the airport and waved at her until she was out of sight
After boarding the plane Alexia seated in her seat, with her bag in her lap, just as she be came comfortable in her seat an air hostess walked to her with excited face
"are you Alexia Brown?"
"yes I am"
"wow I am such a huge fan of yours, I have watched all of your matches ,my favorite one was the one in which you had to shoot with a sniper.....i am so happy I met you" she was pink with excitement and Alexia had a complex expression at that time because she didn't understand what to say
"thank you for liking me" alexia replied with a smile because that was the only thing she could say to her at that time
"can I have your Autograph , if I am not bothering you?"
Alexia was shocked to hear her words because for the first time somebody had talked to her like that"
"why would you need an autograph of someone like me?"
"what are you talking about? You are such a role model for so many young girls out there you have given hope to so many, i am sure all the girls of the country want to be like you..."
She said with determination, her words were so pure that honesty could be seen flowing from them, Alexia's heart felt at ease and she smiled at her
"sure I will give you an autograph"
The air hostess happily gave her a page and a pen, Alexia wrote something on the paper and folded it
"read it when you are at your lowest...….you will understand it then" she placed it in her hand and smiled
The hostess was young she looked like she was just 20, and after listening to Alexia's words her face was a little confused but she smiled again and placed it In her pocket
Inside the First class cabin there was a girl in her early 20's sleeping peacefully in her chair, least bothered by her surrounding, but a young man was observing her from a distance ,her face was tired looking as if it had seen the hardships of life , her body was thin and she looked light as feather…she smiled time to time even in her sleep it seemed like she was having a beautiful dream.
The young man observing her was interested in knowing what kind of dream she was having that had brought smile on such a tired and hopeless face….
Alexia fell asleep and had a dream, it was more like a faded memory that had come back to her after a long time….'she was sitting in front of the camera and an interviewer was asking her questions about her other aims besides being a fighter…
"I took fighting as a carrier because when I was little I always heard mother that father was fighting bad people and saving the good ones , I thought that beating up bad people would be the best way to save people, and I decided to learn using armed weapons and fighting, but as I grew up I found that there were more ways to save people, so the next thing I wanted to be was a doctor….heheheh" a girl who was just 16 years old smiled beautifully at the camera as she said what was on her mind
" And are there other things you want to be?"
"well apart from being a fighter and a doctor I always wanted to be a chef…I love food. I have so many things on my bucket list that I want to become and I wish if there is a second life I would try becoming everything I wished for…..but that's not possible is it?" the girl wished for impossible to happen and she herself knew it but wishes are something you can't stop
"you seem very ambitious child, we hope your dreams come true…"
"thanks"......
Alexia was still asleep when she was forcefully woken up, when she opened her eyes she saw the same air hostess but now she had a face of a person who's live had been suck out of them
"what happ…(BAM)" Alexia closed her mouth when she heard the loud thundering sound and the plane jerked which made the hostess stumble and Alexia felt her abdomen hurting due to the impact
"what's going….on?" Alexia was unable to speak clearly she felt that she couldn't breath even her pain stated growing, she looked around and saw panicked passengers wearing oxygen masks
"please wear this…" the hostess handed over her the mask and walked away quickly….
Alexia stated feeling suffocated so she wore the mask and breathed heavily, her pain had grown into her whole body, the pain was eating her from inside when she heard the pilot through the speaker
"Please calm down, all of the passengers are requested to stay in their seats…."
Then a bunch of people with masks entered the cabin with parachute bags in the hands, they handed it to each passenger and even Alexia…the passengers wore them as fast as they could but Alexia stared at hers with a blank face…her surrounding was chaotic, passengers were pushing each other and trampling on one another ,Alexia watched the scenes unfold and breathed heavily into the oxygen mask, the hostess ran towards her and said with a worried face
"hurry up wear it…the plane has been malfunctioned…" she screamed with worry as if she really wished for her to leave
"you….go" she uttered these word with great difficulty
"I can't…." her tone was filled with sorrow but her face was smiling now,Alexia knew that the plane couldn't handle parachutes for all the passengers let alone the staff, the parachutes given to them were because they belonged to influential families and would get into trouble if there family is hurt
Alexia got up while using the lady as a support she picked up the parachute bag and took a few steps towards the exit the hostess supported her the others had already jumped and this was the last chance to survive, the strong wind made Alexia weaker and weaker she knew even if she jumps she won't so she looked at the hostess and smiled she handed her the parachute
"go…now you can…live" Alexia weakened her grasp on her and pushed her
"NO ..i can't do this to you…"
"you did nothing…I am already about…to die…just live your life well...…GO!!"that was the last sentence she spoke before her body lost its energy and she collapsed on the floor
Alexia heard screams and wails of some passengers and her body felt the heat of the fire which had started inside the plane...…