It was another boring flight, nothing remotely special stood out to Austin. He had flown on hundreds of airplanes due to his business travels. In the beginning, he was fascinated with the experience of moving through the sky at ridiculously fast speeds, but now, all it seemed to be was a chore. He viewed it as nothing more than moving from point A to point B, the time in between spent reading or watching movies on a tiny screen provided by the airline.

It was a dull experience, the spaces were so cramped that he found it difficult to even sleep. The short flights were often okay, but the longer ones, stretching over eight hours due to international travel, was something he always disliked greatly. In his honest opinion, what was once the best part of his job, was now the worst.

Austin sat in his chair, uncomfortable, staring out the window. He had been fortunate enough to avoid getting a middle seat. Being squished between two strangers was always awkward. He looked at his watch, hoping that more time had passed than he expected. He groaned, there was still six hours to go. Austin continued to peak out the window, light shining in. He had to admit, the clouds were quite pretty.

However, he had begun to notice an object flying in the distance, gradually getting closer. He couldn’t make it out, but the dot in the distance was rapidly growing. Before he had time to squint his eyes and get a better view, the unknown object collided with the plane. Time slowed as Austin’s mind attempted to comprehend what was happening.

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The lights flickered, and, in an odd slow motion, he saw cracks form around the wall that surrounded his window. All of it shattered, the glass, the metal, everything, in one fraction of a second. It all fell apart, leaving a gaping hole to the outside world, right where Austin was sitting. He hadn’t bothered strapping the seat belt around him, he thought it useless, though his circumstances begged to differ.

In an instant, he was sucked out of the plane as the atmosphere violently entered the plane. His mind was still in shock, time was still slow. As he looked up at the sky, he saw the plane in view, it becoming smaller and smaller as each second passed. The wind around him flooded his senses, it was as if he was in a jet tunnel. Even through this freak accident, Austin felt no fear, he didn’t even truly realize what was happening.

“I wonder how much time has passed,” he thought. He raised his watch to his face, “Hm, still got a long way to go,” he muttered, unable to even hear his own words. As he continued to think about his business arrangement scheduled for tomorrow, he stared up at the sky, falling to his death, still focused on the tedious plane ride that he must endure.