AN: ... Another side project. Also, I wanted to use the tables...:P. Let's make it the last one or I won't be able to advance with the other stories... And I'll have even less time to enjoy novels/mangas/animes/games...
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Erwin Russel was a young man hastly returning home after cutting his holidays in Spain short. He had hesitated a lot before finally deciding to move. He was quietly staring at the sky, on his seat next to the window, completely ignoring the noise made by the engines of the A350. The crimson red sky. It wasn't like that before. The sky used to be blue, but it started to change several days ago. And it wasn't the only thing.
On the 21rd of July, year 2015, red spots started to appear in the sky all over the world. The scientists couldn't detect anything. All they could tell was that at some place the sky started to look red instead of the usual blue, even though there was no change in the composition of the atmosphere at those places. Within 4 days, it grew to cover the whole sky.
On the third day since the appearance of the red spots, thunderstorms started to appear as well. And by thunderstorm, it mean lightning and thunderstrikes appearing in the air over a wide area and moving along the wind, even with the total lack of clouds. It was as if there were invisible storms clouds with invisible and intangible rain, and the only thing detectable were the electrical and plasma discharges.
Sometimes, people would claim to see blue lines briefly appearing in their field of view. The number of people experiencing it grew at an alarming rate within 2 days, and nobody could deny it anymore. As if it wasn't enough, earthquake were becoming a daily occurrence all around the world. They were small ones, harmless, but it made the anxiety of people rise, especially in places like Japan and the west coast of the american continent.
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Erwin lived in Toulouse, France, with a friend of his parents after they died in an accident a few years ago. He had just finished highschool and went to spend a month with one of his spanish friends for summer. When the strange even started, he refused to move, scared that something would happen on the way, and after a week, decided to act. On the 28th he choose the fastest mean of transportation, airplane, to rush back to his gardian place.
The plane had barely finished crossing the Pyrenees when a deafening cracking sound was heard, followed by a weird schockwave. The passenger of the plane started to panic, thinking that the plane was breaking appart. Little did they know that this peculiar phenomenon struck the whole world at the same time.
Erwin looked just surprised on the outside, but inside he was panicking like mad. His gardian was an engineer working for Airbus, a man who loved planes. And Erwin started to love planes as well under his influence. Because of that, he had also started to watch the aircrash investigation documentaries on National Geographic channel. His mind went through all the scenarios of accidents he had seen, preparing for the worst.
The plane was shuddering a lot, the metal was creaking as numerous schockwaves continued to assault the it and the people within. Erwin's heart was beating loudly in his chest, his pupils were dilated by the intense fear gripping him. Another jerking motion pushed his head toward the window and his mind was captivated by the sight outside.
There were black stripes in the sky, a deep black that seemed to absorb any light. There were lightning strike, but no thunder sound reached them. Then the stripes created ripples in the air. That's when Erwin realised that the problem didn't come from the plane, but from outside. He was seated a little behind the wings, and looking at the one on his side he didn't see anything wrong with it.
Since the plane was still fine, it would be possible for the pilots to make an emergency landing that wouldn't kill everyone. And then the power went down, and seconds later the engines stopped.
'… Holy shit, no power means no hydrolics... '
And the plane started to go down. Erwin, like most of the people in the plane, started to scream and cry. Shortly after, the notification appeared in the view of all the people in the world.
WARNING
Cataclysmic event: World fusion occuring.
The consequences will be dramatic.
Be wary of possible lethal situations occuring around you.
“... What the fuck??”
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For a moment, Erwin and a minority of people in the plane forgot their fear as they read the notification. The othrs were just to busy crying, panicking or even praying.
'World fusion? You mean that all those strange phenomenons were precursors of a merging of our world with another? What the heck is going on? And what's up with the fucking panel?'
The lights flickered and Erwin was reminded of the situation. The plane was diving with its engines down, and the sky was cracking like glass. The people around him were screaming while the sound of the plane cutting the air in its descent could be heard clearly. But Erwin was no longer as worried as before. If the lights flickered, it means that electric power was available again, and that there was a chance to start the engines again. So, this non-believer started to pray.
And they did a few minutes later. The noise of the engines roaring back to life was like the whispering of an angel to Erwin's ears. Alas, they had already lost too much altitude, and the engines and the plane had been damaged. They could no longer stay in flight.
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“Ladies and gentlmen, I require your unwavering attention please... As you have noticed, we are in the middle of an emergency, and we can't reach the nearest airport. We will do our best to land the plane with as little damage as possible. Follow the instructions of the cabine crew, and may god be with you.”
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Erwin's heart sank after hearing that. The flight attendant used the microphone to give the instructions, and people braced for impact. Erwin put his backpack under his seat and looked at the window one last time, and saw trees getting closer and closer. He saw the first tree snap at the passage of the wing, closed his eyes and waited.
After several tremors and breaking noise, there was a strong and loud impact, and the plane rolled over while breaking in half with the deafening sound of metal tearing appart. The row of seats in front of Erwin disapeared while spraying metal and bodies pieces around, and a big fireball nearly burned him alive. He was saved by the movement of the rear part of the plane, turning the teared section away from the front of the plane. It still burned his arms and part of his face though. The plane had crashed near a steep slop.
After a feww more seconds, the rear part of the plane went to a complete stop. Erwin was dazzed, but still alive. Slowly, the cry of other people and the pain of his burnt arms awoke him.With groans of pain, he checked his body, and was releived to see that noone of his bones were broken, and he could still use his arms. He detached his belt and left the plane. He fell to the ground, and noticed he had stumbled upon his backpack. He smiled and put it back on.
Then he registered the whole sight of the crash. Near him was the rear part of the plane, it had been cut in half just in front of him. Further, the front of the plane was burning hard, especially around the wings. The last part near the cockpit was still relatively well, and some people were slowly living through the front emergency exit. Seeing them, he remebered he wasn't alone, and went to help the other wounded people still in the rear. He didn't want to go near the burning half.
Though he avoided death, other were not as lucky at the rear of the plane. Some got killed by luggages and fragments impacts on the head, and a kid who was traveling with his parents got his neck broken by the violent motions of the plane. There were a few with a broken arm or leg. The survivors gathered under the direction of 3 flight attendants and the copilote. The other members of the crew died. Out of around 300 passengers, there were only 70 survivors.
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The copilote started to explain the circumstances, that due to another strange phenomenon, the plane was damaged. He also mentioned the strange notification he saw while he and the captain were trying to regain control of the plane. People tried to protest, but when a third of the survivor confirmed the words of the copilote about the notification, they could no longer deny it. When someone pointed out the previous apparition of blue lines, and the other things that happened the last several days, people were forced to accept it.
“Then, when do you think the rescue will come?” asked a young, frightnened woman with her son near her.
The copilote hesitated but Erwin answered.
“There won't be any rescue.”
“What?”
“The notification said that our world was merging with another. It means that our world will no longer be the same. The geography will change, some places will disappear while other will appear. Some cities won't be supplied with electricity anymore. There will be too much chaos for the authorities to spare assets to look for planes crash survivors. More importantly, there is also the problem of the living beings from the other world we are merging with.
They could have appeared anywhere, in the wilderness, or in the middle of a city. In that case, it would create even more chaos if they were hostile or dangerous. Each year in our world, people died from predators attacks on land or on water. It's something you forgot because you lived comfortably in towns. And now, we are in the wilderness and will have to deal with possible unknown predators here.
We don't know if the nearest town is still at the same place, we might as well be moving toward an even more dangerous place. There are plane fragments everywhere, I suggest you to use them and make yourselves a makeshift weapon, and find something to hide the scent of blood from your wounds. Good luck!”
'Yup! People who deny the reality or the worst case scenarios are the first to be fucked by reality!! Like the stupid woman in high school of the dead or the arrogant guys in some disaster movies. I don't want to be fucked!!! Like Michael Liberty said, when imagination clash against reality, reality is rarely the one to back down!'
As he said that, he walked at a brisk pace toward the carcass of the airbus, while the other were still pondering about what he had said. He had said his part and had no intention to wait for them to agree or not. Even if they didn't, he had no obligation to stay with them. The survivors couldn't readily accept what he had said and were still talking among themselves, most uncomfortables with the term 'weapon'. But soon, other started to leave the group to follow Erwin's actions. They though that with everything that occurred within a week, it wouldn't be strange if the situation got worse.
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AN: You know Blackthrone, Change: New World, This game we call life and the like? I jumped on this train called “world turning gamey and creating lots of problems” :P.