Aya
Aya
You’ve reached Diamond Airlines Service Center. This is Aya.
Aya
Aya
May I have your flight and seat number please?
Chrissy
Chrissy
Flight DA104. Seat 35A.
Aya
Aya
Is this Chrissy Farrow?
Chrissy
Chrissy
Yes.
Aya
Aya
I hope you are enjoying your flight. What can I do for you today?
Chrissy
Chrissy
This is an emergency.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I tried to call 911.
Chrissy
Chrissy
And I tried the FBI.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Nothing’s working.
Chrissy
Chrissy
So I found the customer service chat link in one of the magazines.
Chrissy
Chrissy
You’re the first person I’ve been able to get hold of.
Aya
Aya
I see.
Aya
Aya
And what is the emergency?
Chrissy
Chrissy
I woke up a few minutes ago and everyone was dead.
Chrissy
Chrissy
And I just texted some woman from a guy’s phone.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I think she’s involved with whatever’s happening.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Her name is Sabrina — at least, that’s what was on the screen.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Her husband is sitting in 22D.
Aya
Aya
I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble, Chrissy.
Aya
Aya
If I understand the situation correctly, everyone is sleeping, and you found a woman’s phone?
Aya
Aya
Have you asked one of the flight attendants for assistance?
Chrissy
Chrissy
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE ALL DEAD!
Aya
Aya
I see. I see.
Aya
Aya
Well, Chrissy, here’s what I’m going to do for you.
Aya
Aya
I’m going to send you a file that should help with the trouble you’re having this evening.
Aya
Aya
Please let me know once you’ve received it.
Chrissy receives a time-stamped photo from the airline that shows Chrissy in bed at home two weeks earlier.
Aya
Aya
Chrissy
Chrissy
What is this?? Where did you get this photo??
Chrissy
Chrissy
Is this some sort of sick game?
Chrissy
Chrissy
WHO ARE YOU??
Aya
Aya
The real question, Chrissy, is who are YOU?
Aya
Aya
Are you still the girl who hates being alone because you were studying by yourself the day your parents died?
Aya
Aya
Do you still hate insects because some kids threw you on a fire-ant hill on your tenth birthday?
Aya
Aya
For your sake, I hope not.
Aya
Aya
Because those things are nothing compared to what’s about to happen to you now.
Aya
Aya
Now, is there anything else I can help you with today?
Chrissy
Chrissy
Why are you doing this??
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Chrissy
Chrissy
John? John, are you there??
John
John
I’m here, Chrissy.
John
John
Father’s also here.
John
John
We were just on the phone with the airline.
John
John
They’re saying that nothing out of the ordinary is going on with your flight.
Chrissy forwards the time-stamped photo to John.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I contacted the airline service center, and this is what they sent me.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Look at the date. That was two weeks ago, right after I booked my flight.
John
John
Wow. That’s messed up.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Who are they and how did they get in my apartment?
John
John
I wish I knew, sis.
John
John
Father and I are working on it.
Chrissy’s phone dings with a text from her father.
Father
Father
Hi, Dear.
Father
Father
We’re going to figure this out, okay?
Father
Father
I promise.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I’m so scared.
Chrissy
Chrissy
It’s too quiet.
Chrissy
Chrissy
The only sound is the engines.
Chrissy
Chrissy
And some noise like a hissing cat below.
Chrissy
Chrissy
In the cargo hold.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Who could be doing this?
Chrissy
Chrissy
And why??
Father
Father
I already have a couple of ideas.
Father
Father
I know you don’t want to hear this, but…
Chrissy
Chrissy
But what??
Father
Father
You know what I’ve always said about the government.
Father
Father
They’re capable of anything.
Father
Father
They flew those planes into the Twin Towers to start a war.
Father
Father
So God only knows what their endgame is with this one.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Please, Father.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I need help here.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Let’s focus on the present.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Not what the government did or didn’t do many years ago.
Father
Father
Okay, dear.
Father
Father
Tell me what you see.
Father
Father
Any detail might help.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Right now? I’m staring at a woman.
Chrissy
Chrissy
She’s sitting in the middle row.
Chrissy
Chrissy
She’s holding a doll.
Chrissy
Chrissy
It looks just like one my biological father gave me for my sixth birthday.
Chrissy
Chrissy
One that used to creep me out by singing "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" at random times.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Except the one in the woman’s lap has burned-out eyes.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Oh God!
Chrissy
Chrissy
God!
Father
Father
What happened?
Father
Father
Chrissy??
Chrissy
Chrissy
The doll…
Chrissy
Chrissy
It just spoke.
Father
Father
I don’t understand.
Chrissy
Chrissy
A voice came from its mouth.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Not a song, though.
Chrissy
Chrissy
It’s saying, “Hi Chrissy! Do you want to play?”
Chrissy
Chrissy
It keeps repeating it.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Over and over.
Chrissy
Chrissy
How…
Chrissy
Chrissy
How does it know my name??
Father
Father
I don’t know.
Father
Father
But try to stay calm no matter what you see.
Father
Father
We’ll figure this out.
Father
Father
In fact, your brother has some news.
Father
Father
He just got off the phone with the FBI.
A text comes in from John.
John
John
Hi sis.
John
John
I don’t know how to tell you this, but…
Chrissy
Chrissy
But what?
Chrissy
Chrissy
What, John??
John
John
I spoke to an FBI agent.
John
John
The agent personally contacted the plane.
John
John
The captain and flight crew insisted that nothing out of the ordinary is happening.
John
John
The airlines said the same thing.
John
John
So either Father’s right and the government is in on this, or…
Chrissy
Chrissy
Or what?
Chrissy
Chrissy
Or what, John??
John
John
You need to be open to the idea that you might be imagining all of this.
John
John
How long has it been since you were on an airplane?
John
John
Fifteen years?
Chrissy
Chrissy
More like twenty.
John
John
Yes, and you survived a terrible accident that day, and everyone else died.
John
John
The mind can do crazy things in stressful situations. Believe me, I know.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I understand what you’re saying. And I’d even be willing to consider the possibility.
Chrissy
Chrissy
But I just took a picture of what I’m looking at.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Chrissy
Chrissy
Does that look like my imagination?
Chrissy
Chrissy
John?
John
John
It looks like a normal flight to me.
Chrissy
Chrissy
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??
John
John
The picture you just sent — it shows a normal airline cabin with people talking.
John
John
There’s a little girl a few rows up who’s playing with a Beanie Baby.
John
John
A flight attendant is standing next to the lavatory door, staring right at you.
John
John
There’s an old man and woman eating peanuts in the next row over.
John
John
I think you should head back to your seat and try to relax.
Chrissy
Chrissy
This really can’t be happening. Even if…
Chrissy
Chrissy
Even if I’m somehow imagining dead people.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I’m staring at the picture I just sent you right now.
Chrissy
Chrissy
Yes, there’s a little girl a few rows up.
Chrissy
Chrissy
And yes, she WAS playing with a Beanie Baby.
Chrissy
Chrissy
But now she’s as stiff as a board.
Chrissy
Chrissy
And the Beanie Baby is rolling down the aisle with blood on its ear.
Chrissy
Chrissy
I’m going to take another picture.
John
John
Hold on a second, sis.
John
John
Father just told me to turn on the news.
John
John
My God.
Chrissy
Chrissy
What?
Chrissy
Chrissy
What’s happening, John?
Chrissy
Chrissy
John??
John
John
Your friend who’s supposed to pick you when you land in Paris…
John
John
Her name is Angelique Paradis, right?
Chrissy
Chrissy
Yes. Why??
John
John
Because she’s dead.
John
John
There’s been an explosion at Charles de Gaulle.
John
John
And they keep showing her picture.
John
John
The shrapnel from the bomb tore her body in half.
Aya
Aya