"The Aircraft of Horror-1976"

"The Aircraft of Horror-1976"

I assumed it was simply another ordinary flight. As we stepped onto Flight 224 from New York to Los Angeles, the early morning sun had just begun to rise. The usual hum of people whispering to one another, clicking seat belts, and the low whirr of the engines filled the air as the cabin was packed. I tried to get over the fatigue from my overnight shift by settling into my chair, the familiar smooth fabric beneath me.

After the flight attendants completed the standard safety procedures, the jet quickly lifted off the ground and we left the city behind. The world outside the window was a cover of clouds for a while. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, but something did not feel right. It was hard to breathe because the air in the cabin felt thicker than usual—a weird, somewhat oppressive weight.

The first whisper then arrived.

When I first heard it, it was faint, almost like the gentle rustle of pages, and I had been slipping in and out of sleep. I brushed it off, supposing it was a trick of my weary brain. However, the whispers became more definite, louder, and coming from diverse directions as the minutes went by. I straightened up and looked around the aisle for any indication of trouble.

It was not just me who heard it. The other passengers appeared equally perplexed, whispering to each other, their features marked with worry. The plane itself moaned in a way that did not sound natural, as though it were communicating. At first, the murmurs were only indistinct, faint sounds, but eventually, they developed into something more.

I turned to look at the flight attendants, who were walking down the aisle with an odd, robotic accuracy. Their eyes were far away, nearly empty, and their features were pallid. Their facial expressions made me shiver for some reason. I looked at one of them, a dark-haired woman in her late forties, and her eyes briefly appeared to flash with recognition. She blinked, though, and the moment was gone.

The murmurs became low, agonized, primordial moans. The whole cabin shook like though the plane had fallen into something darker, something otherworldly, instead of being in the sky. The passengers' features had unpredictable shadows from the flickering lights overhead. Others went silent, their eyes wide with fear, while others screamed. The whispers became louder and could now be heard all across the cabin, making my heart race and my palms clammy with perspiration.

"Help…" From someplace behind me, I heard a voice, clear but faint.

I spun around fast, but there was nobody. As I peered down the dark aisle, a chill came over me and my breath caught.

"Help me." The voice returned, considerably closer this time.

Half expecting to see a ghostly figure standing behind me, I turned and found a man seated two rows back, an old man with graying hair. He appeared pale, as though he had witnessed something that no human being should see. His eyes were wide with fear and his lips quivered.

His voice trembled with anxiety as he muttered, "They are here." "They have always been here."

A number of passengers fell into the aisles when the jet jolted dramatically. Fighting the panic that was building in my chest, I grasped the armrest. They were no longer human, but the shouts became louder. A disorganized, deafening clamor filled the cabin as the voices grew louder and more disembodied.

"We are not alone," the elderly guy said in a whisper while gazing up at the ceiling. "They are on their way."

I noticed something I had never seen before when I looked up: a thick, dark mist swirling in the overhead compartments from the air vents. It was something else, not smoke. Twisted things writhed in the edges of my vision as the shadows it threw appeared to move strangely.

The lights flickered one more time before going out entirely, and the plane shook once again, more violently this time. It was completely black in the cabin.

A faraway, guttural voice resounded from somewhere deep in the plane's innards.

"Are they visible to you?"

The air grew colder, colder than it should have been at this height. In an attempt to suppress the mounting feeling of fear, I tightened my jacket around me. The murmurs seemed to be coming from everywhere now, taunting, mocking, and my stomach was churning with sickness.

“Look… Once more, the voice murmured, "Look down."

Breath fogging up the glass, I pushed myself to look out the window. The wide, dark ocean stretched out below. Then, however, something moved. From the depths sprang a figure blacker than the sky itself, writhing and twisting like a living creature. It was enormous. Too big. I could see it plainly, but the plane banked hard to avoid it. Thousands of eyeballs, strewn across its enormous, fluctuating form, are something I will always remember.

Then everything came to a halt.

Everything stopped, including the screaming, the whispering, and the shaking. The passengers were immediately motionless, staring at each other in bewildered quiet as the air stabilized and the light flickered back on.

The flight attendants caught my attention. As if nothing had happened, they were walking down the aisle in their typical, robotic manner. After the old guy went, I could not help but wonder if it had all been a dream.

But I knew better in my heart. The aircraft was not merely gliding through the air. It was flying in a different direction, somewhere it should not be. And I was imprisoned within it.

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