14000 feet.
Two bandits, Lone Defender
Bandits spot me, ………
Split…
Follow lower bandit….
Closing for kill, keeping contact with other……………….,
Glance……
FIRE light???!!
Shut down engine, press FIRE button…
Glide towards base….
Smoke reported…..
Aircraft out of control…..
Eject…..
Wait.…………………………………………endlessly……..
Blackout…..
Regained consciousness…….
Blue sky, orange parachute, 12000 feet to go?!!!!!!…….
Overwhelmed……
Silent prayers.
Photographs are representative and courtesy Google Image search. Pray no body has any objection to their use in this post.
With Inspiration from the 55er done by Ordinary Guy and Usha Pisharody. Enjoyed doing this....
A literary work will be considered 55 Fiction if it has:
• Fifty-five words or less (A non-negotiable rule)
• A setting,
• One or more characters,
• Some conflict, and
• A resolution. (Not limited to moral of the story)
Comments
no words..... :)
Yes "Silent prayers" indeed... :)
it must have been a frightening experience I guess....
I loved the story...
Glad that you said it was a 55 er only at the end!
Brilliant work! And I am so so glad you tried your hand at it too!
More, please?
The cockpit is the most secure place in the world, when you are flying.... everything outside is frightening - below freezing temperatures, lack of oxygen, lower pressure, etc..
However, as soon, the aircraft is on fire....you try to put the fire out and bring her down; you still feel safe inside the cocoon, BUT once the fire stays on, and you have nothing to comabat the fire with, and the aircraft goes out of control, ejecting is the least frightening....relatively. Time to get out, is all that comes to mind in that split second. There is no time to feel frightened though, at that juncture.
Usha: Thank you. I had to use your original style...first rough draft on paper, edit, slash, edit, slash and with able help from Poonam managed to make it to exact 55 words.....
Reminds me of a joke. A politician was once asked to give a talk for 2 minutes and he asked for 2 months preparation time. On enquiry about a 5 minute talk, he asked for 1 month; and so on. When enquired for a talk for 2 hours he replied... when can I start? (^_^)
awesome:)
I cannot even begin to imagine what it must have felt like...
each day the 55ers are raising the bar :))
Solilo's Usha's Smitha's Ajit's:))and now yours:)
LOL@your joke:D
Do keep at it. And by the way, that original style that you spoke of, is the way I wrote mine too... wrote, slashed, added, slashed.. :)
Usha: Thank you for giving me this new "Haiku" thing. I went and read about it on the internet. I did not know that this 55er was connected with something. Anyway, every day is a new learning day.
The use of pictures - absolutely amazing!
IHM: Thank you. I was going to write about this ejection in detail and then was motivated by OG and Usha Pisharody's 55ers to try my hand at it......edit, re-edit, and so on to make it to 55 words exact. And this is not fiction.
Sindhu: Thank you for visiting and for your comment. The pictures were courtesy google image search.