By muthu786 on Skatehive
1: The Storm Captain Elias Vance gripped the yoke of his aging cargo plane, the Aurora, as turbulence rattled the fuselage. The storm had come out of nowhere—a monstrous wall of black clouds swallowing the night sky. Beside him, First Officer Lina Rodriguez scanned the radar, her knuckles white. "We can't go over it, and we can't go under," she shouted over the howling wind. "We have to turn back!" Elias shook his head. "We’re too far out. Our only chance is through." The Aurora was carrying vital medical supplies to a remote island nation struck by a deadly virus. If they didn’t deliver the cargo by dawn, hundreds would die. But the storm was worse than anything Elias had seen in his twenty years of flying. Lightning flashed, illuminating the swirling chaos outside. Then, disaster struck. A deafening crack echoed through the cockpit as a bolt of lightning struck the left engine. Alarms blared, and the plane lurched violently. "Engine one is out!" Lina yelled. "We’re losing altitude!"