Sinister: Burn, baby, burn

[Lucy Alder]

The plane taxied along the runway under the vast Colorado sky.  When the
pilot announced the result of the football match (British Airways was only
interested in the England game, I still don't know how Scotland fared), we
cheered loudly.  The middle aged couple between me and the aisle were in
no hurry, so I looked through the window at the approaching army of vans
and trucks looking to finish their turnaround duties quickly.  Eventually,
a gap in the queue.  I stood up and reached into the overhead locker.

Suddenly, from the woman in front, "oh my God, something's on fire!"  I
looked.  No flame, only thick, acrid smoke.  We didn't hurry, we just
watched, as if the window was a television screen, but then the
stewardesses started shepherding us with fraught voices.  Now, we moved
quickly.  An elderly lady couldn't keep up, began to whimper, began to
cry, high pitched, panicky.  Half way up the walkway to the terminal
building was a window. This time I saw flames, thirty feet high.  I didn't
stick around.  Long queues for immigration, and gossip.
"I took a few photos, not sure how they'll come out"
"There was a guy rolling around in the flames, he looked like a stunt man"
Our luggage wasn't coming.  I took my handbag and duty free to the hotel,
laid into the minibar and fell naked into bed.

Awaking too early from fitful sleep, I switch on CNN and there we are. 
The stunt man is in intensive care, 90% of his body burnt to the third
degree.  Walmart, for some clean clothes, then the office.
"You were on that plane?  I saw it on TV - that's so cool!"

Looking forward to being Mandee's first Sinisterine tomorrow.  Might need
a drink or two.

Juicy Lucy

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