Athena helped a few staff members to their seats, strapping them in quickly before heading back to her own. As she passed staff and team members she had worked with for months, she couldn't help but wonder how many of them would still be alive in just a few seconds.<br/><br/>She shoved a staff member, a brunette woman named Susan, into a seat beside Oscar. Susan buckled herself in hurriedly and tucked her head low, like Oscar was doing. As the plane shuddered she gripped his leg suddenly, holding onto him for the remainder of the flight.<br/><br/>Anyone looking outside would notice the earth approaching at an alarming rate. The jet was moving very fast, and there was nothing below but greenery and hills.<br/><br/>Major Welles glanced out the window, and when he turned back his expression was not encouraging.<br/><br/>"Jane!" he yelled, getting Dr. Wilson's attention. "You gotta change! Janet can take the hit!"<br/><br/>Dr. Jane Wilson stared at the major, her eyes like those of a trapped animal. She hesitated, then lowered her head.<br/><br/>When she looked back up, it was Janet filling Dr. Wilson's clothes. She looked around herself with a curious expression.<br/><br/>"What are you crazy kids up to now?" she asked, then began to notice the strained expressions. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say ..." then the plane hit.<br/><br/>The next few moments were raw chaos as the hurtling aircraft plunged through the jungle canopy and tore its way through the vegetation. People screamed as the plane thundered its way forward, the metal howling as the wings were torn off by trees.<br/><br/>The aircraft struck ground and skipped like a stone on a lake surface, bouncing through the jungle, ricocheting as it went. The turmoil came to a sudden and bone-crushing stop as the plane finally ran into something that didn't want to give. The tail section rose up on impact, then slammed back onto the ground. The plane had stopped.<br/><br/>The interior was now silent. Of the six staff members, two had come free of their seatbelts while a third's entire seat had come loose of the deck. None of them were moving. Major Welles lay slumped in his chair.<br/><br/>Athena had been returning to her seat when the plane hit, and she had almost gotten her belt on when the impact catapulted her forward. She had crashed through a utility compartment and now lay in a pile of debris and office supplies. She was hurting, but that wouldn't last long.<br/><br/>Oscar had remained in his seat and, aside from his gut feeling as though it had taken a monster wallop, he was otherwise fine.<br/><br/>JD had come free from his belt, the strap snapping. The jostling had sent him into the aisle, where it felt like he had collided with just about everything there was to collide with. He lay on the floor, groaning, but it didn't feel like anything was broken.<br/><br/>Janet was still in her seat, a blank expression on her face which turned into a sudden smile. "WoooHOO! Let's do it again!" she yelled.<br/><br/>The interior lights were out, the plane's power gone, though sunlight streamed through the windows. A tree limb poked in through a crack in the ceiling and outside birds could be heard cawing, disturbed by the plane's violent entrance.