Into Thin Air: A Short Story Of Jeft

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The constant whir of the plane engines kept Jeft awake, he looked out the window of his plane and saw the sprawling white mass that is Antarctica. Out of the blue, the plane started to slow down, the whir of the engines started to wilt and melt away leaving only the sound of a flashing red light, that was the engine light and then Jeft heard a detonation, Jeft looked out his left window to see a barrage of sparks and flares enraging and engulfing the engine which left the engine up in a blaze of flames and smoke. Jeft lost control of the plane, Jeft was speechless and could only slither out a whisper of noise "Prepare for impact..." Jeft could feel the plane dropping out of the sky and then everything went black.

Jeft awoke to a
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Jeft also knew that if he was gonna survive he was going to need shelter and a fire. Jeft tried using one of the flares but it was too cold for and sparks or even a full fledged fire. So Jeft tried building a shelter, he tried to make the poncho into a tent like shape, but it fell quickly. Jeft's odds of making it out alive quickly and steadily diminished. With his will diminished, he went with a snow fort idea, it worked for keeping the wind out but he was still very cold. Jeft was able to get some shut eyes but the constant shivers complicated …show more content…
A monstrous blizzard rolling in like a tidal wave from the east, Jeft was gonna have to execute his plan quick otherwise he would be stranded in the middle of the blizzard with no shelter or fire. Jeft started to army crawl he took each movement with extreme precision and caution for fear that he would not make it. The gusts of Arctic wind started to occur more often and get stronger each time which helped but also hurt him. Left side, right side, left side, right side, with extreme caution Jeft reached the plane and quietly as he could, clenched the green medicine kit in his shivering hand. Then something occurred that caused Jeft to stop dead in his tracks, he heard the sniff sniff of a massive polar bear standing right over him. He made the deadly decision to get up and run. Fueled by adrenaline, Jeft sprinted through the snow, fearing for his life he ran faster faster and faster yet still he could hear the polar bear gaining on him. Jeft was at top speed but still, the polar bear gained on him. The "war cry" of the polar bear echoed in his head multiple times then he felt a sharp pain in his left leg, he couldn't run anymore his left leg gave out on him and he fell face deep into the snow. Jeft rolled over to the right just in time to dodge the polar bear's paw. He shot his fist into the air like a rocket and made contact with the polar bear's nose. The bear backed off and held it' snide with