A WW2 Pilot and Co-Pilot are testing out an experimental plane over enemy territory and have just dropped emergency supplies for a group of lost commandos. Suddenly, an enemy plane appears and shoots their engine, missing both people and leaves them behind as they slowly fall from the sky. They eject and scuttle the plane, soon to realize that their 'Single, Shared Parachute' is a device that will bloat one of them them enough to slowly float back down to earth, while the other rides them.
The engine sputtered, billowing black smoke across the sky as it began to plummet towards the earth. “Mayu! Get the parachute ready! I’ll buy us every second we can!” Willow shouted through her mask, trying to tug the plane to descend ever slightly slower.
Mayu had released her belt, and was pulling out the package, Single Shared, Parachute. “Just a moment Willow! Prepping!” Opening it, she found not a backpack, not a series of wings or strings or straps… but a pill bottle with a single large pill in it. “… The Hell?”
“Mayu! Mayu what is it? We need to get out of here now!”
Willow was preparing to eject them, they didn’t have any time. It was a pill… it was in the Parachute slot… it was a leap of faith or nothing. She popped open the canister and popped it into her mouth. “With any luck, this is just a poison pill and I’ll die before I hit the ground.” And with a shock, she swallowed it when they both went rocking into the air.
Their plane continued to burst into flames, crashing down to the earth below. Willow reached a powerful arm out, and grasped Mayu pulling her close. “Where’s the parachute!? Mayu!?”
Catching her breath, Mayu shouted, the best she could. “There is no parachute!”
“There wasn’t any! It’s been an honour Willow!”
Willow’s mind raced… this couldn’t be it. They didn’t come this far just to be shot down and splatter on the ground. There’s no way- there’s no-
They both were startled by a sudden, whooshing sound coming from inside Mayu. Mayu jerked to a stop in her descent, and Willow almost went plummeting to the ground, had she not grasped onto Mayu’s legs tightly. She stared dumbfounded at her companion… as she began to rapidly blow up, burgeoning outwards with an immense amount of gas.
Scraps of fabric and belts rained down, as Mayu burst free from her uniform, becoming a massive sphere gently blowing in the breeze. Willow just barely hanging onto Mayu’s foot, as her leg was absorbed into the great balloon she had become.
They both just floated there in silence… dumbfounded.
“Th-They replaced our parachutes…. with that!?” Willow shouted in confusion, as they drifted across the skies.
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