ELARA: FATED TO LOVE

2. Departure

Elara was ready with the stuff she packed.

Tomorrow, precisely early in the morning Elara had to leave her residence. He was really moved out of town, precisely to Hamburg which is quite far from the city of Berlin.

The journey takes about 3 hours 8 minutes if using ground transportation, while using the flight takes approximately one hour, or depending on the flight he later chose.

Elara chose air transportation to shorten the time of her departure and happened to have the ticket she was already in.

"Hi, Ela?"

"Yes, what's up, Kyle?" Elara received a cell phone call from Kyle that night.

"You're leaving tomorrow?"

"Hmm, I got the ticket."

"Why don't you just resign from that university, you could be an assistant lecturer somewhere else but still in Berlin." It sounds like Kyle gave Elara some advice.

Elara smiled wistfully at her position even though she knew Kyle could not see it.

"Should I tell you that I have no choice but this?" elara said with a small laugh.

"What's up, El? Why did you get transferred? I've asked you a few times but you don't want to tell me what the problem is. Maybe we can still talk to the rector of the college so you don't get transferred to Hamburg?"

"Alright, Kyle. I am also ready for this offer. Hamburg is still in Germany. What are you worried about?"

"I'm afraid you're forgetting me here."

Elara laughed again. "We can still meet, every once in a while. This offer is better than having to go back to my parents' house in Indonesia. What say?"

There, Kyle clucked a glance. "Well, Hamburg is better than you have to go back to Indonesia. You're right, at least it's still in the area I can go to rather than your home country which I thought would take longer if I only intended to visit you" he said.

"Alright, Kyle. I hung up. See you ..."

"See you, I'll take you to the airport tomorrow."

"Thank, Kyle."

...***...

Kyle kept his promise, he drove Elara to the Airport and let go of the girl with a heavy heart.

Elara is not only a friend to Kyle, but Elara is also considered a child by her mother. Elara has her own place in her heart, so Kyle prefers to be single until he can see there is someone who can be trusted and can protect Elara.

"Be careful, I wish you had a good friend there." Kyle let Elara go with a heavy heart.

Elara smiled knot. "Yes, I will get it, but there will be no one as good and as you are" he said frankly.

"You're being too honest, Elara."

"You're too good to me, Kyle."

They laughed together and finally Elara had to enter the departure area.

Elara waved from afar and Kyle replied with the same wave.

Elara began praying before her flight. This trip feels normal for Elara because she used to often go back and forth between Indonesia and Germany or vice versa. So, according to Elara her trip today from Berlin to Hamburg feels the same. Elara only felt sad that she had to leave Berlin, even though she had lived there long enough.

Elara was already sitting comfortably in her position, she heard a glimpse of a flight attendant who was running the task by providing important information about the facilities in the aircraft cabin, which was, as well as demonstrating the procedure for using flight safety equipment to all passengers on board.

After the tips were completed, Elara preferred to read magazines rather than listening to music with earphones - when the plane was taking off.

...***...

Kyle just took a sip of coffee from his cup. He had not long arrived at a cafe after delivering Elara to the airport this morning.

Kyle accidentally watched the latest news aired by the television that was not far from his seat. The news reported an incident of the downing of a plane from one of the Airlines. A newscaster also said the plane had not long departed from the city of Berlin for Hamburg a while ago.

From the news Kyle heard, the plane crashed in the wilderness and was smashed to pieces.

Suddenly, the coffee that had already entered his throat was very bitter. Kyle flinched, his body feeling frozen as he recalled something.

"Norris ..." Kyle mentioned his best friend Elara.

"No, it's impossible!" The man with a high posture was springing out of the cafe area after putting a sheet of money with the origin on the table to pay for his coffee.

"There's no way that's the plane Elara's on."

Kyle still did not believe the news he heard. He wanted to deny the facts about it just because Elara was on the plane that was being reported.

Kyle drives his car at full speed to check and find out the news of the accident. He knew that there were rarely any passengers who survived the plane crash and it made Kyle even more upset and frightened.

...***...

After confirming at the airline and matching the series number of aircraft carrying Elara, Kyle clearly knew if Elara was included in the list of victims of the plane crash.

Kyle wanted to not believe this, but the truth must have struck him.

"Mom?"

Kyle finds the mother who follows him to the service center where he is confirming the crash victim.

"Kyle, how?" ask Eve.

Kyle was drowned. "Could Elara have survived, Mom?" tanyanya while massaging the head.

"Patience, Son. We have to wait for certainty. We don't know Elara's fate. There are many possibilities."

"Yes. The SAR team is heading to the point where the plane is expected to crash" Kyle said languidly.

"We pray Elara is safe, Kyle. You can't be like this. Immediately notify Elara's family in Indonesia about this."

"Good, Mom."

...***...

The next day, a rain-water groan hit Elara's face, waking her in a helpless state.

Elara heard the sound of a helicopter propeller that seemed not far from her position. He wanted to scream, yet had no energy for it.

Elara recalled that last night the plane she was on had experienced problems that I don't know-Elara was listening to their conversation because she was busy wearing safety equipment amid the chaotic conditions in the cabin.

Elara tried to get up, but her body was hard to move. Elara looked at herself, many parts of her body were injured. The skin of his hands, shoulders and stomach appeared to be peeling due to the burns. His feet. Elara felt a sore face, it seemed that part of her face was also affected by the same wound.

With the remnants of her strength, Elara tried to sit, she looked up at the sky and there was only a drizzling roar that hit her, no more helicopters had time to go around there.

Elara looked around, she was indeed cornered near a fairly large tree and about 50 meters from her position, Elara can see the wreckage of the plane that was charred by fire but was a little wet because the rain water stubs still continue to drip.

Elara was very thirsty. To the point that he thought of nothing more than wanting to quench his thirst. Elara stuck out her tongue, sipping drops of rain that were not too heavy.

Feeling unsatisfied, Elara walked along in search of more water sources and may be able to complete her thirst.

Thank goodness Elara found a river. It looked heavy but did not dampen Elara's intention to reach for the water so that she could enjoy.

Elara intends to return to the main location of the plane crash after she managed to gulp water from this river. Maybe that way he can be found and helped by others immediately.

Although the situation is concerning with a shirt that is torn and wet with rain, but Elara remains grateful because she is still given a second chance to live in the world.

...Connect ......

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