Anyone who has had the experience of traveling a long distance in a single vehicle with their family would most certainly sympathise with our current situation. Anyone who has traveled a long distance with a small group of loosely-associated acquaintances with varying degrees of tolerance or affection for each other in very tight quarters, under a motivation of great duress would know exactly how things were inside that Bombardier BD-700 jet.
( Musings at 35,000 feet )
The hours sped by until the Bombardier touched the blazing hot tarmac of McCarran International Airport's corporate runway with a screech of tires and the rumble of the jet barrelling down the strip of pavement. We taxied into a hangar that was a near twin of the one we'd left behind in England, and exited the jet only to pile into a trio of hired SUVs, our destination the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
Giles, I thought silently, I hope you're still alive, because you're going to miss a hell of a fight. And Cain, you bastard, as they say in this city... it's time to cash in your chips.
( Musings at 35,000 feet )
The hours sped by until the Bombardier touched the blazing hot tarmac of McCarran International Airport's corporate runway with a screech of tires and the rumble of the jet barrelling down the strip of pavement. We taxied into a hangar that was a near twin of the one we'd left behind in England, and exited the jet only to pile into a trio of hired SUVs, our destination the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
Giles, I thought silently, I hope you're still alive, because you're going to miss a hell of a fight. And Cain, you bastard, as they say in this city... it's time to cash in your chips.