A Finished Puzzle (Sequel to 'My Missing Piece')

Private Pilot

The captain had dropped us off at the nearest port, paying for our trip back home. "Now, are you four absolutely sure that you want to take a plane? We aren't rushing you," he asked of for the fifth time. "Of course Captain. We'd rather be home quickly than drive all that way," Callie answered, Nick nodding in agreement behind her. The captain handed them plane tickets he had printed just now. They got into their cab to go to the airport. "How about you boys? You've got a long flight," he said as he turned to us. "We'll be fine, sir," Gavin smiled. I nodded, "Thank you for all of this Cap'n." Captain Daren handed us our tickets and sent us off with a salute. We saluted back to him before heading off. We got into our cab, the driver already knowing where to take us. I had to squint my eyes to read the road signs. Gavin noticed and grabbed my hand, "It's been so long since we've been in a car, Micoo." "I can't read," I blurted out. "Huh?" "I can't read the signs, it's all weird," I shrugged and looked at Gavin. "Oh. Um. Well we'll be home soon, love," he smiled slightly at me. I nodded and smiled back. 

Sure enough, we were at the airport waiting for our flight. The crew on the ship had found us clean clothes before we left. Gavin was sitting across from me staring at the ceiling. I stretched my leg out, really wishing I had money for a snack. Our flight was called and I looked at Gavin, almost terrified to board it. He look at me with the same expression. I stood up as he did. We walked over to the gate and handed the lady our tickets. She smiled at us and handed our tickets back. We boarded the plane and were immediately stunned by the inside. It was a private jet. Why was a private jet taking us home?  The inside looked a lot like the planes in that video game, what was it, Grand Theft Auto. You could see the cockpit and the pilot just smiled back at us, "Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard." Gavin and I eyed each other as the pilot turned around. When we faced the actual seating area of the plane, a woman in a coast guard uniform stood up. She stuck her hand out towards us. I shook her hand first and was followed by Gavin shaking her hand. 

"I am Sabrina Cowen. On behalf of the entire United States Coast Guard I am here to formally apologize," she gave a soft smile. "Oh um- Thank you, Miss Cowen," Gavin gave a smile back. "Oh, you can call me Sabrina." I smiled at her. "Please, have a seat. I hope it's not too much to be bringing you on a plane again," Sabrina sat down as Gavin and I did. "Oh no, it's perfectly alright," Gavin answered for me. I felt disrespectful for not talking back to her, but for some reason I just couldn't get words out. She called over the only flight attendant on the plane, "How about a round for these two?" The flight attendant nodded and walked away again. "You two drink right?" Sabrina asked us. We both nodded. "Oh good! It'd be best to loosen up a bit, get your mind off everything," she added. "Do you mind telling us what we missed?" Gavin asked her, smiling at the flight attendant as she came by and gave all three of us a drink. "Oh, yes. You've missed a lot. Mr. Free, your family hasn't heard about the incident yet. It hasn't been on the news there. Mr. Jones, your family has been calling nonstop, you should call them on that phone next to you. As for your job, it's been stable," Sabrina explained in a monotone voice. 

I had called my family over the phone on the plane and talked to all of them. Gavin called our friends at the office for us. Geoff was going to pick us up from the airport back home. I couldn't talk the whole flight home and I was guessing it was out of fear. When we got off the plane and arrived at the airport, there was a sea of news reporters shouting at us. Sabrina helped lead us through, ignoring all the cameras and microphones being shoved into our faces. She got us safely out to a room in the back of the airport that was free of anyone. "You two stay here, alright? I'll go find Geoff," Sabrina nodded at us before walking back out into the crowd. "Can you believe how many people were out there?! It's a bloody mob," Gavin turned to me. I opened my mouth to speak, but the door was opened and muffled curse words were heard. I saw Geoff and Sabrina appear, shutting the door behind them. Geoff turned to us, tears immediately filled his eyes, "You boys scared me half to death!" He walked over to us and pulled in into an aggressively comforting hug. "I missed you Geoff," I managed to get out. Gavin's eyes widen, "Micoo! You spoke!" 

[A/N: Sorry it's short!! It's a filler chapter! See you guys in the next one, though.]