Chapter 7 - The Sky AnswersA narrow sheet of reinforced fabric burst from the housing beneath Ava’s blazer.
The material snapped open above her.
Not a traditional parachute.
Not yet.
The first stage was a stabilization canopy designed to stop rotation before the main descent system deployed.
The air caught it with savage force.
Ava’s body jerked upright.
Pain shot through her shoulders and hips.
She screamed, then immediately pressed both hands toward her abdomen.
The baby moved.
A sharp, desperate kick.
Ava nearly sobbed from relief.
Above her, the helicopter circled unevenly.
Ethan remained near the open door, staring downward.
The tiny indicator beside his seat continued blinking.
His luxury watch now vibrated so violently that he tore it from his wrist.
The alarm continued in his hand.
He struck the side button repeatedly.
Nothing stopped it.
The watch was no longer responding to him.
It had paired with Ava’s emergency system the moment the cabin door opened.
Altitude.
Door status.
Seat-belt release.
Biometric distress.
Sudden separation from the aircraft.
Every condition required to trigger the protocol had occurred.
The watch was not merely warning Ethan.
It was identifying him as the closest registered passenger at the moment of the emergency.
The pilot finally turned fully in his seat.
He saw the open door.
The empty place where Ava had been sitting.
Ethan crouched near the threshold holding the screaming watch.
The pilot’s face changed.
He shouted something Ava could not hear from below.
Ethan pointed toward the ocean and waved his arms, constructing a lie with his entire body.
Ava watched the aircraft bank sharply.
The pilot had begun turning back.
But Ava’s stabilization canopy shuddered.
A tear appeared near one seam.
The helicopter’s rotor wash had damaged the material during deployment.
A warning vibration struck Ava’s wrist.
The main stage had not opened.
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The cliffs were rising toward her.
👉 Ava had stopped spinning, but the torn canopy could collapse before she reached the coast.
