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Mild Frenzy (www.mildfrenzy.com)
IQBAL HUSSAIN ALIwriter, artist, letters
VISHWANATH E.additional inks, grayscaling
(pages 1-118)
Cover by Dima Blue & Iqbal Ali Airplane model references
provided by Fahad Chowdhury
Iqbal Hussain Ali. All rights reserved. This is a work of
fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and
incidents are either the products of the authors imagination or
used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons,
living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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PREGNAN
T..
If anyone aboardis conscious...if youre listening...I promise
I
will get us home-
Beth!
What wasI--? I was on
the floor-
Oh. My-{krzzz}
{gasp} {huf}{huf}
{gasp}
I justwoke-
{pant}
This is your {nnn} pilot speaking...
Blood? Dry.Its dry!
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{groan}
Its dry.Wh-When did that happen?
Beth, wait!The plane couldbe in trouble!
Beth?
Theresprotocol.
{groan}
{groan}
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{groan} {nnn}
{groan}
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-rememberanything?
- justwokeup.
Hes notmoving. Could
he be... youknow...
Whathappened?
Im Carl, thesenior air steward
of this flight.
Are you bothokay, maam?
I dontknow.
I think so. Wejust woke up.
Im sorry. Ihave to go. Illcome back.
Is the planein trouble?
Im inchar-
Ladies andgentlemen!
Pleaseremaincalm.
Whatshappening?
Stewardess!
Is the planein trouble?
-someone, please?
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Sir?
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Outside?terrorism?
- clouds?
-shoes.turbulence?
............
-shoes!
......
......
We need a doctor!
Crap.
Is there a doctoron board?
-remember?
{sob}
{mumble}
{mumble}
{mumble}
{murmur}
{mumble}
{mumble}{mumble}
{murmur}
{murmur} {murmur}
{murmur}
{mumble}
{murmur}
{murmur}
{murmur}
{murmur}
{murmur}
{mumble}
Ladies and gentlemen, please...
...remain calm. Remainseated...
Its justturbulence.
-you see?
Where are my shoes?
My shoes...
Myshoes!Shoes?
Crap....God...
Stolen my shoes!
- turbulence?
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Can a doctorplease make themselves
known to the cabincrew?
...crapcrapcrap... Outta my way, Beth!
The stungun. Ofcourse!
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Are...are youthe-the-
Is thata gun-
Dammit!
Catherine!
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AAAHH!
What?
Thats.
My.
Gun?
-the airmarshal?
Geez.Wheredyou popfrom?
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Catherine?
Jesus!
What didyou do?
Thanks,lady.
YOU!
Whatveyou done tothe plane?
Im just apassenger likeeveryone else.Merelyfound
your gun.
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Waskeepingit safe.
You are theair marshal,
are you not?
The gun.Your moves.Textbook.
Youre amilitary guy or
something,right? Alright, listenup people! I am
the air marshalof this flight!
And its myjob to keepyou calm!
You allgot
that?
So unlessanybody else wantsa go at me, youreall gonna sit
tight
and behave!
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What?{mumble} forgive me {mumble}
She did good. I was about tokick that guys
ass.
This somesort of elaborate
shoe heist?
Its okay, Im a doc-
Apart from thetwo you bothassaulted!
Catherine, giveme that stun gun!
I dont know.Passengers all seem
okay, though.
You knewhe was an
air marshal?
Please tell me thats why you tased
that passenger!
Sorry, Carl.I didnt wantanybody elsegetting hurt.
Nobody sayturbulence.
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With youtwo assaultingpassengers-
Youregonna cause
a panic!
Okay, Boss-man!
I wasmeditating!
Its justturbulence.
Shhh.
Sorry...
I told you notto say turbulence.
Why dont youtell me whats
going on aroundhere?
There already is apanic, buddy! Or dyounot notice? Im the
one
keeping this planetogether!
Medita-? Listen,you might be the air
marshal, but I am the seniorsteward! So I think youll find
that that makes me theboss around here!
How? Byterrorising everyone?Or pretending to bedead in your
seat?
Did it looklike I was talking
to you?Dammit!
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The pilot!He must have
opened a line tothe plane!Thats why I
cant get throughto the cockpit!
Do youhear that?
They mayneed our
help.Ill get
the doctor.Cockpit!
Of course.We need
to establishcontact!
My mindsa mess...
It didnteven occur
to me.
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Now holdon! Im stillin charge
around here!
Did-didsomeone take
my shoeswhile I was
asleep?
We need toget to the
cockpit now!
S-stewardess?
Thatdbe you.
Its okay,buddy. Its alljust turbulence.
Right Carl?
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Youll be fine sir.
Doctor?
Fortunately, thereare no side-effects
of a stun gun.
Im afraid Iam as much in thedark as everyone
else.
Anybody tellyou whats going on
around here?
We could use your help.
Hmph.
I apologise for using the stun gunon you earlier, sir.
I promise itwas for your own
protection.
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You doremember the
combination forthe cockpitdoor, right?
Ofcourse!
You stillhere?
Geez!
Youveforgotten it,havent you?
J-justgive me aminute!
Youre notletting me
think!
Privateparty!We donthave time,
dammit!
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Its okay,Carl...
Itsopen.
AAAHHHH!
I knowit.
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Yeah...were alldoomed.
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Catherine?
Catherine?
.........
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I said: are you okay?
Catherine.
What?
Catherine,I know youre
pregnant.
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{nnn}
I heardyou, Marshal.Our co-pilot
lives!
Hesdead!
What?
W-what thehell is that?
Doc, ourpilots dead...
...andhes got no
eyes!
You hearme, Doc?
His eyes areburnt out!
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Werediving!
You reallythink?
Marshal! The autopilot!
Is it on?
How the hell should I know?
One of the screens.
It should sayautopilot.
Okay okay, I got it!
Holdon!
Aaaahh!
Whereis it?
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Everyoneokay?
Okay? Yousaw what justhappened!
We got suckedinto a goddamn vortex
or wormhole or something! I mean, do we even know
where we are?
Im notokay! None ofus are okay!
Phew!
*@#!
I-itsokay...
...I think werelevelling.
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Weredoomed!
Amento that,brother.
How canyou be sogoddamncavalier?
Our pilotsdead and we gotno idea where the hell we are!
So wevebeen dealt a twistof fate; go easy onyour goddamns!
Just sohappens we getto make our exitgoing through a
wormhole.
I guess weall gotta gosomeday. I dontbelieve Im
hearing this!
Youreokay with usbeing dead?
It happens.It happens to
everyone.
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Mr Carl,your nose isbleeding!
Theintercoms
on!
Outtamy way,Beth!
Forgot tomention ourpilots ajunkie.
Its adrenaline.He must have been
trying to keep himselfconscious.
Marshal, weneed to get themboth someplace
more comfortable.
Dammit!
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Damn hesheavy.
Oh God!
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D-does hehave to be here? Ipaid good moneyto have first
class
to myself!
Im sorry, sir.I really do not know
how to respondto that. Marshal?
Ill be in thecockpit if youneed me, Doc.
Marshal?
But...
KRZZZZ...
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Im sorry sir,but we dont know
anything at the moment.Well make an announce-
ment as soon aspossible.
Im sorrysir...Well make an
announcementsoon. I...
Unbelievable.Unbelievable!
Unbelievable!
Will?
Doomed. Dead. Those are
the words weall heard.
I promise.
Dont you thinkwe passengers
deserve anexplanation?
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Whereare we?
Cant seea thing.
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It wontdo any good.Ive tried.
He saidhes not coming
out till hes collectedhimself.
I think hejust needssome time.
What am I supposedto tell the passengers?
Have you seen what theyrelike out there?
Hes supposedto be the senior air
steward. He should buckledown and do his job!
Hes stillyour boyfriend,
Catherine.
That makeshim your
responsibility!
Carl? Itsme, Beth. Carl,
you there?
Carl, the passengersare really starting to panic.We need you to
make an
announcement soon.
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I cant haveanyone seeingme like this.
Why doesntmy nose stop
bleeding?
Everyonesscared, Carl.We need you.
The planeneeds its seniorair steward.
I dontcare what my
responsibilities are;I cant do it.
Carl?
CLICK
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CLICK
I dontwant it. Its yours.I dont want to talk
about itanymore.
I know youbrought a pregnancy
test onboard.
Did youtake it?
Did youtake thetest?
No.
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PREG
NANT
..
You knowwere not readyto be parents.
Youre notready, Catherine.Youve only justgot
yourselftogether.
Mom usedto say I couldsmell change.
Maybe thatswhats making my
nose bleed.
Not thatany of it matters
anymore...
I know.
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Well they maynot have had this exact
emergency in mind. Trust me, I
know what Im doing.Now go take care of
our co-pilot.
I got noidea whatIm doing.
Geez.
Are youcertain you know
what you aredoing?
Ive had cockpitradio training. In case
of emergencieslike this.
Dontfret, Doc.
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He appearsstable. Though our
problem is that we haveno idea what happened
to them.
Unless you really believe wewent through a
wormhole.
Do youbelieve that?
Do youbelieve that?
I couldresuscitate the co-pilot with a shot of
adrenaline.But that could be
dangerous for him. Itsperhaps too soon forsuch an
intervention.
Of coursenot.
...
Howshe doing,Doctor?
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It is saferfor him to wake
up...
...naturally...
Interesting.Have you
always beenagoraphobic?
Did you see something to
cause it?
No.
...
Something outsidewhen we were all in
the cockpit?
Ive not beenable to look
outside since Iwoke up.
Well werepretty far from home,with no idea of whatsout there. So
if you did
see something...
Are you notsupposed to bechecking radiofrequencies,Marshal?
Like monsters,for instance?
I did notprovide you afor instance.
Miss Catherine, would you mind
looking outside the window for me?
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Radios abust, Doc. Was
a long shotanyway.
Someoneneeds to make an
announcement to thepassengers.
Ladies andgentlemen.
This is your new senior air steward speaking.
There are rumours that weve gone through a wormhole and are
flyingin strange skies. The truth is we dont know that yet. We dont
know
anything. So despite what you may have heard...
We just have a lotof scared people on the
the plane right now.
Though its true ourpilot has passed away,our co-pilot is
making
a good recovery.
We, the cabin crew,need your cooperation through
all of this. So please helpus by remaining calm.
...I can assure you,we are not doomed.
Catherine...
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Thank you...Lunch will be
served shortly.
This isbull!
Nicespeech.
Geez,lady.
Thanks. Imeant everything
I said.
Do youreally believewere doomed,
Marshal?
Were dealing withforces way beyond our
control. Dont get me wrong,Im here to help any
way I can...
Wormhole-portal-whatever
that was...
...But the sooner weaccept that we all lostcontrol of our fates
tothat thing, the better.
A wormhole got uswherever we are.
Only a miracle andanother one of those things
can get us back.
What if thatwasnt a wormhole? Whatif someone onboard is
behind this? What we saw couldvebeen a hallucination
brought on by some sortof chemical agent.
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Or are you soafraid of the unknownthat youd just choose
to ignore what weall saw?
Like I said,Im here to helpany way I can.
...earlier, inthe cockpit...
But tellme...
You goteyes......believein them.
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You sawsomething.
Somethingoutside.
Whatwas it?
It wasntreal.
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