Thunderfunk the Superchicken - Chapter 12

Flying Can Be Stressful

Straw fidgeted in his seat, playing with the tray in front of him, putting it up and down repeatedly. He had never enjoyed being the passenger in an aeroplane, always preferring to be the pilot. But not matter how hard he had argued, he had been unable to change Thunderfunk’s mind, so here he sat. He leaned into the aisle, hoping to catch a glance at his boss, but the curtain to the first class section was closed. Sighing heavily, he leaned back in his seat and tried to get some sleep. After a few moments he opened one eye to glare at the man in the seat beside him, mentally commanding him to stop talking, but the ploy failed, as it had the last dozen times. As soon as the plane had left the runway, this man had been chattering non-stop, perfectly content to carry the conversation by himself, which was good because he was speaking in a language that Straw did not know - possibly Russian, but it was hard to tell. Closing his eyes once again, Straw tried to let the droning of the chatterbox lull him to sleep. It was a long trip to Japan, but hopefully he would get off at one of their stopovers.


Thunder reclined his seat, accepting the pillow and blanket from the attendant. All things considered, this was a rather comfortable journey. Not as comfortable as his private jet would have been, but adequate. He rolled an eye towards the back of the plane, but was unable to see his minion through the curtain. Still, he chuckled at the imagined sight of Straw Daq stuck in coach while he, Thunderfunk the Superchicken, rode in the finest comfort possible in commercial air services. For that was truly the only reason that he had insisted on not taking the private jet – was to see Straw suffer. It was good being evil.


The plane finally touched down in Japan. Straw’s eyes were bloodshot from a lack of sleep. Three layovers, and somehow he had been next to a man who spoke no language that he knew, but who spoke his own language non-stop – possibly the only man in the world who could talk for that long without stopping or sleeping. Even now, as they were taxiing to a stop he was still chatting.

The stewardess came by as the plane stopped. "Thank you for flying with us," she said sweetly.
"Enjoy your stay in Japan."

"I always do," said Straw’s seat mate. "I love this country."

(AP) Tokyo - An American man was arrested today at Tokyo’s Narita
International Airport when he assaulted the man in the seat next to him.
Witnesses say that as police escorted him off of the plane he was shouting "28
straight hours!" a message that none were able to explain. More details to
follow as they become available.