Rain Marison (The story of a Blind Pilot)

Chapter 1
The last thing Rain had remembered was the panic that set in as she realized someone else had taken control of the plane’s navigation system. Someone was steering her way off the planned course. She called the problem in. 
“This is Fighter Jet 319’s pilot, Rain Marison. My aircraft has been hijacked, I repeat, my aircraft has been-” The line cut out. She flipped as many switches as she could find, pressed as many buttons as she could, but nothing worked. As her jet seemed to go farther and farther away from her planet of Calaria, her craft’s systems seemed to be shutting down. The lights in the craft seemed to be dimming. Rain’s robotic helper, Maria (don’t ask why it has a human name) slowly waddled over to her. 
“Ma’am, all systems seem to be-”
“I know Maria! I’m not an idiot! Go down to the cockpit and see if we have any intruders!” Rain interrupted irritatedly. She grabbed hold of the steering wheel and managed the turn the jet ever so slightly right. Her aircraft started heading towards a small populated planet called Marginal. Only the people of that planet were accepted, so if Rain had to make an emergency landing, she would need to call HQ for backup. 
Suddenly, Maria started beeping. This only happened when someone was messing up her code. 
Someone was in the jet. 
And Rain wasn’t alone. 
Since she couldn’t put the jet on autopilot, she let it continue heading towards Marginal as she stood up from her chair. She passed a container of weapons and took a few steps back to be parallel with it. She reached into the container and pulled out a blaster. She put it into the pocket attached to her belt and continued walking towards the ladder to the cockpit. She put a hair tie into her dark hair and pulled it back.  
Rain finally reached the ladder after what seemed like a lifetime. She slid down it only to find darkness. 
PING 
She turned her head in the direction of the sound.  
Someone was definitely there. 
Rain used her remaining senses to make her way through the cockpit. 
This wasn’t unusual for her since she was blind. 
Being a blind pilot gave her a lot of discrimination. She was already made fun of for her tan skin, so giving the people something else to be mean about? It was like putting a cherry on top of a cupcake for them. 
Rain had been blind since she was 5, only 6 months after her father had started teaching her to be a pilot. Money was tight on her planet, especially for her. The day Rain found out she was blind, she also found out that her older sister, Reya, had attempted suicide. 
“Why?” Rain asked her father. 
She put her hand on her father’s face, only to feel his features frown. 
“Ever since your mother passed away when you were born, I think Reya has felt what we call depressed.” He told her. 
Rain had been confused then. She didn’t understand why her sister was so sad. Rain hadn’t even met her mother! 
But now, as Rain used her hands to navigate herself around the boxes and crates, her mind seemed to be a library full of memories from when she was younger. 
Before she was blind.  
When she was able to see. 
She stopped walking, though, when she heard rustling around her. 
Click. 
From all the noises she had heard in her life, she knew the person had turned on a flashlight. 
“Who goes there?” Rain asked in a surprisingly calm, strong voice. 
“Wouldn’t you like to know?” A deep voice replied. 
If she could’ve, Rain would’ve rolled her eyes. 
“That seems to be all the talk now.” She started. 
“What is?” The voice replied. She felt the vibrations of the person moving around her. 
“When someone asks a question, the polite thing to do is reply. It’s kind of common sense y’know.” Rain was stalling, and she hoped the person by her was a real dummy. 
“What’s your name, sweetheart?” The deep voice asked soothingly. 
Rain silently gagged. 
Blech. She thought. I ain’t here to flirt. 
“Wouldn’t you like to know?” Rain teased. 
The voice laughed. 
“I see what you mean now. My name is Josiah. Josiah Caron.” He spoke. Rain now knew it was a he. If she was wrong, who the heck named a girl Josiah? 
“Rain.” She replied quietly. She had never liked saying her name out loud. “Rain Marison.” 
Rain felt a soft breeze in front of her face. 
“You can stop moving your hand around my face.” She grumbled. 
“How the heck did you know I was doing that? Your eyes are closed!” Josiah exclaimed. 
Rain sighed. 
She got that question a lot. It had started getting pretty annoying. 
“I’m blind. But I have been for the past...oh I don’t know...13 years.” Rain snapped back. She hadn’t meant too, but Josiah had ruined her flight course, broke into her jet, and was just being plain weirdo. 
Rain didn’t like weirdos. 
“So...you’ve gotten used to it...?” Josiah guessed as he moved closer to Rain. 
“First of all, yes. Second, space please. While I’m in literal space.” She said in a disgusted tone. 
“Yeah, yeah. Sorry.” Josiah mumbled. 
An awkward silence seemed to stretch on for centuries. 
“This will sound weird but...what do you look like?” Rain asked quietly. She could tell she was turning red from embarrassment since her face was getting hot. 
Josiah grabbed her hand and put it too his face. 
Rain felt his features form a smile. 
“Well...since you kindly asked, I have black hair and dark skin. Oh, and green eyes. Does that help?” He asked. 
“No, idiot. I can think of a billion people that fit that description.” Rain replied, annoyed. She felt his muscles shift as Josiah shrugged. 
“Eh. Doesn’t matter. Not like you won’t see me ever with your sight.” He spoke. He sucked in a sharp breath immediately as Rain tensed up. 
“Sorry.” He apologized. 
“It’s...it’s fine.” Rain replied. And surprisingly, she meant it. 
Silence rose upon them again as Josiah let go of Rain’s hand. 
Suddenly, an ear piercing alarm started going off. And even though Rain couldn't see it, she knew that red lights were flashing.
"WARNING. WARNING. ALL SYSTEM'S SHUTTING DOWN. ALL SYSTEM'S SHUTTING DOWN."
Rain started making her way back to the ladder.
"What are you doing?" Josiah asked, grabbing Rain's hand to stop her. Rain took a deep breath.
"I'm going to go back up to the cockpit." She replied calmly. God, what was it with boys and worrying about her so much?
"We're going to crash though!" Josiah protested.
Rain turned her head towards his voice. She straightened her back, held her head up high, and took another deep breath.
"I know. But if we're plummeting towards another planet, I'm making sure I'll be there to steer."
Chapter 2 coming soon.