Enemies of The Empire

Not long after we held the Spontaneous Combustion Round in November of 2008, we started on Round 29 for our writing group. It was January of 2009 and I decided to continue the short story I had begun previously: Amelia's New Plan. This story starts shortly after the end of the previous one, and continues the adventures of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred. However, in this one I speculate as to what may have happened to them on their trip around the world. Warning: this story does NOT have a happy ending! Enemies of The Empireby Rusty Keele "Hold on Amelia - we have to put her down!" "Where? Not on the beach?" "Where else? Our only other options are the ocean or the jungle! Now strap in and hold on tight!" She buckled her seat belt and pulled the strap as tight as it would go. Bracing herself as best she could she glanced around the cabin to see if there was anything she could do to help the situation. There wasn't. The panic welling up in her was so intense she wanted to scream,…