illegal trafficking.
Suddenly, the entire flight made sense.
The flock had not been following the aircraft randomly.
It had been following the eggs.
What Jason initially interpreted as a bizarre and dangerous attack now appeared to have a completely different explanation.
The birds had been responding to the disappearance of their young.
The hidden cargo had transformed an ordinary flight into something far more disturbing.
Someone had attempted to transport the eggs secretly, relying on the ordinary-looking freight to conceal them.
And somehow, the birds had followed.
The Attack Wasn’t What It Seemed
Jason thought back to the moments in the sky.
The enormous flock.
The repeated impacts.
The way the birds continued following the aircraft.
The way they refused to scatter after the emergency landing.
It all suddenly fit together.
The birds were not simply attacking the aircraft.
They were attempting to remain close to the stolen eggs.
