Crash Landing !

"This really is surprisingly good coffee for a place like this" Diane remarked as she leisurely sipped her skinny latte. "I suppose we'd better be thinking about heading off to the landing site with her clothes though ?" suggested Carol. "She must have landed by now." Diane sighed. "I guess" she conceded, gathering up her bag. Carol's phone beeped to indicate an incoming text. "That's probably her" she laughed. "No, it's from Stew" she corrected herself. Then she began to laugh and then to look a little concerned. "Blimey ! He says they've all landed safely apart from Debbi. Apparently the wind got up as she was the final one coming down and the last they saw of her, she was headed straight for the town." Carol was suddenly a bit worried for the safety of her boss but Diane simply found the whole thing hilarious. "Let's go and see if we can find her" she laughed. "But how will we know where to look ?" Carol asked reasonably. "I'll set up all my social media alerts" said Diane. "Something like this is bound to hit the net pretty quickly !"

Debbi was kicking her legs wildly in a **** attempt to change the direction her parachute descent was taking but all her attempts were futile. The wind was too strong and if anything, it seemed to be momentarily lifting her higher once again as it caught in the chute. Anyway it was too late now, she had already passed beyond the perimeter of the field containing the landing site. Debbi was of course mortified to be naked in these circumstances but for now her initial priority was to somehow get down safely and in one piece. Maybe she would be able to use part of the parachute as cover once she was on the ground, at least until Carol found her with her clothes ?

She was now starting to descend again as she sailed over the busy industrial estate containing the company offices and on towards the central shopping precinct of the town. By now, Debbi could make out individual figures looking up and pointing. Could they see she was naked ? Probably, though she was still a little too high for anything much to be seen clearly. The wind was now beginning to drop however and her rate of descent accelerated ! Debbi could now see that she was headed straight for the municipal park. She offered up a silent prayer, please don't let me land in the lake. She was now able to discern the faces of startled onlookers as her descent became a blur and the ground raced up towards her.

Crash, creak, splinter ! Debbi's silent prayer had been answered to some extent and she had avoided the lake. She had come to an abrupt halt by landing in a stately ancient oak tree that was now groaning in protest at this sudden intrusion ! A quick check confirmed that she seemed to be in one piece apart from a few scratches and she did not feel any pain. The problem was that her parachute was hopelessly tangled in the upper branches of the tree and the naked Debbi was dangling helplessly from her harness thirty feet above the ground, with a sizeable bunch of people hurrying over towards her to see if they could assist !