Perseus Jackson: A Hero Once Broken
Chapter One: Prologue
Location: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska.
Third Person, Point Of View.
A tall, brooding figure standing at an imposing height of 6.4 foot waited impatiently at an empty terminal. He nervously looked around the area hating how open the terminal was. He checked his watch, a gold plated timepiece with a black leather strap, and it was currently 20:48 which meant that the plane carrying a college student was late by 18 minutes. The man ran his fingers through his medium long, jet black hair, and pushed it over to his right side. He loudly yawned and scratched his rough shaven jaw. He looked out of the window and saw a small plane taxi it's way to the terminal he waited at. A further five minutes passed by and he heard the clatter of feet make its way through doors. A small sized group of people made its way pass him. He waited another moment when the last of the people passed him and saw a college age student looking around lost. The tall man analysed the student, he was roughly 5 foot 11 inches, had blond hair pulled pack in a ponytail, and bright sapphire blue eyes.
"Andrew, of Dr Stevens class, from the University of British Columbia?" The tall man questioned.
Location: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska.
Andrew's Point Of View.
"Huh? Wai- yes thats me sir. Dr Jackson it's an honour to meet you." Andrew replied with mild awe.
"Nope, no need to say it's an honour, all I am is a simple scientist trying to make an honest living. Anyway, enough chit chat, it's already dark outside and conditions are meant to get worse in the coming hours."
"Okay, Dr Jackson, which terminal is the plane at?" Andrew questioned.
"Follow me this way Andrew." Andrew simply nodded and followed him. They exited the doors which Andrew just previously entered and found themselves on the tarmac. They walked around the edges of the building until they reached several hangers.
They entered one of the buildings and Andrew saw a beautiful white CESSNA 206. They entered the plane and sat down. Dr Jackson put on a headset and moved the microphone down to his mouth. He began pressing buttons and flicking switches. Several moments passed and the plane was ready to fly.
Dr Jackson began speaking into the mic. "Air traffic control, this is JACKSON-Sierra-1-2-1, calling in, are we free to taxi onto the runway?"
Andrew watched as Dr Jackson waited several seconds before a voice replied. "This is air traffic controller MIKE-niner-niner. You are free to taxi in 30 seconds."
Dr Jackson replied. "This is JACKSON-Sierra-1-2-1 read you loud and clear MIKE-niner-niner."
They waited for 30 seconds for the air traffic control to reply and eventually heard the cackle of the radio and a voice speak out. "The is air traffic controller MIKE-niner-niner, you are free to taxi and then fly, safe flight."
"JACKSON-Sierra-1-2-1, thank you MIKE-niner-niner. That is us taking off." Once Dr Jackson finished his sentence the plane began to pick up speed on the runway. Minutes later they found themselves flying high in the sky in a westwards direction, looking at the Aurora Borealis.
Location: 3000 feet above sea level, the Aleutian Island Chain
Dr Jackson's Point Of View.
Dr Jackson looked at the glittering northern lights with a small smile. The sight made him think of his cabin on the mountains where he saw the lights often. He waited a few minutes before getting down to work.
"In Dr Stevens email it said you had a few questions you wished to ask me. Shall we start?" Dr Jackson asked.
Andrew composed himself before speaking. "Yes, at the moment a large amount of your research relates tectonic plate movement to volcanic explosions" Dr Jackson nodded. "Do you have any examples of that?"
Dr Jackson replied swiftly. "Yes, actually I do. At the moment I would say that the Valdivia earthquake of 1960, which if you didn't know caused tsunamis that reached the very island chain from all the way down in Chile, caused the 1960 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano erupt. Furthermore I would also argue that the 2018 Mount St Helens volcanic explosion would not have happened if it wasn't for the Tacoma earthquake. I'm actually writing a report on it at the moment."
"Interesting, but how did you come to that conclusion, the two incidents occurred over two weeks. Wouldn't the earthquake have caused it to happen within days?" Andrew replied.
"That's something many scientists have used to try and counter me. However I believe there was a second magma chamber, that was hidden deeper into the earths crust. The earthquake caused gases and magma to slowly to build up over two weeks and thus the pressure caused the eruption." Dr Jackson replied effortlessly.
Andrew was about to reply but something caught his eye. One of the mountains on the many islands was billowing a large could of grey smoke and ash.
"Dr Jackson, I believe that Volcano may be about to erup-" As Andrew was about to finish his sentence the Volcano erupted, spewing black ash, and bright glowing magma all over the place.
"Shit!" Dr Jackson exclaimed. Dr Jackson pulled a tight left turn trying to fly south but a loud boom rattled the plane. The left wing snapped violently under the pressure. The plane began tumbling towards the icy waters below. Reacting quickly the two men found themselves out of the plane.
Location: Small Island apart of the Aleutian Island Chain.
Unknown Persons Point Of View.
The island was eerily quiet, with the only audible sounds the rustling of leaves in the wind, and the waves lapping the rocks of the shores. The quiet was broken by a feminine voice speaking out.
"Do you believe he's dead sister?" The feminine voice questioned.
A lone figure sitting on the rocks replied. "Hopefully. If he survives he won't expect foul play, the volcanic explosion was more than perfect for diverting his attention. But if he survives, mother will be furious. it'll be detrimental to her plan."
The first voice replied again. "We should get going, we have other tasks to complete and we do not have the spare time to wait here. Lets get going"
As the sentence escaped her lips she disappeared in a flurry of crows and vanished from the island. Seconds later the second women disappeared in a melting shadow.
AUTHORS NOTE
First of all disclaimer.
I am in no way affiliated with the University of British Colombia and all names used are purely fictional and in fair use.
I do not own, nor do I say I own, Percy Jackson & The Olympians OR Heroes of Olympus. They are under ownership of there respective owner.
Also, I am not a scientist or air traffic controller and what I have written can most easily be scrutinised by those in such fields.
Anyway this is the first chapter of the revamped story and I hope you enjoyed.
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Peace, ~AdmetoUltor14.