Alex awoke as the plane was going through some turbulence. He felt his insides shake as the plane bounced up and down.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are experiencing some minor turbulence. We will be landing at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts in only a few minutes. Please put all seats in the upright and front position. Once again we will be landing in- Hey! Who are you?" the captain said before the loudspeaker was silent.
A new voice came on the loudspeaker. It sounded Spanish. "Hello ladies and gentlemen. The American government refused to pay three million dollars to the terrorist organization, Scorpia. Scorpia will now destroy this plane. Say good bye to the sky."
Alex immediately got up from his seat. He looked at Jack who had turned completely pale. He saw some mothers with their babies crying. The men tried to look brave but couldn't manage to hold back a tear. Alex couldn't let Scorpia kill all these innocent people. He had to stop them.
Alex sprinted to the front of the plane. He entered the cockpit where he saw a man dressed in black holding the co-pilot of the plane at gunpoint. The captain lay on the floor with a bleeding head. Alex could tell he wasn't dead, but he was seriously hurt. A flight attendants uniform lay on the ground.
"Who are you?" the man in black asked. He was wearing a mask with only a mouth and eye holes.
"Did you notice your shoe is untied?" asked Alex.
The Scorpia agent looked down and Alex kicked him in the face. He dropped the gun and Alex picked it up and pointed it at the agent.
The agent crawled towards the door backwards. Alex could tell he was terrified even with the mask on. He stood up by the door and pleaded to Alex not to kill.
Alex lowered the gun. The Scorpia agent smiled and opened the door and he fell backwards into the sky. Alex looked out and saw him pull the chord of a parachute. A huge black canopy with a silver scorpion in the middle blocked the man from view.
Alex slammed the door shut and dropped the gun. He walked to the co- pilot who was shaking.
"It's all right," said Alex in a calm voice.
The co- pilot turned on the loudspeaker. "Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is the co-pilot speaking. The Scorpia agent jumped plane and we are all safe thanks to the courage of…" he looked at Alex and asked him what his name was. "…Alex Rider."
Alex walked back to his seat and saw everyone was clapping for him as he made his way down the aisle.