Here is my alterante ending which I wrote in the middle of a particularly bad case of writer's block :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Greek Mythology
I have two fanfictions in the works, "A Session With Athena" which I will post sometime next week and "The End of the Gods" which will be posted within the next month :)
Thankyou to all the Reviews :)
RedFluffyBanana 8D
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Artemis collapsed onto the edge of the statue, visibly overwhelmed in grief.
"Orion…."
The scene started to melt away before Harvey's eyes. Harvey welcomed the darkness, hoping to finally return to his office, to his own time.
Harvey opened his eyes gradually; his head pounding from the brutal assault it had received. It took him several moments to realize that he was no longer sitting on his chair but rather lying on the floor, his limbs splayed out as if he had fell from a great height. Harvey pushed himself up, his body on the other hand had other plans- as blood rushed to his head, causing Harvey to fall back to the ground.
Harvey became conscious of the fact that somebody was standing over him.
"How are you feeling?"
Harvey replied groggily "Wha...What just happened?"
"It was entirely my fault, in my anger, I accidently forced some of my memories to enter your head..." she trailed off, obviously embarrassed by her momentarily lapse in control.
"Did all that really happen?" Harvey said, with Artemis' mind reading gift he assumed she had seen everything he had just experienced.
"Yes" Artemis replied, hesitantly
"How long was I unconscious for?" Harvey inquired, changing the subject – feeling the growing tension in the air.
"Only a few seconds."
"Wow..." To Harvey the visions had felt like they had lasted hours.
As he looked up at Artemis, his eyes blurred out, and Harvey felt like he was again about to fall into the oblivion of unconsciousness.
"Let me help you up..." As if Harvey weighed little more than an infant, Artemis picked him up and placed him back onto the chair.
Harvey had flinched at the contact; as the Goddess' touch was ice cold, in complete contrast to his almost feverish skin. If Artemis noticed she didn't make a comment.
Once the headache had passed, Harvey recalled the newspaper lying on his desk. And in particular the article on the incident in Greece. Reaching back, he grabbed the newspaper and turned to the page.
The headline read, "Freak Storms over Athens", not completely unexpected, but Harvey had a sudden impulse that this incident in particular was not entirely natural.
"That was Athena; she found out that the Parthenon is due for reconstruction and was insulted nobody asked her opinion on her preferences to the design." Artemis explained. Harvey noted that she had muttered in a barely audible whisper something along the lines of "- father never lets me use his thunderbolts-"
Harvey placed the newspaper back onto his desk, and glanced back down to his notebook, which at this stage had 5 pages worth of notes.
"Would you describe yourself as easy to anger?" Harvey asked cautiously.
A flash of anger appeared in Artemis' eyes, the air grew hotter, unbearably so. Artemis stood up, her sapphire eyes turned silver, and her aura, which normally looked like she was bathed in moonlight brightened considerably. Lightning flashed outside as Harvey cowered behind his chair.
"How dare you…" Artemis whispered, her voice somehow travelling across the room despite the noise of thunder outside.
Artemis thrust her hand out, and Harvey was lifted into the air- his arms and legs outstretched.
I'm going to die.
Artemis clenched her fist. Harvey started to glow, his skin became translucent – his bones all too visible as he felt himself slowly disintegrate. Harvey screamed. The pain came in waves unyielding and unending. How was it possible to feel this much pain?
Harvey looked into the silver eyes- filled with rage knowing those were the last things he was ever going to see. Harvey pulsated brighter- the glow building to a crescendo, until, finally he felt himself being ripped apart, his body unable to hold the raw power – which was clearly too much for his mortal shell to contain. His body became a pile of dust on the floor. The glow ended as quickly and suddenly as it started. Artemis returned to her previous state, gazing as the remains of Harvey Brown were slowly blown away- a smile on her face. With a turn of her head she was looking at the full moon, then her gaze drifting down upon New York City.
"Seems Harvey Brown was right after all…." She muttered, and then she was gone.
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Yeah, i just killed off my protagonist ...... remember this is only an alternate ending...otherwise Harvey's reappearance in "A Session With Athena" would be hard to explain :)
