Generation 1, Chapter 1

 

Peter Van Winkle, most commonly known as the absent minded professor by his esteemed family. Peter's Father is a well known scientist in Bridgeport and his Mother is on the cutting edge of advanced technology. Peter's older brothers are both aspiring scientists, upholding the family's standard of excellence. Then we have Peter, a genius in his own right but he has the inability to remember what he is doing from one minute to the next. Peter has been the direct cause of many failed experiments and explosions than anyone else at the science lab.

 

 

The last major explosion resulted in the destruction of his Father's irreplaceable research. The research that his Father spent half his life accumulating, gone in an instant. Peter not only lost his position at the Science Lab, his Father disowned him. Left with no job and no family, Peter had little choice but to leave Bridgeport to start a new life. A new legacy free from all that he has ever known.

 

Peter had one desire, to prove himself as a worthy, brilliant scientist, the equal to his Father. To accomplish this he had to begin again somewhere remote, not influenced by the rumors in the science community. Peter sent his resume to several science facilities. Peter received one response with a job offer as a Test Subject. Grimacing inwardly Peter accepted, promising himself that he would work his way up to the top. He would prove that he had what it takes to be a leading scientist and be a contender with his Father.


After accepting his new lowly position, Peter moved to Appaloosa Plains. He bought a large, empty lot where he built a small, one room house with attached bathroom. He had everything he needed. After stopping by the science lab to fill out paperwork to begin employment, he met Vallari Chandra outside. Peter thought at first she was another scientist but after talking with her for a while he knew that wasn't the case. However Peter was attracted to Vallari; although he got the impression that she was bit self-absorbed. Peter was encouraged by this as he had no desire to enter into a relationship with someone whom he would have to compete with mentally and in the science community. He had too many memories of heated arguments between his parents and brothers involving their experiments or achievements. Her shallow personality would be a relief, compared to the pressures of his profession.

Peters days settled into a continuous monotonous routine. Get up, go to work, come home, eat, read a book, go to bed. One day Peter decided to purchase a chemistry lab so that he could research potions he could use at the science lab. It wasn't going extremely well, as he constantly forgot what chemicals he mixed and caused minor explosions. But if persistence pays off, he would eventually be rich!