Titan:
In the Clutches of
the Leviathan pt. 3
“Where is he?” Regulus said, as
he burst through the front door of his home.
The
house seemed to be empty at first. There was no one as he walked in through the
kitchen and into the main sitting area. He began to move frantically through
the house. Finally, he got to his sons room and found he wife kneeling at the
edge of their son`s bed. Their son was lying in the bed. He was very pale and
beads of sweat pilled and sat all around his forehead. A short slender old man
stood on the far side of the bed against the wall. Regulus recognized him as
the town doctor.
“What is
wrong with him?” Regulus asked the doctor.
“I am
afraid it is fever. It has grown quite serious. I fear it is beyond my skill at
this point,” the doctor replied.
The doctor looked grave and
lowered his head. He looked down at his wife, who he noticed was openly weeping
as she clutched her son’s hand. Regulus removed his helmet and let it drop to
the floor with his sword. He moved closer and knelt, wrapping his arm around
his wife’s slender shoulder.
“Are you sure that nothing can be
done?” Regulus asked.
The doctor raised his head to
meet the gaze of Regulus for the first time. A glimmer of hope could be seen in
the old man’s eyes.
“I have seen a fever such as
this, but it was many years ago and very far away. In that land there was a
small bush that grew a purple berry. When those berries were boiled down and
ingested the fever would break. It would be impossible to get those berries
here fast enough, however,” the doctor said.
“Impossible! Nothing is
impossible for Titan. You will tell me where to find these berries. I will get
them back in time to save my son, that much is assured,” Regulus declared.
After getting the location
Regulus rushed back out the front door. He was about to take to the air when he
felt a tug at his shoulder. He turned to see his friend Seamus once again. This
time Seamus had another man Regulus recognised from town.
“Regulus, I know you have
pressing personal matters, but I thought it pertinent to tell you that this
fisherman from town has just come to ask of your aid. It appears the Leviathan still
lives and has attacked the harbour,” Seamus said.
Regulus paused as he looked at
the distraught face of the fisherman and then back to the home that held his
ailing son. He remembered the Leviathan well. It was enormous beast that had
risen from the depths of the sea to attack the town he had been sworn to
protect. It had proven one of his greatest tests. He had thought he had killed
the beast and dragged its body back out to sea.
Titan, you must take carer if the Leviathan at once. You will have time.
You know this creature now and should be able to dispatch it quickly.
“My son is all that matters now.
This will simply have to wait.”
Seamus’s jaw dropped and his eyes
went wide. The fisherman slumped his shoulders and hung his head. He then
turned back down the path to town.
Titan, I know that your son means a great deal to you, but many more
lives are stake if this creature persists. Think of all the people that will
lose sons and daughters of their own.
Regulus let out a deep sigh. He
clenched his fists and shook his head in frustration.
“Very well, I will stop the
Leviathan quickly. After that there will be no distractions until my son has
the aid he needs.”
“Regulus, you won’t regret this.
Don’t worry, I know you’ll be able to save your son easily as well,” Seamus
said, suddenly beaming.
Regulus did not respond. He
leaped high into the air. He landed on a hilltop at the edge of town. From that
vantage point he could easily see the massive leviathan as it thrashed anything
in its path at the harbour. It was truly a fearsome beast. It had a giant body
and four long fins that he was also able to use on land. A long thick tail
flailed around behind. Its large triangular head sat atop a long sturdy neck.
It used its fins and head to thrash buildings and carts along the harbour. It
bit and snapped its large sharp teeth at the townspeople that scattered and ran
all around.
Regulus leaped as hard as he
could toward the leviathan. His right fist was thrust out in front as he
hurtled from the hilltop to the creature. Just as the leviathan reared its head
back with fresh meat in its jaws, Regulus came slamming into its lower neck
with ferocious force. The leviathan was knocked over onto its back with a crash.
“I will teach you to meddle in my
town once and for all, creature!” Regulus said as he climbed upon the beast’s
stomach.
The leviathan seemed stunned as
it attempted to turn back over. Its head swung and thrashed around wildly.
Before it could turn, however, Regulus launched his fist again. This time he
connected with the leviathan’s head. The force was tremendous leaving several
of its long sharp teeth shattered. The creature was sent back to the ground
this time no longer awake at all.
The townspeople cheered as
Regulus stood at the head of the defeated leviathan. He looked on in anger at
the smiling grateful crowd. The leviathan’s body was stretched all across the
front of the harbour and shoreline streets. Dust still rose into the air as at
least a half dozen buildings lay in ruins from the attack.
“The mess is yours to clean up!”
Regulus told the crowd.
He then leaped high and away,
making his way over the mountain range toward the plant he hoped held his sons salvation.
To
Be Continued…
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