Titan:
In the Clutches of the Leviathan pt.
4
People
craned their necks to look up as Titan soared high overhead. They looked on in
wide eyed disbelief as he passed by at incredible speeds. Regulus, however,
barely glanced down as he went sailing over. His sole focus was on his ailing
son, and getting him the medicine he hoped would break his fever and make him
better. He remembered the details of the little plant the doctor had described
to him. He could practically picture it.
The journey
was a long one even for him, but finally he came to the hillside where he was
to find the little plant. It was a lush area that was full of tall green grass
and many small floral bushes and trees. There was a small village that he could
see at the foot of the hill below. Regulus began to frantically search through
all the plant life around looking for the bush that was to have the little
berries he required. He scrambled through numerous bushes and small shrubs that
littered the hillside.
Regulus was
sweating profusely with drops running into his eyes as he raced across the
hillside searching. Then, at last, he found it. As he rounded one of the
largest trees on the hill he saw the little purple berries that could save his
son hanging from a small shrub beside the tree. He rushed forward and started
to quickly pick as many berries as he could at once and placed them in a pouch
at his waist. Once he thought he had more than enough of the little berries he
once again took to the sky.
Regulus
leaped as hard and fast as he had ever done before. He felt he was racing the
clock much more than he ever had while facing any threat as Titan before.
Landscape and villages passed by in blur. Then he heard numerous loud crashes
up ahead. Regulus landed atop a small rocky mountain the stood at the edge of
the vast blue ocean. As Regulus looked below for the source of the crashes he
saw two young boys scramble for cover at the base of the mountain while a giant
rock monster towered over them about twenty feet up the rock face and lobbed
large boulders at the boys.
Titan we must help those boys form that
creature.
“All that I have to do is get these berries back to my son,” Regulus replied.
Need I remind once again of the greater
responsibility you accepted as Titan. A responsibility that has given you the
ability to be able to save your son.
Regulus did
not answer. He dove down at the creature below. The rock monster was well over
ten feet tall. It resembled a giant gorilla made out of nothing but different
sized rocks. There was no real facial features on the creature. There were only
dark hollowed areas facial features would normally be. When it opened its mouth
it was like one giant rock ripping apart with its jagged edges alone to act as
pointed teeth. When Regulus collided with the creature from behind they both
went flying in different directions.
Regulus
gathered himself quickly and prepared to battle the rock monster. The monster
itself let out an ear piercing roar that brought smaller rocks and boulders
tumbling down the mountainside. As it tried to roll over and get back to its
feet Regulus was already upon it. He thrashed at it with his sword and shield.
The creature was very durable however and took many blows before it began to
crumble and fall apart. At last the creature lay at his feet in ruin.
“Thank you
so very much,” one of the boys said, as they came out of hiding.
Regulus
never even glanced at them. His fists remained clenched and his teeth gritted
tight as his face flushed red with anger. Every second was precious. With each
moment he was delayed his son was that much closer to death. No other lives
mattered to him.
“That was truly amazing!” the other
boy said coming to his side.
He shot a quick glare at the two
boys, stopping them in their tracks. Then he launched himself into the air with
tremendous force kicking up large bits of rock as he did so. The two boys were
reduced to specks in seconds. The only thing on his mind was his son. He only
hoped the last image he would have of him would not be in his fevered state.
At last Regulus landed atop the hill that
shadowed over his city and what he saw left him shocked. Much of the town lay
in smoldering ruin. Buildings in a giant swath across the city lay in crumbled
ruin. Regulus stood in stunned silence as long tendrils of the thick smoke of
the city washed over him. Deep into the city he saw his
greatest failure emerge as the Leviathan reared its head and let out a mighty
roar.
To be continued…
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