Titan:
In the Clutches of the Leviathan pt.6
Regulus’s fist connected to the
massive jaw of the leviathan and snapped the creatures head back with a snap. The
leviathan recoiled back nearly flipping backwards completely. Regulus was
toppling over with it while continuing his attack. Before the beast could
regain any ground he connected with another blow that broke several long sharp
teeth from its mouth. As the leviathan was flailing back one of its enormous
limbs caught Regulus off guard and he was sent flying to the ground with a
crash.
“You have made a great mistake
creature,” Regulus said, as he quickly got to his feet, ignoring the pain from
the fall. “You have taken everything from me. Now I will take everything from
you!”
The leviathan let loose with a
mighty roar as it tried to get back its footing. Regulus coiled his legs and
launched himself at the creature. He stayed low and soared forward across the
short distance with all his might. He connected with the knee of one of its
front legs. A loud crack filled the air as the bone gave way. The leviathan
roared again, but this time not in anger, as its massive upper body tumbled
forward. Regulus laced his hands together and swung them upward like a club. He
connected again with its jaw. The formed jaw line crumbled inward like a straw house with
the force of the blow. The leviathan crumbled to the ground in agony
motionless.
Titan,
do not toy with this creature. Do not lower yourself to its standards.
“This creature deserves no better,”
Regulus replied to Azure.
Perhaps,
but you are better than that. As Titan you serve a higher principle. I am
greatly sorry for your loss, but had you acted differently the outcome here
would have been different.
Regulus did not answer. He walked
calmly over to where his sword lay and picked it up. He came back to the
leviathan and raised it high. A single tear welled up and ran down the side of
his cheek.
“To hell with you now, creature,”
Regulus said in a whisper.
He brought the sword down to the
leviathan’s head with all his might. The massive beast flinched once and then
lay still. It was Regulus who broke the silence as he let loose a mighty wail.
His hands let go of the sword and he fell forward onto the creature sobbing.
His body jerked and heaved with each sob he let loose.
The scene then pulled back and the
destruction of the town by the leviathan lay out before Michael Novak as he sat
gazing into the blue jewel at the end of his staff. He gazed down at his own
Titan uniform which was vastly different from the one worn by Regulus all those
centuries ago.
“Is that it?” Titan asked Azure.
It
is the end of that story, but not the story of Regulus.
“So, what happened then, you know,
after all that?"
Regulus
learned a very valuable lesson that day one that came with a very high price.
Naturally he was devastated after the loss he sustained, but he did manage to
pull himself away from the abyss and he became a great Titan. Many stories were
passed around for some time of the great deeds he did. He recommitted his life to
those in need in honour of the family he lost. In the end it is sad that he had
to lose all that he had in order to become that man, but the lives he saved
after that day far outweighed the lives that were lost, Regulus saw to that.
Titan hopped off the heating duct he
had been sitting on while he watched the story of Regulus. He stepped toward
the edge of the rooftop and looked out over the city before him. His body was
in the present as he looked over the city that was under his protection, but
his mind was stuck in the past.
“I get it. My hasty actions tonight
could have hurt or even killed people. I couldn’t imagine if my actions ended
up causing harm to Carly or Grandpa Dale or any of my friends. I wouldn’t be
able to live with myself if that happened.”
It
would be unfortunate, that is why you must always be thinking of the greater
good that you represent when you don the symbol of Titan. With that symbol
comes a greater responsibility. Your choices will rarely involve Michael Novak,
they will involve the greater good of the people you protect.
“Yeah, I would way rather have Carly
just mad at me for being late then to have anyone hurt because of me.”
Titan stepped on to the ledge.
“Well, unless we come under some
other trouble, let’s call it a night,” Titan said.
Very
well.
Titan leaped forward toward home,
but instead of thoughts of Carly and his plans for the night he focused himself
on the sights and sounds of the city and was alert to any trouble or danger
that might present itself.
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