Titan: Into the Fire pt. 1
“Does either of you understand a
single thing I’m saying?” said Douglas Meltzer, the dean of DCU.
“I think what you’re attempting to
articulate is that you are no longer requiring the employment of my sister and
I,” said Stephen Beltane, sitting on the little swivel stool in front of the
dean. His sister Patricia sat quietly on
a similar stool just behind her brother as the dean blasted through his tirade.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying. The
both of you are to pack up your things and be off campus by the end of the
day,” Dean Meltzer finished. He then turned to leave, slamming the lab door as
he did.
“What do we do now, Brother?”
Patricia asked.
“Well, isn’t it obvious, Sister?”
Stephen replied, still facing the door. He swivelled to look directly at his
sister. “We need to teach Dean Meltzer a very valuable lesson.”
Stephen and Patricia Beltane were
identical twins that had been truly inseparable since birth. They rarely
socialized with anyone save for each other. They were both quite diminutive and
each barely reached five feet in height and each had short black hair and thick
framed glasses. They were currently in their white lab coats and black pants,
which was often the case. They found science and lab work came naturally to
them both. They had been doing theoretical physics experiments that were
somewhat frowned upon and not necessarily approved of by the university when
the accident took place. They had burned down half of the physics lab over a
day ago.
“How will we do that, brother?”
Patricia asked.
“Well, dear sister, we simply burn
down the rest of the physics building.” A smile began to spread over Stephen’s
thin lips. “Then, he’ll see what tragedy could have transpired had we not been
there to act quickly.”
“Excellent idea, Brother,” Patricia
answered.
The pair waited until dark, and the
building largely empty. They cleaned out their belongings and removed them to
their car, so as not to arouse suspicions. Then, when the coast was clear, they
began to set incendiary devices all over the physics building. After about an
hour they both met up at the entrance to the now deserted building.
Stephen stood at the front of the
building holding several fuses and ignitions as his sister joined him. Stephen
set the fuses and hit the ignition button. As the two turned and walked calmly
out of the building, fire instantly began consuming the building from within.
By the time they reached the security of the bushes at the far end of the parking
lot the flames engulfed the massive three storey structure. The twins were
entranced as the flames shot out of the windows and blew out the walls.
Their concentration was broken,
however, when they heard the sirens of the fire trucks approach. At first they
felt pangs in their hearts and assumed their blaze would be extinguished too
soon. The firemen jumped into the blaze and began to put it out. It was
threatening to move from the physics building to the library, which had been
Stephen’s hope. The fire had started at the back of the building facing the
library, so it was its fiercest there. A team of three firemen stood in between
the two buildings trying to hold the flames back. It seemed they were about to
do it too. Then, a small explosion rocked the physics building just behind what
remained of the outer wall the firemen were battling. A giant burst of flames shot out and just over
their heads and ignited the library building behind them.
Stephen watched with twisted delight
as he felt his point had now been sufficiently made. He and his sister were not people to be
crossed or taken lightly. As they both sat in the distance watching from the
shadows, Stephen was about to suggest to his sister they leave when the noticed
something streaking toward the blaze from the sky. The streak stopped at the
roof of the library and seemed to have come from a figure clad from head to toe
in yellow and blue. Stephen did not pay much attention to the outside world,
but he would have been hard pressed to not recognize Titan when he was standing
in front of him.
Stephen and Patricia continued to
watch in silence as Titan jumped down to rescue the trapped firemen. Then, suddenly,
Titan was leading the charge in putting out the massive blaze. First, Titan approached
the wall of flame that blocked in the firemen. He quickly pulled out his staff
and spun it so fast and with such force much of the wall of flame either went
out or was pushed back enough for the crew to escape to safety.
Then, the rest of the firemen,
equipped and ready to battle the blaze, stepped up behind Titan quickly moving
in as Titan fanned out the flame enough with his staff that the crew could gain
the upper hand on the raging inferno. Before long the fire was well under
control by the DCFD and Titan, wasting no time, leaped high off and away.
“What now, Brother?” Patricia asked,
still standing silently, her gaze fixed on what remained of the carnage the two
had created.
“What now? Well, Titan has
embarrassed us dear sister. You know what we do to those who would make fools
of us.” Stephen slowly craned his neck from the burning building to his sister.
“We will destroy what he holds dear.”
Patricia slowly nodded. “You mean
Delta City?” Patricia asked.
“Yes, we will wreak havoc upon this city until
all Titan is able to do is look on in a complete Shock and Awe!” Stephen
declared.
To Be Continued…
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