Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Titan mini vol 2. Into The Fire pt. 1

Here is part one of the lateest Titan mini serial, 'Into the Fire':
 
 
 
 
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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