Path of Totality; A TDS Eclipse Event Story

🌘Chapter 8🌒

Scout tried to piece together what might be happening. Maybe they found a cute kitten? Maybe there was a big bear? Scout tried his best to think anything other then about the bad titans out there trying to kill everyone.

Perhaps they could handle it? Did they want him in harm's way? Scout shook his head and growled. Whatever was happening, they needed him too!

When Scout got back to the truck, he stopped just in time to avoid Douboy being thrown his way.

"Douboy!" Scout cried out as he hurried over to check on him. Douboy groaned in pain while he held onto his side. "W-What's wrong? What is happening?" Scout sheepishly shook him.

"Well, well..." a new voice caught Scout's attention. It sounded masculine and somewhat sassy. Scout turned around and gulped. It was a titan. It wasn't a huge titan, but it was still taller than them all. It was holding Winter Soldier by the collar, the side of his head bloody.

He had a pumpkin head, much like Sinister. Except he was orange. He also had no scar. This was the titan who hurt Sinister real bad.

"I see I have some even fresher meat! Say, who might you be?" the titan asked as he dropped the bloodied tower and spun his oddly familiar axe to his shoulder. Scout knew it would be bad to give this titan any information, but this might buy him and his friends some time.

Scout got his pistol out and kept it by his side. "S-Scout, sir. Um, who are you?" the tower asked. The titan roared in laughter, "Who am I? Well I thought maybe my good friend Sinister would of told you by now! My boy, the name is Jaxe!"

That's when it started. The excessive talking and monologing. Scout had lucked out, he was distracting the narcissistic titan by having him talk about himself.

Douboy and Winter Soldier saw the clever trick. They crawled their way back to the truck and helped one another in as Scout stood there and pretended to listen to what Jaxe was talking about.

Scout looked around for Soldier, but he couldn't see him at all. He looked over at the others in the truck and they all shook their head. Scout snapped his head forward as Jaxe called out to him.

"Were you even listening, you pathetic tower?" Jaxe asked, tapping his foot against the dirt ground. Scout fumbled with his words, "Uhm, I am listening! Just trying to find a penny I thought I had dropped for a moment!" He grinned forcibly.

Jaxe glared at Scout, almost as if contemplating. Then, the stalks of corn shook and Soldier came tumbling out, a small scratch on his chin. He was breathing heavy.

"Ha! I see you're back from your flight! I'll let you puny towers go, but there's a tax to be paid for driving on my road," Jaxe menacingly laughed, his axe swing expertly in his hand as he stalked over to Soldier.

Scout wasn't the brightest, but he knew trouble when he saw it. This was trouble. Soldier tried to fire at him, but his gun jammed. Jaxe sneered, "Looks like the landing might of messed up your little gun. Less fun for me-"

Jaxe winced as a couple of rounds were shot into his back. Hissing, he turned around to see that Scout was the one responsible. Scout's face was on serious mode. He was ready to fight.