Path of Totality; A TDS Eclipse Event Story

🌘Chapter 14🌒

      He grabbed rocks and crushed them until they were sparkling crystals. Then he would chuck them to the ground and watch them shatter. The sparkling debree would shimmer away and scatter around.

      War was fast approaching. Molten Boss was not new to it, but this was different to all of them. Fighting other titans wasn't new either, but to be in a full on war with them? Only Void Reaver had been in such a war before. The ancient titan was a veteran. He was nearly as old as the others put together.

      However, each war was different. With titans being a dying race, they were all afraid of this war. If something happened, there would be no one to replace them. Well, for almost all of them. Molten Boss was very much unaware about Gravedigger's predicament.

      "Gravedigger..." Molten Boss murmured out. His heart ached for that stupid titan to come running up to him and shake dirt all over him. Molten Boss would promise never to angry at him if it meant having that annoying pest come back.

      However, this world could do many things but that. Gravedigger was gone, it was a hard fact to take. It was one Molten Boss wanted to keep on denying. As much as he tried to pretend everything was okay, he could not ease himself.

      Molten Boss was lost in thought when he shivered a bit. Looking down, he noticed how drastically he began to cool down. Molten Boss gasped and stamped his foot, the natural hot glow beginning to come back to him.

      It was dangerous being in that state, that left him vulnerable to attack. It made Molten Boss worry even more about himself. If he didn't keep his emotions in check, then he could end up getting himself killed. He knew very well that those titans weren't against it.

      "Everything is okay... I should head back," Molten Boss spoke to himself. The others are probably wondering what got him so insanely pissy. That was something Molten Boss did not want to talk about it. He liked to be seen as hardcore, and he was going to keep it that way.

      However, this anger could cost him. Maybe he should be careful with his emotions. Staring up at the sky, he saw the outline of the moon and sneered. Soon he'll be able to get that witch. When he gets her, she will face his wrath.

      Huffing, Molten Boss went back to the camp to see if he could help out with something. It would take his mind off everything and besides, he kinda liked how these towers oogled at him and praised him when he lifted things they would need a whole team to do. Everything will be okay, revenge is just around the corner.

    A lot of things were just around the corner...

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"All you have to do is just fall! Easy!" Gravedigger instructed Scout as they stood over a gaping hole. Scout looked down at it and gulped, it looked to be endless.

"It's sort of like a portal, but I wouldn't remember. Trust us, you will be okay. They will be waiting I'm sure," Gravedigger did his best to ease the tower's anxiety. Scout was held in Gravekeeper's hands, having enough room to stand on them.

Scout stared for a moment more before looking up at the titans, "You sure I won't just fall to the bottom and go splat?"

Gravekeeper hummed and then spoke, his voice gravelly, "We are sure. Think about it like peacefully sleeping. Your friends and family will be there, new friends too. However, the moon is almost full, you must go now."

Scout stared up at them for a second more before looking at the hole. Then, he imagined it as one big swimming pool. That would be fun.

Taking a few steps back on the hand he stood on, he ran forward and lept without warning, his body hurling straight into the hole.

"Thanks, kid! We'll see you, but hopefully not too soon!" Gravedigger bid farewell. That was the last thing Scout heard as he fell into the darkness of the pit.

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      The camp graveyard sat a couple miles from the camp, the place was usually quiet and lonely. Scout's grave sat a bit away from everyone elses, flowers and other trinkets sitting away from it.

      Then, the gravestone shifted a bit. Not by much, but you could tell it tilted. It was almost as if something had moved from under it...