*Theme
song: Dare, by Stan Bush*
The
Titans got off of the private jet and told the pilot to wait a few hours for
them. They were just outside of Lut
Gholein, the desert/port city. Chris
had never been to it, but the other three Titans remembered it quite well. Back when Reuisu was still searching for all
the Titans, they had hear rumors of a Sailor defending the general area, and
those rumors had turned out to be true in the case of Sailor Love. They had defended the town and defeated a
powerful demon named Duriel, but now they were back in Lut Gholein for another
reason.
Lucy
Yubiwa had been killed by a new enemy calling himself Doomsday. After two days of brooding, the Titans had
learned that Deckard Cain, the last of the Horadrim and the man who had
originally discovered the legend that created the Sailor Titans, was dying, and
that he wanted the group to meet him in Lut Gholein. Atma, a woman they had met back when they had first come to Lut
Gholein, was there. She looked
considerably older, though.
Atma:
Greetings, Titans.
Reuisu:
Hello, Atma.
Atma:
The years have been kinder to you than others.
Michelle:
Added bonus with being a Sailor.
Atma
smiled, but then frowned again.
Atma:
Shall I bring you to him?
Reuisu:
Please.
Atma
nodded and led the four Titans into an inn.
The walked up the stairs and into a small room where Deckard Cain laid
on the bed. He slowly opened his eyes
and looked at the Titans.
Cain:
Hello.
Reuisu
walked over to him.
Reuisu:
How do you feel?
Cain
smiled.
Cain:
Like shit.
Reuisu
raised an eyebrow.
Reuisu:
In all the years I've known you, you have never sworn before.
Cain:
First time for everything.
Cain
coughed a little, and then laid back.
Cain:
How are things on your side of the world?
Reuisu:
Crap-tacular.
Cain
sighs.
Cain:
Do not worry, my friend. Merely have
faith in God.
Reuisu
turned away from Cain.
Reuisu:
God hasn't exactly been my favorite person, lately.
Cain:
Don't talk like that, Reuisu. God loves
us all. What happened?
Reuisu:
A demon named Doomsday killed Lucy with a bomb.
Cain:
Then why are you blaming God if this demon did it?
Reuisu:
God should've been protecting her.
Cain:
God protects us all in one way or another, Reuisu! Stop blaming God just because he didn't do what you think he
should have done. This may come as a
surprise to you, Reuisu, but you're not always right! Did it ever occur to you that maybe God has a plan? That maybe Lucy's death has a reason?
Reuisu
hadn't thought of that. He just stood
and tried to think of some kind of comeback.
However, his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Cain coughing,
hard.
Cain:
It's getting darker... Can't stay awake
much longer...
Reuisu:
It's all right, old friend. Let it be.
Cain:
There as a reason... A reason why I
called you here...
Miya:
Why?
Cain: I
was looking through the ruins of Tristram...
Trying to find my old records...
And I found it...
Chris:
Found what?
Cain: On
the table over there...
Cain
slowly closed his eyes and relaxed into the bed. Atma walked over to him and felt his pulse on his neck and wrist.
Atma:
He's dead.
The
Titans closed their eyes in mourning, except for Reuisu. Reuisu gritted his teeth, then closed his
eyes. He got up and punched the wall,
slamming right through it. The other
Titans looked at him. Reuisu began to cry,
and looked at the body of Cain.
Reuisu:
Why does this keep happening?! Why do I
keep losing the people I care about?!
First my entire world, then Tristram, then Rei, then Lucy, and now
Cain. Am I doomed to lose everything
and everyone I've ever loved?
Reuisu
remembered about Cain saying something about an item being on the table. He walked over to it and found a small,
yellow-white piece of paper with tattered edges. He examined it, and then his pupils dilated.
Reuisu:
We're leaving NOW.
Reuisu
stormed out of the inn, the Titans closely behind him. He didn't say anything to them when hey
reboarded the plane, or on the flight itself.
The group walked calmly out of the private plane and paid the pilot for
this services. Reuisu led the group all
the way back to Titans Coffee. Reuisu
attempted to open the door, but found it locked.
Reuisu:
I've no time for this!
Reuisu
raised up his leg and kicked the door of the coffee shop open, breaking it off
of its hinges. The other Titans blinked
at the obviously angry Reuisu and just followed him. He led them to the back storage room of the coffee shop and
activated the void entrance. He brought
them all inside and pushed some buttons on the main console.
Reuisu:
Computer, Library!
A
section of the void twisted and shimmered, and reappeared in the form of a
library. Reuisu led the Titans down the
hallway and into the section labeled, "Prophecies and Legends." Reuisu climbs a ladder upwards and tries to
find what he's looking for. He pulls
out several books before finding it.
Reuisu:
Let's see... Claire Bible
Manuscript? No. Yoroiden Legends of the Armor? No.
Records of the Lodoss War?
No. Ah! Here it is: The Sin War.
Reuisu
climbed down the ladder and flipped the book to its last page. On that last page was the Titans Paper.
The
Titans Paper was the original item that identified each of the Titans. Another thing to notice was that a new form
was on the paper, standing next to the Titans on the left of them was Sailor
Angel, but the silhouette of Sailor Centauri was still there. Reuisu set it down on his table and pulled
out the paper Cain had given him. It
had a black silhouette on it.
Michelle:
Is that what I think it is?
Reuisu:
Yes. It's another Titan. Apparently, Deckard managed to find it while
he was looking through Tristram.
Miya:
So there's a sixth Titan?
Reuisu:
Apparently so.
Michelle:
Well, then where do we start? They
could be anywhere. Any- Hey, Reuisu,
take a look at this.
Michelle
slid the paper and the Titans paper into place with one another, and it seemed
to weld together without any kind of help.
However, what Michelle was referring to was what looked like a seventh
silhouette, half on the original Titans paper, and the other half on the new
part.
Chris:
A seventh Titan?!
Reuisu:
Well, it looks like we have a new quest on our hands, people.
To Be
Continued...