The following is another brainstorm I had a while back. I know you're all waiting for me to update my other stories, and I will at some point. This is just what has my creative juices flowing at the moment.
It combines elements of the LBT storylines, as well as Japan's famed Ultraman Franchise. LBT is property of Universal, and Ultraman that of Tsuburaya productions. No profit is intended in the creation of this story.
Also, be warned that this takes place in an Alternate version of the LBT universe, so some things are going to be different.
Enjoy!
Another time...another Earth...another universe.
Yes, it is similar to the Earth we know, but it is one created by far different means than those that our scientists can explain.
This earth was created by giants. Giants who lived out of the view of the creatures that walked upon this planet. We in our world would know them as the Titans. The grand overlords of the Earth, who existed long before even the oldest gods in human civilization.
In this, the age of the dinosaurs, the Titans were content with their power, and rule over these lands. They knew that the survival of the great beasts, no matter how enormous and powerful they seemed, depended on whatever the Titans did. If even one Titan was angered, be it by another titan, or by whatever happened on Earth, it spelled catastrophe for the dinosaurs.
This is the way all the Titans believed the world would be, from now until the end of time. All were more than happy to hold this belief.
Then, the prophecy came forth.
Gaia, the mother of the Titans, the mother of all that grew and flourished from the land, began to have visions on evenings when the moon was full and bright. Once she had made sense of them, she confided in her husband, Uranus, as well as all of her Titan children. She had seen a vision that possibly spelled doom for the Titans.
She had seen that the dinosaurs and small mammals of the earth, created by the Titan Lapetus, would one day make way for a new form of life, untouched by Titan hands. They were to be known as Humans, creatures of not only great strength, but intelligence as well. She prophesied that these humans would become so clever and so brave, that they would eventually discover the secrets of the earth itself, and use them to their own benefit, needing no assistance from the Titans ever again.
This prophecy had a great effect on all of the Titans...some were intrigued at this notion, and were content to let history take its course, interested in seeing just how far these humans could go in trying to attain their level of power.
Others, however, were very much threatened by this idea. They did not like the idea of creatures they did not create, and had no control over, one day amassing power that could even exceed their own. The most vocal objector against this Prophecy was Gaia and Uranus' son, Cronos.
The one time lord of fertility and food on the earth was plagued by the notions the prophecy brought forth. He decided that he could no longer perform his duties with life the way it was progressing now, and argued that the Titans must take steps to ensure their dominance over all life. He argued that it would be better to kill all of the creatures on Earth now, and start over from a clean slate, rather than take a chance and just watch these new beings spring up, who he believed would one day supplant his race.
Both Gaia and Uranus came out in opposition to this idea. They believed that only his brother, Lapetus, should be able to decide whether the creatures lived or died, being their creator. Cronos tried hard to persuade his brother, but Lapetus could not bring himself to this act of genocide, after his creations had come so far in their development.
Cronos was angered by this, and accused Lapetus of being a traitor. When Uranus rose to defend his son, Cronos, blinded by rage, withdrew his dagger and slashed his father through the heart. Lapetus immediately tried to kill Cronos at the sight of this, only to find himself obstructed by Cronos' favorite sister, Rhea.
After seeing Rhea accidentally murdered by Lapetus, Cronos' rage grew even stronger. He slaughtered his brother mercilessly, along with all of his Titan brothers and sisters, before taking the life essence of Rhea into his heart, and vanishing into the Earth itself.
Only Gaia, Cronos' mother, was spared from this horrible act. She also vanished into the Earth, taking with her the life essences of all her other Titan children, using them to sustain the Earth as well as she could on her own.
But life on Earth was no longer the paradise it once was. The Rage of Cronos spread through all the lands like a sickness, consuming so much food and water wherever it went. Dinosaurs began to starve, and were hunted by more and more Sharpteeth, also seemingly affected by Cronos' anger.
Word began to spread among all the dinosaur clans of one place...one beautiful place that was unaffected by all of this chaos and death. None of them knew, of course, that this place was the one area where Gaia still had power over the elements of the world. A place where she used the essences of her children to sustain her ideal vision of the Earth in one small space.
This place was known as The Great Valley.