Chapter 4:

The First Colossus

Valus the Minotaur

Now we get to the real action. Just give a little insight, the fighting is done almost the same as in Shadow of the Colossus, except the colossi won't die if you've paid attention to the second chapter.

A day and a half later, the boys have found nothing and decide to rest for awhile and continue later. "It's been a day and a half dammit, and we haven't found one single colossi," Cujak said in anger and Dema replied, "Calm down, I'm sure we'll find one. We just need to know where we're going." But, that was it; they had no idea where they were going. All the while, Yopu was fidgeting with his sword, just looking at it and admiring its design. He held it up to the sun, when the blade started to glow. Yopu jumped in surprise, and dropped the sword. Then, the shimmer vanished.

Cujak sighed and asked, "Yopu did you drop your sword again?" He nodded, but he looked like he saw a ghost. Dema then asked, "Are you alright, you look like you were attacked by a dead spirit or something." Yopu then went into how his sword was glowing when he held it up to the sun. Of course, neither of them believed him and just laughed away. Yopu then had an upset/mad look on his face. After the other two stopped laughing, Cujak then said, "Are you kidding me, swords don't glow." "Yeah, so you're telling us that when I put sword up to the sun like this," Dema said as he drew his sword and held it up, "that it'll start to glow." As he did, a light shimmered from the sword.

Cujak was surprised, but Yopu had the satisfied look on his face this time and he bragged, "Ha! See? I told you!" Cujak and Dema glared at Yopu and then looked back at Dema's sword. As he brought it down, the glimmer faded. So, Cujak decided all three of them should hold their swords up and see what happens. Dema and Yopu nodded, and Cujak drew his sword. They held it up, and all three blades were glowing. The light from the swords narrowed, pointing to a canyon southwest from where they were standing.

Cujak then asked Dema, "What do you think this means?" He looked at the top of the cliff and saw a straight ray of light pointing down, he then figured it out. "I think this means, we found the first colossus."With that, the boys gathered their things and headed toward the pillar of light, the cliff, and the first colossus.

Meanwhile, inside the abandoned temple, black forms of humans began coming out of the ground. As they did, a mysterious voice said in the ancient language, "So, three of the cursed ones think they can replace my power with the souls of a mortal? No matter. We shall deal with them, when the time comes. Though I doubt they will manage to defeat the first of the new colossi." And it cackled a low laugh and 16 spirits fully rose out of the ground.

A few miles later of nothing, but dessert and more dessert, they finally stopped and the base of the cliff and found a pathway that lead to the top. Yopu looked around and asked, "Well where is it?" They kept looking, but couldn't find it. Then, Cujak looked up, gazed at the pathway and thought what if the colossus is on top of the cliff? He then announced his proposal to the other two, who looked at each other, and reluctantly agreed with him. So, they got off the horses and started climbing.

It took them a long while, but they finally reached the top. When they did, they saw nothing, but a wide plateau. They walked up, and Dema fell to his knees. "Maybe these things don't even exist," he said in despair. Cujak and Yopu felt disappointed too, so they turned back to the walkway, until…boom…boom. They felt little quakes getting bigger. BOOM…BOOM…BOOM. Then, they saw him walking through the plateau, the colossus, only he didn't look like the Valus the Minotaur you know. He looked more bull like on the head, his hands and feet were replaced with thick pillars, and his body was made of nothing, but steel and stone (keep in mind that the stone is soft, but not too soft).

As he was walking, he walked way from the boys, but that wouldn't stop them. They looked at him, and Cujak asked, "How are we going to get a thing like that, to spot three little ants like us?" Then, Yopu had an idea; he could shoot it with an arrow to get his attention. So, he pulled out his bow, strung it, and nocked an arrow. Dema and Cujak looked at each other, confused. Yopu ran up, aim at Valus, and he released his arrow, sending it to his target. Lucky for him, he managed to hit Valus in the back. Dema and Cujak were surprised as Valus turned around. Next, the boys ran up to the colossus, and Valus suddenly noticed the boys and the fight was on.

Valus swung his right arm back, preparing to attack, but the boys just kept on running. Dema suddenly stopped and had an idea. He called Cujak and Yopu to him. Seeing his moment, Valus began to swing his arm to his target: the three boys. Dema, looking at his attack, pushed Cujak and Yopu and told them to move, and Dema ran with them. Valus' attack missed luckily. Then Dema asked, "So, you guys know the plan?" They nodded. Then, Cujak and Yopu ran to the colossus, as did Dema, but he ran to the back side of Valus, for both Cujak and Yopu acted as distractions. Valus swung at them again with the same arm. Valus aimed his attack at Cujak, who managed to dodge at the right moment.

Meanwhile, Dema managed to get on Valus' left leg. This was how far he got in his plan, and he never figured how to get to the head from there. At that moment, Valus felt Dema on his leg, and started swinging it back and forth. Dema, being swung back and forth, had no idea what he was doing. He then figured, maybe the vital spot Roras was talking about might be on his leg. So, he drew his sword, and held it high in the air, preparing to stab the back knee. This was difficult to do on account of the swinging. Cujak and Yopu were panting from the serious running, and Yopu said, "I hope he finds the vital spot soon, because I'm getting tired of this running." But, Valus just kept swinging his leg, and Dema still had a hard time trying to stab the leg. Then at last, he drove the sword into the leg. Valus grunted as he felt the pain and dropped his leg. Dema, then drew the sword out of the leg and saw the blood spraying out. Thinking this would take to long, Cujak drew his sword and held it up, hoping it would point to the vital point. And it did. Turns out, the vital point is on the head.

Before they could inform Dema of this, he drove the sword into the back knee. As Valus felt this, he fell on both his knees and then on all fours. Dema then pulled the sword out of the back knee. As he did, he noticed Cujak and Yopu heading for the head. He asked himself, why the head? So, he began climbing up the leg to find out why. As both Cujak and Yopu got on the head, they started climbing to the higher portion of it. As they climbed up, Valus felt their foot steps and looked towards his forehead. Valus, then began to stand on both his legs, then up straight, with all three boys hanging on tight. As Valus stood up straight, he began to shake his violently, attempting to shake off Cujak and Yopu. As this was happening, Dema was climbing up the back of Valus, but he was too busy shaking off Cujak and Yopu to notice.

Dema had to get to the head quickly if he wanted to help his friends, so he had an idea. He started to climb up the showing spinal cord, and after he got to the last one, he sent all his energy to his legs, and with a great push, he jumped at the least 5 to 6 ft. He then landed on the head and knelt to his knees. After Cujak and Yopu looked up to see Dema, Dema asked, "What the hell are you to doing on the head?" They then told him that was where the vitals were. At first Dema didn't believe them, but after holding his sword up, "Oh," he said. Then, he told Cujak and Yopu to get ready for the stab. As Valus continued to shake, Cujak shouted, "NOW!" and they lunged into the head. Valus roared as the blades made contact with the head. Then, blood sprayed out of the three stab wounds.

With that done, the boys needed a way down to make the necessary prayer. So, they got off the head, and slid down the front, holding on to the torso. As they stopped, they let go and made contact with the ground. Once they did, they needed to get some distance between Valus, so they ran as far as they could. But, Valus managed to get their attention by roaring. As they turned around, they noticed Valus heading towards them, losing his balance from the blood loss. As he tried to stand tall, he instantly glared at the boys and prepared to swing his left arm at them. And, he swung his arm, while at the same time, the boys tried to run as fast as possible. When the attack made contact with the ground, the force from the collision flung them a few feet.

But, that would never stop them. As they got up, they went down on one knee, and mumbled to themselves the prayer; Oh great colossus, we pray to thee that you will receive your power and return to the great creature you once were. As they said it, a black stream of energy flowed out of them and started heading for Valus. Then, as the streams pointed at the stab wounds, they plunged into the head. But it stopped after they made contact, and after a few seconds, they rushed into the head and the transformation had begun.

As the streams went in, Valus held his arms to his head. After awhile, his arms began to crack and so did his legs. Then, they broke, light emitting from them and the rest of his body. A little while later, the light faded, revealing the normal Valus we all know and love. He lowered his arms and grabbed his club from his back (that's my theory of where his club would go when he's not holding it). He looked down on the boys, which spooked them a bit. He glared at them, the boys wondering what he's going to do next. Will Valus attack, or move on and leave them?