AN: Good morning everyone. (Or what ever time you read this). This is the 2nd chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Giant cannibalistic people... Cabal are cooler
Jason, Sarah and Tom walked slowly in a triangle like shape through the hole. as the exited they saw utter devastation. Blood everywhere on the cobblestone floors. houses torn asunder. they walked forward over what must have been a wooden bridge and took their first steps on the cobblestone. "What happened here?" Sarah asked
"I have no idea... But from what i can guess is that something attack and massacred who ever lives here." Jason replied as he knelt down to examine a pool of blood.
"If your right. then where are the attackers?" Tom asked as he stood behind Jason.
"Don't know." Jason replied as a ear wrenching scream went out. A scream that they had never heard before. "Whelp, looks like we found something. We can get a better view from the roofs." Jason sprinted up to a wall and jumped. As he began to descend he was boosted up again. He did the same thing and landed atop the roof. He turned back around to see Sarah gliding up to him. Tom just lifting himself onto the roof. They looked around and saw the rest of the settlement. smoke raised from multiple areas of the settlement. another wall like the one they had just passed through stood at the back of the settlement.
"What are those!" Sarah pointed to the middle of the settlement where a large building stood. Climbing all over were giant humanoid beings. trying to break into the building.
"I have no idea." Tom dead-panned as he swapped his shotgun for his rocket launcher. "But i have a plan to get rid of them."
"Locals." Jason pointed across a couple of rooftops in front of them. stood humans in light brown clothing with two metal box's attached to their belts.
"Those are kids!" Sarah said, quite shocked about the revelation.
"What do we do? Do we make contact?" Tom asked Jason.
"No." He said "We watch these kids and if any of them are in danger we save them. Ok?" Jason said as he turned to the others. Who both nodded in agreement. "Good, lets start up."
A few minutes later and after a black haired girl made a quite good and terrible speech at the same time and the rest of the locals ran off after her. or grappled or something like that. the fire-team kept up with them quite easily. they watch as some were eaten by the giant humans, or Titans as the locals called them.
"We need to do something. I cant stand watching, Kids of all things, getting eaten by giant humans who have the IQ of a baby." Tom said, slightly annoyed.
"Fine. Prep up." Jason said as he sprinted forward at full speed along the rooftops. Sarah and Tom in hot pursuit after him.
"HELP!" Jason turned to his left to see only a few rooftops away a girl being picked up by the giants.
"Bollocks." Jason muttered as he shouldered his scout-rifle and jumped in the air and raised his right arm. his body glowing brightly and a hand-cannon appearing in his hand. He landed back in a sprint and fired a shot into the giants face.
Nothing.
2nd shot
Nothing
3rd shot
The 3rd shoot finally killed the giant as it roared in pain and he disintegrated into nothingness. Only leaving behind steam. The girl he saved looked at Jason with wonder and awe at how he had killed the titan. she then noticed the 2 people behind him.
The 3 guardians jumped into a alleyway, out of the sight of the Locals, and leaned against the wall. "That went well." Tom proclaimed as he sat down, sliding his back along the wall.
"Yep." Jason said as he hung his head.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Sarah asked, confused
"It took 3 shots to kill one of those things with my golden gun." Jason said
"So, its just like the major and Ultra enemy's we used to face back on Earth or Mars." Sarah said. "Now come on guys, we need to find out what's going on and try to find safety."
both of the males sighed and walked out of the alley behind Sarah. "We better not die here." Tom muttered
"Don't worry, I'll revive you if you do." Tom's Ghost appeared and stated. making Tom sigh once again.
The 3 Guardians along to the wall at the back of the settlement and stared up at it. "How are we going to get up there?" Tom proclaimed.
"Why don't we just find a door." Sarah said as she pointed towards the gate that was still open where what looked like civilians were finishing going through.
"This is why we keep you here." Jason laughed as the three jumped into another alleyway. Jason walked up to a pile of what looked like cloths and threw them to his other team-mates. "Put these on so we don't scare them."
"Why don't you have to wear them?" Tom asked
"Because i already have my hood." Jason stated as the three of them, all wearing hoods walked through the gate. as they passed through the gate shut behind them. "Looks like no way to get back through that way." the group quickly moved into another empty alley, taking their hoods off, All except Jason, and throwing them to the floor. "I'll go explore while you guys stay here an wait for me to get back."
"Why cant we go?" Sarah asked
"Because i can go invisible remember?" Jason demonstrated as he suddenly disappeared with only a few blue lines showing where he was, to a untrained eye you wouldn't be able to see him. But Guardians were trained in the Crucible to find and see those. "Don't worry, I'll be back before you know it."
as Jason ran off the two remaining Guardians looked at each other. "He's going to screw up somehow." Tom proclaimed
"You can say that again." Sarah agreed.
Jason walked along one of the rooftops of the city that stood behind the wall. He looked down at the people and frowned. 'They have no moral what so ever. Is this what it was like in the last city right after the collapse?' his thoughts were cut off by cannon fire. he turned to see steam rising from inside the wall. 'Did one of those things make it in? If so how the hell did it climb the wall without anyone noticing?'
He sprinted over to see a body of one of those 'Titans' sat their. its body devoid of skin with steam surrounding it. He crouched down and stared at it. "Interesting." His Ghost said from inside his head. "I must look into this." he then felt a large cold shiver go up his spine as he looked to his right where 4 people stood.
"You found anything yet?" Tom asked over the fire-team radio chat. getting the attention of the 4 locals. Jason slowly back up along the rooftop, still invisible. and smiled as he crept backwards. 'Your not going to-'
SMASH
Jason winced and looked down at the floor to see a used to be a vase lying smashed on the floor. 'Find me.' he sighed as the closest Local, a blonde haired girl in a ponytail charged forward with a sword. Jason reacted quickly and pulled out his Arc Blades and raised his left to defend himself from the sword. but in doing so showed more locals where he was. He clashed with the sword and elbowed the girl in the face and quickly rolling out of the way. 'Well if they found me better show myself.' he thought as he deactivated his cloak. all the locals eyes went wide as nodded and quickly took off back to the other guardians.
Sarah and Tom sat atop two crates checking their weapons before they heard something they had be expecting for awhile. "HELP!" Both turned to look out of the alley and to the closest rooftop where Jason was running away from the locals. "Time to go." Sarah nodded as the two got up and sprinted out of the alley and to follow their, now running away, team-mate.
"Damn it!" Jason proclaimed as he skid to a halt in front of the wall. he turned to go the other way to find he was surrounded. "Balls."
"Move please!" He looked up and smiled under his gas mask. running past the locals were his other Guardians. they landed next to him and raised their weapons at the locals.
"Told you he'd screw up." Tom said as he nodded to Jason "How'd you do it this time."
"Vase." Jason said, hanging his head low in slight shame.
"Again?! Damn i thought we talked about watching for Vases behind you." Sarah stated, slightly angry.
"WHO ARE YOU! IDENTIFY YOURSELVES!" All three Guardians turned towards where they came from. A man with brown hair and a small beard stood in front of all of the locals. he was pointing at them.
All the Guardians looked at each other.
"IDENTIFY YOURSELVES OUR WE WILL FIRE OUR CANNONS AT YOU!" The man ordered again
That sentence got a response out of the 3 Guardians. but not the one the man expected. All three burst into laughter. Sarah falling to her knees in laughter.
"You've got to be kidding me." Tom said as he tried to hold in his laughs. "They wont to anything."
"THAT'S IT! FIRE!" the man ordered as the Cannons on the wall that were pointed at the 3 fired.
"Tom." Jason said as Tom nodded and slammed the floor. a large purple bubble covering the 3 Guardians. the cannonballs hitting it and doing nothing.
"What is that thing!" One of the locals said as he took a step back. Many were scared at the ability's of the 3 people in front of them. suddenly a blonde haired boy with mop type hair sprinted in front of the group, the older man yelling at him to get back.
"Please! We're sorry about attacking you, we'e just scared." The boy said as he looked around him
"Armin!" A black haired girl, the one who made the speech earlier jumped down next to boy not listening to her. The bubble around the guardians disappearing.
"Please, help us. We just lost a city to the titans. Please, Humanity needs you." Armin pleaded. the three guardians looked at each other for a second.
"Hey kid!" Armin and many of the other Locals looked at the front person who spoke. "We'll help. But only because we need to find our way home." he said that as his gas-mask disappeared and his hood came down. Showing a browned haired man with green eyes. He turned to the others. The muscular one's helmet doing the same to show a brown face with brown eyes and short black curly hair. the woman out of the three was cautious to take hers off.
"Listen up!" the muscular one yelled. "If anyone makes fun of her face or skin tone or what ever she is know that i will shove a bullet in your mouth." the man threatened, everyone tensing at the threat. he turned and nodded to the girl. her helmet disappeared and got a along of gasps from the locals.
She had light purple hair and dark purple eyes. Her skin was a light blue with dark blue lips. She lowered her head in embarrassment and a light purple flushed into her cheeks.
"What is she!" The older man said, instantly regretting it as both the males were in front of him with their weapons next to his head.
"She's a Awoken. She's a human just like you but just special that's all. So if any of you make fun of her we will kill you." The, used to be, hooded one stated. the other just cocking his shotgun. as both pulled their weapons back and turned towards Armin, who was quite terrified. "So what do you need us Guardians to do?"
AN: Thats the end of Chapter 2. Hope you all had fun reading and i'll see you in the next chapter.
