War of the Titans

The War Has Just Begun

It was three days after the conference. I was viewing my armory of my house. I would need every weapon to use against the Titans. If I didn't have something Id make a note to it and whatever wasn't Voidium I would take to be reinforced.
"Khopesh, cutlass, great axe..." I said going down the line with my older brother who was writing it down. "What else should we need Christopher?"
"Katana, kopis, heavy mattocks...." He said. He was clad in his black iron, platinum, ruby and sapphire armor. He had no helmet and his crossbow and machete was at his side.
I looked at the weapon racks lining the walls. We were currently in the bladed weapons section. It seemed we had everything we needed for this section.
"Ok bladed section is good. What about long range like spears or polearms?" I asked.
"Checked earlier your all set." He said.
"Blunt weapons?" I asked. "My warhammers, maces, flails and such?"
"All there. The chain, flail, warhammer, mace and everything is there." He said.
"Ooh the chain!" I said. "I miss using that! Maybe I'll take it out later."
"Ha go ahead Caleb." He said as he put down the clipboard.
"I should have some fun unless I don't make it back." I said.
He looked up at me and I could see in his eyes he didn't think it was funny. "Caleb you better fuckin come back you little punk." He said. "Do you remember what I said when you said when you got out of school you'd join the military?"
"You didn't like it cause you wanted me to not die." I said. "You said if I joined you'd be joining with me to make sure Id be safe."
"Exactly. I can't join in this fight but the same thing applies." He said.
"Thanks Bubba." I said as I hugged him. When I was too little to call my brother Christopher I would call him Bubba and everyone in our family did now.
"Ok buddy lets get going." He said. We walked out of the armory and into the dining room.
I saw my mother trying to make breakfast and she um how to say this nicely? Is a God awful cook. So I ran up and said Id make breakfast.
I saw my brother and everyone else mouth thank you. My dad got up to help me and we made some chocolate chip pancakes with bacon. I served everyone theirs and sat down at the head of the table to eat mine.
"Caleb there's something we all want to talk to you about." My grandfather said. That was a downside of them all living here, I couldn't be peaceful in my own home.
"What is it?" I said.
"Caleb we're worried about you." My grandmother said.
"Why?" I asked now starting to be slightly irritated.
"Caleb look at yourself. Look at how much you've changed since we lost you." My sister, Victoria, said.
"Yeah and whats the deal?" I said as I ate my bacon. "Now I can lift up a mountain easy and punch the ground hard enough the entire earth shakes and tsunamis form. I've learned how to survive and I've learned how to fight better."
"Caleb your running yourself ragged trying to be the leader everyone wants you to be." My mother said. "Why does it have to be you and not someone older and stronger?"
"I'm sorry but there is no one stronger than me on this planet." I said getting up. "I am Chaos. Chaos destroys but in every mythology it brought life. I am power incarnate for this planet. Not even Charles, who has Herculean strength, is stronger now muscle wise."
"Caleb Michael that's enough." My father said. I may be power incarnate but my dad still scares me out of respect.
"Fine. But for the record I am chosen by God Himself to lead the people against the Titans. I'm the best leader we got right now." I said as I stormed out of my house muttering to myself.
"Caleb wait!" My brother said. He turned back to everyone else. "I'll go talk to him."
He managed to catch up to me running. "Caleb buddy were only concerned about you." He said. "Your what now? Twenty?"
"Yeah so?" I said.
"Caleb look at yourself!" He said. "How many scars do you have from battles fought?"
"More than I can count.." I said. "All across my chest, my arms and where some blades have impaled me."
"How old were you when that happened?" He said.
"I must've been like 15." I said. "Why?"
"Should any 15 year old have to do that?"
"No."
"Than why did you?"
"Because it's my responsibility to save us all and kill him."
"What about be leader?"
"I'm sorry do you see anyone else around here fit to be leader?" I said waving my hand around. "These are my people. I have led them through the hard times, this whole nightmare, and they will only listen to me and the guys."
"Caleb buddy we just are worried that you won't make it back."
"I will. And I will return with Erebus' head on my wall."
"What about my head?" I heard a voice like metal scraping against metal ask.
"No.." I said. I turned around and there he was.
"Hello Hero." He said. His blood red devil armor kept shifting as if to show a more terrifying monster in it next.
"Christopher run." I said. I pushed him back and had the shadows flash on my armor and my old Xiphos sword, Wrath of Caos.
"Now now no need for fighting." He said. "I came to tell you something."
"Did you?" I said. "Matthew, Connor, Wyatt, Charles and Cayden get to me now. Erebus back!" I telepathically told them.
"Yes. In five hours if the bow is not returned to me I will have all my remaining forces, over a few billion mobs, attack this city, New Italy and every other important city."
"The only other important cities are Atlantis, New Jerusalem, New Athens and New Cairo."
"All have armies of mobs waiting outside their field of vision. The poor people don't even know that they will soon be over run."
"We won't let that happen." I said.
"So you will not give me the bow?" He asked.
If I gave him the bow the Titans would be released and we'd all die. If I didn't I may lose all my people. I knew what I had to do.
"Erebus I will give you the bow."
"I knew you would relent."
"Let me finish. I will give you the bow when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. Now get the fuck out of my city!" I said as a blast of lightning hit him and sent him flying out.
"About time guys." I said as I turned around. "No time to discuss anything. Matthew your going to Atlantis to defend them from a army of mobs. Cayden your going to New Cairo, Wyatt to New Italy, Charles to New Jerusalem and Connor to New Athenian. Take whatever you need and I'll flash you out."
"Caleb what happened?" Matthew asked.
"What happened is the war has just begun."