Titan Series

Chapter 1

          "Shawn! Shawn! Wake up!", he heard a voice, ringing on his ears. "Sleeping on the job is not what you signed up for,get up"
               "You need to deliver this by 2:50, get up now, you lazy bum!", She said.
              " Are you wearing lipstick?"
             "Yeah.I was just trying it on , is it good?"
           "Yeah, it looks nice. And I have to mention, you just woke me up at the perfect moment of my greatest dream"
            "Let me guess, you finally got a permanent job"
         "Still, thanks for the job. This job is permanent right?"
          "The job is permanent unless you screw up, now get going already, it's  getting late."
             "Yes ma'am , Whatever you say", he smirked. He got up from the bench he was laying, picked up the delivery and went out to mount on his bike. "You forgot your keys man", she sighed in disapointment. "Come back here and sit, I will ask someone else to make the delivery"
          "What is it?", he walked towards her and sat down,placing the delivery on the table.
         "What's on your mind?", she asked.
             "Nothing "
     " Then what is this supposed to mean?"she sat beside him, "You don't want this job ,do you?
        "You really do know me well."
             " Come on! This is like the sixth time ."
         "I just don't feel like I belong here."
                "I hate to break it to you, but even the Demon Of A Sister you have, is getting a job." She smiled,"Work here until you find what's in your heart"
              "Thanks. Your words reach the bottom of my heart",he laughed.

           " Shut up", she smiled ,"Oh.. And I forgot to tell you, Charlie is coming into town"
 

      " Wait,what!? Isn't he supposed to be away for two more months?" he got stunned.
               "I don't know the details . As celebrating his return, the Demon Of A Brother I have, is hosting a one week program", she sighed. "And most importantly , you and I are invited . I have talked to the boss , He said he will give us a week for grieving "
            "What? Why must we be grieving?"
          "Cause your grandma died?"
        "I don't have a grandma, thickhead!"
                 "The boss doesn't know that,does he?" She grinned in a wicked way
           "Girl, with that smile, you look like a witch with lipstick on!"
               "Your comparisons doesn't match up ,fool!"
             "And so does your face and the smile. "
             "What does that supposed to mean? Are you saying my face is pretty but my smile is not? Are you saying I'm looking good?", she smiled
      "Shut up! Let's go get some gifts for him."
       " Do I look cool? Do I look cute? Tell me,Tell me!", she sounded excited.
       "Shut up, Nora the witch", They walked to her car and drove to the nearby gift shop.

Later that evening....

              "Charlie, someone's at the door!",Marc shouted.
           " Yeah,I'm receiving it!", he opened the door.
           "WELCOME BACK!!", Shawn was at the other end of the door with Nora. He was wearing a white shirt with black jacket,while Nora was on a plain red gown.
          " Hey! Long time no see."
           "I had to beg my boss to get him a job for one straight week and you went out of town for two months. Ofcourse, it takes long time to see each other", Nora entered the door with a gift box on her hands.
           " Is it for me?You shouldn't have....",he talked politely
       "Accept the gifts or I will beat your perfect face with the baseball bat I bought for you", Shawn joked
         " I see your early ,Shawn", Marc approached for a hug.
    "I am." Shawn hugged him gently. "Where is Jen?"
      " She is late." Marc answered .
     "So....what's the big one week program?"
          "I will talk about it when Jen is here"
        "Hey! Did you forget that your sister is in the house too?", Nora smiled.
     " Who are you,miss?"
      "Enough with the jokes. Who is cooking tonight?"
             There was complete silence. "You didn't plan that one,did you?",she sighed.
      "Jen can cook." Shawn added.
            "Yeah.....I forgot that."
      "Hey....... Is it only me or do all of you smell it", Charlie was puzzled
       "I assume the feeling is mutual. It smells like chicken!" Nora added, "It is from the kitchen "
         They rushed into the kitchen. There stood a young woman taking a full cooked chicken from the oven, "JEN! When did you come!?", Shawn exclaimed.
          " I didn't take a step outside for 2 hours" She answered.She was wearing a Dark red T-shirt and a slightly long pant.
      "What about your job interview then?" He asked
       "It was this morning, bro", she answered."Dinner will be ready in a minute."
       Shawn and others went to the living room and sat on the couch, while Jen was cooking in kitchen.
        "So,how was your trip around the world?",Nora asked.
         "Cool!", Charlie smiled."I went to Korea, China, India, Russia, mostly everywhere."
        "That's cool." She said.
      "Yeah. I'm actually back with gifts myself."
           "What gifts?",Jen came in.     
          "Hey! Aren't you supposed to be making dinner!?", Shawn exclaimed
         "The dinner is ready, come and eat before the food gets cold"
        "That's quick!" Shawn was stunned.
           "For a set of twins, You guys are really too different." Nora laughed.
          "Let's talk while eating then." Marc suggested, approaching the dinner table, followed by Charlie and others.They sat down the table and waited for the chicken to arrive. And there came Jen with the chicken and other dishes."Dinner is served!",She placed the dishes on the table.      
            Marc spoke up,"So,tell us more about the trip"
              "Eh...Okay", Charlie started. "Like I said, I traveled quite a bit around the world ,but I couldn't visit all places. It would have been another two months then"
          "So why come back,without completing the trip?", Jen sat down the table.
         " I had to attend a urgent issue back here,in NYC."
          "Awww, Did you miss your little friend that much?" Shawn got excited.
          "I got no business with you"
      "For some reason,I'm clearly offended"
     "Anyway, I will attend the issue later"
     "Yeah,yeah.The pasta is good,you guys should try it", Marc offered.
        "Glad that you enjoyed the food!" Jen put up a smile. Nora and Shawn ate as fast as a hungry homeless man.
        "What's the matter with you guys? Enjoy the food I made for you. I really put up effort in the food."
         "The pizza that I get from the pizza place we work at,is pathetic. WE ARE VERY MUCH HUNGRY!" Nora hurried.
          "Don't eat like that, you might choke." Charlie insisted.
         "Tell us more about the trip" Shawn requested while stuffing his mouth with chicken.
    "Well, I didnt study four Years of archeological studies for nothing." Charlie smiled.
           "What does that supposed to mean?"
           "It means that I made a good discovery."
           "Oh! Cool! What is it though?"
            Charlie kept his fork on the table and went through his pockets. He took a little folded paper. He unfolded it to reveal  that it is indeed a big size of paper.
           "Is it a treasure map?" Shawn got excited.
             "No. It is much more precious than that."
            "Let me see it." Shawn stood up and rushed to Charlie's side.He seriously stared at it. "Its empty. Should we just show it on fire or dip it into water or something?"
             "It's too risky to try them yet. I will try something later"
            "Guys and girls seems like all of you have completed your meals. So I will introduce you all to the next plan in my program. Its called MOVIE MARATHON!!" Marc shouted.
            "Woohhh!" Shawn shouted back. But unexpectedly , the others didn't share the sans enthusiasm. Charlie folded the paper and kept it back in his pocket.
             "Come on guys, it will be fun" Shawn encouraged.
                "Okay. But I will be selecting the movies" Nora demanded.
                "Anyone else want to select the movies?" Shawn asked. No one objected. "Seems like its your choice then." He said to Nora.
                   "We will be going full horror tonight then. " Nora smirked.
             "Seems like I should have objected. I'm regreting my life choices right now"
                   "I'll go and get the snacks , you guys set up the movies." Charlie rushed to the kitchen.
           "Let's start with 'The Ring'." Nora said. Charlie came back with nachoos and chips.
          Nora turned on the movie as everyone settled down. Everyone were intrested watching the movie that they watched many times before.
           Right at the thriller scene, they were watching it intensely. The ghost came into the scene. Jen grabbed Charlie's arn tight and held it in fear. Charlie turned to see scared Jen. Jen quickly withdrew her hands in embarrassment. Charlie turned back to the movie immediately with a blush.
             
      After around three hours, Marc spoke, "Tomorrow we will be going to the beach first in the morning! So go sleep now and wake up early tomorrow."
          "Okay  big man. I'll go to bed now.",  Charlie smiled. He went up stairs, went up to his old room  and closed the door."He sure is a quick sleeper." Shawn said.
          "I will go to bed now  too. See you guys in the morning." Marc went up to his room.
        "Hey! Where is Jen?"
"I assume she is already in her room.", Nora answered. "Seem like most of us are already in bed. I'll go change and sleep then." Nora went towards the stairs.
        "Hey..."
         "Hmm? What is it?" Nora turned back.
    "Nothing... Let's talk tomorrow."
   "Sure." Both of them went up to their rooms.

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  Before three days,

           "Is this the place?" Charlie asked.
           "Yes, sir." A middle aged man replied. He was tall with a very long beard. His face looked rough with many scars.
           "Thank you for your help. I will pay you  when we get down from this hill." Charlie explained.
           "I can't do allow that. Please pay me back now, I can't expect you to come back from this place alive."
       "Cause you believe this place is cursed?"
        "Yes sir"
            "It was really a fortunate thing to find a person who speaks clear English over here, let alone accompany me until here. How much is it?" Charlie took his bag and opened it.
              "Everything you have." The man took a knife out of its sheath, which was hidden behind him .
               "Oh! Is it a real knife? Is it legal to carry one?", he raised his arms in the air.
            "Don't try anything funny, or I will give you a painful death." He approached the opened bag.
           When he was just about to touch the bag, Charlie kicked him right on his abdomen with his knees. As the man bended down in pain, He grabbed the hand with the knife and twisted it and thereby snaching away the knife. The man tried to punch him with his other arm, but Charlie blocked it and gave a serious punch to his face,twice. As the man fell on his knees, he kicked him right on his face, and knocked him out.
       "Don't worry I won't kill you. I will just leave you here. Just find a way back on your own. And, you hid your knife in an obvious place."
             Charlie entered the temple with a torchlight on his hand. The door was twice the height of Charlie.
          Inside, mostly everything was covered with web. The place was too dark to see. This place is too old. I hope I find something here, Charlie thought. Deep inside the temple was a big book. He walked slowly towards it , so that he wouldn't activate any hidden traps. Phew! A arrow flew across his face. He caught it in the nick of time. He accidently activated a trap as it seems.
              He reached the book. He cleared it if the webs and opened it.  The writings were in ancient language. He took some papers from his bag and placed it next to the book. He took a book and placed it on the other side of the old book. He translated the words from tgs book using the translations on the paper and wrote it on his book.
                'The family of Royce has been one of the loyal families of their home planet earth. They have defended the earth from external compliments for around hundreds of years. Before around a hundred years they formed a connection with a group called the Universal Council.'    It read out.
            
               "Royce, huh? That's an unpleasant surprise. Seems like I became too naive around these Years. How could I not see that the ticket to my destination has been in front of me all along?" He smirked.
            "Nora Royce. I'll find the secret of your family before the real problem begins."
          

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  Before 24 Years, Back In The Tomb.

             "WAIT! Did you see his face? Who was it?",Bastin was panicking.
              "I can't be sure now. I'll check it out myself." Arthur lunged up the broken tomb,with lightning trailing behind.
           " WAIT, Arthur, Don't!" Bastin tried to stop him, But it was too late. Arthur was already on his way.
              "YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE." Arthur shouted.     
             The assassin was under his range of vision.The Assasin was flying with the wind itself. Arthur stuck thunder upon him. PANG! The thunder hit the assasin. He fell to the ground with a major thud. Arthur landed a little away from him.
                    "Reveal who you are!" Arthur demanded. The assassin stood up and turned up just to reveal a iron mask covering his face.
              "Seems like you took your time to create another mask. You are PATHETIC!"
          "It is not pathetic to survive."
"Survive? SURVIVE!? You call THIS survival. Killing innocent civilians and peasants is not how survival works anywhere."
         "Well spoken! Like a person who don't understand PAIN. You have never experienced true pain. You should know PAIN, to understand me."
          "Shut up!COWARD!"
     "The one who should shut up is you!" A figure appeared from behind.
       "WHAT THE-" He got stabbed. Right on his chest.It was the real assassin. There was blood rushing out.
         "You used another clone, huh!?...You...Coward!!"he struggled.
          "It is not cowardice for me to survive.",He smirked.He tried to pull out the sword, but he couldn't. Arthur held to the sword.
           "You shouldn't have come alone!NOW DIE!" He flashed away from the place. Away from Arthur.....