C.I.3: The Battle of the Mega Titan

Chapter 18. The Truth

     Cyclone wakes up. His encounter with the Colossus was in a dream. He looks around the room to find that he truly WAS inside the Towers of Courage. He felt a bandage wrapped around his head. He looks over to Maladar, who was standing by the window watching the stormy rain as it poured from the outside. Cyclone rises from the bed with only some difficulty. "Maladar." He said softly. The Immortal quickly turns around to see Cyclone fully alert. He slowly walks closer to him. "How do you feel?" He asked. "We need to get out of here." Cyclone said quietly. At first, Maladar refuses. "Not now." He said. "You're still healing-." "I DON'T CARE!" Cyclone suddenly snapped. Maladar stood with confusion. Cyclone calms down his anger a bit. "Is it true?" He continued. "Is it true that the Towers killed my parents?" There was a bit of silence, but Maladar eventually responded to his question. "Yes." He said. Cyclone tries to get up to leave, but Maladar stops him. "I can't be here! Because of these towers, I'll never know who I truly am!" "Cyclone. I-." "AND DON'T CALL ME CYCLONE! MY NAME IS BENJAMIN! AND I KNOW DAMN WELL THAT MY LAST NAME IS NOT 'DYNAMITE!' WHO AM I?! WHAT IS MY REAL NAME MALADAR?!" Maladar knew that Cyclone was hurt. He knew that the Colossus told him the truth about his parent's death. Unfortunately, even Maladar didn't have a clue of what Cyclone's real name was. "I wish I knew." He said softly. "I only knew your first name. You told me when I found you as a small child. I asked you about your last name, but you were too young to remember. It didn't matter if what the Towers did was necessary or not. It was in their nature. It was their way of protecting the power." Cyclone was even more furious with Maladar. After all the years they've know one another, Maladar had been keeping secrets from him. It wasn't the first time either. "You did this before when you told me that I had a brother, and now this?! How many secrets are you keeping from me?!" "I only wanted to keep you safe." Said Maladar. "Safe?!" Snapped Cyclone. "I don't know who I am because of you! You've got a sharp memory! Tell me what happened that night!" Maladar lowers his head with his arms crossed. He tell Cyclone everything he knew about the night his parents were killed. "I was a few distances away from the shore of Courage Island when the Towers fired at your ship. It had already sunk by the time I made it to the sea. Then I saw a raft float towards me. I watched and waited until it came to me. I looked inside to find you as a small boy, wounded, and scared. I took you to a safe place almost as half as tall as the towers. I used my powers to heal your wounds. I later went out to sea to search for more survivors, but unfortunately I was unsuccessful. I found your father's body..." Maladar pulls out Cyclone's pistol. "And I found this on him." He hands the gun to Cyclone.