War of the Titans

Second Chances

***********Connors POV***********

Caleb and Charles were gone. That was just a fact that we had to face. Whatever happened to their bodies when they disappeared I just hoped they didn't become part of Typhon.
Now I guess I'll give a bit more of my story.
Pretty simple. My dad was military and he raised and taught me how to survive. He tried to teach me quickly how to react and defend myself as quick as possible. He always said time was important and talked about it. It was his thing I guess.
My dad than passed away when I was 13, around the time I got sucked into Primordial War. There had been a person being mugged by 10 other guys with knives and my dad stepped in. He took them all down but they manage to cut him up in the meantime.
My mom than came and got me from school. She told me what happened while rushing to the hospital. When I got there I ran into the hospital to see him.
I got to his room and he was there in the bed. They had managed to slice him across the face a few times, stab him in the stomach and slashed a major artery on his arm. The doctor told me he didn't have long and that I might want to say goodbye.
I sat down next to him and he looked up and smiled weakly at me. "Hey Champ." He said.
"Dad your gonna be ok right?" I said while holding back tears. "Your not gonna leave me are you?"
"I don't know son." He said. Than he smiled. "If I do go than promise me something."
"Anything dad you name it." I said.
He grabbed my arm. "Promise me you won't forget anything I taught you or let this affect you." Than he drew the symbol of infinity on my hand. "Time is what matters in life. Make the best of your time. Remember all the good memories and the mistakes you've learned from. Time runs in a infinite loop. Time is love, life, tragedy, mistakes, good times and the bad times. Most important thing about time is how you spend it and who you spend it by.
You can't just waste it all. You have to make the most of it. You have to be the best you can be. Be someone who can be remembered throughout time. And I know you will be son."
"I promise dad that I will be." I said with tears running down my face.
"I know you will be." He said and smiled. "I love you Connor. Throughout all my time and what I've made of it your the best thing I ever made." He messed up my hair a little bit. "Take care Connor. And take these."
He took off the necklace he always wore and his watch. The necklace was a pendant that flipped open to become a watch that had the symbol of infinity as the hands. His watch was a gold and silver watch with a infinity symbol as the hands and a hourglass in the back.
"Dad these are your favorite things." I said.
"I want you to have them. And all my old military gear. You get it all Connor. Everything I own." He said. He ran his hand through his hair. He had blonde hair like me. "I wish I had more time. But Connor my time is up. I love you." He gave me a hug while I cried on his shoulder. Than he let go and gave me a kiss on the head before laying down. Than I heard the flatline.
The doctors had to take me out screaming to my family. All my little siblings were waiting with my mom and everyone. A few weeks later was the funeral. Than a month later I was sucked in here.
I met Caleb and the guys and over time had my trial. I met Natalia (story for another day) and now I'm here.
I closed the watch on my pendant than walked outside. Everyone was training. From Ballista drills to mastering the power armor.
Natalia walked out with me in her combat fatigues. Her and I were moved in together and she was gonna go with me to make rounds. She had a pistol which she had the guys with Herculean armor make her bullets Kronium and her two knives the same way.
She put her hand on my chest and stopped me before we could walk out the door. "Connor we need to talk." She said.
"Natalia can we do this at some other time? Or after our rounds." I said.
"No Connor we can't. Your running yourself into the ground. You need to slow down a little bit."
"Natalia you know I can't. Since Caleb and Charles are gone I have to take their rol-"
"You know you can't do that. As much as I love you you can't take the roles of Caleb or Charles. They were people that we loved. We can never replace their roles."
"I know but I have to try."
"Do you think Caleb would want you to do this to yourself?"
"He would want me to try to protect everyone. He would-"
"He wouldn't want yourself to run yourself into the ground. How can you help if you do that?"
"I'll find a way." I snapped.
"No you won't Connor!" She yelled. "Your gonna end up killing yourself at the rate your going! I don't want you to die Connor! What would your dad say about this?"
I froze. She was one of the only people who knew about all of that. I never told anyone but her and the guys about that.
"Don't you try to use my dad against me!" I yelled.
"I'm sorry Connor but what do you want me to say!? He wouldn't want you to do this to yourself! He would want you to do your best and not almost kill yourself! Look what they did to Caleb and Charles! And Caleb was more powerful than you or the others combined!"
"You think I don't know that? I have a plan for that!"
"And what is it than?"
"You'll find out if we start to lose."
"I can't believe you some days! I'm your own damn girlfriend and you won't tell me!"
"That's exactly why! If I told you it only upset you!"
"What do you think what your doing now is doing to me?!" She said and started crying. "I just don't want you to get hurt.."
"Natalia..." I said and put my arms around her. "I won't get hurt. There was something I was gonna ask you later but I guess nows as good a time as any."
"What is it?"
I opened a small portal behind my back and grabbed the small box that fell out of it. I was about to open it when I heard someone walk up behind me.
"Hello Connor. Natalia." I turned around and saw Ethos. "Natalia may I speak to Connor alone?"
"S-sure.." She said and walked away.
"Nice girl. Surprised you haven't proposed." He said.
"What do you think I was in the middle of when you showed up?" I growled. "What do you want Ethos?"
"Just came to tell you the news. Caleb is training in heaven to defeat the Titans."
"That doesn't do us any good unless he's alive."
"That's just it. He was given a second chance. Charles could've had one but... He gave it to Caleb to be taught by the best fighter in heavens army."
"And who is that?"
"Archangel Michael himself."
"Wait Michael as in gets to kill the devil Michael?"
"That be him. He could come down and probably wipe out the Titans right now but that's not his job. He is the Sword of God. Not the Sword of Ethos."
I couldn't believe it. Caleb was coming back and stronger than ever. "When's he gonna be here?"
"Oh about two weeks." Ethos said.
"What!? In two weeks the Titans will already be here!"
"I'm sorry I cant help that. I am bound by ancient laws to not intervene directly in this fight."
"Like that's helpful to us now!"
"I'm sorry. I must go I have overstayed my visit." And with that he was gone.
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Calebs POV