Titan Part I: The Fallen Hero

The Petersons

That night, I have a nightmare. I see a normal family engulfed by a fire. Then there are skulls and bones everywhere. I see a figure cloaked in darkness.

"Beware James for I am coming soon!"

"Who are you?"

Suddenly there is a strike of lightning and I wake up. I hear a little boy crying. I jump out of bed and follow his voice. I come to a room and hear the crying on the other side. I open the door and watch the boy hide under his covers.

"It's alright kid. I am not going to hurt you."

The boy looks up from his covers

"Who are you?"

"My name is James. Your parents let me stay here for the night."

"You look funny."

"I get that a lot. What is wrong?"

"I just had a bad dream."

"Same."

Jeremiah and Elenor walk in.

"Are you alright son?" Jeremiah asks.

"Everything's alright. He just had a bad dream. I came to comfort him."

"Thank you," Elenor says.

"No problem."

"You can back to sleep, James."

I head back to my room and go back to sleep.

The next morning, I smell something delicious. I get out of bed and walk to the kitchen.

"What is that smell?" I ask.

"I got up early this morning and hunted some rabbits. We are having cooked rabbits for breakfast."

"Mmm," I say.

I sit down next to the kid.

"You have already met Jake, my son."

"Nice to meet you," I say, holding my hand up.

He shakes my hand.

"So why do you look funny?"

"Jake!"

"It's alright Jeremiah. Well you see, I am an alien."

"You mean like Superman?"

"Well not exactly."

"Oh please don't fill his head with your fantasies Jake. Superheroes are just egotistical doo-goodies who save people for the glory and fame. The only people that we can rely on are ourselves. We don't need any men in capes and tights coming to our rescue."

"But he is a hero Pop."

"Whatever you say son," Jeremiah says, drinking a cup of coffee.

He turns to me.

"Anyways I was wondering James if you would like to go hunting with me today?"

"It would be a pleasure."

"It's settled then."

Later that day, we head into the wilderness. Jeremiah brings his hunting rifle with him.

"So what are we hunting?"

"We are going to hunt deer."

We approach a clearing of the forest. I hear hooves trod through the leaves.

"Hold on a minute."

"What is it? Do you hear something?" Jeremiah whispers.

I look straight ahead and spot a deer with my telescopic vision.

"I see one dead ahead."

"We have no time lose then," he says.

He clicks his rifle and points toward the area where I said the deer is.

"I have a clear shot."

He presses the trigger and a bullet hits the deer in the head.

"Bullseye!" Jeremiah yells.

We run to the dead deer.

"We are going to have a full meal tonight," Jeremiah says.

"Wait a minute! I hear something."

My ears pick up rustling in the leaves. A big looking animal is moving towards us. As it moves closer, I realize that it is a grizzly bear.

"Oh no. Jeremiah get behind me!"

Jeremiah turns toward me.

"What is it?"

"Just trust me and get behind me!"

Jeremiah sees what I am talking about and gets behind me.

"What are you going to do?"

"Just watch and see."

I charge at the bear and it starts swinging its claws at me. However, I dodge each swing and pounce at it. I jump on top of the bear and grabs it by the neck. I am about to snap it by the neck. Suddenly I hear another noise. I look up and notice a bear cub. I release the mother bear from my grasp. I start making bear noises and the bear leaves.

"You can speak bear?" Jeremiah asks.

"I can speak a lot of things."

I grab the deer's body and carry it back to the house.

"Holy cow! You got a big one!" Jake says.

"Yes, we did!" Jeremiah says.

That night we have a big dinner. After we are done I help Elenor wash the dishes.

"Jeremiah told me about how you fought off a bear today. Are you hurt?"

"No, I was too fast for the bear."

"So you have special powers and abilities?"

"I guess. I don't have figured them out yet."

"Maybe one day you will."

"Hopefully."