Ch. 13: Conflicting Solutions

With the final Titan joining the groups, their meeting could finally begin.

"Okay, now then, let's talk game plans." Luz said.

"And there a no stupid ideas. I'm serious, literally anything could help if it prevents those fanatics killing my dad's heart." King said.

"What if we find them and kill them before they could?" Skara suggested.

"That might work, Luz did make a Scrying spell to check in Camila on Earth. Maybe that could work." Amity said.

"You spied on mom?" Vee asked, looking at Luz.

"I was worried! Plus, some muscle head was flirting with her!" Luz argued.

"I had to hold her back." Amity said.

"And I regret nothing." Luz said.

"Well., as interesting as that is, let's get back to that later." Masha comments.

Just then, the front door was opened as Eda, Raine, and Lilith, wearing Hooty in his backpack house, came in.

"Kids? You're here already?" Eda said, surprised.

'Well, this saves us a lot of time.' Eda thought.

That's when they noticed their second youngest child, Skara, was in room with them.

"Skara!" Raine said with as they walked over to her.

"Hey, Baba. I'm home." Skara said with a smile, getting up and hugging them. "Sorry I didn't call ahead of time."

Eda went over and hugged her as well.

"So good to have you back, songbird. You really should've wrote us more. I may look younger but I'm 48 years old, I can still have a heart attack from stress." Eda said, running a hand through her black hair.

"I feel like if I did write, I could've stressed you out more with what I'm doing." Skara said before shrugging. "Plus mail in and out of my kingdom isn't very possible. Titan Trappers keep hijacking the ships."

"Kingdom?/Highjacked ships?" Eda and Raine said as they pulled away from Skara.

"It's a long story." Skara said.

"Can you give us a rundown?" Eda asked.

"With specific details?" Lilith quickly asked, pulling out a notepad and pencil.

'Some things never change.' Skara thought with a grin to her aunt.

"Uh, so, remember how you told me about my family? Well, I found the elemental mages and I took my rightful place as the Queen." Skara said, scratching her head a bit.

"QUEEN?!" Eda, Raine, and Lilith shouted in shock.

"HOOT?!" Hooty screamed in shock.

"I mean, are you that shocked?" Skara asked, "You guys knew I was of royal lineage and my name literally translate to Lightning Queen."

"But we didn't expect you to become a queen in just two years! That's just nuts, and I have two titans for kids!" Eda said, gesturing to Luz and King.

"And as much as we'd like to know more right now, we need to focus on the matter at hand." Raine said.

"You're right." Skara said, "There's lots of things going on."

"Like about what the Titan Trappers are after." Cat added.

"After? Do they not just want to kill you all?" Lilith asked, looking at the titans of the group.

"Not just that. They want to do something WORSE. Much worse." Willow said, shaking her head.

"There's a very good possibility they're trying to summon somebody called the Archivist." Hunter said.

"THE ARCHIVISTS?!" Lilith screamed in shock and fear.

'Looks like all that studying she did in the Collector's castle paid off.' Eda thought, wincing as her ear drums might've been damaged from her scream. 'She still screams like a banshee though.'

"Okay, Lily. We get it's bad, so tone it down." Eda said.

"Sister, you should KNOW how bad this is! The Collector was but a child when he begun his game, the Archivsts are an entirely different story!" Lilith said before jabbed her hand with her finger! "Older! Stronger! POSSIBLY MERCILESS! If they came back and see that titans are still alive, it could be catastrophic!"

Seeing her spiraling, Hooty quickly wrapped himself around Lilith in a "hug" to calm her down.

"Easy, Lulu. Easy." Hooty said.

"I'm well aware of this, Lily, I was there when you read about and told us of them." Eda said, crossing her arms. "But I'm not freaking out, because if there's one thing I learned, freaking out will solve nothing."

"Exactly. This news is a bit...shocking, but we need to keep calm and adjust the plan." Raine said.

"Plan? You guys already have a plan?" Gus asked them.

"Yes and we feel it's the best source of action concerning the trappers." Raine said but had to swallow a lump in their throat first.

'I hope they don't react too negatively.' They thought.

"Well don't keep us in suspense. Tell us." Luz said.

"Yeah, mom and Baba. Tell us! What's the plan?" King asked.

Eda, Raine, and Lilith, who had finally calmed down enough for Hooty to release her glanced at each other before they all took a deep breath. They braced themselves for any reaction, but they had a feeling it would all be negative.

"Kids.....We think you all should leave and hide out in King's old tower or on Earth while we deal with the trappers." Eda said as Lilith and Raine nodded in favor of this plan.

"What!?" Everyone shouted as they stood up.

"You want us to just turn tail and run while those assholes tear up the isles?!" Willow shouted at them.

"And even if we do, they'll still try to go for the heart!" Hunter added.

"We are aware but this is the best possible option to keep you all safe." Lilith said.

"And we can have some of the coven force placed around the heart to keep it safe. That way, the Trappers won't get any blood from it." Eda said to them.

"You think that will work?" Amity asked, "They have weapons that can harm us."

Pushing out her wings, Amity motioned to the wing which was still healing from the cut. Once again, that Titan killing metal was VERY dangerous.

"Amity, please understand. Those weapons are more dangerous to you all than other witches. We can heal from them, you can't." Lilith said to her.

"Being as far away from them as possible and staying together is the best course of action right now." Raine said.

"What about mom?" Vee said, reminding everyone of Camila.

"She's already on Earth, so she's safe. Which is where you all need to go there or to King's tower." Eda said.

"Eda, we are NOT leaving. This is our home and we need to protect it." Luz said firmly as Stringbean hissed.

"Luz, please don't make this harder than it needs to be." Eda said.

"Mom, baba, we get you mean well but we're not gonna just sit back and let you fight our battles. We're not kids anymore, we are Titans!" Luz said, standing up with her hands on her hips. "And through hell or high water, we are going to fight these trappers!"

"YEAH!" King, Amity, Willow, Hunter, and Gus shouted as they stood up as well.

Cat, Skara, Masha, Vee, and Tracey stood with them; even if they wanted them to be safe, they agreed that they had to fight the trappers.

'I was afraid this would happen. Damn it, why do these kids have to be so stubborn?' Eda thought, even if she felt proud.

"Then I'm sorry, kids, but I gotta do this." Eda said as she pulled out a potion bottle and threw it in the ground before the titans.

A steam began to rise from it as they step back and it didn't take long before the titan squad suddenly felt tired.

"W-Wh-What is this?" Gus asked, stumbling as he fell over the coffee table.

"S-Sleeping potion?" Luz asked, coughing a bit as she and Amity held onto each other to stay up.

"Knock out potion actually. With a little bit of my Eda's anti magic and a tiny bit of Titan blood. We specifically made to affect titans in case of this scenario, I'm afraid." Lilith said.

"Don't worry, you kids will be out of harm when you wake up." Eda said to the kids.

One by one, each Titan fell to the floor unconscious as Luz struggled to stay awake the longer. Their palismen seemed to be affected as Stringbean was getting sleepy as well.

"Luz!" Cat, Skara, Masha, Vee, and Tracey shouted at her.

"Eda...you....fucking...motherly bitch." Luz muttered before she collapsed to the floor.

"Sorry, kids. It's for your own good." Eda said before the adults and Hooty gazed at the two humans, two witches, and basilisk to see if they objected.

"If you think I'm leaving, you're fucking nuts. I'm staying PERIOD. I've been fighting these guys much longer than any of you." Skara said, putting a hand on her hip.

"I'm staying with her." Cat said, holding Skara's other hand.

"These guys ruined a date with the my boo. I'm not leaving til they're all dead." Masha said, pulling Vee close.

'Why is her bloodthirstiness so hot?' Vee thought, blushing.

"If my cousin stays, I stay. This place is basically my new home too." Tracey said as Goose Willis nodded.

"That's fine and all but we have a back up plan if you wanted to stay." Eda said, before looking at her partner. "Raine, hit it."

Raine nodded before pulling out their violin, quickly playing a magic lullaby.

'Oh shit.' They thought before the rest hit the floor in seconds.

Except Skara as she just gave a blank look to her parents, aunt, and Hooty.

"Really? Did you honestly think that would work against ME? Bards are resistant to their own magic." Skara asked them, reaching for her sword.

"We know but there's this." Eda said before she performed a quick anti magic, sleep spell on her.

'Fuck!' Skara thought before passing out too.

"Oooof. That was a lot harder to do than I thought, emotionally." Eda said.

"I know, but it's for the best." Raine said, "Come on, let's get them to safety."

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