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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Journey Through All Creatures

Chapter 25a: The Titanosaur War

Note: Story starts in Achatina, The Island ABC order and has a Prologue. Last chapter in Thylacoleo. This is the first section of Chapter 25, the Section I Finale. Next section of Chapter 25 is in bosses. (Broodmother, Megapitcheus, then Dragon)

Catch up on Section I if you haven’t already, and enjoy!

Part 1/3: The Titanosaur Showdown

As the sun began to rise above the horizon, and its light began to engulf the island, sweeping away the darkness, the tribe of Nudon began to wake up. It was a big day for the tribe and a milestone in Sodden’s journey. As the sunlight flowed through the base, Sodden started to wake up. He rolled in his bed, trying to get up. He groaned as he got up, then rubbed his eyes and looked around. It was around 7 in the morning. 2 hours before he had to leave. He got up from his bed then slowly walked to the door, then went downstairs to the kitchen. Red stood near the cooking pot. “Oh, hey dude. Good morning to the survivor who’s about to fight a Titan and ascend in the same day!” Red said. “Yeah.” Sodden said. “My friends have been hard at work all night to make all the saddles and bring in all the resources. The Rexes are set up with their saddles.” Red said. He then went to the fridge and took out a bowl with some kind of food on it. “I made something for you. Gotta get the energy for such a big day.” Red said. “Oh, shut up.” Sodden said. “Like, I’m not kidding. You are fighting a Titanosaur, three bosses, and the Overseer, all in the same day. And while fighting off two very dangerous tribes!” Red said as he walked to the table. Sodden grabbed a water jar out of the fridge and walked with him. Then some more people came downstairs, yawning. “Well… we’re here. At last.” Rod said. “The day we leave.” Serenity said. “Well… Red, you got some more food?” Sodden said. “Absolutely.” Red said as he ran to the kitchen, then came out with a tray. It had a ton of food that he made, and he put it in the middle of the table. “Probably the best food in the Arks.” Red said. Sodden walked to him and patted him on the back. “Yeah. Let’s get ready afterwards, okay?” Sodden said. Red nodded. Serenity and Rod sat on some chairs on the right side of the table, and Sodden sat with them. Then more people came into the castle, and Sodden saw them walking towards him and Red. Red stood up just then then walked to Sodden. “Okay, um. I never really got to properly introduce you to my friends because we were so busy the past two weeks. These guys are some of my tribemates who helped massively with taming creatures and collecting resources.” Red said. Then one person came from the back and walked to Sodden. “Well, I’m glad to see you before you leave. My name’s Cal. The people who came with you on the metal run is besides me. That’s Rud, Tedan, Cendor, and Paul. They came with you to the metal run.” The person said as he pointed to the people to the left of Sodden. “My friend Dorack helped me tame Cato. Here he comes now.” Red said as he pointed to another person in black-colored flak armor and a small scar on his head walking to him. “Hey, dude. Is it cool if we join you?” Dorack asked. “Yeah, we do need people helping us with the Gigas. Bring extra tames if we need them.” Sodden said. “I have a few Thylacoleos. I didn’t have time to breed and raise a few, but they might still help a lot.” Cal said. “Oh, that’s good. But we can’t just throw out all our tames. We know what the Titanosaur can do. A good strategy would be that we use our Gigas to hold off Nameless and the C Tribe, then send in some sauropods to do some damage. I have a surprise ready for the Titan. Then Sodden could use a Thyla to get the last hits on the Titano. Using broth of enlightenment, the toilet boost, which is with the Bronto we’re using, and an explorer note, Sodden could absolutely expect to surpass Level 100 if he killed the Titan.” Red said. “That’s good. Uh, about the Bronto…?” Sodden asked. “It’s gotta wait until later. I’m not telling you.” Red said. “Oh, okay.” Sodden said. “Well, then it’s settled. I’m going to get the Bronto ready. The Gigas are already set out. Cal, Dorack, you two are coming with us to the Bronto. Rud, Paul, Cendor, you’re on the Rexes. You’re going to guard the base. Everyone else, you’re going with the Gigas.” Red said. “Yes! Joining the action with him.” Cal said. “I get to fight the Titano?” Tedan asked in excitement. “Well, what’re you waiting for? Get the Gigas ready! Get the Bronto ready. Let’s go!” Red yelled. He ran out of the castle, and Cal and Dorack followed him. Rud, Paul, and Cendor walked to the gates of the wall, went out of the gates, then got on the Rexes next to the gates. The rest of the group walked to the Gigas set up in a square formation in the breeding pen. They got on the Gigas and went out of the barn and out of the pen. The group went towards the gate, the group of 15, and the Gigas were set in rows of three, just outside the gate. “Well, now that everyone’s getting ready, what now?” Rod asked. “We just get some good breakfast then help with the preparations.” Sodden said. Rod and Serenity nodded, then Sodden turned back around to take some more food off the tray and into his mouth.

When it was close to 9, Sodden, Serenity, and Rod sat on their Gigas, behind the 15 Gigas already set out. Tedan sat on the Giga in front of Sodden, who sat next to Serenity and her Giga. The Rexes were spread in groups of 2 out across the walls of the base. The Plant Species X turrets were going to turn on the second the Giga army left the base. Behind the volcano, Red, Dorack, and Cal were standing on a Bronto, who had a platform saddle and a large metal base, a roof and some windows on the sides, with a door in the back. There were openings in the roof, and in them were turrets and cannons. On the front of the saddle, Red stood at an auto turret filled with stacks of ammo. He then saw a notification on his implant, and went to see that the army was ready to leave. Then Red gave a thumbs up to Cal, who sat on the main saddle, then he lifted the ropes and whistled, and the Bronto started walking towards the redwoods. The gate opened and the Giga army started walking out.

At Nameless, 2 hours before the Titanosaur Showdown…

There was a large Giga army, an army of 17, set out in a formation shaped like a Christmas tree, that faced down the Whitesky Mountain’s path down to the bottom. Cordor sat on the front Giga, with some other friends of his. Above him was a Quetzal, with a platform saddle, which had a metal base on it, a cannon in the front, and two large boxes, with all the cannon balls and the Titano saddle. “Okay, Hardor, are the cannons loaded?” Cordor called to the person riding the Quetzal. The person looked down. “Yeah. We’re set to go.” Hardor said. Cordor nodded and looked to the Gigas behind him. “Remember, 15 Gigas defending the Titan and 2 attacking anything that comes after it!” Cordor said. The person right behind him said, “Yeah, I get it! Are we going now?” He said. “Rad, shut up. We’re going in just a few seconds. I’m just looking around to make sure we aren’t missing anything. Bordon, are the saddles ready?” Cordor called to one of the central Gigas, and the person on it. “Yeah, they’re on the Gigas. All ascendant. We brought some extra cannon balls.” He said. “Good! Okay, let’s go. We got no time to waste.” Cordor said. Everyone nodded then the Gigas started walking down the path, through their groups in the formation, and the Quetzal led the leading Giga down.

C Tribe, 105 minutes before the Titanosaur Showdown…

On Far’s Peak, there was a Giga army on the base of the mountain, a little bit from the tribe’s base, and the Gigas stood in a position that formed a circle shape. There were 20 Gigas in the army, 19 in the circle formation and one in the center of the entire thing. Terad sat on it, and above him was a quetzal. On the Quetzal, there were 4 cannons, two on the front corners and two on the back, all on a stone floor set up on the saddle. “Toodon, are you ready to go?” Terad asked the person on the Quetzal. “Don’t call me that. And yes, it’s ready.” The person said. Terad looked to the Gigas in front of him, then yelled, “Donner, Tenard, the supplies?” Donner, who sat on one of the Gigas in the front of Terad, looked behind him and said, “Yeah, they’re all on my Giga.” Terad nodded, then noticed some blood on it. “Ternard, why is that Giga not fully healed? I thought you had healed him earlier!” Terad yelled. “I did! The amount of metal on him is hurting him! That’s what’s wrong!” Ternard yelled. There were a bunch of cannon balls on the Giga for extras, and since the C Tribe didn’t have as good saddles as Nameless (They were still pretty good, 71 armor. Nameless had 119 armor Giga saddles.), the Gigas were less resistant to weight. “Oh, fine! I’ll move the balls. If you care about your Giga so much…” Terad muttered as he hopped off his Giga then walked to Ternard’s Giga. Terad took out 20 balls and slowly walked to Grease, who had a very good saddle, a 103 armor, and put the balls in his inventory. Terad got back on, then he whistled, and the Gigas began walking to where the Titanosaur was.

Redwoods River/Swamp River intersection.

Time: 9:55 AM

Titanosaur location: On top of the cliff

The Gigas from Nudon had arrived at the cliff at the Redwoods river. They located the Titanosaur to be on the cliff, and they walked up towards it. They went through the trees to avoid being detected, and saw the massive sauropod walking around the place, causing the ground to shake and causing creatures to screech in fear and run away. The Titanosaur wouldn’t hurt anything. Until someone attacked it. The Gigas sat in the jungle, slowly walking to the sauropod, then Sodden caught another group of Gigas coming, along with a Quetzal. It seemed like a triangle formation. Sodden turned to Rod and Tedan, and said, “Guys. We got another group coming.” Rod and Serenity gasped and saw the Giga army coming. Sodden used his spyglass to look closer, and saw Cordor on the lead Giga. “Oh, god. Nameless is here!” Sodden whispered loudly. Then Serenity tapped his shoulder, then pointed to the right of the Titano. Sodden used his spyglass and saw a circle-shaped formation of a army. He saw Terad on his Giga, who was in the center of the circle. “They’re here.” Sodden said. “So what?” Rod said. “Well, we wait until the two tribes start fighting, then we’ll start our attack.” Sodden said. As Nameless’ Quetzal flew to the Titano’s head, Bordon aimed the cannon at the head, ready to shoot, then he saw another Quetzal coming. He growled then aimed at them, then fired. The ball smacked the base hard and Toodon was pushed back. He saw Nameless’ Quetzal right there. He got up and took out a rifle. He aimed it at the Quetzal. Terad saw the commotion and looked to see Nameless in front of him. “So we meet again.” Cordor said. “This is our Titan.” Terad said. “No it’s not. It’s ours.” Cordor said. “NO IT’S NOT!! You don’t even need a Titan.” Terad growled. “Yes, we do. We have raids planned.” Cordor said. Then one of the Gigas from C Tribe ran at Cordor’s Giga and bit him, then it screeched and smacked the other Giga off. Then C Tribe charged in and started crunching down Nameless’ Gigas. Or at least they tried to. The saddles were very powerful, and Nameless’ Gigas weren’t taking much damage. Cordor’s Giga bit into one of C Tribe’s Gigas, then it screeched in pain as it tried to bite back. Then some of C Tribe’s Gigas charged at Cordor, but Nameless sent in the back Gigas to attack. The Quetzals were shooting the cannon balls at each other, the balls smacked the saddle and created cracks in it. The Quetzals screeched in pain and then started flying down. Bordon’s Quetzal started attacking Toodon’s Quetzal, and Toodon launched a cannonball into Bordon’s Quetzal’s head, immediately causing it to screech loudly and flip over. Bordon hung from the ceiling of the small base and climbed in, then the Quetzal hit the ground next to the Titano, then Bordon walked out, took out a sword, and ran at the Titano, who looked back from the tribes, then stabbed its back leg with the sword, causing it to let out a large roar and then it growled as it turned around. Bordon ran to a Giga then got on it as it bit into one of Nameless’ Gigas, then went to the trees. The Titanosaur roared in anger as it stormed to the army. Cordor looked to see the Titanosaur coming. “Oh, you stupid idiot! Now he’s coming!” Cordor yelled. The injured Gigas started walking, then the Titano lifted its front feet, then the feet came down, slammed into the ground, causing a shockwave that knocked the back of C Tribe’s army into Nameless’ Gigas. One of them turned and bit into a Giga’s neck, then threw it across the cliff. There was blood all over the grass and both armies had very injured Gigas. Cordor and Terad’s Gigas, and their armies were pushing each other, biting the bodies and causing injuries. But no one paid attention to the Titano walking to them. The Titano lifted its feet again, and the Gigas ran north from it as its feet came down again, causing some Gigas to get knocked over. The Gigas got up, then as Cordor led his army around the Titan, a Giga came from the left of him and knocked it over, Cordor fell off, got up and saw Sodden on his Giga. “You! The one who took away so many levels!” Cordor said. The Giga got up, then Rod and Serenity’s Gigas ran out and sunk their teeth in it as they pushed it away from Cordor. Cordor yelled and ran from the Titan, and Sodden was about to go for him when some of Nameless’ Gigas bit Sodden’s Giga on the tail, making it screech. The Gigas pulled it to the Titan, then it lifted his feet, and when they came down, Sodden shot Nameless’ Gigas down with a rifle then ran on his Giga from the Titan as its feet created another shockwave. “That’s it! Kill the Titano!!” Terad screamed. His army nodded then ran at the Titan, and started biting it. Its back feet started stomping and pushing away the Gigas, and the Titano was losing health quickly. “No! We gotta get it! Gigas, charge!” Sodden yelled to the army in the forest. His army then ran from the trees and pulled away some of Nameless’ Gigas. The Gigas screeched and tried to bite Nudon’s Gigas, then the Titano’s stomp caused them to stumble and lose control of their bite. The teeth snapped on their feet, and they screeched in pain. It growled then ran at Sodden’s Giga. Then Tedan’s Giga pushed the Giga from Nameless away. The person on it fell off when the Giga stumbled. Rod’s Giga walked to that person. He got up and saw Rod’s Giga coming. “Oh, no. Please… I don’t want to lose my levels…” He said. “Well, you are on a tribe that tried to kill some of my friends, so…” Rod said. Then the Giga picked up the person, who started screaming, then the Giga ate him up. Then the person’s Giga screeched in anger and ran at Rod’s Giga, pushing it over and causing Rod to fall off. Then Serenity ran at the Giga who pushed Rod and her Giga bit the Giga’s neck, causing it to screech in pain. It tried to bite back, but Serenity’s Giga bit hard and it would not let go. As the teeth sunk deeper in the Giga’s skin, it started breathing hoarsely, then stopped moving. The Giga collapsed on the ground, and blood poured out of its neck and foot. As Cordor ran to the river, his Giga followed too. When he stopped, Cordor looked at his Giga and said, “That idiot is back. He’s trying to ruin everything! We must get him out.” The Giga then screeched. “No, I need the god shotgun to destroy Denine’s implant. I bet Red has it. But where is he?” Cordor growled. The Giga growled too then nudged Cordor. “What? Well, maybe he did leave it at the base. But it could be a trap. We gotta make sure we get past it all. There probably will be Rexes and Theris guarding the base. And maybe the Plant Species X turrets. We could use Brontos to tank them and destroy them. Yes. And the idiot will be too distracted with the Titano to notice!” Cordor yelled. He put his Giga in a cryopod then took out another cryopod. He threw the cryopod out, then a pteranodon with red blotches of dye on its head and a darkened right eye came out. “This is for everything you tried to do to me.” Cordor said. The pteranodon whimpered and Cordor got on it. The pteranodon couldn’t handle the balls on Cordor and started screeching. Then as he was taking off, something grabbed the pteranodon’s leg. Cordor turned around. “Wow. You really hate your tames, don’t you? What did they ever do to you?” Sodden asked. “That’s none of your business, idiot!!” Cordor screamed. The Giga holding the pteranodon’s leg pulled it down from the air and the pteranodon flew past the Giga and crashed into a rock. Cordor flew off, and hit his head on a rock, causing him to lost a lot of HP and when he got up, he felt dizzy. When he came to, Sodden rode his Giga to him. “You stupid.” Cordor said. “Well, I should probably put him out of his misery.” Sodden said as he looked at Cordor’s injured pteranodon, lying on the ground. Sodden hopped off and put his Giga in a cryopod. “Well, we meet again. Just like when I was at your old base. The one who destroyed my plan twice and took away 104 levels.” Cordor sneered. “Well, you’re the one who tried to kill one of my friends.” Sodden said. “Why don’t we end this right here, right now. Like how these armies are fighting each other and the Titano…” Cordor said as he pointed to the bloodied armies fighting each other and running from the Titano. Trees all over had fallen and there were a lot of grass patches that got blood on them. The Titano was starting to get bloody too. “We should do a 1v1 with our Gigas.” Cordor said. “This is just to stall me so that you can execute whatever plan you have.” Sodden said. “Just throw out your Giga or I’ll slice you up with my sword right now.” Cordor said as he put his hand in his bag. He took out a cryopod, and so did Sodden. They both threw the cryopods behind them, and their Gigas came out. Sodden got on his Giga, and Cordor got on his. “Oh, forgot one thing. You have a name for that Giga?” Cordor said. “Her name is Shelly.” Sodden said. “Hmm. My Giga’s name is Gunner. So Gunner versus Shelly.” Cordor said. “You just really like to stall? Let’s make this quick.” Sodden sneered. His Giga roared loudly and ran at Cordor’s Giga. It dodged then opened its mouth to bite Shelly, then she turned around and lifted her foot to trip the Giga. He stopped right before it then bit it, causing Shelly to screech in pain. She limped for a few seconds, then growled deeply as it ran around the rocks in the area. Gunner roared then ran at her. Shelly ran at him with her mouth open, as did Gunner. They ran closer and closer and was about to ram into each other. Then their heads collided, causing a small shockwave to launch and pushing away nearby trodons. Shelly’s teeth was on Gunner’s nostrils, and Gunner’s jaw sat on Shelly’s. Both the Gigas growled deeply, and Cordor shot a glare at Sodden. “Just die, you complete imbecile.” Cordor growled. “Hey! Language!” Sodden yelled. Shelly smacked Gunner and his head turned away. Shelly then ran and grabbed Gunner’s neck, then bit deeply. Gunner screeched in pain as he tried to shake Shelly off. Then she rammed Gunner into a rock, causing Gunner to become dizzy and Cordor to get thrown off. He hit the floor near the rock and looked up to see Shelly choking Gunner to death, her jaws sinking into his neck and his health detoriating quickly. “No… I have no choice. I can’t let Gunner die. Gunner, rage!” Cordor yelled. ‘What? NO! What if I…’ Gunner whimpered, then Cordor cut in. “I don’t care. I can’t lose you!” Cordor yelled. Then Gunner was about to push Shelly off when something started making noises. The ground shook and they could hear stomping, fast stomping. As if a stampede was coming. But when the trees fell and it leaped from the small cliff on the right and towards the Gigas, it was not a stampede. It was Red’s turbo Bronto. “Hey! Looks like me and Sonic got here in the nick of time! I knew all these months of training would pay off!” Red yelled. Sonic growled in agreement. Cordor looked to see the Bronto standing above him. “Oh, it’s you.” Cordor growled. “Oh! Hey, Sodden!” Dorack said as he waved out the window to Sodden, who sat on Shelly, who was trying to kill Gunner. Sodden looked at him and waved as he said, “Hey, dude. Maybe you can help your friends with the Titano?” Sodden asked. “Of course!” Dorack said. Red aimed a turret at Gunner then started shooting it. Gunner screeched as the bullets went through his body. He screeched as blood poured out and his health went down. Then a yellow glow started to appear in his eyes, and he shoved Shelly into the Bronto, causing it to screech, Then it lifted its feet and then came down, causing a boom to push Gunner off. He screeched as he started gnashing through Shelly’s body. Shelly got rammed into the wall and Sodden was forced to climb up the cliff when Shelly was propped up against the small cliff. Shelly screeched as her health started detoriating. But when the turrets kept pelting Gunner, he started to lose his grip on Shelly. He whimpered as he fell over, unconscious. Then the bullets stopped, and Shelly bit into Gunner’s body, and blood spurted out of him. Then, the dreaded red message appeared on Cordor’s implant. “Your Gunner (Level 311 Giganotosaurus) was killed by Shelly (Level 271 Giganotosaurus)!” Cordor fell on his knees, speechless. “Hopefully, that teaches him a lesson.” Sodden said. He hopped down onto Shelly’s back, and she screeched in excitement. “Yeah, you did good.” Sodden said as he petted Shelly’s head. “Let’s go help our friends.” Red said. Sodden nodded. He climbed onto Sonic then everyone except Cordor walked to the Titano, whose hits began to kill off some Gigas. Cordor fell on his hands, growling and panting. He felt despair and anger as tears appeared in his eyes. As if he had his own rage mode. “No… no… he can’t be gone. No…” Cordor hyperivilated, his breath shaking and his heart speeding up. He was growling louder and louder as he took out his sword then threw it into the ground. He then looked up and screamed in the loudest pitch, as if he was trying to deafen someone. “I will kill you, Sodden, and your stupid friends too!” Cordor screeched. He then yanked the sword out of the ground and stormed to the army. The Titanosaur was forcing the fighting armies to move further north, close to the cliff that led to the swamp. As Gigas from C Tribe and Nameless began to die, the Titano began to get very bloody. Cordor ran to Bordon, who sat on one of the remaining Gigas, who was injured and bloody. “Hey. What do you want?” Bordon asked. Cordor climbed up the Giga and stared Bordon in the eye. “We have a plan that should hopefully end Sodden’s life right now.” Cordor growled. “I’m listening.” Bordon said.

The Gigas that remained were biting pieces off the Titano’s belly, and its attacks were pushing off Gigas, some began to die. Nameless was down to 7 Gigas. C Tribe had 4 left, including Terad’s Giga, who was sitting in the forest with another one. Terad sat on his Giga with his friend. “I can’t believe this. Sodden came and ruined everything. I hope Nameless crushes him.” Terad growled. Sonic was running towards the Titano, and Sodden sat on the left turret, while Red was on the middle and Dorack on the left. Nudon’s remaining 5 Gigas ran from Nameless’ Gigas, who were crunching through their skin and bones, and went behind Sonic. The turrets went off and they kept firing. The Bronto ran past the Titano, turned around, and the Titano followed. The Titano was getting very bloody and hurt. Only 110,000 HP left. Sodden would need to use his Thyla soon. Then as Sonic got closer to the cliff dropoff, with rocks on the bottom, he started walking along the edge, leading the Titano. “Yes! It’s working! We’ll have our levels in no time!” Sodden yelled. Then Serenity and Rod climbed onto the Bronto. Sodden turned around and saw them. “Hey dude. We’re here to help!” Serenity said. “Wow. You really got that Titano hurt. We’re gonna be done in no time.” Rod said. Then suddenly, a cannon ball fell into the base, knocking everyone back and causing Sonic to shriek in pain. Sodden got up, then everyone fell down again. Sonic then fell over and crashed onto the edge of the cliff’s dropoff point. Sodden and the others took some damage, but they got up no problem. Then they saw a hole in the base, and when Dorack looked through it, his smile turned into a frown. He looked scared. “Oh, no. Guys?” Dorack said. The others looked and gasped as the Titano was standing above Sonic. Then they saw a Quetzal next to it, and Cordor and Bordon stood on it. “That’s what you get for killing my Gunner! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go kill Denine for good. She will not survive this time.” Cordor growled, then the Quetzal flew away as the Titano’s feet lifted. “NO!!!!! Brace for impact!!: Red screamed. Then the feet came down on Sonic’s foot, causing him to screech as he got launched back, and everyone in the base screamed as they got thrown around, losing HP with each hit. Then two people flew out, screaming. “NO! Dorack!” Red yelled. “OW!” Rod screamed as he hit the wall hard. Then Sonic crashed hard onto a redwoods tree next to the shore, causing Sonic to screech then crash onto the ground. The group hit the ground hard. Sodden fell out just then, unconscious and at 15% HP. Red came out and saw it. Red was heavily injured, and so was Rod. “NO! Den! Dude… please…” Red whimpered as he picked Sodden up. Then he looked around. “One, two, three, Dorack… wait. Oh, no! Where’s Serenity?” Red yelled. Then Sodden groaned as he sat up. He held his head, panting. “Oh, thank god I didn’t lose everything.” He said. He got up, but barely stood because his legs were injured. He crawled to the water, then as he was about to wash his face, he saw someone floating in the water. “Wait.” Sodden said. He took out a spyglass, and when he saw who it was, he yelped, dropped the spyglass, and immediately started swimming to her. Her armor was heavily damaged, she had a wound on her chest, and she was losing health. Sodden picked her up then carried her to the shore, but when he tried to, some piranhas came around. Sodden shook them off and went to the opposite side, then gasped loudly as he saw the Titano coming. He shot down the piranhas coming, but even that wasn’t speeding him up. Was this it? Ascension delayed, Serenity being gone for good, and nothing left? As the Titano inched closer, Sodden sat down, put a bandage on Serenity’s chest to slow the wound, then took out his bag. He gripped her tight as the Titano began to lift its feet. Then as it was about to attack, a cryopod opened from Sodden’s bag.