Shattering Humanity-Chapter 60: TayTay’s Tragic Backstory Part 1

On a bright summer day out in the wide open ocean, 10 years before Leviathan’s invasion.

A young chubby cheeked 9 year old Taylor is on a small family sized fishing boat with his mother and father. Even at 9 years old, the boy is 4 feet 7 inches tall and well over 150 pounds.

On the bow of the vessel is TayTay’s father, a short, top heavy, muscled man but with a handsome chiseled jaw. He is wearing a Hawaiian button down shirt and cargo shorts. After casting his lure out into the sea water, he takes a seat with his legs hanging off the front of his boat and takes a sip of beer. He lets out a refreshing breath and looks at the beautiful blue world surrounding them then looks back at his family.

Papa Tay: "There’s nothing more a man can ask for."

He gets a bite on the hook and gets up in excitement. He reels and pulls, reels and pulls, finally, with the veins in his arms and face showing he pulls back and falls back. A tiny fish lands on his face and flops. The man gets up, looks back and his family doesn’t notice. He tosses the fish back and sits back down. Taylor is eating a sandwich in small bites and actually taking time to chew while his mother reads to him from a book.

Tay’s incredibly tall, 6 foot 3 inch(2 meters), and beautiful mother, has a sundress and hat to match. The sea winds blowing her gorgeous black hair and her dress as she reads to her son.

MaMa Tay(reading): "’...And while the hero focused on that bright table in the sky, he then jumped as high as he could towards it. The table with the most delicious and incredibly rare foods that only the strongest of the Gods are able to look at."

Young TayTay, drooling, looks up at the sun, unfazed, without blinking, and thinks of the possible yummy foods up there. Tay’s mother notices and stops him from ruining his eyes.

MaMa Tay: "Taylor!"

She puts her hand over his eyes and Tay being the simple minded child, gets confused and begins to panic and tear up.

He is given his vision back and the first thing he sees is his beautiful mothers smile and he giggles back.

Mama Tay: "Remember Taylor, you have to get big and strong before you can even look at the foods up there. So make sure you keep eating your fruits and veggies ok?"

Taylor doesn’t understand her. His mother goes through their cooler and pulls out a shiny red apple.

Mama Tay: "My favorite has always been crisp red juicy apples."

She takes a tiny bite then gives the rest to her son, who looks at it in curiosity and carefully takes a bite. Immediately TayTay gets excited and begins his new habit of eating food incredibly fast. His mother notices and gets worried.

Mama Tay: "Not so fast Taylor! You’ll choke if you don’t chew your food just how I taught you!"

His father can be heard burping after emptying a beer can and he chuckles.

Papa Tay: "With my family’s history of easily turning stored fat into muscle and your family’s history of being above average in height, our son will be needing to eat as much as possible just to have the energy to move his tank of a body."

A little tipsy, the proud father starts comedically crying while thinking of the potential his own son has. A sports star, a ladies man with multiple chicks surrounding his vision of his future son, and a movie star with cameras flashing around him.

His mother is watching their son enjoy the apple with the same love of its taste as her.

MaMa Tay: "Well, no matter if he turns out to be the strongest living thing to exist or the weakest coward, as long as our son is a good person and he makes a lot of friends to eat with, I’ll be a proud mother."

In the distance a small remote island, approximately only 6-7 miles of land with a beach and forest, no life or edible plants on the desolate island.

Tay’s Father: "Once a month, whenever those party boat jackasses who own that island come around here, they scare off all the fish. Since their last visit was a week ago the fish are back..."

He looks at the inactive fishing pole.

Tay’s Father: "...well, they ’should be’ back."

The line on Tay’s father’s fishing pole makes the high pitch unwinding sound of a hooked fish swimming away. TayTay gets interested and looks at his mother. She smiles and waves him off.

MaMa Tay: "Go ahead sweetie, help Papa catch the fishy but be careful of the edge."

Tay carefully waddles over as his Papa is fighting the aquatic opponent. The man who thinks it’s his round two with the guppy, doesn’t want to get embarrassed in front of his family this time and pulls back hard. Although, after the pull back, a huge swordfish jumps out of the water in slow motion.

Everyone on the boat looks in awe at the magnificent and weirdly majestic sea creature. Tay, being the airhead he is starts getting too close to the edge while his father is mid battle.

MaMa Tay: "Honey, watch out!"

But the swordfish breaches again exactly during his pull back, making PaPa Tay collide with his son and knocking the 9 year old into the ocean.

MaMa Tay: "TAYLOR!"

She dives off the boat after her son at the same time Papa Tay realizes the situation and gives up his battle by tossing his fishing pole.

Both parents leave the boat in panic to save their drowning son flailing underwater. The scared chubby child is wondering where the table in the sky was so he could jump to it for safety.

He tries to breathe but only gets salt water.

He begins choking quicker because of it.

TayTay(underwater): "Magagg-Mahagaga! Pagaghgah-Pahhaagah!"

Not knowing what’s wrong, the lovable dummy begins to black-out as two dark figures grab him.