Chapter 18: A King & His People, The Aftermath of Godzilla
A/N: Hey guys, sorry its been a while, I've been busy with online classes and other stuff that it took a lot of time away from writing. This is a shorter chapter but I will get back to the usual length in future updates. I hope everyone is doing fine and is safe, stay inside and stay healthy. I hope you enjoy.
"Huh...? Where am I...?" You thought as you couldn't see anything or hear anything. "W-What happened..?" You thought as your tried to move your body, but it felt like you were sluggish and slow. "M-My body's cold...I can't breath right...Dammit...! I'm not fully awake! Wake up body! Wake up!" You repeated in your mind as you tried continuously to move and your eyes slowly opened and adjusted your vision.
As your vision returned and adjusted to the darkness of the area, you found out in shock that you were currently underwater and your hands and legs were bound. Looking around you tried to see what was moving you, and when you turned your head back you saw a man who had the same physical traits almost like yours. Spines and a tail with some scales showing on the surface of his skin.
"He's...A godzilla faunus!?" You thought in shock as air bubbles escaped your mouth.
Just then, your kidnapper moved his eyes to see that you were awake before turning back to continue in the direction he was heading in. Trying to assess the situation you were in, you looked around to see if he had allies and across from you was another male faunus with spines on his back, but no visible tail. Next to him was a female faunus who had spines and a tail, but hers were more pointed and the end of her tail was more pointed than your rounded tail end. What shocked you the most was the fact that she was holding Sarah, who was unconscious, in her arms while holding an oxygen mask to her face. As you were about to retaliate against what was happening, you felt a strong force suddenly pull on your body as the speed you were all moving in had increased rapidly. Gritting your teeth you saw yourselves moving at high speeds through what seemed like a huge vent under the water as your kidnappers all seemed unphased by the pressure and speed. Looking ahead you saw a bright light at the end of the dark tunnel you were going down as you had to shut your eyes from its brightness. At the end of the water vent, you and those around you burst out from the water and you yelled as you looked down to see yourself falling rapidly towards a pool under the water source you had ejected from.
"HOLY SHIT!!!!!!" Your cry echoed as there was a huge splash that rose as high as a geyser.
A few moments later you were thrown out of the pool and landed on a smooth stoned surface as you coughed repeatedly and groaned as you raised your head to see where you were. As you lifted your head you found yourself not staring at a waterfall, but a magma fall as there were countless numbers of them ranging from different sizes and providing light to the area. Looking up there was a ceiling above you, but it seemed like it was as high as the sky back on the surface. You heard a few more splashes come from where you were and saw the kidnappers come out from the water as the one that was holding you came forward and spoke.
"Sorry for being so informal, but we had to retreat immediately." He said as you groaned and turned to lie on your back once more.
"M-My body...feels like its being crushed..." You said as you felt a heavy amount of pressure in your body.
"You are in an environment that you've never experienced before, with time you will get used to the pressure and become even stronger." He said as you turned towards him.
"And where is here...?" You asked as he walked over and lifted you to your feet.
"Our new home." He said as you were stunned by the sight in front of you.
Looking out to the distance you saw an unbelievably ancient city that was structurally still intact and lit up by the magma falls and their natural light. The entire city was made of stone it seemed as you and everyone began to head down a set of stairs and enter the city.
As you made it down the stairs and followed a stone path that seemed to lead towards the pyramid structure located in the center, they had untied you and you took in the sight of everything around you like the looks of the buildings and homes. After travelling for a few more minutes, you finally made it to the center where the huge flat surfaced pyramid was and began to climb its steps. As you made you it to the top, in front of you were a few more people just like you. All faunus with reptilian and godzilla like features, not as profound as yours but still visible. Their clothes were tattered and worn, but their bodies looked as fit as a gymnast and a few men looked almost like professional body builders with their large bodies. When they took notice of you all they stared at you everyone in awkwardness at first, but when they took a good look at you, they all suddenly dropped to their knees and bowed to you.
"H-Hey, what are they doing?" You asked as the woman holding onto Sarah spoke up.
"They're paying respect to someone they haven't seen in so long, their king." She spoke as the ones travelling with you walked in front of you and she put Sarah down before she and her allies proceeded to do the same thing as the others. "It's finally happened, you have returned to us, King Y/N." She said as you felt weak in the knees and grew very confused.
"No...I can't...You're all from my home, you can't expect me to know what's best for you all." You said to them before a voice spoke up.
"If you can't bring us back from the brink of extinction, then there is no hope for any of us..." You heard a man's voice as you looked to the back of where they spoke.
As you looked towards the back, where another stair case was, you watched as two people slowly made their way to the top. You raised your brow in wonder of who spoke and saw that one of the individuals coming up was being assisted by the other. As you looked closer, you slowly grew a more shocked look on your face as the man became more clear in your vision.
"You're kidding me..." You said as you felt all the feeling in your body leave you as you stared at the most important man in your life, who you thought was dead. "F-Father...?" You stuttered as he and his aid made it to the top and he stared straight at you with a gentle smile.
"Hello, my son." He said as you had your father back in your life once again.
At that moment, everything around you had began to go fuzzy and you began to stumble as the situation of everything was beginning to take its toll on you. Within a few moments, you fainted once again, and darkness clouded your mind once more.
Meanwhile, On The Surface, Play Song At Top
After all the fighting had ended and the giant Godzilla you called upon returned to the sea, the military and other first responders were scattered across the city providing aid to those caught in the destruction. Beacon Academy also deployed their huntsmen and huntresses-in-training to provide aid and assist the first responders. The city was in shambles, towns and homes were decimated and countless lives were lost. Fires raged on throughout the city as the uneven ground made it difficult for rescue. At the moment, team Ruby and her team stopped at one of the medical stations that were temporarily set up, and delivered a few more injured people. Their clothes were dirtied, cuts and bruises were visible and the looks on their faces were beyond exhausted as they had been working non-stop. They all dropped onto the ground in exhaustion as Ruby looked on in sadness at the countless people who were caught in the destruction.
"This is...what can you even call this..?" Weiss said as she was completely lost for words.
"It's what he feared..." Yang said as her teammates turned to her while she had a sad look upon her face. "It's the result of the power he feared would be let out from him...This...is what Y/N tried to stop from happening..." She said.
"Daddy...! Daddy!!" The four young teens heard cries as they turned to see a sight they never thought would happen.
Ruby gasped and had a horrified look on her face when she saw the little bunny faunus, Carol, shaking the arm of her father who was laid on the ground with his eyes closed and blood trailing from the center of his forehead down his nose.
"Daddy! DADDY! WAKE UP, DADDY!" She cried out loud as a team of nurses and a doctor rushed over. "DADDY!!!" She cried out loud as Ruby had run over and pulled her into her arms while she reached out for her unresponsive father. "DADDY!!!!!" She cried louder as the nurses and doctor tried to aid him.
While she cried out for her father, Ruby rocked her back and forth while holding her close and trying to calm her down. As her cries continued though, Ruby began to have tears escape from her eyes as the nurses and doctor hung their heads low before covering him with a blanket. The sight was unbearable to watch as Blake stormed out with tears in her eyes while Yang followed to try and console Blake. Meanwhile, Weiss couldn't move and was forced to watch the young girl cry louder and louder over her father who had departed from this world. She let tears flow like a running river as the girl cried and cried, trying to reach her father.
As rescue efforts continued, Erwin, Levi, and Hanji walked into a medic tent where soldiers, huntsmen and huntresses were being treated. Walking passed a few beds, they stopped at the end of the tent where Summer laid in stable condition, but had the sad and worried look in her eyes as she had witnessed tragedy unfold.
"The council has informed us, they are sending reinforcements to exterminate the hibernating Godzilla's, and hunt down Y/N and Sarah for termination..." Erwin informed her.
"...This...Everything that happened today...could have been avoided had we humans accepted the faunus for who they are and tried to coexist with one another...We are the ones to blame for this tragedy...we could have stopped this from happening." Summer said as her eyes turned watery. "D-Dammit...!" She cursed while biting her lip as she raised her arm and covered her eyes as she wept.
"It wasn't his fault either...That bastard, Connors...To take his mother and turn her into a cyborg on a mission to capture or kill him...You cam understand the rage he felt." Levi said while turning his head away slightly.
"We've been ordered to return to Atlas for debriefing once recovery is finished here...What do we do, Erwin?" Hanji asked as Erwin had a solemn and serious look plastered on his face.
"I...need to think..." He said as he turned to walk away and Hanji remained at Summer's side while she wept and Levi remained where he stood.
As citizens and all people, human and faunus, came together to support one another, communities banded together to help those in need. The common face of people were ones of sadness and grief, many mourned the loss of loved ones and searched for more who were possibly buried under the rubble. Meanwhile, a lone camera-man, who lost his crew, sobbed as he filmed everything for live television, as the world watched in sadness and grief, while praying for the recovery of Vale, and the recovery of the world, as too many were sacrificed in the needless bloodshed.
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