Disclaimer: I do not own Godzilla, Pacific Rim, nor Attack on Titan
Author's Note: Hello! This is my first fan-fiction and first time posting on here. I've been pondering for so long if I wanted to do this, but I've sucked it up and decided to finally do it. This story has been in my head for so long and I never thought I would actually do it. So my idea for this story is that it's the same setting in the Attack on Titan universe, and it also shares the same universe as the Godzilla movies, but primarily the original 1954 movie, and the other monster movies that were released prior to the film. but instead of it being in an apocalyptic wasteland, it's in a more futuristic setting, and instead of titans, it will have monsters from the Godzilla movies, Pacific Rim, and if I'm really creative, some monsters of my own design. I've also thought of the idea that instead of the soldiers using the 3D Maneuver Gear, which they will of course, the will use 20 foot tall mechs (imagine the mechs from Titanfall), and yes, the Jaegers from Pacific Rim will be in this story, but instead of being called Jaegers, they will be called Titans (since the titans from AOT will not be in this story, why not use the name for something good). I've even decided to come up with a new main character, but don't worry, Eren Jaeger will still be in the story, just not as what you always remember him by. My new main character is named Alistair "Alex" Blaskowicz (for any Wolfenstein fans out there, yes I did name my character after B.J.'s last name because it's such an awesome one). Not only did I create him, but there are many other characters that I will make as the story goes on. So I wanna stick to the source material of the AOT manga and anime as much as I can, and at times and even much later into the story I may do some original content. I really hope y'all enjoy my first fanfic.
Chapter 1: A Grim Reminder
It was the year 2146 A.D.. The sky was a bright orange, as if the world was the sun itself. Even the clouds were just barely blending in with the fiery sky.
A flock of geese were flying above a large city, known as Shiganshina. As they continued to soar, they all separated when they got close to a massive, clawed hand that was grabbing the top of an enormous, 200 meter wall that was surrounding the city. All of the city's residents were looking up at the hand in shock, not one muscle even flinched. Then all of a sudden, a terrifying, reptilian face rose up and stared down at the city.
It was on this day that humanity received a grim reminder. Humanity lived in fear of the Kaiju, and for more than a century, for anyone who still had humanity left inside, they were forced to live in cages called walls.
12 hours earlier…
A squad of soldiers, who were suited in 20 foot tall mechs while riding on large hovercrafts fit for the mechs, were riding across a large, abandoned city outside of the walls in a heavy rain storm.
"All soldiers prepare to fight," shouted the squad commander, "There's only one target! We'll take it down and claim this city as humanity's first stronghold beyond the walls!"
"Target approaching, it's a Trespasser," shouted a soldier behind the commander.
It was barely visible because it was night time and it was raining, but what could be seen was that it was a 90 meter Kaiju, classified as Trespasser. It had a large, bulky torso, four arms, two large and two small, and an axe like bone on it's head.
The commander's mech quickly makes a hand signal and it's pilot commands, "Split into 6 groups! We'll act as the bait! Men, put those mechs to good use!"
The soldiers lept off their hovercrafts as they activate the thrusters on the backs of their mechs. All of them show off impressive maneuvers as they traverse the land scape surrounding the Kaiju.
The commander shouts, "Hey assholes! Quit showing off and take that ugly bastard down! Attack from all directions!"
One soldier, determined to take the beast down, manages to find a good vantage point of the Kaiju nape on it's neck, and with a confident tone in his loud voice, "Prepare to taste the power…. OF HUMANITY!" He unsheathes two massive blade from the holsters in his mech, and flies towards the Kaiju, and, "HHHHHUURRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH,"…
Beautiful flowers planted in a garden, suddenly smeared by blood.
"Alex", a voice ringed.
A mouth full of knife-shaped teeth let out a bloodcurdling roar.
"Alex."
Multiple corpses are shown on the ground, only to be scooped up by a massive hand.
"Alex!"
A large plantation factory located in a beautiful landscape, only then to be surrounded by multiple Kaiju.
"Alex!"
A knifeheaded Kaiju looks at a child, then extends its hand out, and crushes it.
5 hours before the incident…
"Alex", shouted a woman who appeared to be in her 30's, as she tries to wake her 11 year old son, who had brown hair, green eyes, and a small scar above his left eye, who has been shaking and sweating on his bed. He wakes up and is confused about what just happened. He asks in fear and confusion, "Mom?"
The mother, Lisa Blaskowicz, felt sorry for her son. "Was it another nightmare," she asked. Alex tried to hold back a tear and replied, "Yeah, I don't remember what it was about, but it was awful." Lisa embraced Alex, trying to comfort him, and it worked, for the most part. Lisa then said, "It's almost noon, why don't come downstairs and eat something." Alex then went from fear to shock and annoyance and shouted, "Wait it's almost noon?! I need to meet Eren and Mikasa in 15 minutes!"
Alex got dressed faster than he ever would getting ready for school. He heads downstairs and grabs a biscuit his mother made for him. "Bye Mom," he said before giving her a kiss on the cheek, and she replies, "Bye sweetheart!" "Later Dad!" "Careful out there son," said Alex's father, Robert Blaskowicz, a tall, well built man in his late 30's. Alex ran outside, ate his biscuit in a few bites, and ran outside the door to the southern part of the wall to meet with his friends.
The Blaskowicz family are very well known in the city of Shiganshina, next to the Jaeger family. Robert and Grisha Jaeger are both very accomplished scientists. Both went to medical school together, and more than a decade ago, they were able to work together and cure a deadly plague that was infesting the city, and no one will ever forget their heroism. That's also how Robert met Lisa and Grisha met his wife Carla, because at the time they were both patients of theirs. Grisha's son Eren has been Alex's childhood best friend since they were basically being potty trained, and since they both have almost the exact same reckless personality, their bond is almost brother-like. Alex became friends with Mikasa instantly after the Jaegers took her in after her family was murdered. Not once has Alex had any problems with the two kids, other than his occasional friendly brawls with Eren, but according to them both, that's what brings them together even more.
Alex makes it to a bridge near the southern entrance of the wall. He couldn't help but admire the logo that was imprinted on the wall, which resembled an eagle with a five tipped star above the head.
Alex picks up his hoverboard and looks around for a few seconds, and instantly recognizes two kids about to cross the bridge. One was a boy Alex's age who had the same hair color, but a shade darker, with teal eyes, and a girl, who had an asian appearance, and didn't show much emotion. "Hey Mikasa, don't tell anyone I was crying, alright?" asked the boy, Eren. "I won't", the girl, Mikasa, replied.
Alex runs up to the two and yells "Hey guys!" Eren was very happy to see his best friend and yelled "Hey Alex!" "Hi Alex," said Mikasa who cracked a faint smile after seeing him. "I'm sorry I'm late, I slept in," Alex says with a little hint of guilt, but Eren says "It's alright man, you're just in time, the Survey Corps will be here soon." Alex asks in excitement, "They're already coming back? I hope their mission was a success. Hey Eren, we still gonna join when we grow up?" "You're damn right we are," Eren passionately says as the two friends smile at each other, but Mikasa looks at them both with an emotionless face, as she looks like she doesn't like the fact that both boys, who were undoubtedly determined, but also reckless, wanted to join a military group whose mission was to venture outside the walls and fight the Kaiju, with the possibility of not coming back alive.
Eren noticed a dry spot on Alex's left cheek and asked with a chuckle, "Were you crying, Alex?" Feeling embarrassed, Alex simply wipes his cheek and says, "No!" Eren proceeds to tease him, "Big, tough Alistair Blaskowicz was crying to his mommy, hahaha!" When Alex noticed something on Eren as well, he immediately came back, "You're no tough guy as well Eren, I can see the dry spot on you're cheek." Eren wiped it off, and Alex chuckles, "What? Did Mikasa take you're doll again?" "Asshole," Eren said, giving Alex a slight punch on the shoulder. "Dick," Alex came back with a punch of his own. After a few seconds, Eren cracked a smile, and both boys start to laugh, with Mikasa having a faint smile of her own.
"What were you two crying about," asked a man in a military uniform with an insignia of two roses across from each other. Alex knew the man, "Hannes?"
Hannes is a childhood friend of Lisa, and is Alex's godfather. He is a respected captain of the Garrison, who is responsible for looking out for trouble on the walls. The only downside of him is that he has a slight drinking problem.
"Did Mikasa give you two an ass-kicking," he asked in a sarcastic tone. Eren replied, "We're not babies, we don't ever cry!" Alex smelled something and gagged, "Good God, you reek of alcohol!"
A few drunk Garrison soldiers overheard and start yelling inaudible words to the group, much to the kids dismay
"So you're drinking again, huh," asked Alex, and Hannes replied, "Yeah, wanna join us?" "Good idea Hannes, ask a bunch of 12 year olds if they want some booze, I'm sure our parents will really appreciate that," said Alex in a sarcastic tone, and Hannes replied, "Relax, slugger, I was just kidding." "Aren't you on duty?" asked Eren, and Hannes replied "Yup, we're on guard duty today, so we found some booze to keep us busy." Eren wondered, "If something bad happens, would you be able to fight?" "What do you mean if something bad happens?" Alex gets annoyed and jumps into the conversation, "If they break into the walls!"
There was silence for a bit, then Hannes says in a slightly painful way due to him being mildly intoxicated, "Ow, geez Alex, not so loud." One soldier stood up and walked to the group and said, "You definitely have your father in ya, kid, but don't worry, those walls have been up for more than a century, so there's no way anything will happen today or any other day." Alex argued, "So basically you're saying you're not ready to fight at all." "Nope", replied Hannes. "So drop the Garrison Regiment name and call yourselves the Standing Around Like Assholes Squad," said Eren in an annoyed tone, then Hannes chuckled, "Has a nice ring to it, but if we wanna get the job done, we will, other than that, we're used to the insults, gives us confidence." Both boys were not happy with Hannes' words, but Alex shrugs his anger off and says, "Sure, we can stay in the walls our whole lives and do nothing but sit on our asses and eat and sleep. Even if we do that, that'll make us cattle." The three kids start walking away from the soldiers, and Hannes starts to realize something, and says to himself with concern, "Do they…. want to join they Survey Corps?"
The three kids walk silently through the neighborhood. Mikasa breaks the silence and says, "You two should forget about joining the Survey Corps." "What," Alex asked in shock, and Eren followed, "Do you think they're a joke too?" Mikasa replied, "It's not about what I think." Suddenly, a faintly loud bell starts ringing across the city, with Alex and Eren instantly recognizing what it's about. "Guys it's them! Come on, let's go see the real heroes of the city," Alex said in an exciting tone as the three kids start running towards the road where the Survey Corps will be crossing.
The southern gate opens, leaving a 100 meter gap for the Survey Corps to enter. The first to enter were 3 giant, 80 meter tall robots called Titans. The first one had the appearance of a rusty tank, and looked like it took serious damage, with both of it's arms gone and a large chunk of it's chest was missin. It was basically in such a shape that it shouldn't even be active. This one was labeled "Horizon Brave". The second was slimmer in appearance and had fin like appendages around it's upper torso. It was missing an arm, but wasn't as damaged as Horizon Brave. This one was labeled "Romeo Blue". The third was almost the same design as Horizon Brave, but less stocky, and had twin cannons on each shoulder. This one was still in decent shape, only with minor damages. This one was labeled "Coyote Tango". Apparently these were only 3 out of 12 that went outside the wall. What was left of the Survey Team entered the city, and it wasn't a pretty sight. More than half of the team was injured and in critical state, and their mechs were severely damaged and their hovercrafts were barely operational.
One of the soldiers, Sergeant Erwin Smith, notices Alex and Eren smiling at him to show praise and appreciation. Erwin takes note of this, but ignores them soon after, not exactly in the mood for an autograph. The two boys realize that these soldiers went through Hell and more, and decided to call it a day and head home, but before they left, "Jason!" A woman ran to the commander and asked. "Where's Jason? Where's my son?" The middle aged woman looked scared and worried, and the commander spoke out, "It's Jason's mother, bring it here."
The woman was somewhat confused and scared when the soldiers gave her an object covered in white sheets. She unwraps it, and finds none other than a severed arm. She quickly covers it and drops on her knees, sobbing heavily while the commander watches regretfully. He eventually kneels down to her and says, "This was all we were able to recover, everything else was gone, and his mech was completely destroyed. I'm sorry, ma'am." After a while, the woman then asked the commander, "Was he helpful?" The commander acted surprised when she asked that. "Did he die an honorable death? Even if it wasn't a great deed… surely he died helping humanity!"
"Of course!" the commander replied, but then he decided to tell the truth, "No. Mission after mission, even with so much that we have right now…. WE STILL ACHIEVED NOTHING!" His reaction shocked everyone around the block, the woman most of all. "My orders have done nothing but send soldiers to their deaths! We haven't learned a single thing about them at all!"
A few minutes after that little vendetta, the squad left the area. One civilian spoke out, "Geez, that was depressing. Come to think of it, actually, if this keeps up, we don't even have to worry about overpopulation." Overhearing the man's words, Alex walks up to him and hits him with a pole. The civilian yelled, "Hey what's the big idea?!" Before Alex could do anything else, Mikasa grabs him, pulls him to an alley, and throws him to the ground.
"What the hell Mikasa," Alex yells in an angry tone. Mikasa then says, "Have you changed your mind about the Survey Corps?" Admittedly, he does try to answer, but didn't want to believe what happened would cloud his judgement. Eren helped Alex on his feet. "Sorry I did that, but just try not to make the situation worse than it already is," Mikasa tried to soothe the mood between her and Alex, so he simply shrugged it off.
"We're home!", Eren yelled as he and Mikasa walked into their house. "Welcome back," said Carla Jaeger in a kind voice.
Eren goes to the sink to wash his hands. "So how was your day," ask Carla. "It was good," Eren replied with a monotone voice. Suddenly he felt a slightly painful tug on his ear. "Ow. What was that for?" "You ears turn red when you lie," Carla chuckled, to which Eren replied, "How do ears even get red? And I'm not lying." Eren hears his father, Grisha, chuckling, something he hasn't heard in a long time.
As the family are having dinner, Mikasa suddenly spoke out, "Eren wants to join the Survey Corps." There was silence in the room for a bit, then Eren yelled, "What the hell, Mikasa!" Carla walked up to Eren and yelled, "Eren, are you crazy?! How could you think about joining that awful group?" "It beats being inside the walls and doing nothing!", Eren replied, then Grisha jumps in, "Eren. Why exactly do you want to join the Survey Corps?" Hesitantly, Eren answers, "Because I want to explore the outside world, and see what else the world has to offer, besides I want to be able to help humanity by not sitting around and doing nothing." "Hmm, I see," Grisha says pondering his decision, "Well I'm not saying I'm supporting you, but I obviously can't talk you out if it." "Well I forbid it," Carla jumps back in, "Only someone stupid would decide to join them." Eren angrily replied, "Only someone stupid would stay in here and live like cattle!" Eren ran outside the house, going anywhere but there, the Carla walks up to Mikasa and says, "Listen to me, he is a reckless boy, you have to promise me to watch him at all times." Mikasa nodded in agreement.
Alex walked inside his house, and sees Robert sitting on his couch. "Hey son, please have a seat with me." "Ok," Alex said nervously. After he sits, Robert says, "So it comes to my attention that you're planning on joining the Recon Corps." Alex was shocked by this, and annoyed by the fact that Robert said 'Recon' instead of 'Survey'. "I'm not sure what you're-" "Hannes came by. Why would you want to join the Recon Corps." "It's Survey," Alex corrected his father, but he came back, "That group has too many names, might as well put them together and call them the Surveycon Legicorps." Alex chuckled a bit, then hesitantly answered, "I wanna see the outside world. I don't want to be in these walls forever, and I want to make a difference by not sitting around and doing nothing, which is pretty much what the beloved Military Police are doing now." "I see. Well, at least you know what you wanna do with your future, even if its not exactly how I pictured it." "I've made my choice." "That you have. Well, I need to head to the interior for a meeting, I'll be back in a few days." As Robert stood up, he pulls out a key on his necklace and says, "When I get back, I'll show you the basement." "Really?" Alex asks with excitement. Robert nodded, then put the key back inside his shirt, then says, "Oh before I forget, your friend Armin called before you walked in, he said he wants you to meet him at the docks." "Thanks I'll head there right now, have nice trip dad!" As Robert watches his son runs out the door, he has a questionable expression on his face, and all of a sudden starts to feel pain in his chest. He sighs, and says to himself, "I can't believe time's almost up."
Armin Arlert has been one of Alex's best friends just as long as Eren has. His family knows the Blaskowicz's very well. Armin's father and Robert were very good friends by the time the latter started medical school. However, Armin's parents have disappeared following and expedition outside the walls, leaving him to his grandfather.
"What's wrong heretic?", a boy says in an alleyway as he pins a smaller boy with blonde hair and blue eyes to a wall, "If you don't like getting your ass kicked, just fight back." "If I did, that would be stooping your level." replied the boy, Armin, and the bully asked in surprise, "Excuse me?" "You're only beating me up because you know I'm right and you're wrong, and there's know way you're going to change that."
The 3 bullies seemed confused and surprised, then one of them raised a fist and said, "Shut up, ya smart ass," but before he could hit Armin, "HEY!" The 3 bullies looked and saw Alex standing there ready to fight. "This doesn't concern you Asskowicz," one of the bullies said followed by laughter, then Alex replies, "A bunch of fatties beating up a smaller kid, did your daddy put some piss in your pork sandwich?" "You motherf-", before he could finish, "Get away from him!" The bullies looked behind them and saw Eren running towards them. "Let's have some fun boys," said one of the bullies, "let's show these pricks who they're dealing with!" One of the bullies notices someone behind Eren. "It… it's Mikasa! Let's get out of here!" The 3 bullies ran away at the sight of Mikasa, but Eren believes otherwise, "HA! They ran away because they saw me," then Alex teases, "Yeah, lets make sure they know you're around and they'll cower in fear, and humanity has won." "Asshole". Armin grunts in pain, and Alex extends his hand out trying to help Armin. "I'm ok, I can get up myself." "Oh, ok."
The group were by the docks, while Armin tells how he ran into the bullies. "So I told them how we should venture out the walls, and they beat me up for it and called me a heretic." "Shit", Alex said under his breath while throwing a rock into the water. Eren jumps in, "Why do people hate it when we bring up going outside?" Armin answered " Because we've lived in peace for more than a century, and people think that if we go outside, they will come in." Eren realized something else, "By the way, why did you tell mom and dad about the Survey Corps?" Mikasa answered "I never said I wouldn't tell them." "Let me guess, that wasn't a nice family dinner," Alex jumped in, and Eren replied, "Not exactly." "Figured as much," said Armin.
After a brief silence, it was broken when a yellow lightning bolt crashed to the ground, causing a strong quake in the city. The impact was so strong it caused the kids to jump unpurposefully.
"Was that an earthquake?" Alex asked. "I don't know", Eren answered. Armin ran to where all the commossion was happening. "Hey Armin, wait up!", yelled Alex as the rest of the group tried to catch up.
The group managed to catch up with Armin. "Hey Armin, what is it, what do you see?", asked Alex, who then looks up in shock and fear, noticing a massive, clawed hand grabbing the top of the wall. Armin is shocked and says, "There's no way! That wall is 200 meters high!" Alex speaks to himself, "It's one of them," then a terrifying, reptilian face looks down on the city. "A Kaiju!"
It was an enormous behemoth, easily 250 meters tall if not more. It's face had the same structure of a hammerhead shark, with each side housing menacing, gazing blue eyes, and had a slanted chin. It's mouth was full of massive teeth. From behind the wall, it has a massive torso, with four arms, two large and two smaller, and muscular legs, and the most notable feature was it's multiple spike tipped tails. Throughout it's entire body, small clouds of steam with an electric current are released through various parts of it's body. It let out a loud, ear piercing roar that could easily have been heard for miles. The Kaiju proceeds to ram all of its tails on the wall, and in a couple of hits, it completely obliterates the wall, leaving a wide, 100 meter tall gap. The debris scattered everywhere, destroying nearby buildings and killing several people. Then, the Kaiju disappears into the mist it left behind.
Everyone in the city, including the kids, were frozen in fear. For the first time ever, they, the Kaiju, have entered the inside of the Walls, ready to devour everything in their path.
When the first Kaiju, a 90 meter class with a knife like blade on it's skull, enters the city, everyone panics and starts to run away. "THE KAIJU ARE HERE!" "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" "WE'RE ALL DEAD!"
Armin starts wanting to run, "We should start running too… Eren!" He sees Eren walking in the opposite direction everyone's running, "My house is over there! Mom! Dad!" "My house is over there too," says Alex heading in that direction, with Mikasa following, but Armin stands still, "Alex, wait! Mikasa!" Armin wanted to follow them, but he was so frozen with fear that he could barely move.
The rest of the group ran to their homes to check if their families are ok. Alex makes a hard left away from Eren and Mikasa to his house. The latter two make it to their house and find it demolished. "MOM! DAD!" He and Mikasa try to lift the debris to find their parents. As they lift it, they find a severed arm, and Eren gets scared and drops the debris. "No," Eren said, not believing what he is seeing. When he realizes that his parents are dead, he drops to his knees and screams, with tears rolling down his eyes. Mikasa kneels down to him and hugs him, shedding a few tears.
Hannes arrives at the house in his mech, only to see the two kids crying and a severed arm next to them. "No. No!" Hannes was horrified to know that his friends were dead. Then he realized something else. "Where's Alex?"
Alex was still running trying to get to his house, and when he makes a hard right he sees his house, only for it to be nothing but rubble. "MOM!" He sees Lisa trapped beneath the debris. "Hold on mom, I'm getting you out of here", Alex said determined to get his mother out. He tried lifting the debris, but to no avail. "My legs are crushed, I won't be able to make it. Alex, please, you have to get out of here, leave me." Alex sheds tears hearing his mother, but tries not to listen to her, "I'm getting you out of here, I'll carry you!" "Alex please, listen to me! I love you so much, I want you to live on as much as you can, please," she says as tears start running down. But before Alex could say anything, booming footsteps shake the area. Alex sees two Kaiju walking across the streets of the doomed city, but he also sees one heading straight for them.
Hannes arrives to see his childhood friend trapped beneath the debris. "Hannes, please, take Alex to safety, save him!" Lisa begged, but Hannes replied, "Don't think so little of me Lisa. I'll kill that Kaiju and save both of you." "Captain Hannes," said Hannes mech,"multiple Kaiju heading in this direction, I recommend you embark." Hannes nodded and embarked and his mech, and starts running in the Kaiju's direction, and unsheathes his blades, determined to kill it. However, as he gets closer, he froze in fear. The Kaiju was horrific in appearance. It was 80 meters tall, had slender arms and legs, a medium sized torso, and had a long crest on top of it's head. It had a bony mouth and it had four eyes. Hannes was terrified to face this creature, so he regretfully sheathed his blades and headed back to Alex, and picked him up, leaving Lisa behind. "Hannes, what are you doing?! Put me down! We have to get mom!'' "I'm sorry," Hannes said under his breath. "Thank you", Lisa said to Hannes. "HANNES STOP! MOM!" "ALEX! LIVE ON!" Lisa wanted her son safe, even if that means ending her own life, but she took it much harder than she thought. A tear starts running down her face. She covers her mouth, and says under her breath, "Don't go."
The Kaiju makes it to Lisa. It scoops up some debris, with Lisa. Alex watches helplessly as his mother is about to be devoured. "STOOOOOOOOOOP!" He sees his mother struggling trying to get out but to no avail. The Kaiju lifts its hand above its mouth, and drops the debris with Lisa, after everything makes it into the mouth, with Lisa landing on its boney jaw, the Kaiju chomps down, killing her instantly.
It was on this day that humanity received a grim reminder. Humanity lived in fear of the Kaiju, and anyone who still had humanity left in them, they were forced to live in cages called walls.
Author's Notes: So here's my first chapter. I think it took me 6 hours to write this because I had to make some changes with the death of the main character's mother and all, along with new material. Yes, the beginning did start off a little slow, but I thought it went pretty well in the end. For those wondering, the Kaiju that killed Alex's mother was called Karloff, one of the Kaiju that showed up at the very beginning of Pacific Rim. So I hope you guys enjoyed this, and I should have the next chapter up soon!