A/N Hey, guys. Welcome back to the twenty-seventh chapter of the Godzilla Meet the Civilians fanfic. This is the continuation of the second arc. First of all, I want to thank some of you guys for continuing to support this story. And second, I never thought that this second arc would be a lot longer than the first arc. In this chapter, Will, Bianca, Sonya, and their colleagues come across a place they had never seen before as they continue their task to find Godzilla and revive him. So sit back, and let's get to it.
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Chapter 27: Discovering Underwater City and Evacuating Boston
Unknown location, Somewhere Deep in the Ocean, May 21st, 2019
Deep beneath the waves, the sub sat on the edge of a sheer under water precipice. The force of the vortex no longer threw the vessel around, but the subtle, almost gentle caress of the remnants of that vortex's influence could still be felt brushing past the sub's hull.
"Status report!" Commander Crane called.
"Can't fix our position, sir! The GPS is down! But inertial says we're... 600 miles from departure," Bowman replied.
"That can't be," a crewman replied.
I was clutching my head from the extreme ride we had just endured.
"Doctor Graham, are you all right?" I asked.
"I'm okay," Doctor Graham replied.
"You guys okay?" I asked my friends.
"We're good," Sonya replied.
"I knew it man! The vortex was a tunnel into the Hollow Earth!" Doctor Stanton exclaimed excitedly, his mild buzz from earlier having since worn off.
"It's a subterranean tunnel system that wraps around the entire planet and connects various areas of it like a bit highway! But it doesn't matter! I knew I was right! I told you Chen!" he called to Doctor Chen.
"Shut up, Rick!" She demanded, holding her stomach as she was still quite motion sick.
I started to feel really irritated by the remarks Doctor Stanton was making to Doctor Chen.
"One second emergency blow forward," Commander Crane ordered.
The sub's exterior lights flickered to life, and the sub was pushed forward by the blow and gently eased off the edge of the precipice.
"Doctor?" Commander Crane asked.
"Launch probes," Doctor Serizawa replied.
A few moments later, the probes were launched from the sub. Small, drone-like underwater scouts controlled via Doctor Stanton's station and those nearest him. And as they took off, their feeds came back remarkably crystal clear despite where they were.
Below the probes was uneven terrain, scarred and barren as if life had once lived here but since been wiped out. Despite being under water, it looked bone dry. Subaquatic stalagmites rising from the ground occasionally emerged from the gloom forcing the probes to go around. Small coral reefs, miniature caves and crevices everywhere. It was truly a new and unexplored world for modern science.
We looked through the monitors as the probes scanned the area. I really hoped that the probes can help us find Godzilla.
"Range, 1,000 meters. Camera good," Doctor Stanton muttered to himself as he controlled his probe.
The probe feed continued to show more of the same until at last the head and face of a statue burst into view, nearly resulting in a crash. The sudden appearance caused Ilene to stand up and lean away from the monitor, gently bumping into Mark who stood partly behind her. She smiled nervously and gave a head bow of apology while he smirked and pat her shoulder.
"Oh my God," I muttered, feeling startled by the sudden appearance of the statue.
"Jesus," Doctor Stanton said quietly.
"Pan right," Mark whispered.
As the probe backed away from the statue and panned right, an entire underwater city seemed to emerge before them. Small buildings, dwellings, and other enormous statues bordering the squared-off entrance to this new world flanked the sub as it slowly crawled forward through the water.
All around were massive pillars and walls almost as if there was a giant castle or temple built around them. And at this point it wasn't hard to imagine that this was indeed the case. But what told them it wasn't quite accurate was the fact that the cave ceiling above them was cleared of these structures... They were still "outside" whatever primary structures may lay ahead.
Statues to the left and right as they continued seemed to line their way forward, almost as if they were being guided. The statues put the sub to shame in terms of size, gazing down at it almost as if they were themselves Titans. Had they been alive and able to move, the sub would be moving full speed the other direction.
But ahead lay their path, and there was no turning back now. I was shocked by what we were seeing so far. This place was definitely kept off the books.
As the probes moved forward there seemed to be natural subterranean and sub aquatic light sources now illuminating the immense passage they were in. Bridges linking the two sides of the chamber, with arches large enough for the sub to pass through, lay ahead. The sheer scale and magnitude of the buildings was enough to give the entire crew pause.
"Looks Egyptian. Or Roman," Mark said quietly.
"No. This is somethin' different. This is... This is way older," Doctor Stanton corrected.
As the sub continued onward, one very important thing happened as the probe pulled up an image that we had never seen before.
"Oh my," Doctor Stanton muttered.
An image carved into the walls beside the sub appeared an image of none other than Godzilla. Beneath him, in pyramid-like formation, were humans bowing and worshipping him as their deity. This image confirmed many of the theories MONARCH had come to adopt regarding the relationship between the earliest human civilizations and the Titans. But more than that, it also seemed to confirm a long-time theory about humanity's singular origins. That all peoples once began life in one place before spreading throughout the world to establish the cultures and ethnic identities they held today.
The presence of various runes and hieroglyphs of styles reminiscent of Egypt, Rome, Greece, Japan, and more all seeming to appear at once in the carved writings on the walls.
"All the legends. The stories. They're true. They were really the first Gods," Doctor Chen whispered.
"If only the Earth and stones could speak, the stories they could tell us," Doctor Stanton informed quietly.
"Doctor Stanton, any sign of Godzilla?" Doctor Serizawa asked, hoping to get everybody back on track of their task.
"Yeah. The probe is picking up a radioactive blob just past that ridge," Doctor Stanton replied as he pointed the red blob on the screen.
"Set a course," Doctor Serizawa ordered.
Back at Fenway Park in Boston, the military continued evacuating the city's population as Maddie sneaked her way around to the commentator's booth and she sets down her backpack and took the wires and the ORCA out as the news continues to broadcast about the ongoing attacks.
"Massive storms and other disasters triggered by the Titans have forced millions to flee major cities. And with D.C. hit hard by a Category 6 hurricane that has left the capital completely flooded, this is the single greatest disaster in human history. The grim search continues as people around the world sift through the debris of leveled homes in the hope of finding missing loved ones. And though this sight is heartbreaking, it is unfortunately nothing unique. Cities around the globe have fallen under a wave of what many are calling "The Rise of the Titans," the news reporter stated.
And that will end the twenty-seventh chapter for now. So, what do you guys think? In the next chapter, Serizawa makes a decision to sacrifice himself to revive Godzilla and the final battle will begin in Boston in the next few chapters.
