Chapter 12: Truth Quest Part 2
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Question Dude: Wait, how does Kujira know she has sisters? Wasn't she raised in captivity, in a military base all her life? How would she know of them? Wouldn't the more logical approach be that she was acting on instinct, got their scent, and followed her instinct to investigate and possibly fight rival apex animals? Just saying that I got confused about how she knew about having sisters. Given what happened to their mother.
ThermalsniperN7: The best answer I can give is that Kujira smelled her own blood at some point. Because of that, she can pick up scents that are similar to her own, and is tracking Raiko, Ebony and Ivory because of that. I hope this explanation makes sense
Dragon Emperor0: And since their scents are so similar, she immediately recognizes them as siblings. It's an instinct thing.
Romance Breeding: If Ebony was impregnated with twins, I'm willing to bet that Kujira will be carry triplets! I wonder if V and the sisters will team up of Kujira? Ivory would play with her and get her ovaries ready, Ebony would use her "toxins" to increase her body's sensitivities, and Raiko would use her electricity on Kujira's body, mind, and privates. While V takes her gently at first then bestial rough. Speaking of, I feel like they should do the same to Ebony for being so "naughty". To the point where V and the girls shatter her body and mind, that she can't possibly live without any of them. Kujira's powers could help in the bedroom too, right? Maybe she can use her atomic powers to supercharge the fertility of V's sperm and women's womb and ovaries?
ThermalsniperN7: I can actually see Kujira carrying triplets, too. Same with how V ravages her.
Dragon Emperor0: Same. Though I'm not sure if her radiation would do that, from what I understand radiation does the exact opposite. (See the MCU Hulk, for example). Also don't suppose you'd like to check out some of our other stories? Most of them have interesting relationships I think you'll have fun analyzing.
Sci-Fi FREAK: Well, if this is before the Triceraton Invasion; maybe Majin Android 21 could've been a captive of the Triceratons or the Federation. Have her be used as a living energy source to power a very devastating weapon. She is one of the most powerful beings in the universe after all. There would also be the problem of what to name her.
ThermalsniperN7: That sounds plausible. Maybe she could have a homeworld that got destroyed.
Dragon Emperor0: True, I'll be sure to remember that.
Kaiju Avenger: So, Truth Quest is up next along with the Atomic Shark girl! I can't wait to see Kujira and her design.
Dragon Emperor0: We're ready to show it off as well.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah. You're gonna love it.
-V's house-
Everyone was busy. The shark girls were getting dressed for work on the ocean, Jackie was looking over some reports of trashed boats to see if Kujira was possibly involved, and V was making some calls.
"Wait, the shark is here?!" Leo asked in surprise, having been called by V and informed of the situation.
"Yep, and she's gonna cause a lot of damage unless we act fast. We need to catch her." The Nomad said.
"Is there any way we can track her at all?" Raiko questioned.
"I'm seeing reports of boats getting trashed, but no casualties yet, chica." Jackie replied. "I think she's trying to look for you." He added.
"I'm just hoping she'll calm down when she finds us." Ivory commented.
"Me too." Ebony nodded as they finished getting dressed… and the Night City disaster alarms started blaring outside of the house. "Speak of the Devil." She groaned.
"That's our cue! Move it, people!" V exclaimed as the girls activated their image inducers and the group ran out of the house.
(Timeskip)
A short while later, the group of five were now on a boat, driving around the water and following Kujira's trail, or rather, what could count as one. It seemed like she was actively trying to avoid drawing attention to herself. And from what they learned, most of the boats she had wrecked belonged to trigger happy scavs that she decided to make shut up. The turtles were also following in their sub.
"You'd think that a giant Atomic Shark would be easier to find in such a small coastline." Donatello noted.
"Yeah, no kidding—Hey, Trip's broadcasting again." Mikey said as he pulled up Truth Quest.
"Friends, I have a question for you. Do you believe in divine intervention?" The former TV host questioned. "I was always skeptical of the notion myself, that was—until I experienced it myself first hand." He added.
"What's he talking about?" Casey wondered.
"You see, just yesterday when I was investing Site P, I was soon surrounded by the NWO operatives who were so willingly shoved deep into the pockets of the Insectoid elite." The man explained. "Before Kujira—in a truly awe inspiring show of strength—broke from her cage and with the help of her fellow mutated sea creatures, saved me from their insidious clutches."
"I find that hard to believe." April said skeptically.
"And now, I've momentarily lost track of Kujira's position. Don't worry, though. I'll find out where she is momentarily." The man assured his viewers. "Though I must wonder: what is she doing? Could she possibly be on the search for our beloved Raiko? Even I have no idea what her goal is." He added.
His phrasing when he talked about Raiko made the shark woman feel confused. Was she really that well liked? Why? She ate people for basically years.
'He's probably got a few screws loose.' She thought with a shrug.
"That's all from me for now, take care Questers, and Godspeed. And don't forget to give our merchandise from Symbiote Studios, where you can buy your very own Maneater pup plushie for just $19.99." Trip said. "That's Symbiote Studios, at .com. Certain restrictions apply." He added before signing off.
"Well that happened." Raph commented.
"Yeah it did." Leo nodded. It was at this point that the Turtle Sub picked up something on sonar.
"Got something on sonar!" April exclaimed from her seat.
"Whatever it is, it's big." V said as the object kept getting closer.
"Don't worry mano, the Roosevelt is flanking it right now with the USS Hoover and USS Trump." Jackie said as the three ships started boxing whatever the thing was in so it couldn't escape, before activating anti shark barriers.
"Okay, let's get in there." The Nomad said as he steered the boat to the area. Once inside though, they were suddenly blindsided by a massive green glowing blur slam right into them. Causing the sub to lurch to the left and nearly spin out of control.
"Whoa!" Mikey shouted as he grabbed onto a handle to keep steady. Looking out of the window, his eyes widened when he saw the Atomic Bull Shark in the water. "Uh, guys? Kujira's attacking us!" He exclaimed in worry.
"She must think you're more scavs." Raiko said from on board the Roosevelt.
"Oh, well that's just lovely!" Raph grunted as Kujira rammed against the sub again.
"Can't we try knocking her out or something?!" April questioned as she tried not to fall, or hurl.
"Well what do you suggest? A tranquilizer?!" Raph questioned incredulously.
"You kiddin'? You'd need enough to knock out a horse to get her down!" Casey stated.
"Elephant, actually." Ishmael corrected as Kujira started circling the ship again. "We'll use enough to knock out two elephants for her." He continued.
"I hope you have a reliable container, then." The intelligent turtle said as he barely got the sub out of the Atomic shark's swim path. "Because she's a feisty one." He added.
"I don't know who you are, but don't worry. We do." The captain told him. He then pressed a few buttons and then a small torpedo shot out of the Roosevelt towards Kujira, who ended up swallowing it. "There, the sleeping agent should kick in a few minutes."
"If you like, we could bring her aboard when it does." The purple masked turtle offered.
"Does your vehicle have the equipment for shark transportation?" Ishmael questioned. The Turtles looked at each other and then around the Turtle sub.
"... Not from the looks of it, no." Leo responded.
"Then at least keep her busy so the agent can work it's magic." The man told them.
"Well, she's already focused on us." Mikey shrugged.
And so, the turtles kept Kujira busy in order for the tranquilizer agent to do its job. They took a few hits, but nothing serious. Soon, Kujira was fast asleep.
"Okay, she's been knocked out and is fast asleep. Send in the retrieval team." Donnie reported.
(Later)
As soon as she was retrieved, she was then loaded onto one of the ships and brought to port, where she was then transferred into an on site aquarium.
"So what should we do now?" Raiko asked as she, Ebony, and Ivory looked at their sister from the other side of the glass. They wanted nothing more than to jump into the water and swim right next to her, to let her know that she wasn't alone anymore.
"I… don't know." Ebony replied with a small frown. Ivory just put her hand on the glass, not sure what to say either.
"Not easy to look at, is it?" V said as he, Ishmael and Jackie walked up to them. This made the three shake their heads.
A few minutes later, the Atomic Armored Bull Shark woke up. Looking around, she noticed that she wasn't in the same cramped sterile smelling tank as before or the open water, but rather a large and spacious fresh and saltwater tank with various sea life in it. A much better alternative if she had to choose. She swam around a bit, getting her muscles working.
It was at this point that she noticed the people on the other side of the glass. She swam up to where they were, and did several passes to try and evaluate them.
"Okay girls, inducers off." V told the sister trio as they revealed themselves, much to the surprise of their older sister within the tank. She wondered who these three beings were, since she couldn't pick up their scents.
"You'll have to get in the tank with her, so she can get a full grasp of who you are." Ishmael told them.
"Say no more." Ebony nodded. They then discarded their clothes except their underwear (which were barely even underwear to begin with) before getting in the tank with Kujira, their gills finally having a chance to be used.
Kujira swam up to them the moment they were in the water. She evaluated them and took in their scents… and stopped. The second their scents entered her nose, her mind made the connection that these were her siblings. The ones she had been looking for.
When this realization set in, the Atomic Bull Shark began nuzzling her snout into Raiko's stomach. The action made the bioelectric woman laugh in response.
"Hey, big sis." Raiko smiled as her sibling started examining her scars from Scaly Pete and the two explosions she had been in. Thinking it was V's doing, she started growling at the Nomad as her mouth began to glow gamma green. "Whoa! Easy! Those weren't from him!" She exclaimed, trying to calm her sister down and stop her from attacking her shared mate.
Kujira looked at her before looking back at V and calmed down as her teeth stopped glowing, but gave the man a small glare regardless.
"He's okay sis." Ebony told her as she and Ivory held her as well. "He's our husband, actually." She added. Kujira seemed confused by the term, not knowing its meaning. The Shadow Bull woman took notice of this and clarified. "Our mate." She said.
That made Kujira look at V differently. She now wanted to get an up close look at him, unobstructed by glass.
"Don't worry sis, we'll introduce you two after we figure out what the heck is going on in Site P." Ivory told her, stroking her hammer shaped head.
"Think she likes you, V." Johnny said as he appeared again, leaning against the tank. "I mean, she's not entirely the first I'd consider dating, but at least she's got good eyes on her." He added as he looked at the shark. "Ugly as fuck though. Though that's probably just cuz she's a shark right now."
"Oddly enough, the image of her anthropomorphic form in my head makes her look strangely like Godzilla." V remarked, referring to the spines running along Kujira's back.
"And apparently, nine feet tall." Johnny added, recalling the same image. "How do you know that she won't try to break your pelvis when she tries to fuck you?" He added, shuddering at the thought.
"She could shrink a bit. Ya know, like astronauts coming back from space?" V remarked. "That should make things easier." He added. Johnny hummed thoughtfully.
"You do make a good point." He nodded. "But that's if she lets you fuck her in the first place."
"Relax, Johnny, I can handle it." The Nomad stated.
"Alright, have it your way." The engram shrugged before disappearing.
Meanwhile with the girls Atomic Bull Shark pressed her head into her sister's hand, liking the feeling. Back with V and Ishmael, the latter looked pleased that they had calmed the mutant down while the former was glad that his wives had connected with their older sibling, even if she looked ready to kill him for a moment.
"Well, this turned out better than I hoped." The captain admitted. "Letting them be here was a very good idea." He added.
"Yeah… Hey, these other Mutant animals. If Plover Island actually has gone rogue and is helping some extraterrestrial entity, what would you want to be done with those animals?" V asked.
"Captured alive if possible. There are control chips placed on the tops of their heads, so if you can destroy them that should make them docile enough to be captured." Ishmael responded.
"Roger that." V nodded. "And what'll happen if that damned island is at our mercy?" Hev then asked.
"If everything is as, if not more, severe like we believe currently? We sac the place." Ishmael declared firmly. V nodded in response. "On an unrelated topic…" The captain trailed off as he glanced at the girls, who were getting out of the tank, much to Kujira's disappointment. "Do they always wear undergarments like that?" He asked awkwardly.
"Hey, they just like looking sexy for their shared husband." V shrugged.
"Then I guess I'm just getting old. I'm used to seeing my own wife in much more conservative garments." Ishmael states, recalling how his wife never really saw the appeal of revealing underwear as she got older.
"To each their own." The Nomad stated as the girls came back to them, having dried off.
"What would you two happen to be discussing?" Ebony asked as she leaned on V's shoulder.
"Plans for action against Site P, more or less." The Nomad replied, Ivory and Raiko hugging him so the smallest of the three wouldn't hog him.
"And in order to do so." Ishmael continued while looking at the Atomic Armor Shark. "We'll need our secret weapon here to keep their forces and Mutant animals busy while we try to figure out what's going on from the inside." He explained.
"I have some friends who might be able to help with that. If I recall correctly, they offered to help retrieve Kujira." V offered, getting a raised eyebrow from his superior.
"... Go on." He prompted.
"They're names are Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Raphael, April, Casey Jones, and lastly—who's taking care of our house right now—Master Splinter." The soldier explained. "They're from New York." He added.
"I take it they're trustworthy then?" His CO asked.
"Oh yeah, sir. Best backup you could ask for." Jackie nodded.
"Hm…" Ishmael hummed as he thought for a moment. "Are they mutants? Recent events are making me have such thoughts." He asked.
"All but two of them are." V replied.
"Four Turtles, one Rat." Ebony added.
"I see. Well, be sure to inform them that we're moving out." The Captain said.
"Where to?" Raiko asked.
"Plover Island of course." He replied. "Now if you excuse me, I have a call to make." He said as he headed towards the Captain's quarters. As he did, he dialed his phone as he walked. "Agent Bishop, this is Captain Ishmael." He said sternly. "We need to talk."
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the Turtles, the sub was being boarded onto the USS Roosevelt to conserve resources and refuel. And as the brothers walked along the deck, they were listening to Trip's broadcast.
"He keeps mentioning insectoids. You guys know anyone like that?" V asked.
"Yeah, an alien ruler of a galactic bug empire named Lord Dregg." Leo nodded.
"Ugliest motherfricker this side of the Milky Way." Raph added.
"But we're not sure that Site P's part of his operations." Donnie continued.
"Why's that?" Ivory asked.
"When Dregg does things, he likes to show off. Big fights, interstellar blockades, dramatic monologues, the whole nine yards." Mikey said.
"Subtlety isn't exactly his thing." Donnie clarified.
"Then who could it be?" Jackie wondered.
"Well we're gonna find out. Looks like we're going on a Truth Quest of our own." Raiko stated.
"That we are." V nodded as he hugged her close.
(Late)
-Plover Island-
"This is the Plover Island Facility, or more commonly known as Site P. The home of the Naval Wildlife Operation—which conspicuously abbreviates as NWO." Trip said through his broadcast that the group saw a foggy landscape of small islands with small bases, a containment unit with a force field, and various other experimental contraptions. Lastly there was a huge building in the distance that seemed almost alien.
"But why is it called Slite P?" Trip continued. "Well, P is the sixteenth letter in the alphabet. The sixteenth arcanum of the Terro is the star: a symbol of change." He explained, elaborating his theory. "What change? A new world order. Built on the ashes of our national sovereignty."
"Hmph. Unlikely." V scoffed as he and the others listened to the broadcast.
"Really reaching there, huh homes?" Jackie chuckled as Ishmael entered the room again with Admiral Sparrow and Esmerelda right behind him.
"Alright people, we're here." The Captain said. "You've all been briefed so I won't bother rehashing everything." He continued before looking at the shark sisters.
"Ladies, I assume you already know your roles?" He asked.
"I'm supposed to help Kujira with population control, finding and neutralizing certain individual animals, and finding the mutated Apexes." Ivory nodded, resting her sword on her shoulder.
"I'm on sabotage duty, knockout communications and security towers to keep everything contained and make sure that in case there are extraterrestrials there, they can't call for help." Raiko added.
"And I'm on espionage duty, I'm to sneak around the compound looking for anything suspicious, finding evidence of corruption or treason, and finding any information on any other kind of secret operations these guys are hiding." Ebony added as well.
"Meanwhile, we'll try and keep the five Vanguard members busy in the Turtle sub so Kujira can take them out." Leo replies.
"And the two of us are gonna search the entire facility and see what we can find." V added with Jackie nodding in agreement.
"You know your roles, people! Move out!" Ishmael ordered.
(Later)
As the ships docked outside the island's waters, Kujira was brought below deck to gates that opened to the ocean.
"Release the shark." Admiral Sparrow said as the eldest of the shark sisters was turned loose to wreak havoc on Site P.
Kujira looked at Site P, honestly not wanting to be back here. Feeling a hand on her side, she glanced and saw Ivory right there with her. Steeling her nerves, the Atomic Bull Shark darted forward to wreak havoc with her sister.
And after destroying a targeted scout boat, the hunt was on.
Dragon Emperor0: This is the next part guys, sorry if there wasn't much of Johnny this chapter, but I couldn't really think of any other way to put him in here.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah, it wasn't exactly easy coming up with moments for him here. Anyway, the fight against Site P is now underway, and you guys got a small teaser about Kujira's anthro form.
Dragon Emperor0: Problem is do we make her as tall as Bayonetta, or Lady Demetriscu? Also, that part about Lord Dregg… In Port Iris's Texas Dead Zone, there's rumors that Arasaka is hoarding tech harvested from a crashed ship. Maybe it's one of his? Or maybe the Utrom, or the Kraang? I mean, Donnie did say that Cyberpunk tech had those similarities.
ThermalsniperN7: That's gonna be a mystery to solve in the future for sure. Something like that can't be unsolved forever. Anyway, see you guys next time on our Truth Quest arc!