A/N Hey, guys. Welcome back to the thirty-seventh chapter of the Godzilla Meet The Civilians fanfic series. So first off, I hope you guys are continuing to do your part on staying safe out there, getting vaccinated, and being good. Second, I do apologize for not updating because I recently got vaccinated and I felt soreness on my left arm. I felt like I couldn't type a keyboard without feeling the soreness from the vaccine. But anyway, this chapter is still the continuation of the third and final arc. And I do have some plans to publish a Transformers story and throw in some of my characters. So anyway, this is the thirty-seventh chapter, and here we go.
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Somewhere Off Skull Island, May 17th, 2024
The next day, after agreeing to take Kong to a place called Hollow Earth, Bianca and Sonya boarded a modified barge with Kong sedated and restrained as military battleships followed them. The two cousins observed from the upper deck as the former ruler of Skull Island slept on his side. They also observed Jia, who could only communicate with sign language, and Doctor Andrews is the only one who can talk to Jia.
"She does know that Godzilla will come for Kong eventually." said Sonya.
Just then, Doctor Lind opened the door of the upper deck and joined Doctor Andrews and the rest of the personnel on deck.
"Whoo! Jeez, I can smell him from up here." he said.
"Well, he can smell you, too." Doctor Andrews retorted.
Kong slowly woke up after being sedated for a few hours as he slowly stood up.
"Still not a fan, huh?" Doctor Andrews asked Doctor Lind.
Doctor Lind doesn't reply.
Jia then used the word coward in sign language as Doctor Andrews smirked.
"What's she saying?" asked Doctor Lind, not understanding the whole sign language.
"Just an Iwi expression. It means that you're very brave." Doctor Andrews simply replied.
"Yeah?" he asked, not believing what he had just heard.
"Mm-hmm." she replied.
Doctor Lind observed at the screen, showing how much sedative was being used.
"Hey, use a light touch on the sedatives. He's our escort. We can't have him comatose when we reach Hollow Earth." he reminded.
"What if Kong doesn't go willingly? What will you do then?" asked Doctor Andrews.
Before Doctor Lind can reply, a PA system informed him to report to the forward deck.
"Excuse me." he replied as he walked away and head towards the forward deck as he called, "New arrivals."
As soon as Doctor Lind walked away, Doctor Andrews signed back coward, agreeing with what Jia had signed earlier.
"I wonder how long the sedative will last." Bianca muttered.
In the next few hours, a heavy rainstorm came in. Bianca and Sonya were in their cabin laying down in bed, having decided to call it a day since they haven't slept for the past few hours.
"I wish Will was here with us." said Bianca.
"He said we have to split up. He's staying with Maddie so they can find a man named Bernie Hayes and talk to him and see what he knows about Godzilla's attack." said Sonya.
Tying her hair in braids and closing the door, Sonya laid down beside her cousin, hearing some of the military personnel going on with their jobs.
Pensacola, Florida, May 18th, 2024
Back in Pensacola, Will had stayed with Maddie since she contacted her friend Josh Valentine so they can go and find out where Bernie Hayes lives. Having got a few hours of sleep, Will woke up and walked to the kitchen to pour some fresh brewed coffree for himself and Maddie as he heard the podcast being played on speakers.
"Coffee?" he asked as he offered her a cup.
"Thanks, Doctor Carter." she replied as she took the cup and drank it.
Just then, they heard the sound of a van pulling up outside of the residence as the song Breaking The Law blared on the speakers as Maddie grinned.
"My friend's here. Let's go." she said.
Will puts on his Monarch jacket and followed Maddie outside of the residence to meet with her friend Josh Valentine, who gets out of the van.
"To be clear, my brother can never know we took his van." said Josh.
"Josh, to be clear, even if we get into an accident, I don't think he could tell." said Maddie as she took the keys out of Josh's hand.
'Maddie has a license and she can drive a car now? I have a lot to catch up on.' Will thought.
"No, no, my brother would never let you drive either." Josh said to Maddie.
"My mission, my wheel." she declared.
"I just don't think it's a good idea look for some secret weirdo off the internet. I mean, we just had an assembly about this." said Josh.
"He's not a weirdo. He's a covert investigator. And he's the only one looking for the truth about Godzilla and Apex." said Maddie as she tied her hair into a bun.
"So let him look. Why do we have to him?" asked Josh.
"Because if we don't, nobody else will." Maddie replied as she inserted the keys on the ignition.
"Are you coming or not?" asked Maddie.
"Obviously I'm coming." Josh replied as he tried to open the passenger side door.
"What about you, Doctor Carter?" she asked.
"I'm coming, too. You did say it's your mission to find out why Godzilla attacked the Apex facility without any given reason." Will replied.
"It's stuck." said Josh as he struggled to get the door open as Maddie turned on the van.
"Have you tried the side door, genius?" Will asked in a sarcastic tone.
Josh opened the side door as he and Will both jumped in as the van took off. Will sat in the passenger seat while Maddie drove as she played the podcast on the van's speakers. Josh, who has had it with hearing every podcasts every now and then, placed his hand on the steering wheel as the van lost control momentarily as he and Maddie bickered.
After spending half an hour of driving and looking for a place that sells bleach, the three of them arrive at the last grocery store and Josh is feeling tired of exploring the grocery stores that the three have travelled to so far.
"Hey, you sell bleach?" Maddie asked the store owner.
"Is this another one of those internet challenge things? When I sold those kids those detergent pods, I didn't know they were gonna eat them. I'm still dealing with the lawsuits from that." the store owner replied.
"Look, we're looking for a guy who works for Apex Cybernetics. Buys a lot of bleach. Like every night." Maddie explained.
"He's probably paranoid, high-strung, doesn't like daylight. You know, has a lot of crumbs in his heard, if he has a beard." said Josh.
Maddie then elbowed Josh on his stomach as Will glared at Josh for making a joke at a worse time like this when they're on an important mission.
"Okay, look, you kids want some candy? Because I can help you with candy." the store owner offered.
"Look at me in the eye. Okay? I need information." Maddie demanded.
"If I were you, buddy, I would do what she says. Unless if you want me to show you my identification and tell you which organization I'm working for." said Will as he got ready to take his Monarch employee ID out of his jacket.
"Yeah, we want lots of candy." said Josh as he took money out of his pocket and placed it at the counter.
"What are you doing? You think...?" asked Maddie as she took the money back from the counter, not understanding what her friend is trying to do.
"Oh, you mean Bernie. Yeah, I know that guy. He buys, like, a ton of bleach. I know where he is, too. If you buy a live fish, I'll give you his address." the store owner offered.
"We'll take it." said Will as he removed his hand out of his jacket.
And that will be the end of the thirty-seventh chapter. So what do you guys think of the chapter so far? Love it? Hate it? I know, I suck at updating. My laptop's been having so much issues and whenever the screen goes to black, I can't see anything and I have to restart my laptop and my work is gone and I have to rewrite it all over again. I really need to get a new laptop so that way I don't have to worry about losing the work again. But anyway, let me know what you guys thought of the chapter in the reviews and more will be coming soon. So continue to take care out there, keep your distance, wear a mask, and wash your hands.
