...Several years later. Change...
The sounds of hammers hitting nails could be heard throughout the city as the construction workers happily did their jobs.
She could see the thick clouds of steam and smoke coming out of the many chimneys or windows of the houses that she walked past.
Now and then she would walk past a horse, a giant bird, or any other animal that was either pulling a carriage or being used to herd other animals to wherever they needed to go.
the city was different from the city that she had grown up in, it did not have any of the giant buildings and its streets were divided into three different sections.
One was for animals, another was for things like cars or other machinery and finally the last was for people who were either walking or riding their bicycles.
She couldn't help but hum to herself as she walked past one of the many dojos that promoted their different fighting styles.
She was aware that several of the people in the city were able to fire energy beams or had some sort of power and used these combat schools to teach others to control their powers.
Still, she couldn't help but feel herself becoming tense whenever she passed one of these schools.
She knew that she was being overly cautious because it had been these same people who had saved her and the fleet on several occasions she couldn't help but feel afraid whenever she was around them.
She tried to keep her emotions under control as she walked past a group of children practicing magic and it was only when a police officer stopped her that she realized that she had insatiately tightened her grip on the machine gun that she was carrying.
The officer had guided her past the group and told her that her phobia was normal as not everyone had come from a world that had people who could do magic.
He then gave her a flyer that he advised she used to attend classes that would help her get used to their presence before leaving her alone.
As she walked she began to see something that she hadn't seen in years, white specks had started to fall around her, and as he lifted her hand to catch the specks she found that they were cold.
She couldn't help but smile, it was snow, and for the first time in years, she was happy to see snow again.
She finally reached her destination, it was one of the many stations that the military used to keep eyes on the people, but the one that she worked in was used to monitor the outside of the city.
"Hey I know that you just arrived but what did he say?" her boss asked her.
"He says that he isn't our leader and that he will only step in if things go bad." she answered her boss and she didn't react to the pain that his expression showed.
Everyone had hoped that the Admiral would continue to lead them, just as how he had led them through their time at sea, but the man claimed that there were three different kinds of leaders.
Those that were good leaders, those that were never supposed to be leaders, and those who did the job because they had to.
She hated the man's refusal to take his rightful place as their leader because it was him, not anyone else that had kept the fleet together regardless of the people's beliefs or the fact that they had come from different worlds.
The man had led them through one apocalyptic world to another and kept them safe and yet he refused to continue to do just that.
He refused to keep them safe, he refused to keep them together.
The different groups were already fighting amongst themselves even though the city hadn't been completed yet, there were still men- women- children, and elderly people living inside the ships because there weren't enough houses for them to live in.
"Did you tell him about what we found?" her superior asked her.
"yes, but he said that we needed to learn to handle things without him." she answered her boss and the man simply nodded at her words.
A month ago, the scout teams found several villages that had been burned and the people that should have been living in them were nowhere to be seen.
Normally the military would have kept this information a secret so that the people in the city wouldn't react, but they had seen how the civilian population would turn on them when they discovered that the military and their leaders had kept vital information from them.
No one wanted to be on the receiving end of a fully armed group of people who wanted to punish those who had lied to them.
Fortunately, when the people heard about what the scouts had found they didn't react violently, they simply kept their eyes open for anything or anyone that looked like it didn't belong.
She was about to say something when the hollow sounds of a bell began to echo inside her head, the bell was made out of a special material that didn't make any noise but instead sent the sound into people's minds.
It was something that was used to alert survivors of the fleet's location without catching the attention of the dead.
Without hesitating she ran after her superior who began to demand answers as to what was going on and to everyone's surprise the scout teams announced that they were being attacked, by people who could control the ground itself.
She could feel her heart beating rapidly inside her chest as the sounds of gunfire and explosive spells came through the radio.
The voices of the scouts shouting that they needed reinforcements seemed to be getting further as the station sent warnings to the fleet and whatever defenders the city had.
Everything seemed so far away as he stood in place and it was only when she felt her superior's hands on her shoulders that she snapped out of whatever trance she was in.
Yet the reality of the situation only set in when she saw the panicked expression on her superior's face.
"Get to the ship and tell the Admiral that we are being invaded!" her bosses shouted at her and without thinking she ran towards the place of the only person that everyone could trust.
The moment that she exited the building she found that the calm city had come to life in a panic yet currage-filled motion.
The men and women who could fight ran to the edge of the city, while the women, children, and those who cared for animals ran to hide from what was coming.
As she ran she saw mages who were using their spells to create a protective wall around the city, while tanks, mechs, and drones made their way to the outside of the city.
She felt a sense of relief over her, but it quickly shattered when the ground beneath her feet began to shake before breaking.
If it hadn't been for a martialist who had seen her fall, she would have been dead, the man was one of the people who had abilities and he had saved her despite her fear of him sn those like him.
She thanked the man for his help and ran to inform the admiral, yet as she neared the docks, she began to hear the sounds of cannons and gunfire.
The fleet was once again forced to do battle but most of the ships were still anchored, so they weren't able to fight properly.
She watched as the ships began to drop the chains that connected them to the anchors, meaning that they hadn't lifted them out of the water because something had stopped them.
She finally made it onto the Admiral's ship and found the man glaring at the incoming ships before he turned and looked at the video of the approaching army.
She was about to say something to the man, but seeing as he was already aware of the situation she found that she didn't have to say anything anymore, instead, she listened to the man orders the fleet to pen fire.