Robert was sitting down mind blank. After the monster attack he and many others from Queens were sent to a hospital in brooklyn. He sat down on a chair as more and more people who fled the monster's rampage entered the hospital. Some were just shooken up with cuts and bruises. Others were unconscious with horribly broken bodies.
Robert looked up to the TV that was in the room he was currently in seeing the destruction that was broadcast on the news.
He had no thoughts other than his parents. They were back in Queens and he didn't know what happened to them. For every minute of every hour he prayed to the lord hoping they made it out safe. He also prayed for the others in the city and the people in the hospital.
"Hey look, the monster is getting its ass kicked!"
Robert looked at the TV along with the plethora of patients and doctors as they looked at the TV with wide eyes. As the destroyer of New York was being blasted back by dozens upon dozens of missiles on Liberty Island. As the monster was lit up like the 4th of July people in the hospital started cheering and cheering loudly as if the yankees won the world series.
When the monster finally tumbled into the water the cheers reached a high point with the cheers filling the entire borough. After that was done the regular newscaster appeared again on the TV.
"Well it seems that the monster that has ravaged New York city has finally been thwarted with the creature falling to a Barrage of weaponry from a Ticonderoga class naval destroyer. After the 3 and a half hour rampage through the city. Right now the navy is sending submarines and divers to try and find the body of the monster along with the US government sending emergency relief to the city along with the red cross."
Robert didn't really care about anything in the new report. While he was happy that the monster was killed he was still worried about his parents. He wanted to know if they were okay. He put his hands on his head in one last prayer to the lord above with enough faith to make the pope jealous.
A week later Robert was still in the hospital. He got stitches in the wound on his head which caused a scar which went from his cheek to his temple. A half a foot long scar which cut through his brown hair which no hair would grow any more.
During this time he just stared at the TV hoping for any news on the monster's attack. Then it appeared. The newscaster revealed the news on the entire aftermath of the destruction.
"We have gotten firm confirmations on the aftermath of the monster attack. The horned-beetle monster has been officially designated as Megalon by the US government. With the official causality report being somewhere in the range of 1 to 1.5 million casualties with half of Manhattan being leveled completely. The estimated damage report is in the hundreds of million to possible billions of dollars. For any attempt to locate Megalons body has failed with its seemingly disappearing from the bottom of the hudson. And lastly for the casualties report check the red crosses website for any names of possibly missing or dead. May god rest their souls."
After that the TV changed to the next program but everyone in the room was in a scramble to try and get to the computers to see if their families were on the list. Along with Robert where the moment the report ended he bolted from his seat like a cheetah on caffeine. Making it to the computers just quickly enough to not end up in the back of the lines.
Though other people made their way to the computers so Robert sat in line. Foot tapping in anticipation along with others who tried to push, shove, and cut their way through the line. Robert got the computer. The list was already up and thankfully there was a search bar open. Robert typed in his dads name. Hoping for one last time he wasn't there.
Colins, Robert G Senior found dead, Queens.
That one line made Robert's heart drop when he read that line. After that he wearily typed in his mothers name though knowing that it was fruitless and like his dad. Her name showed up.
Colines, Mary L found dead, Queens.
Robert just sat there looking upon the screen. His eyes were blank along with his mind. His parents were dead. His mind had no idea how to react. He was then broken out of his trance when a person behind him put their hand on his shoulder telling him to get up.
Robert got out of the chair and wearily walked back to his chair. When he got back to the room he was in passing by numerous injured people on the ground laying on matts. When he finally sat down he put his hands on his face and the dams burst. He cried as he may have survived the attack physical but emotionally he didn't
Another day has gone by. Robert walked out into the warm air of Miami Florida though the air wasn't as warm as he remembered. He had just gotten off a plane back from New York to his regular home in Miami. When his boss heard about the whole ordeal in New York he had given Robert a couple of days off to help with the loss of his parents. He walked to a private garage he rented near the airport. Opening up he found his red Nissan 3000ZX.
He got in his car and drove to the house near the coast of Miami. During his drive he wore a blank emotionless face he had since his plane ride. His thoughts were filled with the day Megalon attacked,the destruction he saw on TV and his eyes,when he found out his parents died. He needed to take his mind off it. He grabbed the dial on the radio and turned it on at the nearest station.
"With recent events in New York the nation has been in a state of shock and confusion. Today president Clinton has this to say on recent events."
The Radio cut to a speech with Clinton telling how he and everyone in the government is doing the best they can to help the situation and blah blah blah. Robert turned off the radio so he didn't need to hear more of this. He already lived through it. When he finally got to his home he entered it and just ignored his neighbors as they tried to say hi to him.
When he got home he just fell on the couch in the living room and turned on the TV. he didn't even care what was on, he just needed something to distract him from the awful events that had happened. He just continued to watch TV for the next 4 hours.
During this time he ended up hitting the news channel which had some other news other than the Megalon attack.
"With the recent giant monster attacks in New York, other types of sightings have been noted throughout the world. With giant ptaradon creatures being spotted in Siberia and Northern Mongolia. And in the Gulf of Mexico a creature has been spotted occasionally surfacing out of the water. He is a recent picture taken by a Mexican fishing boat."
A picture of a row of white spikes connected to a scaly back hump rising out of the water was shown. Robert, like with the radio, quickly turned off the TV. he checked the time and noticed it was 9:00pm. He walked upstairs and went to bed peacefully but still plagued by memories of the attack.
Though he would soon face something similar. Near the coast of Havana a creature emerged from the waters of the gulf of mexico.