「Something is watching me... i dont know what it is but i can feel it.」
Ha-joon thought while sitting inside th truck next to two others he didn't know. The black truck drove through a barely lit tunnel. It was equipped with six wheels and armor that could withstand a entire rocket. The kaiju exterminators insignia plastered onto the sides.
The insignia had the skull lf a kaiju imprinted onto it with its mouth open and a gun sticking out, the american flag being plastered on its head. That was the insignia. In america there were three HQ's, one in new york, one in Washington and one in florida. Right now Ha-joon and the others were being driven to the new york HQ obviously
But there was something, Ha-joon couldn't shake the feeling of being watched, a cold shiver running down his spine
A shiver that not even his implants could stop. And through the bulkhead window the exterminators could see the drivers and the road ahead.
「Is that-」
He saw it there, in the barely lit tunnel. Ha-joon saw a face staring back at him, a white face with hollow eyes and a hollow mouth. Fear he never felt before gripped at his heart and his mouth ran dry
But the truck simply drove past whatever that thing is
「Im being followed.」
Kaiju aren't really known for living in big cities or villages, the creatures prefer to live in forests or underground. But this obviously causes problems.
With no large predators and less ecological competition, species like rabbits, rats, and certain birds have exploded in number—causing overgrazing, food shortages, and disease spread. With natural ecosystems destabilized, humans are forced to regulate and cull smaller species to prevent plagues or famine. This also drives up meat prices and forces synthetic food production to dominate.
Farming large creatures is even illegal cause it might attract kaiju. So rare animals like elephants, lions, zebras and such are kept at highly secured places. Elephants, rhinos, whales, and even large predators like lions or bears have nearly disappeared or gone fully extinct.
Almost all kaiju are bigger than a average human male, only 17 kaiju smaller than a human have ever been recorded.
The truck eventually stopped at a large metal door that slowly opened(it took five minutes) and the truck rolled in. Slowly the truck rolled onto a platform and the wheels were locked in place. The other three trucks did the same and the ceiling above them opened up. There floating with some blue light under it.
It was a CARRION, made by the same company that made the behemoths. But CARRIONS can carry alot more weight than a behemoth. So the CARRION slowly hovered down and attached itself to the top of the truck before slowly floating up
"Where are they taking us?" Ha-joon asked and the man next to him responded
"The americans want us to witness the august victory parade, its a big event for them."
The metal around suddenly became translucent and everyone could see the outside, floating above the gray skies and approaching their destination. A large city floating up in the sky with white towers and luxurious AV's. The CARRION'S took everyone on a drive through the city, the walkways and roads filled with countless humans and machines.
A large ball shaped machine with 30 elongated arms handing out free ice cream at a specifically luxurious street.
I Jae-wook was honestly amazed, this was the first time ive seen anything like this. There were barely any land vehicles other than military ones. The kaiju exterminators HQ in new york was split into two levels, one on York-3 and one on York-2, the city below us. The trucks were dropped off right infront of a garage and everyone stepped out, quickly forming a line. I could see Ha-joon at the line next to our truck and gave him a wave before looking back at the man standing infront of our line. A man with a cybernetic nose and black sunglasses
"Listen up! My name is Kyle Gomez! Im part of the American Kaiju Training Federation! Or AKTF! Ill be the one in charge of korean team 2,344, so i expect you to listen and show me full respect."
『He sure likes to be loud, hes screaming like hes a lady being murdered in a alleyway.』
Glancing towards the other instructors, they were all staring at kyle with confusion before turning to their own teams. Shortly after we were led to our sleeping quarters- wait... you don't get your own room here?!
『Bullshit! I bet the bed is full of bed bugs!』
Team 2,344 entered a room lined up with 5 bunk beds on the right and left side, who you chose to bunk with was your option. Personally i chose the bed on the right side closest to the door, throwing down my bag and preparing my bed nicely. Everyone had changed into different clothes
"Hey Jae-wook, mind if i sleep ontop?" I heard a soft voice and looked up fron my sitting position, seeing one of my team members looking down at me
"Ah! My name is Kim Min-Su! We haven't met i guess. You are known throughout the team for surviving that attack back in Asan."
"Well, i guess you can sleep up there. Just be quiet when im sleeping."
He looked like a nice guy, Kim Min-Su had black hair and a buzz cut. I could see he had a cybernetic spine too with a bar code etched onto the top of it.
"Don't worry, i can be as quiet as you want."
『Maybe i should talk to the other members, but for some reason its hard for me to start a conversation.』
Suddenly i remember Seon-woo who i left in my grandparents care, hopefully they take care of him
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Seoul south korea, july 29th 4PM
"Hey so... i need to go to new york and ive got this kid right here."
I was akwardly standing infront of my two grandparents who stared at me in shock as i held Seon-woo
"You thug! I cant believe you've had a child all along that you kept secret from us all! Who is the mother?! If i catch her and ill rip her-"
『Eh, they are good enough.』