❝ They knew the world would not be the same.
A few people laughed,
a few people cried,
most were silent. ❞
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godzilla, mothra, rodan, ghidorah & the rest of the characters belong to their respective properties
this is my name forever the name you shall call me from generation to generation
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After what felt like forever, lights flickered back on and air began to blow through the sub's vents again.
Jodie's heart was hammering, and she was pretty sure she had hit her side against something, the space just below her ribs throbbing with pain. Gill was standing up from previously being in a crumpled pile on the floor. Serizawa helped Graham up to her feet.
"Damage report." the commander said as everyone got back on their feet.
"Fire in the torpedo room is out." one of the men said. "Atmosphere is stable. We're pretty banged up but we'll make it."
"Make it where?" Mark asked.
"Can't fix our position," one of the control techs said. "But inertial says we're six hundred miles from departure."
Running the numbers in her head, Jodie's brows scrunched together in confusion. No way this sub could make six hundred miles in little over an hour. And the lights had only been out for about 30 minutes since the vortex. Despite everyone else's confusion, Stanton was beaming.
"That's impossible, unless.." Graham thought out loud, grasping her chin.
"I knew it, man!" Stanton exclaimed. "That vortex was a tunnel into the hollow earth!"
Everyone shot him a pointed look. He waved them off.
"Y'know, subterranean tunnel system that connects the entire planet - doesn't matter, I knew I was right - I told you, Chen!" he rambled.
"Shut up, Rick." she said, putting a hand to her throbbing temple.
The Hollow Earth was an old theory, up there with the likes of the Flat Earth theory and whatnot. It had been entertained by scientists back in the 1600s thanks to a one Edmund Halley, but in a few centuries it faded to nothing but science fiction. That is, until Dr. Houston Brooks proposed an updated version of the theory back in the 70s. He had tried to test his theory on the Monarch expedition to Skull Island, but at this point everyone knew how that went. While he had managed to gather evidence of cave systems deeper than usual, it just wasn't enough to prove the larger theory.
Until now, if Stanton was right.
Had Mothra known about the vortex? Was it encoded in the minds of all titans? That debate would have to wait, however, as they still had a mission to get on with.
"One-second emergency blow forward." the commander said.
The sub lurched ahead, dipping down into a crevasse.
