Iron Giant: You Are Who You Chose To Be (Female Reader Inserted)

Eye Of The Storm

1957

A sputnik beeping is heard. In space, the sputnik orbits from the distance to the right and to the left. It is heading toward planet earth. At sea, a storm is brewing around the side of North America, the sputnik orbits away. It reveal itself as a comet. The comet is heading towards the eye of the storm.

Somewhere off the Maine, a boat appears in the ocean. "MAYDAY! MAYDAY!" Earl is piloting his boat as best he can in this storm. "This is the Annabelle. I've lost my bearings! I'm taking on water. My last good reading is 44 degrees north, 68 degrees...."

He begins to notice the comet crashing landing in the distance. A voice is heard on the radio. "Portland Station to Annabelle. What is your position?" Earl looks at his hand to see he drop the radio and grabs quickly to reply. "I don't know exactly. Off the coast somewhere near Rockwell! Wait."

He notices a lightbeam in the distance. "The lighthouse! I see it!" The lightbeam turns around and another lightbeam appears, Earl's relived look fades away. The boat then crashes into the metallic structure, causing the hull to break apart and Earl to fall through the window and on deck. Earl looks up and gasps.

There is a silhouette of a giant robot with glowing white eyes. Earl slowly backs away, but the waves engulf him and wash him off the boat. Earl begins to swim up the surface as the boat sinks, the waves crash into the rocky cliff and they drain away to reveal Earl had made it on one of the rocks. He looks up to see an actual lighthouse.

(This time around there won't really be any shipping moments between (Name) and Hogarth. I feel like it isn't really necessary for the story. I only really want to focusing on their friendship with each other and Giant. There will be a hint that Hogarth developing a crush on his friend since he's getting older. But that's as close as you're going to get to shipping in this story. Sorry if any of you are disappointed.)