History Shows Again and Again

Chapter 7

November 29, 2017

Zeek was trying to sleep in for once.

He was still under the covers when the clock struck nine- he was usually up by six- and he was dozing as his biological clock had gotten him up at his usual time. He had stayed up longer than he should have the might before and he had beaten himself up when he first woke up. He figured that they didn't need him early, that they got everything handled so he could sleep in.

That was, until Rick came onto the PA system.

"Code Blue, Code Blue. The big G is coming up to say good morning."

It took a minute for Zeek's dozing mind to realize what that meant, to remember what Ishiro told him about the different codes.

His eyes snapped open before he quickly got out of bed and changed before heading straight to the control room. When he rushed in, he could see everyone looking at the large window, including Ishiro and Vivienne.

The two glanced at him when he approached them but said nothing and simply looked back at the window. Zeek followed their gaze, looking out at the dark waters.

"Big guy's closing in. A hundred meters." Rick stated. "...Ninety meters... He's maintaining speed. Eighty...seventy...sixty....He's slowing down...fifty...forty-five...forty...bioacoustics on the speakers."

There was a sound of an heart beat and a soft growl-like sound.

A blue glow suddenly illuminated the room from the outside, making Zeek squint slightly. The glow dimmed before it flared up again, like a pulse that was in time with his heart beat.

"Thirty meters...twenty-five...and he stopped."

Once Zeek's eyes adjusted to the pulsing glow and his breath was taken away at the sight of the titan in front of them, orangish brown eyes regarding the outpost that he and the others were in, the window that they were all looking out of. Jaws opened, air bubbles escaped, floating upwards and over the speakers there was a soft rumble. Godzilla closed his jaws before he seemed to snort, letting air bubbles escape his nostrils

Then his whole body began to move again, making a U-turn.

As he was turning, Zeek got a good look at the titan's dorsal plates. They had grown back, though they didn't seem to be done growing. He was at least happy that the titan seemed to be at enough strength to venture out, stretching his limbs with a swim.

He watched as the glow slowly faded away and he continued to swim.

"He's going the way he came." Rick stated, relief clearly in his voice. "That was...something."

"It was like he was...checking things out." Zeek spoke up after a moment.

"But why would he?" asked Vivienne. "Why give us a time of day?"

"I'm not sure." Zeek admitted as he shifts his weight from one foot to the other. "Has he ever approached before?"

"At different stages of building this outpost." stated Ishiro. "But that was to see what we were doing. Why he did so just now...I do not know."

Zeek looked out of the window once more, deep in thought.