TITANS 2150.4 - The Last Empire (Disney Monster Universe Phase 2)

Chapter 4 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Night had long since fallen on the small town of Middleton. After a relatively light dinner, Jia had gone to bed early to try to recover from the difficult events of the day. For her part, Ann Possible, a glass of whiskey in hand, had returned to sit on the living room sofa. In front of her, a holographic projection broadcast an old Monarch file but which had a particular value for her: the day she met Jia. At that time, Ann had just joined the organization for less than a year and because of her skills as a doctor and specialist in human anatomy, she had been designated to join the outpost team posted on Skull Island and come into contact with the local Iwi tribe who lived there. Unfortunately, a very violent storm hit the island and swallowed up more than half of it in one night. The Iwi village and the entire tribe were decimated by the hurricane, but in the middle of the night, pouring rain and strong winds, the Monarch rescue team found only one survivor.

Sitting on the couch, Ann watched the video recording again. Jia appeared, lost, dirty and still in shock from the catastrophe. Ann appeared on the video, equipped with her rain coat and taking the young girl in her arms to bring her to safety, escorted by the other members of the team. But in the night, the massive forms of several skullcrawlers appeared, leaping towards the team who began to flee. But Kong arrived in turn, grabbing one of the creatures by the head and hitting it violently, then fighting the others to protect the humans from fleeing to take Jia to safety in their base. A night that Ann could never forget, and from that moment, she had taken the young Iwi under her protection and over time, a real affection was born to the point that she decided to adopt her, not wanting that she becomes a curious beast in the hands of unscrupulous scientists.

But then Ann focused on Jia's drawings made today at school, constantly comparing them with the seismic results and their exact resemblance continued to confuse her. How had Jia been able to reproduce them before even seeing them?

Meanwhile, in her room on the first floor, Jia was having a more than fitful sleep, grimacing as she slept as if she was afraid. More than just a nightmare, the same visions assaulted his mind again like a merciless wave, bursting and repeating in her head, but sometimes new images were added... Elsa appeared in one of them, confronting a young woman with a warrior-like appearance and armed with a sword... Kong trying to block a ray of ice with his axe... Godzilla, seeming to be asleep in a sort of immense block of ice, opening his eye with an intense pink glow... and once again, this muddy, living and tentacular matter, little by little covering the planet as if to devour it entirely...

Jia gasped, waking suddenly and sitting up so much that she dropped the glass of water that was on her nightstand. The sound of breaking glass did not fail to attract Ann's attention, and she immediately went upstairs to see what was happening. Arriving in the room, she found the bed empty then noticed a small light emanating from the small cabin that Jia had made by arranging sheets on her desk. A sort of refuge where she came when she wasn't feeling well. Ann leaned over and pulled back the sheet slightly, only to find Jia curled up and crying in the corner, clutching her Kong doll. Ann had already experienced this situation with Jia before when she had nightmares, but this was different, she could see it. Ann joined Jia in the "hut".

_*Want to tell me what's going on?* signed Ann.

_*I'm scared something is wrong with me.* Jia replied in tears. *I keep seeing things that I don't understand in my head. I feel like I'm going crazy.*

_*What kind of things?* asked Ann, perplexed.

_*Like visions, I see Elsa, Godzilla, Kong, and other things that I don't know* Jia explained as much as she could. *I'm scared, mom, and I absolutely don't know what to do.*

Clearly seeing that her daughter was frightened and desperate, Ann let her snuggle against her and hugged her tenderly in an attempt to comfort her. It probably had to do with his power as the titan of life but nothing was certain yet for Ann. Such a weight should not weigh on the shoulders of such a young soul, but what could she do against forces that surpassed even logic? Since the discovery of the titans and their connection with nature, human beings had no other choice but to admit that they had no control over the universe around them and that certain things were immutable, like destiny.