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

Chapter 18 - Critical Situation

In the Arctic Circle, a fleet of armed and equipped Monarch ships had established a large security perimeter all around the area of ​​Tiamat's lair, now occupied by Godzilla. The king of the monsters, still in a deep sleep in the heart of the lair, continued to tirelessly absorb all the solar energy of the place, making it unstable and already starting to cause the collapse of certain parts of the iceberg.

From the base of Castle Bravo, Henri Serizawa continued to watch live the images transmitted by the drones flying over the area. From the radio of the control post, Gretchen contacted him.

_"The readings indicate that Godzilla has absorbed more than 60% of the solar radiation of the domain, and he continues." she said.

Serizawa said nothing, taking her word for it but unable to help but show a more than concerned look. If Godzilla could assimilate all of this energy, not counting everything he had absorbed before, he would reach a level of power that, after being calculated by Gretchen, would be almost equivalent to a sun. All that remained was to pray that Elsa would still be able to contain him if this power were to ever escape any control, even Godzilla's.

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Meanwhile, in the forgotten underground kingdom of Hollow Earth, Elsa and Suko were walking along a wide river wedged between two huge cliffs. Following Kong's fall into these tumultuous waters, Elsa had refused to leave without her friend and was now trying to find him, followed by a slightly less confident Suko.

_"KONG! KOOOONG!" Elsa called several times forcefully, but only the echo of her own voice answered her.

Suko approached her and in small gestures and fearful grunts, he indicated that she should make less noise in case any of the Skar King's minions were nearby. The visibly frightened young titan even suggested that they leave quickly, but Elsa quickly chased that idea away.

_"I refuse to abandon him to certain death, do you hear me?!" she affirmed. "If you're so afraid, go away and let me find him."

Suko then watched her continue searching, remaining silent but having clearly understood what she was saying and was quite affected by it. Seeing him ashamed, Elsa internally blamed herself for having spoken to him like that, having acted out of worry mixed with anger towards this tyrant of a Skar King. But it wasn't just that... This ice titan whose overpowering power bore a great similarity to her own magic, never ceased to haunt her thoughts and disturbed her to the highest degree, just like this obscure figure who had presented himself to the young Raya when she had just lost her entire village during a fire... So many foggy areas that did not help Elsa's already great stress. She then returned to see Suko.

_"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to overwhelm you." she said sincerely. "I understand that you want to get as far away from these lands as possible... This Skar King is an abomination, almost as much as Destoroyah was."

Suko then began to emit sad grunts and made gestures pointing at himself. Having learned to recognize sign language thanks to Kong, Elsa managed to understand what he was saying.

_"No, you're not a coward, Suko." Elsa said to reassure him and make up for her mistake. "Listen, when I was unconscious you didn't hesitate for a second to take me with you and you showed Kong an exit. Without you, we would both be dead. What you did was worthy of a hero."

With these comforting words from the former queen of Arendelle, the young titan managed to find a little smile and confidence in himself, and galvanized, he then decided to look for Kong too and even left in advance, under the amused gaze of Elsa, who followed him. Suddenly, she heard Suko's cries of warning coming from behind a pile of large rocks.

Elsa ran as fast as she could, going around the rocks to find Suko next to Kong, the latter lying on his side, stranded on the bank after having surely been carried away by the current. The giant gorilla was barely moving, his eyes barely open and his right forearm bleeding and covered in severe frostbite. He was breathing heavily, indicating a constant lack of breath due to his condition. Elsa rushed to him.