For the Sake of Survival [Sea Emperor x Reader]

The End: We go Together

'Neptune Escape Rocket: Online.'

The Neptune Escape Rocket stood proud and tall on its launch platform, as the plasteelic surface of the ship shone under the blazing sunlight. After an intensive search and scavenge for resources and strategic planning - the vehicle was ready. However, (Y/n) wasn't.

There, on the edge of the platform, stood (L/n) staring at the presented rocket in front of them with awe and melancholy. The human dreamt of this very moment countless time, helplessly wishing to survive the Kharaa and fly off this planet - and finally, this moment came. Except, (Y/n) floundered.

Turning around to face 5 little Sea Emperors, (Y/n) spoke with uncertainty: "Well, all my belongings and equipment are packed. It seems that... I'm ready."

But the (gender) was met with bitter glances from cyan pairs of eyes: "I-ɪs ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ? Tɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?"

"Apparently..." - 'Leaving' was a killing word for (Y/n)'s soul. Indeed, they wished to leave this infected planet but that was no longer the case - instead, The Safe Shallows were brimming with Enzyme 42, and now they had 5 baby leviathans that actually cared for them. They saw the (gender) human as a mother, as a guardian ever since they just hatched; but they grew up in a brisk and so wonderfully.

Jeffery, Billy, Samwise, Marshall, and Sean knew very well this day would come sooner or later: "Mᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴜs ғᴏʀ sᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ. Yᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴜs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ - ɪᴛs ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ. Gᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇs ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏᴏᴅ."

"You're right, Goodbyes aren't good." - (Y/n) crouched down, patting the heads of the younglings "But you're all so grown up now, heh, just look at you! You're brave and adventurous... This planet needs you more than it needs me."

(Y/n) had grieved so many times for The Sea Emperor Leviathan that passed within the Aquarium. And now the same grief has returned with grand emptiness in (L/n)'s heart, a shear of nothingness that snowballed into her/his memories.

One by one, cyan-blue eyes welled up as tears stroke down their scaly faces. Jeffery, Billy, Samwise, Marshall, and Sean began cooing, emitting low noises of wistful sobs: "Gᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ.... Gᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ... I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ! Gᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ. Wᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ! Wᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ."

(Y/n)'s lips trembled until they bite them and threw back their shoulders, tears threatening to fall down into the salty ocean - but (L/n) had to stay strong in front of the young ones: "...I love you all too. More than anyone in this whole universe."

With kisses on their small heads, the (gender) human waved their final goodbyes, as they temptingly entered the cockpit of Neptune's Escape Rocket. "It is time to go home."

'Life support systems online.'

(L/n) passed through the endless control panels, activating launch systems along with its necessarily conformity. 'Pressurizing hydraulics. Auxiliary power unit online. Communications systems array active.'

Panel after panel, (Y/n)'s eyes focused on every button and every statistic. Until, a sudden realization knocked into the human's head: "Oh my stars, I almost forgot!"

Rushing into a panel with a jettisoning tube, (Y/n) clenched into a time capsule. It was just a small cylinder-chest for storing few items or informative data - and that's exactly what (Y/n) had prepared: an item served as a gift and a small video log. Sighing with unsettlement, the young (gender) finally attached the time capsule in its launching jet, this time, no going back: 'Time Capsule ready.'