Godzilla: At Equestria's End
Chapter 19: Survivor
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Onyx
Scarlet Blitz
Fuji Shinoda
Frost Bloom
Captain Douglas Gordon
-Canterlot Wreckage-
Smoke and ash filled the sky, turning shrouding Canterlot's remnants in darkness. All around, the sound of Canterlot's subjects digging themselves out of the rubble could be heard.
"Quiet!" a fire pony yelled over the sound of a crowd. He lifted his hoof into the air and pricked his ears straight up. "Everypony, QUIET!" he shouted again. He silently watched as a pile of sheet rock shifted ever so slightly. "There's somepony down there!" he hollered, swiftly beginning to dig through the rubble with both hooves.
The fire pony began to hear the sound of coughing as he desperately pulled away pound after pound of debris from the pile.
At last, the stallion found the source of the coughing. It was an Earth pony. The back half of his body was buried in debris and the front half was covered in scrapes and bruises. His right ear was torn and he wore dented iron shin guards.
"Are you alright?!" the firefighter asked, worry growing on his face.
"Get me out of here." the mustang choked. His voice cracked and he was battered up.
"I'll be right there! Just... stay calm!" the heavily suited stallion commanded, looking around for some way to save the wounded Earth pony. He slowly lowered himself toward the stallion, being careful to avoid shifting the rubble to much, for it could collapse on both of them.
"Don't make any sudden movements, alright? I got ya." the firefighter said calmly, slowly and cautiously digging the stallion from the rubble. At last, it was done. The two stallions were safe. "You got a name, kid?" the fire pony asked the battered stallion, gazing at him sympathetically.
The wounded stallion had enough strength to say; "One; don't call me 'kid.' Two; my name..." he took a moment to catch his breath. "is Ratchet." He then scanned around him. "Where's my brother? Where's Celestia? WHERE IS EVERYPONY?!" he shouted in the firefighter's face.
"CALM YOURSELF! Princess Celestia is in Neighpon, at the GDP HQ." the stallion replied with wide eyes.
"What in the name of Tanaka is the GDP?" he coughed.
"Godzilla Defence Ponies. Oh, and... You'll be headed there after you heal some." the fire pony said calmly.
"I'm going there NOW." Ratchet growled, realizing that Onyx was probably with the monarch.
-Godzilla Defence Ponies HQ, Neighpon-
Onyx's head laid upon the computer desk. His eyes were closed and he snored softly. The small television at the corner of the desk was set on the news channel. Scarlet Blitz was sitting on Onyx's bed, red personalized headphones that Onyx bought for her covered her ears. On each side, her cutie mark had been carefully painted onto the headphones.
Her head jerked back and forth to the tune of "You're gonna go far, kid" by The Offspring.
She had let herself into Onyx's room to see him, only to find that the mechanic had fallen asleep at his desk.
Out of the corner of her eye, the pegasus saw something odd on the television screen. Putting her headphones around her neck, Scarlet searched for the remote control and turned the volume up.
Her jaw dropped, and her eyes grew to the size of dinner plates at what she saw.
A grey-brown stallion covered with scrapes and bruises furiously yelling at a news reporter. His front legs were protected by metal shin guards that were dented all over. It soon became apparent that Onyx still had family left.
Scarlet swiftly leapt toward Onyx. She then grabbed the stallion by the shoulder and shook him. "Wake up, Onyx!" she yelled. "WAKE UP!!" The snoring mustang jumped up almost instantly.
"Hmm? What is it?" he mumbled groggily. His eyelids drooped and a drop of saliva fell onto the desk.
"Uh... Onyx." Scarlet said with a hint of disgust at the sight of the spit dribbling from Onyx's mouth.
"Hmm?"
"You're... drooling." Scarlet Blitz said, pointing a hoof at Onyx's lip.
Onyx quickly wiped it away and gazed up at Scarlet. "Nopony saw that, right?" he asked with wide eyes.
"Right. Anyway, you gotta see this!" she exclaimed, placing a hoof on the stallion's head and turning it to the television screen.
Onyx's jaw immediately dropped and his eyes grew wide. It was the same reaction that Scarlet had given, only intensified by about fifty percent. "Holy mother of Celestia." he whispered, watching as a battered image of himself angrily kicked at a small pile of rubble, only to add another injury to his collection.
"OW!! GOD D*** IT!!" Onyx heard Ratchet say from the TV as he grabbed his hoof.
"That's Ratchet, alright!" the young stallion exclaimed as his angry brother approached the camera pony and slammed a hoof into it. With that, the screen depicted static. Onyx sat at the desk silently, as if wondering if that was truly his older brother.
"Your brother's alive, Onyx." Scarlet Blitz whispered into her boyfriend's ear. "He's alive." she repeated.
Onyx didn't reply. A tear drop ran down the side of his cheek.
-Canterlot Airport-
Ratchet let a loud sigh flow from his throat. He hadn't exactly been the kindest pony back at the remnants of Canterlot. No matter, he had to see his brother again. The stallion winced in pain as he climbed aboard the large plane. Gingerly, he took a seat on the massive vehicle. He wanted to dance around the plane due to the joy that his pain kept hidden.
He was going to see the only family he had left.
-Three Hours Later-
Ratchet slowly climbed out of the jet, his body aching as he moved along. His ears were filled with the sound of planes and jets screaming through the air. Finally, he was in Neighpon. Now he just had to find the Godzilla Defense Ponies' Head Quarters.
"Excuse me?" he said to a passerby. "I'm trying to find the GDP HQ. Could you point me in the right direction?" he asked. The pony shrugged her shoulders and then spoke in a foreign language.
"Right. You can't even understand me." he growled, rolling his eyes. "How am I ever going to get to the GDP if I can't even speak Neighponese?" the stallion grumbled. Suddenly, a stallion dressed in a scientist's lab coat approached Ratchet. "Today is lucky day for you." he said in a Neighponese accent. "I is going to GDP too."
Ratchet couldn't help but smile. The scientist had a goofy grin crossing his face. "Thank you." Ratchet said offering the pony his hoof. "My name is Ratchet." he continued.
"My name Fuji." the scientist said, shaking Ratchet's hoof. "My brother is Yuji Shinoda." he finished.
-Godzilla Defence Ponies HQ, Neighpon-
Onyx gazed up at the wall mounted clock. He had been waiting for nearly three hours for his brother, figuring that he would come here. Scarlet Blitz walked over to the stallion, a smile on her face. "He'll be here. Don't you worry." she said reassuringly.
"I can only hope." Onyx replied, not taking his eyes from the clock.
-Elsewhere at the Godzilla Defence Ponies HQ, Neighpon-
"Thank you, so much, Mister Shinoda. How can I repay you?" Ratchet told Fuji, a cheery look on his face.
"You no need repay. Only be happy." Fuji Shinoda said, lifting a hoof up. "We meet again, ya?" he continued, lifting a hoof.
"Hopefully." Ratchet said, shaking his hoof before the two continued on their way.
It wasn't long before Ratchet spotted Frost Bloom. "FROST!" he called with a smile. He didn't care if she hated him. He was just happy to see somepony he knew.
"Ratchet?" she exclaimed with disgust and surprise. "I thought you were DEAD." Frost continued, looking Ratchet up and down. She wasn't particularly excited that Ratchet was alive, but Onyx would be.
"Where's Onyx?" the stallion asked, looking around.
"He should be somewhere around here." she acknowledged, also scanning the lobby for the young mechanic. "You should wait here for him. I'll go get Princess Celestia." Frost Bloom commanded, limping away. It was then that Ratchet noticed that she had a cast on her left leg.
Ratchet shrugged his shoulders, but stayed where he was.
It was then that a grey-brown stallion, followed by a white pegasus, approached Ratchet. "ONYX!" Ratchet exclaimed with pure joy. He ran toward his brother, pushing through the pain that jolted through his body with each step.
"Ratchet? Is that you?!" Onyx asked with happiness growing upon his voice. The young mustang sped toward his brother, a wide smile on his face. "RATCHET!" he shouted joyfully. His brother came to a slow stop as the two closed in on each other.
"ONYX!" Ratchet cried wrapping Onyx in a bear hug. The younger stallion was lifted clean off of his hooves. Onyx didn't bother trying to escape his brother's hold.
"I thought you were dead." the stallion sniffed.
"I didn't think I'd ever see you again." Ratchet replied, squeezing his eyes shut as he fought back tears.
Scarlet Blitz watched with a smile as Ratchet released Onyx, rubbed his eyes, and let out a loud sigh of relief. He then turned to face the red haired pegasus and lifted a hoof. Scarlet took his hoof, only expecting him to shake it. Instead he pulled her toward him and wrapped her into a hug. She stood there with wide eyes, staring at Onyx for help, as Ratchet held the position for several moments.
"AHEM." Onyx said, beckoning to his brother to step away. Ratchet stared at Onyx with wide eyes. Realizing that Onyx and Scarlet were together, Ratchet quickly released the pegasus.
"Awwwkward." Scarlet Blitz chuckled as Onyx's older brother took a step away from the pegasus.
Scarlet glanced at the younger stallion, who had his teeth clenched. Despite Ratchet being alive, Scarlet was ONYX's girlfriend. "Thank you." the mechanic grumbled. Scarlet's face grew bright red.
At that moment, Captain Douglas Gordon walked by, his gaze fixed on a tablet screen in his hoof. "Hmm. The Gotengo could use a few upgrades." he muttered to himself as he walked by, not noticing that Ratchet was still alive.
"CAPTAIN!" Onyx called to the busy military leader.
"Hi." Gordon replied, not paying attention to the trio of ponies.
"What am I, a ghost?!" Ratchet said, slightly irritated with Captain Gordon.
"Onyx what are you-? Ratchet? You're alive?" Captain Gordon exclaimed. His face was that of shock and surprise. "How did you make it? We-or at least Onyx and Scarlet, saw you killed!" he asked.
"My life was hanging by a thread when a firefighter saved me." Ratchet replied.
"Makes sense." Gordon said with a nod.
"What's that?" Onyx interjected, gazing at the tablet.
"This old thing? That, my friend, is the Gotengo. The vehicle that I used to bury Godzilla in ice about three decades ago. Now that Godzilla's back... and Kiryu won't work against it, I have to use this machine.
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