shattered like glass

All I could do was stare at the hand peeking out from the pile of rocks. The world seemed to stop

"S-sis?"

I said with a nervous laugh. I glanced behind me to see the kaiju still moving towards the shelter. I stood up with trembling arms and legs

"W-why... do you you exist? What purpose does a disease like you serve?"

I heard it. The sounds of metallic footsteps. I looked up and saw it standing at 40 meters tall. A sentinel. The giant humanoid machines that I only saw in recruitment advertisements. They are rare machines manufactured by America and Germany. South Korea only has one of these bad boys. It's name? Pungbaek, Korea's pride and joy

"We are saved!"

A man shouted. Many thoughts were going through my mind at that moment. The sentinel took a step forward before rushing over to the kaiju and tackling it to the ground. Sentinels were made for fighting against bigger kaiju. The two giants wrestled with eachother on the ground but pungbaek took out a giant knife from its back and stabbed the kaiju in its fat stomach with Blood gushing out that painted streets red. The sentinel stabbed the kaiju in the stomach multiple times before ripping it's heart out. Pungbaek raised its arm up like it was holding a trophy

"Shit..."

The sentinel kept attacking the kaiju not giving it a chance to retaliate. Somewhere in there was a pilot controlling the machine. But there was something else that caught my attention

"H-huh?"

I looked at the pile of rubble my sister was beneath. I crawled backwards while my gaze was locked on her arm. It slowly changed colors into some sort of red or purple.

BAM!

the rubble flew everywhere and a rock hit my head. My consciousness began fading, but I could make out some sort of figure. Six blacks legs. A torso like that of a centipede and the head of a human skull. The creature crawled towards me before rushing away.

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"He should be up soon so there is no need for worries Mr Beom"

I opened my eyes and noticed a nurse and man standing there.

"Oh there we go"

The nurse said and looked at me while the man walked up to me. Only then did I realize the nurse was an android

"Dad?"

I asked before shutting my mouth. It took a bit before the words I wanted to say came out.

"Kyung-sook is dead"

I said abruptly. My father's gaze was drawn to his feet.

"I know... it's not your fault"

"I thought I could protect her, thought maybe one day she could witness the outside world"

I closed my eyes remembering my sister's beautiful long black hair, the way she smiled when I came back from somewhere, still... for some reason her face was slightly blurry

"Things like that happen. We live In a world where people can die at any moment"

I felt a surge of anger at my father's words

"That's no way to think! Acting like her life didn't matter! Why do so many people think that way! Human lives... they all matter!"

My shouts filled the room and the nurse just kept watching.

"Ack!"

I gripped my head tightly. I could feel the soft material of the bandages that were wrapped around my forehead

"You aren't some kind of knight in shining armor kid"

"Shut up... I don't want to hear it right now dad"

I closed my eyes and emptied my mind. My gaze flickered towards the window to see almost every building around covered in kaiju blood. The skies were gray, the rain pattered against the glass window. Half of Daegu was destroyed by just a single kaiju

"A kaiju of fortitude 7.6 had appeared in Daegu two days ago. Not one kaiju has been spotted in Daegu for over 5 years which led to citizens being in a state of shock and panic. In other news kaiju appearances have increased by 14.3% since last last year all around the world. There are many theories as to why there is such a big spike but there is no concrete proof to any of these theories yet.

I listened to the news while occasionally glancing at the outside. Cleanup was already underway. I could massive cranes, AV's, helicopters and much more

"I can't imagine having to clean all that up... poor cleanup crew. That sentinel made their work even harder"

"I used to work in the cleanup crew"

My father said. We were in the same room? Of course...

"Your luck is outstanding"

"Kaiju blood stinks like rotten eggs. Working all day in that hot ass uniform was something else I'll tell ya. But there was someone who made it more durable for me you know?"

I rolled my eyes, he's told me this story so many times already, About his days when working as part of the cleanup crew. He seemed so proud of it for some reason. I guess I had no right to judge him though. I was unemployed all my life until he told me to take over his work

"How's your condition?

"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, They said I got it from inhaling fumes from cars and chemicals..."

"I see... when are they gonna let you out? You've been here for a month or so... why have they kept you here for so long?"

I asked with a raised eyebrow

"That- I'll tell you later"

My father looked away from me. I could tell he was very obviously lying.

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I was discharged after three days of being in that sterile hospital. I walked back home to find our entire house in ruins from the attack. Behemoths flew above me transporting materials, food, supplies and medicine. behemoths are a sort of aviation vehicle similar to a flying semi truck. They were developed in japan in the year 2098

I glanced at my house again before I began my major search for anything that remained intact.