The year is now 2046 and the relief efforts in Dead Angeles had come up nothing. The Council of Evil was in the wind and The Champions had suffered their first real loss. In the months after the battle of Los Angeles, many heroes would make their way to Dead Angeles in an attempt to aid anyone who may have survived.
Patriot - A lieutenant from the war turned hero. Inspired by Sargent Star and idolizes him
Lioness - A female mutant who became a humanoid lion
MetalMän - An old school rockstar who survived the war and developed a supersonic scream
Chronicle - A telekinetic man
Medieval - a superhuman warrior
They became the “Angeles Saints” a team fighting a losing battle as 100’s if raiders and looters came into the dead city looking to take it over. But The Republic was grateful. But they saw no value in repair on the city due to them believing there were no survivors and the utter destruction of the city.
What they did have interest in was a sudden and odd blip that appeared in the middle of The Atlantic, a strange reading of an energy source. The Republic would Deploy Pacific and a new teenage hero “Fish-Boy” a hero who could breathe underwater and who had mild water powers to investigate. They were airdropped into the water, diving deep and what they found was one of the greatest discoveries of the new age. A giant city, silent… waiting… the duo would swim into the underwater city swimming past buildings and statues, but no sign of life. Just fish and sharks. They would continue swimming until they found a giant ancient building, a palace. Swimming into it they saw HIM, a man almost frozen in time, holding a spear, with tattoos depicting fish, boats, and texts no one had ever seen. In armor adorned with scales. Sitting in a throne made of marble with barnacle and starfish on it. The duo would look at each other in awe. Fish-Boy would swim up to against Pacific’s demands. He touched the Man who would open his eyes, eyes of bright ocean blue. Fish-Boy would scream and try to swim away, but the man grabbed him and in an instant shot through the water ascending to the surface in seconds, the water muffling and bubbling Fish-Boys screams. They broke the surface and soared out of the water, the man throwing Fish-Boy on a beach shore. Screaming in some language no one had ever heard before. Fish-Boy panicking would scream out “I-I-I don’t know what you’re saying! Please don’t fucking kill me, I was just sent to investigate!” With the Man’s spear held at Fish-Boy’s chest. The Man would look up seeing what the world had become. He would look around in sorrow. Confused as to what happened. He would speak softly
“What… happened?”
Fish-Boy still recovering from the panic would respond “You fucking speak English?”
The man still saddened and unamused by Fish-Boy would become angered and replace his spear at Fish-Boy’s chest and scream “DID YOU DO THIS! ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE!”
“N-N-NO MAN! A war broke out before I was even born! Some war between the elitist of the old world and the civilians, they rebelled against them. Cause World War 3, wiped out the whole planet… Only a few survived… Sargent Star, he saved all of us. He helped rebuild humanity, established the Republic of Earth”
“The Republic?” The man asks
“Yeah they’re the governmental authority of the world, help establish Mega Cities and dispense aid to survivors. They’re good”
Just then Pacific arrives out of the sea ready to fight the man who aims his spear at Pacific. The two ready to fight, before Fish-Boy would step in.
“Woah-woah-woah! Look Nate, I think this guy isn’t an enemy… right sea guy? You’re not an enemy…?”
The man, hesitates “My name is Neptune. I was once a god of your people.”
“Wait wait, Neptune? Like the Roman god of the Sea?” Pacific asks
“Yes.” Neptune responds bluntly
“Holy shit, you probably want to meet Vulcan and Bacchus!” Fish-Boy would exclaim.
“Vulcan and Bacchus? They are alive and helping you?”
“Yeah, Vulcan helped build all of the Mega Cities and the Republic HQ. He fights alongside The Champions. And Bacchus, he helps the European Champions. Except he kinda just drinks and parties.”
“The Champions…?” Neptune asks
“They’re the worlds greatest heroes, they fight to defend humanity” Pacific says
“You will take me to these Champions” Neptune says
“Okay, let us just call our transport” Fish-Boy says.
The trip would wait for The Republic transport. Upon arriving at Champion tower Neptune was quickly met with guns and Star and Unit 1, wanting an explanation.
“Hold on a fucking second!” A shout would rang out.
Vulcan coming out to the landing pad would ask “Neptune, that you?”
Neptune for the first time showing a smile would say “By the sea, it really is you… hello old friend”
The two would hug and Vulcan would explain that he was woken up by a missile hitting Mount Vesuvius and that he spent the passed 7 years helping The Republic and The Champions. Neptune would ask what happened to the sea. And Vulcan would explain that the radiation killed most’ve the fish. Very few were left alive. Neptune would become enraged by this knowledge and demand to know who was responsible. Sargent Star would explain that he killed all the people responsible. To which Neptune would become deeply saddened again that his home was basically dead. He would ask of his Atlanteans. To which Vulcan would explain he didn’t know if any had survived. Neptune still upset would promptly return to the sea to find any sign of his Atlanteans. He’d search all of the Atlantic, for days he found nothing until finally he heard something, a voice calling out to him in Atlantean. Neptune filled with hope swam to the voice and there at the source was a group of Atlanteans who had managed to survive all this time, no more than 20. Rejoiced Neptune hugged the Atlanteans happy that his people weren’t completely dead. They would return to Atlantea to rebuild their city. The Republic wanting to welcome Atlantea as a recognized city under the republic sent word (Fish-Boy) to Neptune to the extend an invitation to the God. Neptune still angered by the events of World War 3 would reject the Republics offer. He would simply tell them stay away from Atlantea and we’ll stay in the sea. The Republic would reluctantly agree. Seeing that by the Altanteans staying in the sea was better than them wanting to fight the Republic.
A year would pass (2047) and Atlantea was finally starting to return to old. Neptune and the Republic had kept their promise. A few dozen more Atlantean who had survived would return to Atlantea upon hearing of its rebuilding. And Atlantea would remain a city of the sea, and its people, aquatic.