Mild warning - Austin will talk very slurred at the end of this so it's intentional, sorry if you can't understand him.
"We will leave you with a parting gift" Austin, the republic of Texas, announced. He was the last of the Jones family alive, he was the last flower of Alfred's garden of legacy. He looked a far cry from his once great physique, he was smaller physically and younger. Maybe 13.
"As my father nor uncle is here to deliver it is seems the honor is down to me, we leave this world with parting gift" Austin announced leaning against the podium more out of necessity then he normal laxity.
"We give you an earth reborn as my father put it, essentially, there is now a giant robot protecting the earth," He laughed at that gripping on the podium tighter as he grew weaker, but he continued to speak, "It will restore the atmosphere to how it was before any damage was done to it and will moderate it so we won't end up in this situation again."
It was hard to stand, he was using all his strength not to fade right then and there. Matthew walked forward and helped him keep up right, more effort put to finishing this speech. Matthew was one of the few allowed to stand with Austin.
The others being;
Acilino, the capital of the republic of Texas, he was to fade with Austin.
Peter, Sealand, who was helping keep Acilino on his feet. He was to get land from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He was finally gaining nation statues.
Micheal, Molossia, he was to get some of Nevada and California. He was, like Sealand, leaving the micro nation statues for nation.
Matthew who was to get most of the northern states.
Ivan who was going to get Alaska back, he was going to keep the name of it, it wasn't worth changing.
Gilbert and Gilbird, they where to get land on the east coast.
The rest of the land was to be international use, or in simpler words. All the nations controlled it but was planning to do nothing with it.
"On the statue of liberty it says.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Austin was barely holding on at this point. Micheal came over to help keep Austin up
"I'll meet you at the golden door," He collected himself fiddling with something around his neck before shoving it in Micheal's direction.
"God bless the land of the free." He took off his mic and almost collapsed but Matthew and Micheal set him down.
"Listen carefully," Austin said hoarsely, "Back at my place deres a box on my bed, it has every experience I've ever had when dealing with the other fuckers and all that shit. It'll be handy, trust me, even goes over how to find yer capital. You'll need it you stubborn son of a gun. House is being swallowed by the earth by the end of the month. At the main house on property is a few boxes of everything the others think ya need.
Uncle Maple, dad already had everything he thinks ya should have sent to yer house. Same with Uncle birb. Tell 'em dat. Tell Mr. Iven that der 'laskas had their dogs sent to his place and to take care of 'em or der haunting 'im. Day don' wan 'im being lonely" Austin slurred.
Austin took another deep breath before speaking and moving his arm to reach into his jacket.
"People are gettin lettehs in da mail soon from pop and tio bell, some from da states" His eyes started to unfocused. Gilbert came over and leaned over Austin, he was worried. The kid was on the verge of death and was speaking more than he'd ever heard the boy talk with in an hour. He'd always been a quiet kid.
"Aust?" Gilbert asked quietly.
"You'll be gettin stuff in da mail from pop and uncle if ya like it or not" Austin said aggressively. He seemed to be looking at someone else however. He sighed and took out a bundle of letters, how it fit into his jacket was a mystery. "Give des to da nations, Mr Rome is here" Austin said quietly and Matthew took them from his hand.
"In 1,000 years time, we'll be back. Take care of this fucker of the earth or i'm haunting EVERYONE" Austin announced, he quieted down again. "Mr. Rome said I have to go now." He hesitated, he wasn't used to saying this. "Love y'all. See ya soon" with that Austin faded away.
Micheal turned to see that Acilino had already had faded. He looked at what Austin had given him. A cross and ring on a chain. He knew the story behind it, the cross was given to Diego(Mexico) by Antonio then was given to Austin. Now it was his. The ring was from Austin's human brother, he had died at the Alamo.
One of Austin's most prized possessions was now in his grasp. He hooked it around his neck and shoved it under his shirt. He noticed something for barely a second, it rested right on his heart and he felt a rush of warmth.
Austin stood with Rome and Acilino. "Let's hope they don't fuck this up" Acilino sighed hugging Austin's waist.
"Yeah, If not i'm haunting them" Austin sighed.
"Come on, your father is waiting" Rome said.
"Yeah, we're coming" Austin sighed walking after Rome.
Matthew began to sob, the last piece of his brothers gone, Austin gone.
Micheal lied down placing both hands down over the cross and ring on a chain.
They didn't heal slowly, Matthew had sobbed for weeks. Micheal had taken everything his siblings left him and settled back into his house.
Austin was right, his writings definitely helped when he had to raise his capital. He named her Alyssia. She looked like Adela, it scared him sometimes but he knew his siblings watched him faithfully as he raised his sister.
Gilbert recovered, he took the letters advice to heart. Work WITH your people, behave as a person not as a nation. Learn their jobs and learn to work with them. That's what he did. He was mostly framing based, when there was factories it was 100% solar panel.
Ivan didn't find himself lonely anymore, he had the Alaska duo's dogs to keep him company. They were sled dogs, lots of energy to spend with Ivan loved to no end.
Peter worked hard, he now had a little brother to take care of. He took the advice that Alfred, and Vermont left him and put it to use. He was growing strong and was getting recognized by more countries. He also did something no one expected. He didn't explain inland but to the water. He used the plastic from the ocean to create a massive platform and there people lived.
But the world soon fell into chaos. Molossia declared semi-permanent neutrality, same for Sealand and Prussia. They didn't have the economies to fight ether way.
Canada grew as a superpower, he technically own the rest of the USA but so did Mexico. Mexico was also a superpower. Strangely. Who knew Alfred knew so much. Hindsight is always 20/20 they assumed.
The world grew for a couple of years. Then it fell into absolute chaos. The world seemed to go backward but the America's stayed alive and used their brothers words to guide them.
To be Continued