Here's the sequel to "Origin of a Species" for your consideration. I don't really think I could have put this in the same story, even though it more or less carries straight on, and you'll see why.

If anyone can guess which Kaiju Godzilla will fight here (gojiramathew knows, but if he tells anyone I will burn him) they'll get a mention in the story. How? You'll see.

OK, just a quick recap for the hell of it. PREVIOUSLY IN "GODZILLA: KAIJU WARS": After a mutated egg was recovered and brought to Tokyo, the saurian creature within developed a familial bond and a telepathic link with young psychic Miki Saegusa. As the creature rapidly grew, it became the target of a failed capture attempt by a secret organisation, the United Nations Xenomorph Countermeasures Centre. However, Godzilla escaped and, now fully grown, confronted the Japanese Armed Forces until Miki convinced him to return to the water.

And now, Kaiju Wars Episode 2: Of Men and Monsters. Please enjoy.

Godzilla is © Toho


THE SIGHTING

The F-22 arced through the air, cutting a clear path through the clear white clouds. It completed its turn through the air, shooting high above the clear, rolling blue waves.

"Control, this is Bravo-1," The pilot reported, "Patrol complete, beginning approach."

"Roger that, Bravo-1," The control tower replied, "You are cleared to approach… hold on… Bravo-1, we have an Unidentified Object on your 7:00. Can you confirm?"

The pilot looked down, checking the approaching blip on the radar.

"Confirmed, control, target approaching…"

A dark shape approached under the water, a bulge forming in the waves and growing ever larger before the pilot's disbelieving eyes.

"Oh my…" The pilot gasped, "Control, we have a… well, a… I don't know what the hell this is!"

In showers of white foam, rows of dirty-yellow spikes broke the surface of the mass of water, sinking down once more as the vague shape of a thick, muscular tail followed.

As swiftly as it had appeared, the shape was gone, the dark mass moving back beneath the waves.

"Bravo-1," The control tower repeated, "Can you identify the target?"

"…No," The pilot replied, "No way in hell can I!"

Beneath the waves, the shape turned with a cumbersome uncertainty, back towards the island…