Well, I think the wait for this story's been rather long… anyway, I present, at long last… "The Nightmare Serpent"!
Again, all you need to know about the series is that Miki Saegusa is 15, works with G-Force which is not related to the UNXCC and has a psychic link to Godzilla, who imprinted on her when he hatched. These stories are inspired by Godzilla: The Series.
Godzilla is © Toho
ADOLESCENT REBELLION
The small raft bobbed up and down into the water next to the noticeably larger white vessel, moving just slightly back and forth in the waves.
Miki allowed one arm to dangle overboard as she finished calling out with her mind to the dark shape that stirred under the waves.
"OK," She started, turning to Takuya and Miyuki, who were seated in the raft behind her, "What are we doing? One more time."
"We're just trying to get a skin sample from Godzilla," Miyuki replied. "So if we can find a loose scale or something, that'd be perfect. And just to reiterate," She pointed to the small patch on her sleeve, "If the radiation patch turns green, time to get the hell out of dodge before we're toasted."
"You're mixing metaphors again," Miki reminded her as the water bulged behind her.
A huge, saurian head rose from the surface, sniffing slightly at the air, covered in charcoal-grey scales with blazing orange eyes and spikes that almost resembled spiky hair. Godzilla gave a quiet rumble, turning down to regard his adoptive sister.
As Godzilla lowered his face to the boat, Miki unexpectedly hoisted herself up onto the tip of his snout, standing atop his nose.
"Be careful up there," Takuya reminded her as she stepped forward, kneeling down and patting a scale on the middle of Godzilla's snout. It was already nearly off, hanging by a thread; in fact, unless she was mistaken, it wouldn't hurt a bit.
"Now hold still, Goji," She instructed as she set her hands on the scale.
Before she could even do something, however, Godzilla's blazing orange eyes upwards towards the source of a whirring, chopping sound.
As the news chopper circled in the air above him, Godzilla suddenly swung round, the force of the swing sending Miki flying off his snout.
The force of the air as she fell batted her face and torso as she screamed from the shock and fear of the fall, her limbs flailing before she hit the cold, hard surface of the water, instantly soaking her to the skin.
Godzilla issued a bellowing roar at the chopper, his tail flailing behind him and striking the raft from beneath, flipping it like a coin and sending its two occupants tumbling into the water.
On the deck of G-Force's ship, Kazama looked on, just as shocked.
"Guys," he called to Osaki and Akane, "I think we got a problem!"
As Godzilla snarled at the chopper, his spinal plates flashed bright blue, and a jet of searing blue flame shot forth from his mouth…
As you may have guessed, this episode draws a lot from the Godzilla: The Series episode Bug Out, mainly with Godzilla's behaviour. This is for two reasons: One, that episode didn't really do that much with the concept, and two, stories where something happens to Godzilla, like being poisoned or mind controlled, are always the best ones… in fact, those two are coming up soon as well.
All reviews welcome!