Godzilla: Rise of the Mecha

by GrantP28

Two years have passed since the Global Defense Force was established to combat the MUTOs. Since that time one monster has continued to pose a threat to mankind, Godzilla. Now, the authority has been given to create a weapon to eliminate him once and for all. But the world may not realize just how desperately they need the King of the Monsters. Sequel to War of the Monsters. R/R!

1. Prologue

May 23, 2016 9:32 P.M.

BP Oil Rigger #27, aka the Western Horizon

The night air was more quiet than any he had remembered in a long time as he stared out across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Gulf of Mexico, his thoughts on his family and friends back home in Galveston.

He rubbed his eyes tiredly wishing that he could get a moment to relax, but the recent maintenance failure in sector two told him that wasn't going to be possible anytime soon.

Climbing back down the ladder to the main section of the rig, the first sign of trouble came when he felt the shudder from below.

Almost as though they had hit something.

He glanced to the north side of the massive aquatic platform, noting a surge of water pushing toward them. Then the alarms sounded, loud and blaring to tell everyone there was a situation.

Quickly he made it to the bottom of the ladder, opened the hatch and saw the rest of his team trying to determine what they were up against.

One of the technicians working the radar screen turned to their superior and called out, "Its something huge sir, I have never seen anything like it."

The Chief Petty Officer looked over all of the readings, his eyes widening in shock and horror as he turned to their communications officer and yelled, "Get Florida Coast Guard on the line. Tell them we need emergency response right away!"

Another rumbling noise shook the entire platform as the officers ran to perform their tasks, something underneath them blew and a surge of fire shot up from the lower portion of the rig.

Rushing to the exterior railing, all of them paused in awe and terror as the threat made itself clear from the ocean floor. Slowly water poured off the sides of the towering behemoth, slowly rising to its full height and blocking the moon.

Although none of them had encountered the monster before, each on the crew knew that it was the fearsome beast that had attacked both San Francisco and Miami two years ago. As the shadow of the creature loomed over them, he felt very small and cold, unsure what would happen next.

Godzilla reared its head back, roaring to the heavens in anger and then smashed into the rig, clearly feeling the platform was some sort of enemy toward him.

"Evacuation procedures!"

He grabbed the railing feeling the whole structure begin to collapse as the titan continued his attack. They watched helpless as the metallic equipment around them became crushed as though it were mere scrap paper and his friends decided to take their chances by jumping into the freezing Atlantic below.

He watched and studied the creature as it's back spikes started to glow, realizing what was about to happen he ran with all his might down the walkway even as Godzilla let out a blast of his atomic breath.

Behind him the platform erupted and several shards of large metal plunged into the monster's hide, angering him further as his massive tail swiped at another large pylon.

He felt the large railing above him crush his leg with immense force as he was quickly pinned down watching his friends escape as best as they could. With more strength then he thought he had he pulled himself out from under the debris, grabbed ahold of the rail and limped to the closest lifeboat.

Five minutes later he had jettisoned into the western ocean, watching as the behemoth finished off the oil rig, a symphony of fire and smoke covering the dark heavens as he clung to the side of the raft and slowly fell into unconsciousness.