What's up people, its' MrWorthARead here. This story is very, very late. Its' a follow up to Godzilla: The Rise of Mothra and was uploaded on the exact two-year anniversary *Awkward Hooray*
Many thanks to DragonRiderWarrior for her characters who will return later in the story.
I now give you Godzilla: Age of Colossus
Prologue:
San Francisco, California, 2014
"I don't care about that!" Levi Pravdin shouted across the room. "I'm not a clone of you. I'm my own goddam self! I can make my own decisions!" He grabbed his phone off the table, storming out of the kitchen. "Son, you're thirteen for god's sake!" his father, Chuck Pravdin, roared as he followed him. "Where do you think you're going?!" He shouted as he saw him at the front door. Levi simply flipped him the finger, shouting "Screw you!" as he walked out, slamming the door behind him.
Stepping outside onto the front yard, Levi shoved his hands in his pockets and walked down the driveway. He was tall for his age, with longish blonde hair and green eyes. He had been arguing with his father for a good two hours and gotten nowhere. His mom was already at work, leaving the two to erupt into a fight after she left. Grumbling to himself, he looked down at his phone and switched it on. Signing into Facebook, he had just finished entering his password when his phone abruptly died. "What the hell?" The boy spat, shaking the device in frustration. "It's been on charge all day! How can it be out of power!?"
Looking up, his eyes widened in concern when he saw what looked like several military vehicles making their way up the street, many of them Humvees and tanks. "Son, what's happening?" Levi heard his dad say, spinning round to see him at the door behind him. The closest vehicle slowed to a stop and a soldier got out, running towards them. "This area's not safe, sirs." He called. "We're calling a mass-evacuation of the city; you'll have to come with us." Immediately, Levi and his father made their way over towards the lead vehicle. "Evacuation? What's going on?" Chuck asked the soldier as the three of them boarded the Humvee. "It's hard to explain." The soldier replied. "Three hostile targets are converging on San Francisco as we speak. They took out Honolulu last night."
"Are we being invaded? What's happening?" Levi asked the soldier as he climbed into the drivers' seat. "I have no idea." He replied, looking to his companion in the seat next to him. "Johnson?" The other soldier simply shook his head. "What about my wife? She works in the inner city" Chuck asked. "I need to find her."
The other soldier, Johnson, turned in the Humvee to face him. "Most of the civilians in the inner city are being evacuated now across the bridge. She'll probably be on one of the busses out." Johnson turned back to the driver. "Keyes; punch it." Nodding, the first soldier, Keyes, grabbed his radio, speaking into it. "This is Trucker One, the convoy is Oscar-Mike." He said before stepping on the accelerator. The vehicle lurched forward and headed down the street, heading out of the small suburban area towards the main part of San Francisco.
As usual, the city was clouded in rain and fog, making it almost impossible to see. Visibility grew worse as the Humvee headed closer to the bay. Within minutes, they were close to the Golden Gate Bridge, which stretched out ahead of them, disappearing off into the fog. The road was packed with hundreds of military and civilian vehicles, horns blaring as panicked drivers shouted out of their windows at the gridlock. As the Humvee slowed to a halt at the back of the line, Johnson got out, running over to another soldier stood by the edge of the road.
Levi couldn't hear exactly what the two were saying to each other but he saw the other soldier grimly shake his head as if what Johnson was saying wasn't possible. He turned to his father "Dad, I'm scared. What the hell is going on?" At that moment, Johnson had returned and got back into the vehicle. "I'm sorry. The bridge is blocked all the way across. The only way through is on foot." Keyes cursed to himself before turning round to Levi and Chuck. "We'll have to walk from here." The two nodded and disembarked from the vehicle. Suddenly, screams of panic could be heard from across the bridge.
A loud, heavy BOOM shook the ground, followed by another and another as what sounded like explosions echoed through the fog, which flashed a glowing orange with each subsequent boom. Other people began to leave their vehicles and run towards the group back to the city. Keyes and Johnson grabbed their rifles and started running to the bridge to join their fellow soldiers. Chuck turned to Levi as more soldiers sprinted past them. "Levi, stay here. I'll be right back. I'm going to find Mom." He said before turning around and following on after the soldiers. "Dad, wait!" Levi called after him but it was too late as he was too far away to hear, his silhouette melting away into the fog.
Suddenly, the bridge began to groan with stress, twisting to the side as a support beam snapped and fell slack. A massive dark shape seemed to be pushing against the bridge, almost as if it was alive. Surely, it was too big to be a living creature… right? Then it roared. A loud, ear-splitting howl swept up the bridge, making Levi throw his hands over his ears, the sheer force of the roar knocking him back against the vacant Humvee, slamming his head against the radiator. The giant shape was being peppered with gunfire from soldiers and tanks as it pushed against the bridge again. This time, the structure gave way as the monster burst through, shattering the Golden Gate Bridge in two. The last thing Levi saw before falling unconscious was the giant shape marching it's way into San Francisco Bay, leaving the ruined bridge behind it.
….
Opening his eyes, Levi shook his head and sat up groggily. Looking round, he was on the sofa in someone's living room. He didn't recognise it as anyone's he knew, but it was a far more welcoming sight than anything he could remember from earlier, even with the lights out and windows boarded up. "Are you okay?" a voice said. Immediately, Levi turned to the source of the words. It was a girl, she was about his age, she was beautiful, with short red hair, big blue eyes and glasses, the girl smiled, asking him again if he was okay.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said, sitting up. "My name's Linda, by the way. Linda Harrington." She said. "My Dad found you out by the bridge. Did you see what happened?" she asked. Mom, Dad… Levi thought, everything coming back as fear and worry struck simultaneously. "I have to find my parents." He said, moving to get to his feet. Linda knew what he was doing and walked over. "You can't go right now." She said. "Those monsters are still out there. Your parents'll be fine; trust me."
The teen's eyes widened. "What do you mean those monsters?" He asked. "What's going on?" the girl came and sat down next to him, sighing as she prepared to explain. "A few days ago, two of these giant monsters appeared in Japan and destroyed an airport in Hawaii. Another one came out of nowhere and attacked Vegas." Linda explained. "The military tracked them all here and started evacuation efforts. Then, -whatever they are- they started fighting. My parents tried to barricade the house; we're all that's left on the street." She turned to Levi. "For now, all we can do is wait."
Godzilla:
Age of Colossus
