I know it's been a few days, so this is as good a time as any to address something. When I wrote my Godzilla Wars trilogy, I had A LOT of time on my hands. I was able to release a chapter almost every other day, sometimes every day. This will most likely not be the case this time. I have a whole lot more on my plate these days. I will still try to have the chapters done in a timely fashion, hopefully one a week at the very least. Just know that I'm not losing interest, I know authors will sometimes start a story and never finish it. I intend to finish.
CH.2
3 MONTHS LATER
The sky was black, smog looming above the streets. It had been a nice city once, before the factories came. Now it was quickly rising in status as one of the most polluted cities on earth. In the heart of the factory, all was business as usual. That is, until the red alert began to sound. The foreman came out of his office, furiously barking at his employees (whom he terrorized on a regular basis).
"What the hell is going on here?"
"We don't know sir, one of the tanks is overheating. They're trying to slow it down now…"
Just then, an explosion at the heart of the factory shook the entire city to its foundations. The Foreman again began barking orders.
"You idiots! Damage assessment! Call the fire depart…"
Just then a cloud of poisonous gas exploded from the heart of the fire, striking the Foreman and his men. Their flesh was stripped from their bones before they could hit the floor.
On Infant Island, deep within the temple, the Shobijin sat in their private quarters deep in meditation. Suddenly they sensed something terrible, and their trance was broken.
Police officers, fire fighters, and every other form of rescue vehicle formed a perimeter around the destroyed factory. The fire fighters courageously entered the building, only to find the skeletal remains of the workers.
"My God…"one of them began before looking up. And that's when they heard a strange growl and saw the eye.
The screams of the fire fighters could be heard from outside the factory, but before police could investigate the front of the building exploded and a monster appeared. It was a huge blob of living sludge, with too great orange eyes glowing like fire. They opened fire, to no avail. Their bullets would enter the mass and stop, like fruit suspended in Jell-O. As the creature began slugging its way forward, it would reach out and grab people, dragging them into its body. The officers would scream as their lower halves would start digesting inside the blob. The creature would also regurgitate this sludge, which had a highly acidic effect. In just a few seconds the police were finished and the blob moved into the city center.
At G-force HQ in Tokyo (which was still being rebuilt), people scrambled everywhere. General Ishiro watched the devastation with great concern.
"This creature is unlike the kaiju that we've faced in the past…" just then, Dylan entered the room. "Dylan! Can you have Mechagodzilla 2.0 out there ASAP?"
"Afraid not sir. MG 2.0 is in the middle of maintenance."
"Ahh! What timing…"
"But sir, we do have the Super X II."
"Of course! Scramble the jets! Dispatch the Super X II!"
The monster had melted his way through half the downtown area. With everything it consumed it seemed to get larger, and more powerful. Just then it heard something, a rumbling from the heavens. It looked up and saw a squadron of jets coming at it full-force. They fired their missiles, which exploded on contact. Frustratingly enough, the creature could not reach these metal birds, as they were easily able to out-maneuver him. But he had a solution. His eyes began to glow, and he released an energy blast! It was like lightning, but with a crimson red color. Soon the jets were getting decimated. The rest tried to escape, but he put a stop to that as well. The monster released a cloud of smog which covered the jets. Unable to see, they crashed. Some crashed into each other, others into the tallest nearby buildings. Triumphant, the monster continued its trip through the city, only to hear another noise from above. It was another aircraft, but far larger than the small fry he had just destroyed. On board the Super X II, the team prepared for battle.
"Get a lock on him! Let's see how he holds up against concentrated Maser fire."
"Yes captain!"
The Super X II fired its maser cannons, which had more effect than traditional firearms. Still, this creature was unlike anything they had encountered before. It fired its red energy, which they managed to avoid, barely.
"Alright men," the captain began, "basic science lesson. We're fighting a living mass of liquid, albeit a very viscous liquid. And how do we stop a liquid?"
"Change it to a solid" said one of his crew, a beautiful Japanese girl.
"That's right sexy. Prepare the freeze cannon!"
"Yes sir!"
The back of the Super X opened up and revealed the freeze cannon, a major improvement over the freeze bombs that the original Super X had used on Megalon long ago. The creature's eyes began to glow again.
"Fire!"
The freeze cannon opened fire, striking its target with truest aim. The smog monster slowed down as every particle of his being froze in place. Having completed their sludge-sickle, the crew of the Super X II rejoiced. Back at base, General Ishiro was just as happy.
"Not bad for the first trial run of Super X II, eh?" Dylan said. Maybe now they could pick up some of the slack around there and he wouldn't have to handle EVERY kaiju.
But their celebration was short-lived. Suddenly the frozen Kaiju began to shake, and the outer layer of ice cracked. The female member of the Super X crew checked her instruments.
"His body's heating up quickly!"
"Stubborn bastard eh?" the captain said, "prepare to hit him again!"
But then the ice shattered, and the creature burst forth, flying through the air! The airborne kaiju clothes-lined Super X II, which began spinning out of control. The crew was able to stabilize itself just long enough to see the creature dive into the ocean depths. When he entered the bay, the ocean turned black and fish popped up all over.
"General…we lost it."
Akio had been called to the temple telepathically as soon as the thing had started. He and the Shobijin watched the battle on their magic mirror, and now they viewed the aftermath. The city looked as if it had been cut, a huge scar stretching from the site of the destroyed factory all the way to the point in the center of town where the creature had been frozen. Akio couldn't believe what he'd seen. He wished he could rush back to G-force now and help, but his new responsibilities could not simply be abandoned. Suddenly, the temple shook and there was a great cracking sound.
"What was that?" the startled Akio asked.
"It can't be!" the Shobijin exclaimed. They opened the trap-door and rushed towards the egg chamber, Akio on their heels. What they found was astonishing. The egg had hatched, it's beautiful shell was now in several giant fragments. The creature inside was nowhere to be seen, though a trail led into the ocean.
"This is bad" the Shobijin began, "It was not supposed to hatch for a few more months…it isn't ready. It must've sensed the danger to the earth and responded instinctually. The son of Mosura is gone."
"Mothra."
The Shobijin looked at Akio, confused.
"When Mosura appeared in London all those years ago, George Martin called it Mothra. I figured the name would fit better for this one, being male and everything."
