sorry, no action in this chapter, but story development is important after all!
CH.2
G-force, particularly the Department of Kaiju Studies, had been very busy in this past year since the battle with King Ghidorah and the death of Dr. Everett. New York was still a ruin. The American government had to spend most of its time and energy on the devastation across their country brought on by the two monsters. Because of this, G-force's western hemisphere operations had moved from Washington to London shortly after Everett's funeral service there. The department had also been split into two units working on very different assignments. The first of these units was in the ruins of New York, studying the dead body of King Ghidorah and taking soil samples to learn more about the strange energy the creature emitted. The other unit was in charge of building MOGUERA (Mobile Operation Godzilla Universal Expert Robot Aero-type). The robot had been the hopes and dreams of everyone in the world organization. It was the brain-child of Dr. Smithson, one of many scientists who, after the death of Dr. Everett, stepped up and offered suggestions on how to destroy Godzilla. Moguera was his design and everyone had high hopes for it, but now it had failed. Naturally, George Martin was pissed.
George burst into the office of Dr. Smithson, his face red with rage. Dylan and Akio were there as well, standing to the right of the Dr's desk. Behind that desk was a huge window. There the Dr. stood, looking into the hangar where repairs on his Robot were already underway. Upon hearing Martin come in, the Dr. turned to face him. Dr. Smithson intrigued Dylan, as far as intelligence goes, he was very similar to the way Dr. Everett had been. But the similarities stopped there. Everett had stayed in good shape despite his age, going out into the field along with the soldiers. Smithson, on the other hand, had not aged well. He was worn by the test of time, having to get around on a cane. His genius was quite literally all he had going for him, and now it too had failed him at the hands of Godzilla. But Dylan realized he shouldn't try to compare the two scientists...yet he couldn't help himself.
"Your robot failed us Dr." began George, his voice building with rage "your robot was designed to destroy Godzilla. Now, I will remind you that I am the liaison between G-force and the world leaders. And what they're gonna ask me is, if your machine can't do what it's designed to do, they why are they wasting all this funding on it? Well? Do you have an answer to that, Smithson? What do I tell them, Dr?"
The Dr's face scrunched up, as he formulated a response. "Well yes, you are correct that Moguera failed to destroy Godzilla this time around, but he was clearly hurt by the advanced maser cannons. Also, I will remind you that Moguera was successful in other monster battles, allowing us to capture Rodan and kill Baragon. So, we'll repair Moguera, upgrade the weapons systems, and give it another shot."
George smirked then and gave his retort. "Well whatever you do it had better work. The weapons division has come up with an experimental plane called the Super X. They believe its cadmium bombs would put Godzilla out of commission. So, if Moguera fails again. I'll have the entire G-war effort handed over to them, and Moguera will be pulled apart for scrap metal!"
That's when Dylan entered the argument. "If that happens, will I be piloting the Super X?"
"No. The Super X already has a pilot, one who's been there since the beginning and knows the vehicle inside and out."
Dylan was angry now. "You can't do that! Akio and I have to be involved in Godzilla's demise. It was Dr. Everett's recommendation that should he die…"
"Dr. Everett spent his entire life researching to try and stop Godzilla's return and now we're all trying to clean up after his failures. Needless to say, his dying recommendations are of little consequence to me." With that, George Martin exited the room.
Dylan turned to Smithson, now enraged himself. "You hear that? These upgrades had better work, because if I lose my shot at Godzilla I will hold you personally responsible." He too stormed out of the room. Akio watched him go, a look of concern on his face. Dr. Smithson noticed this.
"You worry about him, don't you?"
"Yes. I fear that the need for revenge may consume his very soul. But we have more pressing matters. Do you really think that some upgrades to Moguera's masers will allow us to defeat Godzilla?"
The Dr. turned back around, looking out the window. "Well, to be honest I pulled that explanation out of my ass to get George off of our cases, but the more I think about it…yeah, I'd say that we have a shot.
"Well, in that case…" replied Akio, "we'd better pray that nothing else goes wrong…"