CH.3

Ghidorah's body had lost its splendor. The scales were still their same golden color, but with the middle head gone, wings tattered, and the life drained from the body, the glow that had once emanated from the great dragon was gone. Still, Honda and his team had learned much from studying the creature's body. Dr. Honda was an idealistic young scientist whose specialty was energy. That's why G-force had deployed him to the wreckage of New York, where the soil itself was still radiating with the energy left behind by the massive brawl between Godzilla's nuclear energies and Ghidorah's strange radiation from space. His men were out in the field, taking new soil samples, while he was working on something far more important in his tent. The one thing he had wondered since Ghidorah had arrived in New York was why this creature, who came from space and had an energy source which was never seen before, charged itself with ordinary lightning? He had the scale hooked up to the electrical apparatus, he flipped the switch, and suddenly the dead dragon's scale came to life. He was amazed at what he saw, but quickly shut it off as he had no way of stabilizing the energy that poured out. Excited at what he saw, he began making notes in his journal.

And that's when he heard it. There was a strange, unearthly noise which had never penetrated his ears before. He quickly exited his tent and saw his men in the field, now distracted from their work. They were pointing to the sky, some yelling and others just running away. Dr. Honda turned to face the shore, where the huge body of Ghidorah was beached. That's when he saw it, coming down from the heavens. A UFO, huge and disk shaped. It hovered there for a moment, and then fired a beam of light downward onto the ground. The beam covered the dead body of King Ghidorah, and then with a flash the monstrous dragon's body was teleported off to some unknown place. Its mission supposedly done, the UFO began firing at the small tents where the workers called home. Knowing that his own tent would soon be destroyed, Honda ran inside. He grabbed the scale and tucked it into his pocket, just escaping from the tent as the UFO's blast destroyed the tent in an instant. Honda was thrown through the air and landed on the ground with a hard thud. He then lifted his bruised self up from the ground and, turning, saw the huge UFO fly back into the heavens, leaving not a trace behind.

Back in London, the control room at G-force was going berserk. People were scrambling to and fro, speaking of aliens and UFOs, little green men, and every now and then you would hear the occasional "this is just what we need, what with Godzilla still loose"…suddenly, the huge monitor on the wall kicked to life, and three unknown figures appeared on the screen.

"Who are you?" asked George Martin.

"My name is unpronounceable in your primitive human language," the figure in the center replied, "so we'll just use a variable. You may call me Z. We are the Nebulans."

"And just what is it you want from us primitive humans?"

"We want nothing from you-only for your entire race to perish. Our planet has been gone for a long time, and we require resources for our people. For eons, we followed King Ghidorah from planet to planet. After he removed the surface population, we would come down and take the planet's resources for our own. But then he comes to your pitiful planet and is destroyed…we have spent this last year preparing for this invasion, and now vengeance is ours."

George looked quite worried now, sweating under his collar. "Don't you think we can come to a more peaceful conclusion?"

The one known as Z smiled a wicked smile. These aliens looked human, but when one examined them there was something off…clearly these human forms were clever disguises, and underneath there was something far more terrible. He responded "No peace…our people want blood. And there will be blood. Your streets will run thick with it. Now, we have two monsters of our own. Neither of them is as powerful as Ghidorah was, but you'll find that they can be just as much of a nuisance. First off, Gigan!"

The screen suddenly changed, and they were looking at the great pyramid of Egypt. A beam of light came down from the heavens, and the pyramid was destroyed instantly. Standing in its place was a strange creature. It looked part bird…but it was clearly more machine now than organic. It had great hook shaped blades for hands, large spines issuing from its back, and one large red eye. The screen changed again, and there stood Z once more.

"And now, his partner…the great drill, Megalon!"

Once more the screen changed, and now they were looking at the German countryside. There was a tiny village there, nestled amongst the hills. Again a great beam of light came down, but this one penetrated the earth and left a big crater. Suddenly, one of the hills exploded as two gigantic drills surfaced. Suddenly the new monster stood there. This one was obviously insect, also a cyborg though not quite as modified as the other one had been, other of course for the drill arms. The creature looked down on the tiny village, the people running with fear. Then, it opened its mouth, and a red ball composed of pure energy shot forth. Suddenly the entire village was engulfed in an explosion of the red energy.

Now Z stood on screen once more. "As you saw, the monsters have been positioned far apart from each other on your map. That's because we want to give you a fighting chance, and then watch you scramble to try and save yourself. Megalon will begin heading west- Gigan northwest. They will meet where you are- in the city you call London. While they are separate you may have a shot at defeating them, but once they are together, your fate will be sealed. Enjoy." And with that the screen turned blank.

George turned and faced everyone in the room…everyone was so shocked and awed. "Well?" he said, "Anybody got any ideas?"