Before the Storm
Tokyo, 9:28 am;
Ayana and Asagi finally walked through the door to their apartment, both girls basically collapsed on the couch in the living room, breathing heavily. Their haste to leave the previous day was obvious from the shape of the room, it had books on Godzilla and Gamera spread out on the floor from where they had quickly looked over some information on the kaiju, Godzilla in particular, before leaving. Lights remained turned on, Asagi was slightly upset at this because it ran up the electric bill and the two of them lacked the money to do pay it. "We'd better get this place cleaned up." said Asagi, forcing her tired body to rise.
"Yeah good ide-" said Ayana, being interrupted by a surge of emotions and thoughts from Battra. "On second thought we'd better get some rest." she said in a shocked force.
"You feel it too?"
"Its happening tonight."
"Same with Gamera, he knows."
"Think the government does?"
Ocean, 11 am;
Gamera looked over his arm, it was healed, which meant so was Godzilla. Godzilla was going to attack tonight but Gamera was to far away to intercept him before he came ashore, nether would Battra but Battra was closer. The city would be attacked but with any luck the humans would get away. He slowly rose from the sea floor and swam upwards. As sunlight reached his eyes he had to slow down, it had been almost ten years since they had seen day light so he had to wait for them to adjust. When he broke the water surface, he took a deep breath, it was true Gamera didn't need to breathe oxygen from the air but he wanted to check something. There were less pollutants in the air than before he went under, humanity had at least learned something from the Gyaos swarm or maybe the earth's reformed mana had just cleaned the air some. Either way the earth was now cleaner so that was good. Gamera swam for a few minutes, warming his reptilian body in the sun while his internal flames started up again for the first time in ten years. He then launched himself into the air, retracting his legs, turning his arms into flipper-like limbs, and firing his jets in one quick motion. He missed the air in his face, mankind had trouble seeing that kaiju had feelings so only Asagi knew how much joy flight brought him. He was glad to get rid of the boredom that had built up over the years, it wasn't nearly as bad as when he had to wait for the Gyaos to return. Speaking of the Gyaos, he sensed a clutch of the foul creature's eggs on an island bellow, a well aimed fireball took care of that. His fire was another trait he enjoyed, despite his dislike of destruction, he loved the feeling of power this gave him, it was also a heavy burden as his fireballs could easily destroy something he was trying to protect if he didn't fire them just right. Gamera retracted the rest of his limbs into his shell and activated the rest of his jets, beginning to spin like a saucer.
Ocean, 1 pm;
Battra's colossal form plowed through the surf. He too had time to think, after all Tokyo was still a long way away. He also loved his power but was a bit more vain than Gamera and really didn't care one way or another if a stray blast destroyed a building or killed a human, as long as Ayana or one of her loved ones weren't in the way. He was thankful Ayana had few loved ones, that was a burden he didn't want. The ship that had been following him was having trouble keeping up, he didn't care he found it annoying but Ayana for some reason wanted him to let it. So he decided to take care of something, a similar thing to Gamera. His mother hated the Gyaos, Battra could understand why. They were another threat that outweighed his hatred of humanity. They thrived when his mother was weakest and took too many innocent beings from her surface. Humans and animals were pray for the Gyaos and his mother adored the animal life and had some degree of liking to those repulsive humans so the Gyaos greatly offended the earth, that's why the earth let Gamera have free access to the mana. That was what separated him from the others that had come before him and fallen before the Gyaos horde. The humans were quite stubborn creatures indeed, no matter how many Gamera had been slain, they wouldn't give up on the design. The earth was growing very weak so it fused a some bit of its mana with Gamera's body, giving him his great power. This also made Battra feel some bit of kinship to the Guardian of the Universe, he even considered him a half brother. Battra landed on the shore of another small island, he also sensed a clutch of Gyaos eggs and sense he had to wait, why not accomplish something? Orange energy cracked about his horn, a lightning-like bolt of energy fired from the horn. It impacted a high mountain peak and caused a large explosion and sent a rain of rock and destroyed Gyaos eggs plummeting to the beach below. Battra let out a shriek of pleasure at finally being able to destroy something before heading back out to sea.
"Glad he's on our side." commented Yuri as the ice breaker passed the flaming Gyaos eggs.
Yokohama, 2 pm;
Taizo stood before a gathering of press and other officials. Before he could even say a word, a barrage of questions about the monsters and camera flashes assaulted him. "Please settle down and let me say something!" he yelled, losing his temper. The crowd was quieted at once. "Thank you. I know you've all heard on the news that Godzilla is returning along with Gamera and this new monster Battra. Well we do have reason to believe Godzilla is coming back but we do not at this time have proof."
"Admiral, is it true the Aizu was sank by Godzilla early this morning?" asked a reporter.
"Is the girl linked to Gamera involved in the investigation?" asked another.
"Yes the Aizu was destroyed but we still are unsure that Godzilla is the cause. Yes Asagi will be contacted in the event Godzilla shows himself." said Taizo, before another question could be launched in his direction, a massive explosion overpowered all the noise of the city. "What happened?!"
"Admiral, the Yokohama Bay Bridge was just destroyed! Its Godzilla!" said one of Taizo's men.
Sure enough out in the bay, the bridge was now smoking rubble. Standing beside the ruined structure towered Godzilla. The beast's blank eyes made contact with the eyes of the man that all those years ago had beaten him. The two stared at one another for what seemed to be an eternity to Taizo. Godzilla let out a massive roar that shook the entire city but seemed directed towards Taizo in particular. It was as if Godzilla was saying 'I'll get you this time!' Taizo however didn't flinch, he was the only man on earth who could look into those soulless eyes and not feel fear. Taizo simply raised his right hand and gave Godzilla and bring it on gesture. Godzilla turned around and sank into the bay, disappearing. "Sir, phone for you, it's the Prime Minister." said one of Taizo's men.
Taizo takes the phone. "Yes sir, I know you saw it. Permission to move to phase three? Granted? Good." said Taizo in a shockingly calm voice. He hangs up. "Evacuate the city, mobilize all forces, and prepare Mechagodzilla for battle at a moments notice."
Tokyo, 11:59 pm;
The city lay in darkness and silence. The people of the city had all been evacuated, they knew what was about to happen so many had left as soon as Godzilla destroyed the Yokohama Bay Bridge. Some still lied in the streets, trampled to death in the panic. The only souls in the ghost city were those preparing to battle Godzilla or bare witness to the horrors that would soon befall the city. On a building over looking most of the city, Asagi and Ayana stood with a half a dozen soldiers. Their minds were open completely to their kaiju who were still several miles away, in order to prepare them for the horrors Godzilla was capable of. A clock somewhere in the city sounded, alerting the few remaining in the city to midnight. Suddenly the water in the bay began to boil.
Hope you liked the chapter, next time we will have a chapter long monster rampage by Godzilla and then we will have the monster fights!
