Chapter Seven: One Night in Monster Island
Lisa wiped away the sweat from her brow as she continued to work on still powered down Jet Jaguar. If she had her lab equipment with her then this repair would be done in at least a half hour, but the child prodigy had to make do with what little tools she could scrounge up around the deserted outpost—which was very little. Thankfully, the advance android only suffered minor damage to his outer body and his inner circuity was manageable for the young egghead. Because of the tools she was working with, the repairs were taking longer than she had originally calculated. At first, she was perplexed as to why Jet Jaguar was on Monster Island, let alone as to why G-Force had up and abandoned such a marvelous specimen of science when the they evacuated from the island in the first time. That was, until she came across an audio log from the outpost's former commander during her search for tools to fix the robot.
Through the recorded logs, the commander told the story as to how G-Force acquired Jet Jaguar's services as well as why he had been left been left behind when they departed from the island. Years ago, the professor who had created the robot gave his machine to G-Force as a way of helping them in their never-ending war with the Kaiju of earth. Jet Jaguar had proved himself before joining the anti-monster force in his battle against Megalon and Gigan alongside Godzilla. However, the director of G-Force thought it best if instead of using this brilliant machine as a weapon, he would be used to assist G-Force in other ways. Since he had the ability to verbally communicate with Kaiju, Jet Jaguar was put on the Monster Island outposts so that he could speak to the monsters on the island.
He would be sent out from each outpost several times a week and fly across the island and speak with the different monsters, where he would record the conversations in his mainframe before returning to base and allow the scientists stationed within the bases to download his recording and transmit them to a computer where they could study behavioral patterns of each Kaiju. Through this, G-Force was able to determine the personality of each monster and map out their temperament, it was even discussed that there was possibly to determine which monster would be more of a threat to mankind over others. Not only was Jet Jaguar an asset in Kaiju communication, but he also assisted in lifting heavy machinery and cargo that they could not.
The advanced robot was major help to both the research and manual labor to the teams who worked on the island, but one day, that suddenly changed for the worse. One day, the outposts commander received a distress call from several of the other bases across the island. according the distress call, Godzilla was attacking and destroying any outpost he could find and that he had already wiped out three of the seven bases that were three already. It confused the staff on the island since the bases were too small for Godzilla or any of the other monsters to care about them, but to hear that the Kaiju king had been deliberately seeking out and destroying their bases after ignoring their presence for so long then suddenly turn on them was shocking.
In an attempt to save the other bases from facing certain destruction, they had sent Jet Jaguar to meet with Godzilla in the hopes to persuade from his warpath. It seemed possible, Godzilla and Jet Jaguar were allies once and the king of the monsters seemed to tolerate the android's presence on the island, so if anyone could end this conflict in a peaceful manner, it would be him. Jet Jaguar met with his monstrous friend as he traveled toward another base where he then began to speak with him. The robot began his attempts to convince his friend to cease his assault on the humans, but as he did, the giant reptile suddenly lashed out at his ally in an unprovoked attack. In self-defense, Jet Jaguar grew to his giant size and fought back.
It surprised the island's staff to see the two former friends battling one another, but they still hoped that their machine could beat Godzilla in their dual. Godzilla and Jet Jaguar fought for hours until finally their bloody battle came to a brutal draw. The king of the monsters departed into the sea in order to heal in peace while the advance android limped back to base before powering done. Jet Jaguar had suffered serious damage during his fight, but the team of scientist's that had been stationed on the island managed to fix most of the robots more serious injuries. Sadly however, they could not bring Jet Jaguar's main systems back online, leaving him nothing more than a metal statue. Without Jet Jaguar's protection, the team knew that there would be nothing to stop Godzilla should he come back to finish what he had started. Because of this, the commander gave the order for an island-wide evacuation for the remaining bases.
While the audio logs had finished after that, Lisa could theorize the possible explanation as to why G-Force had left behind such a wondrous piece of technology. The child genius surmised that during G-force's evacuation from the Monster Island, Godzilla returned and attacked bases once more. During the ensuing chaos, the members of G-Force were forced to leave Jet Jaguar behind and he had been sitting in the remnants of this outpost collecting dust all these years since then.
Even with her lack of proper tools, Lisa found this to be a daunting task none the less. Despite being built in the late seventies, Jet Jaguar was still a complex piece of robotics. Even by Lisa's high intellect, this was going to give her brain a workout. Fortunately for her and her depowered friend, she liked a challenge. During the repairs, Lisa wondered to herself why she was putting so much effort into a robot that for all intents and purposes was deemed a lost cause, but ever since she had found Jet Jaguar, she felt this sort sensation tingling in the back of her mind, like she was meant to heal the aged robot.
"Reconnect electronic adapters, charging the core systems…." She said to herself as she continued her repairs "that should do it"
With one last circuit fitted into its outlet, Lisa sealed up the hole in the back of Jet Jaguar's head and backed away, all the while hoping that she had revived him. she backed up a bit so that she could give the machine some space before moving. Seconds past by as Jet Jaguar remained motionless in his chair, which was starting to make Lisa feel as though she had failed. Suddenly, the android slowly rose to his feet before standing at attention before the one who had brought him back online.
Lisa was relieved that her efforts were not in vain, but there was still the matter of seeing weather or not the android would be able to respond to orders as he once did. Jet Jaguar remained silent as he looked down at the girl who had restored him, waiting for her to speak.
"Jet Jaguar" the child prodigy said to him "can you hear me?"
The android instantly responded with his 'roar', nodding his head as he did. Lisa couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment at this achievement with such little resources. She nearly broke out in a victory dance had it not been for her composer keeping her in check, still though, she couldn't help but smile all the same. Once she had gotten that out of her system, she needed to focus back to the task at hand. There was still much work to be done around the base, and the young genius needed the robot's assistance if she was make this place livable for however long she would be forced to stay here.
"Can you help me get this base's systems back online?" she asked
The robot gave a thumbs up to the girl as his answer. He then activated the antenna on his head and began to scan the base for the repairs the base needed since his absence—which he quickly came to discover was a lot. As her new companion continued his scans, a thought crossed Lisa's mind. It had been a while since Jet Jaguar had been in combat, and since his time powered down there had been several new Kaiju that had sprung up over the years, not only that, but his former friend turn enemy Godzilla was still roaming the island. If the android was going to stand any chance against the monsters that called this savage land home, then Jet Jaguar would need some serious firepower to fight against these threats.
"I think it's time someone gave you a few upgrades" Lisa stated to her robotic friend
As the moon climbed higher into the sky, it was a sign to Lily and her titanic guardian that it was time to rest. After taking the youngest member of the Loud family back to her territory, the monster known as Biollante went about to tending the child's needs. While the giant plant lacked the basic resources to care for a baby, that it didn't necessarily mean that the Kaiju couldn't properly care for Lily. With the use of her vines, Biollante created a small hammock that she placed the child into so that she could rest. As for food, the mutant plant gathered up several different fruits that grew on the island and crushed them into a juice-like substance that her smaller vines then absorbed the liquid into them before returning to Lily and allowing her to suckle off of them like she once did when her mother breast fed her.
It didn't take long for the child to fall asleep. Lily curled up against the vine she was drinking from like a teddy bear as the organic crib she had been placed in began to rock from side to side as her guardian slowly lulled her to sleep. As Lily slept, the Kaiju that was watching over her felt a feeling of familiarity about all this, as if she done this before, or rather, someone had done this before for her at one point. On occasion, Biollante felt these flashes in her mind of a life she never had. It was the life of a human girl and her farther whom she loved dearly. They were happy together, always working together one different scientific projects as a team. Biollante could almost feel the love the farther and daughter shared between them, almost as if she herself was a part of their family.
Other times however, these flashes in the monstrous plant's head were filled with pain, grief and remorse. She could see brief glimpses of the girl's past where she was caught in an explosion in a lab. The Kaiju could feel the girl's sadness, fear, confusion and above all else pain rack her mind like a raging storm. The agony as so great that it times it felt as though she herself was caught in that explosion. Biollante could also feel a great scientist within the girl's farther, who mourned the loss of his child for what might've been years.
As the Kaiju watched over Lily, she wondered if the girl's farther did this for her at one point in her life. did he tuck her in at night? Did he stand over her crib for what could've been hours on end just to make she was alright? The monster honestly didn't know for sure, all she knew was that ever since her birth, these flashes into the human's life had been following her. It wasn't just the images of human's life that hounded the monster, but also the grant feeling that compelled her to save the child that ran through her mind as well. Biollante was still unsure as to why she bothered saving the baby in the first place, but the feeling in her head seemed to tell her that she was meant to do so.
Perhaps if she aided this infant, then maybe the titanic beast can at least get some insight as to why she was connected to a family of humans she never meant before.
Among the other monsters and their human partners that were bedding down for the night, Lana and Lola along with their monstrous allies, Gaira and Sanda, were settling in for the night under a cliffside deep within the more elevated parts of the jungle. For most of the day, the twins and their monsters had traversed most of the island in search of their lost siblings, but found not even so much as a shred of evidence of their survival. It was beginning to look hopeless for the twins, but they tried to remain optimistic as they prayed they would be able to find them in tomorrow's search. What they needed now was food and rest if they were to have any energy in their ongoing search for their siblings.
The Gargantuas put the twins down back on the ground where they went to work setting up a camp for the night, or better put, Lana set up the camp while Lola went to look for something for them to eat. Sanda joined her, keeping his human partner in his line of sight as they traveled through the jungle together. It still confused the beauty queen as to how she and her twin sister were connected to the giant beasts that now protected them, not that she was complaining, in a place like this, it was best to have some form of protection against whatever else roamed the island. Still, Lola was curious why she and Lana shared this feeling of staying with such destructive creatures, and why in turn did they want to protect them.
But as her twin had said earlier, she wasn't Lisa and until they could find a way off this island, it was probably best that they accept this strange occurrence for now. As the young beauty queen and her guardian searched for food, Lola was finding it increasingly difficult to find any source of food. She did find some berries here and there, but her Bluebell Scouts training had given her the knowledge that these berries were toxic to humans. Just as Lola was about to throw in the towel, she noticed that were fruits growing upon the branches of a tree. Unfortunately, Lola lacked her twin's tree climbing prowess and was unable to reach the fruits above her head, that was until she remembered that she had a gigantic, ape-like monster at her side.
"Oh, Sanda" she called up to the Kaiju in a sing-song type of voice "could you be a dear and give me a lift?"
The brown furred beast nodded in compliance before crouching down so that he could allow his human to climb into his hand. He then lifted his hand up to the tree so that the girl could pick a handful of fruits for her and twins to eat for the night. Despite not having a basket, Lola made due by using her dress as a makeshift basket to carry the fruits in. Even though she had more than enough, she picked one more off of the tree, only this one wasn't for her.
"Here you go, Sandy" she said to the titan before tossing the fruit into his mouth
Just as Sanda finished eating the fruit, the duo heard the sound of what at first Lola thought was an earthquake. At first, the rumbling was faint, but soon it grew strong with each booming sound. Trees could be heard being broken apart as the sound drew closer to them. It soon became obvious to Lola that it wasn't an earthquake, but an approaching monster. Then came a roar in the distance signified which Kaiju was heading their direction: Godzilla. The young blonde may not have understood most of the Kaiju's that existed in the world, but she knew who Godzilla was, as well as what as he was capable of. Sanda let out a low growl at the sound of the king of the monster's roar, clearly knowing that was coming their way. Lola knew was strong, but she had her doubts that her guardian could challenge the sheer power that Godzilla wielded.
"Sanda, we need to go!" she begged the monster
To her surprise, the ape-like monster back down. Unlike his brutish brother, Sanda knew better than to challenge the most powerful creature on the island. the Gargantua carried the child back to where Lana and Gaira were currently trying to set up a camp, however, it was obvious that they had heard the king's distance roar. Gaira was growling and bearing his fangs, indicating that he was looking forward to a fight with the king.
"Lana, we gotta get out of here!" her twin said in a panic "Godzilla's coming!"
"I know, isn't it great?" the tomboy replied "Gaira's gonna totally beat him down!"
"Are you nuts?!" Lola shot back "Godzilla could kill both of the Gargantuas! We have to get out of here before he finds us!"
"But Lola, if both our monsters fight him, maybe we can beat him" her sister reasoned
"You really wanna take that chance?" her twin retorted "If they die then we'll be at that monster's mercy, which need I remind you, he has none!"
As much as Lana was hyped at the idea of seeing her monster take on the king of all Kaiju's, she knew that if he did kill Gaira and Sanda then she and Lola would be next on the chopping block. Not only that, but it was also a real jerk thing to do to the two giants after they had risked their lives to save the twins from Kamacurus earlier in the day. With that in mind, Lana look back up at the green furred titan.
"You heard the lady, Gaira. Let's split" she said to him
Despite wanting to face Godzilla in a dual, Gaira knew that the human he was defending needed him more than his need to quench his lust for combat. He picked up Lana before following his brother back into the jungle, the while the twins knew that sleep was going to difficult to obtain tonight.
Walking.
From the time Lincoln had first encountered Godzilla to up until now, that all the pair had seemed to do. The whit-haired boy had been following the king of the monsters for hours now and needless to say, he was exhausted. It took everything the boy had to keep pace with the monster's long strides as well as ducking the Kaiju's massive tail as swung left and right. Lincoln was soaking in sweat; his legs were weak and he was absolutely starving. His so-called protector remained indifferent to his's partner's current condition as he continued to make his way through the jungle with the boy following close behind him. the longer they walked across the island the more Lincoln thought that Godzilla was trying to ditch him, which given the king of the Kaiju's growls and snarls toward the boy whenever they happened to look at one another was a safe bet.
Lincoln still didn't understand why Godzilla was allowing him to follow him if he was just going to snap at him the entire way to wherever it was that they going to, but the sensation he first felt when he encountered the king seemed to tell him to stay with the monster at all cost. However, the only boy among the Loud siblings believed that Godzilla didn't share that same feeling, of if he did, he wasn't enjoying it.
"Uh, excuse me?" the boy called up to the giant reptile "Are we going somewhere? Or are you just walking around?"
Godzilla, of course, ignored Lincoln's pleas and continued onward. Lincoln could only let out an irritated sigh as followed the giant beast further across the island. Despite the pain and exhaustion that wracked his body, Lincoln refused to let Godzilla off that easily and continued to follow the Kaiju King through the jungle. As they trekked through the dense woods, the thought that had been plaguing the white-haired boy's mind began to rise within him once more: were his sisters still alive. Throughout Lincoln's and Godzilla's journey across the island, the boy tried to call out to his missing siblings in the hopes that they would response. Sadly however, he received no response to his calls. At first, he feared the worse, that was until he noticed the tracks of two Kaiju's who had clearly fled before Godzilla arrived
From what he could tell, these were footprints left by the twin monsters Gaira and Sanda, and by the looks of it, they were in a hurry to leave the area before the Kaiju king's entrance. As he looked at the tracks, he suddenly noticed another set of tracks among the monster's footprints. It took a moment for Lincoln to mentally register the familiarity he had with these tracks due to the amount of exhaustion he was in, but once he did, his eyes widened in horror. It was the shoeprints of both Lana and Lola, and judging by their interactions with the monster's tracks, Lincoln could tell that the Gargantuas carried his twin sisters off to god known where.
Fear gripped the boy's mind at the thought of his sisters being at the mercy of a creature such as Gaira. The green furred goliath was a known man eater and often went out of his way to devour humans. The thought of his sister being preyed upon by the green Gargantua made his stomach churn in horror. What was strange however, was that Gaira's less aggressive brother, Sadna, was with him. The two monsters had a strange relationship to say the least. Even though they fought one another, Sanda still cared deeply for his murderous sibling. In a way, it reminded Lincoln of almost how Lola and Lana were as siblings. The best guess that the boy had to go on with Sanda's involvement was that he was trying to rescue the twins from Gaira's clutches.
If there was still even a glimmer of hope that they were still alive, then Lincoln had to find get then back before it was too late. He knew that if they were still alive that he wouldn't be able to rescue them from the green Gargantua's grasp, at least, not on his own that is. Knowing what he had to do, he ran as fast as his weakened legs could carry him until he was right in front of Godzilla were he then stood in his ground before the king. The atomic reptile let of a snarl down at the boy to let him know that he was not amused by the boy's actions.
"Hey, Jerkzilla!" he called up to the lizard "I don't like you, and it's pretty obvious that you don't like me, but I'm pretty sure that you have this feeling in your head like I do that's keeping us together"
Godzilla growled as he glared down at the tiny human before him.
"You can give me the stink eye all you want, but you know it's true or else you would've killed me already!" the white-haired boy continued "Look, two of my sisters are in the hands of another monster, and if I'm going to get them back then I'm going to need your help to do it"
The radioactive lizard snorted at the idea, obviously uncaring about the fate of the twins. However, Lincoln had about enough of Godzilla's bratty attitude at this point.
"Oh no, you're not shrugging off my sisters lives just like that!" Lincoln snapped up at him "Now I'm going to follow these footprints and you're going to follow me for a change, got it?"
Godzilla narrowed his eyes as he let out an angry growl. While Lincoln may have put on a brave face on the outside, on the inside however, he was absolutely terrified. He was banking the small chance that Godzilla shared the feeling in his head, but there was a chance that the first time he saved from Gezora was more of a fluke. However, if his sisters were in danger, then he would risk facing the wrath of the king of the monsters in order to save them. After a what seemed like an eternal stare down between them, Godzilla finally gave a small, resentful nod to the boy, letting him know that would join him in his rescue mission.
"Phew!" Lincoln breathed out in relief before quickly regaining his composure "I mean—this way!"
With that, the white-haired boy traveled down the path that the Gargantua's tracks lead while Godzilla followed close behind him. If there was still a chance that Lola and Lana were alive then Lincoln would stop at nothing save them. and if he had failed to rescue them, then he would make sure that Godzilla would make Gaira and Sanda pay.
