Welcome back! I have to say… I got nothing. I have no funny bits here.
Creativity: We're completely spent on opening bits right now.
Author: Yeah. Besides, do we even know how many people actually read these? I feel like I put a lot of effort into these opening bits and no one seems to notice.
Whatever. Here's chapter 7.
Grey grumbled as he slowly rotated his torso, feeling his vertebrate popping. He had slept moderately well and hadn't been bothered by anyone that night. Now that he thought about it, this was probably one of the more peaceful nights he had recently. No attackers, no breaking out of hospitals, it had been perfectly peaceful.
Grey finished making sure all of his joints were working properly before slinging his backpack over his shoulder and setting off. Ever since he woke up after being attacked in the woods, he'd felt a sort of pull in his brain. He'd been following it for a while since he had no where else to go. He kept going until came across an intercity bus. He bought a ticket and boarded before sequestering himself near the back. It was going to be a long ride, so he hoped he could get a little more shuteye that wasn't on concrete.
The bus departed and soon, the scenery was whizzing by. He watched it for a while before he looked around the bus. He finally had enough and shut his eyes to get some sleep.
It was a sudden bump in the road that roused Grey from his slumber. His eyes snapped open and his hands clenched into fists as his gaze began darting around. He shook his head and noticed they were arriving at their destination. He took a moment to contemplate the convenience of it as the bus pulled into it's stop. He disembarked promptly and started following the pull again. Whatever it was, it was getting stronger the closer he got to it.
As he was walking past another electronics shop, he saw that Godzilla and whatever this new creature was on all the screens. According to the report, they were heading roughly in the direction of the city was currently in! He groaned before he noticed something. Godzilla was approaching from roughly the North-West, while his brain pull was leading him South-East. Grey did not like what that was implying. His strange nightmares of scaly claws for hands while ripping through attackers were starting to become a lot more terrifying.
Yorburg was starting to become impatient. They had been running facial recognition for their missing test subject through every city camera, and they had only caught sight of Grey once before he vanished from the city. However, they were able to get a bearing in what direction he had been travelling in before he vanished again. He had been heading South-East, coincidentally in the same direction that Godzilla was approaching from! Yorburg smirked. The fact that the King had resurfaced was all too exciting. The potential to gather some fresh samples was too good an opportunity to pass up.
He had also received word from one of their oversea facilities that there had been a breakthrough with the two other samples they had recovered, way back in 2014. He had already requested that drones with protection from the effects ionizing radiation had on electronics be deployed to gather some fresh samples. Specifically, he wanted more blood samples from both creatures, as well as a sample of Godzilla's spikes if he could get it.
"Do we have any word on our test subject?" Yorburg asked.
"He showed up briefly on the course we plotted. He's definitely being drawn to Godzilla." A technician replied promptly.
"More likely his instincts are drawing him towards Godzilla's radiation. He is a source that isn't shielded like a reactor is, making it easier for his senses to find and pin down." Yorburg corrected haughtily.
"I want the squads ready to intercept once he is close enough to Godzilla to minimize exposure to the press. We must still maintain some subterfuge until we can make our move." Yorburg commanded before turning back to the screen.
"Once I crack the secret of the strain your DNA made, we'll finally be able to make our move." Yorburg murmured as his lips slowly bent into a thin smile.
"Sir, the creature is picking up speed. It will be on top of the test subject within the hour."
"What?! Deploy the troops now! The window of opportunity is shutting faster than we anticipated!"
Grey didn't know what to do. On the one hand, his brain was screaming at him to join the masses in fleeing for their lives, but on the other, he still felt that nagging sensation in his brain to keep heading towards what in all appearances was certain doom. Deciding that self preservation was the better option, he turned and started sprinting the other way. However, the massive crowd was making it much more difficult to move without bumping into someone. He turned and cut into a back alley, where he began to effortlessly climb up the fire escape. He leapt from one landing to the next until he reached the top of the building. He then turned and started in the same direction as before, leaping from one rooftop to the next. He kept travelling in this fashion for several minutes, checking on the crowd every now and again. He turned around and could see the massive creature approaching. While he could only make out it's silhouette, it was still incredibly intimidating. If not downright terrifying, that is.
Grey turned to keep moving, but he heard the sound of a large rotor behind him. He turned to see a large helicopter gaining altitude. The doors slid open, revealing many people wearing black body armor and carrying some sort of rifles. There was electricity sizzling on the ends.
Grey cursed before turning and running as the soldiers opened fire. He sprinted to the edge and leapt the furthest gap yet. However, he rapidly realized that he had overextended and was now on a downward collision with the side of the building. Luckily, he crashed through a window and rolled to a stop. He grunted as he pushed himself to his feet, ignoring his smarting bruises. He turned and kept running as the helicopter approached and opened fire again. He was on a floor composed of office cubicles, which had been abandoned when the Kaiju picked up the pace. He smashed through the cubicles as he heard the electric blasts impact behind him. He leapt forward and held his arms in front of his face as he smashed through another window and into another building. He could still hear the helicopter pursuing him.
Grey looked and saw he was close enough to the ground to safely jump. For him, anyway. He crashed through the window and saw that people were watching as this whole mess unfolded. Grey groaned with annoyance before he landed and took off running. The helicopter stopped descending, but it kept on top of him. The sound of the helicopter however, was replaced with the sound of screeching rubber. Grey turned to see several vehicles of varying sizes approaching. He turned and started running, leaping over obstacles and trying to out maneuver the drivers. As he approached an intersection however, he heard more vehicles approaching. He saw them approaching from the right, thus encouraging him to keep away. He kept running until he heard more approaching vehicles. Except now it was on all sides. On top of all this, several more helicopters had joined the chase. He was surrounded on all sides.
He spun on the spot, desperately looking for an opening. But he was well and truly boxed in. Several of the larger vehicles opened up and several troops rushed out. Their armor looked light, but they had strange, blocky devices strapped to their arms. They formed a circle around Grey and extended their right arms. Thin wires with claws attached to the end erupted from the devices, latching onto Grey. Immediately, Grey began writhing in pain as electricity coursed through his body. He collapsed to one knee, then began trying to rise. However, he only fell back down again when the electricity became worse. His mouth was stuck open in a howl of agony.
His eyes closed tightly in pain before snapping back open again, his iris' a burning, atomic yellow while his pupils had become slits. He snarled as he started to rise again, but fell back to both knees as they increased the weapons' potency. Grey's hands became claws and gouged out the concrete below him as he suffered. Suddenly, his eyes pulsed a vivid electric blue for a moment. Then again, this time, it was his eyes, as well as the blood vessels in his neck. It began to spread. Blood vessels pulsing blue with increasing frequency until he howled and a blast of electric blue energy erupted in a bubble from his body! The soldiers were thrown back and the claws attached to his body were destroyed. He slowly rose to his feet. His hands were still claws, but his eyes had turned back to normal. In addition to this, his blood vessels had settled into glowing blue, albeit with less intensity. His skin was also a very angry red, as if his entire body were sunburnt.
He snarled and charged the first of his assailants. He seized them by the front of their uniform, his new claws tearing through the material without effort. He then turned and hurled them at another of the troops. He then charged over to a hummer that had been parked as part of a ring to box him in and sank his claws into the two side doors. With a mighty heave, he lifted the vehicle above his head and bellowed as he hurled it at one of the helicopters. He heard screams as the helicopter was struck dead on and began to careen out of control. He saw a crowd had gathered, seemingly having forgotten about the giant monster that was rapidly approaching. His distraction cost him, as one of the troops managed to snag him with another claw. He felt the shock, but he didn't go down. Instead, he loop his arm around the cable and yanked it, pulling the soldier into Grey's awaiting reptilian fist. He heard the helicopters turning to open fire, so he rushed behind one of the largest vehicles there, which had eight wheels and was armored like a tank, before turning it on its side. He waited behind it until he heard the crackling of the rifles stop. He then dug his claws into the underside of the vehicles and snarled as he lifted with all his might! He felt it leave the ground and turned sideways before throwing it at another helicopter. The throw actually caught another after hitting the first, making Grey smirk. He turned to see the other troopers were hesitant to attack him now. He made an exaggerated snarl at them, causing them to turn tail and flee.
However, his satisfaction at handing the ass of whoever was hunting him right back to them was short lived when he felt the ground shaking. It wasn't a constant tremor, but a gradually building quake. He bent his knees as the quakes continued to grow until he collapsed to his knees. Everyone else followed suit before the ground began to crack. Twelve blocks down, the ground was suddenly flung into the air as a massive, triangular head with two long fangs poking out the front emerged from the ground. It snarled and raised head before letting out a skull-rattling bellow! It sounded like some bizarre mix of a tiger and a gorilla.
Grey started to slowly back away and his blood vessels stopped glowing. He immediately felt like his entire body was sunburnt, but only for a few moments. He soon joined the mob as they began to flee for their lives. The soldiers who he had been tossing around like beach balls all piled into what vehicles were still functioning and fled themselves. Grey looked over his shoulder as he saw the massive beast haul itself free of the concrete. It was even larger than Grey had realized and it looked very angry. It snarled and roared, stomping its forelegs on the ground. It's shovel-like claws carved huge gouges through the earth and shook the city in a demonstration of sheer power. Grey leapt up the fire escapes again and started to transverse the rooftops. However, he didn't get too far before his brain's incessant nagging forced him to look where he wasn't going, causing him to wipe out. However, he could see what this weird instinct was pulling him towards.
Godzilla could easily be seen on the horizon, approaching step by thundering step. Within a few minutes, he had reached the outskirts of the city before he stopped dead. He raised his tail and slapped it on the ground before rearing back and unleashing a guttural bellow that shook Grey to the bone. Godzilla's challenger roared back and began to charge, making loping strides towards the king of monsters. Godzilla surged forward, claws outstretched to rend his foe asunder.
The two titans collided, stopping dead before they started exchanging blows. Grey stood atop the building, transfixed by the battle. The instinct had dropped silent.
Yorburg watched in awe as Godzilla and his opponent brawled throughout the city. Godzilla was demonstrating a consistent tactic of trying to keep the other monster close by grabbing it, be it with his claws or his teeth. He would grab it and hold it while letting his impressive jaws inflict damage. Meanwhile, his opponent would often bludgeon Godzilla's torso and sides with its arms as well as bite at Godzilla's head when an opportunity presented itself, putting it's fangs to good use.
The creature broke free of another hold before it lowered itself onto all fours and leapt forward, headbutting Godzilla in the chest. Godzilla was forced back a distance, but countered by spinning around and clubbing his opponent with his tail. The creature reeled back, yelping as it did. Then it sank it's front claws into the street and carved a massive piece of the ground free. It heaved this projectile at Godzilla, who turned to the side and let the projectile hit. He then turned and lumbered forward, claws outstretched.
"Incredible…" Yorburg breathed.
"The sheer power… The destruction. Look on, my friends! This is the power we will claim for ourselves!" Yorburg proclaimed. Rothstein just watched the battle, stoic as ever.
"Are the sampler drones prepared?" Yorburg asked.
"We have them in the area, sir. But we can't find an opening. There's just too much movement for us to lock onto an open wound and collect samples." A technician replied.
"Send four drones on a run. I want those samples." Yorburg ordered.
"Oh, and send in some of our special retrieval drones to probe for the test subject." Yorburg added.
Yeah, another shorty, but I feel this was a good place to leave it. Chapters will get longer as time goes on.
Creativity: This one was a real workout for me.
Author: Only because you went for those extra super stuffed donuts.
Creativity: Details!
Author: Whatever.
See ya next week!
