Alright, this here's the penultimate chapter. Hope everyone's enjoying this story so far, because there's plenty more where it came from!
Godzilla is still © Toho. I know, it's amazing!
MILITARY OPERATION
Miki sat idly at the mess-hall table, the half-eaten sandwich lying on the table before her and her head propped up on her left hand.
She didn't feel like eating at that moment; it had been a day, and this sandwich was more or less all she'd eaten. The warmth and compassion she'd sensed for days from Godzilla was gone, replaced by this awful, all-consuming guilt.
Godzilla hadn't just imprinted on her; he'd trusted her. Cared for her. And now this had happened, and she just stood by.
"Still moping, kid?" A familiar voice interrupted her, admittedly miserable, thoughts. Miki looked up to see Kazama standing there. "Guess what?"
"What?" Miki replied sadly and inattentively.
"Well," Kazama answered as he sat down next to her, "There's some good news… some of what you'll probably think is bad news… and then some slightly better news."
"What is it?" Miki asked, suddenly swelling with hope.
"Good News," Kazama began, "There was a sighting this morning of 'a giant creature in the sea'. Sound like anyone we know?"
"Godzilla," Miki gasped excitedly.
"Yup. Now, Bad News: The higher ups want us to capture or destroy him. Slightly better News: We decided to go for the 'capture' option."
"So…" Miki began, almost fearful in case she was wrong.
"If all goes well, we'll have the G-Man back soon. And yeah, you're still gonna be taking care of him."
"Yes!" Miki cheered, instinctively hugging her old friend. "But.. How do we do that?"
"That's where you come in," Kazama answered, "See, it's this whole link thing. Maybe you can use that to find him?"
It seemed so suddenly obvious. Why had she not thought of it before?
"Let's get started," She announced as she and Kazama raced out of the room. "Wait, what did you call him?"
"G-Man," Kazama answered. "Well he is the G-Man. The Big-G. The lean, green fightin' machine!"
"He's not actually green," Miki reminded him.
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"You're sure you can do this, right?" Osaki checked.
"I can call him here," Miki replied confidently.
"We want to bring it here?" Takuya asked, "Isn't that kind of… dangerous?"
"Relax, we'll find you a sofa to hide behind," Kazama answered.
"Good luck, kiddo," Miyuki said quietly to Miki.
Miki stood still, her eyes drifting shut as she inhaled and exhaled slowly. The world slipped away from her senses, the quietness of the room replaced by a constant buzz of thought. Miki winced slightly as she tried to tune it out, focusing on that one new thing in her own mind: The link.
… She thought the word silently, allowing her mind to slip into the link. The alien emotions submerged her mind, the sensation of familiarity, love and warmth as Godzilla recognised her.With the slightest mental impulse, she sent her message to him, letting him know what was needed of him.
Then, with a sudden rush, the feeling was gone, replaced by the corporeal world, and she almost fell at the unexpectedness of the floor beneath her feet.
"Miki," Osaki gasped as he and Miyuki helped her up, "What happened?"
"He's coming," Miki said shakily, "Godzilla's coming!"
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It was late at night, the full moon, hidden behind a thin veil of cloud, almost forgotten as the troops lined up on either side of the dock.
"Simple plan," Gordon reminded Miki, "Your scaly pet shows up, you lead him back into the hangar. Nobody gets hurt, nobody sues."
"And the armed soldiers?" Miki asked.
"Just in case," Gordon reassured her, "I swear to you right now, nobody's to open fire unless it's an absolute last resort."
"So when does your favourite pet turn up?" Osaki asked.
"Any second," Miki checked, closing her eyes.
As soon as she finished speaking, the dark shape under the water's surface grew close. The surface suddenly bulged, the water pushed sideways before the huge shape that began to show up.
Immediately, all present realised something was amiss. Godzilla had been large, sure enough, but what was coming up before them was nothing short of gargantuan.
As the walls of water and foam cascaded down the sides of the leviathan, all eyes were drawn up… a long way up.
The mammoth head was much more reptilian, a long snout with thick, light-grey ridges above the blazing orange eyes. The lean form was more muscular, with the scales now charcoal grey over a lighter-grey underside. The well-developed arms were tucked close to the barrel-chest, and the tail behind it was almost as long as the monster's entire body length. The spinal plates had branched out to the shape of maple leaves. But the biggest change by far was in size; Godzilla stood 180 feet from head-to-toe, and 270 feet from the tip of his snout to the end of his tail.
The creature sniffed at the air, turning his gargantuan head down towards Miki.
"Boss," Kazama called to Osaki, "…I think the G-Man had another growth spurt!"
Godzilla took a thundering footstep out of the water, a muscled leg slamming onto the concrete before him. For such a behemoth, his movements seemed impossibly light, far from the lumbering brutes so often seen in film.
Suddenly, Godzilla swung his huge head to the side, taking in the sight of the three Apache choppers circling the air around him.
"Oh no…" Miki gasped, feeling the sudden rage the filled Godzilla's mind.
Godzilla stepped towards the nearest Apache, parting his jaws and giving a thunderous, earth-shaking roar.
"What's with him?" Miyuki shouted over the deafening noise.
"He recognises the choppers!" Miki yelled, "He think's they're going to attack him again!"
Godzilla rose up to his full height with a savage snarl.
"This won't end well," Kazama shook his head as Godzilla's burning eyes narrowed, ready to attack…
