Godzilla: Darkness Within
Godzilla and related characters belong © Toho Co. Ltd
Chris Blaze belongs to Demon of Darkness, and everyone else belongs to me
Chp. 9
Pacific Ocean
Godzilla's dark, reptilian frame scraps the surface ever so slightly as his tallest maple shaped spine crests out of the surf before diving back under. His body still feels the lingering effects of the surprise attack that had berated him. It was mostly healed but it had left a nasty looking scar, both physically and mentally. That whole skirmish angered Godzilla but yet something about that copier felt so familiar. Godzilla could not figure it out, but it infests his mind with intrigue and confusion. But, never the less, it is something that he will not let survive. The doppelganger has already caused too much chaos. Bubbles scramble away from his figure as a roar is brought fourth only to be muted by the water. He increases his rate of swim as he is now on hot pursuit of this new adversary.
G-Force HQ
Panic ensues as people scramble about to different locations; quickly preparing for the new threat. The alarm system continues to play its monotonic noise through the entire complex. Miki and Chris rush down the hallway away from the cafeteria and noticed the madness that has been unleashed. Chris almost runs into one personnel that had just exited from a side door.
"Jesus, look at this place." He says dodging another person, "What exactly did you see Miki?" urgently asked Chris.
Miki at first did not answer, all her thoughts were running rampant in her head; all jumbled up into one mess. Finally she hears him on the repeat and tries to answer.
"I'm not sure. But something has arrived on this planet and it does not have "friendly" desires." Answers Miki.
On cue with her answer, a loud noise is felt through out the compound. The place literally felt like it was shook by some extreme pressure. Both Chris and herself about fell over from the impact. An even more confused look crosses Chris face "What the hell was that?" Miki does not answer and only continues her endless trek. Chris shakes his head and catches up with her fleeing form as she has hurried her pace.
General Kumoi leans over his table and tries to fathom what is going on. Outside of his office, the command central is active with a buzz. Not more than twenty minutes ago UFO's entered into Earth's atmosphere and settles over many of Earth's major cities. While trying to figure things out, the whole room around him is shaken from an impact. Kumoi face tightens up with surprise and he quickly checks the monitors outside the building. On the monitor, nearby citizens point up into the sky and then quickly depart the scene. Then a looming shadow replaces their empty spots, and it quickly fills the monitor until an explosion racks the scene and then turns to static.
"What the hell?" mumbles Kumoi.
On answer his, the door burst open as Chris and Miki enter into the room. Kumoi scans them over; not surprised to see them. Miki asks the question first.
"General I believe it is time we leave this place."
"Miki, we cannot abandon this facility. We need to monitor the events that are happening around the world!" rebuts Kumoi
"That dose not matter! Give the order to attack, General. I promise you these visitors are not friendly. Plus they have also arrived here!" cries Miki.
Chris feels annoyed at this and was about to say something when he hears a noise back in the hall behind them. On a whim, Chris turns and drags his attention into the hall. Nothing can be seen, but he can clearly make out the distinct sound of gun shots. Fuck thought Chris.
"Too late, I believe we are about to have company!" yells Chris and pushes Miki into the room closing the door behind him.
Quickly, Kumoi wastes no time and drags out his hidden keys under his desk. He departs towards a cabinet in the corner and unlocks it. Kumoi opens the medium sized door and scans the arsenal before him. The cabinet is filled with a four by five row of weapons. He grabs a modified M-4 with precise scope aim and a modified barrel for lazar projected rounds and tosses one towards Chris. Miki backs up between the two as she is the only with no weapon experience. Both Chris and Kumoi load their weapons and get into covering positions aiming for the door as the noises grow in tempo.
For a moment, nothing happens as the sounds appear to come from just beyond the fresh hold of the doorway. Tensions can felt in the room as no one dared to speak. Finally Chris was about to point something out when a quick surge of light materializes and expands just in front of the door way. It grows in brightness to where it was blinding. Then as fast as it started, it was over with and three figures stood before them. In the middle of the trio, was a big, tall stature of a man with a completely shaved head. Covering his eyes was some kind of sunglasses like goggle. Two his right and left were shorter men with one having dark black hair that was cut very short and the other with blonde, shoulder length hair. The bald one smiles at them and with a flick of his wrist their weapons where taken from their hands and vanished.
"Grab them. Do not let them escape." Quietly orders the bald one in a deep dark tone.
As the henchmen grabbed all three of them, Miki felt a psychic presence leak of the bald one. It was the exact feeling she felt earlier. He only smiles back at her as they were brought to their knees before him. With his hand clasped behind his back, the bald one walks slowly around the room.
"Ah, the famous General Kumoi" he says, "The Supreme Commander of the industrious G-Force." He paces back in fourth in front of them, feeling easily at calm.
Kumoi tries to hide his surprise look as he looks away from the figure.
"Surprised? Well should be. I know just about everything about this little operation of yours." He smiles again as some venom drips into his voice, and then looks at Miki "Of course can not forget about the crafty Miki Saegusa…"
"Who are you?" screams Kumoi as Miki can feel the presence of the bald one in her mind.
"Ah, how rude of me. My name is Xerox" he half bows
"Xerox? What a stupid name. Sure your mom wasn't on crack or something naming you that?" teases Chris.
Xerox smiles and a hand shoots out, striking down Chris at his foolishness. Chris moans for a moment before rising back up.
"Why are you here?" speaks Miki for the first time.
Xerox regains his posture and stares her down. "I'm surprised you have not figured that out by now considering with your physic abilities. Because I am well aware of your thoughts."
Miki goes silent again and looks away. She had already expected this but it still did not ease her.
"But, I will indulge you. I have been studying this planet for the past year. Learning about everything to your culture. From what I have seen, you all are strange and stupid insects." Says Xerox, "To make things short: Your kind…these insignificant humans are just pawns on this world. We want to simple eradicate you, because you can not potentially grasp the wonders of this world. Your civilization squanders everything."
Xerox stops for a moment and lets the grandeur of what he said sink in before saying three simple words that bring back so much memories:
"We are the Xilliens."