Ch.10: The End
Unfortunately for the teens, the helicopter woke Anguirus up early from his nap and they quickly found out that kaijus were not graceful awakeners. The large, shelled monster rampaged, obviously fuming once he knocked the helicopter from the sky. He had roared, landed so roughly on the ground that it knocked Sam back into the stream she and her friend had just crawled out of, and then begun to ravage the forest to the ground. After pulling Sam from the stream again, Danny had dragged her back to the shelter and the two had huddled together, shivering from the night's chilly air on their skin and from shock and fear.
Though they had tried, neither of the teenagers could sleep. No matter how much they curled up, told each other funny stories to calm their nerves, and assured each other they wouldn't disappear, the duo couldn't get the image of the burning helicopter out of their head. It had all just been so quick and the two of them had been shocked by the speed Anguirus could possess when provoked. The kaiju's roar echoed in their heads, as well as the echoing of the high-pitched whistle that had followed when the helicopter had begun dropping from the sky, crash-landing and catching fire. Ironically, it was Anguirus and his rage that had kept the jungle from burning to the ground with the two teenagers inside it.
The teen duo wanted to go to the site of the crash and check for survivors. While it was highly improbable that anyone managed to survive a direct hit from the formidable kaiju and then a helicopter crash, Danny and Sam still wanted to make sure. After all, they had both managed to evade their own death situation; Danny, a plane crash, and Sam, an explosion. Who knew? Maybe someone was camping out and waiting for an opportunity to find a way to get help somehow. The teenagers were more than willing to help anyone in danger.
The only downside? Anguirus was awake now and still rampaging, causing trees to become uprooted, loose boulders to break from cliff sides, and the ground to crack open in some places. Fortunately, Anguirus kept his destructive mood inland, leaving the coastline of the island and the teen's clearing mostly untouched by the whirlwind of destruction that quickly transpired. However, that didn't mean either of the teenagers had any courage to leave their hobble, despite the distance. Anguirus could travel it much quicker than either of them could and the duo didn't want to be caught outside if the kaiju suddenly came their way.
That confined the two to the cave, where they had another school lesson while their eyes drooped but stayed stubbornly open as well. More stories were told and the two attempted to sleep time and time again. Every time they closed their eyes, though, all they saw was fire. For Sam, it wasn't all too unfamiliar. She had been in a similar situation not too long before the helicopter showed up and crashed so some of the flames she saw were also on a big, luxurious yacht. For Danny, who didn't remember anything about the crash, he saw bits and pieces of an explosion that had felt very close to him, though he couldn't, for the life of him, figure out what had started the flashbacks.
Slowly, the day passed them by and Anguirus continued his angry rage, pissed that a human contraption had tried to enter his new domain, unknowingly harboring two in the same area. However, the furious fit took a lot of his energy and, though he normally wouldn't be so tired, Anguirus was bedding down for another good night's sleep as the sun began setting again. It took a little longer for him to fall asleep, the remnants of agitation still on his brain, but he did fall into a peaceful slumber nonetheless.
Sam and Danny, still both shaken up from the events from the night before, were hesitant to leave their small domain, despite the kaiju being in a deep slumber. They were terrified that he'd wake up to something else, get angry again, and possibly see them this time around. They'd been lucky before; they'd been rather close to the cave and it had only taken them a few seconds for them to duck into their shelter, efficiently hiding themselves. However, this time they wanted to go check out the crash site of the helicopter and that was a bit of a distance away. Anything could go wrong in that small span of time.
Despite their worries, the duo did head out after a bit of pep-talking and insulting each other for their coward-like behavior. Sam, unsurprisingly, took the lead as they slithered through the pitch-black jungle silently. Danny stayed right on her heels, tiptoeing through the brush as his female friend stomped her way through. Again, they avoided the brush, cautious of what might be hiding. It wouldn't do them any good if something happened to them while they were out, especially if that something made or caused a lot of noise in the process.
The duo kept out sights for the unfamiliar kaiju in the area. Though neither of them could see their hand pressed against their face, that didn't stop them from being on high-alert as the canopy of mangled trees hid them from the shimmering eyes of the stars, moon, and what few birds decided to glide through the air at this time.
The journey started out easy enough for the two teenagers. They kept to their usual path as they trekked in the direction of the helicopter's crash site. Soon enough though, they were weaving in and out of unfamiliar paths, silently wondering if they were going in the right direction or not. Danny whispered uncertain directions to his leading friend, scraping his mind for any definite way to get to the site. However, he'd never gotten this far into the woods, moving this far away from his beloved shelter. He'd never had a need.
Noting the uncertainty in her friend's voice, Sam looked over her shoulder in a vain attempt to see her friend. She whispered, "Danny, are you sure you know where we're going? We can hardly see two feet in front of us. I don't want to get lost and not be able to find our way out."
There was a moment where Danny didn't answer and Sam, refusing to go on without an answer, stopped. The teen boy ran into her a second later and the girl reached out, finding Danny's arm and steadying him in the dark. Shaking his head, the boy looked where he thought Sam's face might've been and grabbed her arm in return, reassuring himself that she was there with him. "Why'd you stop, Sam?"
"You didn't answer my question."
Danny sighed, reaching up to rub his face with his free hand. The other one stayed firmly locked over Sam's as they stood in the middle of the pitch-black jungle, wasting time while they tried to figure out where the heck they were going. He still had a vague idea; there had been a couple of times he'd been out this far but had gotten lost each time. Skulker had dragged him back to the shelter each time and he hadn't been so courageous to try again since. After all, what if he got lost? There was no one to drag him back this time.
"Look Sam, I haven't been out here much. I'm still hoping I'm mostly right with these directions." Danny admitted, shrugging his shoulders, even though Sam couldn't see him very well, if at all. "If we get lost, we get lost. If worst comes to worse, I have an idea on how to get to the beach and we can backtrack from there. For now, let's just continue on this path and see where it takes us. After today's rampage, Anguirus should be out for the entire night."
The teen girl was quiet. She contemplated her companion's words, knowing she had time and that Danny wouldn't try to leave her or push her. After all, they both had fears of getting on their only friend's bad side. It would be miserable but, thus far, they'd both avoided pissing the other off. They trusted each other that much (probably because of trauma but whatever, Sam decided).
That's why Sam nodded and hesitantly said, "Alright. Keep giving me directions. You better know what you're doing."
"Oh, I don't but I've winged stuff before and it's worked out fine. If we're lucky and the Fates are smiling down upon us (if they can even see us), it'll work out this time too."
"…that's not helpful."
With a roll of her eyes, Sam tugged Danny forward by his arm. In an instant, the two were off again, ducking under the branches they could see coming and shying away from any plants around their ankles. Once again, they were silent as they maneuvered through the brush, basking in the silent companionship they held as they grasped each other's forearms firmly. They were both determined to not let go and lose their partner in the darkness for fear of never seeing them again.
Though worried about listening to her friend as he gave her probable wrong directions, Sam did as she was told anyways. She took his directions, squinting in the dark and slowly taking the turns Danny prompted her out. With her violet eyes, she scanned the ground in front of her for any foreign shapes and the tree-branches above her for any menacing figures. However, nothing really stuck out to her, though they had probably passed one or two dangerous beings since they had started their journey. Luckily for them, they hadn't provoked them one way or another.
Despite the small chance of the plan actually working, Danny's directions actually turned out to be quite helpful. They caught sight of burning embers in the distance and, with no further prompting, the two rushed the rest of the way to the site, throwing caution to the wind as they excitedly approached. Neither of them could believe that their luck had held and, in the back of his mind, Danny wondered if their luck would stay on their way back to the shelter.
The trees around the area of the wreck had been destroyed and thrown to the ground, creating a giant nest of tree-trunks and leafy branches. From what Sam could make out, they had stumbled upon only the smoldering remains of the cock-pit. The propeller, skids, and tail were nowhere in sight. Melted, warped shards of what once was the window lay all around the clearing, attempting to sparkle in the moonlight but too dusty to do so. The cock-pit was caved in some places; other parts were ripped off. It was covered in black ash and dirt and the smell of smoke permeated the area, making the duo's nose crinkle up at the overwhelming scent lingering in the air.
As far as they could see, there were no survivors dotting the area, injured, bleeding, and burned. However, that was rather expected.
"Good God, I would not have wanted to be in this hunk of metal when it blew for all the money in the world." Sam muttered, shuddering at sickening sight and releasing Danny's arms to rub hers. Her violet eyes scanned the brightly lit air, taking in some of the faint, glowing embers that stubbornly stayed lit. Heat radiated off the sizzling hunk of metal and, despite the warmth cutting through the chilly night air, Sam still felt her insides stay cold.
Danny frowned at the area around him, feeling much more detached by the scene than Sam did. It bothered him less, allowing him to carefully step through the bird's nest of trees and branches as he watched out for anything sharp that would cut his feet or an animal taking shelter in the toasty area. His steps were light as the branches crunched under his feet and leaves twitched under his bare soles.
The teen boy moved slowly but effortlessly, getting a closer look at the mangled piece of metal still sizzling in the moonlight. It was a twisted, morbid desire but he was curious as to what it looked like up close, trying to imagine the hulking pieces of metal as one big, functioning mass that could fly through the air. He pushed the thought of the pilot and any other passengers to the back of his mind, not wanting to think about anymore dead bodies on the island.
Sam followed behind soon after, paying little mind to where she stepped with her boot-clad feet. She quickly came up behind the black-haired boy, reaching out and tapping his bare shoulder. Sam asked, "Hey, what are you doing? You might get hurt. Let's get back to the cave and catch some sleep. There's nothing here."
Tilting his head to the side, Danny studied the wreckage for a little longer, ignoring his friend's prods and pokes at his back and shoulders. However, Sam was persistent and the teen boy finally answered, "Alright, alright, I get it. You're right. Let's get out of here."
Content with his reply, Sam nodded and she clutched his arm again, dragging the teen back towards the break in the trees they had come from. They tripped and stumbled as they went, catching their feet on vines and getting them caught in small holes between branches. It took some cursing and pulling but, soon enough, they were back in the dark canopy of trees, trying to retrace their steps back to their shelter.
Once again, Sam relied on Danny for directions. All the possible turns they could take looked the same, as did the scenery. There were no substantial landmarks to rely on for help and the only thing keeping the two teens on track was Danny's knowledge, though it was taking him some time to reverse the directions in his head. However, Sam was patient and, even though their speed was considerably slower than before, they were back in their shelter soon enough, safe and sound.
Silently and lost in their thoughts, the two teens bedded down in their usual spots and, despite their exhaustion, it took them much longer to fall asleep than either of them thought it would.
The next few days were just as drear and drab as the few days before it. They stayed mostly confined to their shelter, only escaping the rock walls for necessities such as staying hydrated and keeping their food stock up, among other things. They talked and had school lessons but none of it held the same appeal as it once had. It was all too forced and there were doing the same things so closely together that it just stripped their favorite activities of their former glory.
The two passed the time as best as they could, despite the days being so boring and bland. Even so, the hours ticked by slowly and the sun never seemed to move from its spot in the sky. When night came, they had similar problems, if Anguirus was still awake and rocking it. The days never passed quick enough and time only seemed to be slowing down the more days they stayed cooped up in their nifty shelter. It was tempting to start leaving the cave during the day, when Anguirus was always awake, despite the idea being very akin to a suicide mission.
Sleep seemed like a good idea to get the time to jump forward for them but neither Sam nor Danny could stay asleep for more than a few hours at a time, despite the exhaustion weighing them down. Even when the earth was still and the nights were all but silent, the two stayed wide awake. Their thoughts led them to contemplate their problems and the mystery of the helicopter flying over the island. Even when they were awake, parts of their minds lingered on these trains of thought. As such, it became harder and harder to focus on one thing for long periods of time.
The only upside seemed to be that Anguirus had yet to figure out that they were living in his territory, despite the teens becoming more daring out of boredom and necessity. He still wandered the area a lot but Danny figured that wasn't unusual; Godzilla did it too but he just meandered around larger distances and took swims. Anguirus liked to stay in one spot for long periods of time, it seemed.
At some point, Danny and Sam had nothing more to converse about. They'd told every story, combed through every piece of their life that was worthwhile, and all but used up the mythical stories each of them carried in their brains. The only topic that neither of them had gone over was the plane crash. No one had brought it up, not even on the night it happened, and the subject had been all but avoided because neither teenager wanted to admit the event had scared them as much as it had.
"Why even bother to knock it out of the sky like that?" Sam asked irritably, looking out the mouth of the cave in boredom while she and her friend sat around and pretty much did nothing. They were too tired to do anything but they're tired enough to sleep, it seemed.
Danny only shrugged and, equally as bored, replied, "It's his territory now. Anguirus does what he wants. Humans and kaijus don't have a good history anyway. Why should he abandon hostilities now?"
Four more days passed, even though it seemed like an eternity. Finally, the two teenagers had spent enough time together in a confined space and, despite the kaiju absently roaming the island, they decided to foolishly go outside and catch some fresh air, swearing they were going to go nuts if they didn't. They promised themselves it would only be for a little while, just to get a change of atmosphere so they wouldn't lose their minds, and told each other they'd stick near all of Danny's kaiju-bunkers. They wouldn't be totally absurd in their actions; they'd play it safe.
Together, the two slipped out of their cave and quickly scurried into the nearby foliage, hiding themselves in the brush and under the uprooted trees leaning against each other for support. Danny and Sam maneuvered through different paths, taking some time for themselves so they wouldn't rip each other's heads off when they finally went back to the cave. However, they always made sure the other was either in view or ear-shot, just in case they needed to regroup suddenly for one reason or another.
The teen boy rubbed the tiredness from his eyes as he casually walked along the shaking ground, noticing how the trees and other foliage shuddered with him. The loose dirt under his feet shifted and leveled out while small rocks and pebbles bounced before settling down. Seconds later, they were rolling this way and that when the ground shook again as a kaiju in the far distance made his rounds, traveling to pass the time.
Danny noticed the way the scenery had shifted as opposed to what it had looked like when he had first landed on the island. The constant trembling uprooted many trees while others were slowly becoming undone, tilting to all sides while they fought to stay standing. Most of the shrubbery was the same way, lying along the ground on their sides as the roots stuck up from the loose soil. Some parts of the forest were completely destroyed and demolished, mostly from one specific monster's footsteps and earlier rampage, leaving Danny and his female companion out in the open at some points. It was so drastically different from what the boy was used to but, at the same time, it also looked the same in some ways. Maybe it was because the well-worn trails he'd been using for years couldn't be undone as quickly as the greenery and, even though they'd been uprooted, it couldn't take away the different landmarks either. Who really knew though?
As such, the teen boy came upon one of the familiar highlights of the forest and grinned as he looked the massive citrus tree over, noting how some of the roots could be viewed as the dirt shuffled away but the tree continued to remain standing. Sure, the trunk had yet to be as wide as Danny and it wasn't as tall as many of the other trees and plants in the jungle but it was one of the biggest for all the various citrus plants scattered about.
Figuring he might as well get a snack before he had to go back to the cave, Danny jogged over to the base of the tree and hoisted himself into the lowest branch. He quickly shifted his feet under him, steadying himself as the rocks the earth gave attempted to knock him out. After the boy fixed his stance so he'd be able to stand, despite the shaking, Danny straightened himself up and reached for a higher branch, beginning the quick trek up to some of the higher branches. He made quick work of the journey, sitting down in one of them as he looked some of the fruit for flaws of some kind.
Because most of their food runs had taken place during the night, Sam and Danny had picked up some fruit that wasn't ripe or were infested with some bug or another. They had to chuck the infested ones and, though they ate the unripe fruits, it hadn't been particularly pleasant. Danny wanted to enjoy his food when he ate it; therefore, he was picky as he looked for a snack.
However, he didn't get the chance to do so.
As the earth gave way to Anguirus, there was another, harder shake that cut the horned kaiju's off. It was strong enough that Danny was nearly sent flying out of his spot. In all actuality, he was thrown from his spot but he quickly grappled for another branch nearby with a yelp, catching himself before he could fall. He swung around for a moment, legs flailing around uselessly, before the ground stilled eerily again, allowing Danny a moment to right himself as he calmed. As he heaved a breath and dropped to the branch under the one he clung to, Danny vaguely noted the extreme difference between the footsteps he'd been feeling all week and the new form of earthquake. However, he only had a moment to think about all the possibilities that could mean before a familiar sound nearly shattered his eardrums.
"SKKKKKRRRRREEEEEEEOOOOOONNNNNGGGGKKKKK!"
A loud Boom! followed and the next thing he knew, Danny was gasping for air as he landed roughly against the ground and scarping his skin on the citrus tree's exposed roots. The teen scrambled to get on his knees, throwing his head up to look at the sky. His blue eyes were as wide as saucers as he took in the menacing form outlined against the cloudless blue sky. Birds swarmed around the massive King of Monsters as he glared in the direction of Anguirus while tidal waves of water fell from the kaiju's body. Godzilla held himself in a powerful stance but also seemed to slouch at the same time, as if he was tired but his work was not yet done.
And, overall, he looked absolutely pissed.
"Shit just got real…" Danny muttered, paralyzed by the sudden turn of events. He quickly slapped his hands over his ears when Godzilla let out another long roar to the other kaiju invading his turf before Anguirus responded with his own roar that barely managed to level up to the King of Monster's earth-shattering call.
As the sounds died down, the earth fell into an eerie quiet that was only shattered by the calls from the airborne birds. The ground ceased its shaking, still as both of the monsters sized each other up silently and told the other that they only had a few seconds to leave their turf. Ringing echoed in Danny's ears as everything became deathly still and he looked up again from his half-fetal position, studying the figure that had been a constant figure in what bit of his life he remembered.
Then the silence was broken when Sam yelled, somewhere off in the near distance, "Danny!"
Godzilla's dark eyes darted to them for a second as the female broke through the dense, uprooted shrubbery. Of course, in that instant, the earth began to spasm as Anguirus decided to charge as the King of Monsters became distracted. Sam grabbed Danny's arms, managing to keep herself up, despite the world being tossed around like rubber ball. The humans ran, not daring to look over their shoulders as Anguirus rammed his horn head into the taller kaiju's side, eliciting another ear-shattering roar from Godzilla that sounded oddly like a scream.
Stumbling over their feet and yelping as the ground moved under them, Danny and Sam struggled to continue on as they listened to the sounds of the struggle behind them. From what their ears and the trembling ground told them, Godzilla had shoved his enemy's horns from his side with a loud squelch sound, probably sending blood everywhere, before he knocked Anguirus to the side, following up with ramming his massive tail against the four-legged kaiju, brutally knocking Anguirus from him while also catching his breath.
As Godzilla began a brutal assault on the invader of his turf, Danny and Sam panted as they dragged their sorry asses through the dense foliage. They felt every move the kaijus made as they attacked each other as Godzilla took the upper hand for the time being. The two tried to ignore it all, focusing on their own task of survival as the kaijus duked it out, both wanting the territory they deemed as theirs.
The duo ducked inside their shelter and turned quickly around to watch as Anguirus holed up, allowing Godzilla to run his hand through one of the spikes, eliciting another roar of pain from the King of Monsters as he attempted to slash the shelled creature's face with his razor-sharp claws. Godzilla growled deep in his throat as he backed away, ignoring his bleeding hand and hardly noticing the way large blots of blood dripped to the jungle floor, covering large areas with the red substance and all but saturating the soil, turning everything scarlet as it gleamed in the sun.
The King of Monster's dorsal fins began to glow and streams of blue light outlined the kaiju's massive teeth. Anguirus, seeing his assailant powering up his infamous attack, began retreating from Godzilla's immediate range, moving quickly and covering as much distance as he could before the King of Monsters had a chance to fire. As it came to be, Anguirus only had a few seconds to move before Godzilla fired his atomic breath, which sent the horned kaiju skidding across the ground…
…to stop right in front of the teenager's cave.
Sam and Danny both froze. Paralyzed, they both stood in the mouth of the cave, watching as Anguirus regained his bearings as Godzilla quickly shut his atomic breath off again, slouching forward again but still looking as pissed as a girl on her period when she's refused chocolate. However, neither of the teenagers could bring themselves to care about the King of Monsters when Anguirus was getting up, lifting his head and locking his eyes on their little hideout.
"Fuck." Sam muttered.
As if the duo had committed some kind of crime by surviving, Anguirus narrowed his eyes accusingly at the two as he clambered to his feet again. He all but forgot about his strong opponent as he roared, preparing to run into the cliff-side and make it collapse.
"SKKRREEEEOONNGGKK!"
Godzilla rushed into Anguirus' side, pushing the shelled creature miles to the side as he ate the ground under him with his powerful legs. Anguirus released a loud cry at the sudden jerk and the teens were sent sprawling across the ground by the powerful footsteps and impact. That didn't stop them from watching Godzilla nearly send his assailant onto his back with another strong push before Anguirus managed to regain his bearings, puncturing the King of Monster's body again with his large spikes and claws.
Stumbling back and bleeding profusely, Godzilla glared fiercely at the other creature before roaring again, practically making the earth shake with its ferocity. Once again, Danny and Sam had to clamp their hands over their ears, trying to block out as much of the sound as they could while Anguirus flinched back from the sound, barely hindering the King of Monster's long roar with his moan of pain. It turned into a scream of pain as Godzilla's atomic breath suddenly shot out of his mouth again, blasting Anguirus straight in the face as his dorsal fins exploded with light, blinding anything that happened to look straight into the beams.
When everything died down again, Anguirus began stumbling from the area, wounded in many ways. Godzilla, not showing any weakness or fatigue outwardly, watched with his piercing glare. He stayed still as death as the two teenagers got up from their places on the ground and no one moved for a long time, waiting for Anguirus to disappear on the horizon before they dared to do anything else.
The large form that was the shelled kaiju faded as he retreated to his original part of the island. Anguirus got smaller and smaller with each passing minute before he was nothing but a speck on the horizon. Then that too disappeared and left everything as it had been originally.
"Damn…" Danny mumbled, shaking his head. Sam breathed out slowly, catching the breath she didn't know she'd lost during the fight. Then she nodded, agreeing with Danny's statement as she herself thought the same thing. The duo was enveloped in silence quickly thereafter and the two watched as Godzilla visibly slouched in exhaustion, wondering why he wasn't moving from his spot just mere miles away from where they stood.
Then they watched as Godzilla slowly tipped to the side, losing his footing and falling towards the ground.
Ker-plunk!
Sam whipped another rock from her hand, watching as it flew through the air before landing with a big splash in the sea. The waves rolled over it quickly, tossing the small stone under the surface of the water before the rock floated towards the ocean-bottom. The small stone flew farther than the one before it, claiming the spot as the farthest thrown rock thrown yet. With a victorious smile, Sam pumped her fist in the air and said, "Yes!"
"Ah hell no. I am not being outdone now." Danny stated seriously, eyeing Sam heatedly as she started dancing, thrilled by her ability to whip stones father than he could. He shook his head, tested the rock he held lightly in his hand, and then chucked it as hard as he could with a flick of his wrist. It sailed through the air at high speeds before it fell to the waves, barely managing to surpass his female friend's throw. Sam froze in her dancing, mouth dropping open, and Danny threw his hands in the air. "YES!"
"Bastard."
"Bitch."
Rolling her eyes, Sam crossed her arms over her chest and looked out to the ocean again. Far off in the distance, there was a large, military-looking vessel that was absolutely massive. It could probably hold hundreds of people and all sorts of vehicles, if the commander of the ship chose so. The shape and size of the boat reminded Sam of a battleship, though she wasn't too sure about her analysis.
Upon seeing it for the first time as they stepped onto the beach, the duo had both become excited about what it could mean before becoming fearful again. What if the sighting turned out just like the helicopter they had seen? It could even be worse. Godzilla could blast the boat to pieces with his atomic ray, whereas Anguirus had only been able to swat the helicopter out of the air. Who knew how this scene would turn out, if the King of Monsters didn't like the ship near his island?
Their anxieties had been at ease for a little while. Even though the battle had gone on the day before, Godzilla was still sleeping peacefully where he'd fallen. Though the two teens had been worried at first, especially Danny, they could see the steady rise and fall of the King of Monster's chest, assuring them that he was still alive, if exhausted. It had excited both teenagers, seeing as they didn't have to worry about being torn to bits by a kaiju that wasn't tolerant to humans.
However, the longer they watched the ship, the more nothing happened. Eventually, the teens had gone to chucking rocks to ease their boredom as they waited for something to happen. Their earlier thoughts of the ship being there for the helicopter became tainted with doubts, though they knew surviving for more years to come would be easy for them, if no other aggressive monsters tried to invade Godzilla's territory again.
Looking over his shoulder, Danny studied the mass of black hide intently before a small grin twitched at the corners of his lips. Placing his hands on his hips, Danny asked his female friend, "What do you think Godzilla dreams about?"
Sam snorted in amusement at the question, rolling her eyes again and bending down to grab another stone. She got up quickly enough, flicking her wrist and watching as the stone sailed away from her. It dropped into the ocean with another loud ker-plunk! as the female looked to her male friend, replying, "Probably something along the lines of destroying cities or something. He may have saved our asses but he's still a giant, hulking monster, after all."
Danny hummed in amusement at the thought, even though destroyed cities weren't exactly a good idea. Sam scoffed at him before smacking him upside the head, earning a yelp of pain before Danny cackled at her reaction. Shaking her head at the male, Sam turned to look back at the ocean and froze. Danny, still caught up in his amusement, hardly noticed his friend's sudden, frozen state until she didn't make any move to hurt him again. Then he paused and asked, "Sam? What's the matter?"
The teen girl pointed to the ocean. Danny turned his head, confused and curious, before he too froze at the sight. "Holy shit…"
Speeding across the water was a boat. Not a boat like the massive one still miles from the island but a small, motor one that zipped along the surface of the ocean at high-speeds, bouncing with the waves and spraying mist in its wake. It was still a distance away but it was heading straight for them, closing the distance quickly.
The duo reacted instantly, screaming and jumping up and down. They hardly realized they were doing it at all, only reacting to what their eyes were telling them and what their brains told them to do to get attention.
Fortunately for the boy and the girl, the small speed-boat seemed to be heading in their direction anyways. It honked its loud horn to signal that it knew they were there and Sam squealed loud enough to make Danny cringe before the teen girl slapped a hand over her mouth in embarrassment, turning beat red as Danny rubbed his precious ears. He said, "I think you made my ears bleed. Are they bleeding, Sam?"
SLAP.
"OW! Could you stop doing that, woman?!"
The speed-boat drew closer and, as it approached land, it slowed as the two teens released their irritation, grinning like idiots as they bounced in their spots, moving closer to the water's edge as the captain of the small vessel waved at them, also grinning as he saw the two teens, though he also looked very confused. However, that didn't stop him from encouragingly yelling, "Hello there! Are you guys ready to get off this island?!"
"HELL YES." They both yelled before they laughed, looking back and forth between the boat and each other. With each second, the boat bobbed a little closer until he was only a few feet from land, where he dropped an anchor for the time being. The man motioned for the two teens to come aboard and, without any further coaxing, the two splashed into the water, quickly making their way to the boat's edge and, with some help, climbing inside over the edge.
The man with sandy hair laughed at the eagerness the two teens displayed, quickly passing out a couple of blankets that would serve as fine towels. As the two dirty, sweaty teens wrapped themselves up, the dark-haired man looked the two over before asking, "Well, when I figured I might find Samantha-" The girl in question twitched. "-I didn't expect to also find another kid. What's your name, son?"
"Danny." The teen boy answered, grinning at the older man as he barely managed to contain his excitement. Part of him waited to wake up from a dream but it wasn't coming.
"And it's Sam." The girl corrected, trying her best to hide her grimace with a small smile of her own. However, her show of disdain for the name couldn't quite be hidden, making the sandy-haired man laugh at her look. Sam's eye twitched in irritation that finally turned into a content look when Danny swatted her head amusedly.
"I'm Captain Ron of the United States Navy." The man stated and that was when the two noticed the uniform. It only struck familiarity in Sam though. With a worried tinted grin, Ron asked, "You wouldn't happen to know if there are any other survivors on the island, do you? We sent a helicopter ahead to scout but we lost contact with it."
An uneasy glanced was passed between the two teenagers. Their eyes silently begged the other person to explain what had happened to the helicopter. However, neither teen noticed that their silence spoke for them, making Captain Ron attempt to wave away the awkward atmosphere as he said, "It's alright. I get it. You can tell everything you know when we get back to the ship. I'd sit down and strap in now."
The duo quickly did as they were told, sitting down close to each other as Captain Ron grinned at them as he began bringing the anchor in again. The sandy-haired man made quick work of it though and, in a few minutes, he was at the wheel and slowly turning the speed-boat back towards the much larger ship in the distance.
Danny looked over the back of the boat, studying the island he'd lived on for years with a twinge of anxiousness and sorrow running through him. Sam rubbed his shoulder comfortingly as she watched the island's shore as well. Both of their eyes widened when they saw Godzilla begin to move, tensing up in anxiety as thoughts of the helicopter swam in their brains.
When the King of Monsters lifted his head, his gaze was immediately drawn to the bobbing boat as it drifted away from the island, holding the two teenagers that had made their home in his territory. He showed no aggression in his features as he watched the boat, calm and unworried. It allowed the duo to ease their tense shoulders and smile gleefully. Then Danny raised a hand and waved, shouting into the wind, "Bye!"
He wasn't sure but Danny thought he heard a small grunt in reply to his goodbye.
Hehe, Captain Ron reference... I love that movie. XD Anyways, this is the end (THANK GOD! WHO CARES IF THIS CHAPTER MAY BE INACCURATE?)! I will say, for anyone's whose interested, that I do have a sequel and a prequel in mind but I've got zero interest in doing either right now. That may change in the future though. Who knows?
And this last part was based on the idea that the 2014 movie went on for a week or something like that timeframe. I couldn't bring myself to watch the movie and find out for sure what it was.
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