It was one thing for Cordula to meet, greet and subdue a monster wreaking havoc in a city but it would be a whole other thing if that specific place is mutated.
"Ugh...I can't believe we schleped halfway around the world on the word of some freaked out looters" Mendel said irritatingly and tiredly as he wiped the sweat on his forehead.
"Will you quit griping, how many chances do you get to explore a mutated ecosystem?"
Elsie asked Mendel with excitement filling her eyes "Probably more if you keep this up Elsie" Cordula joked "Besides, we're not just here on their word. The head of the Resort Company requested that we check it out" Nick explained as he drove the boat towards shore.
"And he asked in the universal language...mula" Randy said, saying the last part slowly. The volcano on the island let out a booming sound before an underwater geyser sprang water up right beside the boat.
Mendel gasped as he flinched back "Underwater Thermal Geysers" Nick informed them before they make another reaction "Uh..." Mendel continued to scoot away to the point where Monique shoved him away.
"Please, shield someone else" Monique said as she crossed her arms and gave Mendel a look before a geyser right below them overturned the boat.
Cordula immediately stood up before she realized it was only knee deep "Help! Help me!" She heard Mendel screamed as she watched him splatter water around with his eyes closed.
"Mendel calm down!" Cordula shouted as Mendel continued to struggle. Monique casually walked up to him with an amused on her face.
"Would you like a hand Monsieur Leugimis?"
Mendel stopped realizing what he was doing was completely embarrassing and humiliating "Uh...No thanks, I'm fine" Mendel said as he stiffly stood up and picked up his fallen hat in the water.
As Monique made a dive to grab the tools that had fallen into the water, Randy glanced back at her "This Gilligan has a hankering for ginger" Randy said in a drawl.
"Keep it up, we might need someone to sacrifice to the Volcano God" Elsie said casually and Randy gave her a shocked look with his mouth open.
"Nice place, they really use it as a test site in the 50's?" Elsie commented and asked "Yeah underground testing. 20 years later they wised up and started building luxury hotels" Randy answered as he walked right beside her.
"Which leaves the chemicals left behind from the tests to mutate the ecosystem in this island" Cordula added "Elsie! Gather whatever data you can!" Nick suddenly called out. Cordula turned to see Monique looking at the engines of the boat.
"Any problems Monique?"
"It would appear that we might have to limit our sight seeing today. The sheer pin is broken and there is a leak in the fuel line" Monique informed.
The volcano in front of them let out a booming sound of warning as the smoke rising above became blacker and blacker by the minute "We're not staying any longer than absolutely necessary" Nick said as he shut the lid of the engine.
Elsie quickly took out her transmitter and began checking out the plants surrounding the sea "Normal, Normal...and Normal. Shouldn't there be a road here somewhere?" Elsie asked, wanting to explore more of this island.
Mendel walked towards her with N.I.G.E.L right beside him "You're looking at it" Mendel said "How am I suppose to hack my way through that?" Elsie asked "You don't N.I.G.E.L does" Mendel added as he activated N.I.G.E.L who brought out two circular razor cutting blades and began slicing the grass in front of them.
Coesula winced as the awful sound pierced her ears "Oh yeah, this is working fine" Randy said sarcastically "What is that a B-flat?" Elsie added with her hands pressed on her ears.
Mendel didn't say any word nor gave out any reaction as he focus solely on the job at hand. N.I.G.E.L emerged with its blades still activated and heading towards them. Cordula, Randy and Elsie scrambled out with surprised yelps and Mendel quickly tried to deactivate N.I.G.E.L before the robot could sever his legs.
"Palm Top Computers and Seawater don't mix" Mendel stated as he tipped the computer down and saltwater began rushing down.
"He's still under warranty?" Randy asked with an incredulous look "I can't run N.I.G.E.L by remote" Mendel said with a small shake of his head.
"Then I guess that means you're coming along" Elsie said as she wrapped her arms around Mendel's left arm "And we all know how much you love field assignments" Randy teased.
"The sooner we finish, the sooner we get off this lit firecracker" Mendel said with a sigh "Then I shall allow Randy and Dr. Tatopolous to repair the boat while I accompany you to the jungle" Monique suggested.
"Really?" Mendel asked wide eyed as he stared at the French Spy "Better to join you now than search for you later" Monique added.
"Can I accompany you guys? I want to at least check out the scenery and maybe find some plant samples for my biology class" Cordula said as she shouldered her backpack.
"Alrighty troops! Forward March!" Elsie said enthusiastically as she marched forward. Cordula followed after her with a slight chuckle.
~oOo~
With N.I.G.E.L slicing forward deep into the jungle, Elsie and Cordula were picking up unusual plans with an unknown genus.
"This island should be covered with ash not vegetation" Monique commented after a long period of silence "Something inside the ash must acting as a super fertilizer" Elsie said as she took a plant and gave it a closer look.
"Achoo!" Mendel sneezed and Cordula flinched away when he did "Ugh, this pollen's killing my sinuses" Mendel said, rubbing his nose.
"Ugh is there nothing he's not allergic too?" Monique asked with irritation "Nope" Elsie and Cordula answered together, popping the "p".
Mendel sneezed again and again before he stumbled over the vines which immediately wrapped around him as he struggled to stand. Mendel felt a pang of fear when he actually felt the vines tighten around him.
"He...Mendel" Elsie chuckled as she walked towards him to help him out "Help me they're alive!" Mendel said in a blind panic as he frantically struggled.
"Mendel calm down, you're just tangled that's all" Cordula said as she tried to pull him out with Elsie trying to untangle him. Monique walked up to all four of them and swung her machete at the vines.
Mendel winced when he felt the blade slice at the vines. A screeching sound of fear made him let out a small scream as the girls pulled him up "Then what's making all that noise?" Mendel asked.
Cordula blinked as she looked over Mendel's shoulder when the sound echoed right behind him. Elsie and Cordula moved the bushes away to see a wild boar struggling vainly on the vines.
Monique sliced the vines holding the pig and watching as the boar immediately ran away as if something was chasing it.
"Perhaps this is why the looters thought the plants were attacking" Monique suggested "Possible, still this genus is like nothing I've ever seen" Elsie commented.
"You could actually feel the evolution staring at you in the face" Cordula said before Elsie turned to her with excitement in her eyes.
"Let's gather some samples!"
"We might discover an entire new species of plants!"
The two girls said "Then I shall move on" Monique said, not wanting to join in as she made the move to walk away and follow after N.I.G.E.L "We'll catch up to yoy guys in the hotel" Cordula said while Elsie was already beginning to grab at every plant she could find.
"Wait a minute, Nick would never consider splitting us up" Mendel said with his nose still clogged as he stared at the girls "It will be fine Mendel, besides we're going into groups of two. No one is going alone" Cordula said in reassurance.
Trusting Cordula with her words, Mendel sighed as he relented and followed after Monique as Elsie began climbing up on a tree.
~oOo~
It wasn't until a few moments later the walkie talkie on their pockets began to send out Nick's voice.
"Nick to Elsie, gather your things and return to the boat. We're pulling out"
Cordula began to pack her things up but then Elsie spoke up "No can do worm guy I'm literally up a tree and Craven and The French Fry are checking into the hotels" Elsie said from her sitting position atop a tree.
"I want you all here! We're pulling back to a safe distance until..."
Cordula frowned when the remaining sentences sizzled out "Come again?! I can't hear ya Nicky!" Elsie shouted. Cordula felt something wrap around her foot and let out a shriek when she was suddenly hanging upside down.
"Cordula!" Elsie cried out "Elsie watch out!" Cordula called out but it was too late as she watched helplessly as Elsie found herself entangled as well.
Something sharp slowly slid out of her shorts and Cordula's eyes went wide when she saw her pocket knife hanging. She struggled to free one of her hands before cutting lose before she could further entangle herself.
"Don't worry Elsie I'll go get Nick!" Elsie let out a shout of agreement as Cordula dashed away, prompting the vines to go after her and stopping to entangle themselves further into Elsie to the point where it might strangle her.
~oOo~
He had followed the pack all day simply because he was curious and knowing his father and his female have a habit of putting themselves into danger.
He had been resting underneath the white water transportation until he scented danger nearby and rushed off as soon as he scented his pack in danger.
~oOo~
When Nick lost the connection to communicate with Elsie, he began to vainly try to contact all of the team as he and Randy search for them in the forest.
"Monique! Craven! Does anybody read me?!" Nick calles through the walkie talkie with no apparent luck "Something's wrong..." Nick said to Randy.
"These things are growing out of control" Randy said as he scanned the surrounding plants when Cordula burst through the foliage and ran towards them, Randy caught her by the arms as Cordula gasped for breath.
"Codula? What's wrong? Where's Elsie?!" Nick asked frantically, looking over at the girl's disheveled appearance. Cordula shook her head before she screamed out "Run!" When the vines emerged and began closing in on them.
They ducked and dodged over the vines until the vines managed to subdue them and slowly tighten its hold on them.
"Man, this salad's having us as an entrée!" Randy screamed as they struggled to break free when Godzilla appeared and roared out, asserting his presence and warning.
"Never have I been this glad to see you big guy!" Cordula shouted with joy as Godzilla tore down the vines holding Randy, Cordula and Nick captive.
"Can I just say how psyched I am about his habit of tailing you two"
Randy states earning him a few looks from Cordula and Nick. Sensing an even bigger threat, the vines quickly wrapped themselves around each other to create bigger vines to subdue Godzilla.
Godzilla roared as he fell as more vines wrapped around him. Nick and the others soon found themselves hanging upside down when vines caught them by their feet.
Godzilla roared when he saw them hanging helplessly and unleashed his Atomic Breath. Cordula squeaked when the fire barely grazed her back.
"Oh man, I don't know what's worse, being whacked by weeds or being roasted by a REPTILE!"
Randy screamed as he struggled to release the vines on his feet at the same time trying to stop himself from vomiting on hanging upside down.
Godzilla roared as he blasted another Atomic Breath on the plants. Burning a few right below Cordula, Nick and Randy.
"He's toasting us like marshmallows! Can't you two make him stop!?" Randy called out. Cordula groaned as she felt her head spin.
"I could barely look at what's happening. My head's spinning" Cordula groaned and she felt her face pale all the more.
"I can't make him do anything!"
Nick shouted as the vines quickly wrapped themselves around Godzilla's mouth, preventing him from using his Atomic Breath.
Seeing that Godzilla was rendered vulnerable, Nick quickly grabbed his machete and began slicing Randy and Cordula free.
"Ugh...eck! What is this stuff?" Randy gagged, he could literally taste the gunk on him "Probably some kind of sap" Nick replied as Cordula landed on her back and staggered to her feet.
"Whoa...give me a minute to catch up..."
Godzilla's weakened roar made Cordula shake the dizziness off as Randy and Nick jumped down and began slicing the huge vines surrounding Godzilla.
"Find something, anything to cut with!" Nick growled out as he began slicing the vines. Randy grabbed a rock while Cordula took out her pocket knife.
"This is totally not working" Randy commented while shuddering when more of those vine sap got into his hands.
"If we don't get Godzilla free these plants are gonna strangle him!" Nick said as they continued to try and release Godzilla from the vines.
~oOo~
Back with Mendel and Monique, the two had been on a wild goose chase with the vines that covered the whole city with plant life.
"Ugh...its safe in here" Mendel wheezed as he tried to catch his breath "Isn't it?" He looked at Monique for reassurance.
The sound of the vines right behind them made Mendel curse at himself "I had to ask" He half grumbled and half groaned out as they continued to run up the stairs to the building.
Mendel shrieked when he felt the ground underneath him shift and he crashed unto Monique and they both landed in a heap on the floor "Will you at least try to watch out for yourself?" Monique scoffed out as they both stood up.
The vines towered before them, preparing to strike at them before they suddenly recoiled and receded back into the ground. Mendel and Monique sighed with relief as they quickly retreated further into the building until they came across something beneath their feet.
"Hmm..? A viscous liquid, sticky. Exhibiting properties consistent with-"
"Honey"
Mendel shot up from his kneeling position to look at Monique in shock "Honey? That means bees and to make a hive this big they have to be-" Monique gasped, cutting off Mendel as she pointed up and Mendel couldn't have gone any whiter.
A huge hive stood above and surrounding it were bees that were bigger than a normal house "Downstairs now!" Monique ordered as they quickly ran down the stairs as the bees, now alerted by intruders, began to chase after them.
Mendel jumped when he realized that the bees are able to shoot off their stingers and stay alive "Did I mention I'm allergic to bee stings?!" Mendel called out to Monique.
"What a surprise" Monique commented. Mendel looked back to see a stinger getting closer to them. He yelped when he slipped down to the ground. Monique dodged the oncoming stinger and looked back at Mendel.
"Wait up!" Mendel called as Monique pulled him to his feet as they continued running. Unfortunately, one of the bees managed to nab Monique by the back of her shirt and lifted her off the ground.
Monique let out a pained shout when she was dropped to the ground and lost her footing, resulting to straining her leg "Monique! Are you okay?" Mendel shouted as he made a move towards her.
"Get away!" Monique hissed as she stood up and began limping to the door. Mendel opened the door for her as they began to make their way to the vent just across from where they are.
The drone was right behind them.
Monique grabbed a fire extinguisher and handed Mendel her machete "Pry it open quickly!" Monique said and Mendel immediately went to work as Monique sprayed the extinguisher to the drone, blocking its senses.
Mendel managed to pry the vent open and went inside with Monique right after him. The two stayed stilled, catching their breath before Monique made a move to look at her leg.
"Broken" She stated "Monique let me help you with that" Mendel said as he made a move to her leg only to be shoved back by the injured spy "No" Monique said a little too coldly and Mendel wondered at what had gotten her mad.
Outside, the drones were already ordering the others of oncoming intruders to bring them to the hive for their queen.
~oOo~
Cordula wiped the sweat of her brow as the sun beat down on them. They had been going at this for hours and the more they tried to slice off the vines, the tighter they held onto Godzilla who was already wheezing.
"Maybe the plants have some kind of energy source we can mess with" Randy said as he pointed his laser to the plants holding Godzilla. That caught Nick's eye.
"Wait, that sensor has a laser sighting, right?" Nick asked as he turned to Randy "Yeah why?" Randy asked with a puzzled look on his face. Cordula snapped her fingers which was a bit hard since they were covered in vine sap.
"Nick you are a genius!" That only seemed to puzzle Randy more.
A few tweaks and some frustrations later, Nick was holding a new and improved laser weapon "Duct tape" Nick said, Cordula reached into her bag and handed the duct tape over to Randy who gave the tape to Nick with little difficulty because of his hands.
"Sorry this gunk doesn't wanna come off" Randy said apologetically "Your not the only one who shares that sentiment" Cordula replied.
Nick ignored the two as he calibrated the newly improved laser "I should be able to recalibrate the beam for a low intensity burn" Randy's eyes gleamed.
"Mr. Sulu set the fasers on slice"
Nick aimed the beam at the vines and soon enough, the vines began to snap, burning away from the heat of the beam "Nice shot jefe" Randy shouted and Cordula cheered as Godzilla pulled himself free.
More vines began sprouting out of the ground and the three of them quickly moved away or else they'll entangle themselves again. Godzilla swiped at the vines as they grew closer.
"Yeah! Get'im big guy!" Randy cheered on as he stood on top of a rock. Thinking that there might be a source to the vines underground, Godzilla dug himself underground.
Is that a bee?!
"Randy look out!" Cordula cried out too late before Randy felt something grab him from behind. Randy screamed as he tried to pry himself away only to stop when he realised how high they were flying.
"Cordula get down!" Nick said as he aimed the laser at Cordula who ducked and Nick fired just before the bee could grasp Cordula. The bee screeched in pain before flying away with the other bee who held Randy.
"RANDY!"
~oOo~
Cordula and Nick scoured through the foliage as they made their way to the big building where the bees apparently took Randy.
"Nick?" Nick and Cordula looked up to see Elsie up above a tree "Elsie!" Nick gasped and Cordula nearly smacked herself in the face for almost forgetting about her friend.
Nick shot at the vines and caught Elsie before she could hit the ground "Hmm...alone at last" Elsie purred. Cordula coughed to gain their attention "You might wanna have to rethink that!" She pointed to where the vines are now growing out of the ground, sensing danger as soon as Nick cut the vines that held Elsie.
The three of them hid underneath a rock as the vines receded back "Where's Randy?" Elsie asked, noticing that The Mexican man was not around.
"Randy was taken by a giant bee" Cordula explained shortly before Nick could "This just gets better and better" Elsie quipped as she placed a hand on her head.
"We have to find the others" Nick said as he stood up once he noticed the coast was clear. Cordula and Elsie followed right after him.
~oOo~
"Whew...Krakatoa had a field day with this place" Elsie commented when they reached the now plant covered city.
"An eruption doesn't explain what's happened to the plant life here" Nick explained as he continued to walk towards the building with Cordula and Elsie right beside him.
"It does if something isn't on lava. Remember those nuclear tests in the 50's?" Elsie added "Could there be a connection to that on the mutated plant life surrounding here? What about the bees?" They didn't have the thoughts to answer when the vines began to sprout right behind them.
"We should have brought weed killers" Cordula muttered before Godzilla dug out with a roar and began chomping down the vines.
"Now that's my kind of weed wacker!" Elsie cheered as they ran away from the vines being held off by Godzilla.
"These plants are just defending themselves against intruders. The more Godzilla attacks, the more they attack" Nick explained "That doesn't explain our bug problem" Cordula pointed out when they saw the building surrounded by bees.
"I'm gonna go out-on-a-limb here and say the radioactive lava didn't just mutate plants" Elsie muttered as she turned to Nick.
"It's a vicious cycle. The bees carry the pollen from plant to plant spreading the mutation while the plants feed the bees mutating more and more of them" Nick explained.
"This is way less scarier when we were the ones big" Cordula replied as they dashed towards the building "That's where the bee was heading when it took Randy" Nick said mostly to Elsie when he notice her hesitantly running beside Cordula.
"Incoming boogies!" Cordula shouted as the bees buzzed up above them. Nick directed them towards the nearest building which was a small store. Cordula squeaked and Elsie covered her head when the bees' stingers literally flew off from the bees and into the ground.
"I didn't know they could do that?!"
Nick opened the door and the girls quickly ran in as Nick shut the door close just as the bees were creating new stingers to replace the ones that fell off.
"Next time, I choose the vacation spot" Elsie said breathlessly "Unfortunately for us, we have a habit of bringing danger to the mix" Cordula replied with a small quip.
~oOo~
They have been in the vents for hours!
Mendel wanted to shout out to Monique for them to get out. The space itself was confining and it wasn't helping that surrounding them outside the vents were the bees.
"Any idea where we're going?" Mendel asked after a few minutes of silence "None" Monique answered sharply before she kicked the nearest vent open and dropped down gracefully as a woman with a broken leg can.
Mendel landed on his butt then on his back.
Mendel grunted and slowly stood up and looked around, wondering where they were in this part of the building. A loud noise made Monique gasp as she turned to see N.I.G.E.L miraculously alive and intact stuck to the wall. A low groan behind her, made Monique turn to see a semi conscious Randy half inside a honeycomb.
"Randy?..." Monique called out softly as she made her way towards him and pulled him out of the honey comb but not before alerting something underneath the honey stuck to the ground "Watch out" Randy warned with a small groan, still not fully conscious to know what exactly happened to him during his fight with the bee.
Monique gasped before she slowly placed Randy on the ground before grabbing a metal pole and swatting the bee which was bigger than the rest of the drones. Fortunately the bee backed off but not without calling in reinforcements.
Randy grinned at Monique "Alone at last" Monique wondered if Randy was still out of it. A drone flew right in front of them and before Monique could even grab anything to attack, a spray of water pushed the drone away and they both turned to see Mendel holding a hose.
"What are you waiting for?! Come on!" Mendel called out as Randy and Monique ran towards him as Mendel held off the oncoming drones "There's something you don't see everyday" Randy commented making Monique turn her attention to him.
"Giant bees and man-eating plants?"
"No, Craven playing ramble"
Randy answered as Mendel laughed, suddenly enjoying the rush of finally facing his fears. Well, one of his many fears in life actually.
Randy and Monique quickly ran to the door only to stop when they realized that they were completely surrounded by bees. Monique quickly jabbed the unstable wall and ran back just in time for a part of the building to collapse on the bees coming after them.
"Oh, you rock girl. Uh..so what's with the leg?" Randy asked once he noticed the slight limp and the small hiss of pain Monique produced "Never mind that" Monique replied, shrugging Randy's concerned question off. The three of them suddenly covered their ears when a shrieking sound, loud enough to break a glass, came from the bees.
"You hear that? Her majesties sending for reinforcements" Randy said with a slight gulp when he saw the Queen emerge with new drones right at her side "Your right! She's the one controlling them! I have an idea" Mendel gasped, realizing on how to defeat the bees.
Before Monique or Randy could say anything, Mendel was already running back to where the Queen and her new set of army lay at "He's lost it" Randy stated before Monique grabbed the hose and they both fended off the oncoming bees while Mendel execute his plan that my save their lives or give the opposite.
~oOo~
Back in the small Texxon store where Cordula and the rest were currently hiding, Nick was grabbing a few random things in the shelves possibly for future purposes to ward off the bees while Cordula and Elsie were busy on the lookout for another bee or plant attack.
"If those bees get to the Mainland, they'll spread pollen everywhere" Elsie said, realizing the danger if this cycle continues to grow "Giant bees and man-eating plants in every continent" Nick finished. Cordula shivered at the thought of the entire world now being overrun by Nature.
This is like Mother Nature hitting you in the face when you think about it.
The familiar sound of a drone in the front doors of the store made Elsie take a step back when she was suddenly face to face with a bee. Definitely cuter when it was small, Elsie thought "Uh...find any bug spray?" Elsie asked.
"Duck!" Cordula screamed as Nick dove and pushed Elsie out of the way as the bee slammed itself on the glass doors "In the back!" Nick commanded as they ran towards the back doors and made a narrow escape.
"Alright now just say Randy is in there. How're we gonna find him?" Elsie asked as she turned to Nick and Cordula who gave each other blank looks before there was a huge rumble in the groundand Cordula smirked.
"Through him" Cordula answered as Godzilla dug himself out of the ground with a roar as he advanced towards the building.
Within minutes the three of them spotted him with something in his jaw as Godzilla waved it around before dropping it onto the ground "Whatever he just did to that guy, it seems to make the rest of the bees pretty angry" Cordula stated as she pointed to the bees that were now surrounding Godzilla as he tried to swat them away.
"No wonder, that bee must have been their Queen" Nick surmised. Cordula felt something tickling her foot before she screamed as she sliced the small vine with her pocket knife "We've gotta move!" Elsie shouted before they ran away from the oncoming vines. Cordula gasped when a drone suddenly swooped down right in front of her.
"It's the sap on your arms! They're attracted to it!" Nick shouted as he and Elsie tried to go back to help Cordula but were blocked by the vines "Go find Randy and the others, I'll be back as soon as I can!" Cordula shouted as she ran in the opposite direction, all the while making sure as to not get caught.
"Cordula!"
~oOo~
Randy and the others were having the time of their lives, making sure either not to get stung by any of the bees or get splattered by Godzilla as he fought the Queen Bee. They followed Godzila to the point where he jumped towards the Queen Bee above a ravine to a human's eye and watch him fall down heading straight towards the volcano that looked like it was about to erupt any time soon.
~oOo~
Cordula, for some unexplained reason, managed to subdue to bee with a little dodging, and quick planning with some quick aim between the eye. Cordula sighed with relief before she felt the ground rumble and her gaze shot to where the volcano was to see it now sprouting lava.
Oh no.
Cordula quickly raced back to where she left Nick and the others only for her to stumble upon them already running "Nick!" Cordula shouted when he grasped her arm and pulled her as the ran from the lava flow "Where's Godzilla?" Cordula called out but received no answer from Nick.
~oOo~
The smell of fire woke Godzilla up from the fall as he moved to stand up and look around for any opening but finding none except the Queen Bee still alive. Godzilla roared in anger when the Queen buzzed in about further endangering his father's pack specifically finishing his father as soon as she was done with him for revenge of her Hive's downfall.
Godzilla blindly followed the bee in a fit of rage at the threat The Queen had to his father and to his pack. He was unawarethat he was now surrounded by lava and that the Queen was trying to trap him.
It didn't matter. What mattered now is to make sure this one does not escape him.
~oOo~
Cordula' mind was in a panic for both her friends lives and of Godzilla. Nick still hasn't talk to her about what happened. Monique let out a small grunt when she fell, her leg gave out when she placed too much pressure on it.
Mendel quickly turned back "Monique!" Mendel cried out as he bent down to help her before he was being swatted away, again. That was the final straw for Mendel "Is it that unthinkable to accept my help?!" Monique didn't say a word but took Mendel's hand as he reached out to help her.
"Do not say it" Monique suddenly said causing Mendel to look at her with confusion "What?" Mendel asked "Anything" Monique said sharply as they followed after the group who were now on the boat "Hurry!" Elsie and Cordula called out as the lava rapidly flowed down.
As Monique and Mendel got in, Cordula turned to Nick "Now's the time to go Nick.." Nick grunted as he turned on the ignition and Randy let out a cheer as the engine roared to life. They sped away before the lava could touch them but they weren't out of danger yet.
"Hold on!" Nick shouted as they narrowly avoided the falling rocks being flung out of the eruption of the volcano and Cordula gripped the handle tight enough for her fingers to feel numb.
It wasn't until they were within safe distances of the island did got out of the seat and turned to look back at what was once to be a lush, green island "Am I glad that's over" Cordula sighed "Well, that's the end of the killer bees and the world's nastiest house plants" Elsie said with slight enthusiasm in actually surviving a remote island full of man-eating plants and stinger slinging giant bees.
"Where's Godzilla?" Cordula asked softly to Nick, dreading the answer when he gave her an equally devastated look "There's no way Godzilla got off the island alive" There was silence for a few moments within the group. How were they going to handle the monsters now that he was gone?
Before they could ponder over the situation deeply, there was a deep burst of water behind them and all eyes, now wide, looked as Godzilla popped out of the surface, alive and well. He roared in his victory as Cordula and Nick pumped their fists through the air "Yeah!" Randy looked at the two of them with a wide grin.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again. Never bet against he lizard king"
Godzilla let out an answering roar to Randy's statement as he half rose to the sea's surface and the gang couldn't agree more.