TWELVE

An emergency meeting is called at the Ministry of Defense Headquarters. Attending the meeting is the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Cabinet members, as well as Mika and Sonji. Japan is in a state of panic, they were not prepared for this catastrophe. Not only are there two incredibly dangerous creatures, but the re-emergence of Godzilla is shocking.

Prime Minister Fumi Osata asks the pair their opinion on the creatures.

"Prime Minister, I'm sorry to say, but our investigations from the Izu Islands didn't prove much about the avian creature. All we can conclude is that it has a voracious appetite, an extremely fast growth rate, and highly intelligent. At the rate it's continuing it will destroy our ecosystem by ravaging all our natural resources." Mika explains.

"And what of the second creature, the turtle?" The Prime Minister continues.

"The creature wasn't part of our investigations; at least there was no indication of it."

Before Mika can continue, an attendant enters the meeting room to announce the arrival of Yuji and Elizabeth.

"Prime Minister, this is Dr. Yuji Shinta and his assistant Elizabeth Rooke." The attendant introduces before leaving.

"Dr. Shinta, you mentioned you have important information regarding our situation, please explain," asks the Prime Minister.

Yuji and Elizabeth sets up a projector in the middle of the room. They begin showing slides they'd prepared.

"Prime Minster, over three weeks ago I lead a team on an expedition to the South Atlantic. Our research yielded this artifact, this broken slab. Elizabeth and I have been deciphering the glyphs and images since we returned to Japan. "

Yuji flips the slides to the next image. It shows the silhouette of two shapes obscured and deteriorated from time. They can make out the shapes just fine though, the image on the left has wings, a long neck, and a flat arrow head. The image on the right has a large shell.

"As you can see, this is a clear indication of our two creatures. According to these glyphs the avian is Gyaos and the turtle is Gamera. I believe this slab is part of the records from an ancient lost continent."

"What are you implying? That these creatures lived at the same time as this lost continent?" The Prime Minister asks.

"Our carbon dating analysis has not been completed, but this slab could indicate a time period between the Pleistocene and Holocene around 12,000 BC, possible even predating 10,000 BC. We have to assume, based on the data at hand, these two creatures are that old."

"How are these creatures still alive? What else were able to obtain from the slab?" The Prime Minister continues.

"Unfortunately, I cannot say. The slab is too old and worn, I could not decipher as much as I would like."

"Gyaos and Gamera, what about Godzilla?" The Prime Minister continues.

"That is a question we've like to ask ourselves," Staff Chief Eiji replies.

"The last known existence of a Godzilla was over 50 years ago. It came onto the shores of Japan and obliterated Tokyo in a matter of minutes. The creature was destroyed by Dr. Daisuke Serizawa and his Oxygen Destroyer. Unfortunately, the technology was lost with Dr. Serizawa. We haven't had any sightings of another Godzilla since."

"Dr. Mitsurai, what are your thoughts about this new Godzilla?" The Prime Minister asks.

"I can't provide an adequate assessment Prime Minister. It may be the creature has been secretly living in our oceans evading our detection. We lack proper and efficient data to determine its growth rate, behavior, and living habitat. There hasn't been a live specimen to study and much is unknown about this Godzilla.

"The first Godzilla was a byproduct of our nuclear waste program, what do you think created this new one?" Asks the Chief of Staff.

"I'm sorry I can't say. Without proper research any theories we have will only be inconclusive. This could be an offspring of the first and has been slowly growing. I can't believe another Godzilla can exist, our environmental and ecologically resources shouldn't be able to sustain a creature this large. It seems impossible, yet here it is." Mika explains.

"I can only theorize Godzilla showed itself because of the creature Gyaos. It consumed all of the wildlife around the Izu Islands in a matter of months. Izu Islands may have been Godzilla's hunting grounds and seeing as its resources was depleted, it came to find its challenger. These are creatures after all and it's not uncommon for animals to battle over territorial dominance."

Prime Minister Fumi has heard enough. This is a state of emergency. He issues the Minister of Defense to destroy these creatures no matter the cost. The meeting is adjourned.