A/N Hey, guys. Welcome back to the nineteenth chapter of the Godzilla Meet the Civilians fanfic series. First of all, I want to thank some of you guys for sticking around because I really love reading your reviews. And second, if you guys haven't read the first arc, please do read it before you guys start reading the second arc. In this chapter, Godzilla returns for the first time in five years since his fight against the MUTOs. So sit back, and enjoy the nineteenth chapter.
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Chapter 19: The Return of the King
Monarch Outpost 54, Bermuda, May 19th, 2019
I was in my quarters looking at the picture of me and my parents when I was younger and before their passing. I never knew about their work until a few years later. I looked at the research documents that explains about the other Titans that were out there in the world and they were returning from their long slumber to reclaim the world that once belonged to them and how much longer it will take them to take it back. While I was looking through the papers, the facility started rumbling. I immediately thought it was a seismic activity. The rumbling continued until Colonel Foster's voice sounded through the facility's intercoms.
"All personnel, report to battle stations! Code red! I repeat! All personnel, report to battle stations! We have a code red!" Colonel Foster's voice rang in the intercoms.
I quickly got up from my seat, grabbed my Monarch jacket, and left the quarters, where my friends, also wearing their Monarch jackets, were running across the hallway to the command room.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"I don't know. Something is out there and we're about to find out what it is," Sonya replied.
We continued running to the command room where everyone was at their workstations, trying to assess the situation.
"What's happening?" Mark asked Doctor Chen as he reached the command room.
"Something's wrong. He's never been this close before," Doctor Chen replied.
"Who's he?" he asked.
"Who do you think?" she barked.
Doctor Graham and Doctor Serizawa were near one of the monitors reading out some kind of series of various lines and coordinates. And as Doctor Graham pointed towards the corner of the monitor, she addressed Doctor Serizawa.
"He's taking out our observation drones!" she said worriedly.
"Trajectory?" Doctor Serizawa asked, turning towards Doctor Stanton and the others.
"Straight at us! 1,200 meters and closing!" Doctor Stanton replied.
"G-Team! Barnes, Martinez, Hendricks, I want you on those CROWS now!" Colonel Foster ordered.
"You heard boss lady! Let's move!" Officer Barnes shouted.
As he and the others took their stations and the weapons powered up, lights outside the base flicked on and shone out into the depths to guide their way.
"Doctor Stanton. Do you have his bioacoustics?" Doctor Serizawa asked.
"Acoustics, coming up!" Doctor Stanton replied as he typed the computer's keyboard.
The acoustic scan appeared on Doctor Stanton's screen, which he transferred to the larger one for all to see.
"Okay he's closing! We're at 800 meters!" he shouted.
"His movements are erratic. Heart beat and breathing elevated," Doctor Graham observed.
"Yeah, he's definitely not happy about something," Sam said.
"How are they getting this?" Mark whispered to Doctor Chen.
"Emma isolated Godzilla's bioacoustics. It allows us to track him. Even to get his vitals," Doctor Chen replied.
The facility shook horridly causing dozens to lose their balance. A long groan in the metallic structure could be heard as the sonar image of Godzilla's form appeared.
I nearly lost my balance as the rumbling continued and I watched as my roommate and her cousin doing their best to keep their balance.
"Circling now, closing in, 200 meters!" Doctor Stanton shouted.
"Colonel!" Doctor Serizawa called.
"All teams in position, weapons hot, ready to engage on my command!" Colonel Foster ordered.
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon," Staff Sergeant Martinez muttered.
"Hold your fire. We don't know he'll attack," Doctor Serizawa warned.
"He will if you keep those guns on him," Mark interjected.
"Look, I want him dead more than anyone but unless this is a fight you know that you can win, for God's sake, stand down," he continued.
The facility shook again. More violently this time. Several monitors momentarily lost their feeds before recovering them. The three of us were about to lose our balance if the rumbling continued in the facility.
"Stand down," Doctor Serizawa whispered.
"You can't be serious," Colonel Foster interjected.
"I am!" Serizawa replied firmly.
"Stand down," he continued.
Colonel Foster let out a frustrated breath.
"Stand down. I say again, safe your weapons. Do not engage," Colonel Foster ordered in the earpiece as Officer Barnes, Staff Sergeant Martinez, and Master Sergeant Hendricks safely disengaged their weapons in their stations.
An eerie silence enveloped the room.
"Listen… His heart rate. It's slowing," Doctor Chen noted as she brought up the readings on the main monitor.
Through the facility, a low growl echoed. And listening in on it the same way he did with the wolf pack, Mark felt something familiar about it.
"Open the shields," he whispered.
Doctor Serizawa and several others slowly looked at him with mouths agape.
"Why does he want the shields to open?" I asked.
"I have no idea," Bianca muttered.
"Oh, yeah, sure. Let's bring him in for a beer. Are you outta your goddamn mind?" Doctor Stanton asked.
"Let him know we're not a threat. Open the shields," Mark whispered.
Doctor Serizawa stared intently at Mark, and then looked to Doctor Stanton and the others.
"Do it," he said with a sharp nod.
Doctor Stanton nodded nervously, and lowered his head rubbing the back of his neck as he pressed the button to open the shields. And slowly, the metal groaned as the doors slid sideways and out while a blue light flashed from outside… And as the doors opened fully, everyone took just a few steps towards the reinforced glass windows to see what was happening.
The three of us slowly advanced towards the window, trying to observe what was happening out there in the ocean.
And there… In the darkness… The blue light emanating from Godzilla's spines flashed with each slow and steady beat of his heart. From the tip of the tail to the base of his neck, and even within his eyes, that blue light shone for them to see at an even rate. Godzilla slowly floated in closer, releasing soft growls as he advanced.
"Is that who I think it is?" Sonya asked, feeling nervous.
"It's Godzilla. Why would he be here in Bermuda?" said Bianca.
"I can't see much of what's happening. The blue light is how he charges up his atomic breath," I said quietly.
"Hey, what's with the light show?" Master Sergeant Hendricks asked as he, Staff Sergeant Martinez, and Officer Barnes had left their stations to observe of what's happening out there in the ocean.
"It's an intimidation display. Like a gorilla pounding its chest," Doctor Graham said quietly.
I felt my heart pounding really fast by Godzilla's intimidation display. Bianca and Sonya were getting really nervous as Godzilla continued to float closer.
"Consider us very intimidated," Sam said nervously.
"I don't think it's for us," Doctor Chen noted as she watched Godzilla's advance.
Mark also took note of Godzilla's slow, deliberate advance, and recognized something in the behavior. And in response, Mark advanced towards the windows to get a closer look.
"What are you doin' dude?" Doctor Stanton asked.
Godzilla was so close now. The monster who crushed his home in San Francisco and tore his family apart by killing his son, Andrew, was closer than he'd ever been to Mark. He couldn't have been more than fifty meters away now, just beyond the windows. And as Mark continued to observe Godzilla's behavior and note his body language as he floated through the water, Godzilla almost seemed to be studying him right back. But before long, Godzilla retreated into the depths and the lights stopped flashing.
Everyone breathed a collected sigh of relief.
"Well, that was interesting," Sam muttered.
No sooner had he said that than the lights flashed again as Godzilla's form arced across their field of view outside the window with a loud roar sending the facility into complete chaos. The electrical interference was stronger than it had ever been, with lights, monitors, and even the wireless tablets losing signal momentarily as Godzilla swam around and away at top speed into the gloom. My roommate and her cousin both screamed and cursed and fell on their knees after losing their balance.
"Oh, my God!" I shouted as I completely lost my balance and fell on my legs.
Slowly, the lights all came back on as everyone made it back to their feet following the sudden scare.
"Can we maybe close the shield now?" Doctor Stanton asked nervously.
"Show me his territorial routes!" Mark ordered as he walked to the screen.
"What? Why?" Doctor Stanton asked.
"Because I wanna start boat tour. Just show me!" Mark ordered again.
"Okay, coming up," Doctor Stanton replied as he typed on the computer's keyboard.
"You care to tell us what you're looking for?" Colonel Foster asked.
"When an animal leaves its hunting grounds or den it's usually because it's threatened by something," Mark replied.
"Run a course projection!" Doctor Graham ordered.
Mark turned to Doctor Serizawa.
"We've gotta go after him. He's looking for something out there. That could be the Orca," Mark concluded.
"Doctor Stanton. What's your projection?" Doctor Serizawa asked.
"All paths have him landing in the same place… Antarctica," Doctor Stanton replied.
"Good then! I mean let's go! Let's go find him! Let's…" Mark began.
Everyone around him had one of two expressions: Disbelief, or fear.
"Wait… What's in Antarctica?" Mark asked.
"Barnes... Contact the Argo," Colonel Foster ordered quietly.
"Yes, ma'am," he replied with a nod and walked off to make contact with the Argo as Mark turned and stared at the screen indicating Antarctica's location and Outpost 32.
I looked at my friends, and the three of us were getting more nervous. Whatever was there at Outpost 32 in Antarctica was not good. And we were about to find out exactly what it is.
And that would end the nineteenth chapter for now. So what do you guys think so far? Was it a cheesy chapter? In the next chapter, Will, Bianca, and Sonya head to Antarctica and they're about to encounter the three headed demon, Monster Zero, one of the most and dangerous Titans in existence. And you guys know what to do. Drop those reviews and let me know what you think of the second arc so far.