A/N Hey, guys. Welcome back to the twenty-first chapter of the Godzilla Meet the Civilians fanfic series. First of all, I want to thank some of you guys for reviewing the story because that is what allows me to keep going with a story like this. And second, this chapter continues on with the second arc and this chapter switches up in Sonya's perspective. In this chapter, Godzilla arrives in Antarctica and fights Monster Zero for the first time in years. So sit back, and enjoy the chapter.
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Chapter 21: Godzilla vs. Monster Zero and Escaping Antartica
Antarctica, May 19th, 2019
Monster Zero's nose gently tapped the chopper, but what was such a gentle tap to such a creature felt like being hit with a skyscraper to the occupants within. Mark flew from one side to the other, having failed to strap himself down in time. Doctor Serizawa unhooked himself and helped Mark to his feet, but both were caught in another tap from the creature sending them both to the ground. A brief break in the action gave them time to fight their way to their feet and strap in, and just in time to endure yet another tap.
The right-most head let out a cackling warble as it watched its siblings tap the tiny machine, and the left-most head reared up and snarled at it with lips curled back. The right head leaned away for a moment, but then lunged and snapped at its sibling, shaking its head side to side in a display of aggression. However, the left head was having none of it. It lunged towards its sibling even faster, and actually nipped the right head near the base of the jaw causing it to rear back as it dipped down in submission. The right head barked a roar at its sibling, who flinched further down and looked away. Huffing through its nose, the left head looked back at the chopper and leaned in to tap it again.
But suddenly... They stopped.
"Why did they stop?" I asked.
"I don't know. But I have a bad feeling about this," Bianca responded.
Doctor Serizawa observed out the window as they began to look around in all directions, seemingly looking for something, as they clicked and warbled at one another. Doctor Chen looked at the EKG reading, which had spiked since last they looked.
Inside the chopper, the group started hearing a ping reverberating through the chopper.
... Ping.
... Ping.
And on the sonar, a familiar shape was forming as it moved closer and closer to their position.
"What's happening?" Will asked as he looked at the blip on the sonar.
"It's Godzilla," I whispered.
"He came here in Antarctica because he sensed Monster Zero's presence while we were in Bermuda," said Bianca.
Everyone rose to their feet and looked out the nearest window for a glimpse of what was going on, and for better or worse the sight took their breaths away.
Thousands of meters away, slicing through the ice were three rows of glowing blue spines. Rising from the spines was a steaming mist, generated by the heat of the display and trailing behind like a miniature stream of the aurora borealis. The ice broke away and crumbled under the spikes as if it were nothing. Almost as if the ice was retreating just a split second before the spines arrived. And with great speed, they continued slicing a path forward directly at Monster Zero.
Speaking of... Monster Zero had spotted the oncoming display as well. The central head stood high in the air as the other two drooped slightly lower. The right head looked up at its central sibling, which gently growled down to it. Then, it growled down to the left head, which snarled as it looked towards the oncoming challenger. And finally, all three heads rose up together, sitting side by side in a row, as they waited for their rival to arrive.
And arrive he did.
The spines slowly sunk down beneath the ice and disappeared, along with the flashing blue light. But as everyone looked on, that silence which had overtaken the entire Antarctic field... Was not a long one.
Exploding from the ice, suddenly a mere one hundred meters away from the chopper, were the enormous spines of Godzilla flashing brilliantly on full display as his enormous bulk threw the surrounding ice to the sides in all directions. With his head and back rising higher and higher, the guttural growl which he emitted shook the ground causing the chopper to quiver beneath his majesty. Rising to his full height, Godzilla huffed a growl towards his rival with a thick steam billowing forward through the frigid air as his spines continued to flash his display of power.
Monster Zero, however, was not intimidated. The central head snarled and roared at Godzilla, who glared back with a snarl of his own. Monster Zero then rose up while spreading its wings to full extension on either side creating a frightening display of his own. Any other Titan surely would have fled before his display, but Godzilla was not just any Titan. He stomped his feet, cracking the ice beneath him, and took a deep breath in before releasing an ear-shattering roar towards his rival. Monster Zero replied in kind with the center head roaring first, then the left, then the right, as it began to walk forward.
Godzilla took his first step forward as well, casually stepping over and around the chopper which was struck by the side of his tail and sent spinning along the ice and into an elevated ice rift created by Godzilla's stomp. As it struck the ice rift, everyone held on for dear life and checked that they were okay.
"Everybody, hold on!" Colonel Foster shouted.
And at last, the Titans collided.
The left head eagerly lashed out first at Godzilla, but was caught in Godzilla's claws resulting in a thunderous concussive burst of force. Godzilla growled loudly as he pulled the head downwards and opened his jaws before clamping down hard around the neck he'd just grabbed. The head shrieked in agony, but was not left to fend for itself for long. The center head snapped its jaws shut around the upper right side of Godzilla's face, his teeth just barely missing Godzilla's eye.
A slight hiss escaped Godzilla's mouth, but instead of retreating he leaned to the right, and then jerked to the left. The head in his hands had just enough slack in the neck to fling upwards and hit the center head forcing its grip on Godzilla to fail as its jaws opened while it released a roar of pain. This gave Godzilla the time he needed to open his jaws, grab the head around the mouth with both hands, and slam it down into the ice below.
The impact flung the chopper off the rift and further back and away from the warring Titans, much to everyone's great relief. However, that relief was short-lived. They'd landed near the edge of a ravine in the ice, and if they didn't get out soon, they'd all fall to their deaths.
The Osprey's cabling and piping fall on Mark, pinning him down.
"Mark!" Doctor Graham shouted.
Godzilla, following the slam, had turned around to face the other two heads. And within moments he was met with not one, but two open sets of jaws rapidly closing in on him. The center head aiming for his neck, the right head aiming for his shoulder. He had to choose one to stop, so he stopped the one in the middle with both claws. The one on the right, anticipating this, changed direction and reached out while clamping its jaws around Godzilla's throat just below his jaw. And with his jaw now pinned in place by the side of Monster Zero's right head, Godzilla couldn't open his mouth to launch his primary attack despite the fact that he'd begun charging it. His spines flashed blue for a moment, but then the light faded.
The left head, shaking off the trauma it suffered, lashed up with great speed to bite Godzilla's neck as well while its lower jaw sunk its teeth into Godzilla's gills. The soft, fleshy patches were one of Godzilla's few physical weak points, and this resulted in a high pitched squeal of agony as Godzilla stepped back in a desperate attempt to retreat from the joint assault. All the while, he never let go of the center head.
"Everybody, clear out! Let's go!" Colonel Foster ordered as everyone unstrapped themselves and evacuated the Osprey.
"You heard the colonel! Come on!" I shouted as I helped Will and Sonya evacuate the Osprey.
"Mark!" Doctor Graham shouted as she ran towards him.
"I'm stuck!" Mark shouted as he's still pinned down.
As the first of them made it out, they heard a screech behind them. Godzilla's head was forced back by the two which bit his throat, and that forced him to let go of the central head which launched its lightning blast into his chest while the other two let go before joining in. Godzilla staggered back, and fell into the ice a short distance away from the chopper. We continued running for our lives. Meanwhile Monster Zero's left head snapped its jaws and jerked its head in a display of aggression while the other two observed carefully.
Godzilla pushed himself onto his side and looked up before roaring defiantly at Monster Zero. But as he exited the chopper, Doctor Serizawa noted that there was something dripping from Godzilla's neck. And whatever it was, it was staining the snow and ice beneath him.
On the chopper, Doctor Graham managed to lift the piping and cabling to the side.
"Are you all right?" Doctor Graham asked.
"Yeah, I got it! Go! Go!" Mark responded as he and Doctor Graham got out of the Osprey in time before it fell into the ravine. And as they watched it, they heard the shrieks of the Titans behind. The left head shot Godzilla point-blank with the lightning blast, earning a growl of pain and anger as Godzilla's tail slammed into the ground.
Then, as Mark looked on, the first spike on the tip of his tail burst to life with blue light. Then, the second. The third. Fourth. All the way up his back as Mark's eyes trailed behind until they reached his neck. And as they did so, steam began to rise from them once again creating a beautiful but frightening display as Godzilla took a deep breath and let fly with his thermonuclear breath stream. But sadly, the three heads of Monster Zero avoided the attack, looked to each other, and blasted simultaneously at Godzilla's upper chest and lower throat causing him to rear back in pain. Continuing his own stream of destruction, Godzilla fell backwards and turned his head to the side destroying a large section of what was left of the outpost which drew their attention.
As Monster Zero continued to blast his chest, Godzilla slid along the ice before falling into the cavern Monster Zero had crawled out of with an echoing roar.
Sprinting towards the others, Mark and Doctor Graham's breaths rose into the air before vanishing into the haze. They both looked up towards Monster Zero as it looked towards where Godzilla had fallen, and then back to their comrades a short distance away as they all urged them to keep running.
"Doctor Graham! Mark!" I screamed at my two comrades who are still running.
Our shouts of encouragement, however, caught Monster Zero's attention.
"That's not good! They have to continue running before they are both screwed!" Will shouted.
All three heads looked down at the tiny creatures running across the ice. And all three hissed and crept down to get a closer look. But it was the right head which moved forward the furthest with its mouth hanging agape. Mark and Doctor Graham stopped in their tracks and screamed, but were miraculously saved by the middle head snapping at the right one's neck causing it to flinch to the side at the last second just barely missing them. They fell backwards from the wind generated by the snap, and crawled back and away as the center head again bit the horn of right and tugged on it in reprimanding fashion followed by a growl. The right head dipped down in submission and looked away, leaving the center and left heads to snarl and hiss at it.
"Come on! Let's go!" Doctor Graham shouted as she helped Mark to his feet.
Suddenly, an explosion struck Monster Zero's center mass, followed by another and another.
It was the Argo. Finally, it had arrived. And with reinforcements. Together with the fighter jets they unleashed a hail of missiles at Monster Zero who raised a wing in defense of itself. The onslaught was relentless, however, as the Argo and its escorts unloaded everything they had at the beast while Mark and Doctor Graham rejoined the group and continued running to a safe distance.
Godzilla, meanwhile, had risen from the chasm and flared his hands to the side with a roar of rage, spines flashing blue, before Monster Zero took to the skies. And with each flap of his magnificent and enormous wings, the sky seemed to churn and swirl around him a little more. As well there was a greater and greater electrical disturbance following him with bolt after bolt of lightning arcing through the clouds.
Godzilla roared up after his rival as the Argo landed nearby, its rear doors opening, and Mark taking one last look back at Godzilla who took a deep breath and snarled towards Monster Zero in the distant skies... His eyes flashing blue with deadly intent.
Once the Argo closed the rear doors and taking off from the ground, we were finally in the air. Some of us were relieved that we were able to survive the attack.
"Is everybody olay?" I asked.
"We're good. Thanks for asking," said Will.
"What's our next move, Colonel Foster?" Bianca asked.
"We're gonna continue following Emma's Osprey. Hopefully we can get ahead before she releases more Titans out there in the world," Colonel Foster responded.
And that will be the end of the twenty-first chapter for now. So what do you guys think? Was it cheesy? When I watched King of the Monsters, I didn't really expect that they would film it in Antarctica, the coldest continent in the world. In the next chapter, Will, Bianca, Sonya, and their colleagues head to Isla De Mara, Mexico and the three of them will meet Mark's wife Emma and daughter Madison in the video call. And you guys know what to do. Review, favourite, and follow.