Meanwhile, back at what was left of Apex Cybernetics, Bernie, Madison, Josh, Koki and Jimmy were sneaking into the facility near 2 police officers keeping watch.
"So, what's the plan?" Madison asked.
"We find out what's on Sublevel 33." Bernie said.
They continued sneaking around as a bottle was heard clicking.
"Ow." Josh said.
"Shh." Koki hissed.
"Keep it moving, tap water." Bernie said.
They continued further into the facility ruins.
"Go ahead." Bernie said.
They continued on as they head up a rubble pile and Bernie brought out a flashlight turns it on. And then shines it down an opening.
"All right, Mad Hatter." Bernie said. "Down the rabbit hole."
And then they both did a handshake.
"Okay. We got this." Bernie said heading down. "Oh, my God!" He slid down.
"Are you sure we can trust this guy?" Josh asked.
"Yeah, why?" Madison said.
"Well, mainly because he says crazy shit all the time and carries a bottle of whiskey from his dead wife like a gun." Josh said.
Madison placed her hand on Josh's shoulder. "I think it's romantic." She then slid down. "Whoo-hoo!"
"Since when she cares about romance?" Jimmy wondered.
Koki then whacked him on the head as he stumbled and went down screaming, and she then slid down.
"I really don't understand women." Josh said and slid down.
Inside the halls, Bernie got to the entrance to the sublevel halls.
Using a screwdriver, he pries a access panel open and then dabs the tip a bit with his spit. And then he jabs the screwdriver into the panel as the doors opened.
Bernie shines his light through the hall.
"Okay, come on." Bernie said.
Madison, Koki and Jimmy followed him.
Josh stood there as then electricity crackled loudly making him gasp with a jump and quickly follows them.
"This whole thing came down, and there was this... eye." Bernie said as the got to the room.
The damaged room where the metallic orb was is now gone.
"Uh, what are we looking at?" Josh asked.
"No, no, no, no." Bernie said. "No, it was here. I swear to God, it was... it was right there."
"Hey, guys." Madison said approaching a doorway.
They turn to her as she pushed a button and a door buzzed as it opened revealing a room lit with purple lights.
"Anyone know where this leads to?" Madison inquired.
"You believe me, right?" Bernie said turning back to Josh. "'Cause I know there was something here."
"I'm gonna get a migraine from that torch." Josh said walking off.
They were soon in the elevator as it begins to descend down into the sublevels.
"'Sublevel". How deep does this thing go, Bernie?" Josh asked.
"Hell. Goes to hell." Bernie said.
"Sublevel 33."
The elevator doors opened.
"Maglev shuttle departure to Roswell, New Mexico at 0900 hours."
Madison soon stepped out as mechanical whine of a crane transported an object.
"Whoa." Josh said and chuckled.
Instinct PA announcement occurred as they wandered through the room.
"What is all this?" Madison wondered.
"It's breakaway civilization." Bernie said. "I mean, come on. This is page one in the Apex-playing-God handbook. Huh?"
Madison stood on a bar of the railing trying to look inside the wall.
"I mean, the Illuminati running shadow economies all to fund a hidden colony for the elite in case any of these governments and megacorporations accidentally hit the doomsday button." Bernie said placing his hand on the wall and whacked Josh's away as he tried too as well. "It makes sense if you think about it."
"Yeah, sure." Josh said.
"There's gotta be something in here." Koki said.
Indistinct shouting was then heard.
"Someone's coming." Madison said.
"What?" Bernie said turning to her.
"We gotta hide." Jimmy quivered.
"Someone's coming?" Josh said.
"Yes." Madison said.
They then got inside a transport container of some kind, Madison was the last to enter and then saw something.
"Oh, my God." Madison said.
In front of her was an object as muffled squelching was heard inside it. And the room was full on them.
"What are those?" Koki said.
"They look like eggs." Josh said.
"Skull-Crawlers." Madison said.
"What?!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"What's Apex doing with Skull-Crawlers?" Madison said.
"All right, let's load it up!" A man said from outside.
The doors then closed causing Bernie to scream and an alarm blared.
"What was that?" Bernie said. "What was that?"
An engine was heard humming as Madison pushed on the door trying to open it.
"No way." Bernie said. "No, no, no. Come on."
"We're trapped." Koki said.
"Okay, guys, I think we're moving." Josh said feeling the room moving.
Outside, the container was lifted up by a crane.
The crane soon moves into place, and lowers the container down onto a track. The container moves forward as doors opened.
Inside, a screen panel shows the destination is Apex Cybernetics Headquarters in Hong Kong.
"It says we're headed to Apex headquarters in Hong Kong." Josh said.
"What?" Madison said.
"Hong Kong." Bernie said. "That means that we're gonna get some answers."
Outside, the container rolls further into a tunnel.
"G10, clear for launch."
Lights of the tunnel turned on as an engine thrums and an energetic force levitates the container as the doors closed.
Then more lights of the tunnel turned on as the container suddenly zooms forward as it's engine accelerates.
Inside, the group stumbled a bit.
"Here we go." Madison said.
The screen panel shows the speed as 612 miles an hour and climbing.
Then the container heads further into the tunnel as it bends down.
Muffled pulsing occurred as a team of Boeing V-22 Ospreys, Boeing CH-47s, and Sea Stallions flew upward in the air with cables attached as they airlift a large net with Kong laying in it as they flew through the icy landscape of Antarctica as the Tortuga followed.
Inside one of the Ospreys, Nathan looked out through a window.
"We're getting close!" Nathan said.
Ilene and Jia were in as well in winter gear.
A shadow of Kong being airlifted looms over a glacier wall as they flew by a canyon of ice leading to to a structure.
ANTARCTICA
HOLLOW EARTH LAUNCH STATION
The airlift team carries Kong as some of his fur has some snow on it.
In the Osprey, Nathan, Ilene and Jia remained silent as indistinct radio chatter was heard. And then an alarm blared.
A large door begins to open as the airlift team begins to descend and lower Kong down and placed him gently on the ice.
The cable harnesses then snapped off as Kong then woke up and watches as the helicopters and Ospreys flew off.
Kong then turns and sat up and scoops a large handful of snow in his left hand clearly never seeing snow before. He turns his hand as the snow fell off and Kong grunts softly and moans as he looked around in this unfamiliar land of ice and snow.
He then got up and on all 4s and looked to his left and curiously grunted and went over as the group walked out to a platform as wind whistled.
Kia stepped further out holding the Kong doll as Kong stares down at the little girl and grunts softly. Jia looked back and Ilene nodded.
Jia turns back to Kong. "Home." She signed and points to the large doorway.
Kong moans as he turns to the doorway leading down to a tunnel. He snuffled and turns back to Jia.
Jia gestured to the Kong doll and pointed to the doorway.
Kong grunted softly, and then snorted turning away seeming reluctant to enter the tunnel.
Jia turns back to the group.
"It's not working." Nathan said.
"Any chance of a backup plan?" Martin asked.
"Just wait." Ilene said. "Wait, wait, wait."
"What if she tells him there are others down there like him?" Nathan said.
"What?" Chris said.
"But you don't know that." Ilene said.
"Nathan, Kong's the last of his kind." Aviva said. "And it's a big if even if there's more of his kind."
"We lost our entire fleet getting here." Nathan said. "There's no way back for him. And he can't survive here."
Kong nears a ridge of snow and scoops a handful of snow and growls softly and jostles a bit. He then moans as he was starting to get cold.
Ilene soon nodded. "All right. All right."
She then went over to Jia.
"Hey." Ilene said softly as Jia turns to her. "Tell him... there could be more like him... inside."
"Family?" Jia signed in wonder.
Ilene uneasily sighed. "I don't know. I hope so."
Jia then placed the Kong doll down, and Kong turns back to them.
"Your family might be down there." Jia signed and then pointed to the tunnel.
Kong turns back to the tunnel and grunts softly, and then snarled suddenly rushing into the tunnel.
"He's going." Nathan said. "Prepare to launch! Everybody to their station. We gotta go."
Kong charges towards the tunnel and enters inside.
Everyone quickly rushed into a room were the HEAVs are all ready.
"All flights crews cleared for immediate HEAV launch."
Jia was soon inside one of them along with Ilene.
"HEAV 1 online. We're clear for launch."
"Copy that, HEAV 1."
Nathan and Maia were in another as they strapped seatbelts on.
"HEAV 2 online. Exiting hangar now."
"HEAV 2, confirmation 4055."
"This is HEAV 3 online, launching now. We'll follow him from behind."
The 3 HEAVs took off as well as the Tortuga as Aviva had recently made a few quickly adjustments and follows them.
The HEAVs and Tortuga flew into the tunnel and their lights turned on as the tunnel door closed.
"There." Maia said spotting Kong. "There he is."
Indistinct radio chatter occurred as the lead HEAV enters a large cavern of ice supported by pillar as it's engine revs and Kong ahead of them brachiates across the support beams over the ice as he growled.
"Are you sure the monkey's gonna survive this?" Maia asked.
"Oh, he'll be fine." Nathan said placing a tablet in a bottle of water. "It's us I'd worry about. We're about to be launched 1,000 miles in 2 seconds until gravity inverts itself and spits us into free fall." He flipped the water bottle upside-down and then flips it around and opens it. "It'll be the most amazing thing you've ever seen."
Maia stares at him.
"Here. For the vomit." Nathan said handing her a barf-bag.
"What?" Maia said taking it.
Kong continues brachiating and grabs hold of some ice, but it broke off as he fell and growled and hits the ice. He turns and tries to hold on as he groaned and soon went over a cliff side and fell as below was a light as the lead HEAV begins to dive down.
Inside, Maia yelped and panted as an alarm blared and Kong nears the light as he then vanished through some kind of vortex. And soon the HEAV entered as silence descends.
And everything went black.
A vortex lit up on a wall of rock as a stream of energy pours out and accelerates.
Inside the HEAV, Nathan grunted as everyone held on.
Nathan peaked his eyes open seeing a black space with thin streams of blue and purple energy.
In the other HEAV, Ilene held on as well as Jia. As even Chris, Martin and Aviva struggled as the Tortuga followed behind them.
And then distorted screaming started.
And then a stream of energy exited a vortex through a layer of rock and the HEAVs, Tortuga, and Kong fell through a tunnel structure.
The lead HEAV soon left the tunnel as mountains were seen below, including a source of light similar to the sun.
The landscape below was 2 surfaces covered in vegetation and even a lake and clouds as the group fell as strange lightning flashed.
"Engine failure, gravity low."
In the lead HEAV as it's alarm blared, Kong fell further ahead of them, but then suddenly stopped and seems to fall back.
"Engine failure."
Nathan watches as Kong fell by growling, and then vanished through some clouds as the HEAV continues falling. But soon, it stopped momentarily and then falls upwards as everyone inside it screamed as the pilot tries to regain control.
Meanwhile, Kong fell near a ledge and holds on and groans as he tries to grab hold of the cliffside. And soon fell more and he roared and grabs hold of the rock wall trying to slow his descent.
He finally grabs hold of a cliff ledge and the HEAVs fall by him along with the Tortuga.
"All Delta, reverse gravity propulsion!" Nathan yelled and screamed.
The HEAV's thrusters started up trying to slow it's descent, and it soon vanished behind some trees as creatures were heard screeching.
Then the HEAV flew by regaining control along with the other HEAVs and Tortuga as Kong then drops down on the ground and rushed off following them.
In the lead HEAV, Maia panted as they calmed down.
The HEAVs and Tortuga flew through the air as Kong got ahead and climbs over the ridges and ran on all 4s and looks around the new landscape.
In the Tortuga, after calming themselves, Chris, Martin and Aviva looked outside seeing the new world.
A waterfall pours down a cliff as a flock of Leaf Wings squawked as they flew. And at the clifftop, a river flows as more Leaf Wings flew around chittering as the rock face showed patches of blue glowing.
On the ceiling-surface above, the HEAVs and Tortuga continue following Kong.
And inside one of them, Jia and Ilene looked at the surface in astonishment.
"It's beautiful." Ilene said.
In the Tortuga's cockpit, Chris, Martin and Aviva were also amazed of the landscape.
"This is incredible." Aviva said.
"Yeah, a world within a world itself." Chris said.
"Who knows how many secrets the Earth has left for us to discover." Martin said.
"This is HEAV 3, we're getting some strange radar activity. We're gonna circle back and..."
Suddenly, an opened mouth and jaws came out of nowhere snatching the lead HEAV as it exploded as Nathan, Maia and the HEAV pilot ducked as he gasped.
Ilene saw what happened as well as the Wild Kratts.
They saw it was some kind of aerial predatory creature with large red membranous wings, and a gray snake-like body. A head with enormous fangs protruding from the bottom jaw like tusks, with rows of needle-like teeth jutting out, and green eyes, cat-like, and bony ridge over them like that of crocodiles. And it was 428 feet long.
The remaining 2 HEAVs and Tortuga flew as the creature circles round ready for another attack.
"This is that thing?!" Aviva said watching it.
"I don't know!" Chris said.
"Definitely a predator!" Martin said catching a quick scan of the creature with his CreaturePod.
Nathan watched the creature as screeching was heard, and he looked back ahead and then they all screamed as a second creature came charging towards them with open jaws ready to snatch them.
The creature's jaws snapped as Kong growled and the creature was pulled back by Kong after catching it. And then Kong slams the creature down as it's head hits a sharp rock as it pierce it's skull killing it instantly.
Kong then pulls the body and then swung it around as the first creature screeches coming at him. And Kong swung the body at the creature as it hits a hill and he roars out loudly and pounds his chest.
The creature rose out and lets out a deep raspy roar and stood up with it's wings spread out like how a King Cobra would. The creature then snarls as it charges, and then strikes like a snake biting on Kong's right wrist. Kong struggled as the creature then wrapped it's long snake-like body around him like a constrictor snake as Kong dropped to his knees. And Kong roared as the creature's grip tightens and held it's left wing over Kong's head leaving a face shape on it's membrane.
"All Delta, prepare to attack!" Nathan ordered.
A side panel on the HEAV opens and an army of missiles fly out and struck the creature as it screeches in pain and it's grip loosens.
The HEAV and Tortuga flew out of the way as Kong soon got free of the creature's grip, and held it by it's throat high over him. Kong grunted as he slams the creature to the ground, and then forcefully pins it's wing to it's body. The creature tried to get free, but Kong forcefully bends the other wing to a braking point as bones crunched. The creature screeched helplessly as Kong lifts it over his head, and then slams it down to the ground hard, and then repeatedly slams the creature against the ground 2 more times. And then pounds his fists on the creature's skull 3 times and finally stopped and pants as it was finally dead and light green blood was on his face.
In the HEAV, Nathan and the pilot watched.
Kong pulls and rips the creature's head clean off and roars, but then he turns to the head and drops the body. And then Kong started feeding on the head as they watched. Kong grunted as he slurped the inside of the head.
"That's gross." Maia said in disgust.
Kong soon finished feeding on the head, and then tossed it aside and licked the green blood off his lips. And having restored some spent energy and strength, and then rushed off on all 4s as they followed him.
"Kong's on the move." Ilene said through a radio. "We gotta go."
Author's Note:
Hoped everyone had a spooky Halloween.
And today is Godzilla's 67th anniversary.
Recently, I've seen news showing that climate change continues, and with the oceans turning sick, 90% of the world's coral reefs could vanish by 2050 if we don't act now. And climate change affects every living thing, including us. In southern Madagascar, many people suffer from lack of food and water, all because of our carelessness and thirst for power.
But it's still not too late to reverse this, if we act now.
Do you really want to live on a sick and dying planet?