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OK, I'm back! I temporarily lost interest in this story, but I came back!
Hopefully, the story won't get too stale.
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Chapter XIV
The fleet had been sailing east for several hours in their attempt to find Godzilla, who had disappeared after the events in Hawaii. Thor, Iron Man, and Iron Patriot had scouted as far as several miles, but they found no trace of the beast.
After so much searching, they decided to give the boats a rest near an unnamed sandbar. They probably lost their bearings after the encounter with Mayura, so they stopped for a moment to refresh.
During the break, Maigo noted that Jon was missing. He said that he'd be back once the doctors were finished, but he was nowhere to be found, the only trace of him being his old trench coat.
While the Avengers searched for Jon, Serizawa and Graham were in their lab, testing a blood sample they got from Jon soon after Hawaii. They were waiting patiently while the machine spun the sample at a rapid pace.
"Why did you shove the statistics in their faces?" Graham asked Serizawa while they waited.
"They needed to realize the consequences for their actions," he replied simply. "They failed to see why we do what we do, especially with Jon."
"They do good, sensei."
"I never said they didn't. I simply explained that they are no different from us."
Graham simply nodded. The machine stopped spinning, cuing Serizawa to take the sample out and drip it into the sequencing tray. The results flooded onto the screen, presenting themselves as mere gibberish to the average man, but the scientists knew full well what they meant.
"Vivienne!" Serizawa called. "Look at this!"
Dr. Graham quickly stood next to her colleague. The results were showing something incredible.
"Oh, my god," Banner said, simply astonished at what Serizawa and Graham were presenting.
"I'm sorry," Stark interjected. "I don't get it."
"You see these red bars?" Banner asked, pointing at two wide red bars at the top of the chart. "These represent Jon's DNA."
Serizawa pointed at a narrower, dark blue bar just underneath.
"This signifies Shinomura's DNA," he explained.
"And what about the other two bars?" Stark asked.
"That's the thing," Graham said. "We don't know for sure what they mean."
They were referring to two bars of similar thickness; one electric blue, the other bluish-green.
Suddenly, Tony had an idea.
"Jon had sucked blood out of Godzilla and Leviathan in Hawaii, right?"
Serizawa looked at Tony.
"Yes," he replied.
"What if these bars are the DNA of those monsters?"
The room was silent for a moment, before Bruce broke it.
"It makes sense," he said. "Shinomura was a parasite, so Jon obviously had parasitic tendencies. So maybe, Shinomura's DNA also allowed him to extract Godzilla and Leviathan's DNA out of their blood."
"It's unlikely," Serizawa noted, "but it's the best explanation we have at the moment."
Stenz stood at the table, where Fury, Rhodes, and Rogers sat. They were wasting time while the crew refreshed their instruments.
"I'm in," Rhodes said, placing his hand of cards on the table. They were playing five card stud, a version of poker that Steve was familiar with.
"I'll take two cards," Steve said, giving up two of his own as Stenz, the dealer, handed him a new pair.
"Aw, hell no," Fury groaned, tossing his cards down. "I'm out. No way I'm winning with that shit."
Stenz grinned slightly. "Dealer takes one."
Now that everyone had five cards, they showed their hands. Stenz went first, showing the full house he had, twos full of threes.
Rhodes went next, giving them a pair of Jacks.
Steve ended the match with his own, a miraculous flush of spades, with a Queen, ten, nine, Jack, and Ace.
"Jesus Christ," Rhodes exclaimed. "How's that even possible?"
"Damn, son," Stenz said. "You have luck the likes of which I've never seen."
"Thanks, sir," Steve returned. "What did you have, Fury?"
Fury turned his hand over. It was a hodgepodge of low-scoring numbers.
"Yikes."
The group was about to do another match when a soldier alerted them.
"Sir!" she called out. "Our sonar picked up Godzilla! He's been several yards beneath us the entire time!"
"That is one smart lizard," Fury remarked.
Stenz stood up and looked at the soldier. "What is he doing now?"
"He's moving up to the sandbar."
Before long, the ship rocked as a massive form rose from the water, walking onto the sandbar. Godzilla took a solid stance before roaring loudly, like he was announcing his presence.
It turned out to be exactly what he was doing, as a loud screaming was heard. A metallic object fell from the sky. If any of the crewmembers were on the sandbar, they would have seen that the object was one of the Phillips' reactors.
Suddenly, a birdlike creature glided to the sandbar from the clouds. Mayura squawked as he flapped his wings for the landing approach. Godzilla looked at Mayura, expecting the worst, as the giant peacock stood on the sand, his wings acting as another pair of legs.
Godzilla huffed, anticipating an attack, while Mayura chirruped, a fight the furthest thing from his mind. He pushed the reactor he dropped toward Godzilla with his beak.
Godzilla, looking at the reactor, still wasn't convinced of Mayura's intentions. He finally leaned down (cautiously) when Mayura sat where he was, signifying his passiveness.
Godzilla grabbed the reactor with his mouth and, in a swift motion, reared his head back, swallowing the reactor whole. The radiation packed in the metal container gave him a small chargeup.
Godzilla rumbled in contentment. Mayura seemed somewhat happy that Godzilla accepted his gift.
Of course, the peace of their meeting was cut short by a strange presence in the water.
Godzilla and Mayura both looked at the white V of foaming water as it approached steadily. Godzilla seemed to know what was approaching, but Mayura had no idea.
When the object finally reached the sandbar, a large head rose from the water. It resembled the head of Chinese serpent dragons, complete with the whiskers on the sides of its head. It possessed a large sail on the back of its head that resembled the dorsal fin of a fish.
The beast was now on the sandbar in its entirety. It had a pair of fishlike dorsal fins on its back, along with paddle-like rear limbs (much like those of the plesiosaurs) and a long tail that flattened vertically at the end. It had a pair of strong forelimbs that enabled it to walk on land, the fingers bearing webs of skin.
Godzilla seemed to be rather at-ease with the newcomer, while Mayura was uneasy. It was understandable, as Mayura had multiple unfavorable encounters with serpentine beasts, and this creature seemed no different.
The water dragon, like Mayura, was rather passive, and remained where it was, keeping its head close to the ground as a sign of submission. Mayura cautiously walked closer, chirruping quietly in curiosity. The dragon, who also had bad experiences with birdlike creatures, was rather skittish at the sight of Mayura.
Godzilla rumbled at the two beasts, catching their attention. He continued growling at them, until he started to walk away. As if they knew why he was growling, they left immediately, Mayura screaming as he took to the skies, and the dragon quickly swam off.
The entire command deck was quiet, having observed the encounter that Godzilla and Mayura had along with the new M.U.T.O. With the monsters now leaving, Stenz assigned several ships for each monster: The Saratoga, the Atragon, and several other ships would follow Godzilla, multiple would follow Mayura, and the rest would try to keep up with the skittish water dragon.
Serizawa, who had come to the deck when Godzilla rocked the boat, was contemplating what had happened, especially regarding the dragon. Stenz took note of this.
"Penny for your thoughts," he said.
"That dragon..." Serizawa replied. "My father told me about a Philippine myth about a dragon that attempted to devour the moon. This creature may very well have inspired those myths."
"What did they call it?"
"Bakunawa."