(Chapter 3: The angry larva)
"It shouldn't be that hard to enter an island full of natives that only have spears and sticks as weapons, we have guns and shock rifles galore. It shouldn't be a problem." A person sitting in a chair said, his voice had a british accent to it.
"I know, the natives aren't the problem. The plants attack people." Chloe answered, trying to think of an answer for her boss who was sitting before her, disappointed.
"The plants attack people? Are you out of your mind Miss Bowers?"
"No, there were vines that struck at people, that constricted people. There was plants that shoot acid at people, I was lucky to leave that jungle alive and come back to speak with you."
The man in the chair slowly turned around, it was none other than Alan Jonah. He had grown a bigger beard, and he looked very annoyed and disappointed in Chloe. Chloe Bowers had been one of his huge fighters in his own G Team of sorts, there was a male captain too, by the name of Floyd Sanders. Chloe came from Texas, Floyd came from North Carolina.
"Fine, if you are too pussified to enter Infant Island. I have heard rumors of a new giant egg in Mothra's territory within the Yunnan Province in China, somewhere in a cave. Find that egg, and awaken whatever is in that egg." Alan Jonah said, Chloe nodded her head and left the room.
(Infant Island)
Monica was in a large building in which had been built by Monarch, she was talking to somebody over the phone that Alison had overheard while Luke was feeding the skeleturtle by placing bales of hay in the yard. The skeleturtle was extremely passive, and would never attack unless provoked.
Monica had called Dr. Chen, and Dr. Ling. The two were sisters, a third generation of people in whom had close ties to Infant Island. Two of their family members had been to the island in 1961, and Dr. Chen had two daughters. Monica had called her so she could bring her daughters to Infant Island just to take a trip from home.
Dr. Chen had agreed to this trip, as Alison had overheard their conversation while on the phone. According to Infant Island folklore and legend, there was once a magical group of people that inhabited this land called the Shobijin, two of them would have telepathic abilities with Mothra.
Monica stepped out of a room to see her daughter sitting on a chair and watching television within a lobby room in one of the Monarch buildings.
"Dr. Chen is coming over with her daughters and her sister to visit this place, I think she'll be fascinated with Mothra." Monica said cheerfully, Alison smiled.
"So I heard, do you know how we are going to get off of this island?"
"They'll be our way off this island, they will be coming in a Monarch chopper. Once they see all of the survivors from the cruise, they will send in more rescue helicopters. I believe we can hold out until they get here."
Alison was relieved that they would be getting off the island, it was a very beautiful island. It would look like it would be a place a person would love to stay for their entire life, but there is no place like home. She was also worried that the vicious squadron would return to kill them, they held weapons that she had never seen before in her life.
"What if those people in black and red, what if they return?" Alison asked, sounding worried again.
"There is loads of hiding spots on this island, those people aren't going to kill us off that easy. Your father is strong and courageous, he is like a leader to the survivors. As long as we have him, we'll do fine." Monica said, placing her hand on Alison's shoulder.
"Let's hope so." Alison said with a still worried tone in her voice, the fear of the squadron was definitely in her mind.
Alison proceeded to head outside to speak with her father, she could see him laying a bale of hay down next to the head of the skeleturtle all with a smile on his face. Luke Ford had always been a courageous, strong willed, leader type of person.
"Are you enjoying laying down those bales of hay?" Alison asked, Luke looked up at his daughter and hopped over the wooden fence.
"Yep, these skeleton turtle things are really kind. I'm glad we're on this island, I'd stay here if we can have these natives build our homes but I don't want to push them." Luke said in response, Alison started to think about the squadron once again.
"If we stay on this island, those people will come for us, and they will kill us all one by one.." Alison sighed, Luke walked over to his daughter and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Listen, I have known you for sixteen years, just about seventeen. You were born on my exact birthday, you're the best birthday present a father could ever have. As long as I am alive, and as long as I am still kicking, I will never let a thing in this world harm you. Not the corrupt humans and not even the gigantic demons that roam this world." Her father answered, giving her a kiss on the forehead.
"Thanks dad, it means a whole lot. You are right that this island is beautiful, but I would leave it for Mothra. This land is her land."
(Yunnan Province, Mothra Territory)
It was night and the deadly squadron that Alan Jonah sent to the territory at Yunnan Province, in which the other Mothra egg was supposedly found. The squadron were marching down the ancient stone stairs of the times before Jesus Christ, moss and vines were in the cracks of the stone bricks.
The squadron looked down into the valley, an entire day had passed ever since Chloe and her gang returned to the unknown base in Alaska to report their failure of bringing back a victim from the cruise ship to Alan Jonah, their leader.
"This time, we don't fail." Chloe growled, loading up her heavy assault rifle as she continued to slowly creep down the ancient stone stairs, they had passed by the Temple of the Moth Outpost around thirty minutes ago.
The old temple in which Mothra once resided in has since been destroyed, totally collapsed after her larva broke free from it back in the year of 2019. Vines and moss, and more shrubbery had covered up what remained of the destroyed temple from eons ago.
After around fifteen more minutes, the squadron had finally made it into the valley. Each member staying close and each of them was on high alert, after all, this was titan territory. Chloe was detecting something on her radar gadget, something was coming close.
"Get down." Chloe ordered quietly, so the squadron got into a crouching position, crawling under some kudzu vines to remain hidden.
The squadron looked through some cracks on the vines to see something with large claws flying over them, it sounded like a massive wasp flying, but once the silhouette was seen in the moon. It turned out to be a giant mantis type creature, it wasn't a titan but the size of it was damn sure close to being fit for one.
This giant insect creature was known as Kamacuras, there wasn't only one, but many. Most of these giant mantises roamed throughout the hollow earth, they rarely came up to the surface. Monarch had a file for it when one of the beasts made an appearance during the Vietnam War back in 1967.
The Kamacuras mantis species were classified as megafauna, they only remained in the general area of Yunnan Province to Vietnam. However, the Kamacuras wasn't the only insect threat in this area.
Mostly in Yunnan Province, there was giant wasps. These wasps were around five feet in length and the stinger can go right through a person, so anyone that strolled through the ancient temple area of Yunnan Province.
Once the threat of the massive mantis went away, the squadron continued their march towards the large cave in the distance, keeping fairly low to the ground to avoid detection by the large insects in the area. Monarch had already built an establishment around the newly discovered egg, it was the smallest establishment as it was built in 2019. Other buildings were to be made during the years of the 2020s, after Godzilla defeated Cthulhu in 2020 with the help of a few other of his titan allies.
The late 2010s and throughout the 2020s would be an expansive period of Monarch, many new technology based on tracking titans. The organization would also look into cryptid sightings, studies on megafauna, and other things that involve mystery and monsters.
Due to the decent amount of megafauna insects in the area, the expansion of the new establishment around the Mothra egg, was abandoned. As expected, large vines and moss began to grow around machinery and within the very few buildings that were within the cave. So the egg within it was alone, and the larva within would grow without interference...Until now.
Thirty minutes went by as the squadron made it to the large cave at the foot of a mountain, hacking down some sticks and tearing through shrubbery. The squadron staying close in the case if any insect or megafauna attempted to attack them, Alan Jonah had given Chloe the orders to remove the giant moth egg by blowing it up in hopes of killing the thing within it.
After a good few minutes of hacking through shrubbery and smacking tiny bees that were stinging them, the squadron had finally made it to the establishment. There was a booth with two gates on the side, since it was all abandoned, they simply climbed over the gate, not hard even in the slightest.
As they made their way into the cave, one squadron member moved a nearby lever out of curiosity and there was a loud buzzing in the cave as the lights flickered, it sounded identical to the noise that the Kamacuras mantis would make as it flew around. The loud, echoing buzzing caused a few of the squad members to get low or to hide within booths and tight spaces. As the buzzing slowly faded away, the lights remained on within the cave.
As the squadron left their cover spots, they got a better view of what was within the cave. There was large machinery in which were covered in moss and kudzu vines, there was some panels that were dangling down from the walls. There was technology and various gadgets on tables that had the Monarch logo on it, even an ORCA device. Seeing this device put a wicked smile on Chloe's face, she felt powerful once she noticed it lying completely open on a table.
She discovered that the name of the larva within the large egg was known as "Titanus Battra," the egg was significantly darker in lighting. Other than a bright glorious blue that Mothra's egg was, this egg had bony armored plating around it with some natural forming spikes. This egg was much more intimidating, and the luminescence it was giving off was a dark red.
"Set the charges, let's blow this son of a bitch up." Chloe commanded, her squadron was quick to set up bombs and mines around the egg and even on it.
From within the egg, a loud pulsating heartbeat could be heard booming loudly and slowly growing faster in two minute intervals. Chloe, although feeling arrogant and victorious, was curious, she decided to search through the Monarch files. She discovered several species of insectoid megafauna, and files about this Battra creature within the egg.
The egg was moving around, a larva was moving about within it. A low grumbling was coming from within it, Chloe snapped her fingers, the squadron took aim at the egg with their shock rifles and machine guns.
Apparently, Battra was a male of the divine moth species. There were many males, and as a matter of fact, some were painted in this cave. Some ancient Chinese manuscripts had drawings of beautifully detailed moths and insects. She typed a few lines of text from a manuscript into a translating machine, and what came out was surprising results.
Apparently, to the ancient Chinese people that once inhabited the Yunnan Province or lived in a dynasty in which included the Yunnan Province, these moths fell from the stars with great light. A light that was described as blinding, yet angelic. These moths created others, planting gigantic seeds of life within hiding spots that were discovered.
These moths were protectors of humanity, and all lived within peaceful harmony with a large species of spiny lizards, the species of "spiny lizards," were quite obvious to be Godzilla's species. There were descriptions in which fit the MUTO creatures, the large parasites that fed on the spiny lizards.
This wasn't just a manuscript, it was a detailed account of humans living with these titans. This was huge, and it was in the corrupted hands of Alan Jonah's company. Then, loud buzzing was heard as five foot wasps flew in at the squadron.
One of the wasps dove right at one of the squadron members, stabbing the stinger right through his body and then slowly dragging it up, ripping apart internal organs and creating a big gash on the soldier's back as he cried out in pain. The wasp was shot down by the squadron, another wasp flew in and tackled a squadron member from behind, using the mandibles to bite into the poor soldier's throat and then the large insect proceeded to bite his head off.
A wasp flew at Chloe only to get bashed away by the butt of her rifle, another one flew in from above only to get shot down by the shredding bullets of the heavy assault rifle. Close by, a soldier was backing up only to trip over a table and land on a device in which set off the charges. The wasps all flew away once they heard the sound of the explosion, the egg had been torn open by the explosive charges. A loud deep chirp was heard from the smoke in which was engulfing the egg, a bony horn slowly emerged out from the smoke.
Chloe and the squadron went to take cover, the brunette captain hiding within a tight space, looking through a crack in the vines that hung down in front of the doorway. A large limb broke out of the smoke, then slamming onto the ground, shaking the whole cave. Then a tail swung up out of the smoke, then vanishing into the black smoke again.
Chloe growled as she saw another large limb emerge from the smoke, then another loud chirp was heard. A squadron member hurled a grenade into the smoke, it exploded, casting an eerie silhouette of the large thing within the smoke.
A large horn was seen on the silhouette and there was glowing red eyes within the smoke, another guttural roar was heard as the thing made its appearance…