A/N Hey, guys. I'm back with the ninth chapter of this Godzilla series. First of all, I want to thank some of you guys for sticking with me on this story. And I want to apologize for not updating because I've been busy with school since it is my final year of college and I'm going to university next year. Anyway, in this chapter, Godzilla arrives for the first time and he begins his showdown against the MUTO at the airport in Honolulu. So sit back, and enjoy the ninth chapter. Just to let you guys know, there's a short point of view from my one of OCs.
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May 15th, 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii
"Anyone get an eyeball on the bogey?" Asked one soldier of the Sparta One team.
Most of them kept their eyes on the forest, but one turned towards the city and saw a small trail of fires leading towards it. The lights to the city then began coming on everywhere, illuminating the world below them as they heard the faint sound of the MUTO's roar in the distance. They'd already lost it.
Back on the train, the lights began to come back on slowly across the track. Light by light until they reached the train's position and the lights within came on and everyone on board breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"There you go. What'd I tell you?" He said to Akio, who looked at him with half a smile.
The lights along the track ahead turned on one by one, revealing a large mass that seemed to be moving. Ford immediately knew what it was and his eyes widened slightly as the lights then lit up the MUTO for everyone to see. The crowds on the train instantly began to panic, standing up and hustling around trying to find a way off the train but they couldn't get the doors to open as the train moved towards the giant creature.
Just then, the military helicopters flew by and started firing their guns at the MUTO. Ford grabbed hold of Akio, shielding him any possible harm as he yelled to everyone to "Get down!" The choppers continued to fire at the creature, flying by and circling around to get a shot. However, it was the train which caught the MUTO's attention. Ford watched with dread as the MUTO knelt down and roared at the train. The moving lights had registered to it as a possible threat, and it opened its mouth in an effort to bite the train.
Akio began to scream, and Ford grabbed the boy lifting him off the ground and retreating towards the back as far as he could go before grabbing hold of a rail to prepare for what happened next. The MUTO's mouth clamped down on the train car severing all of what its mouth surrounded away. The track, the car, and all the people caught in that end of the train car ended up in the MUTO's mouth before being swallowed.
The MUTO roared at the helicopters as they came back around trying to shoot at it again, and as it stepped around its leg brushed the broken track. Ford was knocked free of his rail and fell to the train car's floor which was now slanted downwards at a near forty-five degree angle. Several others had already fallen through the broken end of the car to the ground below, most of whom died from falling and landing at bad angles breaking backs, necks, and landing on their heads before breaking them open like watermelons. Ford managed to catch the edge of one of the seats, adjusting his grip as fast as possible to keep himself from suffering the same fate.
At the same time, Akio lost his grip and began sliding down the car as well. Ford saw the boy coming, and despite the best efforts of the other people who tried to help, Akio continued to fall. Ford reached out as Akio slid down beside him, pulling him in close and preventing him from falling out the end. Ford looked up and saw that another person was sliding down as well, but this was an adult male almost Ford's size. Ford didn't have anymore hands to help this man, but he did have both legs. Ford braced himself against the seats with one foot and kicked out his other to catch the man and give him a moment to grab hold of one of the seats himself, stopping him from falling to his death out of the end of the car.
Ford was beginning to wear down. Holding onto Akio and trying to hold his own weight as well against the gravity pulling him down was very difficult. His hand was beginning to slip, but for Ford there was still one more thing he could do. With all of his might, he shifted his hand so that he was gripping the back of Akio's shirt behind the neck, and pushed him up until Akio was able to grab the rails of the seats and haul himself into a seated position on top of them. With Akio safe, Ford pulled himself up as well. Once he was situated and ready, Ford looked to the other members in the car who were hanging on for dear life.
Outside, the MUTO was stomping through the airport. Now that the train was no longer an issue, it walked right through the tracks and towards the main runways. The planes parked in its way were no obstacle, but it seemed to avoid them all the same.
One of the airport workers who drove the cars which hauled luggage to the belly of the planes hid underneath a passenger airliner next to the front wheels as the ground suddenly became moist as a small wave of water flowed over and passed his feet. He looked down, looking back to where the water had come from and his mouth about hit the ground. A few other workers as well were hiding nearby, but their attention was focused on the MUTO as it continued its tromp through the airport.
"Roger. Target in sight. 2 O'clock. 300 Meters," said the co-pilot.
"Target confirmed," said the pilot.
The chopper began opening fire on the MUTO below as they drew in closer, but the pilot veered away when a large row of spines rose up nearly causing them to crash.
"Jesus!" The pilot yelled.
As they came back around, the chopper ended up losing control and the pilot was unable to veer away from the MUTO as the chopper crashed into its wing. The chopper then flew down in flames towards the ground, its fuel tank having been ruptured and had been ignited by a spark caused by the scraping metal. It came down hard to the ground before crashing into the rear end of a passenger airliner. The chopper hit the ground momentarily after and exploded, causing the plane to explode as well. The explosion of the first place caused a second to catch fire when its fuel caught the flames and the front half of the plane flew end over end.
People inside the airport terminal watched the chaos unfold outside and were screaming in fear. They knew they were safe inside for the moment, but if that thing came their way then it would all be over. As the second plane exploded and began flipping down the way to their right, the people's attention was suddenly caught by the sight of a giant foot nearly sixty feet long striking the ground with a tremendous thud. The people all went silent. All words, screams, and even thoughts halted in that singular moment of awe and fear.
The MUTO looked up and over towards the sound of the footprint, and flared its wings as it let out a roar of fury. However, the MUTO had failed to realize that the source of the sound was not just from the feet. The MUTO's eyes trailed up higher and higher along the length of the legs, the stomach, the chest, the neck, and finally the head of the monster before it. A large reptilian creature unlike any it had ever seen before stood there staring it down.
The two monsters watched each other in silence for a moment, each one sizing the other up. The much larger creature glared down at its smaller foe with a curled lip and a low growl emanating from its gullet. The MUTO stared up in awe at its opponent, but the awe was very quickly replaced thereafter by a surge of anger and aggression. The MUTO's wings flared again, and it released another roar towards its larger opponent. The larger creature's upper and lower lips both flared back exposing all of its teeth as it puffed out its chest and unleashed a deafening roar which shook the very Earth upon which it stood.
Inside the train car, Ford's ears rang as the roar reached them. His head turned very slowly towards the windows of the car, and outside he could see the form of Doctor Serizawa's Godzilla creature facing down the MUTO as the smaller monster leaped into the air to begin the fight. Ford looked to Akio and the others on the train. All of them had heard the roar and were covering their ears and looked to be almost in pain. The ground began to shake, and the train car began to slide down the edge of the tracks even further. Ford looked over towards Gojira again, and every time he took a step in his battle the train slid further and further down.
Ford looked up and grabbed hold of Akio, climbing up higher and higher until he reached the car door. He kicked at it as hard as he could, slamming the door with his boot until the glass shattered. He rolled his hand back into his jacket sleeve and used it to try and smoothen the edges as much as possible so that Akio could climb out without slicing his hands open. He set Akio down outside the door on the edge of the tracks, telling him to go back towards the rest of the train to make room for the others. One by one, Ford began helping the passengers off the train before he himself received aid from others who had done the same thing on other cars. Ford climbed out of the train just in time before it went over the edge, and all the people who had been on the train managed to escape and now stood on the tracks watching the fight.
Ford didn't want to stick around though, at least not at this range, so he grabbed Akio and made a break along the tracks for the nearest point along them where he could climb down to the ground via a maintenance ladder where he and Akio ran to a safe distance. The other people weren't far behind, having evaded the tracks as well for fear of them being damaged again if the monsters made their way over here.
The monsters, in the meantime, were now fully engaged in battle.
Godzilla let out a roar as the MUTO lunged forward from the ground with a massive flap of its wings. The MUTO then managed to slip passed Godzilla's jaws as he snapped at it and used its front two claw arms to latch onto Godzilla's shoulders and pushed itself up and passed his head. Pushing down for all its worth, the MUTO managed to shove Godzilla down and use his back as a launch pad to fly up into the air and circle around to attack again. Godzilla managed to stay on his feet when the MUTO shoved him down, but as the MUTO came back around and used its arms to bash him on the back of the head he was pushed forward and fell to the ground onto his stomach.
Godzilla landed hard, his jaw hitting the ground and his hands failing to catch him on his way down. The Earth below him shook violently as 90,000 tons of reptile hit the floor and the MUTO flew by overhead. The people who had escaped the train, Ford and Akio included, were a good distance away but when Godzilla hit the ground they all ended up losing their balance and falling down to the ground. Ford sat up and looked back to the airport where he saw Gojira trying to right himself as the MUTO came down on him and started jabbing its claw hands into his side to keep him down. Ford watched its movements as it continually jabbed at Gojira, and he noted the way it attacked and counted the attacks almost like a musician does the underlying beat in a song.
"Come on Go-… Whatever. Time the hits. It's not exactly hiding its attack pattern," Ford whispered, hoping it would help Godzilla.
The hits came one at a time in two-second intervals and were aimed at his side just below his shoulders. It was a spot of imbalance for Godzilla due to how bottom heavy he was, and prevented him from getting to a point where he could push himself up. Every time his arms found their way to the ground to push him up, the blow from the MUTO caused his hands to slip under him which kept him down. However, Godzilla was indeed counting the hits and timing them, as it waited until the last second when another attack was coming before he used his tail as a ground to force his body sideways. The MUTO's next attack missed its target, instead landing on the edge of Godzilla's back near his spines as he rolled to his side. The MUTO was pulled downward due to its attack causing its arms to slip, almost as if hugging Godzilla.
The MUTO looked down, and its face was mere yards from Gojira's own who was snarling at it with all his teeth bared. The MUTO was frozen, as was Godzilla, but one of them was about to get a taste of their own medicine.
Godzilla leaned forward and bit the MUTO on the shoulder, pulling it down to the ground with him before rolling forward onto his stomach. The MUTO was pulled partially under his body with its legs being flattened under his stomach causing the MUTO excruciating pain. It let out a roar of agony as Godzilla clamped down with his jaws even harder, but the minor victory didn't last long. The MUTO's flailing arms managed to get in a lucky shot and struck Godzilla in the left eye. His jaws opened and he let out a roar of pain of his own as the MUTO started whacking at his face and throat to try and get him to roll the other way to free itself from Godzilla's jaws. The tactic worked, as Godzilla rolled back which freed the MUTO's legs and allowed it to limp away and gain some distance.
Godzilla, in the meantime, rolled back to his stomach with his right arm reaching up to his face and covering his eye. The MUTO managed to prop itself up and made it to its feet. Its legs hurt like crazy, but they were still in tact which was quite the remarkable feat. The MUTO looked over at Godzilla as he writhed in pain on the ground before it, and slowly walked over towards him growling and grumbling at every step. The MUTO drew closer, with its front arms slamming into the ground in preparation for another round of beating. However, before the MUTO could begin its new round of attacks, its legs were swept out from under it by Godzilla's tail which whipped around with surprising speed and force. The MUTO went down onto its back and wings as Godzilla's head came up.
His left eye was closed and blood oozed out of the corners, but otherwise Godzilla was still in this fight. He slowly pushed himself up onto his hands and knees and made it to his feet, but the MUTO had also made it to its feet and was ready to fight as well. Ford watched the entire affair with Akio glued to his side holding his hand, but the others had long since abandoned them. Ford was starting to see why Doctor Serizawa was so enamored with Godzilla. Though he was a monster, and represented what Ford believed to be a massive threat to the world, he was quite fascinating to watch.
The subtle facial expressions before the MUTO's attacks indicated his mind hard at work planning a counter. The way he positioned his body and used all of it as a weapon whenever possible suggested an extreme level of complex thought and comprehension of spacial awareness coupled with hand-eye coordination. It was rather impressive. The MUTO too seemed to have a similar level of intellect, but it was a toss up as to which of them was smarter though Ford was leaning towards Godzilla. Despite taking a stab to the eye and losing the use of it, he had managed to fight the pain and set the MUTO up for a successful attack and give himself time to make it to his feet.
"Come on big guy…" Ford whispered.
Akio looked up at Ford, tugging on his hand. Ford looked down at the child, who looked at him, then to the monsters, and then back to Ford.
"Don't worry kid," he said, looking back to the fight and remembering Doctor Serizawa's words about this thing being nature's power to restore balance.
"But to be clear, we're rooting for the big one," Ford continued.
Akio nodded, looking to the fight as well as the monsters re-engaged.
The MUTO flew back towards Godzilla and the two interlocked in battle. Godzilla then grabbed the MUTO's wings and pushed it back several paces before the MUTO managed to use its front claws to latch onto Godzilla's shoulder and pull itself forward to bite him on the mouth. Godzilla let out a stifled roar of pain as his mouth was clamped shut by the MUTO's own as the front of the beak-like mouth cut into the top of his nose causing trickles of blood to ooze down his scaly skin. Godzilla let go of the MUTO's wings to try and pry its mouth open, but that left the other arms and wings free to bombard him with attacks which he couldn't possibly defend against.
Godzillastepped left, then right, trying to swing the MUTO loose but that just caused the beak to cut in deeper. To correct his mistake, Godzilla stood still allowing the MUTO to pummel him with the arms and wings. For a moment, he didn't move an inch until at last he brought his hands up and used both to grab the MUTO's lower jaw. He pulled down, and his arm strength versus the MUTO's jaw strength… Well, it was no contest. Godzilla pulled its lower jaw down and managed to twist his head to one side and force the MUTO's upper jaw to release his nose. It left a mild scrape which continued to ooze blood, but he was free. The downside to this was that the MUTO's jaw clamped down on his claws, causing Godzilla to let out another roar of pain.
The MUTO's jaws cut deep into the flesh of his claws and Gojira flailed his arms wildly trying to get it to let go. His roar had also gotten higher in pitch in response to pain, and Ford noticed that this time it was more intense for Godzilla as he was forgetting about thinking things through and causing the MUTO's jaws to scrape more flesh away revealing small amounts of bone. Finally, Godzilla managed to slam his jaw shut and block the pain long enough to hold still and bite down on the MUTO's neck. The creature's jaws opened, freeing Godzilla's hands but leaving his body open to further attacks as the MUTO jabbed and stabbed at his stomach and neck in an attempt to make him let go. One of the final stabs seemed to be in the right place on his lower abdominal area on the left side as Godzilla's mouth opened to let it go.
The two monsters backed away from each other for a few seconds as they both reeled from the back and forth onslaught they'd given each other.
Back on the USS Saratoga in the planning room, Doctor Serizawa, Doctor Graham, the three of us, and Admiral Stenz watched the live feeds of the choppers which were still in the area watching the fight from a distance. The back and forth action between the monsters was almost excruciating to watch, thinking about how much pain they must be enduring.
"Dr. Serizawa," Admiral Stenz began.
Doctor Serizawa didn't break his eyes away from the screens, but turned his head a little towards Admiral Stenz to show he was listening.
"Is this the alpha predator you spoke about before?" Admiral Stenz asked.
Doctor Serizawa nodded.
"Come on, big guy. You got this," I said hopefully.
"Are you actually rooting for Godzilla?" Sonya asked.
"He is. If he's rooting for the big guy, so am I," Bianca responded.
"He doesn't seem to be doing too well," Admiral Stenz added.
"Give him time. He's clearly stronger than the MUTO. He can defeat it," Doctor Graham pleaded.
"I'm sorry Dr. Graham, but this has already gotten out of hand… We all know that planes and missiles won't work, which leaves us with one option," Admiral Stenz said.
Doctor Serizawa finally broke away from the screens and looked at the admiral with wide eyes.
"You can't be serious," Doctor Serizawa exclaimed.
The admiral tilted his head.
"Admiral, just give him some time. This will be over soon," Doctor Serizawa assured him.
"I hope you're right Doctor Serizawa," said Bianca in an uneasy tone.
Admiral Stenz took a breath, letting it out on a frustrated sigh through his nose. His hands found their way to his hips, and he looked at Doctor Serizawa for a moment before giving him a nod. Doctor Serizawa and Doctor Graham both breathed a collected sigh of relief, but their attention was brought back to the screens when the high pitched screech of Godzilla roaring in pain overtook their ears. They all glued their eyes to the screens in time to see that the MUTO had managed to latch onto his back to avoid his arms and mouth while drilling its claws into his neck. The cries of pain were unusual, but upon closer inspection Doctor Serizawa saw something alarming.
"Can you enhance that screen?" Doctor Serizawa asked the admiral, pointing to the screen which showed Godzilla from the side view with the MUTO on his back.
"Johns," Admiral Stenz said.
"Yes, sir!", Johns, one of the communication officers replied.
It took a moment, but the image on the screen was enhanced and dialed in for Doctor Serizawa to take a closer look.
The MUTO's claw had found its way into a set of large scales along Godzilla's neck, which Godzilla was fighting frantically to free it from. The three of us, including Doctor Serizawa and Doctor Graham looked closer, and the "scales" were not scales at all. They were gills. Flaps of flesh with edges of folded skin where folded processes of flesh similar to those found in the gills of fish resided. It was no wonder it caused him so much pain to have the MUTO's claw find its way in-between them. It also answered the question of how and why he was able to live underwater for so long. Doctor Serizawa had wondered about that for quite some time, and although he'd speculated on gills or some other internal underwater respiratory system, he had never confirmed it before now.
Back in the airport, Godzilla was still struggling to get the MUTO off his gills. The creature's claw was embedded in between them and it was not letting go anytime soon. Godzilla turned this way and that in a desperate attempt to get his winged opponent off of him and get the claw out of his neck where blood began pouring like a small river from the area where the claw was. Godzilla's roars of pain cut through the air like a razor, and cut through the hearts of both Doctor Graham and Doctor Serizawa as they listened to the audio from the helicopters live feeds.
Godzilla then managed to reach up and grip the MUTO claw, but as he tried to pull it free he only worsened the bleeding before he pushed the claw back in. Ford lowered his head slightly but his eyes remained on Godzilla. Godzilla's eyes were flickering again, and Ford was beginning to understand him in the regard that he could see the wheels turning in Godzilla's head. Godzilla finally stopped flailing long enough to get a solid grip on the MUTO's claw and turned it sideways sliding it out of his gill with little to no further damage before pulling it down as hard as he could and throwing the MUTO to the ground. Blood still poured from his neck down his chest and to the ground, but he was free of the MUTO's claws now and the MUTO was now at a serious disadvantage.
Godzilla then lifted his left foot and stomped down really hard on the MUTO's chest, causing it to let out a cry of pain which very quickly was cut off by the fact that it had no air left in its lungs. Godzilla lifted up and stomped again, this time harder. On his third attempt, the MUTO's arm began glowing and it slammed it down on the ground sending out another emp attack. The strike didn't cause any damage to Godzilla, but it was enough to stun him temporarily and cause his stomp to miss its target. The MUTO rolled to the side using its wings and made it to its feet, seeming to cough trying to get its breath back as Godzilla gave chase. The MUTO jogged forward a few times and jumped into the air. After a few flaps of its wings, it was fully airborne and headed towards the ocean.
It was done fighting, and it needed to get away.
Akio looked up at Ford, tugging his hand again as Ford looked down at him.
"Yeah kid… He won," Ford said quietly, looking back at Godzilla as he chased down the MUTO.
Godzilla continued to give chase, stumbling a few times on the way as it chased the MUTO to the water's edge. Godilla waded in about waist deep and leaned down to start swimming after the MUTO, but surfaced within moments of putting his neck below the water. He came back up and tossed his head left and right, twisting it and turning it like a dog which just got wet. Godzilla began letting out gurgling sounds as water and blood poured out of his neck, and on the Saratoga Doctor Serizawa and Doctor Graham analyzed the footage closely as Admiral Stenz looked on rather confused.
"What's he doing?" Admiral Stenz questioned.
"Well, it looks like he's… choking," Doctor Graham said quietly.
Doctor Serizawa nodded.
"The damage to his gills has left him momentarily unable to breathe properly underwater, like a runner with asthma… He'll be fine," Doctor Serizawa affirmed.
""Fine, sensei?"" Doctor Graham asked.
Doctor Serizawa nodded again.
"Look," he said quietly.
She looked back to the screen, along with Admiral Stenz.
"The MUTO got away for now. Godzilla's gonna give chase until the MUTO is found," I muttered under my breath.
"We need to track down on where the MUTO's gonna be heading next. It could be heading anywhere by now," said Bianca.
Godzilla shook his head for one last time and the blood pouring out from his gills came to a stop. Also, as the chopper came around to see Godzilla's face, his left eye was beginning to open up. Godzilla forced his eye to open and blinked it a few times, clearing the blood from it as well as he let out a low growl and snarled looking back out at the direction the MUTO had gone. The vile creature was still visible out to sea ahead, and Godzilla's eyes narrowed in anger as his chest puffed up with him taking in a deep breath. He lurched forward, giving one last roar of fury and challenge at the MUTO before leaning down and disappearing beneath the waves.
And that's the end of the ninth chapter for now. So, what did you guys think? Was it cheesy? I promise that I'll keep focus on my OCs' point of view for the next few chapters. In the mean time, you guys know what to do. Drop those reviews, favourite, and follow.