A/N Hey, everyone. I'm back with the tenth chapter of the Godzilla fanfic. First of all, I want to apologize for not updating because I've been busy with school and I'm trying my best to find time to update the stories as long as I can. But anyway, let's move on. In this chapter, Will, Bianca, and Sonya discover a female MUTO in the aftermath of Godzilla's fight against the male MUTO in Honolulu. And this chapter will switch up to Sonya's point of view. So sit back, and enjoy the ninth chapter.
I only owns my OCs. All of the characters belong to Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.
May 15th, 2014, USS Saratoga
Meanwhile, out to sea in the Pacific the USS Saratoga and a few other US Navy vessels were traveling along Godzilla's wake. The giant creature was swimming steadily, his tail undulating back and forth behind him as the rest of his body remained largely straight. From the air, a few helicopters followed and the pilots looked down to see the monstrous creature below and they whistled to one another.
"How long is this thing?" The co-pilot asked.
The pilot looked down, taking note that Godzilla's tail alone looked to be nearly the full length of the Saratoga plus an extra half length as well which put the tail at just about five hundred and fifty feet long by itself. Gojira's body was around three hundred and fifty or so from the tip of his nose to the bottom of his feet, and adding the two together in his head the pilot estimated Gojira at around nine hundred feet in length from nose to tail.
"That thing is about nine hundred feet long, give or take a couple dozen feet," the pilot confirmed.
"Holy shit…" The co-pilot responded.
The pilot only nodded.
"That's one big lizard," the co-pilot said again.
The pilot nodded again, looking ahead to continue the flight.
Inside the planning room the admiral, captain, and their crew were all gathered around the monitors watching as the displays as they were informed of the details thus far about the creature's whereabouts and intended direction.
"Satellite transfer complete… Simulations uploaded… Satellite tracking continues. Last satellite tracks predict the MUTO continuing due east. All of our models have the targets converging on the Pacific coast. As of now, it looks like Gojira is still following the MUTO," officer Martinez informed.
"He's hunting," Doctor Serizawa said as he entered the room.
Admiral Stenz looked to Doctor Serizawa, then back to the screens.
"Have all vessels maintain distance from target, and plot the speed and heading of these things. I want to exactly when and where they're going to make landfall," Admrial Stenz ordered.
"Yes, sir," Captain Hampton responded.
"Doctor, what did you mean by hunting?" Admiral Stenz questioned.
Doctor Serizawa made a gesture with his hand, as if he wanted to say something but he could not.
"You think it's chasing this MUTO?" Admiral Stenz asked again.
"But if the MUTO is his prey, this print out shows a call. Why call out the predator?" Dr. Graham asked.
"No, it didn't. I think Godzilla was only listening. The MUTO was calling something else," Doctor Serizawa answered as his eyes moved away while he began sifting through recent information and readings.
"Why is Godzilla hunting the MUTO?" I asked.
"I don't know. But I think that the MUTO proves to be a pain of existence to Godzilla himself," Bianca responded.
"Doctor Serizawa, what is it?" Will asked.
Doctor Serizawa turned his head and looked at the admiral, who was watching him intently waiting for a more solid answer. Doctor Serizawa then looked forward again as he came to a realization, and it was one which horrified him.
"The pattern…" he whispered.
"Focus the search on Nevada!" Doctor Serizawa ordered.
"Nevada? Why would it go to Nevada?" Captain Hampton asked.
"It can't be, it's impossible!" Doctor Graham countered.
"What's impossible?" Admiral Stenz asked.
"There was another spore, in tact, found in the Philippine mine… But we've run every test on it for years. You confirmed it for yourself, it was dormant!" She said frantically.
"Maybe not anymore," Doctor Serizawa responded.
"This spore. Where is it now doctor?" Captain Hamtpon asked.
"It was highly radioactive. It was disposed of. The Americans they, they took it!" Doctor Graham said, still in a mild panic.
"Doctor, where is it?" Admiral Stenz asked Doctor Serizawa.
"Where you put all your nuclear waste," Doctor Serizawa answered.
"Is there a military base stationed there in Nevada?" Will asked.
"There is, they have patrols around every 24/7," I responded.
Several hours later a military convoy was dispatched to Nevada with protective gear and weaponry. Two military trucks and three assault jeeps accompanied by two attack helicopters made their way Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in the mountains of Nevada. Once inside the repository, the men all jumped out and formed up to check the facility for signs of the other MUTO.
"Right, let's go! Give Give me a Mark 1 eyeball on every vault!" The soldier in charge ordered.
They ran through the halls checking each room via the sliding window cover, calling "Clear!" when they didn't find anything.
Finally, at vault 3-3280, when the cover was removed a bright light shone through the glass.
"Hey!" The soldier at the vault called.
All at once, the soldiers turned in unison to face the call with their weapons brought up to the ready as they all inched closer to the vault. The door was opened slowly, and as they moved through the opening they found the entire mountainside torn and bashed out from the inside leaving a gaping hole in the mountain. The helicopters circled by overhead, checking the devastation left behind which looked fairly fresh. It seemed to be not but an hour old at best.
The soldiers removed their masks and walked to the edge of the broken floor and brought up their binoculars to check the direction which several drag marks in the ground seemed to be leading. As the binoculars came up, the sight of Las Vegas in the distance crossed the FOV before one of the soldiers panned right and saw a giant thing walking through the desert. It was kicking up a lot of dust, but it was definitely what they had come to find.
"Out there!" He called out.
The soldiers checking their binoculars checked his direction, and all turned to look where he had pointed.
"Whoa…" One soldier whispered.
"That thing is huge!" Another called out.
The CO of the group picked up his radio.
"Get me admiral Stenz of the USS Saratoga," he said.
"Roger that, what is your situation?" Admiral Stenz asked.
"We have a very big problem," he responded.
Over in Las Vegas a few minutes alter, citizens were enjoying their time in one of the many casinos as a news broadcast of the MUTO approaching their positions flashed on the screen. However, nobody saw the broadcast as they were too engrossed in their gambling to care. When the power suddenly went out, everyone groaned and moaned about the power going out even though none of them had gotten lucky today. But then, a few seconds later the ceiling was ripped away and everyone started screaming and panicking as the horrific sound of he MUTO's roar split their ears.
From one of the hotels nearby, firemen were calling through a door to the people they'd hoped were inside before breaking down the door. As they entered the room, they heard the speakers playing an old Elvis tune, "You're the Devil in disguise." As they entered the room and looked ahead, they saw part of the hotel wall broken away and walked over to check things out. As they came up to the opening, they saw Las Vegas spread out before them with dozens of broken and damaged buildings still smoking with dust everywhere as a few helicopters flew by chasing something massive in the distance which was trudging away at a leisurely pace.
Back in the Pacific on Godzilla's trail, the USS Saratoga received the call from Vegas.
"Sir, our UAV's have footage of the new MUTO," one soldier said.
"Let's have a look at it," Admiral Stenz replied.
"Yes, sir," the soldier replied.
The monitors were then overtaken by one united feed from Vegas showing footage of the MUTO tromping through the city.
"This is from five minutes ago," the soldier said again.
"Oh my god," Admiral Stenz whispered.
"Another MUTO?" Bianca asked.
"Yeah, but this MUTO looks so much different from the MUTO that we encountered in Japan," Will responded.
Admiral Stenz and Captain Hampton shared a glance, both astonished at the MUTO's size and apparent aggressiveness.
"Playing all we have now," the soldier said again.
"It's almost three hundred feet," Doctor Graham said to Doctor Serizawa.
"It's far bigger than the other one," she continued.
"This one doesn't have any wings," Admiral Stenz commented as he turned away from the screen.
"… A different sex?" Doctor Graham offered as a thought.
Doctor Serizawa nodded.
"A female," he said quietly.
The three of us turned back to the screen and looked at the echolocation that Joe had mentioned about.
"That's who he's been talking to," Doctor Graham said.
Admiral Stenz looked away from the two MUTO's and their displayed information on the screens to pay attention to Serizawa and Graham's conversation.
"It must be a mating call. The female remained dormant until the male matured," Doctor Serizawa said.
"And now they're seeking radiation, to reproduce," Doctor Graham concluded.
"Joe mentioned something about the echolocation. And he said he's been tracking it for a long time since the 1999 incident," said Will.
A few minutes later and all of us were in the war room listening to a plan put together by a representative of the US military.
"Current tracking models indicate that all three targets are converging here, San Francisco Bay. But if we rig a nuclear warhead with a shielded timer, put it on a boat and send it twenty miles out, the radiation lures the MUTO's, and the MUTO's lure Godzilla."
"Then we detonate with minimal fallout risk to the city," Captain Hampton continued.
"You can't be serious," Doctor Graham interrupted.
"They feed on radiation," she continued.
"Correct. That's why we use the bomb as bait," Captain Hampton countered.
"And kill them, with the sheer force of the blast," one of the representatives added.
Doctor Graham sighed.
"This is crazy," she whispered.
"Doctor, if you have any other ideas I am all ears," Admiral Stenz said.
"Admiral," Doctor Serizawa began.
"Yes, doctor?" Admiral Stenz asked.
"Godzilla may be the answer. I believe he is here to restore balance. He can defeat them," Doctor Serizawa responded.
"Then what? We just stand by and watch? I'm sorry doctor. I can't take that risk. We'll need to prep the warheads and get them moving to the coast," Admiral Stenz ordered.
"Yes, sir," Captain Hampton said.
The men that were sitting at the table all gathered their documents and other items and left the room. Admiral Stenz stared at Doctor Graham, wondering if she was going to continue arguing against this course of action but she didn't speak. She only let out an exasperated sigh and turned away in frustration before leaving the room.
"Come on, guys. I don't think we would want to argue with the idea like this," I suggested to my cousin and our mutual friend.
"Doctor, I know you don't agree with this. But my first priority is to safeguard our citizens," Admiral Stenz reminded.
Doctor Serizawa remained silent before handing Admiral Stenz the watch he always carried with him. After taking it and examining it briefly, Admiral Stenz remarked that it had stopped.
"Yes… 8:15 in the morning, August 6, 1945," Doctor Serizawa said quietly.
"Hiroshima," Admiral Stenz replied.
"It was my father's," Doctor Serizawa said before closing the watch.
"He was on the team that dropped the nuclear warhead on Godzilla in 1954. He noted that the bomb caused serious burns to Godzilla's flesh and seemed to break some of the bones in his body, but otherwise did nothing to stop him. Godzilla walked away from the Castle Bravo nuclear detonation, a fifteen Megaton explosion… If you detonate this bomb in front of Gojira, I find it unlikely the outcome will be much different. You may wound Godzilla, but the chances of you killing him are not very strong," Doctor Serizawa explained.
Admiral Stenz was silent, taking in the information Serizawa was sharing before taking in a breath and letting it out on a sigh through his nose.
"Doctor, a fifteen Megaton blast is powerful, but compared to a modern nuclear warhead it's nothing but a firecracker. Today's modern nuclear warheads have unfathomable potential, and are estimated to yield up to and exceeding sixty Megatons. If a fifteen Megaton blast wounded Godzilla that badly, then I believe a sixty Megaton blast will most definitely destroy him. Since the MUTO's are smaller and their bodies less durable by design according to your own examination and documentation, I have no doubt they will die along with him," Admiral Stenz explained.
Serizawa sighed, nodding in defeat before turning to leave the room.
Admiral Stenz was the only one who remained behind, wondering if his logic would hold true against the three monsters when the plan was carried out. Surely if Castle Bravo wasn't enough, but caused grievous injury to Godzilla, then a modern nuke had to be strong enough to stop him. It had to be. The difference in power between Castle Bravo and modern nuclear warheads was almost laughable. Surely there'd be no way Godzilla or the MUTO's could survive such a blast. Could they?
He shook his head, pinching the bridge of his nose and rubbing his temples to try and relieve the stress he was under from Washington to get rid of these things.
And that would be the end of the tenth chapter for now. So, what did you guys think? I'm still waiting on when the Godzilla vs Kong trailer will drop. Who do you guys want to win and become the dominant of the Titans? Godzilla or King Kong? I'll let you guys know in the next few chapters.