Chapter V: Ikeda's Plan
:remote area, upstate, New York:
The baby slept silently, it's chest, big enough to hold a small house in, rising every now and then as it breathed.
The baby. His baby.
What secrets do you hold inside, little one? Ikeda smiled, placing a hand on the creatures cold, turquoise scales. What will you teach me?
John had been properly disposed of and, to Ikeda's even greater delight, his sudden death was unquestioned, and he hadn't had time to contact the facility in time to order the destruction of the baby Tsunagara.
Now with the sudden threat to his project eliminated, he could concentrate on the new problem that had suddenly arisen.
The mother Tsunagara.
John had been right, Tsunagara was coming for the baby. She was still headed towards New York, her journey leaving nothing but destruction and death behind. Ikeda didn't care. It was a small price to pay and besides, Japan had been attacked and survived numerous kaiju invasions. The United States would prosper once again as well, someday. But he wouldn't allow her to take away his baby, his project, not with all the time and money he had spent in all of this.
Thanks to his contacts in the American government, who he had promised to rid them of Tsunagara, he finally had the permission he needed to protect his baby from its angry mother.
"Mr. Ikeda?" One of the American scientists interrupted him out of his thoughts.
"Yes, Doctor? What is it?" Ikeda replied in his heavily accented English, irritated.
"We managed to get a hold of a General Takahashi of G Force command, sir." The doctor offered the cordless phone over to Ikeda.
Nodding, he accepted it.
General Takahashi stood in shock for a moment. "Get rid of Gojira? How?" He finally managed to ask, skeptical. Ever since G Force had been put into effect, they had never came close to ridding Japan of Gojira. Was it even possible? Had this mysterious new man honestly come up with a solution for their kaiju problem?
"I mean to use him to destroy the American kaiju."
"Tsunagara."
"Yes."
At first, it sounded like a great idea. But hadn't Gojira always won out in the end? Wouldn't that happen again? And then what? But if he was destroyed, what about Tsunagara?
"But how will you control Gojira?" Takahashi asked, looking over a current report on the Rodan-Gojira situation. The two terrors had broken off their fight hours ago, allowing the rescue and salvage crews to finally move in. Suddenly though, Rodan was spotted heading back towards Tokyo. And he was pretty sure that Gojira wouldn't be too far back in following. The two kaiju seemed to have a strange, territorial relationship going on.
"Easily enough, General. In 1985, the Japanese government put into effect a project which utilized the migratory calls of birds to lure Gojira away from Tokyo and to a nearby volcano. While this attempt in his destruction didn't actually work, the system of luring him did. Now, you can use that do direct him to the United States to the area chosen where he'll fight Tsunagara. From there out, my scientists can control him."
"How?"
Ikeda smiled at his end of the line, looking up at the baby.
There was a long moment of silence from the other end. Give him to me, you fool, Ikeda shouted silently at Takahashi. It can only benefit the both of us!
Takahashi's confirmation finally came through.
Ikeda nearly shouted, grinning from ear to ear.
I hope not, Ikeda-san. I hope not.
In the best mood he had been in in a while, Ikeda turned off the phone, handing it back to the doctor who still stood patiently by his side. "Gather the rest of the team. Have them send out all the necessary information regarding the bird frequencies, the cleared oceanic route, and the final site within the hour to General Takahashi of G Force command."
The doctor merely nodded, quickly moving away to carry out Ikeda's orders.
:remote area, upstate, New York:
The baby slept silently, it's chest, big enough to hold a small house in, rising every now and then as it breathed.
The baby. His baby.
What secrets do you hold inside, little one? Ikeda smiled, placing a hand on the creatures cold, turquoise scales. What will you teach me?
John had been properly disposed of and, to Ikeda's even greater delight, his sudden death was unquestioned, and he hadn't had time to contact the facility in time to order the destruction of the baby Tsunagara.
Now with the sudden threat to his project eliminated, he could concentrate on the new problem that had suddenly arisen.
The mother Tsunagara.
John had been right, Tsunagara was coming for the baby. She was still headed towards New York, her journey leaving nothing but destruction and death behind. Ikeda didn't care. It was a small price to pay and besides, Japan had been attacked and survived numerous kaiju invasions. The United States would prosper once again as well, someday. But he wouldn't allow her to take away his baby, his project, not with all the time and money he had spent in all of this.
Thanks to his contacts in the American government, who he had promised to rid them of Tsunagara, he finally had the permission he needed to protect his baby from its angry mother.
"Mr. Ikeda?" One of the American scientists interrupted him out of his thoughts.
"Yes, Doctor? What is it?" Ikeda replied in his heavily accented English, irritated.
"We managed to get a hold of a General Takahashi of G Force command, sir." The doctor offered the cordless phone over to Ikeda.
Nodding, he accepted it.
General Takahashi stood in shock for a moment. "Get rid of Gojira? How?" He finally managed to ask, skeptical. Ever since G Force had been put into effect, they had never came close to ridding Japan of Gojira. Was it even possible? Had this mysterious new man honestly come up with a solution for their kaiju problem?
"I mean to use him to destroy the American kaiju."
"Tsunagara."
"Yes."
At first, it sounded like a great idea. But hadn't Gojira always won out in the end? Wouldn't that happen again? And then what? But if he was destroyed, what about Tsunagara?
"But how will you control Gojira?" Takahashi asked, looking over a current report on the Rodan-Gojira situation. The two terrors had broken off their fight hours ago, allowing the rescue and salvage crews to finally move in. Suddenly though, Rodan was spotted heading back towards Tokyo. And he was pretty sure that Gojira wouldn't be too far back in following. The two kaiju seemed to have a strange, territorial relationship going on.
"Easily enough, General. In 1985, the Japanese government put into effect a project which utilized the migratory calls of birds to lure Gojira away from Tokyo and to a nearby volcano. While this attempt in his destruction didn't actually work, the system of luring him did. Now, you can use that do direct him to the United States to the area chosen where he'll fight Tsunagara. From there out, my scientists can control him."
"How?"
Ikeda smiled at his end of the line, looking up at the baby.
There was a long moment of silence from the other end. Give him to me, you fool, Ikeda shouted silently at Takahashi. It can only benefit the both of us!
Takahashi's confirmation finally came through.
Ikeda nearly shouted, grinning from ear to ear.
I hope not, Ikeda-san. I hope not.
In the best mood he had been in in a while, Ikeda turned off the phone, handing it back to the doctor who still stood patiently by his side. "Gather the rest of the team. Have them send out all the necessary information regarding the bird frequencies, the cleared oceanic route, and the final site within the hour to General Takahashi of G Force command."
The doctor merely nodded, quickly moving away to carry out Ikeda's orders.
