Earth Defense Headquarters, Australia
A while later...
"All of the sudden I don't get a moment of peace!" Vanessa complained while she the EDF generals argued over the sudden meteor impacts. For some reason they all believed monsters were involved, and for good reason.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I would appreciate it if you all calmed down. This matter can not be that serious," Vanessa said calmly. No one listened; everyone going on about what they thought was a necessary response to recent turn of events.
"I not even going to raise my voice," Vanessa mumbled tiredly.
"Ms Chief! New developments on the meteors...apparently," the PA boomed.
"Already," Vanessa murmured as the generals actually calmed down.
A hologram burst from the round table they all sat at, displaying a beautiful view of New York City. The camera that was supplying the image was stationed in the Statue of Liberty and could see as far as the location of the fireball, which was glowing like a star. Military and civilian helicopters hovered above the meteor, waiting to see what happened next.
"Its been barely a half hour since this meteor landed outside the city that never sleeps, and already the Earth Defense Force has reacted. Looking behind me we can see an approaching fleet of destroyers and a carrier," an off screen reporter was saying. As the cameraman swiveled around the tall blonde male reporter was briefly seen before the view was centered on nine destroyers and an aircraft carrier with jets preparing to launch from is enormous deck.
"Jamie, get back on that fireball, something's happening!" the reporter exclaimed. The generals and Vanessa watched in anxious silence.
The meteor was glowing brighter now, outshining the setting sun and turning the sky a deep red. Suddenly the rock exploded in a massive pillar of fire, destroying all the 'copters above it.
"My God, the meteor has just exploded, killing many innocent people in the aircraft above it! This may be an attack from another world, or a perilous anomaly we may all fall prey to!" the reporter yelled, acting more so than actually caring.
As the pillar of flames subsided a terrible cry was heard, a cry like dozens of men, women and children screaming in terror while a terrible band of violins were played. The cry sounded again and again, scaring even the reporter and shaking the cameraman.
"Fr...from the s....a mon..." the reporter was stricken with terror, unable to even speak any more. Even Vanessa and the generals felt a wave of terror wash over them.
From the column of smoke a golden head appeared, then another on its right and then another on its left. The heads drifted forward, revealing the body they were attached to. Gigantic bat-like gold wings sprouted from a many-scaled shining gold body. Stubby legs hung from the monster while twin tails flailed about behind it.
Three snake-like necks protruded from the golden creature's body, leading to a crown of gold horns and villainous gold heads with red eyes, multiple rows of teeth and forked tongues. As the monster slowly drifted forward it continued to shriek its terrible cry, petrifying all who heard it. "Ahhh..." was all the reporter could manage.
"I knew it was a monster of some sort," one of the generals blurted. "We should deploy the MechaGodzilla before it's too late!"
"Wait; let the local military take care of it first," Vanessa said.
The destroyers floating outside Manhattan launched a wave of cruise missiles and fired their computer assisted targeting cannons. The space monster finally landed on its feet and opened it wings wide, as if welcoming the onslaught. The now night sky was once again aglow, this time with the explosions of the shells and rockets that mercilessly pummeled the monster for a minute that dragged on forever. When the firestorm cleared the three-headed dragon roared something new, a cackle, as if it was laughing.
Jets from the carrier offshore fired their long range missiles from across the city and these also the no avail. The monster cackled evilly. The attacker jets locked on their more powerful bombs and dropped them onto the gold creature. More thunder and fire filled the area around the scaly monster.
One of the monster's heads turned back to the jets that zoomed over it. It snarled at them as gold fire developed in it mouth. The head opened it narrow maw, unleashing a jagged beam of energy. The lighting-like blast cut through the jet squadron, destroying them all in one glorious fireball. The monster cackled again as it took to the air and flew towards the brightly lit city. As soon as it was a few hundred meters from the edge of the city each head waved about widely, firing the yellow death beams. At first the destruction seemed completely wild and random, but as the first few seconds passed everyone watching realized this creature was destroying the great city in a surprisingly efficient manner. The pure power each beam unleashed coupled with perfect coordination with others annihilated the mainland part of NYC in a few minutes.
Vanessa counted four lighting beams washing over Long Island; engulf that part of the city in flames. Next came Manhattan, and the monster destroyed that island with less than a dozen lighting beams. Great buildings such as the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building were obliterated in a heartbeat, exploding into millions of pieces of smoldering rubble. The creature flew over to the fleet, first raining their yellow beams on the Statue of Liberty, and then vaporizing the shocked fleet in seconds. It turned back to the burning metropolis and zoomed above, raining more death beams upon killing anything that survived, cackling the entire time.
The command center in the western North American base was disturbingly silent as everyone tried to grasp what just happened. The clock on the bottom right of the massive screen was at eight minutes and twenty seconds. Subtracting the two minutes of the broadcast beginning the destruction of New York took only six minutes.
"From the sky will come a great King of Terror," Yuri murmured, reciting a small piece of prophecy Nostradamus made centuries before.
Just as Yuri said that every console and screen in the center turned jet black. The letters formed in every language. They filled the screens, then rearranged themselves to form words and sentences. Jessica began to read aloud what the screens were saying:
"The first of three deaths has struck The King of Terror G....Ghidorah has awakened. Soon the red destroyer of life will rise, swarming and devouring. Then the crystal death will rise, sucking life from everything around. Then I will claim your world, for I am your end, I am Armageddon."
"This day is getting very weird really fast," George commented.
"All of the sudden I don't get a moment of peace!" Vanessa complained while she the EDF generals argued over the sudden meteor impacts. For some reason they all believed monsters were involved, and for good reason.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I would appreciate it if you all calmed down. This matter can not be that serious," Vanessa said calmly. No one listened; everyone going on about what they thought was a necessary response to recent turn of events.
"I not even going to raise my voice," Vanessa mumbled tiredly.
"Ms Chief! New developments on the meteors...apparently," the PA boomed.
"Already," Vanessa murmured as the generals actually calmed down.
A hologram burst from the round table they all sat at, displaying a beautiful view of New York City. The camera that was supplying the image was stationed in the Statue of Liberty and could see as far as the location of the fireball, which was glowing like a star. Military and civilian helicopters hovered above the meteor, waiting to see what happened next.
"Its been barely a half hour since this meteor landed outside the city that never sleeps, and already the Earth Defense Force has reacted. Looking behind me we can see an approaching fleet of destroyers and a carrier," an off screen reporter was saying. As the cameraman swiveled around the tall blonde male reporter was briefly seen before the view was centered on nine destroyers and an aircraft carrier with jets preparing to launch from is enormous deck.
"Jamie, get back on that fireball, something's happening!" the reporter exclaimed. The generals and Vanessa watched in anxious silence.
The meteor was glowing brighter now, outshining the setting sun and turning the sky a deep red. Suddenly the rock exploded in a massive pillar of fire, destroying all the 'copters above it.
"My God, the meteor has just exploded, killing many innocent people in the aircraft above it! This may be an attack from another world, or a perilous anomaly we may all fall prey to!" the reporter yelled, acting more so than actually caring.
As the pillar of flames subsided a terrible cry was heard, a cry like dozens of men, women and children screaming in terror while a terrible band of violins were played. The cry sounded again and again, scaring even the reporter and shaking the cameraman.
"Fr...from the s....a mon..." the reporter was stricken with terror, unable to even speak any more. Even Vanessa and the generals felt a wave of terror wash over them.
From the column of smoke a golden head appeared, then another on its right and then another on its left. The heads drifted forward, revealing the body they were attached to. Gigantic bat-like gold wings sprouted from a many-scaled shining gold body. Stubby legs hung from the monster while twin tails flailed about behind it.
Three snake-like necks protruded from the golden creature's body, leading to a crown of gold horns and villainous gold heads with red eyes, multiple rows of teeth and forked tongues. As the monster slowly drifted forward it continued to shriek its terrible cry, petrifying all who heard it. "Ahhh..." was all the reporter could manage.
"I knew it was a monster of some sort," one of the generals blurted. "We should deploy the MechaGodzilla before it's too late!"
"Wait; let the local military take care of it first," Vanessa said.
The destroyers floating outside Manhattan launched a wave of cruise missiles and fired their computer assisted targeting cannons. The space monster finally landed on its feet and opened it wings wide, as if welcoming the onslaught. The now night sky was once again aglow, this time with the explosions of the shells and rockets that mercilessly pummeled the monster for a minute that dragged on forever. When the firestorm cleared the three-headed dragon roared something new, a cackle, as if it was laughing.
Jets from the carrier offshore fired their long range missiles from across the city and these also the no avail. The monster cackled evilly. The attacker jets locked on their more powerful bombs and dropped them onto the gold creature. More thunder and fire filled the area around the scaly monster.
One of the monster's heads turned back to the jets that zoomed over it. It snarled at them as gold fire developed in it mouth. The head opened it narrow maw, unleashing a jagged beam of energy. The lighting-like blast cut through the jet squadron, destroying them all in one glorious fireball. The monster cackled again as it took to the air and flew towards the brightly lit city. As soon as it was a few hundred meters from the edge of the city each head waved about widely, firing the yellow death beams. At first the destruction seemed completely wild and random, but as the first few seconds passed everyone watching realized this creature was destroying the great city in a surprisingly efficient manner. The pure power each beam unleashed coupled with perfect coordination with others annihilated the mainland part of NYC in a few minutes.
Vanessa counted four lighting beams washing over Long Island; engulf that part of the city in flames. Next came Manhattan, and the monster destroyed that island with less than a dozen lighting beams. Great buildings such as the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building were obliterated in a heartbeat, exploding into millions of pieces of smoldering rubble. The creature flew over to the fleet, first raining their yellow beams on the Statue of Liberty, and then vaporizing the shocked fleet in seconds. It turned back to the burning metropolis and zoomed above, raining more death beams upon killing anything that survived, cackling the entire time.
The command center in the western North American base was disturbingly silent as everyone tried to grasp what just happened. The clock on the bottom right of the massive screen was at eight minutes and twenty seconds. Subtracting the two minutes of the broadcast beginning the destruction of New York took only six minutes.
"From the sky will come a great King of Terror," Yuri murmured, reciting a small piece of prophecy Nostradamus made centuries before.
Just as Yuri said that every console and screen in the center turned jet black. The letters formed in every language. They filled the screens, then rearranged themselves to form words and sentences. Jessica began to read aloud what the screens were saying:
"The first of three deaths has struck The King of Terror G....Ghidorah has awakened. Soon the red destroyer of life will rise, swarming and devouring. Then the crystal death will rise, sucking life from everything around. Then I will claim your world, for I am your end, I am Armageddon."
"This day is getting very weird really fast," George commented.