Thank you, Godzilla4eva for reviewing this story, even though you did have
mostly negative comments. I appreciate them anyway. I will truly begin to
make extra effort to proofread this story. I also apologize for the
terrible errors in the previous chapter. I know this isn't a good excuse,
but I was not in peak writing condition when I wrote that. I'll have to
make a note to correct all grammar and logic errors I made. Hopefully this
chapter will show improvement, but if they don't then I'll just have to
take a very long break from writing to improve my skills (or lack thereof).
Skyrunner
Rocky Mountains, United States A short while afterwards
The new HQ for the Earth Defense Force had been relocated to an isolated part of the Rocky Mountains in America. Before resigning as Chief of the EDF, Vanessa Stevenson had made sure the headquarters was located in a safe, secure place.
The command center of the HQ was absolutely massive. As of now the current Chief of the EDF, David Robinson, was relaxing in the control box overlooking the gigantic room. The box gave a clear view of the ten rows of occupied consoles and six huge plasma screens. One screen showed the carcass of Baragon, while another was an overhead view of the sleeping Godzilla. Another showed a satellite heat image of the larger Godzilla. A mountain surrounded by tanks and mechs was on another screen. The remaining screens showed images of the orbiting defense platforms.
"What's the status of the Rodan?" David asked.
"Why don't you look at the screen with the mountain?" replied Carmen Bodega. She was the director and only human member of the new EDF branch known as the Monster Tracking System. The MTS had been created to maintain a close watch on all monsters and any abnormal activity on and around the Earth.
"If you're going to be a smartass I can just fire you and leave the Monster Tracking System to the computers," David said.
Carmen sighed and tapped a command on her computer. The mountain screen zoomed in closer to the mountain.
"Still inactive apparently," Carmen said. "Maybe it's making a nest."
"By itself?" David wondered.
"It may be an asexual creature. We've never seen Rodan's mate, and we have seen multiple Rodan's together," Carmen explained.
"Wouldn't that imply that they're mates?"
"Not necessarily," Richard Carlton said, waking from his nap. He was the remote controller of the Super X-2. He yawned and continued, "Rodans have shown pack hunting behavior in large groups, and then suddenly they split off. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, those Rodans have been destroyed before they had a chance to lay eggs. Either that or they disappeared for a while to lay eggs."
"That's a very good hypothesis," Carmen complimented.
The right entrance to the command box slid open and Jessica Vera Robinson walked through. "Did I miss anything?"
"Did you wash your hands?" David asked jokingly.
"No, I just wanted to save the smell and wetness so I can rub it all over you," she retorted and strolled over to run her hands through David's hair.
"Well, I'll love it because it's from you," David said and kissed Jessica's hand.
"You old people are disgusting. Aren't you supposed to be avoiding each other and arguing and what not?" Richard said.
"Personally, I think their marriage is the reason Jessica's the commander of the Mecha-2," said Carmen.
"That's not true at all," Jessica retorted.
"Yeah, I made her the controller of Mecha-2 because of her skills," David said.
"I wonder what kind of skill's he's talking about," Richard whispered.
"Any idea where Godzilla's headed," Jessica inquired.
"As of now he appears to be heading towards that smaller Godzilla," Carmen answered nonchalantly. "David, why didn't you make me a scientist!?" she exclaimed without warning. "This is the equivalent of watching a flower grow. Sometimes it's pretty, but it's really boring and pointless!"
"We've had this talk three times this week," David replied tiredly. "You don't have the necessary education for such a position. This is what you're good at right now because just about anyone can do it. Once you get the necessary degrees in biology and chemistry and a whole lot of other sciences, then I can make you a scientist of some sort."
"But that'll take years!" Carmen exclaimed.
"What's that on the screen?" Richard abruptly asked.
Everyone turned back to the plasma screens and noticed a growing field of yellow light on the screen focused away from the Earth.
"That could be bad," David muttered. He flicked a switch on his console and said, "Activate all the defense platforms to level two," he ordered with the loudspeaker.
Space above the Earth
The expanding field of yellow light continued to grow until it became a disk three miles in diameter. The field then collapsed and revealed a massive alien ship. The ship's arrow-like nose was pointed towards the Earth. The long, silver triangle extended back a mile to split off into two other triangles. The rear triangles faced away from each other at a forty- five degree angle and each was a mile long and colored purple.
Without warning orange lances of light exploded from unseen sources. These energy blasts zoomed towards the defensive platforms at the speed of light. In a matter of seconds every platform in range of the alien starship was destroyed. The ship suddenly began moving without any visible propulsion. Slowly it rounded the Earth and began unleashing its destructive power upon the platforms orbiting on the other side of the planet. Then the UFO became completely motionless, as if it had entered a slumber. With the orbital platforms destroyed the Earth no longer had a defense in space against the coming invasion.
Skyrunner
Rocky Mountains, United States A short while afterwards
The new HQ for the Earth Defense Force had been relocated to an isolated part of the Rocky Mountains in America. Before resigning as Chief of the EDF, Vanessa Stevenson had made sure the headquarters was located in a safe, secure place.
The command center of the HQ was absolutely massive. As of now the current Chief of the EDF, David Robinson, was relaxing in the control box overlooking the gigantic room. The box gave a clear view of the ten rows of occupied consoles and six huge plasma screens. One screen showed the carcass of Baragon, while another was an overhead view of the sleeping Godzilla. Another showed a satellite heat image of the larger Godzilla. A mountain surrounded by tanks and mechs was on another screen. The remaining screens showed images of the orbiting defense platforms.
"What's the status of the Rodan?" David asked.
"Why don't you look at the screen with the mountain?" replied Carmen Bodega. She was the director and only human member of the new EDF branch known as the Monster Tracking System. The MTS had been created to maintain a close watch on all monsters and any abnormal activity on and around the Earth.
"If you're going to be a smartass I can just fire you and leave the Monster Tracking System to the computers," David said.
Carmen sighed and tapped a command on her computer. The mountain screen zoomed in closer to the mountain.
"Still inactive apparently," Carmen said. "Maybe it's making a nest."
"By itself?" David wondered.
"It may be an asexual creature. We've never seen Rodan's mate, and we have seen multiple Rodan's together," Carmen explained.
"Wouldn't that imply that they're mates?"
"Not necessarily," Richard Carlton said, waking from his nap. He was the remote controller of the Super X-2. He yawned and continued, "Rodans have shown pack hunting behavior in large groups, and then suddenly they split off. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, those Rodans have been destroyed before they had a chance to lay eggs. Either that or they disappeared for a while to lay eggs."
"That's a very good hypothesis," Carmen complimented.
The right entrance to the command box slid open and Jessica Vera Robinson walked through. "Did I miss anything?"
"Did you wash your hands?" David asked jokingly.
"No, I just wanted to save the smell and wetness so I can rub it all over you," she retorted and strolled over to run her hands through David's hair.
"Well, I'll love it because it's from you," David said and kissed Jessica's hand.
"You old people are disgusting. Aren't you supposed to be avoiding each other and arguing and what not?" Richard said.
"Personally, I think their marriage is the reason Jessica's the commander of the Mecha-2," said Carmen.
"That's not true at all," Jessica retorted.
"Yeah, I made her the controller of Mecha-2 because of her skills," David said.
"I wonder what kind of skill's he's talking about," Richard whispered.
"Any idea where Godzilla's headed," Jessica inquired.
"As of now he appears to be heading towards that smaller Godzilla," Carmen answered nonchalantly. "David, why didn't you make me a scientist!?" she exclaimed without warning. "This is the equivalent of watching a flower grow. Sometimes it's pretty, but it's really boring and pointless!"
"We've had this talk three times this week," David replied tiredly. "You don't have the necessary education for such a position. This is what you're good at right now because just about anyone can do it. Once you get the necessary degrees in biology and chemistry and a whole lot of other sciences, then I can make you a scientist of some sort."
"But that'll take years!" Carmen exclaimed.
"What's that on the screen?" Richard abruptly asked.
Everyone turned back to the plasma screens and noticed a growing field of yellow light on the screen focused away from the Earth.
"That could be bad," David muttered. He flicked a switch on his console and said, "Activate all the defense platforms to level two," he ordered with the loudspeaker.
Space above the Earth
The expanding field of yellow light continued to grow until it became a disk three miles in diameter. The field then collapsed and revealed a massive alien ship. The ship's arrow-like nose was pointed towards the Earth. The long, silver triangle extended back a mile to split off into two other triangles. The rear triangles faced away from each other at a forty- five degree angle and each was a mile long and colored purple.
Without warning orange lances of light exploded from unseen sources. These energy blasts zoomed towards the defensive platforms at the speed of light. In a matter of seconds every platform in range of the alien starship was destroyed. The ship suddenly began moving without any visible propulsion. Slowly it rounded the Earth and began unleashing its destructive power upon the platforms orbiting on the other side of the planet. Then the UFO became completely motionless, as if it had entered a slumber. With the orbital platforms destroyed the Earth no longer had a defense in space against the coming invasion.