Disclaimer: Don't own, never will. But I do own the character of Patrick Connolly, so hands off!
OK, I'm back yet again for another chapter! And I'm going to make up for the major lack of giant monster violence in the last two chapters. Anyway, it's straight into the story today, and no meandering!
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INVASION
Everyone in the G-Graspers command room was frantically running round between consoles, attempting to track the creature responsible for the damage at the airport. So far, however, they'd had no success.
Patrick entered the command room and looked up at the screen. He was now in Uniform, and awaiting his assignment.
Finally, General Katagiri entered the room.
"Connolly," He said, "Nice to have you with us. After the incident at the airport, we were beginning to fear the worst!"
"We got lucky," Patrick, answered, "There wasn't much damage this time. And almost everyone made it outside. Any luck finding what did this?"
Katagiri shook his head. "No sign of it."
The doors behind them swung open as a young Japanese woman with black hair entered the room.
"Ah," Katagiri said as he suddenly remembered, "Miki, this is Patrick Connolly, transfer from the RAF. Connolly, this is Miki Segusa."
"Nice to meet you," Miki smiled.
"Likewise."
"Any luck, Miki?" Katagiri asked.
"Nothing," She confessed, "I can't find anything."
"Well, keep looking. This thing's bound to show up eventually."
Miki nodded and left the room.
"Miki Segusa…" Patrick thought out loud, "I've heard of that name…"
"She was the chief psychic with G-Force," Katagiri explained. "We hoped she could help us track this thing down."
Suddenly, an alarm sounded and they both looked up at the main screen. No less than eight red dots had suddenly appeared in Hokkaido
Hokkaido BayA guard was walking on the pier, looking out over the ocean and eating a sandwich. After finishing it he picked up and opened a cold can of beer. Suddenly, something in the sea caught his eye. He looked up as a massive wake sped through the water toward him. He instantly turned round and ran, only for a huge claw to grab him and effortlessly slice him in two.
A massive crustacean with many sword-like legs and a repulsive face pulled itself up out of the water, glaring at the city. Around it, three more of the monsters rose from the depths.
G-GraspersAkane ran down the stairs and into the command room, along with a number of G-Grasper soldiers. Katagiri was already issuing orders.
"Units 5 and 6, help with the evacuation. Unit 3 is in Super-X IV. Unit 1, 2 and 4 are to directly engage the creatures on the ground."
Akane heard Unit 1- her unit. She immediately headed toward the departure area. The soldiers instantly began moving.
"Super-X 4?" Miki asked, puzzled.
"It's just been completed," Katagiri explained, "But it's the best chance we've got."
"It's them…" Miki gasped.
"What do you mean?"
"The Destroyah…"
HokkaidoAll eight of the massive crustaceans were now running wild, tearing apart the city. They tore through buildings with their sword-like legs, using their strength to tear apart anything in their way. People desperately ran for cover, only to be crushed by the rampaging beasts.
Toward the bay, one of them had crawled up a tower, and suddenly looked up. A sleek, silver aircraft was flying towards it. The Destroyah screeched at its challenger as it circled the building. In a brilliant flash of red energy, it suddenly transformed into a flying demon, swooping toward the ship.
On the bridge of the Super-X IV, the commander watched the rapidly approaching monster.
"Fire!"
A sudden volley of missiles burst from the craft, homing in on the Destroyah. The Super-X IV swooped down, avoiding the winged monster. The Destroyah turned round as the missiles struck at it. The craft turned round and shot another burst of missiles at the monster. It flew up, but again the missiles turned round and followed it.
On the ground, one of the Destroyah was tearing apart a building. Suddenly, five missiles hit it in the back. It veered round to face the soldiers.
Among the G-Grasper soldiers, Akane loaded her missile launcher, aiming up at the Destroyah. Unit 4 fired a volley of missiles from a nearby rooftop, distracting the massive crustacean. As soon as it moved, Units 1 and 2 fired another burst of missiles, hitting the creature in the side of the head. As it turned again to face them, a row of tanks from behind the soldiers opened fire, pelting it with the powerful shells.
A few blocks away, a unit of JSDF jets swooped low to the ground, dropping clusters of bombs on a pair of Destroyah. In a flash, the monsters were in their flying forms, and had taken to the air in pursuit of the jets. Several Apache choppers were attacking another flying monster. Another one was being attacked by a group of Maser Tanks, which were blasting away with their artificial lightening.
The final two monsters were on the waterfront, being bombarded by Naval forces. The ships fired bursts of missiles, as the creature changed into their flying forms and flew out, immediately tearing the ships apart.
In the middle of town, Akane had just narrowly avoided being crushed by the Destroyah. Togashi fired two missiles up at the creature before rolling to the side to avoid its crushing feet. On the rooftop, several soldiers in Unit 4 continued to fire at it.
The Super-X IV was still involved in its dogfight with the airborne Destroyah. As the monster pursued it, the ship suddenly stopped. The Destroyah flew straight past it.
"Fire Maser!"
A huge burst of Blue energy shot from the front of the ship, hitting the flying monstrosity right in the chest. An enormous explosion followed soon after, sending the Destroyah crashing to the ground.
The jets were still engaging their own flying enemies. They flew over the waterfront, where the other two fliers had finished tearing up the Naval unit. The monster saw the jets and immediately flew up toward them. Some of the jets managed to veer out of the way, but with four Destroyah against them, the others were torn to pieces in seconds.
The Maser tanks were still bombarding one of the creatures. As soon as one row stopped firing, another started. The Super-X IV suddenly flew close to the ground, firing its own huge Maser cannon at the creature. It roared in pain and anger, as the Maser tanks suddenly started firing again. Finally, it fell to the ground, into the side of a skyscraper. With the bottom of it crushed, the entire structure collapsed on top of the crustacean.
One of the flying Destroyah flew to the ground and reverted to its crawling form, joining the one that was being bombarded by Units 1, 2 and 4. It landed on the rooftop with Unit 4, crushing all of them underfoot. The entire structure collapsed toward the tanks. The vehicles immediately pulled back, but several of them were crushed under the rubble. The three surviving jets flew to the ground, firing at the attacking beast. However, the flying Destroyah that had been downed by the Super-X IV suddenly tore its way up from the rubble nearby, straight toward the jets. They all veered to the side, but the monster's wing cut through them. The two land-crawling Destroyah turned their attention to Units 1 and 2.
"Fall back!" Togashi yelled, "Fall back!"
The Units immediately retreated, straight through an alley and into the street on the other side. However, the Destroyah simply tore their way through it. Two of the flying Destroyah suddenly appeared in front of them, changing back to their crawling forms.
"Shit!" Akane shouted as she narrowly dodged one of the monsters' claws. She fired a missile at the monster's undefended stomach. It immediately pulled away. Togashi saw, and had an idea.
"Aim for their undersides!" He ordered, "Keep moving!"
The soldiers moved as one, dodging seamlessly endless claws, firing their missiles at the creatures' stomachs. After a while, one of them finally took too many hits. The flesh on its stomach was torn open. However, it immediately started to heal.
Akane immediately ran forward, skilfully dodged a claw and fired a missile into the open wound. As it detonated, the monster roared in pain and moved to swat her again. She dodged, but her missile launcher went sliding across the ground. Togashi immediately fired a missile into the bleeding wound before Akane was hit. The monster screamed again, and fell to the ground, dead. Nearby, another group of soldiers were blasting away at a Destroyah's underside. The creature fell, unmoving, to the ground.
Suddenly, a burst of shells, missiles and Masers erupted around them. Three Destroyah were attacking the Super-X IV, while the Masers and the Tanks were bombarding the remaining two Destroyah.
The flier grabbed onto the Super-X IV, digging its claws into it.
"Losing power in Engines 3, 5 and 6!"
The ship crashed into the side of a building, tearing through steel and mortar. As it hit the ground, the building crumbled, falling to the ground around the soldiers.
The flier swooped to the ground, sending the tanks and Masers flying. One of the crawling monsters swatted at Akane on the ground. She barely avoided it, and the impact sent her flying.
"Akane!" Togashi yelled as he fired his last missile at one of the Destroyah. He ran over to her side, instinctively checking her pulse. She was alive, but unconscious.
The G-Grasper Unit couldn't hold out anymore- and there were still five Destroyah left. Suddenly, however, they stopped, and the crawlers changed to their flying forms. They instantly turned and flew out to sea.
Togashi breathed a sigh of relief as the marauding creatures flew away from Hokkaido.
G-Graspers HQKatagiri watched the image of the flying Destroyah travelling away from the city.
"They're leaving…" His voice was relieved, but perplexed. "Where are they going? Why did they stop?"
Miki's expression, however, was one of fear. "They've found what they were looking for," She gasped. "They're going after Godzilla!"
Mt. FujiBelvera placed the last stone on the image she had formed on the ground, and finished the incantation.
"Now," She commanded, "Awaken! And bring with you the end of this world!"
An enormous fire suddenly erupted from the ground. The Earth opened up as something huge rose up amidst the flames.
Belvera laughed insanely as the monster revived…
Monster IslandGodzilla looked out over the sea. He could sense it- his oldest nightmare, returning at last. But there was something else as well- something else he had fought against.
Minilla stood next to his father, worried about what was worrying his father. Suddenly, however, Five dark shapes appeared on the horizon.
Godzilla gestured to Minilla to leave, and turned to face the Destroyah…
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Man, today has been a marathon for me- Three chapters in one day! Especially all the mass hurting in this chapter! And one hell of a cliffhanger, if I say so myself. All of that, plus, Belvera is about to make her move!
Now, just so there's no confusion- this story groups the whole series into one continuity. (After the changes to time in Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah, Junior was the reincarnation of Minilla. This Minilla is the son of the second Godzilla. This explains the presence of Minilla in Destroy All Monsters, which takes place in 1999.)
I know the second menace has now appeared, but its identity is not yet revealed- there's still time to guess! And of course, all reviews welcome!