Once again, I'll have to move away from the previous characters for a chapter, so the situation involving Miki is now left hanging again. I'm cruel like that. Anyway, it's now about time for Jagereth to come into the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Godzilla or any related characters or trademarks. However, Jagereth is completely my own creation.

AWAKENING

Mt. Fuji

It was 9 PM, and the countryside was now growing dark. Another layer of rock was quickly removed by the massive bulldozer. The mining operation had now been going on for weeks.

"Masaki!" The foreman shouted, "Get that digger over here!"

The huge machine instantly began to dig through the Earth. Suddenly, however, it hit something amidst the rock.

"We hit something!" Masaki shouted, moving the machine to the right. He dug into the ground again, hitting something once again.

"Take a look! Something's definitely down there!"

Suddenly, a large section of Earth collapsed around the mysterious object. Something sharp, encrusted with rock, could now be seen poking out of the ground.

"Jesus…" The foreman gasped, "What the hell is that? Get it dug out!"

"Well? What is it?"

Helzer looked down at the huge spike poking out of the ground.

"I honestly have no idea," He answered, "Looks like the only way of finding out exactly what it is, is to dig it out."

"Seismic readings say it's over 180 feet to the bottom of it," The foreman said, "And this is just one side. Apparently this thing's 270 feet wide. How the hell do we dig it out?"

"The company's more than willing to send in heavier machinery," Helzer answered, "Just dig that thing up and get on with the mining!"

By day's end, the machinery had managed to remove thousands of tonnes of Earth. They'd completely exposed the strange object that had been projecting from the ground.

"Unbelievable!" Masaki thought out loud, "It looks like…a wing."

"A wing?" Helzer asked.

"Well, look at it. Look at the shape…the way it's segmented…"

"So what's it the wing of?" The foreman asked, "Are you telling me we set back months of work just to dig up some dinosaur or something?"

"That's way too big to be a dinosaur," Helzer answered, "God only knows what this thing is. But we won't find out until we get this thing dug up!"

It was now Midnight. Over a day had been spent trying to dig this thing out, and they still had a long way to go.

Another huge load of Rock was removed, removing what looked like part of a reptilian head.

"Incredible," Helzer gasped as he looked out at it, "But we still can't identify it?"

Masaki shook his head.

Suddenly, a low, growling noise diverted the mining crews' attention. The huge eyelid suddenly split open, revealing a blood-red eye. The huge, exposed wing suddenly started to move, scraping away the layers of Earth. The rock instantly fell off, revealing the segmented, dark red wing. The spike on top of the wing was a dark black.

The huge reptilian head rose from the Earth on a long neck, the rock falling from it as the jaws parted to unleash an ear-splitting screech. A long, sinuous arm dug its way up from the Earth, as the very earth around the entire creature suddenly broke apart. A pointed tail rose up out of the ground, swishing to the side and sending the mining equipment flying.

The entire creature finally dug its way up from the Earth. The wings opened wide as the creature rose its head and screeched into the air.

The creature was thin and slender. The wings seemed to stretch out for miles as the pointed tail lashed behind him. Its skin was dark red, with orange striped on its side, arms and legs. A row of sharp, jet-black spines ran down its back, and huge, black spikes protruded from its shoulders and elbows.

The enormous creature suddenly turned its attention to the three men standing nearby. Beams of lightening suddenly seemed to dance across its wings, before cascading down and striking the three of them. In an instant, nothing was left but a large area of scorched Earth.

As the creature howled, it thrashed its tail around, destroying the entire quarry. With a single flap of its enormous wings, it suddenly ascended into the air at break-neck speed, flying up into the night sky faster than the eye could see.

Thus enters Jagereth- sorry he took so long to show up! I hope he came off as nice and menacing when he awakened. There'll be a nice helping of action in the next chapter, as well, so please review!