(Chapter 5: Terror of Mecha-Godzilla)
(In the early hours of the morning)
The big three leaders of the Earth's Rightful Rulers sat in their base, patiently waiting for Ren Serizawa's MechaGodzilla update. Something was strange about Floyd's emotions or the way he was acting ever since Ren delivered the news about the mechanical doppelganger of the mighty Godzilla.
"You seem to be way too happy about MechaGodzilla, Colonel Sanders." Alison said with a grin on her face, looking over at Floyd.
"I'm fully confident that this alien created MechaGodzilla can destroy the so called King of The Monsters, he will crush Godzilla and level all other titans that dare stand before him. Victory for the Earth's Rightful Rulers could never be any easier than this!" Floyd exclaimed with laughter.
"Yes, but what happens after he kills Godzilla and all of the titans that come to fight him? He's more than likely going to take us out to.." Alan Jonah protested, not liking this MechaGodzilla idea as much as he would have wanted to.
"I've been in close contact with Ren in private conversations, he will only wipe out a huge portion of the population. He isn't going to completely eradicate the human race, but there will only be like ten thousand humans or so remaining. Us being safe from his wrath." Floyd explained, just then, the voice of Ren broke in through the transceiver.
"Alright, I want you three to head out towards Savannah, Georgia. It would seem that Mecha-Godzilla is headed right that way, as of right now, he's lagging behind. Must be fighting something within the hollow earth, you will get there several hours before he does." Ren explained, his voice being broadcast into the room.
The three leaders of the ERR glanced at each other, large grins spreading on their faces..
A few hours would go on to pass with the big three flying out to Savannah, Georgia. They would go on to warn everyone that radiation was spiking in the area, a titan was presumably arriving soon. As it turned out, it was all a lie that everyone within the city fell for. They would head towards the beach of Tybee Island, where they would alert the lifeguard of a "titan" arriving soon. The crowded beach went into a frenzy, a huge chunk of the people relaxing on the shore had left towards their cars to head out of Georgia, while a smaller chunk of brave people remained.
Alan Jonah was eating at The Crab Shack, a restaurant not too far away from the beach. While Floyd and Alison continued to warn others on the beach of a "titan" arrival. Floyd just got through ushering a family of four to leave the beach and head back to a safe location, turning to see a young man and woman, this couple was none other than Sam Brody and Destanee.
"Young man, did you not hear what I said?" Floyd asked with a raised eyebrow to Sam, his arms being folded.
"Yeah, I heard you. When is this thing going to get here on the beach?" Sam answered, Alison decided to speak up now instead of Floyd.
"We don't know, but normally for this area, radiation isn't even known to be here. As of right now, radiation is spiking higher and higher with every minute, something is going to be here." Alison answered, Sam scoffed and pulled out his phone to call Ford Brody as he dialed in the numbers, he spoke up.
"My father is the head of the G-Team, he should know how to clear a titan out or at least drive them away from land. Godzilla's lazy ass is nowhere to be found as of right now." Sam answered, Alison and Floyd both looked at each other, a smirk came to their faces.
"Well, we're part of the G-Team as well. We can call him up too, but you two seriously need to get out of here before things get bad." Floyd answered to Sam, the son of Ford Brody groaned and put his phone back into his pocket.
"Fine then, call him." Sam said as he and Destanee got up from their seats, heading back towards their truck so they could drive back to the city of Savannah, which wasn't that far away from Tybee Island.
Floyd and Alison continued to walk over to other random people to tell them that they would need to leave the beach, but they did this so they could see where the couple of Sam and Destanee were going. Alison happened to see the license plate number on Ford's truck in which had been stolen by his own son, she recited it to Floyd, the ERR colonel jotting down the license plate on a notepad before slipping it back into his tactical vest pocket.
(Somewhere within the Hollow Earth)
Within the various Hollow Earth tunnels and passageways, large amounts of water had been gathering in these pockets. Large vents stuck up from the floors of the large underwater caves, spewing several amounts of radiation from the deepest parts of the Earth. Ancient radiation being the perfect feeding and fueling source for the mighty Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
In his confrontation with The Gryphon from last year, his maple leaf dorsal spines had been shattered due to overloading himself with radiation during the beam struggle with the enemy, this strategy in particular was dangerous, as it would put loads of stress on the massive heart of the saurian beast.
Without his spines, Godzilla couldn't utilize his atomic attacks such as the beams and the pulses. His spines acted as a storage unit for his radiation as he "powered" up for the special attacks. A nuke would be a quick and easy way for him to get loads of sufficient radiation within seconds, but these vents would be perfect as well.
The King of the Monsters had only recently started to regrow his spines, resting for a year after his grueling fight with The Gryphon. The process of building up new spines from this source of radiation would take several days, but he had been attempting to regrow his spines for around two weeks as of now. They were nearing completion.
His spines seemed to have a different shape than the jagged beach rock look they had in pre-history up to 2019, and they did not have the maple leaf spine shape of 2019 all the way up to the last year. His spines had a real jagged crystalline look to them (think of the 2003 Godzilla suit) and he himself felt twice as powerful as he did within the last years.
He wasn't just rebuilding his spines to become more powerful, he felt a great disturbance. He could sense a huge threat looming within the Earth, he felt the same when Ghidorah arrived on Earth during pre-history and when he was freed from his icy prison in 2019. It wasn't Godzilla that was sensing this threat, Kong had telepathic visions of it. Kong was the first to fight against Mimic Godzilla, so the great ape knew what he was up against and knew that Godzilla would be in trouble.
The spines continue to grow and grow further and further as more and more crystalline material piled onto one another to create the spines, Godzilla taking in as much radiation as he could from the vent. Deep breaths in and out, his senses of the dangerous threat within the Hollow Earth continued to grow. It was time for the King of the Monsters to go on the hunt..
(Jayanti River, India)
Talks of a Monarch Outpost were already in process at the site of King Caesar's underground chamber, Mark was sitting in the home of the priestess and her father while Madison and the priestess remained within the hollow earth complexes.
"It isn't wise to build an outpost at this place, Mr. Russel." The father warned, Mark was curious to know why.
"Why so? King Caesar hasn't been used for warfare or even woken up in tens of thousands of years, your daughter's words, not mine."
"King Caesar knows what humanity is capable of, he's almost awoken several times when humans did something drastic in the course of action against titans. When the nuke was used against the MUTO parasites and Godzilla in 2014, we could hear his heart slowly beating once more. In 2019 during the Mass Awakening, his heart was racing, shaking the walls of the chamber. When Cthulhu rose up in 2020, his breathing went rapid. Year after year, his heart rate rises and falls. If he wakes up without the special chants, he will be uncontrollable.." The priest warned, but Mark was confused.
"I thought he was only awoken by a special song or chant, now you're saying that he can wake up if he is provoked enough.."
"That is what my daughter forgot to tell you and your daughter, Madison. King Caesar can still wake up if he feels a disturbance that is great enough for him to wake up, he will instantly wake up if a hostile titan ever comes way too close."
"What if he ever breaks out and starts destroying everything? When he is awoken without the song, will he go on rampages through cities and kill everything in sight?" Mark asked with a concerned tone in his voice.
"No, but he will become extremely territorial. He will not stop until something either kills him or beats him down enough to the point he falls unconscious." The priest answered, suddenly, the priestess and Madison Russel barged in.
"Papa, his mouth is baring fangs. His heart rate remains relatively low, he isn't making any sorts of noises at the moment. He hasn't shown his teeth in a year, nothing hasn't happened on a global scale or nothing bad enough to be brought to light on a global scale.." The priestess said with a hint of worry.
"Odd.." The priest said to his daughter, looking rather bewildered.
(Later that evening)
It was around sunset, a beautiful sky high above the skies of Savannah, Georgia. Sam and Destanee had went back to their home, the threat of the big three ERR leaders was still real as they lingered in the same area all day long, awaiting the arrival of Mimic Godzilla. In which they knew who it truly was, MechaGodzilla. The ultimate weapon of the Black Hole Aliens.
The two just got back from a romantic stroll down the street, Sam was laying in bed with the television on. The two would be sleeping together for the night, Destanee was looking outside of the window before pulling the blinds shut over them. Right when she reached for the string in which would pull them shut, she heard a loud engine outside of the hotel. She looked out of the window once again to see several G-Team soldiers marching down the street, a maser cannon coming along with them.
"Hey, Sam. I think they really called in the military." Destanee said with a nervous smile, Sam looked confused as he got up from the bed. Approaching the window, looking out of it to see exactly what his girlfriend was seeing.
"It's about damn time, took them all day to get here. The city could've been smashed by now." Sam said, Destanee looked up at him with a fearful expression.
"Should we leave? If they're here then this could be getting bad real soon.."
"Yeah, get all of your belongings while I do the same. We need to get out of here, and fast.."
Suddenly, Sam's phone began to buzz on the bed, he quickly answered it to discover that it was his father that was calling him.
"Sam, you need to head towards the beach. Monarch got word of a possible titan at your location way earlier in the day, we've been monitoring the situation closely, and it is getting bad in terms of the radiation. There is a battleship where I am at, come to it." Ford explained, telling his son where to go.
While Sam spoke with his father, Destanee clambered to find her personal belongings and spare clothes to wear. They didn't have time to save anything, as she opened up a drawer, a siren outside began to blare. She let out a nervous cry of fear, Sam looked at his girlfriend with a concerned expression. The hearts within the chest of the couple began to build up rapidly.
"Dad, the sirens are going off. What the hell is going on?" Sam asked, raising his voice out of fear.
"Radiation is reaching the red levels, red being the highest out of the four level scale. That thing could show up any second now, you need to move towards the beach immediately, son." Ford explained, Sam suddenly remembered what those two "G-Team" soldiers told him around nine in the morning.
"Dad, two G-Team soldiers told me that the titan is a sea dwelling one. The beach is the worst spot to be, I think you need to get out of there.." Sam said with his anxiety rising higher and higher.
"What are you talking about, Sam? We started receiving warnings at twelve noon, when did you get told this?"
"I was told by a guy with long black hair and an ugly looking beard that it was a sea dwelling titan, a brown haired chick was with him." Sam explained, these words made Ford's heart drop..
The general of the G-Team instantly knew on the description alone that his son encountered Floyd Sanders and Alison Ford way earlier. No wonder he received completely different information, and it was way earlier than when Monarch received it. This was nothing good.
"Son, you need to get the fuck out of there now. Come towards the beach and head nowhere else, you are in more danger than you thi-" Ford's voice was deafened by an explosive pounding at the door.
"I'm sorry dad, some person is banging on our door like a madman. I've gotta go check it ou-" Ford was very quick to interrupt his son.
"DO NOT ANSWER THE FUCKING DOOR!" Ford knew what was about to happen in the back of his mind, he had a gut feeling that something horrible was seconds away from occurring. Sam remained in the bedroom while Destanee went to open it, what Sam heard next made his stomach drop like he was on a roller coaster.
Destanee let out a horrified scream, a loud bang was heard as the door slammed against the wall. Some struggling was heard, Sam dropped the phone and went to see what was happening.
"Sam, help!" Destanee screamed in terror as she was held in a tight single armed headlock on the ground, put in an uncomfortable position by none other than that bastard, Floyd Sanders. A rusty combat knife dangerously close to her throat as her veins bulged out of her neck from intense anxiety and emotional distress. Sam's heart began to pound within his chest, feeling like it was wanting to punch right through his body.
"You let her go you son of a bitch!" Sam screamed, not breaking out into a charge, a sadistic smile was on Floyd's face. This set up could not have gone better for him and Alison.
"Come any closer and this pretty girl here loses her fucking head!" Floyd screamed before licking the side of Destanee's face with his tongue, the girlfriend of Sam Brody could smell his foul breath and she tried not to gag. Not only was this evil man being sadistic to Sam, torturing his emotions, but he was being very creepy towards Destanee.
Sam growled in frustration as Alison entered the room with a pistol trained on Sam's head.
"You two are coming with us. Try to leave and we will kill you both without hesitation." Alison said in a bold tone, making a statement to the couple.
Just then, a massive explosive boom rocked the whole house. The lights flickered as Destanee squealed loudly as tears streamed down her cheeks, a nervous sweat breaking out all over her body while her heart raced a mile a minute within her chest. An ear piercing mechanical shriek was heard, Alison grew a wicked grin on her face.
"Right on cue, let's get them out of here, Floyd."
Who the hell are these people? Sam thought to himself as Alison stormed into the room, viciously shoving him out of the room along with Floyd who was brutally dragging Destanee out of the room.
As the four of them left the room, they could see the approaching form of Godzilla. This wasn't the real King of the Monsters though, the roar was different. The saurian looking beast was far away, but it wouldn't take long for him to be right on top of them. Sam and Destanee watched on in horror as the monster they once seen as savior utterly destroyed the location of an elementary school, incinerating the entire area with a bright yellow beam. His eyes glowing and flashing a bright golden color..
Further away, Ford Brody and the Skull Squadron had all been assembled. Riding on a battleship towards Savannah, they all looked out into the city to see the slightly visible silhouette of what appeared to be Godzilla. Everyone began to recall having visions of this city from a few years back.
"We need to help those people that are stuck in the evacuation routes, they're heading right for that thing!" Brayden shouted as he and the Skull Squadron ran towards a ramp in which would lead onto the mainland.
Ford suddenly stopped and fired a pistol into the air, getting desperate after losing contact with his son.
"No, all of you fucking stop right where you are!"
"I want the Snow Brothers to take shelter on Skidaway Island, if anybody gets hurt, get your asses into the city and get us to safety. Colonel Williams, Haas, I am going to need both of you to help out trapped people within buildings. I want Colonel Anderson and Colonel Belinsky to follow after me, I'm going to need backup, that son of a bitch, Floyd has my son, and I'll be damned if anything happens to him!" Ford screamed furiously.
As they ran down the ramp, they heard a loud explosion, within the distance, a fireball burst into the sky after a gas station had been decimated by Mimic Godzilla's yellow beam. The explosion sent several flaming chunks flying into fleeing civilians, killing several of them, it also sent the blazing chunks smashing into vehicles and other buildings around the gas station, spreading the flames.
Several fighter jets soared overhead, rushing towards Mimic Godzilla to try and defend the city of Savannah. The Snow Brothers broke off from the rest of the squadron, heading to Skidaway Island to set up a base with other soldiers eventually following behind the two, carrying loads of equipment with them.
Mimic Godzilla's screeching roar was heard all around, so were his thunderous footsteps as he unleashed yet another yellow beam down onto the ground, vaporizing fleeing citizens of Savannah, GA. As the sun continued to sink down below the horizon, the glows of the several burning buildings became prevalent as the foul choking scent of the black smoke lingered in the air.
A group of soldiers emerged from a nearby building after taking shelter in it for a brief span of time, firing their light machine guns up at the massive saurian beast only for their tiny bullets to do absolutely nothing to Mimic Godzilla. The great saurian face shifted in rage as it lifted up the large pillar like leg, slamming the foot down upon the poor soldiers, crushing everyone of them.
A rocket suddenly burst hard on the chest of Mimic Godzilla, causing him to let out another mechanical growl in a fury. The towering beast turned his whole body around with a jerk. The massive tail swinging up, smashing into the large building. It wasn't destroyed, but it had a massive hole in it in which began to emit loads of smoke, glows of a fire could be seen within the hole.
Not too far from where Mimic Godzilla stood, Floyd and Alison were continuing to take the defenseless Sam and Destanee up the road to who knows where. The son of Ford Brody and his girlfriend were completely oblivious to what was happening, Sam was being held at gunpoint by Alison with her rifle pressed into his back. He was sweating bullets as his heart pounded in his chest, wanting to escape his body. As the young man was continued on up the road, he couldn't help but take frequent glances back at Destanee, who was being forcefully dragged within a tight headlock by Floyd.
"Where are you taking us?" Sam asked, finally breaking his silence, hoping to God that he wouldn't receive fatal rounds from the assault rifle into his back.
"We're going to an undisclosed area on the beach, we should have a small hiding spot. Once this whole situation ends, we'll take you back up to Alaska to train with us and become part of the Earth's Rightful Rulers Organization." Floyd explained in a calm manner, which unsettled Sam.
"Why should we want to join you shitheads? With the way you treat us, I don't wanna join anything you fools are related to!" Sam growled loudly only to hear Alison's cold words pierce his ears.
"Keep talking and I'll kill you right here, you won't have to join anything except the afterlife.."
"Come on now, young man, break away from the flock of Monarch and join the pack of all the organizations and governments that want to rid this world of titans. The pay is great, imagine all the fame and fortune you will have once we destroy all of the titans.." Floyd answered Sam's words with a sinister smirk.
A loud mechanical roar was heard, followed by a booming explosion of a building being set ablaze in a massive inferno thanks to the yellow ray of Mimic Godzilla. The smell of smoke began to intensify and so did the heat of the several fires, Sam went to look back but received the butt of Alison's rifle digging into his back.
"Keep walking, I didn't say stop!" Alison shouted aggressively, making sure Sam felt the force she put behind the melee of her rifle.
Fighter jets rushed in on Mimic Godzilla, unleashing a hail of bullets upon the saurian beast. His face shifted in anger, as he opened up his mouth to go and fire another yellow ray, only to get nailed in the mouth by a missile. Damage was dealt as sparks were seen flying out from the mouth, making the giant stagger to the side a bit.
If damage was to be dealt within the actual Mechanical part of this MechaGodzilla, it will be critical. Mimic Godzilla bared his metallic fangs furiously as he seen the fighter jet squadron zoom by his face, continuously unloading turret and missile fire on the saurian face of this mimic.
Mimic Godzilla effortlessly destroyed all of the fighter jets in a single blast of his yellow beam, reducing them to flaming chunks in which went crashing down into small buildings or slamming into larger ones, punching massive holes in them.
Ford Brody and the rest of the Skull Squadron had seen the sheer devastation from a further distance away, the smoke rising high into the darkening skies and the glows of the fires quickly becoming the only source of light. Explosion after explosion went off, each with great amounts of fire being produced and smoke being even more widespread than before.
"We're running on borrowed time, we need to find another way there or else Savannah is done for!" Ford screamed as he ran with the squadron, fearing for the life of his son and everyone else that lived in the city.
It wasn't just the Skull Squadron that was heading into the city of Savannah to save it from what they believed was Godzilla, several more groups of soldiers were heading in after them.
A large vehicle slowly rolled in beside the running Skull Squadron and Ford suddenly stopped, aiming his firearm at the window. Raising up an arm to get his squadron to stop abruptly.
"We're taking this vehicle, you guys can run by land!" Ford shouted, wanting to have the vehicle for him and the squadron to make a quick entrance into the city as another loud explosion rocked the city.
"Why the world are you wanting the vehicle now? You could have been driving it as soon as we hit the shores!" The soldier within the vehicle screamed through the window.
"My son is in incredible danger, at the risk of being killed by our worst enemy, not to mention that Godzilla is destroying everyone for no fucking reason. I'm the general dammit, and you will give me the damn vehicle!" Ford screamed, pulling the hammer back on the pistol.
The soldiers left the vehicle, groaning in annoyance. Ford and his Skull Squadron entered the humvee and sped down the road, desperately rushing towards the ever growing inferno that was Savannah, Georgia.
"Wow, General Brody, that was kind of a dick move to your own soldiers.." Kenny said with a nervous laugh, Ford sighed as he floored it down the road.
"Colonel Anderson, you don't understand what it means to have a kid. Other than my wife, Sam has been the best person to ever come into my life. The birth of Sam all of those years ago helped me to become a better man, and after Elle died, the road was hard, but Sam helped me out of my downward spiral that I was going down. My son has never failed me before, and I'm not going to fail him either." Ford answered calmly, the humvee fell into pure silence.
The silence seemed eerie as the sounds of soldiers letting out battlecries were heard behind them, explosion after explosion was heard within the distance. As the humvee got closer to the packed city instead of beach towns, the sounds of the multiple explosions got louder. Several charred corpses were seen laying in the streets, the cloud of smoke began to blot out the sky. While the light of the sun was still prevalent as it continued to slowly go down beneath the horizon, it seemed like total night as the amount of smoke eclipsed the sun itself.
Once the humvee reached the city, a burning jeep went flying past them, damn near hitting it. A loud mechanical roar was heard echoing out in the area, followed by an explosive footstep. Ford took it as the time to stop the vehicle and for him and the Skull Squadron to leave the humvee.
"I want all of you to remember your mission, Anthony, Alan, you two go find innocent civilians and help them to safety from burning buildings. Help out some first responders if they show up, Laura, Kenny, come with me now!" Ford shouted as he pulled his phone out, utilizing the "find my iPhone" option to track down his son's location via tracking Sam's iPhone.
Andy Williams and Alan Haas were already on it, rushing towards a building in which had been hit hard by a burning chunk of debris. As the two colonels got close to the flaming building, they could hear the terrified screams of those inside.
As Ford fiddled around with his iPhone, a loud mechanical roar of Mimic Godzilla was heard, followed by yet another explosion. At this point, a large majority of Savannah was in flames with the black smoke lingering above the city, choking any survivors out if they didn't leave in time.
Mimic Godzilla reared his head back and unleashed a triumphant yellow beam high into the sky as large amounts of smoke surrounded him, the computer within him being satisfied with how much devastation he had caused. Several buildings had been completely destroyed, those burning or severely broken would collapse and only escalate the damage.
Suddenly, there was a bright blue flash of light with an explosive boom coming from it. Must have been a transformer blowing out, however, the blue lights remained after the supposed "transformer" was blown out.
Within the smoke, the blue light began to cast an eerie silhouette of a large saurian titan, with jagged dorsal spines. A low enraged growl was heard coming from within, a long, thick tail swiped through the smoke, clearing it away. Godzilla had arrived in Savannah, Georgia..