(Chapter 8: Fight in flight)
Kaiyo and his bodyguard entered the massive armored zeppelin through the large open latch on the underside, they flew down the large hallway to the helicopter docking bay. No men or women awaited them, everyone was participating in the destruction of Ogra. A large amount of gunmen and gunwomen were deployed on the ground and needless to say, all of them were killed when the napalm was lit.
The pilot, Kaiyo, and his bodyguard made their way down the hall into the captain's quarters of the warship. Watching the battle of New Mexico unfold far beneath them, Kaiyo noticed a few Red Bamboo choppers flying up towards the latch.
"Don't close the latch, let them in." Kaiyo ordered, not knowing it was really the colonels in disguise.
"The Anti-titan bomb is on the way, just a few miles out of the city." The pilot announced, Kaiyo nodded his head with an evil grin in approval, the sick fool couldn't wait to see Ogra lying dead in the remains of the city.
"You're putting five hundred thousand plus people in danger though, you must be insa-" the bodyguard was silenced when Kaiyo ended his life with a single shot to the head from his pistol, the crazy jap only wanted loyal men and women for his cause, no matter how gruesome his methods were.
"I won't have any traitors in my organization, to leave is to die." Kaiyo explained, the pilots of the warship had a cold chill run down their spines, everyone had to follow his orders or else they would be found and killed as if Kaiyo wasn't brutal enough.
"Alright, everyone stay alert, we could get ambushed." Ford warned into his transceiver, leading the squadron of stolen helicopters down the large hallway.
Eventually, the squadron came to the helicopter docking bay. There were signs hanging from the ceiling, pointing to which direction the control room and captain's quarters was. There were also signs pointing to the armory and the catering rooms, Ford cracked his knuckles as his squadron unloaded. This could be their last chance at killing Kaiyo, they had to make it count. On the wall was a large map of the world, the map contained several Monarch Outposts on them, it was something that Kaiyo had stolen many years when he was still with Monarch and not showing evil tendencies.
There was another world map beside the Monarch one, this one was made by the Red Bamboo. Logos of the RB were spread throughout the map, one of them was in the ocean, not on Skull Island but by the island.
"If he wants to steal our shit, how about we take his shit." Kenny asked, going to rip the Red Bamboo map off the wall. Ford gave him a nod of approval, and Kenny tore it off the wall.
Upon closer examination, the monster located off the shores of Skull Island was named Ebirah. No description was given for the monster, only the name. Another one was named Pestar, it was apparently located in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Even another titan was out in the Atlantic Ocean, it was named Gezora. The Red Bamboo apparently knew more titans existed than Monarch did, these titans weren't even on the maps of the GDF even.
"Did these bastards know about the titans that fought in Oakland too?" Laura asked Kenny as they continued to look at the map for an even longer amount of time. A titan known as Anguirus was located in Monemvasia, Greece.
"It goes to show us that this man was hellbent on finding them titans."
"We're taking this." Alan Haas said, pointing at the map while looking at Ford.
"For sure."
Kenny folded the large map and slipped it into his pocket, the colonels made their way down the hall and towards the control room, weapons tight in their hands. From within the captain's quarters, Kaiyo saw a few men and one woman marching towards the control room from in the hall via security cameras. At first he thought of them to be Red Bamboo gunmen and gun women, but he discovered one of them had the face of Ford Brody, alarming him greatly.
"Shit, they're here." Kaiyo said to himself as he left the cockpit of the armored blimp, a few gunmen walked to meet the colonels with him. It would be ten Red Bamboo gunmen and Kaiyo versus four of the colonels and Ford Brody.
The pilot began to fly the armored blimp at full speed, trying to get away from the city of Albuquerque. If the colonels were to bring down the airship, they would get killed by the bomb, that goes for everyone. The effects of the bomb would be felt for several miles, it would be best to get out into a desert than rather suffer from harmful radiation left behind by the bomb.
A warning buzz droned throughout the airship, it sent shivers down everyone's spine. The anti-titan bomb was approaching, it would be there in five minutes…
"We need to fucking move." Kenny warned, looking over at Ford. The general nodded his head, everyone was somewhat worried, if they were to die, their sacrifice wouldn't be in vain.
Ford looked up on a sign in which said Captains quarters to the right. He smirked and took out a grenade from his pocket, pulling the pin, and hurling it down the hall to where he read the sign. The tiny bomb exploded, a multitude of panicked screams were heard coming from down the hall. Ford smiled, it was the Red Bamboo gunmen and Kaiyo.
"Get to cover." Ford commanded, his colonels did as was told of them. They all took cover behind large weaponry crates and behind large columns within the hallway, ready to take out Kaiyo.
"Kaiyo Hanson, I want you to redirect that anti-titan bomb out into the ocean where nobody will get hurt. Or send it to the mountains, you don't know how many people live in this city. You've already killed off thousands of people and soldiers already, you killed off an innocent titan, you should be happy with what you've done you cruel son of a bitch!" Ford called out from cover, Kaiyo answered him.
"None of those damn titans are innocent, none of them. You're so in denial it isn't even funny, all of you fools are. You've come to kill me, Ford? Killing me isn't going to bring all of those dead people back. It won't change a damn thing!"
"You should've stayed in your cell, you would've been set free at some point. Now you leave us no choice but to kill you." Laura growled.
"That bomb is going to be here in less than four minutes now, it is too late to do anything. The blast will take us all out, and even if this ship survives. It will come crashing down in a great ball of fire, you've failed again, colonels. If I'm going down, I am taking all of you with me you fools!" Kaiyo responded to Laura.
"Don't make us come down that hall and kill all of you, we'll stop that bomb ourselves." Kenny warned, this made Kaiyo chuckle.
"Kill those motherfuckers…" Kaiyo said to his gunmen, they all let out a battlecry in unison and charged down the hall.
It would be essentially suicide to stand up out of cover as the gunmen were firing nonstop, this was crucial, but Ford had an idea. He aimed up at the sign and the cables that held the sign on the ceiling, he fired. The sign was severed from the wall, crashing down right in front of the gunmen. It served as a distraction.
"Now" Ford ordered, his colonels rose out from cover and began to fire at the gunmen. Some of them were easily taken out, a few remained standing. Kenny and Laura rushed out from cover, the two of them taking some more out. Kenny jumped up and delivered a running dropkick, knocking one of the standing gunmen to the ground, Laura performed a headscissors takedown, then snapping the neck of another one.
Kaiyo peered out from behind the corner and fired his pistol down at Laura, kenny saw him and jumped out infront of her to save her.
"Watch out babygirl!" He shouted as he felt the bullet go into his back, it was but a flesh wound, but it still hurt like hell. His teeth gritted in pain, Ford fired his rifle down the hall, knocking the gun out from Kaiyo's arms. Ford charged down the hall towards the jap and so did Kenny and Laura, Brayden Snow and Alan Haas took care of the rest of the gunmen.
The two colonels and general rushed Kaiyo down the hall, in hot pursuit. The madman could feel his plans slowly slipping from his fingers, there was no way to escape except suicide by jumping out of the warship. The jap stopped in his tracks and turned around to face the colonels head on with a smirk on his face, he held his transceiver in his hand and raised it to his mouth.
"Fleet, bonzai strategy." He said as Kenny lunged to attack him, the jap connected with his jaw via a spinning heel kick. Laura attempted to do her headscissors takedown, but Kaiyo slammed her into the wall and threw her down hard.
Ford growled and rushed forward, trying to take down Kaiyo. The general wrapped his arms around his waist and pushed forwards into the stomach of the crazed jap, however the madman remained on his feet, he jerked his knee up right into Ford's face, stunning him, and then he rammed his knee into his face again, cutting him open.
Ford rolled away from Kaiyo, using one hand to clutch his face as blood trickled down his head slowly. Laura went on the offensive again, jumping onto Kaiyo's back and wrapping her arms around his neck tightly in a choke hold. He gagged but reached up, grabbing her head, then the madman leaned forward, hurling the blonde off of him.
Kenny was up next to try and take him down again, he charged at the japanese bastard once again. Kaiyo attempted another spinning heel kick, but his boot was caught, however, he jumped up and delivered an enziguri strike, knocking Kenny to the side again.
Kaiyo was done playing games now, he took out a throwing star from his pocket and hurled it at Ford Brody's hand as the general went to shoot him with his pistol. A sickening sound of a blade slamming into flesh was heard, Ford screamed in pain as blood gushed from his hand, dropping the pistol onto the floor. Laura got up and got a ninja star right into her abdomen, she squealed in agony and fell into Kenny's arms.
Kenny was filled with rage to see Laura hurt, he took aim at Kaiyo with his pistol only to have a ninja star just barely clip his head, taking him by surprise. The pain was quick and it forced him to drop his pistol, releasing Laura too. He was spun around, wiping the blood away from the cut on his head only to have a ninja star nail him right in the back, knocking him forward onto his stomach.
The jap saw Alan Haas and Brayden Snow charging towards the captains quarters from down the hall and once they neared the entryway, a huge explosion rocked the ship. Nothing was damaged on the inside, but it knocked the two onto the ground, including Kaiyo, whose fall was only protected by the wall behind him.
"Come on, where is the rest of you!?" Kaiyo screamed, full of arrogance.
"Where is Andy, where is Germaine, where is Vergil. I would like to face all of you!" He continued, feeling indestructible.
"You shut the hell up, about my brother!" Brayden shouted, taking another shot at Kaiyo with his pistol. The warship rocked again, moving Kaiyo to the side, avoiding the bullet.
"Dammit to hell!" Brayden shouted as he tried to get up, only to get knocked back down again as the warship was once again moved around by something outside.
"What is going on?" Alan Haas growled, wondering why the warship was being jolted and jostled around over and over.
"I call it the Bonzai Strategy, my plans to stop you fools have failed. So my loyal men and women shall pay the ultimate sacrifice, ramming their jets into this ship until the armor is broken off. I will die, taking all of you with me." Kaiyo explained with a cruel laugh, Ford growled, using his other hand to forcefully rip out the throwing star from his hand and hurl it at Kaiyo's knee.
This time, Kaiyo couldn't stop it. He screamed out in agony as the warship was rocked once again, a loud metallic scraping noise was heard on the outside and then a loud noise was heard. It was the wind putting pressure on the wall, armored plating had slid off after receiving too much damage.
"Soon..this ship...will f-fall...you all fools will die, i-in my defeat.." Kaiyo growled in pain, struggling to speak. Brayden Snow and Alan Haas scrambled to get into the captain's quarters before the warship was rocked again.
"Go ahead, you may kill me and my physical body, but my soul will forever remain guarded. My motives are only going to be carried out by another person, I set a curse upon this entire world. You will feel the wrath of consequence by kissing the asses of the titans, just you all wait!" Kaiyo screamed as Alan Haas carried Kenny and Laura on his shoulder, one in each arm. Brayden Snow carried Ford Brody in the cradle position.
"Kaiyo, the anti-titan bomb is coming!" The pilot screamed as he saw the massive missile in the distance, Kaiyo grinned. This would be the end of the colonels and the bulk of Monarch's resistance to anti-titan movements, or so he hoped for.
"This is it, isn't it?" Kenny groaned in agony, looking over at Ford in whom was still clutching his bloodied up hand.
"If it is, it has been an honor training you all. I will always be proud to be your general, you've all made me proud." Ford groaned, Brayden Snow growled in determination, he would be getting them to safety if it was the last thing he did.
"We aren't dying, titan strong!" Brayden Snow shouted, Alan Haas shouted the same thing. The old motto of the Kaiju Club.
"Titan strong, Germaine and Andy, and my dear brother! We'll be there soon enough!" Brayden cried as he continued to hurry down the hall with his allies by his side, some being carried.
Brayden noticed a sign pointing to his right, it was an airlock chamber. Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard coming from down the hall, followed by the screams of Kaiyo. A hole had been blown into the airship. It would not be long before everything within the upper level of the ship was sucked out, Alan Haas kicked the button and the blast doors quickly slid open.
"Get in, fast!" Haas screamed, Brayden Snow hurled himself and Ford Brody into the airlock chamber. He threw in Laura and Kenny, suddenly he felt himself slip, Brayden managed to snag onto the hand of Alan Haas as he was getting sucked away and down the hall.
"Dammit, I'm not losing you!" Brayden screamed, pulling on Alan Haas with all of his might. The 2nd in command colonel slowly stood up, the rest of the colonels all tugged back on Brayden Snow, forcefully jerking Alan into the airlock chamber. The doors shut quickly, and they were relieved that they escaped death just barely.
"We aren't out of the woods just yet, that bomb is closing in, and fast!" Brayden warned loudly, looking around for a way to escape the upper level before all of it was torn from the warship completely.
"Can any of you guys walk?" Alan asked, the wounded ones slowly got to their feet. Brayden noticed an elevator, the pressure on the blast doors began to get intense, as if they would break apart soon.
"The elevator, hurry!"
The colonels and Ford Brody weakly entered the elevator, the doors closing almost as soon as the blast doors were forcefully torn from the wall. The elevator lowered down the shaft into the bottom room in which contained all of the aerial vehicles and weapons. The gang would be needing an osprey if they wanted to escape this doomed warship, Kaiyo was dead, and so was all of his gunmen that remained. A large majority of the Red Bamboo had been eradicated thankfully.
Their hearts raced, this was the most dangerous situation that they had ever been in before. This is exactly what the G-Team was trained for, especially the skull squadron. After a few intense seconds, the doors of the elevator opened and the squad ran out, eyes darting all over the docking bay in search of an osprey.
"Up there!" Laura cried, pointing to a lone osprey sitting on the top of a raised platform. The colonels and Ford scrambled up the stairs, the pressure booming all around the massive docking bay as if this entire room was going to fall apart within seconds.
The floor beneath their boots quaked and shook, panels from the wall began to fall off and slam into the floor hard. Large pieces of machinery collapsed with loud explosive booms, Brayden took a quick glimpse outside of the window. The 2nd in command colonel could tell that the ship was falling towards the ground, how high the ship was had yet to be discovered. They had to have been pretty far in the air, damn near above the clouds.
They all scrambled into the osprey, Brayden Snow would be the pilot as they all closed the doors. Strapping themselves in, Alan Haas would be the co-pilot for colonel Snow.
"Alright, I'm going to let a hole get torn open in the side of this big son of a bitch and suck the osprey out, I will then activate it and we will safely over away from here, does anybody get that!?"
"Sir, yes sir!" The whole squadron shouted out, this made Brayden Snow smile as he got serious then. The pressure was intense, they all could hear what was going on outside of the warship. It was as if a beat was about to drop, a really really massive beat. Then, the entire wall of the docking bay practically burst. Several helicopters and fighter jets were sucked out forcefully, including the osprey.
"Everybody hold the fuck on!" Brayden shouted as they felt their stomachs drop when the osprey was sucked out, the colonel quickly turned on the osprey's engine as it began to free fall through the air.
The first thing that everyone noticed was the incredible amounts of black smoke and a grieving Ogra far below them, mourning her dead son. Several buildings had been leveled by the large beast so she could get to her son, the rotating blades began to spin around quickly as the aerial vehicle began to hover in place. Brayden Snow punched it, and the osprey managed to escape the falling debris and vehicles.
The colonels cheered on Brayden Snow, but instantly fell silent as they knew what was about to happen. Their hearts felt heavy as a defeated and depressed Ogra watched on silently as the anti-titan bomb fell towards the doomed city, she covered up her deceased child and let out a defeated roar into the sky as the bomb slammed into the ground, instantly blowing up on impact. Blowing the entire city of Albuquerque away with a blinding flash of light and a massive green mushroom cloud erupted into the sky, the blast taking out Ogra and burning her son to a crisp.
The osprey was pushed hard by the great force of wind that the bomb brought, the sound was absolutely deafening to hear. Five hundred thousand plus people including two large beasts, wiped out in just mere seconds….
It wouldn't be until the morning time for the colonels to finally come back, donned in hazmat suits. Many hours had passed, it was 9:30 in the morning. The radiation levels were off the charts, and there was nothing left of the New Mexico city. Rubble and debris was laying scattered across the whole area, ruins of the fallen warship were scattered everywhere.
Destroyed helicopters were seen crushed beneath rubble, there was some scorched remains of humans. Thousands of corpses piled on top of one another as construction crew in radiation protective suits dug a mass grave with bulldozers, five hundred thousand plus people would be buried today.
Thousands of pounds, if not, millions of pounds of ash and sut blanketed the entire area. The corpses of Ogra and Gorgo were the most noticeable corpses in the entire destroyed city. Their bodies were covered in ash and sut too, there were hills and piles of so much destruction, it was almost unbelievable to see. Even the land was decimated, Kenny shook his head in disbelief at what he was seeing.
The colonels all got on their knees and joined hands together, they started praying. Speaking of a prayer for the lost…
(Epilogue)
It was in Anchorage, Alaska. The base of the Earth's Rightful Rulers, an entire year after the decimation of New Mexico and the revelation of new titans being discovered by the now defunct Red Bamboo.
Mercutio was leading Floyd Sanders, Alan Jonah, and Alison Ford out to see what the new project was that the italian colonel of the ERR and the founder of APEX created. It was a large antenna, like a satellite. A large ORCA had been attached to the bottom of the antenna, his face looked excited.
"What's so cool about an antenna?" Alison asked with a smug grin on her face, getting Alan Jonah and Floyd to chuckle.
"It will attract things from space to come down here, Ghidorah was from space. He did wonders for us in 2019 and many thousand years ago. What if we can attract something even in the farthest reaches of space…"
"You're gonna attract all sorts of titans, this would be a crucial mistake." Alan Jonah said, he was agitated but he kept a smile.
"No, the frequency will be too high for Earthly titans to hear. Only ones from the void of space can hear it!" Merc insisted, Floyd sighed.
"Go ahead, fire it up!"
Mercutio pressed a button and a droning boom roared throughout the entire forest in which the base of the Earth's Rightful Rulers was built in. It downed a few trees and even knocked the leaders of the ERR off of their feet, they quickly got back up and everything died down.
(Somewhere in space…)
It was on an isolated planet within the Bootes Void, a large dark mass that was sometimes wrongfully called a black hole by people of Earth. It was a small Earth sized planet, but life flourished here.
Two hooded figures moved towards a large cave, a disk shaped device in the hands of one of them. It was their leader, or what they called a king in their own language.
They spoke in an unknown dialect, pointing to the rocks on the ground outside of a god sized mountain that they had carved in the shape of a monster in which resembled a large feline like monster with wings and snakes for tongues, next to it was a bat looking beast.
A buzz filled the air of the planet, the environment looked similar to Mars, rocky and rough. The alien king spoke to them through the device, these extraterrestrials had some sort of knowledge of languages across the galaxies as they had existed for eons of time. It was recorded in their own libraries.
"A signal.." The king of these aliens spoke to them through the device, they asked him if he could trace where it was coming from.
"Earth…" The king spoke to them again in rough english, his voice sounding extremely deep and raspy, almost as if a gorilla was trying to speak.
"Send, Bagorah.."
(To be continued in Godzilla: Kingdom Come…)
The End