When Maddison Russel landed at the Anchorage Shatterdome, she was not expecting to see a Titan playing catch with a Jaeger. Especially if the Titan was of the Titanus Gojira major species, but there the Titan and Jaeger were. The Jaeger, one of the new arrivals from Australia, Atlas Destroyer, was throwing a rather heavy metal sphere across the countryside for the Titan to catch. This went back and forth, it seemed to bring great delight to the female Titan as they did so.
Her mother came to mind, wanting a world where both humanity and Titan could coexist. Maddison knew better, her mother wasn't all there when her brother had died. In fact, Emma Russel had become a broken mess that wanted her son back. She even said that he would come back if they brought balance to nature. Maddison shook her head, her mother had gone batshit crazy and she had ignored it for far too long. Never once had she questioned her mother until the day she awoke Rodan from his slumber that began the mass awakening of the Titans.
She was so absorbed in the sight that she didn't see Marshal Pentecost come up.
"Quite a sight isn't it?" He said, startling Maddison back into reality, "Seeing a Titan play a human game like a child."
Maddie nodded, "Y-yeah, but still, she's probably enjoying doing something other then fighting."
Pentecost nodded, "Please, lets get inside before the rain comes back. I don't understand how the Gojira species enjoys that weather."
Maddison walked after the Marshal, looking in awe at the shatterdome. All the crews, personnel and the rangers that were around astonished her. Then she saw the Jaegers in their bays, many she couldn't name but the one she could name was Gypsy Danger. The Mark-3 was being rebuilt or repaired, she wasn't sure, but Maddie couldn't help but smile.
"Miss Russel," Pentecost said, "Welcome to the shatterdome. I see you spotted one of the more famous Jaegers, Gypsy Danger. Her pilots, Daphne Greengrass and Hermione Granger are busy in the training com pod. They are training to deal with a much more powerful body and rigging that a Mark-5 would provide, orders from up top."
"A Mark-5 in a Mark-3's body?!" Maddie couldn't help but whisper in astonishment, eyes widening at the Jaeger.
"Indeed," Stacker Pentecost said, "the Kaiju are more varied and more dangerous, growing smarter and smarter. All upgrades are mandatory now, but I'm afraid she'll be one of the last to go through the upgrade."
Madison grimaced, the heart of the issue was here. The UN representatives had pretty much told the Jaeger Program to shove it and die, wanting to place their money into a wall that would upset the balance of Nature. Stupid corprate senators, Maddie hissed under her breath. They were some of the stupidest beings on the planet, some that should be boiled in their own bodies.
"Monarch is going to take you on, Marshal," Maddie said, handing him a card, "The PPDC is under our jurisdiction, not the UN's anymore. Monarch broke away from those greedy and stuck up dicks ages ago, praises to whatever deity you worship."
Stacker nodded, "I sense a but in there."
Maddison nodded, "Any new Jaegers are to be reviewed by a panel, which I'm on by the way, to see if they will be able to be used in combat with a Titan companion or partner."
Pentecost nodded, "Much like Gypsy Danger and that female Gojira outside."
Maddison nodded, "Yes, but most Titan's do not enjoy outside help. Very few of them do, they've faced these Kaiju before, Marshal. They hold grudges for a very long time, longer then we know."
Both looked at one another before Maddison coughed into a fist, "Anyway, I think you called me here to explain the Titan here?"
In a large room, Maddison set up her computer and other gadgets upon the Holotable. Also in the room were Gypsy Danger's rangers, Stacker Pentecost and, much to her surprise, Striker Eureka's Rangers. Striker Eureka was barely off the line for a week when it got used to defend Sidney from a category 3 Kaiju named "Harrozon". Put the ugly brute down in under several minutes, but Maddison hated the arrogant son of Herc Hanson, Chuck Hanson, who piloted the Mark-5 with his dad.
"Ok, I'm fully connected," She announced as the holotable came to life, "alright, let me pull up the relevant information."
Holograms formed up on the table, showing the forms and shapes of the Titan that was Godzilla. It was walking slowly, clearly in a cycle as its large three foot scale continued its stride upon the table. Maddie looked at the Marshal before nodding her head to the hologram form of Godzilla.
"This is Godzilla, as we all know," Maddie said, before swiping a package across her screen and it reformed itself into the form of the new Gojira Titan, "This is the new female one."
The holograms walked side by side and everyone saw the differences immediately, though Maddison saw the Gypsy duo didn't seem surprised.
"Why is it so small?" Chuck asked, pointing sharply at the holograms, "I thought all the Gojira species were massive powerhouses."
Maddison snorted, "You haven't seen one in action, have you?"
Herc shook his head as Chuck looked a bit flummoxed, "No, only the video footage and rumors. Mostly from Godzilla's appearances at San Francisco, Boston and Hong Kong."
Maddison nodded, "Well, this new Titanus Gojira was not something Monarch didn't notice. She was spotted ages ago, mostly moving towards one of the many tunnels leading from the Hollow Earth to up top."
Images of the Female Titanus Gojira appeared, all of them showing her travelling across Hollow Earth's interior. Chuck glowered at them before he started snarking again.
"Yeah, she's a real beaut," He snapped, "But it doesn't explain why she's small."
Maddison glowered, "She's not small, Chuck Hanson, this Titan is the size she's supposed to be. Despite her smaller stature, her muscular structure is much denser and more flexible then Godzilla's. I'm sure you saw what happened when she purposefully bit into Knifehead's arm?"
Maddie typed at her laptop and a holographic simulation of the battle between the two appeared. Maddie slowed it down to show the bite of the female Titanus Gojira, which bit through the arm at the elbow as though the huge joint hadn't been there at all. Chuck clearly paled as the simulation finished with the female Titan blasting the chest of the Kaiju out with a single Atomic breath attack. Maddison felt some pride at putting the arrogant jerk in his place, as she looked at everyone else.
"Monarch also did some tests and found out another thing," She announced, "This Gojira is not related to Godzilla. She is not a sibling or a long lost daughter, she is actually the daughter of the Alpha Gojira from centuries before. She's also younger then Godzilla by about a few millions years, give or take a couple thousand."
Everyone blinked then looked confused, "Meaning that if Godzilla wanted an Heir, he has a female to produce one with. They are the last of their kind, and weren't not counting the smaller sub species that look like they came from suit wearing Japanese monster movies. Still, they are only sub species to the main Titanus Gojira line."
Stacker looked at the two holograms of the Gojira's that returned to their walk cycle animation, "So, can this new Gojira help us as Godzilla isn't around?"
Maddie nodded, "Ester will, she seems to enjoy the company of Jaegers, especially Gypsy Danger."
"Ester?" Chuck started to say before Maddie silenced him with a glare.
"Ester, an Ironic name as Queen Ester was a poor civilian who became Queen to the most powerful man in the world at the time."
She calmed herself before looking at Pentecost, "As for Godzilla, we don't know where he is other then that he's not showing himself. He's hidden himself for this long, away from our sensors and scanners. He is doing the same again but if things go the way I and the rest of Monarch think they will, he will return."
