Anyway, on with Chapter 3. Enjoy.

FIRST MEETING

Giant bugs aside, Miki decided, Infant Island was actually a nice place.

She realised that she'd never been somewhere like this before; in fact, she'd never been outside of Japan. As a result, she was immediately struck by the beauty of the golden beach, the thick wall of jungle, and the spotless, endless blue sky over the shining beauty of the ocean.

"Nice place," She commented. "Not what I'd think of for a greedy multi-billion-dollar company."

"Not sure what Marutomo has in mind for the place," Osaki commented. "Probably nothing good."

"You have evidence of that?" Toharata asked derisively.

"Be glad we don't," Osaki replied darkly.

"Break it up, kids," Miyuki cut in, "So where do we start looking our giant-worm-of-doom?"

"Good question," Osaki answered, "It could be anywhere on the island. "We'll split into groups; we can cover more ground that way. We'll search the southern area of the jungle and meet up in the centre."

"What about weapons?" Toharata asked, swatting feebly at an insect.

"We're not here to kill anything," Osaki replied. "Maintain radio contact at all times, that goes for everyone. Miyuki and Mr. Toharata, you're with me. The other team will be Akane, Kazama and Miki.

"Aye-aye, cap'n," Kazama replied with a mock salute.

"You and me alone in the jungle?" Miyuki winked saucily, "If only we didn't have the extra company…"

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"I hate the jungle," Kazama moaned, "Bugs, dirt, and… what's that smell?"

"No, we can't feed him to the giant bug," Miki said jokingly to Akane.

Then, suddenly, there was that feeling… a tingling sensation in the back of her head.

It was a voice… two voices, female. Not a word, or the pure emotion she received through the link, but a message. A message that was conveyed without words.

Miki looked into the trees, the direction from which the 'voice' had come, though she couldn't be entirely sure.

"Miki?" Akane's voice was like a firecracker, jolting her back to reality.

"What's with the 'The Shining' shtick, kid?" Kazama asked.

"I heard something," Miki replied, trying to make sense of it, "Sort of… it's weird, like…"

"Like what?"

"Wait here a second," Miki said as she started into the trees.

"No way," Akane replied, "We stick together. This is uncharted territory; we stick to the paths as much as we can."

Miki barely even heard her as she ran through the first few trees.

"Boss," Kazama reported into his radio, "The kid just went AWOL!"

Miki suddenly felt her foot slip out beneath her. Without enough time to even blink, she realised that she was standing on the edge of a very steep hill, and before she could do anything to prevent it, she was falling.

She felt vines and leaves and branches whip at her face and body as she felt herself hit something, then roll, then fall again, as the world became a blurry whirlwind, before finally she felt herself strike against something.

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"She fell?" Osaki repeated into the radio, "Shit…"

"You think she's in trouble?" Miyuki pressed.

"I doubt she's in danger," Osaki answered calmly, "Or that she's been attacked."

"How can you be sure of that?" Toharata demanded.

"Because Godzilla hasn't set anything on fire," Osaki muttered under his breath.

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Pushing her hair out of her eyes, Miki sat up with a mild groan to take in her surroundings.

She was in a clearing, the bright sun beating fiercely down from above her, surrounded by jungle on three sides. But was really caught her attention was the stone temple before her. She could immediately see that it was old and badly worn, with vines wrapped around the large doorway and green patches of lichen around the structure.

But the distinguishing feature was its design; the front part of the temple almost resembled an egg, and the front of the main building behind was carved into the shape of two huge butterfly wings with a circular pattern on top and a striped one below. In the middle was the rounded head of a moth carved in stone, the body vanishing behind the carved egg. In front of it, she realised, the two stone pillars were likenesses of the giant larva she had already seen.

"Ow!" A female voice suddenly brought her back to reality. She looked around, unsure of where the voice had come from, as it continued: "Get off, that hurts… ow, can't breathe…"

"Excuse me," A second, identical, voice called to her. Miki turned, and froze in shock as she saw, on top of a long-broken stone pillar, a tiny, beautiful girl, with long black hair tied back in a long braid, dressed in a fine, yellow dress that ended just above the knee, with identically-coloured stockings beneath. "Could you please get off of my sister?" The girl asked pleasantly.

Miki looked down, realising that she was in fact on top of another girl. With a faint scream, she jumped up as the second girl, this one identical to the other except that her clothes were blue, stood up as the other, with surprising fluidity and grace, jumped down beside her.

"Oh… My… God." Miki breathed almost silently.

"Don't worry," The girl in blue smiled, "You didn't do any damage," She dusted off her dress, "We're the Cosmos, by the way."

"OK," Miki thought out loud, "I'm lost in a jungle, I've fallen down a hill, and now I'm hallucinating…"

"There's nothing to worry about," The girl in yellow said in a kind voice, "We really are here."

"But you're… well…" Miki stammered, "Tiny."

"We could just as easily say that you were big," The girl pointed out. "My name is Moll. This is my sister, Lora."

"Hi," The one in blue waved.

"I'm, uh, Miki…" Miki said as she finally regained her wits, "Um… I hope I didn't hurt you…"

"I'm fine," Lora smiled sweetly, "Are you alright after that fall? It looked painful."

"I've had worse," Miki admitted, "So… what is this place? Who are you two?"

"This is Infant Island," Moll started, "We've lived here for centuries along with Mothra."

"So there are more of you?" Miki asked.

"No, just us," Lora smiled.

"But you said centuries…"

"That's right. I guess we're a little older than we look…"

"Wait, who's Mothra?" Miki asked.

"The guardian," Moll explained, "This island has been her home for centuries; Mothra's line has remained here in case anything should threaten this world."

"So is Mothra a Cosmos?" Miki asked.

"No," Lora said somewhat guiltily, "Mothra was the one who tried to get you away from the island. We told her to stop, and she didn't mean any harm."

"So you control her?" Miki asked.

"We have influence," Moll answered.

"But you weren't there," Miki recalled, "Unless… you two are psychics?"

"Correct," Moll smiled.

"Oh my God…"

"Something wrong?" Lora asked.

"No," Miki answered, "It's just… I never met another psychic before."

"So you where that mind we sensed," Lora realised, "Huh. That's a coincidence."

"Wow," Miki shook her head.

"Miki?" A voice suddenly called. Miki looked up as Kazama, Miyuki, Akane, Osaki and Toharata burst into the clearing through the jungle, stopping upon catching sight of the two miniscule twins.

"Hi," Lora smiled, curtseying.

"Well you don't see too much of that," Kazama said quietly. "Cool."

"Um… Hello?" Osaki started.

A shrill, high-pitched, reverberating 'chirp' suddenly shouted from across the jungle, accompanied with the sound of something huge and heavy ploughing across the ground.

"Mothra," the Cosmos gasped, speaking in such perfect unison that it sounded as if only one was talking, "She's sensed some creature approaching; something huge and powerful."

G-Force all turned immediately to Miki, who, thanks to both the Cosmos and what she suddenly felt through the link, realised what had just happened.

"Godzilla…" She whispered fearfully. "So not good…"

And thus, Miki meets the only other human Godzilla characters (that anyone ever cared about) to be in more than two Godzilla movies.

I'll leave things on that little cliffy until the next chapter, which will feature the first meeting between our Kaiju stars.

All reviews welcome!