GODZILLA
THE ULTIMATE DUELS
Disclaimer: Godzilla and other characters are copyright Toho Co. Ltd.
I own only my original characters.
Chapter 2
The UFO
Tokyo, Japan; June 21st, 2011
Later on that day, the EDF held an emergency meeting in their Command Center. The conference room had a long table which was filled with people from all parts of the EDF. Among them were Commander Akiko Namikawa and her aide Major Kita, Shinichi Ozaki, who had been promoted the M-Unit's (Mutant Unit) Commanding Officer, Captain Douglas Gordon, Major Komuro and Lieutenant Susan Hudson.
Major Komuro was on the speaker's stand next to a screen in front of the table, showing satellite photographs taken on yesterday evening.
"Here we have the unidentified vessel. This photo shows it approaching the island of Maui. The next photo shows the vessel above Haleakala. And in the next photo, it has disappeared. This is the first time in a few years when the satellites have spotted something like this."
"It is perfectly clear that the vessel was neither an airplane nor a meteorite", said Ozaki.
"So it was an UFO", Namikawa said in astonishment.
"That's right. I can't come up with any other explanation", Gordon shrugged.
"Lieutenant Hudson, please continue", said Komuro and stepped out of the speaker's stand, giving way for Susan to step in.
"Thank you, Major. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a few other satellite photographs I'd like to show you", she said and pressed the remote. "Here we have Godzilla and his son Minilla at the shore of an uninhabited island in the Pacific. This photo was taken on the day before yesterday. Now fortunately, they have been living on that island for these few years and there haven't been any specific rampages or attacks from either of them. But something happened yesterday. Here, in this photo, we have Godzilla and Minilla at the shore again, but look carefully at the north-east corner of the island."
As the people looked at the photo, they were suddenly surprised to see a third light on the spot Susan referred to. It wasn't Godzilla or Minilla. It was something different.
Major Kita said: "But that is..."
"The same light!" Komuro completed.
Susan continued: "Also, in this photograph of Monster Island, you can see the new light. This was taken only a few minutes after the one of Godzilla's island." After a few seconds she stepped out of the stand, returning to her seat.
"We have analyzed the photographs. It is the same UFO", Ozaki informed.
"What does it mean? Could Godzilla have something to do with the UFO?" Namikawa asked.
"We don't know yet what this is about", Gordon answered. "We don't know anything about this."
Then silence filled the entire room. Susan looked at everyone with a worried look on her face.
Tokyo, Japan; June 22nd, 2011
Next morning Susan decided to pay a visit to Captain Kenji Sato, the man responsible for the Monster Resurrection Project. Sato had been in the EDF for a little longer than Susan; 15 years. He was admired for his creative mind, as he always seemed to have a plan or something thought out. He would do anything for the well-being of mankind. That's how he came up with the idea of the Monster Resurrection Project. He wanted the EDF to advance to the next level by actually controlling monsters.
Susan entered Sato's office and saluted him. She sat down on a chair at his table, facing him.
"So, what do you want?" Sato asked.
"Haven't you had any second thoughts about the project lately?" Susan asked, almost yelling.
"No. Why should I?"
"Well, haven't you heard that the UFO had appeared briefly at Monster Island?"
Sato looked at her with a serious look on his face. "Of course. But that still doesn't prove anything. If you ask me, I think it was barely a coincidence that it appeared there. The project will go on as scheduled."
Susan couldn't believe what she heard. "How can you be so misguided? What if something will happen after all?"
"Listen, Lieutenant", said Sato, hitting the table with his fist. "Of course I have concerns about the UFO like all of you. But there hasn't been any more reports about it after it disappeared at Maui. So, we can't possibly think that it could've affected Monster Island in any way. MRP is drawing near to its final stages. We can't back out now."
Susan stayed silent for a moment, wondering why only Sato referred to the project by the abbreviation of its name. "All right. Do whatever you like. But this needs to be told to the press."
"Are you nuts? Don't you think we've had enough problems with MRP? Surely you haven't forgotten that maniac Kida", Sato said with a confused look on his face.
Susan grinned at him and said: "Well, we managed to pull that one off too, right? So how couldn't we manage with this? You always give convincing statements to the press."
Sato looked at her, still as serious as always, and Susan looked back. But as he leaned back on his chair, Susan knew he had accepted.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA; June 22nd, 2011
It was a sunny morning in Atlanta again. Jim Hudson had woken up early and left his apartment. He was sitting by the local Wal-Mart, enjoying the sunshine while waiting for his friend, Lisa, to arrive. After about 10 minutes, she finally arrived, running towards him.
"What did you wanna talk about?" she asked once she reached him.
"It's about the UFO", he answered in an acknowledging way.
"Oh, so you have second thoughts now, huh?" she said a bit playfully. "Did your mom call you again or something?"
"Actually yes, she did", he said, defending himself in a way.
"Well? What did she say?"
Jim told Lisa everything his mother had told him about the UFO's appearance at Monster Island. Susan had always had the habit of informing his son about recent happenings, even before telling anything to the press. Of course, Jim was fond of his mother doing that.
As he was telling the story to Lisa, her demeanor changed from mean to understanding. "Is that so?" she asked.
"Yup. Though it's not yet confirmed if the UFO has something to do with the project. Or Godzilla."
Jim paused for a moment before continuing: "I think you were right." Lisa looked at him with her green eyes. "This is going to be interesting", Jim said both convincingly and mysteriously, not knowing what those words would truly mean in the future.
Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii; June 22nd, 2011
Two UH-1D Huey helicopters of the United States Air Force were flying above Haleakala at about 9 pm. They had been sent to check if there were any suspecting activities concerning the UFO.
As they were approaching the top of the volcano, the pilots suddenly noticed a light of some sort glowing near the crater.
"Do you see that?" asked the pilot of the first Huey.
"Yes. Let's take a closer look. It might be the UFO", said the second Huey's pilot.
The Hueys flew closer to the crater, towards the light. But then, the light became brighter and it looked like a ray of light was suddenly fired from the crater. The ray hit both helicopters and they were destroyed in just a few seconds.
Ten minutes later, the USAF sent three F-15 Eagles to check if the UFO was really hostile. The Eagles were given the order to blast the UFO at any sign of attack. As the Eagles approached the Haleakala Crater, the light appeared again.
"UFO in sight. Preparing to attack", confirmed the leader pilot.
The F-15s spread out around the light which started to rise from the crater. The UFO sped up constantly until it was flying away from Haleakala. The F-15s followed it from behind. As they were flying further and further away from Maui, the UFO suddenly disappeared. It became completely invisible. Even the radars couldn't spot it anymore. The Eagles tried to inspect the nearby air space for a few more minutes, but there was no hope in spotting any sign of the UFO.
Author's notes:
The character of Captain Kenji Sato is dedicated to actor Koichi Ueda, who has been in every Godzilla movie since Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989).