Zero Hour
Marutoma Research Site; 1 pm
Clark walks over to Mogu's corpse and smiles. "So much for your guardian." he mocks to the Cosmos.
"You fool. Mogu wasn't just the guardian, he was the key to his brother's chamber. See the wheel over the tomb's entrance?" said the Cosmos, pointing to a clock-like wheel above the door that slowly turned counter clockwise. "That clock is the final lock that Mogu's death set in motion. It will continue to count backwards for one hour, when it reaches zero Bagan's tomb will open up. It was set to activate once it became exposed to release Mogu as long as living beings remained in the area and reset in case of his death but your opening the tomb by force has caused its time to be transferred to the awakening of Bagan. Unless he can be stopped you and your race are doomed."
"So Mogu was destroyed by modern weapons and Bagan will be killed as well."
"You ignorant man, Mogu was a mere insect compared to his older brother. Look at what Mogu did and multiply it by 100. That's how powerful Bagan is. We will leave to prepare for what is about to happen, we suggest that you go warn your people of the danger they now face." said the Cosmos, the teleport away as Clark is left to think over what they had told him.
Kinabalu National Park; 1:15 pm
Logan and his group arrive at a deep crack in the ground with a fallen tree over it. "Where'd this come from? I've been out here a few times and this was never here." said Sam, confused.
"It must have been uncovered by the landslide. Borneo has many underground caves, this must lead to one." said Miki.
"Well that strange object is on the other side, will this tree hold us?"
Ed jumps on the tree with his full weight. "Yeah it should but be careful it looks like a long way down." he said.
They begin across, "Hey Miki, do you think this could be where that Kamacuras came from?" asks Logan.
"It possible, gas pockets bellow the earth could keep something in suspended animation." said Miki, in her distraction she slips and falls.
Ed quickly grabs her hand and pulls her up, "No more talking until we're across." said Ed with a serious look.
On the other side of the gap they regroup. "I'm guessing you've done that before." said Sam.
"Yeah, told my younger brother to be careful too, didn't listen." said Ed, "Last time I saw him he was falling into a river about 100 feet bellow."
"Sorry about bringing that up."
"Don't worry, I've seen worse things than that, like a drug lord laughing as you're falling from a plane."
"Guys, you might want to see this." said Logan.
Ed and Sam walk over to where Miki and Logan are. What they see amazes them. It appeared to be a giant, multicolored egg. "Is that what it looks like?" asks Sam.
"It can't be, no creature could lay an egg that size, not even the largest dinosaurs." said Logan.
Miki walks over and scrapes off some of the giant objects outer layer. She puts it on a slide and places it in her lap top. "Its an egg alright but according to my scanning program it was laid at some point in the 20th century." said Miki.
"Wait, you mean there was something big enough to lay an egg this large?" asks Ed.
"What I can't say but I want to know." said Miki.
"Mothra." said a voice.
"Who said that?" asks Logan.
The Cosmos appear before them. "Hello." they said.
"Well there's something you don't see everyday." said Ed.
"We are the Cosmos, we are the last of what your kind would call an alien race from a destroyed world, when our planet was destroyed, we moved to earth. The beings of this planet allowed us to remain here and in exchange for such kindness we became protectors of this world and all its inhabitants."
"How long ago was that?" asks Sam.
"Over 1,000,000 of your years."
"That can't be, no being could live that long." said Logan.
"Our life is bound to Mothra, as long as one is still alive, we are alive."
"And that is what laid this egg? Mothra?" asks Miki.
"Mothra is an ancient creation of ours we made from fusing the remaining life energy of our race with an animal from your world, she will always defend us and the world she lives on. Years ago she laid this egg when she sensed changes in earth climate beginning as a result of human pollution. She believed these changes would awaken her ancient enemy Bagan."
"Bagan?" asks Logan.
"Yes, Bagan is a fierce dragon who was mutated along with his younger brother Mogu when an blast of pure plasma from your sun crashed near their nest. The energy it gave off mutated them. Bagan had already hatched and Mogu was still in his egg but the energy turned them into giant monsters.
As long as the earth, their territory, was not harmed they were peaceful but an ancient reckless race destroyed great amounts of earth's land, angering the giants. They attacked and a war broke out between them and the race. The race finally built a weapon that dwarfs your race's most dreadful weapons to try to kill the dragons but it backfired and obliterated both the race and a large part of the planet.
This enraged Bagan to the point that he destroyed everything in his path, not even his brother could calm him. Mothra fought Bagan and defeated him after a fierce battle. He was sealed deep within a tomb with Mogu locked inside the entrance. Bagan could only be freed if Mogu was slain or if the glacier around the tomb melted enough for him to come out of his sleep."
"It would be pretty bad if those creatures were freed." said Miki.
"Its worse, because Mogu was killed and Bagan is on the verge of waking up."
"What do we do?" asks Sam
"We must warn your people.
Marutoma Research Site; 2 pm
Clark paced back and forth, puffing on his cigarette. He knew not what to do. The clock was about to hit zero and most of his site was in ruins. He had told the base that another monster was waking up but the Cosmos' words had startled him. It took a small nuclear weapon to kill Mogu and Bagan was 100 times as powerful. The clock hits zero and a loud gong sound echoes throughout the mountains.
Deep inside the tomb, two yellow eyes opened. The massive creature was fastened to the wall by massive chains and ice had formed on his skin. He moved, the ice shattered and the chains followed.
Clark watched from a bomb shelter he had installed in case of a terrorist attack. He ran to it when Bagan's 'alarm clock' had sounded. He watched in terror filled suspense as the ground started to shake. A plasma beam that dwarfed Mogu's erupts from the tomb, blowing the top to pieces.
Out of the burning rubble, a massive form emerged. His armored skin was white with the exception of the joints, spaces between his armored plates, claws, horns, and underside of his long tail which were black. His appearance was like a humpbacked dinosaur, his head was thick and had a short snout filled with razor sharp teeth, a curved horn adorned his forehead, and two smaller horns jutted from behind his mouth that reminded Clark of elephant's tusks. His hands had three clawed fingers, his feet had three forward pointing toes and one backward facing one, his tail ends in a scythe-like blade, and he stood at least 150 feet tall. The Cosmos had told the truth, Bagan was real and very much alive.
Bagan walks over to the body of Mogu. His anger began to rise and he lets out an earth shattering roar, how dare they slay his brother. Bagan quickly calms himself, he'd have vengeance soon enough and last time he let his rage get the better of him he destroyed much of the land he protected. He and his brother shared little in appearance as he was so heavily mutated but his brother was his only family, the creature who did this would pay dearly for Mogu's murder. Bagan picks up his dead sibling and places him on the ruins of the tomb. His horns glow white and his massive plasma beam spouts forth, vaporizing his brother's body and the prison that had held him for so long.
Now that Mogu's body could not be claimed by his killers, Bagan scanned the area. His senses detect the pollution caused by the human race, this further angers the giant dragon, another race was damaging his territory. They would all die.
Missiles slam into his back but he barely feels it through his hide. He turns to see a squad of jets fly by. Bagan could feel it, one of theses things had killed his sibling. He fires his plasma beam and sweeps it across the skies. Most of the jets are blown to oblivion by the attack. Bagan raises his tail and slashes it downward. A blade of red energy flies from his tail, slicing all but one of the jets in half.
The commander looks across the sky for any survivors but makes the mistake of flying too close to Bagan who grabs the jet like a child holding a toy. The dragon looks into his eyes and lets out a roar. The commander fires the missile that killed Bagan's brother. It goes down Bagan's throat and explodes. Smoke pours out of Bagan's mouth but otherwise the massive monster is only angered. Bagan opens his mouth and drops the helpless man in. His screams mix with the sounds of shredding metal as Bagan chews up and swallows the craft. Now that his brother was avenged, he would defend his territory.
Another chapter is done, hope you liked it. I enjoyed the reviews but I'd like some more so please give me some. Next chapter, we have some city destruction as Bagan begins his rampage in Singapore