Chapter Four: Combat Drop

Max grinned as he loaded a shotgun he picked up from one of the ammo boxes. "What are you gonna do with a shotgun? We're gonna chase Godzilla." Maz asked him. "I dunno, I've just never really fired a shotgun before and I wanna try it sometime." Max smirked as he grabbed a handfull of shells and begun to load the weapon.

Hunter entered his quarters, looking for equipment he might need. He grabbed his dog tags from the desk drawer and hung them round his neck, the metal plates read his name on one side and Code Name and birthday on the other. He looked down at his mirror and saw a small picture leaned against it, he picked up the photograph and examined it, It was a photo of his family.

It was his father; the legendary General Rick Storm, His Mother; The elite spy Zoe Storm, his older brother Zack, and himself. Hunter closed his eyes as he remembered back to when he was a child, he grew up in the military base FOB Geronimo, His mother died giving birth to Angel, Hunters' sister. The three trained by their father and by the age of 9, he knew how to disassemble and reassemble a Colt M16. He had been taken alongside his brother and sister, on an evacuation mission, where they saw heavy combat.

Hunter smiled at the photo before pocketing it in his leather jacket and leaving his quarters. He jogged through the facility to the main hangar as the others were finishing their preparations. "Alright, here's how deployment will go down; Jackie, Max, Angel, Zack and I are going in the Anguirus, Maz, you'll pilot the helo and Rosa, you'll stay with him and be our eye in the sky. I'll need info on the monsters' locations, movements and behaviour."

"Oh great, I have to work with one of the M&Ms?" Rosa complained as Maz pulled stupid faces behind her. She turned and caught him red handed, sighing with disappointment. Hunter pulled open the access hatch of the Anguirus and climbed in, walking through the compartment into the drivers' seat. He strapped himself in and grabbed the wheel. He turned and saw the others fastening themselves in as Jackie pulled the hatch shut.

Maz sat in the cockpit of the Chinook, He had hand-picked the chopper a few weeks ago and spray-painted a poorly drawn smiley face just under the front rotor blades. He pulled on the bulky pilot helmet, groaning at the bulkiness of the headset. "Alright, this is Rodan-67 online, Everyone where they need to be?" he spoke into his mic. "Copy that Rodan, this is Anguirus Actual, you have the go ahead to lift the tank." Hunter responded, making sure he was strapped in.

The Chinook rose into the air and released a cable, which hung down over the Aunguirus. One of the many technicians on the airfireld climbed onto the roof of the tank and fastened the cable to the body of the tank before hopping off the side and getting to a clear distance. Maz watched the tech run from the chopper as another gave him the go ahead for lift off.

He pulled back on the joystick and the helicopter rose higher into the air with the Anguirus hanging underneath. "Alright, this is Rodan-67, we are in the air and making our way to Osaka." He said as he piloted the Chinnok. He turned round to look into the cargo bay, to find Rosa at her station, carefully watching one of the many screens of her mobile command centre. "Yo, Thorn! You okay there?" The scientist looked at him in irritation, "Don't call me Thorn, M&M."

Maz looked at his teammate in disgust, "Well don't call me M&M, besides, you can't anyway if Max ain't here." Rosa shook her head, "thats' where your wrong." she pointed downweard to the Anguirus APC below them. "whatever!" Maz laughed as he went back to his position. This was going to be a long flight. He thought to himself.

Eventually, The massive city of Osaka was below them, the entire place had been evacuated, leaving huge city streets empty. The Military had set up a perimeter around the city to prevent the monsters advancing further inland. "Anguirus Actual, we've arrived at Osaka, prepping drop." Maz informed the team. "Copy that, Maz," Hunter esponded before turning to his team. "Hold on to your teeth people, we're gonna drop in ten seconds!" He ordered.

Max was laughing, he looked forward at Zack, who was about to be sick. "Don't worry man, its' an Express Elevator To Hell, Goin' Down!" He joked, less than a second after he finished his joke, the Anguirus dethatched from the underbelly of the Chinook and dropped into the city below.

Were it not for the parachutes built onto the sides of the 12 ton APC, the vehicle would have plummeted to its' demise. The parachutes deployed in unison, Rocketinng up into the sky and violently jolting the tank as its' descent was slowed. The tank slowly glided o the ground as Hunter turned off the breaks and started the engine. The wheels of the Anguirus touched the road and the parachutes detached from the sides of the APC. Hunter grinned as he accelerated down the street to the vantage point.

The Anguirus sped down the empty road towards the port where they could get a good view of the monsters when they came. Hunter took a deep breath as he slammed his foot on the breaks and the vehicle skidded to a halt. He turned around into the crew compartment "ok, we're here. Everyone, turn on your equipment. Without a second of hesitation, the group began to activate radar, Geiger counters and cameras as they prepared for the monsters' arrival.

Meanwhile, not far out away from the port, a small tour boat sat on the calm waves as its' occupants waited eagerly. The Godzilla Tours had been set up a while back and never really found Godzilla, they were set up as a way to make a neat profit out of the monster. The boats' Captain turned on the fake radar screen and the tourists gawped in shock as the nonexistant signal approached their boat.

A small boy, probably about five years old, was not interested in that, he sat at the stern of the boat, playing with his Godzilla toy. His fingers slipped and the small plastic figure fell from his hands into the water and began to sink. The boy leaned over to grab it before it went down, but something caught his attention. He looked up in awe as a great form lined with rows upon rows of spikes rose from the water. He forgot about his Godzilla toy as he was looking at the real thing now.

Godzilla looked up into the air and roared, the SHKREEONK could be heard up and down the bay as the King Of The Monsters advanced towards land.

Sorry it took so long for Godzilla to make an appearance, but this is where the action starts.

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