Chapter Ten: Intercept Mothra

Hunter looked up and down the cargo bay of the massive plane, making sure all of his team was here. He had instructed them to obtain some military armor to reduce the risk of being killed by debris, most of them had obtained just a standard combat uniform, including himself, But Angel had acquired a dark red riot armor type, making her stand out from the others.

Hunter's phone buzzed and he took it out of his pocket to take a look. he had recieved a text which he quickly opened, it was from his daughter and it read;

Hi, me and mom are coming to Japantoo. we're gonna be on the set of a movie. hopefully we might see each other! luv u :)

He smiled at the text and turned his phone off. "who was that?" Jackie asked, looking across to him, "my daughter, she just texted me saying how much she misses me." Hunter beamed. "D'aww, she miss her daddy?" Max jeered, grinning like an idiot.

"Aye, but don't act all tough," Maz laughed, "just because you're scared of chickens!" he smirked as his brother turned to him, "well, you know, its' their weird feet, it makes me sick." Max whined. "Guys, can you just shut up!" Rosa shouted and the two mischevious twins silenced.

"sir, we're tracking both Mothra and Godzilla, but sir, you may want to see this." the pilot called into Hunters' mic. he got up and walked down the bay, passing the Anguirus which was tied to the deck to avoid damage. Hunter walked up the stairs to the cockpit and walked in to the compartment where the two pilots sat at the controls. He looked out of the main viewscreen at the two fighter jets which were escorting them, then he looked back to the main pilot.

"sir, Mothras' changing course, she's heading east, heading towards uh. Infant Island sir." The pilot spoke, in heavy concern. "but Godzilla's still heading back towards the mainland, I guess he'll make landfall in Tokyo within the hour, sir" Hunter looked on in confusion, "what the hell?" he grabbed the mic on his headset, "Escorts One and Two, keep your course following Godzilla, Mothra is heading east and we're following suit." "Copy that Wolf Actual." the pilot of the fighter jet responded as the massive Cargo plane banked east.

Hunter went back down into the hold, where the group anxiously looked at him, "alright, we're following Mothra to Infant iIsland. We predict from her currentt speed that she intends o land there, so we'll HALO jump from the plane and land on the island, where we'll find Mothra and find out why she landed." he looked around, "any questions?" no one said anything.

"three parachutes, is that it?" Max asked. "yeah, so Zack, Angel and Myself will go, you and the others stay on board and make sure the plane doesn't leave without us." Hunter said as he shouldered the parachute. He made sure the others were strapped in before pressing the door release and the back ramp lowered as Zack picked up an assault rifle. The wind tore at Hunters' short hair as he pulled on a helmet and goggles before looking to Angel and Zack, "Jump on my go." he then leapt out of the plane, followed by his brother and sister.

Hunter felt like he was back in the Army base where he grew up as he remmbered when his father taught him how to Halo dive from an aircraft. He remembered panicking and rolling in mid air as his father yelled at him to level out. The ground slowly got closer and he saw Mothra fly below him and land in a clearing at the edge of the thiock jungle as Hunter pulled his chute and he was yanked back up into the air as his parachute opened.

He glided down and touched down on the treetops of the jungle. His chute snagged on several branches as he tumbled down the tree before the parachute catching his fall a metre off the ground. He looked around and cut the parachute from its pack and he fell to the floor, Hunter saw Angel emerge from the jungle, she waved to him and the two met up. "Where's Zack?" She asked as she looked at their surroundings. "I don't know, but we've got to complete the mission, we'll find him on the way back." Hunter said to his sister.

Gunshots rang out from the jungle and the two siblings took off in the direction of the sound. The came to the clearing to find Zack, rifle in the air, pointed at the huge Mothra which sat in the centre of the clearing, a massive, round sheel like object underneath the beast. "she laid an egg?" Hunter asked himself as Mothra turned to them. Zack looked to the others, rifle now slung. "think about it, Mothra and Godzilla weren't fighting, they were prepping, to fight that thing that came out of Odo Island."

The massive insect monster seemed to chirp in agreement. "so, They're teaming up to fight Zilla?" Angel asked as the cargo plane flew overhead. "Commander Wolf! Zilla's arriving at the coast of Infant Island, Agent Thompsons' authorised the use of nukes, we have to leave now!" The pilot roared into Hunters' headset.

He looked up at the massive plane coming in to land on the empoty field ahead of them as the ramp lowered. before anyone could do anything, Mothra chirped and took off, leaving the egg. Angel ran forward, trying to get the egg to the plane, "c'mon, help me move this!" she yelled to her two older brothers. "Angel, forget it, there's no way it'll fit in the plane, we have to leave it" Hunter roared as her ordered Zack to run back to the plane. "no, we can save it!" Angel shouted back, as Hunter came to her side, "look, there's nothing we can do here! killing yourself won't bring Mom back. it was a long time ago, but c'mon, you've got a good life in front of you!" Hunter cried, holding back memories of his mothers' final goodbyes.

Zilla roared as she made landfall, causing tons of water to fall in a sudden, heavy rain. Hunter and Angel sprinted through the hail towards the landed plane, which began to accelerate. They shot up the ramp and into the cargo bay as the plane sped up and left the ground.

The massive craft sped away from Infant Island as Zilla roared into the sky, the island grew smaller and smaller as the team looked out of the rear hatch. The island faded to a blip on the horizon as a small, super fast jet shot past them, closing in on its' target. The horizon where Infant Island was lit up like the sun as everyone looked away from the blinding light.

As the flash dimmed, Hunter lloked bnack to see a massive mushroom cloud sitting on the horizon, going all the way from the ocean to the sky as it slowly expanded and a shockwave rocked the plane. Hunter had never seen a nuclear bomb in person, he had only seen them on recorded footage, but he had experienced the effects of one. When he was leaving San Francisco after leaving a security job, he came back the next day to find the city in ruin.

He helped the local fire department search for survivors, checking under rubble and amongst wrecked homes. Hunter had seen grisly sights in the padst, but they were nothing to this. People stood at the base of the rubbe piles that were once their homes, children, less than four years old, seperated from their parents and all alone after the monster battle. Hunter made a promise that day, that he would work to prevent the use of nuclear weapons.

Hunter slammed the ramp shut and turned to his team as the pilot spoke over the comms, "its' okay, we're okay. On our way to Yokota Airforce Base." "Is it over yet, Hunter?" Jackie asked. Hunter closed his eyes and gravely shook his head.