A/N: Hi, allow me to introduce myself. My name is "I'm An Idiot That Forgot About My Own Stories", esq. Seriously, I completely forgot about updating this one, and about the PnF fic's total existence, and I really apologize for that. The other fic will be updated later tonight, if time allows.
Needless to say, the current monarchs of the Kaiju Realm weren't exactly happy with Sasha and Gabe's discoveries. Allie and Isao had practically been dragged across the veil by their ankles to an emergency meeting, to which they would stand as go-betweens for the panicking rulers. Finbarr, Skycrusher, Jazuri, Gregoria, and Bronze-Arm Tribesman stood around the table, loudly debating on what should be done, and what these new developments meant for them.
"It would be the greatest course of action to devise a sort of opposite to these mechanical menaces!" Jazuri proclaimed, slamming her hands down on the table. "No matter what their origin, they must be stopped."
"No matter their origin?!" Skycrusher screeched. "You fool! Taking out the army is no large feat when it's the general you should focus on! Obviously, we need to seek them out first!"
"Oh, yes, go right for the teeth," Gregoria sardonically responded. "If so, what if it truly is the Choten, returning in a blaze of glory. I doubt he'd just sit out and wait for us to come knocking, he's a lot more cunning than you assume."
"His cunning is of no matter." Stated Finbarr. "If he was willing to ambush a settlement with only one beast, who knows if we even could take on an army?"
"If it is him," Bronze-Arm Tribesman said dully. And then, their arguing proceeded to overlap and increase until the two humans in the room couldn't make heads or tails of what anyone was trying to say. Allie quietly rested her head on the table and groaned, memories of the past 'truce' ebbing at the corners of her mind. Isao painterly waited for a pause in the conversation, keeping a steely glare on his surroundings.
"If I may," He said, after a large enough silence had passed. "I must respectfully agree with Magistrate Jazuri. It would do us better to find a sort of 'antidote' to these beasts before we pry any further. Something of this magnitude would benefit from a little stockpiling of our own."
"And you aren't affected by any bias, hm?" Gregoria asked, crossing her arms.
"Nah, I agree with him, too," Allie said, pulling her head up. "Look. Whoever is doing this is obviously trying to get everyone in a frenzy! We just gotta show them that we're not going to take it lying down, alright?" The entire room was silent after this declaration, until Finbarr broke the silence.
"Unless…" His telepathic voice trailed off as he shook his head. "Never mind. We will take your arguments into consideration, duel masters. Thank you for your time." Allie nearly bolted from the table, dragging Isao by the arm as she opened up a portal back to the human world. As the other monarchs left to their respective civilizations, Jazuri clapped Finbarr on the shoulder. "There is something bothering you. What did you mean to say?"
"I…" He looked around, waiting for the others to leave. "I was planning on merely suggesting we awake the original Creature Monarchs. But, the mayhem caused by their sudden return nearly did both realms in previously. It would not be worth it, in the end, even if it would yield positive results."
"They reside in the Null Zone as of current. Going there alone would be a suicide attempt, if anything." Jazuri quietly agreed, and they went off to their realms. But, the thoughts and possibilities still lingered in their heads, even if they would hate to admit it.
Allison yawned deeply as she walked into her house, rubbing her eyes from readjusting to the light. Once her vision had cleared, she became aware that someone else was in the house, aside from her and her dad. The other woman was sitting on the couch with her father, two mugs of coffee on the table before them, as she softly spoke about her daily goings-on. She looked up, and her father too, noticed Allie and waved to her to come over.
"Oh, Allison. I didn't think you'd be back so early from your karate lesson! This is Ariana, she's our new head of security at the bank. Our, uh, old guy quit after being convinced he was seeing things. Decided it was high time to retire, I guess."
Ariana stood up, and held out her hand. "It's wonderful to meet you, Allison! From what I hear, you're your father's pride and joy." Allie, blushing a little bit, shook Ariana's hand slowly, not sure how to approach this. "Uh, thanks. I'm sure you're… really good at what you do, too?"
She chuckled sweetly, and then a short buzzing sound emitted from her earpiece. "Hold on," She said, taking her hand away and tapping it to the metal piece. She stayed quiet for a second, listening to closely, and then said "Alright, I'll see what I can do." Looking back down at Allie and putting her hand down, she gave a short bow. "And speaking of what I do, duty calls! I will be seeing the both of you later," She said, punctuating the 'you' with a wink directed at Allie's father as she left.
"Nice to see you're dating again," Allie said warmly, as her father sighed wistfully. "And talking me up to her." He stuttered, a bit embarrassed. "Well, uh, this is a professional agreement… a talk, we're just talking about job... things. I don't know if she'd be ready for, um. Yeah." Allie giggled as she walked up to her room, leaving her dad flustered and still stuck trying to come up with excuses.
Across town, as the sun set, Carny and his goons were in a sort of meeting with another kid. Apparently, he wanted to join their crew of bullies, but he first had to pass an 'initiation ceremony' in one of Carny's dad's older warehouses. The inside was absolutely pitch black, and scattered with remnants of the former pipes and machines.
"The way I see it, you've got to stay in there for half an hour, and you'll prove that you're not chicken," Carny said. "Better yet, you go up into the rafters! Maybe you'll make friends with all the bats!"
"What, no!" the kid said. "Dude, I could die! Those things are crazy rusted." Carny huffed and shrugged as he walked away with Nickels and Sykes. "Awh, too bad. Guess you can't roll with us." But, his arm was suddenly grabbed and twisted. As he turned to see the kid grabbing his arm, his gaze shifted to a more mocking sneer. "I dare you to go up there. I double dare you."
The kid let go, growling a bit at the other bully, as he walked over to the heavy metal doors. He took a deep breath, and opened it. Much to his surprise, the dark room lit up with tiny sets of silver dots. These silvers dots then flashed bright red, as they revealed themselves to be attached to a massive horde of Attic Reapers. The hissed loudly and charged, as all four of the bullies ran away in abject horror, screaming their heads off.