Chapter Thirteen: City of Fire
/NORAD Control Centre, October 11th, 2029…

It was late in the evening now. The sun had since disappeared over the horizon, plunging the facility into darkness. Locke Stood in front of the viewscreen in the centre of the control room as he picked up an M32A1 Assault Rifle. Flicking on the safety, he put a magazine in and slung the rifle over his shoulder. "Sir, we have reports from Commander Ellsworth." Ericson said, gesturing to another screen showing satellite footage of the USS William Stenz. They've just reached San Francisco. They'll be in the bay in a matter of minutes." Locke nodded. "Good. What's our fighting strength on the West Coast?" He asked. "A quarter of its' original size, Mr President. The bulk of our Infantry and Armor divisions have been decimated, along with most of our fleets. We're strongest in the air."

"So where do we stand?" Locke asked as he watched the satellite footage of the country ablaze. "Forces on the West Coast are en route to S-F. Forces on the East Coast are headed to Atlanta. All of our forces abroad have linked up with the closest neighbouring allies." Ericson explained as he paced up and down the control room. "Alright. Get word out to every remaining world leaders." Locke ordered. "Let them know about Colossus and that there is still a resistance."

As several console operators set to work, the room rumbled violently, knocking the people inside about. The huge screens fell from their walls, shattering on the ground as the concrete walls cracked. Spinning to the entrance to the control room, Locke watched the ceiling crumble as it was ripped away. People panicked as they darted about, many raising their weapons. Locke did the same, grabbing his rifle, ready to fire.

Slowly, as the dust began to settle, two icy blue eyes pierced through the smoke as the massive head of a MUTO lowered into the control room as several gun barrels raised to meet it. There was a brief moment of silence as the creature looked around the room, finally settling on Locke before grinning morbidly, baring its' fanglike teeth. Locke looked around to everyone else in the room as they exchanged nervous but determined glances.

Locke raised the rifle to the MUTOs' face. "HUMANITY WILL PREVAIL!" He roared defiantly as he squeezed the trigger of the gun. Everyone in the room quickly opened fire on the monster as it readied itself to attack.

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"Oh my god!" Hunter muttered as the Carrier slowly glided under the Golden Gate Bridge into the bay. The entire city had been abandoned, with flames rising up into the night sky all around. Several MUTOs still stalked the empty, burning streets as they hunted for prey. "What do we do now?" he looked to Levi, who stared off into the burning city, mortified.

Turning, the pilot stormed out of the bridge and down the nearest stairwell. Walking into a locker room, he threw open his locker and grabbed his helmet again before walking up to the flight deck. Outside on deck, he walked across the runway to the Varan, which sat ready on the helipad. "Sir, where are you going?" A pair of soldiers asked, raising their weapons as he prepared to board the VTOL. "If you want to stop me, you'll have to kill me." He said, jogging up the ramp to the cockpit as the two soldiers gulped and exchanged glances. Firing up the engines, he lifted the Varan up off the deck and turned the craft towards the city.

Shooting across the burnt out ruins of the city, he saw that there had definitely been a battle. Tanks and APCs lay strewn in the streets as the wrecks of helicopters burned as the stuck awkwardly out the sides of buildings, their rotors still slowly turning. The pilot began to choke up at the sight. This was his home. It was the second time San Francisco had been destroyed. Up ahead was the Global Defence Initiative Centre, the gigantic futuristic structure overlooking the bay. A portion of the building had collapsed, burying half the parking lot in rubble. Looking for somewhere to put the VTOL down, Levi saw movement at the entrance of the building. Several soldiers and staff came running out of the building, the one at the front with a flare in each hand trying to wave him down.

Slowing to a hover, the Varan turned as it descended down to the ground as the rear hatch opened. Immediately, the group began to board as Levi got out of his seat. The first man aboard, the flare guy, frantically thanked the pilot as he walked past him. "Is there anyone left in there?" Levi asked, nodding to the building. The flare guy nodded. "Yeah, Three or four more. Thanks, man." Stepping off the ramp into the parking lot, Levi turned to the entrance of the GDI Centre as its' security lights switched on, triggered by the movement.

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It was dark inside the building as the MUTO EMP had wiped out the lights. Holding a wind-up flashlight, Linda made her way to the exit. Stepping out into the night air, she squinted as she watched the group run out into the darkness. Following them, Linda looked away as a pair of bright floodlights came on over the parking lot; illuminating what could only be the V36 Varan landed next to Dr Richards' old car. Her heart began to race with joy as she saw the man worriedly looking round for her.

"Levi!" She called out. The man instantly turned to her as they exchanged relieved looks. The two took off running towards each other, calling out for one another as the others looked on. As Levi and Linda reached each other, the two embraced. "Linda, thank god you're okay!" Levi said, the woman simply smiled. "Hey. I know what I'm doing." she replied and the two laughed. "I see you've managed to handle the Varan." Linda noted, pointing to the landed VTOL. "Hah, Piece of cake." Levi joked as they headed back towards the large VTOL.

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"Contact!" Hunter heard someone shout out. Immediately, he raced to the nearest window as he heard the animalistic cackles between each thud of a footfall. A MUTO was making its' way around the corner of a nearby building on the shore. Looking further up the bay Hunter saw another three advancing towards the Carrier. Gunfire rattled as soldiers on the deck began to fire at the approaching monster. Shrieking in anger, the MUTO began to bound towards them.

At that moment, time seemed to slow down as the water rippled. Godzilla roared defiantly as he launched up out of the water at the MUTO, catching the creature by surprise. Grabbing the monster, he slammed it into the ground as it writhed in fury. Punching it in the face again, Godzilla roared as the creature got to its' feet. The MUTO leapt onto his back, trying to claw at the back of his head. Angered by the attack, Godzilla lunged backwards against the nearest building, crushing the monster between the structure and his body. Impaled by the huge spines, the defeated MUTO slumped over as Godzilla turned to face the others. His spines lit up a bright blue again as his breath charged.

Hunter could hear the electronic rumble as the atomic energy condensed. Throwing his head forward, Godzilla let fly as the shockwave exploded outwards. This time, however, the traditionally blue flames were condensed into a white-hot beam of light which cut through the air. Hunter gasped in shock as the beam split up half way across the bay, spreading out and striking all three MUTOs simultaneously. All three of the monsters were instantly carved to pieces by the beams, which continued on through the abandoned city, slicing apart entire buildings. The Transamerica Pyramid slowly crumbled as the top of the immense skyscraper was separated from its' base, the gigantic structure, along with others around it, erupted into clouds of dust and debris as the beams cut through them all, quickly disappearing out of sight.

Godzilla almost looked pleased with himself as he observed the destruction. Hunter was awestruck, unable to comprehend the devastation that those beams must have caused. "Hmm." Rosa smiled. "I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks." The crew of the William Stenz erupted into cheers and celebration at the spectacle. Commander Ellsworth grinned as he watched the monster begin to wade back into the water. "Good thing he's on our team." He said.

Yeah, if you couldn't tell from Godzilla's new "Upgrade" I've just seen leaked footage of Shin-Godzilla's atomic breath scene recently as of posting this and thought it was awesome. I'm dying to see this movie but I'm 99% certain it won't get a UK release :( Once its' out in the US I'll probably find a dubbed/subbed version of it online and watch it there.