Chapter Eighteen: Everything You've Got!
/ San Francisco Bay, October 12th, 2029….
Colossus stood on the hilltop overlooking the bay, baring his teeth in a twisted grin. Godzilla was nowhere in sight; the only thing between him and that Aircraft Carrier was an army of pesky humans. Within seconds, the world was alive with gunfire and explosions as hundreds of army vehicles swarmed across the land in a desperate charge, firing up at the monsters as they made their way down the hillside. Colossus turned to the MUTOs at his side, ordering them to attack. The four insect-like creatures bounded across the bay as they fought back. Stepping into the bay, Colossus advanced across to the shores of the nearby city, ploughing through the remains of the buildings as soldiers and tanks fled.
A group of attack helicopters flew in formation up ahead, spreading out as their guns spun up. Colossus' face was peppered with thousands of tiny little bullets which pinged off harmlessly as he walked forward. Next came missiles which struck the horn-like crests either side of Colossus' head, causing him to swipe blindly as he shrugged off the attack. Swinging a clawed hand, he struck one of the helicopters, instantly crushing it under the immense speed of the attack, sending crumpled debris raining down as the other helicopters engaged.
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"Madam President, our choppers are dropping like flies!" Ellsworth shouted as he watched from the bridge as Colossus knocked another helicopter out of the sky with his tail. "Alright, that's enough. Get 'em outta there!" Dianna barked, looking over to Jefferson. "Get the armor rolling!"
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Tank formations swept through the streets, advancing across the tracks of a train line moments before a long, silver bullet-train shot across, followed by several more. Remotely controlled, the trains came from all corners of the city, laden with tons upon tons of high explosive, all directed towards Colossus.
Colossus swiped his tail at the advancing tanks, sending about half a dozen of the vehicles spinning through the air. He roared in shock and pain as all of the fast approaching bullet trains struck him simultaneously as he stepped onto the tracks. The front cars crumpled and exploded violently at Colossus' feet. As the craft buckled, links of cars were thrown up into the air, detonating around the monsters' midsection, throwing the creature to the side. Stumbling, he fell against a nearby building, clutching onto it as he tried to keep his balance as the monster was engulfed in the huge fireball.
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Diana watched the black clouds of smoke bellow up into the night sky as part of the city went up in flames. That was one of the main lines of defence for the Stenz. It was now only a matter of time before Colossus got to the ship. "Did we get him?" Ellsworth asked aloud as he struggled to peer through the blackness. Dianna groaned in pain as she stumbled to the side, clutching her head. "He's alive!" She exclaimed through gritted teeth as Jefferson ran to her aid. Colossus had forcefully made a psychic link with Dianna and was trying to extract any useful secrets from her mind. "He's trying to figure out where…-He knows where we are!" She clenched as she got to her feet, trying to expel the psychic bond.
"I know everything." She heard the monster say. "Your family, your history... It'll be all for nothing once I stomp out you and your petty resistance." She looked out to the city to see the dark shape of Colossus stand up amidst the black smoke. "Ready or not, here I come."
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Colossus growled deeply as he saw the Aircraft Carrier sat harmlessly in the water across from him. Walking forward, he pushed aside a building that stood in his way, knocking the giant structure over as he advanced. More vehicles came to slow his attack as choppers, tanks and soldiers fought to stop him, but to no avail as the creature planted one of his huge feet back into the water and began to wade across to the other side where the William Stenz had been docked.
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Levi roared in triumph as one of the MUTOs collapsed against the nearby bridge, impaling its' head on one of the supports. "Raven Squadron!" He heard Ellsworth's voice over the comms. "Colossus is on his way towards us, we need your support now!" Levi grabbed his mic. "But sir, the other MUTOs…" Ellsworth cut him short. "Just ignore them! Just attack Colossus. GIVE HIM EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!" The man roared.
Rolling in formation, the jets abandoned the final three MUTOs as they closed in on Colossus. "Time to kick ass!" Derin whooped as he saw the monster turn to face the new threats. The swarm of jets began to circle Colossus as the fired the guns, one at a time each jet let a missile fly. The beast barely flinched as the sidewinders struck harmlessly against his armored carapace. "Everyone listen up!" Raven One ordered. "Use your bunker busters. Lets' give this bastard a nasty surprise!"
Rave One was the first, as the large bulky bomb fell from the underside of the plane. The bunker buster struck the side of Colossus' jaw and there was a metallic Clink and Colossus rolled his eyes to glance at the tiny bomb before it exploded. Roaring in pain, Colossus reeled sideways as he was disorientated by the attack.
In a matter of seconds, dozens of massive explosions erupted across the creature's body as bomb after bomb was dropped from the swarm of jets. "Keep hitting him!" Raven One roared as he came around for another pass. Levi followed the squadron leader up, banking left as he arced round the bay. Once the massive body of Colossus was in his view again, he fired another volley of missiles. Heading directly at the monster, Levi flicked the safety off on the machineguns. Gripping the firing buttons as he clenched the control sticks, the pilot could feel the vibrations of the guns firing as the icy white tracer fire peppered the creature. Pulling up, another bunker buster dropped from the jet, falling down over the giant monster.
Colossus roared again as another fireball blossomed over the top of his skull, knocking him back. Quickly regaining his balance, Colossus swiped at the jets, watching as three of them exploded as the slammed against his flailing tail. Debris rained down to the water as Colossus marched back out of the bay into the ruined city, the jets still circling him.
"Just die you bastard!" Raven One screamed as he came in for another pass. However, suddenly a huge dark shape appeared seemingly from nowhere, tearing off the wing of the aircraft, sending the F55 into a violent spin as black smoke trailed behind it. "This is Raven One! I'm going d…" the jets slammed into the side of a building and burst into flames, killing the squadron leader almost instantly.
"It's the MUTOs!" Derin shouted over the comms. "They're coming back to protect Colossus!" Levi could see the three insectoid monsters emerging from the smoke clouds drifting out to the bay. "Levi! Lets' make another pass!" Derin ordered, "I've got your back."
Flying low above the streets, Levi swerved between buildings with Derin close behind. Looking up, he could see two more F55s rocketing up out of the city. "Raven Five, this is Raven Two." A panicked voice came over the comms. "My backup stabilizer's broken loose. I'm gonna have to pull out." Levi nodded. "Copy that Raven Two. Raven Eleven, cover him and get yourself outta there!"
Colossus was in view again, roaring into the sky as he saw Ravens Two and Eleven escape. Unleashing another barrage of missiles and gunfire, Levi let out an incomprehensible roar of pure rage as he darted past the giant monster. Looking back, he could see Derin was struggling to loose Colossus, who proceeded to bound after the tiny aircraft. "Levi! I can't shake him!" The man cried out. "Wait…WAIT!" The pilot was cut off as Colossus launched himself forward, catching the F55 in his jaws, sending burining wreckage flying in all directions.
"Raven Three is down." He heard Ellsworth say over the comms. "Repeat, Raven Three is down. Raven Five, its' all up to you." Levi leaned back in his seat and was silent for a moment as the realisation came over him. He was alone.
Meanwhile, a dark shape emerged in the bay as row upon row of massive spikes lifted up, towering above Alcatraz Island. Observing the battle with his tiny, beady yellow eyes, Godzilla's jaws parted and a deafening roar of challenge erupted into the night sky. The world fell silent as all eyes were on him.