Cordula opened the door to a brand new day and tried to breath in the natural smell of her city.
Keyword: Tried.
"Ack! *Cough*! What on Earth smelled like someone died then poured over everything that was sour" Cordula coughed. Joe placed a mask on his face "Whoa...the smell of garbage is getting in here. Smells like someone cooked a corpse" Cordula hummed.
"No need to answer that twice pops"
Cordula coughed before her father placed a mask on her face "You might wanna need that" She looked at the mask on her face before her gaze went to the city.
"Can I double bringing the mask?"
~oOo~
It turns out that everywhere Cordula goes, there is always a pile of trash to greet her and she was starting to get all sick from the smell. She quickly headed inside the base of their team to see a monstrous face in front of the boat.
"Woah...nice paint job Randy"
Cordula commented. Randy gave her a thumbs up. From behind her, Elsie gave a disgusted noise "What's the matter fangirl? Run out of subway cars to take?" Elsie asked as she gave a look at the design.
"Hey, if we're gonna be the world's number one monster hunting team we gotta have a mean-looking ride"
"Oh! Time out Scooby, when did we become a team"
Cordula opened her mouth to answer "Ever since Godzilla came around" Elsie gave her a raised brow before Nick's voice answered their question "Isn't it obvious, we've got the leading experts and biological anomalies assembled right right here" Cordula coughed a bit and looked at Nick.
"And the Godzilla expert"
Seriously?
"Not to mention one seriously pumped up lizard" Randy said. Elsie read the labels of the boat "Uh...Heat Seeker?" Elsie read with her finger pointing at the label "Absolutely cause we're H.E.A.T" Randy said proudly "High-performance Environmental Attack Team" Cordula shook her head.
"We're not that high in performance yet Rands"
"How about Humanitarian Environmental-"
"Analysis Team" Elsie finished "Now that's much better" Cordula said "Then I take it we can count on your continuing participation" His gaze turned to Cordula and Elsie "I'd continue in assisting with Godzilla and this possibly would help me in my college course" Cordula stated.
"Sure, but what happens when spy girl takes her tub back to France?"
Elsie said and from the corner of her eye, she saw Monique standing right beside Nick "My orders are to remain here and observe the creature indefinitely" Monique stated with a blank tone in her voice.
Translation: I will keep an eye on the creature if it is a threat to humanity.
Cordula shook her head and sighed. When she found out it was her that contacted the military about Godzilla, she wanted to run her through but kept a straight face about it. The last thing she wanted was another fight.
"Joy..." Elsie said also none too please about someone spying on them with the culprit right in front of them "Nick! Elise! Cordula! Check this out!" Mendel called out from above "Well, good morning to you too Mendel" Cordula said with a slight roll on her eyes and a small smile.
"N.I.G.E.L's located Godzilla's lair"
Mendel said as he waved hello at Cordula. Everyone raced to where Mendel was to see where Godzilla was staying.
~oOo~
At last he was finished in creating a makeshift home for himself to sleep in. Not too far from his father's den with his pack and not too far as well from his female's den.
He quickly dove back inside to get some sleep. All of that work took his whole energy off.
He barely even noticed a small yellow bot checking him out.
~oOo~
"Awe he's such a puddin'"
N.I.G.E.L's voice broadcast-ed over to them and Cordula blinked before she gave Randy an unimpressed look "I don't know how you sampled my mother's voice but I will get you back" Mendel said angrily.
"Your mother calls you puddin'?" Cordula asked and Mendel's face went pink as he stammered "That's cute..." Mendel blushed all the more as Randy gave off a sizzling hiss. Elsie laughed from her seat "Prank War!" She shouted.
The sound of a chopper made Cordula look out of the window to see a chopper carrying something inside a yellow container.
I wonder what it is?
She shrugged her shoulder and barely paid in mind to what she just saw.
~oOo~
Cordula had just finished stacking up the paintbrush when Randy came running in, jumping on to the boat's roof, before she could warn him of the slippery floor, Randy was already on it and sliding in her way.
CRASH!
Cordula and Randy landed in a heap on the floor with the paints already on the water. Cordula groaned and glared at an apologetic Randy "Still breathing?" Monique asked, there was a small hint of playfulness in her tone which surprised Cordula.
"I meant to do that" Randy said as he sat up "You mean you meant to crash into me?!" Cordula huffed before walking away. Mendel looked at Randy smugly "You just racked up some seriously bad karma" Randy said as he wiped the oil on his face.
"Forget the mini-sub guys. Godzilla just got preempted" Nick said and Audrey's voice now broadcast-ed to the small device "Live from the Hudson River where a high-tech garbage eating microbe has spun out of control. The Harbor Patrol is diverting all water traffic" Cordula sighed before she grabbed her gear for another monster hunt.
~oOo~
Even when they were still far away, Cordula could already see an orange slimy substance. Nick placed his eyes on the binoculars to get a better look before it was blocked off by Harbor Patrol. The ships honked loudly "Please, turn your vessel away!" One man from a 712 ship said with a megaphone in his hands.
"Now is that any way to welcome the world's leading experts in mutationalogy?" Elsie asked loudly which Nick looked at her "Get me a wet-suit, I can sabotage their pumps" Cordula looked at Monique in exasperation "Is there anything about you that doesn't scream violence right in the face?" Monique didn't answer her question.
"Mind if I try a bloodless solution?" Nick said as he grabbed a radio "Mr Mayor, Dr. Niko Tatopoulos. My analysis team needs access to that barge" Nick said and they only waited for only five seconds before they were granted passage.
"Being the guy who saved the city from Godzilla as its occasional perks" Nick said and Cordula rolled her eyes before lightly jabbing Nick in the arm "Whoa, like you were the only one there" Elsie said before turning her attention in front.
Everybody gathered around Nick as he spoke to the professor "Felix, Nick. What are we looking at?" The professor spoke back in a rapid pace "In a nutshell Nick, a nano-tech feeding frenzy. The more petroleum it consumes, the more it replicates and the more it replicates, the more it needs to consume" Cordula recalled the thousands of garbage all over the city and the way that monster was slowly growing, she doubt that even Godzilla can handle that.
"We could overload the its nano-circuitry with an electromagnetic discrge"
It's worth a try, I'll keep working on the control protocols on my end"
"Let's send in N.I.G.E.L" Cordula said and Mendel quickly prepared N.I.G.E.L the disengage. Randy followed Cordula and Mendel as they slowly steered him towards the out of control nano-tech "Bobola, I am generating 2,000 volts just for you" N.I.G.E.L said in his mother's tone. Mendel glared at a smug Randy before Cordula managed to get them to stop starting another argument.
They watched as N.I.G.E.L managed to slice of a tentacle of the nano-tech before he was overcome when too many tentacles attacked on him. Cordula ducked when the head of N.I.G.E.L came sailing to their boat. Mendel quickly ran towards N.I.G.E.L to check up on him "Mendel...you're father and I are very, very disappointed in you" N.I.G.E.L said before shutting down.
Mendel looked at Randy "I'll be sending you my therapy bills..." He said slowly and slightly angrily. Cordula felt slime pour on her shoulder and let out a shriek when she saw the nano-tech already towering over the boat "I'll be sending you my hospital bills!" Randy screamed and the three of them took a step back as tentacles slowly slithered their way to them.
"Nick!" Cordula screamed before she felt the boat jerk and the three of them were suddenly sprawled to the ground. Cordula immediately stood up to see Harbor Patrol spraying the nano-tech with water in order to push the creature to the sea "What are they doing?!" Cordula screamed as she watched the creature slowly fell into the sea and then...nothing.
~oOo~
The men cheered "Did it drown?" Mendel asked and Cordula shook her head "A nano-tech out of control won't give up that easily and that thing doesn't have lungs anyway!" Cordula explained and sure enough, out came the creature twice its original size and already shaping into some sort of armor?
"The colony is evolving as it grows. Its already learned to defend itself" Nick explained as the creature swam to the boat filled with oil "That's not good" Cordula said when Nick sharply turned to Monique.
"Monique outflank it!"
The boat moved with speed that Cordula had to hold on to the railings as they sailed pass by the creature and directly right in front of it. Everyone stood in the back as the creature roared "I coupled these stun weapons together to use on Godzilla" Nick and Cordula looked at him with a suspicious look "Well you know, just in case!" Mendel said defensively.
"Anyway, this should help to slow that thing down" Mendel said as he handed each of then a stun weapon "Uh...Let's swap" Randy said to Elsie who gave him a puzzled look "Why?" She asked "Prank War remember, I ain't taking any chances" Randy reasoned and Cordula huffed "Here we are with a monster on our tail and the Prank War is the first thing you though of?!" Randy looked at her sheepishly.
Nick and Elsie fired first before they lost their weapons when the creature pulled the wires away. The creature roared as it drew closer before Randy and Cordula shot the nearest tentacle away from the boat. Unfortunately, one managed to land on a life vest.
"Get it out before it eats the boat!" Mendel screamed. Cordula grabbed an empty flask and threw it to Randy who caught it and placed the slime there before throwing the life vest to the sea. The creature then dove out of their sights and everyone wondered where it went before the boat jerked to a stop.
"Whoa!" Cordula screamed when she felt herself going to fall headfirst into the sea had it not been for Nick to grab her shirt just in time "Thanks Nick" Cordula sighed before Monique steered the boat away as the creature jumped over the Heat Seeker and started to climb on the ship.
"Aw man, it's gorging!" Randy cursed as the creature began to consume more before it started to transfo again and began making its way towards its possibly next meal.
Them.
Monique thrusted the engine into full speed as he creature tried to catch them. Monique gasped when she saw something bubbling and rising from in front of her and made a sharp turn long enough for her and the rest to see Godzilla roaring out as he surfaced.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up!" Elsie called out and Cordula cheered as Godzilla managed to slice some tentacles from the creature. The team watched a she pounced on the creature and they both crashed into the warehouses.
Godzilla roared out loud as Randy cheered "Take it to him G-man!" Monique looked at him with a frown "Would you be cheering if there were people in those warehouses?" Nick grabbed the flask from Randy's hand and gave it to Elsie "I need you and Craven to tell me everything you can about these microbes" Nick said.
"On it"
Elsie and Mendel quickly went inside the beat to the mini lab. The rest watched as Godzila tore down the creature into two however it merely encased Godzilla in them "What's it doing?" Randy asked uncertainty "I think it's trying to smother him" Nick explained.
"Try?More like going to" Cordula said with worry as she and the others watched Godzilla as he fell into the sea.
~oOo~
He thrashed as he tried to get this thing off of him. He tried scraping it from the ground to the sea floor and ever banging his body as he tried to get his eyesight back as well as his body.
~oOo~
Cordula gasped as when she saw Godzilla made a leap out of the water and made a splash, causing the entire boat to rock wildly. Everyone grabbed onto the railings for support as the boat continued to rock before it gradually stopped.
"Hey guys, if Miss Saigon's through trying to capsize us we've got some 411 on the microbes"
Elsie said through the P.A system and Cordula held back sighing loudly when she realized that the rocking of the boat would become the cause of the flask breaking and thus setting the microbes free and losing the Heat Seeker in the process.
"Now we've isolated the nano-tech drivers. Once you remove them from the microbes, the entire colony dissipates"
"So how do we remove them from that?" Randy asked as he pointed out to the still struggling Godzilla "We don't, we've been aiming at the wrong target. Going for the body instead of the brain" Cordula snapped her fingers in realization.
"If we go for the brain, the entire body would eventually shut down"
"Yeah!" Randy said before giving Nick and Cordula a puzzled look "You wanna run that by me again Dr. Nick" He asked as Nick grabbed the radio "Just fire up your laptop and meet me in the lab" Nick said and Randy quickly got to work.
"Felix, Nick. I need you to upload the control protocols for the microbe colonies driver" Nick said before he turned off the radio and nodded at Cordula who immediately headed downstairs.
"See if you can keep from crashing this program kid" Mendel said with narrowed eyes "Are you kidding? That's precisely what I'm counting on" Randy looked at Nick in bewilderment "A computer virus?" Cordula nodded before Elsie gasped.
"Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul! Of course"
"Exactly what I was thinking on Elsie" Cordula said as she and Elsie high-five each other "About time you put your vandalism to good use" Mendel said and Cordula smiled "Aw..come one Mendel, you care for Randy too" He merely scoffed at Cordula's words.
A loud crash from outside made Cordula and Nick head straight up to see Godzilla's head poking out of the microbes. Monique slowly advanced the boat to where Godzilla was "The creature is retreating?" Monique asked and Nick quickly denied it.
"No, its smells its next meal" Cordula gasped "If that thing feeds all the more, Godzilla will be powerless to stop it anymore" Nick looked at Cordula "There's enough petroleum in that refinery to grow that thing the size of Manhattan" He explained.
"We have got to act fast before it covers the entire city and smother the people in it" Nick grabbed the radio as he spoke "How's that virus coming guys?" Nick called out "Almost there jefe" Randy's voice responded back "We're just checking for errors" Mendel said calmly and it surprised Cordula at how the two seem to be less fighting than before.
Maybe the term "war changes people" isn't so far fetched at all.
"So what have we gotten ourselves into this time worm guy?"
Major Hick's voice broadcast-ed over the P.A system "We're close to the solution to the micro problem major, we just need a little more time" Nick responded "I'm more concerned about your pet lizard. One blast of that breath and the entire refinery explodes" Major Hicks said and Cordula fumed for a bit about the "Pet Lizard" comment.
"Well wouldn't the same be true if you fired your missiles sir?" Nick fired "So what do we do? Hope they destroy each other without taking the entire Eastern Seaboard with them?" Major Hick's asked.
"If he does hope for that, I hope his reflexes are fast as his mind is" Cordula growled.
~oOo~
Whatever act he did, nothing seems to be destroying this thing and it seemed to grow bigger and bigger by the minute and he wondered what had caused it to be like that. He could hear the choppers from above and not to far from him were his father and his pack and his female.
If he doesn't do something, they'd all be taken away from him
~oOo~
"Oh no...That thing is growing!"
Cordula gasped when the microbes began to grow taller as it swallowed up a huge tank of petroleum. Godzilla roared angrily and they were in a stand-off until the creature grew twice as tall as Godzilla to the point where Godzilla backed off.
"Clock is ticking Nick, I'm gonna have to evacuate the area and blast a bolt now!"
Come one guys..hurry up
Cordula thought as sh stared helplessly at Godzilla "Hold up, we got the virus" Randy called out "The only problem is we can't transmit it cleanly. There's too much signal noise coming from the refinery" Mendel hurriedly said.
"Which means we'll have to introduce that infected sample directly into the creature" Cordula said. Nick grabbed the sample "Major, I'm gonna need a lift" Cordula looked at him and spoke "I'm coming with you" Nick opened his mouth to protest.
"Who's gonna stop Godzilla from trying to save you if your dangling from a piece of rope right in front of the creature?"
Nick sighed then nodded.
~oOo~
He saw one chopper approach the thing and he saw his father and his female inside. What were they doing?
~oOo~
"You are certifiable Tatopolous! And you young lady are way too much reckless!" Major Hicks shouted through the noise. Cordula shrugged her shoulders at the comment before she poked her head out to see Godzilla looking at the chopper with an unsure look on his face.
"Can't you just drop the sample from inside the chopper?" Major Hicks asked as he held up the sample "This isn't horseshoes Major, accuracy is everything" Nick said as he secured the strap "If any of that micro gunk touches you I have no choice but to cut the line" Major Hicks warned as he handed Nick the sample.
"I'm trying to ignore that part"
Cordula let Nick shuffle pass her before she grabbed her shoulders for support "Be careful out there Nick" Nick turned to look at her and grinned grimly "You too" Cordula waved her hand "Relax, I've got Godzilla" Cordula said before looking down. That was a long way down.
Godzilla walked directly below them and let out a worried croon as Nick and Cordula held hands "You ready?" Cordula shuddered "Easy for you to say Nick, I'm without a harness" Without hesitation, Cordula jumped straight into Godzilla and Nick let go of the handle and found himself dangling dangerously close to the microbes.
Godzilla caught Cordula and was about to head to his father before Cordula crooned "It's okay big guy, back away. Your father's going to be just fine, he knows what he's doing" Godzilla let out a soft croon and slowly retracted back. Cordula sighed and was glad the plan worked.
Sh watched as Nick armed the disk with the infected virus and drop it before the tentacles shot out to try and grab him. Godzilla let out a small growl at the back of his throat, angry that he wouldn't be able to help his father but he trusted his female on what to do.
The chopper pulled away with Nick holding on as the virus began to spread and the microbes roared out in anger as they tried to catch the one responsible for it. Cordula gasped when the microbes were heading their way "DUCK!" She screamed and Godzilla ducked just in time as it zoomed pass them and started to crumble.
"Ball Game!" Nick cheered. Godzilla steered away from the crumbling microbes as he felt his female cling into one of his dorsal spikes. Godzilla roared and delivered the final strike as he whipped his tail to the base of the microbes and Cordula got a front row seat in watching it crumble down.
"Whoa..."
~oOo~
Back at the boat, the men cheered while the women watched "Here's to Craven and Hernandez!" Mendel cheered "Hernandez and Craven. We Rock!" Randy said as they wrapped their arms around each other like chums.
"I kinda like them better when they were at each other's throats"
Elsie commented and Monique silently agreed.
~oOo~
Cordula slowly stood up from her sitting position when Godzilla walked pass by Nick, She made a jump and managed to grab onto the rope before Nick secured her with his arm "Go! Go! Before they start shooting!" Nick called out before he and Cordula were hauled up.
Godzilla followed his father's instructions, knowing that his female was safe with him. He slowly entered into the water and with one last look to his father and his female, he disappeared into the depths of the sea.
~oOo~
Cordula felt relieved when Major Hicks called off the shots towards Godzilla and watched as his shadow disappear from the depths of the sea "Thanks Major, we owe you one" Nick said as he gestured to Cordula who was still busy looking out at sea.
"Someday I'm gonna run out of excuses Nick. especially now that he's no longer our little secret"
Major Hicks said and Cordula hummed. It would take a long time for the people to get use to this new Godzilla for the first one traumatized them but she will be with him and the team every step of the way.