The building's anti-titan protocol had already kicked in. Fortunately it ran on it's own power generator. All the windows and doorways were covered with steel shutters. They were lucky to have gotten back in time before it had kicked in. Though Emergency power had yet to set it. The entire apartment was dark.
Jack had switched on several battery powered lanterns and placed them around the apartment. He then walked over to the living room, where Elsa, Anna and Kristoff were sitting. He sat down next to Elsa, who covered herself with a blanket. He glanced to her, seeing her narrowing her head, shuddering from the close call they had.
"You alright?" Jack asked.
Elsa glanced to him and nodded her head.
"I'm fine." she reassured him.
Jack wrapped his arms around her and brought her close to him. Feeling herself be held in his embrace, Elsa pressed her head against his chest. All sense of urgency for the creatures that were out there was then lost. And in it's place, the warmth and safety of the man she loved. Jack glanced down to her, slowly brushing aside the strands of hair from her forehead.
He the glanced up to Kristoff and Anna who sat across from them, leaning into one another's arms. Kristoff looked up at him. They heard the sound of Scorpions passing by. Followed by the sounds of machine guns firing and the hollers of the Banshees in the distance. Jack then glanced down to Elsa.
"Don't worry," he reassured her.
"It's sounds far off."
Jack glanced back at the shutters. He pulled out his phone and glanced down at the screen. On screen, the Titan Alert notification was still up. Having to familiarized himself with Titan protocol, it usually meant that procedures were still in effect.
Jack squinted his eyes in confusion, shaking his head.
"Something not right." he then said, as he stood up from the couch.
Kristoff, Anna and Elsa turned to him.
"You think?" Anna asked, curiously.
"No, I mean something's not right," Jack insisted to him.
"This shouldn't have happened. The banshees never come this far into the city. Not while the ORCAs should still be transmitting?"
Elsa narrowed her head, pondering. They normally never came this far into the city. The ORCA transmitters usually kept them away from the city. And it shouldn't be taking this long to drive off the Banshees. While it was true that Banshees were quite hostile, they normally evaded the city immediately. Believing it to be another pack's territory.
"Jack's right," She insisted, glancing to her sister and her boyfriend.
"They wouldn't come near the city while they were on."
"So then why are they here?" Kristoff asked.
Anna narrowed her head as she thought. It did seem kind of strange that they would come into the city like that. Even when the ORCAs were still on. And after that Meteor crashed...
She then paused as she then realized.
"Hey, guys," Anna said, glancing up to them.
"Do you think it has something to do that meteor that crashed?"
Jack, Elsa and Kristoff glanced to her.
"What do you mean?" Jack asked, curiously.
"Think about it," she said.
"They started showing up right when that asteroid crashed. Do you think...?"
Elsa and Jack pondered what her sister was saying. It seemed like a stretch. Banshees normally stayed away from fire. A single round from a machine gun firing was enough to drive them off. But then again, they did show up right when that asteroid struck the city.
"I did noticed some of them were heading in that direction." Kristoff brought up.
Jack shook his head.
"That can't be right," Jack claimed to them.
"Banshee's are only drawn by radiation."
"Unless..." Elsa said.
Slowly the realization then came to them. If the Banshees were heading to the asteroid, it could only mean they were drawn to the scent of radiation. And if they were drawn to it's scent, that could only mean...
Jack widened his eyes.
"Oh no." he said.
"What?" Anna asked, curiously.
"Banshee's are drawn to Radiation," He claimed to them.
"And so does every other thing on the other side of the wall."
"And if it's radioactive..." Elsa said.
There was a brief moment of silence as the horror of that realization had set in.
Outside the walls of the city the next morning, the creatures which resided in the dense forest surrounded the tall barrier from all around. Driven by the radiation of the meteor that crashed the night before. Zilla beasts, iguana like creatures with a form of a t-rex, with spikes along it's back slammed their bodies against the wall. Some even tried to climb the tall steel wall, only to slide down.
A herd of Hammerhead Titantheres crashed into the wall. Charging forward as they slammed into the Steele barrier. But to no avail. As even their greatest force could not break through the steel wall. The ORCA transmitters which stood at the top the wall proved to be ineffective. The calls they were transmitting to keep them away proved to be ineffective.
Inside the city, the Banshees were gathered at the Crash site of the asteroid. The winged creatures were perched atop the remain debris of the buildings caught within the crash, hanging down from their crumbled sides. All while the other members of the pack scurried atop the surface of the asteroid. Hollering and snapping at one another, some pecked their muzzles down over it's stone surface. Their senses driven by the radiation which lied within.
High above the crash site, a surveillance drone soured high out of reach of the Banshees. Angling it's camera, it peered down below, zooming in on the asteroid.
Monarch Headquarters- Castle Bravo
The footage recorded by the drone played over the monitor which stood at the far end of the meeting room. General Ruenard stood before the monitor, staring at the main monitor in the meeting room. He was both shocked and furious. Not only had the city been struck by an asteroid. But now these creatures were infesting them and had ignored the warnings from the ORCA transmitters.
"We've been getting reports of the wild life trying to break through San-Diego's walls." He claimed.
He glanced back to Dr. Iliene Chan and the rest of Monarch.
"Our Surveillance has shown the Banshees have gathered at the meteor's crash site," He claimed to them.
"So far our ground teams have been unable to move in. The radiation levels are at dangerous level and the Banshee's behavior have been more hostile and they seem to be ignoring the ORCA transmission. Now it's only a matter of time before a Titan makes it's way toward the city."
Dr. Russel and his daughter, Madison glances to Dr. Iliene, who only continued to stare forward to the General.
"So, Dr. Iliene," General Ruenard said as he came up to the table
"I believe you all have an explanation?"
Dr. Russel stood up from his chair as he turned to the General.
"General, if I may," he said.
"These Banshees are reacting to the ORCA's transmissions."
He came up from around the table and walked over to the monitor. He pointed at the winged creatures over the screen, scurrying over the asteroid.
"They are distributing protective behavior seen in pack animals," Russel insisted to him.
"Wolves will usually be protective, whether it's territory or after having to make a kill."
"Your saying these creatures think this fallen hunk of rock is food?" Ruenard asked, curiously.
"These things feed off the radiation from other creatures," Dr. Rick insisted on Russel's claim.
"And this Meteor is calked full of it."
"Regardless, Govern Agnarr has ordered that we drive off the banshees," The General proclaimed to them.
"I am authorizing an airstrike over the area."
Russel glanced to the General in shock and disbelief.
"Airstrike, are you insane?!" He exclaimed.
"With all due respect, General," Dr. Iliene then spoke up.
"An air strike over the meteor would be a mistake."
Ruenard turned to the Head of Monarch.
"We've analyzed the radiation levels from the asteroid." Iliene insisted to him.
She walked over to the monitor, where she she pressed the side of the screen. Bringing up two separate screens which radiation readings. One was from the meteor that crashed in the Yukon. The other was the one that had crash light night. Both showing the same levels of radiation.
"And what we found was that it's gives the same levels of Radiation as the one in the Yukon."
General Ruenard stared at the screen in dismay. This was the same meteor which they found in the Yukon. The one which they used to make the Titan Killer. The same weapon he had commissioned Monarch to make in hopes they could exterminate Godzilla and the Titans. Only for it to awaken more of these creatures and wipe out more then half of the human population. And the one responsible to have gone missing and avoid the justice she had deserved.
"Are you saying...?" He said, glancing to her.
Ilene nodded her head to the General.
"We believe this may be the same asteroid," She claimed to him.
"Therefore it may contain the same virus that was unleashed by the titan killer," Russel claimed to him.
"You hit that thing with with a missile, then you risk exposing all of San Diego and the rest of the world to the virus."
"Please, General," Dr. Iliene insisted to him.
"Let us handle the meteor."
The General turned to the doctor. Despite his mistrust in Monarch due to the recent and passed events, he was not willing to risk the lives of innocents as they have done. And if the meteor was truly like the one in the Yukon, they couldn't risk unleashing it and wiping out whatever remains of humanity. Dr. Ilene and her people were better equipped to handle the situation.
"Very well," he said, reluctantly.
"I will allow you and your team to handle the situation. But I am placing you all under surveillance."
He glanced over to Colonel Diane Foster.
"Colonel Foster, I am stationing you and your team here at Castle Bravo," He claimed to her.
"You are the monitor all of Monarch's activity."
Colonel Foster nodded her head to the General.
"Yes, sir." she said.
General Runeard once more turned to Dr. Ilene and Dr. Russel. Seeing the matter was settled, he then turned and walked toward the exit. Just as the General came out into the hall and disappeared around the corner, Madison stood up and came up from around the table. She turned to Dr. Ilene.
"Do you think he knows?" she asked, curiously.
Ilene shook her head.
"No." she insisted to her.
Dr. Russel turns to her.
"You sure about this plan?" He asked.
Iliene turned back to the monitor. She pressed the screen and brought up several images what appeared to be ancient hieroglyphs from the old civilization that had worshiped the titans. And several old cave paintings. One of which depicting what appeared to be a red star crashing to the Earth.
"Whatever this meteor is, it may be tied to this prophecy," She insisted to Dr. Russel.
"And if this great evil is real, then we need to find her. She's the only one who can help us find Godzilla."
"What kind of evil we talking about?" Barnes asked, curiously.
Ilene once more pressed the screen to bring up another image of the cave paintings. This one of a creature they had never seen before. A large formed that resembled that of Godzilla. But had large wings over it's back. Everyone in the room stared silently to the cave painting.
"What is that?" Russel asked.
Ilene did not answer. She only stared up at the screen, comprehending the image of the cave painting. There was an underlining fear that this could be another Ghedorah. Another titan which was not bound by the laws of Nature and only sought to form it into a worlds of it's own desire. If such a creature does exist, they needed to stop it like they did with Ghedorah.