It all Falls Apart, Part 1

Starbase, Texas. Mechagodzilla Construction Bay

The Dead of night was lit by lightning, Waves crashed against the nearby beach and the Launch Tower was backlit by the storm. Rain Pounded against the wall of the massive building, which nearly shuddered under the bombardment. Formerly used to construct massive rockets, it was now used to construct the hastily assembled mechanized godzilla. The Mecha sat in the bay, its construction, greatly rushed forward in development, had been completed just on time to be able to deploy to Vladivostok. One of the project managers stared at the massive robotic beast, illuminated by the spotlights within the construction bay.

"I don't like having to rush construction like this." He said. "Such an important tool should have had years of trial and development to make sure it worked properly, and building this thing in a matter of months means it is far less likely to work properly."

The Military representative shrugged, "Well, we were short on time. The Longer we wait, the more people will be killed by these monsters, and that is what really matters."

"I know." The Project Manager said with a Sigh, "But I really have a bad feeling, the software and stuff is reskinned from that Cancelled EXOSUIT program, and most of the construction is old rocket parts and Power Grid Equipment, the Nuclear Reactor is literally from an Old Experimental military vessel, and all it would take is one shot to do the thing in."

"Don't worry." The Representative reassured him, "See those black strips along the chest?"

He looked at the Mecha, along the Metal on the chest was lined with rows of Tiny Black Hexagonal Structures, thousands of them, wrapped around the center of his chest and parts of his neck and head.

"Yeah, I actually never got to know what those were…." He said.

"Those are Ceramic Heat Shield tiles." The Representative informed him, "Originally developed by NASA and then later used by SpaceX, these things are able to protect Spacecraft from the heat of re-entry, so we figured adding some to vital areas was a good idea. They can't blunt physical attacks, but some low-powered energy beams can be absorbed by them as long as the heat shield is hit."

"Huh, well at least that is useful." He said as he stared at the massive Mecha.

"Right now we are loading it with fuel and material as well as Ammunition. Those Shoulder Rockets use special naval missiles designed to penetrate armor, so perhaps we will have better luck with them." The Representative informed him, "The Fingers also have a retractable GAU-8 Cannon, in case we need to sweep up smaller Kaiju or distract them, and it has 2 Raptor 3 Engines for emergency boosts with enough fuel for 1 minute of total running, and then there is the main weapon, the Atomic Photon Beam"

"Ah, that." He said, he knew plenty about the Atomic Photon Beam, they had to make quite a engineering decision for that, directly taking from the previous Tactical Laser Systems and Anti Satellite Laser Research (ASLR) Programs, the Atomic Photon Beam was thrown together in combination with them, being directly powered by the Nuclear Reactor. It resulted in an extremely powerful Laser, although still not as powerful as Gojiras Atomic Beam, it should in theory be enough to do Damage.

"I am aware of the APB system." He said, "But besides that, the most important thing we need to do is getting that thing out to sea and have it destroy Kamoebas."

The Representative nodded, the Start up procedure for Mecha-Gojira was rather complicated, it involved a lot of telemetry checks, although those could be bypassed if too many issues came up it would be unwise to deploy it. The Machine Required a Pilot, but he didn't need to be inside the Machine, but would rather just need to be in a special chamber with computing and control systems, and even then deployment would take awhile, MechaG was fast underwater, thanks to his ability to swim and small propellers within him, but even with a top speed of 29 knots and priority at the Panama canal it would take him several days to reach Vladivostok.

"Well, I suppose it's time." The Project Manager said, he pulled out the Walkie Talkie and bega speaking.
"Mechagojira, begin activation sequence."

He began to walk to the control room, he heard Alarms blaring around them, it didn't take long to reach the glassy windows where the control room lay, lots of consoles with televisions uplinked to stats and telemetry.

"How are we looking so far?" He asked.

"So far pre-startup telemetry looks nominal, all communication systems are working in Nominal capacity." One of the Controllers said.

"Good." He said, he could see workers scrambling to their new positions as MechaG prepared to be rolled out. The Rollout Process of bringing him to the sea would take over 50 minutes, although MechaG was fast the full Telemetry checkout would take awhile and he would be brought as close as he could by a Massive Crawler designed to transport rockets. There the checkouts would be completed, and MechaG would either be brought back if they came out too negative, or would be allowed to proceed.

"We can begin rollout now." One of the telemetry readers said.

"Let's begin, every second wasted is another home and another business destroyed by a Kaiju." He said, they all nodded. He could see the Crawler, already with MechaG loaded on, begin to slowly move.

"Startup on Telemetry checks for Sound Detection systems." One of the controllers called out. He could see MechaGodzilla move his 'Ears', which were repurposed Flaps from SpaceXs Starship Rocket, the Sound and Microphone systems were nestled safely beyond them.

"Sound Detection Systems Telemetry nominal." The Controller said.

"Begin Checkout on the Visual Detection system." He said.

"Startup on Visual Detection System Telemetry checkout." The Controler reported, he saw the Eyes of MechaG turn on, glowing a faint yellow-white.

"Startup Checks out positive." The Controller said

"Startup on Cryogenic Checkout." The Controller said again, The Crawler was rounding a corner on the road and leaving his view, but he could see some frost on MechaGs body from the cold temperature inside the fuel tanks.

"Startup positive, telemetry nominal."

"How many more Telemetry checkouts?" He asked

"A Lot, we need to run checkouts on ALL of his systems, including Mechanical ones." He said, "It will take 45 minutes for the full checkout and another 5 to deploy MG from our estimates."

He nodded.

"Positive Telemetry feeds on the Reactor Startup Systems." One of the callouts said.

"Sir, we need permission to startup the reactor." One of the controllers said.

He nodded, "Permission granted."

"Reactor Startup approved, begin startup sequence." The Controller said. He heard some typing, and some clicking, and then a Notice Appeared.

"Reactor has begun Startup, Nominal so far." The Controller said. For a few minutes there was silence, with the exception of the clicking of mouse and typing, along with the thrum of the rain against the construction bay.

Then, after a few minutes, the silence was broken.

"Reactor Startup complete, Nominal." The Controller said, 10 Minutes had passed since the rollout began. "Telemetry on Reactor indiciates functioning as intended and Nominal."

Another 15 minutes passed, the other telemetry readouts went by quickly, Mechanical system checkouts all read positive, and the weapons systems read positive too. By the time it was time to deploy everything had read positive.

"Mechagojira has completed its activation sequence, we are awaiting orders now from the government." The Controller said.

"Permission granted." The Military representative said.

"Do you have the clearance to do that?" The Controller asked.

"I was given Clearance by the President himself, proceed with MechaGojira deployment." He said, the controller nodded.

"We are go for the deployment of Mecha."

Through the Camera feed of the crawler he could see the clamps begin to slowly release, with small puffs of gas emanating from Mechagojira as it began the release process. After a Tense Moment, Mecha Gojira raised its foot and stepped onto the Beach, with a resounding Thud that sprayed up huge sections of Sand, followed by another step. Its powerline-like Dorsals flashed with energy as it picked up the pace, soon it stepped in water, fully submerging its foot, then it got deep enough to begin to swim. Despite being rushed, its construction and software held up, and after a long minute the Dorsal plates were all he could see, with distant waves crashing against them, the Wake of Mecha receded, and as the cameras tracked the Dorsals he disappeared over the horizon.

"MechaGojira has all systems nominal, making 28.1 Knots." The Controller said, "Nuclear Reactor running and supplying full power to all Systems."

"Good." he said with a sigh, sitting down in a Chair. He wasn't sure whether or not he should be relieved it worked. MechaGojira was undoubtedly not fully prepared for an all out engagement with Kamoebas, but they had no choice, this was better than doing nothing, hopefully.

MechaGojira was coming, the question was whether he would be on time.

Rodan Observation Post, Mount Saint Helens

"How is Rodan?" The Commander asked. The UNGCC Observer looked at the Monitor.

"Sleeping, He has been like this for the past 6 months." The UNGCC Observer muttered, "Last time he was awake he was gathering Rocks for His Nest, he isn't even laying Eggs so why is he doing that?"

"Perhaps he is just making a Nest for himself." The Commander suggested, "Or he might just be waiting for a Female to court her."

"Who's gonna tell him?" The UNGCC Observer joked.

Suddenly there was a slight shake, although both of them perceived it relatively well. They all checked the monitor halfway out of instinct and halfway of motive.

"Spike In Seismic Activity in the Mountain!" One of them said, suddenly there was a loud growling sound, followed by a nearly deafening roar. The Commander looked out the window, to his horror he saw Rodan Rising, his Wings in flames as he let out a Loud Screech that nearly defeated them against. Then new horror came as Rodan looked directly at them.

"Oh my god." he said, running out of the trailer and getting to the Truck, he muttered it as he jammed the Keys in the ignition. He began to back out as quickly as possible, he didn't even see the UNGCC Observer as he pounded on the window, but by then he jammed on the acceleration and left him behind mostly out of panic. He screamed along the Dirt Road, trying his best to get away from the mountain. He looked in the rearview mirror just in time as the Outpost was destroyed by Rodan, his wingbeats lifting it off the ground through the sheer wind generated and then flipping it. He let out a gulp and he decided to veer off the road, plunging into the grass and short trees.

His truck buckled, making rattling noises as it bumped along the landscape, he barely kept his head from hitting the wheel as Rodan flew over. The Wind hit, and then the truck was lifted off the ground. He screamed for a moment before it collided with a nearby rockface, and he was crushed on impact as the Cabin crumpled in around him.

At a nearby air force base, a brief Distress message from the Outpost was detected, almost immediately a Small Line of Defense was coordinated as Rodan Headed South, straight towards Portland. Pre-existing defenses had been placed around the city, including Radar Outposts, Anti-Air Emplacements as well as small amounts of Armored Vehicles. The Air Force scrambled a half dozen F-35s, 3 F-16s and 2 F-15 Strike Eagles, in addition at other nearby Air Force bases other planes were prepped, but it was estimated they could not prepare intime.

"Tracking Rodan from Mount Saint Helens, he is definitely heading for Portland." Someone told the Pilot over the Radio, "He appears to be turning a bit to the west, so it is only a matter of time until he reaches the city

"Our Assets are in place, Additional reinforcements from McChord AFB are estimated to be here in 30 minutes." The Radio buzzed again, the Pilot knew full well that Rodan would bulldoze them, but it would buy time for civilians to hunker down.

He maneuvered his F-16 into formation with the other aircraft, they could see him on their Radar already, and they quickly acquired a lock.

"Permission to Fire?" He asked the Radio.

"Shoot on sight." The Base Commander said.

"Rodger, Fox 2." He said, squeezing the red button on the joystick as hard as possible.

A Missile screamed from his plane, followed by several from the other aircraft. The Missiles Raced into the Distance, the result was a series of explosions on Rodans wing, which he shrugged off.

"Target undamaged." He said, suddenly he realized Rodan was closing the distance rapidly.

"BREAK!" He screamed into the radio as he banked away, he did in time, as did most planes, but One F-15 and One F-35 did not break in time and were caught by the Giant Kaijus Wings, the explosion destroying both aircraft and sendign flying debris into the forest under them, as he banked back towards Rodan he realized just how fast he was going.

"Target is Subsonic." He said as he tracked the Monster on his Radar, Rodan was moving incredibly fast now, and as he watched the Kaiju flew low over a road the wind generated by him knocked over lampposts and caused a car to flip over.

"Target Locked, Fox 2." He said, the missile went flying, roaring in the direction of the Flying Monster, but yet again when it impacted the explosion splashed harmlessly against its scales, Rodan however did look annoyed, it rapidly slowed down and he had to turn away as quickly as possible to avoid being trapped in its talons. The Plane shuddered under the sheer force of the wind generated by Rodans Wings, and he struggled to maintain control. He saw one of the F-15s make a pass firing off a missile and some strafing shots, but as he watched Rodan quickly rolled and caught a Glancing blow on the F-15, shearing a Wing, Part of the Tail and part of the Fuselage off and scratching the paint clean off, he saw the F-15 loose control, and unlike that one lucky time where an F-15 got away without a Wing Barreled into a Ground, causing an explosion in the woods.

"Rodan Flying above Lake Merwin, he is certainly heading for Portland." He said into the radio.

"Slow him down as much as possible while we evacuate civilians and get them to sheltered areas." The Radio Buzzed.

"Understood." He said as he maneuvered his F-16 at an angle where he could get a shot near the base of the Kaijus wing, he pressed the Trigger and let loose automatic rounds, which bounced off the Kaiju, its eyes momentarily turned to look back towards him before resuming its course for Portland. One of the F-35s maneuvered above it and dived, instead of firing however it flew just above Rodans head, this must have scared the Kaiju, who roared angrily and dived after the Stealth Jet, which was now heading away from Portland, flying now above the Lewis river and turning away, however as he breathed a sigh of relief something horrific happened.

Rodan boosted himself suddenly, using his wings he suddenly sped up greatly, the turbulence nearly caused him to lose control, and as quickly as that happened Rodan had caught up to the F-35, and Bit into it, tearing the Plane in Half, he watched as the 2 halves crashed into a Field next to the river, and as Rodan Flew along the river he flew fast, so fast he stirred up waves which crashed against the shore violently and for trees to sway like a Tornado had ran through them.

"That's 4 Planes down…." He said, the remaining planes were 4 F-35s and 6 F-16s.

"Alright guys, form up, we need to hit this guy at once, perhaps that will get his attention." He said over the radio, he saw clearly that Rodan was heading toward the Town of Woodland, A Sign they were getting close to the big city.

"Fire!" He said once they all formed up, in total 10 missiles hit Rodan, and he let out a screech. He flew even faster now, heading straight for the small town, when he reached it he abruptly slowed down, nearly clapping his wings together. The Result was a Hurricane force wind hitting the town, nearly instantly the windows were blown at, Trees were snapped and went everywhere and Cars and Debris were lofted into the air. He realized nearly too late that all the planes were about to collide with the formation, he ordered them all to break off but for many it was too late, One of The F-35s collided with a Pickup truck sent into the air, which it went clean through and crumpled in the Nose and Cockpit, it went screaming into the nearby forest, exploding and causing a Small fire, One of the F-16s collide midair with a Massive Tree Branch, which went straight through the cockpit and impaling the pilot, the banking plane went straight into a Industrial district, colliding with a large building and exploding inside, another F-16 hit a Gas Truck, it piercing it caused a massive explosion within the tank and turning the plane into Flaming Debris which crashed into a Fast food joint while the debris of the Truck landed in a House, destroying it and causing it to set on fire. He barely managed to avoid a Small Sedan, which was lofted at such speed it crashed into the bank of the river and rolled down, submerging itself. As he watched this he re-assessed the situation, They were down to 7 planes, 3 F-35s and 4 F-16s, Rodan was resuming course for Portland, his sheer speed meant as he flew over a Highway he was able to lift some lighter cars off the ground and either off the road entirely or onto other cars, with a few even exploding. The Sheer panic in the town must have been immense

"It will reach Portland in 2 Minutes!" He said, "We need to step on this thing, everyone get ready to unleash everything we have!" He said.

The resulting barrage of missiles that zoomed towards Rodan did not go unnoticed by the Monster, he sped up and zoomed towards the small suburb of Ridgefield, the result was him weaving between the short buildings and the missiles striking the town to his horror, some struck the main roads while one struck a field, the rest landed home on several buildings, causing rippling explosions, that combined with the speed rodan travelled whipped up a Small firestorm around the town, which spread fires quickly through trees and homes.

Suddenly he realized the Small Suburbs below had been replaced by a continuous mass of buildings, he looked ahead and could see the skyscrapers of downtown in the distance, nearby was Downtown Vancouver Washington and even further was Portland.

"Goddamnit." He muttered under his breath, they were too late.

"Alright everyone, it appears Rodan has reached the more populated areas." He said, "We need to keep trying, use any ammo you have to try and get him to stop before he gets to downtown.

The Planes all chased after Rodan, firing off gun salvos and missiles, Rodan did a Barrel Roll, with one of the missiles colliding with a Coffee shop, the speed he was travelling whipped up winds which shook trees and causing fires caused by missed shots to get worse, one missile flew into the highway, damaging it and destroying several cars, with the winds from him destroying Lights and signs and on occasion causing cars to collide.

"We have orders…" he kept telling himself, but even he knew they were almost out of ammunition.

"When are those reinforcements coming?" He asked.

"They are almost there, ground enforcements are now in place to shoot that turkey out of the sky." The Airbase radioed in, sure enough explosions lit rodan as Anti Aircraft batteries began their work.

"Good, lets see if-" he started, but was cut off as Rodan launched a Fireball at the AA Emplacements, the explosion destroyed them and sent up a cloud of fire and smoke which rose over the city.

"Forgot he could do that." He said, Rodan began spewing fire over the city, torching the highway, explosions going up as Gas Tanks ignited in the cars as he flew, a 850 meter track of the highway ended up being scorched, with no visible sign of survivors. As they pursued Rodan he realized with horror he was out of missiles.

"Switching to guns." he said, but Rodan dodged them all fairly easily, with them spraying a shopping area. He gritted his teeth as Rodan neared Vancouvers downtown. Rodan launched a Fireball at him, he was able to avoid it but it ended up colliding with a Residential area, setting several homes ablaze. Rodan flew between buildings, popping windows as he went, and causing wind tunnels to funnel wind between them that sent shockwaves through the complex, with some cars lofted and flipped. Rodan flew over the columbia river, his talons plowing through a Small Ferry and capsizing it, causing the boat to begin to sink.

Rodan reached the other size of the river in seconds, a Rogue missile striking near him but still missing, causing several homes to be set ablaze. As he flew over Kenton, he fired a Small fireball at a News helicopter, which caused it to explode and sending it hurtling into the ground, and he was powerless to stop him.

A Tank on the ground missed its shot, as did the rest in the battalion, Rodan took notice and landed, starting to tear at the military vehicles, he watched as Rodan lifted a Tank by its main gun using its mouth and tossed it into a building, causing an explosion. Rodan then breathed out a Fireball at the others, plowing through them and melting them before exploding along the road. Rodan let out a victory screech as he flew back towards downtown, which was ominously close. He watched with horror as Rodan crossed the Willamette, firing a fireball at a Small Military boat and destroying it, splitting it clean into two parts and sending it down the drink in seconds.

Rodan flew over a highway on his path, flapping his wings so the cars would be lifted off the ground and into the air, and since it was a raised highway some even came crashing down from 40 feet high and exploded, Rodan Skirted some small office buildings, raking them with his claws with the damage from the wind shaking their structures. Rodan screeched as he flew towards the tallest buildings, and as he landed on them he shook their foundations. The Monster let out a horrible roar, his claws dug into a building, shattering windows and breaking concrete, he looked around at the city, then back at the distant trail of destruction he caused, seemingly admiring it, trails of smoke stretching as far as his eye could see.

Suddenly there was a buzz on the Radio.

"Backup has arrived."

3 A-10s fired off their GAU-8 Cannons at Rodan, which did little but it did annoy him, Rodan Fired off a Fireball at them, downing one of the A-10s, which crashed into the base of a nearby office building. Rodan stared down a Pair of Apaches, which raced toward him, the attack helicopters fired off their missiles but at that moment he lept off the skyscraper, flying towards one of the A-10s, the missiles struck the top of the building and blew it clean off, the explosion causing the Skyscraper to collapse, as they circled back around Rodan caught a A-10 with his jaws and threw it at one of the Apaches, the impact caused both to explode midair with debris raining down on the streets. Rodan turned towards the remaining Apache, and fired a small fireball which caused it to explode, the spiraling fiery vehicle clipped a glass office building, gouging and breaking windows with its tail and rotors and causing it to impact the street, where it exploded.

He watched all this from his vantage point from his F-16, out of ammo, helpless, as the Last A-10 turned toward Rodan. He hovered midair, flapping his wings, and as the A-10 fired off all its ordinance rodan suddenly darted upwards, and all those explosives ended up missing and striking one of the office buildings, causing an explosion that shook the building and it instantly began to collapse as its structure was compromised. Rodan flew towards the A-10, grabbing it with his jaws, and then threw it at the same skyscraper he threw the apache out, the explosion destroyed several floors and sparked a fire that would doom that building too.

Then Rodan turned towards him, and he instantly began to turn away, he could see the monster approaching on Radar, and he knew it was too late, he saw a shadow descend on hm, and then his plane exploded

Atlanta, Georgia

Jira stalked through the trees, followed closely by her 'Hatchlings', which had grown a considerable amount despite the short time elapsed since their escape from Knoxville, not only had they learned to walk, but were now bigger than most active predators in the ecosystem, infact, they were comparable in size to a Bear, although still dwarfed by her it would be only months before they matured and began the cycle again. This would be their greatest advantage, the ability to grow so quickly would benefit them greatly.

She emerged from the Mountains overlooking part of the suburbs of the city, she let out a low growl, signaling her hatchlings to stay back, her Sickle claw tapped the ground as she lowered herself to the ground, in the setting sun she could see the city clearly, and although she was already larger than any previous Megatherapod (Barring Gojira himself) she doubted any humans could see her, hidden well by the Trees as she silently stalked to the ground, keeping herself low. She walked onto a Short Dirt road, mostly abandoned, it was still muddy from the rain, her footsteps made clear imprints on the ground as she continued her path towards the city, she brushed up against a wooden shack, which too was abandoned, the shack shuddered and collapsed as she stepped on its walls, despite her lower durability she was still mostly unaffected by this. As she crossed over a stream she looked around, no one was here.

When she emerged from the woods the sky was darkening, the suburban streets were empty, although there were some cars parked on the side of the road. She growled, staring at them as she approached, she picked up one with her jaws made possible by her immense and far more effective muscles, and she shook it a bit, a loud alarm went off as its lights lit up and she slammed it to the ground, it crumpled as its frame shattered against the concrete and it landed upside down. She hastily retreated back into the treeline, watching the destroyed vehicle silently. She heard yelling from inside the homes, followed by a Human emerging and frantically shouting, asking for his partner to call the police as he ran to the downed vehicle and began inspecting it. Jira bunched herself up then pounced, before the Human could react she bit down on him and devoured him whole, gulping his pulverized remains down before retreating back into the trees and leaving only thin splatters of blood. She watched as the other Human came back out, phone in hand, and began calling the name of her husband, who she had just eaten.

Jira then snuck through the woods, making sure to stay hidden while keeping near the line of homes. She then bit down on a wooden fence and began to drag it, easily uprooting it and pulling it into the woods, it detached from the main part and she saw someone come out and scream when they saw her.

She stared at him, then lunged, grabbing him with her claw and throwing him through the second story window of his neighbors house as she sprinted through the fences, knocking them down as she entered the street, Jira roared at a Pickup step as it swerved to avoid her, causing it to crash into another car and overturn, she stepped on the downed vehicle, crushing it and causing it to explode, killing the driver instantly. She quickly sprinted down the street and into a Commercial area, this more crowded area was filled with moving cars that swerved either to avoid her or out of sheer fear, she grabbed a Street Traffic Light with her jaws and pulled it clean down as sparks flew out of it, spotting a Bus she chased after it, slowed due to traffic it couldn't outrun her, she stepped over cars rather easily and caught up to the bus, shoving herself into it and collapsing the roof, causing it to crash into a barrier and flipping it onto its side.

Then Jira heard a new noise, a Helicopter. She looked up, spotting a Chopper circling high above her. She roared at it, and she saw the doors on its side open up. She recoiled as about a Half Dozen Shots of a High Caliber weapon landed next to her, spraying the road with holes as he ran under a Highway overpass, scraping against the roof and shaking it, she squeezed through just barely through sheer force, causing cracks to form in it as more shots landed around her as she ran through the commercial area. She looked around, spotting some trees as she ran, more shots landed around her as she darted to the cover of the woods around the creek, and as she did the helicopter swooped over, Jira looked on as it circled, trying to Locate her position, she looked at a surprisingly high bridge above the creek that the road ran under, and dove under it as a Missile struck the creek, causing a fiery explosion that singed some of her feathers on her tail, she ran through the creek, hopping onto the bank and running onto the road back into the shopping center.

Confusion settled over her as she saw the Helicopter retreat, only to be replaced by another one. This one had a logo on it that didn't match the previous one, and seemed to be much more accurate in its shot, as it fired a single shot of a Unknown weapon Jira had never seen before, it felt like a tiny sting, and she quickly began to feel strange, almost sleepy. Jira collapsed onto the ground, struggling to get up, and then her energy left her body and she was out cold.

Part 1 of 'It all falls apart' is here! This is my longest chapter for Genesis yet, and I ain't stopping here either! Expect the next few parts of this story to continue the action and for numerous twists to be revealed