Spoiler:
If the two monsters were to have drowned in the waves, there should have been a sign of it at least. A buoyant body that floated in the ocean for a brief time as bacteria and scavengers picked it apart; just like they would for a whale. But there wasn’t even a sign of that taking place. And as Frankenstein looked into the sea, he could see small crevices in the water. Signs of wakes left by creatures bigger than any normal animal.
Clues that both of them had survived.
They weren’t recording things on land, however. Rather, they were doing it in the air, in the helicopter that got Raymond and his crew to the Antarctic to begin with, and they had enough fuel to make it back to North America. From there, they would recuperate, and hopefully, try to get some clues for exactly what these monsters were, and the history behind them. It was like they had all suddenly become detectives, and they were looking for clues to crack a case before the entire world came to an end.
Sherlock Holmes however, the likes of Raymond Burr was not. And he knew that whole heartedly. Someone more experienced was needed to find out what was going on, but it would be a miracle if he found anyone that knew a thing about gigantic, still breathing dinosaurs! Unless he could track down who trapped them to begin with, but that would take a miracle. He couldn’t even be sure if any of them were still alive.
But perhaps, finding whoever knew about these things first wasn’t the answer. Instead, it should be alerting the world’s governments. Nobody knew where exactly the two monsters were headed, but any city could be next; and every country needed to be ready if they were to attack. Unfortunately, his radio only could be sent back to the newsroom; but if he still managed to get some of the footage uploaded to the cameras…
HONK, HONK
He was startled out of his thoughts the moment he heard the horn from down below. Everyone looked to see what it was; and it was a much needed relief after seeing nothing but open sea for the past couple hours: an aircraft carrier! And they seemed to recognize the familiar helicopter. They heard one of the captains calling from the loudspeaker.
"Raymond Burr! Please land your copter down immediately!"
With no real other options at hand, the famed journalists did just that, seeing that they gave him a safe place to drop down. Still, they couldn’t help but feel nervous. What were they planning to do now that they had unleashed two all powerful giants upon the world? Years in prison? Or perhaps if they truly did prove to attack the mainland.. even the death penalty?
The captain of the carrier seemed to notice their unease however, and tried to lower the tensions. “Easy there, crew. Understand you're all shaken up, but don’t worry! I doubt anyone’s taking you to prison over a crime nobody meant to commit.”
Raymond sighed in relief. “Thank goodness. Say, you must be the captain of this ship. What’s your name?”
“Captain Adam Quintana, leader of The Stonehenge, at your service! But I definitely know who you are, Burr” He said while shaking the journalists’ hand. “Gotta say, awfully strange to see someone like you in person. Before now it’s just been on my television screen!”
It was then that Adam realized that Raymond was holding something in his hands. Naturally, a random VHS did seem a bit out of the blue, especially since the brand itself was downright defunct, nor did he think there even would be a VHS player in the Antarctic.
“I don’t suppose you’re carrying a VHS around for no particular reason?” Quintana said. Raymond actually managed to forget it was there for a brief moment.
“When Frankenstein was leading me and the rest underground to escape the monsters, I found this lying around. I was hoping to head back to my home to pop this in and receive some information, but.. well, I’m obviously quite occupied at the moment. Don’t suppose you have a player laying around here, do you?”
“Would you believe me if I said we do?" Adam said. "Seamen are required to watch some tapes about carriers when they first get on board, some of them were tapes being made way back in the 80’s. Think if we hook it up to some of the electrical units we’ll be able to get things running.”
Raymond gave a look of surprise. "Huh. Looks like we actually came to the right place after all!"
******
Frankenstein was amazed that a barely used VHS player was still up and running as well as it was. Then again, maybe the fact it was barely used was the reason? In all honesty, it really didn’t matter.
He, Raymond, Adam and a couple other people on board The Stonehenge were there to see what this tape held. The other members of Area G were also invited to see, but they seemed too traumatized by the whole ordeal to want to see anymore of either monster. Not that he could blame them, but something also told him that he needed to see this tape with his own eyes. Same could be said for Burr, it seems.
Taking a moment to breathe, he let the tape slide in. Nobody was quite sure what they would find out, all silent as static filled the screen.
Adam turned to Victor for a minute. “Y’know, even if this thing does give us a way to defeat the monsters.. you think it’s really gonna work?”
Frankenstein stayed in silence for a minute, even though he already knew what he wanted to say. “Better to try than to not try at all, Captain.”
Suddenly, the static finally stopped, and before Adam had a chance to even throw a gesture back in Victor’s way, the video began. However, it was not footage of either monster that they were struck with first. Rather, a message of ominous things to come.
******
WARNING.
The following tape shows real footage of horrific events that have been kept away from the general public, which we feel is not ready to know that corporal behemoths walk the earth. Anyone who has found this tape and is currently watching it is advised to either keep this to themselves, or if they are easily prone to fear, stop watching immediately. The only time this should be shown to the public and watched in full, is if more creatures like these awaken, or if either monster shown here returns from their hibernation.
In the case of either scenario, may god bless you all.
******
The camera started to roll, showing monochrome footage of a man who wore pure white, an eyepatch across his right eye. He seemed distressed, barely able to look at the camera before he mustered up the courage to speak.
“Good evening. My name is Daisuke Serizawa. Me and a couple others are leaving this tape behind, hoping to help future generations of humanity in case an incident like this happens again, and that we’re not lucky enough to keep them away from any major cities this time. It must be said that even everyone who took part in this does not know the full extent of everything the following subjects can do; nor can we possibly assume that more of these beings share the same powers as they. For that, I wholeheartedly suggest that anyone watching this tape to still be prepared for whatever surprises may come. With that said, we shall try to share with you what we know about these “kaiju”.
******
It was almost a rarity if anyone blinked while watching the footage, of which seemed to move to a completely different location. It looked familiar to Adam, a place he felt like he had gone by a couple of times during his trips to Japan. “Odo Island?”
Raymond turned to him? “You know about this place?”
“Yeah, I visited it a couple times when I was near Japan.” Quintana said. “I always thought some of the legends they talked about were just superstitions, but now..”
******
“Odo Island was at peace before all of the madness went down.” Serizawa said “But even before then, many have said there was a sense of unease that traveled throughout the land. Many had gotten a strange case of radiation poisoning if they went too far into the jungles, or reported what sounded like footsteps, so loud they could very well have been mistaken for thunder. The natives had their beliefs of what this being was; a god that no mortal man could possibly witness without having their life changed forever. Many would most likely say that the supposed divine beast was nothing more but myth and legend…”
The footage shifted again as it cut to the top of the mountain, multiple pairs of footprints running towards the beach.
“.... It was much more real than anyone could have imagined.”
Yet again, the camera cut to something different, this time a much more horrifying sight. As villagers ran for their lives, the cameraman was frozen in fear as massive, black and white colored dorsal spines erupted from the ground, dirt falling down the monster’s back. It turned towards the frightened man, giving out a hellacious roar that rattled the earth. Raymond and Victor easily recognized it. The same, finned theropod that got them into this situation in the first place!
“The first monster ever discovered by mankind, and one also seemingly awoken by him. Sightings of this monster first became rumors after the atomic bomb test near the Bikini Atoll, were World War II soldiers sighted what appeared to be a true, living dinosaur living on Lagos Island, not too far away from Odo. When the radiation levels cleared, however, that dinosaur was gone…. and something much more horrid took its place. It swam away from its former home and found greener pastures, hiding in plain sight as the natives here left him to become a beast of folklore. Only one name has been used for this living, ancient relic. A name that can easily send shivers down the spine.
Godzilla."
Every footage after that one showed the newly named “Godzilla” from a distance, miles away, yet he looked gigantic no matter where or how he was shot. Houses were stepped on, his ray of light raised explosions. Not a single bit of empathy seemed to be on the mutant saurian’s face. In fact, it almost seemed like his teeth were forming into a strange, joyous look as he continued his destructive march. Perhaps he is glad to be getting revenge on the beings that had made him this way in the first place..
But as everyone knew at this point, Godzilla was not the only “kaiju” that had made an appearance.
Serizawa’s voice came on again. “With the uneasy alliance of both Japanese and American militaries, who have also sworn this event to be kept secret from the public eye, we were able to make Godzilla head towards another, unmanned island nearby. But what we did not know was that Godzilla was not the only monster that was hidden from human eyes. For when he got near the mountains, this had occurred..”
It became immediately obvious that one of the mountains behind Godzilla had begun to shift and crumble. The massive, charcoal gray beast soon took notice of it himself, quickly turning behind him as it began to erode away. Suddenly, a massive boulder was shot, striking Godzilla right in the chest as he roared in anger, stumbling back. His own roar, however, was quickly met by another in return.
And that was when the second dinosaur appeared.
“There’s almost little to no info on this next creature so far.” Serizawa said. “All we know is that somehow, it is related to the Ankylosaur subset of dinosaur’s from the Cretaceous era. One of the Japanese navy pilots, Akira Sakaki, took it upon himself to name this beast. From then on, the creature carried the name of “Anguirus”.”
Backing off once more, the cameraman struggled to make the camera stop shaking as he watched both saurian’s fight with the fury of a primeval world. Scratches tore open their skin, more efficient blows sounded like they nearly made their skin crack and break apart, but alas, it didn’t seem like either side would come out victorious. For after a strenuous back and forth, both fell down off a cliffside, disappearing into the seas below.
But as the footage began to switch to the deep Arctic south, it was obvious that they weren’t staying out of sight for long.
The ice beneath everyone suddenly shattered, military men running away as two great leviathans bursted from the sea. Godzilla and Anguirus were once again entangled in a massive duel, this time, with missiles from planes and helicopters blasting at their scale covered hides, hoping that it would keep them at bay. The battle of giants dragged on for several minutes at a time, the silence only broken when Serizawa began to narrate over a critical piece of information.
Exactly when Godzilla fired his mysterious blast of azure energy, he spoke up. “We eventually found out that this strange beam is generated when Godzilla’s radioactive energy runs rampant, and he uses it to his advantage by channeling it into a single stream, just like how a dragon breathes fire. Some of the scientists working with us nicknamed this move the “Atomic Ray”, and have also theorized that Godzilla could possibly use this power to have it be sent out from his entire body. A “Nuclear Pulse”, if you will. But, this is not the only ability that he inherited from feasting on the power of the atom..”
An extreme closeup of Godzilla’s injuries were shown, but it revealed something most would say came out of a comic book. For in what was only a little less than a minute, his wounds began disappearing!
“It appears that the constant movement of radioactive energy gives Godzilla a healing factor that surpasses those of almost any other lifeform on the planet, something that only the most grave of injuries could possibly send it into overdrive. Some have also theorized that a deep enough wound into his heart or lungs may be able to give it pause, or perhaps even outright kill him, but we’ve never been able to prove that this really is the case. That being said, let’s not sell Anguirus short..”
Kneeling down, the mutant Ankylosaur began to enact his most baffling move. Curling into a spiked ball, he raced towards Godzilla. The bipedal saurian tried to swipe at the massive sphere, but Anguirus swiftly dodged out of the way, then rammed into Godzilla’s side with ferocious force, earning a pained cry in response.
“Anguirus holds the unique ability to curl up like an armadillo and speed towards an opponent with great speed, and a bizarre amount of control over himself” Serizawa said. “He also has the ability to jump a great distance, almost akin to a bullfrog. In all honesty, we have no idea how he pulls this off, as it completely disobeys the laws of physics. Then again, the entire existence of Anguirus and Godzilla spits in the face of such things.”
Further into the battle, Godzilla appears to have Anguirus pinned, a foot stuck firm on his chest. Just before he could fire another blast of his Atomic Ray, however, another extraordinary attack was unleashed. With all of the air stored in his lungs, Anguirus unleashed a downright ear-piercing roar that drove the nuclear monster backwards.
“Another attack Anguirus is able to use has him release a powerful Ultrasonic Roar, that can easily blow out the eardrums of human beings. On Godzilla, however, this attack seemed a bit more tricky to properly pull off. There had been other instances where if the attack wasn’t aimed directly in Godzilla’s direction, most of its force appeared to be aimed at the mountains behind them, so it seems like precise aim is needed for it to have it reach full potency on another monster. Regardless, despite both of their abilities, it took a long while for a victor to be declared. And if we even got one at all is up for debate.”
As Anguirus swung his tail at Godzilla’s side, the radioactive dinosaur took the blow. Reacting immediately, he grabbed Anguirus’ tail, swinging the carapaced monster like a wrecking ball before tossing him away. A massive BOOM! echoed across the entirety of Antarctica as Anguirus crashed straight through a mountain, but his opponent wasn’t done yet. Dorsal plates flickering again, Godzilla fired his atomic ray once again, at the top of the mountain, sending rocks, ice and snow tumbling down on the open hole.
With that, the battle was basically over, as Anguirus was trapped in a frozen grave.
Before he could celebrate victory, however, it wasn’t long before he was buried under the ice himself. Whatever missiles remained fired onto the ground beneath him, opening up a massive hole that quickly began to swallow Godzilla like a snake would ingest its prey. Unable to do anything, Godzilla only roared in rage as he tumbled down, ice slowly piling up on his own body as well, leaving both kaiju in a forced state of hibernation. Outside of the collect few that lead to this even in the first place, humanity wouldn’t even know of their existence.
Serizawa spoke for once more. “As rumors spread across the globe, we needed to find a way to protect the site of the battle. This led to the creation of Area G, a place where we could monitor the seas and skies and make sure no other country on Earth could try to find these monsters. The facility itself even holds the world’s first coded door, named after the day it was finished being built.
******
Raymond’s eyes suddenly widened, shaking Frankenstein as he pointed to the code.
“Look, Victor! 4-24-55! I knew there was something about that date!”
******
“Alas, after some time, the rumors of monsters being trapped under the Antarctic circle faded into obscurity.” Daisuke concluded. “Eventually, this led to Area G being abandoned, but in the case of either, or both monsters reawakening, we wanted to leave something to show what it was truly meant for. And this tape is what we decided to go with.”
After so long, Serizawa’s face was finally shown again, looking more glum than ever. “In the case of that happening, or perhaps, an unknown third kaiju attack, we can unfortunately only say one thing can be done. Make sure it never gets too close to an inhabited area! Civilian casualties should be kept to a minimum. Alas, that’s all the advice I can truly give. But I hope, as mankind’s technology improves, perhaps a weapon to finally get monsters away from our lands does not lie outside of our possibilities… goodnight.”
******
Just like that, the tape stopped.
It popped back out of the VHS player, Frankenstein picking it up in his hands. Murmuring ran amok with some of the crew members; but between the captain, the scientist and the journalist, they were only accompanied by their own thoughts. Too many thoughts continued to run inside their brain..
But one thing was for certain: and that was the fact that Serizawa’s warnings could definitely prove true, if nothing were to be done.
Of course, that would require trying to find the monsters in the first place. The ocean was wide, but surely, if other navy ships around the world were on high alert for the monsters, surely one of them would have reported a sighting by now. Maybe they just needed to ask around?
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
“Something’s coming towards us!” Adam exclaimed. “Alright men, you know the drill! Let’s MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!”
The army quickly obeyed Quintana’s command, and they moved out, quickly charging up the steps. Everyone got into position, ready to take on this new threat to The Stonehenge. Raymond and Victor soon followed, wanting to find out what the commotion was about.
When the incoming object came into view, however, it was obvious trouble was ahead.
******
From the sea, a massive carapace rose from the depths. Senses so powerful that no other being on Earth could possibly reach, it wasn’t long till the living fossil located the strange, new, mechanical devices that seemingly plagued this world now. His opponent was drawing near, but a plan was being thrusted into his head. While he had no problem swimming, he always moved better on land. With such a massive platform in sight, however, he could use it to give himself an advantage.
And he made his presence known, when his head bursted out of the water with a mighty roar!
******
Gasped echoed across the aircraft, as the great beast made himself known to the rest of humankind. Missiles immediately fired at the creature as Frankenstein quickly realized who they were dealing with. “Great Scott.. It’s Anguirus!”
Clues that both of them had survived.
They weren’t recording things on land, however. Rather, they were doing it in the air, in the helicopter that got Raymond and his crew to the Antarctic to begin with, and they had enough fuel to make it back to North America. From there, they would recuperate, and hopefully, try to get some clues for exactly what these monsters were, and the history behind them. It was like they had all suddenly become detectives, and they were looking for clues to crack a case before the entire world came to an end.
Sherlock Holmes however, the likes of Raymond Burr was not. And he knew that whole heartedly. Someone more experienced was needed to find out what was going on, but it would be a miracle if he found anyone that knew a thing about gigantic, still breathing dinosaurs! Unless he could track down who trapped them to begin with, but that would take a miracle. He couldn’t even be sure if any of them were still alive.
But perhaps, finding whoever knew about these things first wasn’t the answer. Instead, it should be alerting the world’s governments. Nobody knew where exactly the two monsters were headed, but any city could be next; and every country needed to be ready if they were to attack. Unfortunately, his radio only could be sent back to the newsroom; but if he still managed to get some of the footage uploaded to the cameras…
HONK, HONK
He was startled out of his thoughts the moment he heard the horn from down below. Everyone looked to see what it was; and it was a much needed relief after seeing nothing but open sea for the past couple hours: an aircraft carrier! And they seemed to recognize the familiar helicopter. They heard one of the captains calling from the loudspeaker.
"Raymond Burr! Please land your copter down immediately!"
With no real other options at hand, the famed journalists did just that, seeing that they gave him a safe place to drop down. Still, they couldn’t help but feel nervous. What were they planning to do now that they had unleashed two all powerful giants upon the world? Years in prison? Or perhaps if they truly did prove to attack the mainland.. even the death penalty?
The captain of the carrier seemed to notice their unease however, and tried to lower the tensions. “Easy there, crew. Understand you're all shaken up, but don’t worry! I doubt anyone’s taking you to prison over a crime nobody meant to commit.”
Raymond sighed in relief. “Thank goodness. Say, you must be the captain of this ship. What’s your name?”
“Captain Adam Quintana, leader of The Stonehenge, at your service! But I definitely know who you are, Burr” He said while shaking the journalists’ hand. “Gotta say, awfully strange to see someone like you in person. Before now it’s just been on my television screen!”
It was then that Adam realized that Raymond was holding something in his hands. Naturally, a random VHS did seem a bit out of the blue, especially since the brand itself was downright defunct, nor did he think there even would be a VHS player in the Antarctic.
“I don’t suppose you’re carrying a VHS around for no particular reason?” Quintana said. Raymond actually managed to forget it was there for a brief moment.
“When Frankenstein was leading me and the rest underground to escape the monsters, I found this lying around. I was hoping to head back to my home to pop this in and receive some information, but.. well, I’m obviously quite occupied at the moment. Don’t suppose you have a player laying around here, do you?”
“Would you believe me if I said we do?" Adam said. "Seamen are required to watch some tapes about carriers when they first get on board, some of them were tapes being made way back in the 80’s. Think if we hook it up to some of the electrical units we’ll be able to get things running.”
Raymond gave a look of surprise. "Huh. Looks like we actually came to the right place after all!"
******
Frankenstein was amazed that a barely used VHS player was still up and running as well as it was. Then again, maybe the fact it was barely used was the reason? In all honesty, it really didn’t matter.
He, Raymond, Adam and a couple other people on board The Stonehenge were there to see what this tape held. The other members of Area G were also invited to see, but they seemed too traumatized by the whole ordeal to want to see anymore of either monster. Not that he could blame them, but something also told him that he needed to see this tape with his own eyes. Same could be said for Burr, it seems.
Taking a moment to breathe, he let the tape slide in. Nobody was quite sure what they would find out, all silent as static filled the screen.
Adam turned to Victor for a minute. “Y’know, even if this thing does give us a way to defeat the monsters.. you think it’s really gonna work?”
Frankenstein stayed in silence for a minute, even though he already knew what he wanted to say. “Better to try than to not try at all, Captain.”
Suddenly, the static finally stopped, and before Adam had a chance to even throw a gesture back in Victor’s way, the video began. However, it was not footage of either monster that they were struck with first. Rather, a message of ominous things to come.
******
WARNING.
The following tape shows real footage of horrific events that have been kept away from the general public, which we feel is not ready to know that corporal behemoths walk the earth. Anyone who has found this tape and is currently watching it is advised to either keep this to themselves, or if they are easily prone to fear, stop watching immediately. The only time this should be shown to the public and watched in full, is if more creatures like these awaken, or if either monster shown here returns from their hibernation.
In the case of either scenario, may god bless you all.
******
The camera started to roll, showing monochrome footage of a man who wore pure white, an eyepatch across his right eye. He seemed distressed, barely able to look at the camera before he mustered up the courage to speak.
“Good evening. My name is Daisuke Serizawa. Me and a couple others are leaving this tape behind, hoping to help future generations of humanity in case an incident like this happens again, and that we’re not lucky enough to keep them away from any major cities this time. It must be said that even everyone who took part in this does not know the full extent of everything the following subjects can do; nor can we possibly assume that more of these beings share the same powers as they. For that, I wholeheartedly suggest that anyone watching this tape to still be prepared for whatever surprises may come. With that said, we shall try to share with you what we know about these “kaiju”.
******
It was almost a rarity if anyone blinked while watching the footage, of which seemed to move to a completely different location. It looked familiar to Adam, a place he felt like he had gone by a couple of times during his trips to Japan. “Odo Island?”
Raymond turned to him? “You know about this place?”
“Yeah, I visited it a couple times when I was near Japan.” Quintana said. “I always thought some of the legends they talked about were just superstitions, but now..”
******
“Odo Island was at peace before all of the madness went down.” Serizawa said “But even before then, many have said there was a sense of unease that traveled throughout the land. Many had gotten a strange case of radiation poisoning if they went too far into the jungles, or reported what sounded like footsteps, so loud they could very well have been mistaken for thunder. The natives had their beliefs of what this being was; a god that no mortal man could possibly witness without having their life changed forever. Many would most likely say that the supposed divine beast was nothing more but myth and legend…”
The footage shifted again as it cut to the top of the mountain, multiple pairs of footprints running towards the beach.
“.... It was much more real than anyone could have imagined.”
Yet again, the camera cut to something different, this time a much more horrifying sight. As villagers ran for their lives, the cameraman was frozen in fear as massive, black and white colored dorsal spines erupted from the ground, dirt falling down the monster’s back. It turned towards the frightened man, giving out a hellacious roar that rattled the earth. Raymond and Victor easily recognized it. The same, finned theropod that got them into this situation in the first place!
“The first monster ever discovered by mankind, and one also seemingly awoken by him. Sightings of this monster first became rumors after the atomic bomb test near the Bikini Atoll, were World War II soldiers sighted what appeared to be a true, living dinosaur living on Lagos Island, not too far away from Odo. When the radiation levels cleared, however, that dinosaur was gone…. and something much more horrid took its place. It swam away from its former home and found greener pastures, hiding in plain sight as the natives here left him to become a beast of folklore. Only one name has been used for this living, ancient relic. A name that can easily send shivers down the spine.
Godzilla."
Every footage after that one showed the newly named “Godzilla” from a distance, miles away, yet he looked gigantic no matter where or how he was shot. Houses were stepped on, his ray of light raised explosions. Not a single bit of empathy seemed to be on the mutant saurian’s face. In fact, it almost seemed like his teeth were forming into a strange, joyous look as he continued his destructive march. Perhaps he is glad to be getting revenge on the beings that had made him this way in the first place..
But as everyone knew at this point, Godzilla was not the only “kaiju” that had made an appearance.
Serizawa’s voice came on again. “With the uneasy alliance of both Japanese and American militaries, who have also sworn this event to be kept secret from the public eye, we were able to make Godzilla head towards another, unmanned island nearby. But what we did not know was that Godzilla was not the only monster that was hidden from human eyes. For when he got near the mountains, this had occurred..”
It became immediately obvious that one of the mountains behind Godzilla had begun to shift and crumble. The massive, charcoal gray beast soon took notice of it himself, quickly turning behind him as it began to erode away. Suddenly, a massive boulder was shot, striking Godzilla right in the chest as he roared in anger, stumbling back. His own roar, however, was quickly met by another in return.
And that was when the second dinosaur appeared.
“There’s almost little to no info on this next creature so far.” Serizawa said. “All we know is that somehow, it is related to the Ankylosaur subset of dinosaur’s from the Cretaceous era. One of the Japanese navy pilots, Akira Sakaki, took it upon himself to name this beast. From then on, the creature carried the name of “Anguirus”.”
Backing off once more, the cameraman struggled to make the camera stop shaking as he watched both saurian’s fight with the fury of a primeval world. Scratches tore open their skin, more efficient blows sounded like they nearly made their skin crack and break apart, but alas, it didn’t seem like either side would come out victorious. For after a strenuous back and forth, both fell down off a cliffside, disappearing into the seas below.
But as the footage began to switch to the deep Arctic south, it was obvious that they weren’t staying out of sight for long.
The ice beneath everyone suddenly shattered, military men running away as two great leviathans bursted from the sea. Godzilla and Anguirus were once again entangled in a massive duel, this time, with missiles from planes and helicopters blasting at their scale covered hides, hoping that it would keep them at bay. The battle of giants dragged on for several minutes at a time, the silence only broken when Serizawa began to narrate over a critical piece of information.
Exactly when Godzilla fired his mysterious blast of azure energy, he spoke up. “We eventually found out that this strange beam is generated when Godzilla’s radioactive energy runs rampant, and he uses it to his advantage by channeling it into a single stream, just like how a dragon breathes fire. Some of the scientists working with us nicknamed this move the “Atomic Ray”, and have also theorized that Godzilla could possibly use this power to have it be sent out from his entire body. A “Nuclear Pulse”, if you will. But, this is not the only ability that he inherited from feasting on the power of the atom..”
An extreme closeup of Godzilla’s injuries were shown, but it revealed something most would say came out of a comic book. For in what was only a little less than a minute, his wounds began disappearing!
“It appears that the constant movement of radioactive energy gives Godzilla a healing factor that surpasses those of almost any other lifeform on the planet, something that only the most grave of injuries could possibly send it into overdrive. Some have also theorized that a deep enough wound into his heart or lungs may be able to give it pause, or perhaps even outright kill him, but we’ve never been able to prove that this really is the case. That being said, let’s not sell Anguirus short..”
Kneeling down, the mutant Ankylosaur began to enact his most baffling move. Curling into a spiked ball, he raced towards Godzilla. The bipedal saurian tried to swipe at the massive sphere, but Anguirus swiftly dodged out of the way, then rammed into Godzilla’s side with ferocious force, earning a pained cry in response.
“Anguirus holds the unique ability to curl up like an armadillo and speed towards an opponent with great speed, and a bizarre amount of control over himself” Serizawa said. “He also has the ability to jump a great distance, almost akin to a bullfrog. In all honesty, we have no idea how he pulls this off, as it completely disobeys the laws of physics. Then again, the entire existence of Anguirus and Godzilla spits in the face of such things.”
Further into the battle, Godzilla appears to have Anguirus pinned, a foot stuck firm on his chest. Just before he could fire another blast of his Atomic Ray, however, another extraordinary attack was unleashed. With all of the air stored in his lungs, Anguirus unleashed a downright ear-piercing roar that drove the nuclear monster backwards.
“Another attack Anguirus is able to use has him release a powerful Ultrasonic Roar, that can easily blow out the eardrums of human beings. On Godzilla, however, this attack seemed a bit more tricky to properly pull off. There had been other instances where if the attack wasn’t aimed directly in Godzilla’s direction, most of its force appeared to be aimed at the mountains behind them, so it seems like precise aim is needed for it to have it reach full potency on another monster. Regardless, despite both of their abilities, it took a long while for a victor to be declared. And if we even got one at all is up for debate.”
As Anguirus swung his tail at Godzilla’s side, the radioactive dinosaur took the blow. Reacting immediately, he grabbed Anguirus’ tail, swinging the carapaced monster like a wrecking ball before tossing him away. A massive BOOM! echoed across the entirety of Antarctica as Anguirus crashed straight through a mountain, but his opponent wasn’t done yet. Dorsal plates flickering again, Godzilla fired his atomic ray once again, at the top of the mountain, sending rocks, ice and snow tumbling down on the open hole.
With that, the battle was basically over, as Anguirus was trapped in a frozen grave.
Before he could celebrate victory, however, it wasn’t long before he was buried under the ice himself. Whatever missiles remained fired onto the ground beneath him, opening up a massive hole that quickly began to swallow Godzilla like a snake would ingest its prey. Unable to do anything, Godzilla only roared in rage as he tumbled down, ice slowly piling up on his own body as well, leaving both kaiju in a forced state of hibernation. Outside of the collect few that lead to this even in the first place, humanity wouldn’t even know of their existence.
Serizawa spoke for once more. “As rumors spread across the globe, we needed to find a way to protect the site of the battle. This led to the creation of Area G, a place where we could monitor the seas and skies and make sure no other country on Earth could try to find these monsters. The facility itself even holds the world’s first coded door, named after the day it was finished being built.
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Raymond’s eyes suddenly widened, shaking Frankenstein as he pointed to the code.
“Look, Victor! 4-24-55! I knew there was something about that date!”
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“Alas, after some time, the rumors of monsters being trapped under the Antarctic circle faded into obscurity.” Daisuke concluded. “Eventually, this led to Area G being abandoned, but in the case of either, or both monsters reawakening, we wanted to leave something to show what it was truly meant for. And this tape is what we decided to go with.”
After so long, Serizawa’s face was finally shown again, looking more glum than ever. “In the case of that happening, or perhaps, an unknown third kaiju attack, we can unfortunately only say one thing can be done. Make sure it never gets too close to an inhabited area! Civilian casualties should be kept to a minimum. Alas, that’s all the advice I can truly give. But I hope, as mankind’s technology improves, perhaps a weapon to finally get monsters away from our lands does not lie outside of our possibilities… goodnight.”
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Just like that, the tape stopped.
It popped back out of the VHS player, Frankenstein picking it up in his hands. Murmuring ran amok with some of the crew members; but between the captain, the scientist and the journalist, they were only accompanied by their own thoughts. Too many thoughts continued to run inside their brain..
But one thing was for certain: and that was the fact that Serizawa’s warnings could definitely prove true, if nothing were to be done.
Of course, that would require trying to find the monsters in the first place. The ocean was wide, but surely, if other navy ships around the world were on high alert for the monsters, surely one of them would have reported a sighting by now. Maybe they just needed to ask around?
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
“Something’s coming towards us!” Adam exclaimed. “Alright men, you know the drill! Let’s MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!”
The army quickly obeyed Quintana’s command, and they moved out, quickly charging up the steps. Everyone got into position, ready to take on this new threat to The Stonehenge. Raymond and Victor soon followed, wanting to find out what the commotion was about.
When the incoming object came into view, however, it was obvious trouble was ahead.
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From the sea, a massive carapace rose from the depths. Senses so powerful that no other being on Earth could possibly reach, it wasn’t long till the living fossil located the strange, new, mechanical devices that seemingly plagued this world now. His opponent was drawing near, but a plan was being thrusted into his head. While he had no problem swimming, he always moved better on land. With such a massive platform in sight, however, he could use it to give himself an advantage.
And he made his presence known, when his head bursted out of the water with a mighty roar!
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Gasped echoed across the aircraft, as the great beast made himself known to the rest of humankind. Missiles immediately fired at the creature as Frankenstein quickly realized who they were dealing with. “Great Scott.. It’s Anguirus!”