Sam Francisco

In an office building in San Francisco, there was a group of people seen working on one of the floors of the large company while being unaware of the current situation. Suddenly, they all heard a screeching sound coming from the distance.

The workers all faced the window behind or in front of them and saw an object flying towards them which got them baffled.

"What is that?"

"I do not know Gary."

Then, all of the workers got their answers when a giant blue griffon began to fly towards their location. That has made all of the workers panic and get down on the ground in preparation for the impact. But miraculously, the monster made a right turn, avoiding the building in the process.

After flying in the air for a brief second, Gallus landed on a roof of a skyscraper which broke in the process due to his weight, then, he let it a screech, and the people on the highway began to panic.

On the highway, Melissa was seen staring up at the creature with a petrified expression on her along with some other citizens who were trying to evacuate. Then, everyone turned around and tried to run away but suddenly, another monster appeared in front of them, and the monster was none other than Thorax himself! But to the citizens, it was a giant green bug that was over 300 feet with deer horns, and a unicorn horn!

Once Thorax stood up straight, he shot Gallus a glare as if he wants him to stop all of this madness and restore balance. When Gallus noticed Thorax, he let out an angry growl and flew towards him.

A brief second later, Melissa and the civilians all retreated into a train station entrance where soldiers and police officers who were dispatched into the city will shelter them in. Once all of the civilians were in, Melissa turned around once again and saw the giant green bug, and the giant griffon fighting against each other. A brief second later, the doors of the train station entranced were slammed shut by a US military ground soldier, and A San Francisco police officer.

In the skies, a large transport aircraft was seen flying through the skies above San Francisco while carrying around thirty soldiers inside of the large plane, one of them being Matthew Cade. The soldiers were all seen wearing vests, helmets, goggles for eye protection, a parachute backpack, and wielding assault rifles and two sniper rifles on them in preparation of the High Altitude Military parachuting jump down to San Francisco to retrieve a bomb.

While flying, a soldier was seen praying that they would complete the mission no matter the cost. When his buddy next to him noticed his stress, he calmed him down with a pat on his shoulder.

"Relax Dave, everything will be alright." He assured him "We just have to retrieve that bomb and send it away from the city, then, it will be mission accomplished." He told him with a smile.

"I know Nick but, I'm quite anxious."

"Don't be buddy, after all, we are soldiers, and our duty is to defend our country and the community from threats like this."

When Dave heard his friend's assuring words, he breathed in, and exhaled. After that, his stress has been relieved. Then, he and Nick both have each other a fist bump in a way to express that they're ready, and David's gratitude towards his comrade.

In the middle of the aircraft, Matthew was seen finished putting on his helmet while sitting with his brothers. A brief second later, he reached into one of his vest pocket's with his right hand and pulled out a picture of his wife and son. He unfolded it, and looked at his wife in the image with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry baby, I'll save you." He told her in a confident tone.

A brief second later, the lights in the aircraft all turned red, and an alarm began to sound loudly which indicates that it's time for the soldiers to jump down to San Francisco. Then, all of the soldiers wore their breathing masks on, and the hanger doors behind them slid open. After that, all of the soldiers stood up from their seats and turned to their lefts and rights, putting on their goggles in the process. Then, they all spread out a bit to give each other some room to jump, after that, the alarm began to beep.

*Beep... Beep... Beep!*

After the third beep, all of the soldiers ran to the opened hanger door and jumped out of the plane. Then, they all began to fall with flares streaming red smoke in their boots so that they can see where they were. Ten seconds later, he soldiers reached the clouds and dived into it where they saw a bit of thunder.

After falling through the clouds for thirty seconds, all of the soldiers have fell through them. Now, the deteriorated San Francisco was seen underneath them.

While falling, Matthew looked in front of him and saw the changeling monster Thorax, and the griffon monster Gallus fighting each other in the large city which made his eyes widen. Gallus gripped onto Thorax's orange with his claws and attempted to bite him with his beak, however, Thorax was able to push him away with his hooves, and thankfully, he did not hit any of the soldiers falling to the city. Before Matthew made it to the city, he saw Thorax opening his muzzle and letting out a roar.

After witnessing the event that occured, Matthew looked back down and saw that he was closing in on the ground so, he pulled the string on his parachute backpack, and the canopy popped out of his backpack, slowing down his fall in the process. Matthew steered himself to the left so that he could not hit a building that was near him, he also avoided Gallus too who was seen flying away from Thorax.

Once Matthew landed onto a street in San Francisco, he took off his mask and goggles and threw them on the floor. After that, he looked in front of him and saw the shadow of Thorax's insect looking mane walking away from him.

The EOD officer then wrap the sling of his assault rifle around his neck and began to run forward. Seven seconds later, he was now on a cross section, he looked to his left and saw the long 540 feet mane of the changeling Thorax sliding away from him.

"Take position! Take position!"

When Matthew heard the yells, he turned around and saw eight of his comrades behind him, so, he ran to their location.

"I saw team one move to the east." A soldier told them "Two of our brothers did not make it unfortunately. I heard bits and pieces in the radio. Snipers David and Nick are on the rooftop moving into position" He informed.

A soldier looked into a little bomb indicator in his right hand and saw that the bomb was North East in front of them

"Here we go. I'm picking up the nuke." He told them.

"Where is it?"

"One klick up the hill."

"Okay guys, we found the warhead. Let's move on this direction!"

Then, the nine soldiers all turned around and began to run up the street to where the nuke is located in so that they can retrieve it. However, they will be encountering something else up there too.

After running up the street while following the soldier holding the indicator for a minute, the soldiers have all reached Chinatown where the nuke is located in. Then, they all hid behind two cars opposite from each other after seeing another griffon in front of them.

"Hey." One of the soldiers called.

Matthew looked at his colleagues and saw him pointing at the griffon in front of them all. The EOD officer cautiously peeked out through the car's cracked window and saw the giant griffon known as Gilda screeching in agony in a hole, she must be laying her eggs from what he had saw on the bridge.

The team was going to move to another cover area but suddenly, the sound of parts of a building's roof collapsing stopped them. All of the soldier turned around and a building's debris falling to the ground, following up with an insect looking mane swinging above the buildings behind the dust. At first, the soldiers couldn't see what was behind the huge dust cloud, but then, a small lightning in the clouds illuminated through the dusts a bit which revealed a 390 feet monster known as Thorax. Thorax then stepped forward out of the cloud of dust and glared at Gilda, a brief second later, he took a deep breath, and let out a loud roar with his shelled wings opened.

The soldiers were shocked by the sudden presence of the large Equestrian, but suddenly, a screeching noise heard behind them. They all turned around and saw the griffon Gilda standing up straight from the ground and staring at Thorax with an angry expression. She then lifted her legs up and started to run towards him, breaking a building's roof in the process.

When one of the soldier noticed the griffon was away from the hole, he took the chance and looked at his comrades.

"Come on everyone let's go!"

After that, all of the US military soldiers walked away from their hiding spots, and began to run to the large hole where the bomb is located.

Author's Note

Another chapter finished! I hope you all enjoyed it!