Thorax
The arrival
Previous ChapterNext ChapterBack in the aircraft carrier's control room, doctor Toshihiro was seen doing some studies on the sound patterns of the Griffons that it transmitted, thanks to the data chips from Matthew's father Carlos Cage, he was able to access the whole of the sound wave pattern.
"Sukuroru shi tsudzukemasu. (Keep scrolling.)" Satomi said "EMP no mae no owari chikaku. (Near the end before the EMP.)" She instructed which made Toshihiro chuckle slightly. But, he continued to focus.
A brief second later, two different sound wave patterns were displayed on the computer screen which immediately caught their attention.
"Solo. (There.)" Toshihiro said pointing at the screen monitor "Nanika ga garusu ni henji o shita. (Something responded back to Gallus.)" He told her.
"Shikashi, sore wa nanideshou ka? (But what could it be?)" Toshihiro asked with a perplexed expression.
Miami, Florida 9:58pm
In the Miami International Airport in Florida, many people were seen walking through terminals and sitting on seats in the extremely busy airport awaiting for their flights. However, in one particular area of the airport, the EOD officer Matthew Cage was seen hitching a ride in the airport's people mover so that he can get to his flight in a terminal on the other side of the airport.
Once the people mover's doors slid open, Matthew and other passengers stepped into the transport and took some seats while others decided to stand. While sitting, Matthew was seen placing his hands on his hands in a stressful way due to him being extremely concerned for his wife and son's safety with this griffon named 'Gallus' still roaming free.
'Welcome on board. The train will begin to move shortly. For the comfort of others, no smoking, please. Thank you. Enjoy the ride.' Said a computer.
After the announcement, Matthew took out his toy plastic soldier that he had when he was a child and began to look down on it.
'Please remember to stand clear of the automatic doors.'
After the computer had said that, the train doors began to slide close. Suddenly, a child began to yell.
"Mommy!"
Matthew looked forward to the source of the yell and saw a little boy banging on the train doors with his parents on the other side banging on the doors windows in a desperate attempt to try and get them open but, to no avail due to the transport being automatically controlled.
Matthew then stood up from his seat and ran to the train doors. Once he got to them, he tried to pull them open but, it was no use, the doors were already shut. Then, the train began to move.
"Hey! Hey! I'll bring him back, just stay there!" Matthew exclaimed.
The young boy ran to the back of the train carriage and tried to reach for his parents while screaming for them, but, he was stopped when Matthew came up to him and grabbed him by the torso.
"Whoa easy there kid." Matthew said softly. After that, he walked back and sat the child on one of he seats "It's going to be okay kid, I'll get you back to your parents, I promise." He told him with a smile.
Then, Matthew pulled out his soldier action figure from his pocket and offered it to the child.
"Here, is this what you want?" He asked, and the child slowly grabbed it with his left hand "Take good care of him for me." He told him with a smile.
After that, he stood up and took a seat next to the child to corroborate that he feels safe.
Back in the aircraft carrier, the captain Johnny Brand was seen talking to the Admiral about the movement of the large Griffon named Gallus.
"Admiral, I received Intel report. We lost track of a Russian nuclear submarine in a natural forest southeast of Miami." Johnny reported. "Could be the Griffon's doing." He told him.
When Toshihiro heard this, he stood up from his seat and turned around to face the Admiral Joseph Ace.
"We just got words of a missing Russian sub in the Pacific doctor." Joseph told him. After that, he turned around to face one of the officers "Nova." He called her.
"Our marines are picking up a distress signal sir." Nova reported "Northeast of a forest in Miami. They're on ground, heading to the beacon." She told him.
On the screen monitors, US marine soldiers wearing vests, helmets, and gas masks were seen searching through the forest with assault rifles equipped on them in search for the Russian nuclear submarine that was suspected to be here.
In the forest where the ten marines are, the marine soldiers were seen aiming their assault rifles left and right in search of the nuclear submarine while also being cautious of their surroundings on what could pop up in a forest like this.
"Can someone tell me why we're looking for a submarine in the forest?" One soldier asked.
"Russians said that they got a ping from this location." The soldier next to him replied.
"Hey I got reading up ahead."
Then, a large light was shined onto the forest. Above in the sky were two helicopter providing air support for the marine soldiers on the ground making it more feasible for them to do their work in searching for the missing submarine.
"Guys, we're getting the same ping off the transponder." The pilot of one of the helicopter told them "Range, 20 meters." He told them.
"Looks like you're getting warm." A marine soldier said sarcastically.
After walking through the forest for another brief second, the ten marine soldiers have all spotted something that has made them all stop in their tracks.
"What in the world?"
One of the marine soldiers walked up to the mucus covered object and stopped in front of one of the parts. After that, he placed his left hand on it and wiped the mucus off of the metal object and saw a nuclear symbol afterwards. The readings we're getting stronger too.
"Holy crap." The marine said. The soldier then looked above him and saw what looks to be like a submarine propeller covered in mucus.
"Oh my goodness."
One of the helicopters in he air shined onto the metal object so that the marine soldiers could see more clearly of what the object is. And when the lights shined onto it, the marines have found the nuclear submarine.
"Okay, located the Russian sub alpha."
However, one of the helicopters spotted something moving behind the nuclear submarine, it shined the lights on the moving thing and noticed that it was the Griffon named Gallus that had escaped from Osaka! It was seen eating a bomb too. A brief second later, it swallowed it.
"You're not gonna believe what else we found." The pilot told him.
"It appears to be riding approximately 20 to 30 meters above the tree line."
Back in the aircraft carrier, the crews in the control room can see the creature through the screen monitors, now, many marine officers were seen rushing everywhere. Then, Joseph turned around and faced the doctor.
"Cats out of the bag doctor." He told him "No more secrets. Our highest priority now is safety." He said sternly.
"There are millions of people living in Florida." He added. After that, he walked to the captain and began to give him orders, but, the captain had something else to say.
"We're picking up something else approaching from the Pacific sir."
When Toshihiro heard this, his eyes widened. Could it be him? So, he decided to go and investigate, he turned around and walked to the aircraft carrier's control room door. Once he got to it, he pushed it open and began to walk to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier with his wife following him from behind.
"Doko ni iku no? (Where are you going honey?)" Satomi asked trying to catch up.
"Furaitodekki made. (Up to the flight deck.)" He replied simply "Kare ga kuru to omoimasu. (I think he's coming.)" He told her.
"Kimi wa do suru? (What are you gonna do?)" Satomi asked as she stopped in her tracks.
"Watashi wa kore o minakereba narimasen. (I must see this.)" He told her as he began to pick up the pace.
Up on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, two fighter jets were seen already being dispatched to the location of where the griffon is.
Back in Miami, four police helicopters were seen flying towards one of the beach hotels in the beautiful city which caught many of the hotel guests and staffs attentions. Once the helicopters were on different roofs of the hotel, SWAT officers all slid down the rope to the floor. After that, they all turned around and aimed their assault rifles to the forest kilometers ahead of them where the large Griffon is spotted.
Back in the Miami International Airport, Matthew was still seen riding the people mover in order to reunite the little boy with his parents. At first, it was quiet in the train but suddenly, some loud noises interrupted the silent moment. Matthew and the little boy looked out the window of the carriage and saw two fighter jets zooming by which astonished the little boy as well as the other passengers inside of the train.
"Whoa." The boy said kneeling on his seat.
"Alpha, we're circling the target." The pilot of one of the fighter jets informed "Go in your command." He told them. A brief second later, the pilot saw the creature in front of him.
"Stand by, got a visual. Bogey at my twelve." The pilot told him.
However, when the fighter jets all flew by the griffon, it got startled by the noise of the technologies which made it roar a little, the jets also disturbed it's eating process. A brief second later, Gallus dropped one of the bombs in his right claw on the floor which made some soldiers jump out of the way.
"Be advised. Prepare to engage target."
When the fighter jets pilots heard the order, they all placed their thumbs on the red button if the joystick preparing to fire missiles at he giant griffon. However, the marine soldiers on the ground noticed the griffon moving it's right leg up.
"Hold on we got movement down here."
Once Gallus lifted his right leg up a couple of feet up in the air, his claws began to glow white in colour. A brief second later, he slammed his leg on the ground and a wave of EMP was fired out of it's claws, shutting down electronics miles away. The impact also sent the ten marine soldiers flying to different areas.
"Control, I have no power!" The fighter jet pilot exclaimed with a perturbed expression "Repeat, I've lost all-"
The pilot wasn't able to finish his sentence when the fighter jet crashed onto the ground, exploding in the process which resulted in creating a forest fire. The sound can be heard from a mile away too.
Back in the Miami International Airport, Matthew was still seen taking a ride in the people mover with the little boy sitting right next to him. But suddenly, all electricity in the airport including the people mover have shut down which made all of the passengers panic slightly due to the train suddenly stopping.
"Hey don't worry kid." Matthew said calming the child down "In just ten seconds, the lights will come back on." He told him in an assuring tone.
In a beach hotel in Miami, the guests of the hotel were seen looking up at a hill where the explosion was heard, and when they did, they notice that there was a fire in a forest kilometers away from them.
"What was that?"
"Oh my goodness, there's a fire there."
However, a little girl suddenly felt a slight breeze coming from behind, so, she turned around, walked past her mommy and made her way to the ocean. Once she got there, see noticed the ocean currents pulling back for some unknown reason.
"Linda!" The little girl's father exclaimed as he ran up to her."What are you doing going to the ocean?" He asked with a perplexed expression.
"Look daddy, the ocean is coming."
The father was bewildered by his daughter's reply so, he looked out to the ocean. And when he did, he noticed the ocean currents were feeling back which made his eyes widen in horror. This can only mean one thing.
"Everyone run!" He shouted as he turned around "There's a tsunami coming!" He told them.
When the guests of the hotel heard this, they all erupted into panic and began to run away from the sea and began to head to the city to find shelter before they get caught by the huge tidal waves. The alarms began to sound as well.
Back on the aircraft carrier, two helicopters were seen hovering up from the aircraft carrier's flight deck and was being dispatched to Miami to fight off the griffon and protect the citizens in the city. However, one of the pilot's spotted something offshore.
"Target spotted offshore two knots due south of your position. Could be a second bogey." One of the helicopter pilot's warned.
When Toshihiro heard this, he walked forward slightly to the south of the aircraft carrier to see whether the predator spotted in Japan years ago was here. He decided to get a better look with his binoculars so, he brought them out of his pockets and looked through it. After that, he looked up and saw one of the helicopters shining on an object. The doctor then looked down at where the helicopter was shinning it's light on and saw what looks to be light two orange deer horns, and a green unicorn horn heading straight for the aircraft carrier that he is on, it was coming in fast too.
Toshihiro brought down the binoculars due to the creature getting closer and closer to the aircraft carrier which made his eyes widen in terror. At first, he and the crews on board expected it to hit the large ship but instead, it swam down and went under it. The pilot of the helicopter continued to shine the light on the creature and saw that it has swam under the aircraft carrier.
Toshihiro and the crews on the flight deck all turned around and ran to the eastside of the aircraft carrier to find where the creature is. When they did, they all saw the creature surfacing up from the ocean which caused some ships to be pushed away due to the currents pushing them.
In another beach in Miami, a dog was seen barking directly at the incoming tidal waves, it's leash was tied onto a tree as well. However, the dog lost its bravery when the tidal waves began to gush towards him in a hasty speed. That resulted in the dog breaking free of it's leash and running away from the tidal wave. The dog was running so fast that it caught up to the people who were also seen running away from the assumed tsunami in town while panicking. People climbed over cars and began to push each other forward for their own safety. But, the tidal waves were too fast.
Luckily, a father managed to bring himself, his wife, and daughter into a cafe and shelter them in it as the wave hit the crowd of people running away. The pond of ocean water has knocked out the electricity in hotels and apartments in the process.
On an apartment, a crowd of people were seen making their way up to the roof of the apartment, once they got to it, the ran to the ledge and looked down on the streets, all to see a bunch of cars being swept away by the ocean currents, trees being knocked down and lights urning off. Suddenly, all of the lights in the city were shut down.
On another apartment roof top, four SWAT officers were seen firing flares up into the sky in order to illuminate the area a little. The flares flew up in the air for a brief moment, the came flying to the ground. Once they got near to the apartment roof where the crowd was sheltering on, the people saw what looks to be like a bright green coloured leg in front of them which perplexed them all. Suddenly, gunshots were fired which startled the people.
*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*
The SWAT officers on the roof were firing bullets at the large creature's leg and torso but, it wasn't even fazed due to its fur and thick body scales. A brief second later, all of the officers ceased fire as the creature walked away from them with it's insect wing looking mane smashing into an apartment.
Back in the Miami International Airport, the lights around the airport were all seen turning back on including the people mover, and when the electricity returned everyone let out a relieved sigh. The city also has it's electricity back.
"See? What did I tell you?" Matthew told the child with a smile.
Then, the lights on the people mover track began to turn on due to the electricity returning. The child looked to the tracks to see how much more further until the next stop but suddenly, when the lights reached the middle of the track, a giant griffon was seen standing on the middle of the tracks! To Matthew, it was the Griffon Gallus, but to the passengers, it was a giant monster. Then, the train began to head straight towards the griffon which made the passengers panic.
Then, attack helicopters were seen flying in the airport opening fire onto the large Griffon which made everyone in the train duck down for cover.
Once the train got near Gallus, he bent down and opened his beak directly at the front window of it and roared at it.
"Get back!" Matthew exclaimed as he grabbed the child and started to run back to the carriage. But it was too late, Gallus had already broke both the train track and the front of the train.
After the impact, the passengers were seen sliding out of the train carriage and falling onto the floor. But, Matthew was able to prevent himself from falling out of the train by grabbing onto the seat of the train while some others unfortunately fell out of it. A brief second later, Matthew heard some screaming noises, he looked up and saw the little boy sliding down.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Screamed the child.
Matthew reached quickly and grabbed the child with his right arm.
On the ground in the airport, airport workers were seen all running away from the large Griffon invading the airport, one was even hiding under an airplane, suddenly, water gushed towards his legs, drenching them in the process.
By this time, the two attack helicopter returned and began to deliver their second attack.
"Target in sight, 200 meters."
"Preparing to engage."
Then, the pilot began to fire bullets at the griffon but suddenly, a large purple object bumped into them which startled them. However, the pilots of one of the helicopter lost their focus on the creature and crashed into its right wing. That resulted in making the giant chopper spinning out of control and crashing on the ground, exploding in the process, it also caused a chain reaction too.
In the airport terminal, many passengers were seen panicking from the sight of the exploding airplanes in the airport provoked by the crash of one of the attack helicopters. Then, a brief moment later, the people inside of the terminal saw a large green hoof stomping on the ground in front of them through the large window.
When Gallus heard the noise, he turned to his right and growled at the tall green creature that is in front of him. The creature is none other than Thorax the changeling!
Thorax glared at the creature for a second until he roared at it in anger.
San Francisco, Matthew's house
In Matthew's house, Matthew's son Kyle was seen sleeping on the couch after a wonderful dinner. Suddenly, the sound of the news broadcasting on his, his mom's, and dad's TV woke him up. Kyle opened his eyes and stood up straight so that he could watch what's on the television, and when he did, he saw what looks to be like a giant green insect, and a giant blue animal fighting against each other in the Miami International Airport. The title even read 'Chaos in Miami'.
"Come on Kyle it's time to go to bed." Melissa said heading towards his room.
"Mommy look, it's a giant bug."
When Melissa heard this, she turned around and looked at the TV. When she did, she saw what looks to be like two gigantic creatures fighting each other in the Miami International Airport, the sight has scandalized her.
A brief second later, the large griffon flew away, and the large green bug began to chase it by swimming in the water.
"Oh gosh." Melissa mumbled with a traumatized expression.
Miami 8:30am
Miami was devastated after the chaos that had occured last night when the griffon Gallus, and the changeling Thorax battled against each other in the city, buildings were wrecked, trees were toppled, and debris was everywhere. Therefore, the US military medics and ground troops were dispatched to the city to treat wounded civilians in medical camp.
"Attention please, more incoming patients." A man said through a speaker.
On the other side of the camp, Matthew was seen walking down the camp while holding the child in his right arm after escaping the devastated airport.
"Excuse me." Matthew said stopping in front of one of the camp that says 'registration' on the top as well as putting the young boy on the ground "This little boy has been separated from his parents." He told them.
While Matthew was talking with the medics, the young boy was seen looking at the demolished city with a shocked expression. However, when he looked to his left, he saw his parents! That made him run towards them.
Once Matthew has finished talking to the two medics, he looked down on his right and noticed that the young boy wasn't next to him anymore. Perplexed by the disappearance, Matthew looked behind him to search for the boy, and when he looked to his left, he saw him safely reunited with his parents which made him smile warmly.
"Major load up."
When Matthew heard the noise, he urned around and saw a group of US military troops marching right next to him. He decided to ask one of them some questions.
"Excuse me sergeant. Lieutenant Cage, EOD officer." He introduced himself "I need your help, I'm trying to get to San Francisco." He told him.
"Well, it's your lucky day lieutenant." He told him with a smile "Everything not tied down is moving east." He finished
"Whoa is that where those monsters are heading?" Matthew asked with a perplexed expression.
"Yeah, I guess we're monster hunters now." He told him with a shrug. After that, the sergeant turned around and continued to follow his colleagues to the truck.
When Matthew heard this, he decided to follow the soldiers so that he can get to his location too.
Author's Note
Another chapter finished! I hope you all enjoyed it!
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