In the north Pacific ocean, the changeling Thorax was seen swimming in the ocean calmly while tying to catch up to the griffon to restore balance. During his journey, he was being watched by the US Navy with two destroyers on his left and right sides, and an aircraft carrier behind him. While helicopters were all seen hovering above him. The military was trying their best to understand the changeling's intentions.

Inside the aircraft carrier control room, the marine officers were seen monitoring Thorax's movement to see where he is headed to next as well as his motivations.

"Satellite transfer complete." Said Nova as one of the screens enlarged with the suspected path that Thorax would take on it "Simulations uploaded. Last satellite tract predict the griffon continuing due east. All our models have the targets converging on the Pacific coast. As for now, it looks like Thorax is still chasing the griffon." She reported to the Admiral.

By this time, Toshihiro entered the control room with his wife to tell the Admiral about it's behaviour.

"He's preparing for a battle." He told him.

"Have all vessels maintain current distance from target." Joseph ordered. "And plot the speed and heading of these things. I wanna know exactly when and where they'll make landfall." He added.

"Yes sir."

"Doctor." Joseph called as the doctor was about to walk past him "What do you mean by 'preparing for a battle'? You think it's chasing Gallus?" He asked with a perplexed expression.

Toshihiro began to ponder about this hypothetical situation for a bit, right now, Thorax's current motives are still slightly unknown but, judging by his behaviour and his first battle against Gallus in Florida, he thinks he's here for a certain reason.

"But if Gallus is his target, the signal would show a call." Satomi told her husband. "Why call up a predator?" She asked in confusion.

"No, it didn't." Toshihiro told her which nonplussed her a bit "I think Thorax was only listening. Gallus was calling something else." He finished.

After pondering for a brief second, his eyes widened in horror as he figured out what the pattern was.

"The pattern." He said quietly. Then, he began to make his way to the control room's table in a quick way.

"Focus the search on Nevada." He ordered.

"Nevada? Why would it go to Nevada?" Satomi asked with a bewildered expression.

"Its impossible."

"What's impossible?" Joseph asked walking to the table.

"There was another egg intact, found in the Philippines mine fifteen years ago sir." Satomi told him "But we vivisected it honey. Ran every test on it for years. You confirmed it for yourself. It was dormant!" She told her husband with a concerned expression.

Toshihiro sighed as he agreed that he himself has stated that the egg that he, his wife, and Gregory found in the mines was dormant. However, he found out that he was wrong.

"Unless it wasn't." Toshihiro said.

"This other organism. Where is it now doctor?" Johnny asked.

"It was highly radioactive at that time, it was disposed of too." Satomi told him. "The Americans, they took it." She replied.

"Where is it now doctor?" Joseph asked him.

Toshihiro then looked up at admiral Joseph with a stern expression.

"Where do you store all of your nuclear waste?" He asked.

Las Vegas

On a road, there were two military trucks and one helicopter driving and flying to a certain location where nuclear waste was stored in a canyon. Inside the two military trucks were a special forces branch that was being transported there to search if there were any signs of a breach according to the speculation of Dr. Toshihiro. They were also seen putting on gas masks to protect themselves too.

Once the two military trucks made it to the front gates of the nuclear waste storage facility, two guards opened the gates for them allowing access. Then, the trucks drove into the facility while the helicopter flew above it to provide air support.

Once the trucks were inside, the drivers parked them and the soldiers all got off them with assault rifles in their hands. They then ran forward to check the vaults.

"Right let's go! Let's check the vaults!"

When one of the soldiers reached one of the vault doors, he slid open the vault doors rectangular sliding window and looked through it. He shined his assault rifle's flashlight into it and saw that the barrels of nuclear waste were still in there.

"Clear!" The soldier exclaimed closing the sliding window.

"Clear!" Exclaimed another soldier as he too closed the window of the vault that he has finished checking.

However, when another soldier reached another vault, he pulled the sliding window to the right and was immediately met with a flash of light shining at his face.

"Hey!"

The shout of the soldier has made the rest of the team turn around to his location, and they all too witnessed the bright light shining through. So, another soldier walked up to the vault and unlocked it, then, they pulled it open. After that, they immediately saw a wrecked up room which traumatized them all. The helicopter was seen hovering around it too.

The soldiers then walked through the vault and onto the broken floor. Once they all reached to the end of it, some took off their gas masks and took a deep breath.

Then, one of the soldiers brought out his binoculars and looked through it. He then looked to his right and saw a large brown and white coloured griffon heading towards Las Vegas which made his eyes widen in terror.

In a hotel restaurant in Las Vegas people were all seen having a fabulous meal after a long day. At first, everything seemed very tranquil for the guests but suddenly, the news channel popped up on TV with the title 'breaking news'. A brief second later, the TV showed an image of a giant griffon going on a rampage in Las Vegas which some guests noticed. Suddenly, all the lights in the restaurant have shut down. The guests were perplexed by this but then, they all got their answers when the roof was tore down which made the guests in the restaurant panic, one of the guest's look up and saw a gigantic griffon.

In an apartment, the Las Vegas fire brigade was seen responding to the devastating incident that shook the city minutes ago, now, the rescuers were searching for survivors.

"Is anyone in there?" The firefighter asked while knocking on the door, but they did not get a response back.

So, one of the firefighter pulled out his halligan tool and stuck the machine sharpened claws through the door frame and busted it open with his strength. After that, five firefighters entered the apartment block. When they did, they saw a giant crack in front of them so, they walked to the giant crack and looked out all to see a demolished city with five helicopters flying by.

In Las Vegas, the five helicopters were all seen following the large griffon to study it's motives during it's destructive rampage through the city.

Back in the aircraft carrier control room, one of the marine officers were seen reporting to the captain.

"Captain, our helicopters have footage of a new griffon." He told him.

"Let me have a look at it."

The officer obeyed his captain and a video of the giant griffon was seen destroying Las Vegas which scandalized the officers, however, Satomi noticed that this one is more taller compared to Gallus.

"This was taken five minutes ago."

"It's almost over 300 feet." Satomi said with a shocked expression.

Joseph also noticed that this griffon is slightly different compared to Gallus.

"But this one is much more taller than Gallus doctor." Joseph said looking at Toshihiro "In addition to that, it's colours are different." He added.

Toshihiro was astonished by this new griffon, it's textures and sizes were all different compared to Gallus. However, as he tried to remember it from the book, he knew what this creature was and it's name.

"A different gender perhaps?" Satomi asked.

"A female." Toshihiro told her "Her name is Gilda." He added.

Joseph looked up at a screen monitor which displayed sound waves of the two Griffons calls. They were almost as interchangeable as each other.

"That must've been who he was talking to. It must be a mating call. The female named Gilda remained dormant until Gallus matured."

"To reproduce." Satomi finished her husband's statement.

In the debriefing room in the aircraft carrier, marine soldiers including admiral Joseph, Toshihiro, and Satomi were all seen gathered in the room to figure out a plan on how to stop the two Griffons from provoking more casualties. A marine officer placed a map on the table and unfolded it.

"Current tracking models indicate that all three targets are converging in San Francisco Bay." Captain Johnny said "But, if we rig a nuclear warhead with a shielded timer, put it on a boat and send it 20 miles out, the radiation will lure the Griffons, and the Griffons will lure Thorax." He told them.

"But if we detonate it, there will be a high chance that people in the city will be harmed." An officer warned. Then, Satomi walked up to the table.

"You can't be serious." Satomi said with an incredulous expression "They feed on radiation." She reminded them.

"Precisely. That's why we use the bomb as bait." Johnny told her. "Then, we can kill them with the sheer force of the blast." He finished.

"That's deranged."

When the Admiral noticed that they weren't getting to anywhere with this meeting, he turned around and looked at Toshihiro.

"Doctor, if you have any other ideas, I'm all ears." He told him.

Toshihiro began to think about the behaviours of the two Griffons and Thorax for a bit. Currently, their motives were unpredictable, except for Thorax at least, the doctor knows clearly what Thorax's intentions were, he is seeking to accomplish something. Then, he looked up at the Admiral to report on his assumption.

"Admiral, Thorax may be the answer." He told him which got him baffled. "I believe that he is here to restore balance. He can defeat them." He finished.

"So what? We just stand by and watch? That's absurd." Joseph commented "Sorry doctor but, I can't take that risk, lives will be at stake if we don't act now." He told him with a stern expression. Then, he looked at his men around table.

"Prep the warheads and get moving to the coast." He ordered.

"Yes sir." They all said as they picked up their files and stood up from their chairs. Then, they all walked to the exit of the debriefing.

Satomi wanted to dispute about this preposterous plan but, she had nothing to say so, she too walked out of the debriefing room. Then, Joseph looked at Toshihiro with an apologetic expression.

"I know you disagree with this but, my first priority is to safeguard the citizens."

"You gotta try sometimes."

After that, Toshihiro walked past the Admiral and exited the debriefing room.

In the skies, a US aircraft transporter carrying forty soldiers were all seen heading towards San Francisco where their mission will be held in. However, their mission was changed when the large plane began to fly east.

"Alright everybody gear up!" The soldier coming down ordered "We've got a new mission and a new order." He told them.

When the soldiers in the plane heard this, they all stood up from their seats and geared up but, Matthew was perplexed so, he decided to ask what's going on.

"Tech sergeant." Matthew called, and the soldier turned around to face the soldier "What's going on?" He asked.

"Another monster appeared in Las Vegas sir." He replied.

Author's Note

Another chapter completed! I hope you all enjoyed it!