Oakland, California 9:30am

In Oakland, a tactical operations command center was set up on a mountain, many military vehicles were seen driving around the area in preparation for the plan to lure the three monsters or Equestrians according to doctor Toshihiro into San Francisco.

In a helicopter where Matthew was hitching a ride on, the helicopter was seen slowly making a land on the ground so that the soldiers could get off. Once it got to the ground, all of the soldiers including Matthew got off it, then, two soldiers began to help the wounded soldier to the paramedics. When they got to them, the two soldiers sat him on a box and the paramedics began to check his wounds, while the two soldiers rushed to return to their work.

"You good buddy?" The paramedic asked "Did you loose consciousness?" He asked again.

"I'm okay sir, really, I'm okay." He told him.

In a building on the mountain, Admiral Joseph Ace was seen entering the door of the meeting room where high ranking military officers were seen sat around the table awaiting for the creatures to arrive in San Francisco so that they could commence their plan.

"Anyone got the location of the targets?"

"Gallus was spotted 30 miles off the Farallon islands." One of the officers reported. "It is also showing seismic activity to the east near Livermore. Should means that Gilda is closing in." He finished.

"Where is Thorax then?" Joseph asked.

"Last contact with the changeling was five hours ago." Nova told him "Maintaining a bearing of 54 degrees, descending below a depth of 10,000 feet. He might arrive within the hour." She added.

Joseph then looked at the large TV and saw that civilians were still being evacuated on the golden gate bridge while in trucks and school buses which made him concerned.

"There are still buses on that bridge."

Golden gate bridge, San Francisco

On the golden gate bridge in San Francisco, the bridge was packed with school buses with children inside of them, and some cars with civilians driving them, the militaries ambition is to get the citizens to the other side of the bridge as quickly as possible before the three Equestrians named: Thorax, Gilda, and Gallus arrives to cause havoc which can result in casualties, police barricades were set up at the end by the San Francisco police. It was also seen raining heavily too.

On the 2,737 meters bridge, there was a bit of a traffic jam with police officers trying to get cars to the other side one by one to prevent disorder. Then, a police officer wearing a black rain coat walked up to one of the school buses where Kyle was in.

"We're not gonna stop the buses here." The officer told the driver "I need you to-"

Inside of the school bus, the bus driver was seen leaning close to the windshield of the bus trying to listen to the police officer, however, it was quite difficult for him due to the kids constantly shouting at the back.

"What? I can't hear you." The driver told him, then, he turned around and looked at the children that he is going to drive to the other side "Oh kids please be quiet." He begged.

The kids were seen shouting at each other in a merriment manner, but then, some loud noises stopped them, they all looked out the windows on their left and saw four tanks driving by them which made them wow in return.

On the bridge, tanks were seen dispatched to the bridge for some ground support, then, one of them drove into the railing which made it bend in return. After that, three US military ground soldiers armed with assault rifles and rocket launchers walked to the other railing. Once they got to it, the three of them aimed their rocket launchers forward in preparation for the three monsters arrivals. Eleven frigates were also seen sailing on the San Francisco bay.

Back inside the bus, kids were seen playing and shouting with each other happily, but suddenly, a loud sound of an animal growling stopped them. All of the kids looked out the left side of the window to see what was happening. Even the bus driver looked out the window on his left.

At he back of the bus, Kyle looked through one of the bus's windows to see what was out there, but, all he saw were soldiers, and ships on the water. Suddenly, a seagull crashed into the bus which startled the children for a bit, it even cracked the window. A brief second later, the seagull flew away from the bus.

On the sea, US Marines on one of the frigates, saw a flock of seagulls flying away which got hem baffled, suddenly, one of the soldiers saw something coming in the distance.

"Portside! Three hundred meters!"

Then, a US Navy lieutenant at the front of the boat turned around and looked at the distance to see a green back with two purple shells on the sides of it's torso.

"Brace!" The Lieutenant exclaimed. Then, all of the marine officers on the frigate grabbed onto something. However, the green object stopped twenty centimeters from the boat which got them surprised.

"Hold your fire." One of the marines on the frigate ordered.

At first, everything seemed okay but suddenly, the four marine soldiers at the front of the shop saw the creature lifting up it's bug looking mane which was at least 540 feet long!

"Holy crap!"

The soldiers then turned around and saw the large creature lifting it's back up in front of them which caused two frigates to be lifted up, knocking over soldiers in the process.

"Fire! Fire! Fire!"

Then, at the control room of the frigate, a soldier fired shells from the cannon directly at the creature's back which immediately exploded on impact, but, the creature did not feel a thing as it continued to rise up from the sea. After that, two frigates fired missiles towards it, but, they all missed and flew above the golden gate bridge which startled the soldiers on there.

"Ahhhh!" Screamed the kids as they ducked.

"Get back to your seats everyone!" Rose told them.

When the school bus driver noticed the zooming projectiles, he decided to immediately drive the kids out of here. So, he stepped on the gas pedal and began to drive, pushing a car out of the way in front of him in the process as well as breaking through a barricade and a police car.

"Get out of the way!" He exclaimed as citizens and police officers moved out of the buses way.

The driver was driving as fast as he can to get himself, Rose, and the kids to the other side where they will be safe, but suddenly, one of the missiles from the frigates collided into a part of the bridge which exploded on impact, then, the golden gate bridge's right main cable fell on the road, blocking the buses path in the process. When the driver noticed this, he immediately slammed into the brakes and stopped the bus. But this time, five US ground soldiers walked to the railing of the bridge, then, one of them pulled sour his radio.

"Marines! There are civilians on the bridge!" He exclaimed, but it was two late, two more frigates fired four more rockets that were heading straight for the bridge which made the soldiers eyes eiden in terror. But miraculously, the missiles collided into the torso of the creature instead, and the bridge was still intact.

Kyle and the kids looked in front of them and saw a giant green bug looking creature with two orange deer horns on the sides of it's head, a green unicorn horn on it's forehead, purple eyes and shelled wings.

"Attack!"

Then, the soldiers on the bridge began to shoot bullets and explosive shells from tanks directly at Thorax's torso.

Thorax let out a slightly pained roar when the projectiles hit him in the chest. He then gripped onto the left main cable of the bridge with his left hoof which made it bend in return.

Inside the school bus where Kyle was in, the kids were seen screaming and panicking by the sight of the large monster. The bus driver was trying his very best to look for a clear route to drive, and on cue, a tank was seen reversing to get some distance from the monster so that the driver could shoot better. The action also pushed the cable away.

The bus driver immediately took his opportunity and slammed on the gas pedal while honking his bus.

"Move! Move!" He exclaimed, then soldiers moved out of the bus's way.

While driving, the kids were seen screaming in terror while looking back at the giant monster that was being shot at by dozens of soldiers with their assault rifles, tanks, and missiles. A brief second later, the creature has had enough and he drew his left hoof back and smashed through the middle of the bridge, tearing it in the process. And the bus driver has successfully drove to the other side of the bridge.

On the other side of the bridge, another US Navy captain named Marco shake was seen on a frigate with a shocked expression after seeing Thorax smashing the golden gate bridge 800 meters in front of him But, he snapped out of it and began to commence the next phase of the plan, which is to activate the bomb on the boat.

"Prepare to arm the device!" He ordered his troops.

"Yes sir!"

Then, all of the soldier gently placed their hands on the bomb and the captain walked to the large capsule of it. Two soldiers removed the case on the panel, and the captain pulled down the cover.

"Arming keys!" Marco exclaimed as he and a soldier next to him stuck the keys in the keyholes of the bomb. After that, the soldier began to count down.

"Three! Two! One!"

Then, Marco and the marine soldier both rotated the keys ninety degrees, then, the gears next to the panel began rotating and the timer began to count down. Suddenly, an explosion was heard from the skies which made all of the soldiers look up in the sky. When they did, a huge wave hit all of them including the city. A brief second later, the lights in the city all

"What in the world was that?"

"That was an EMP."

A marine officer driving the frigate pulled the lever back twice in a row but, the ship did not move an inch, nor did it's engines began running.

"Engines stopped, we lost power!"

San Francisco

In San Francisco, Melissa was seen treating a patient along with a paramedic while she was outside of the ambulance, while the paramedic was inside. However, the power shut down which perplexed the paramedic.

Melissa turned around and saw something up in the skies. She looked closer and saw a soldier parachuting down to the ground which was perplexing. Suddenly, a huge explosion happened behind her which startled some citizens in the city. Melissa turned around and saw a jet crashing into a building which traumatized her. It then fell to the ground and exploded on impact.

Back in the sea, marine soldiers on frigates noticed fighter jets raining down from the sky and splashing into the sea, one US air force soldier managed to eject in time and parachute into the sea. However, one of the jets splashed near the frigate where Captain Marco and his team were on which made them fall down on the ship.

"Is everybody okay?" Marco asked.

"We're okay captain." A soldier groaned as he slowly stood up.

But, he spoke too soon because, a loud screech was heard above their frigate. The soldiers looked up and saw the griffon Gallus diving down towards their boat.

"Above us!"

"Open fire!"

Then, five marines on the frigate all aimed their assault rifles north and fired at the diving Equestrian monster but, it was no use, Gallus has already dived down into the frigate and into the water.

In a coastal road in San Francisco, the citizens on the road just witnessed the giant blue monster diving down into the ocean as well as her frigate which scandalized them all. Suddenly, the monster surfaced up from the sea and climbed into the road which made them all run away while screaming in terror, it was also carrying a piece of the boat with it's beak.

Gallus then spat the part of the frigate that he broke onto the road and started to pull the bomb out. Five seconds later, the bomb was detached from the piece and Gallus pulled it away from his beak and grabbed it with his claws. After that, he spread his wings and started to fly South where he will meet up with his mate Gilda.

Chinatown, San Francisco

After flying over the city for a brief second, Gallus has arrived in San Francisco's Chinatown. He then landed on the entrance of it and began to shout for his mate in front of him who was coming to Chinatown too while toppling two skyscrapers, creating a cloud of dust in the process.

Gallus then flew forward again and landed in the middle of Chinatown with he bomb in his beak. A brief second later, Gilda appeared out of the dust. The two Griffons then gave each other a warm nuzzle after reuniting with each other. A brief second later, they both pulled their heads back and Gilda grabbed the bomb out of Gallus's beak with hers, after that, she grabbed it out of her beak with her left claw and gently placed it on the ground underneath her.

Gallus then spread his wings and took off into town to search for more atomic sources for Gilda, while Gilda was digging a hole in the centre of Chinatown where she will lay her eggs and put the bomb in.

Oakland

In Oakland, military personnels were seen running everywhere as the three Equestrians arrived in San Francisco.

"Kyle Cade was checked into the Oakland Coliseum shelter an hour ago. He is safe." A medic informed Matthew. "But we have no record of Melissa Cade. She didn't make it out of the city." He told him.

"Well check again please." He pleaded with a vexed expression "I told her to wait for me, and I didn't make it." He told him.

"They're trying to get everyone downtown into subway shelters." He said as he grabbed the checklist that he was writing on. Then, he turned around and ran to another place.

Matthew was beyond scandalized to hear that his wife is not in shelter in Oakland, could she still be in the city? He is very worried for her right now.

"Lieutenant Cade!" A soldier called, and Matthew turned around and faced him "Are you Cade?" He asked.

"Yes." He replied.

Matthew was then led to a meeting room where a group of military soldiers with parachute backpacks on their backs were seen looking down on a map of San Francisco provided by Captain Johnny Brand.

"Alright, listen up guys. Gallus delivered the warhead to Gilda in the centre of Chinatown." Johnny told them "That puts a hundred-thousand civilians in the blast radius. We can't stop it remotely." He warned which shocked some of the soldiers.

"An analog timer has been installed though."

"But captain, Gallus and Gilda are shutting down electronics within a five-mile bubble." A soldier reminded him of their abilities "This means that approaching from ground is not going to be a valid option." He said in a logical tone.

"That's why you guys be conducting a HALO insertion where you guys will jump down with parachutes, it will be a 30,000 feet drop." Johnny told them.

"So I guess that we can just skate to the top and drop here. And here's if you don't hit a skyscraper on the way, we meet at rally point with Delta."

"Doctor." Another soldier called him "Any guesses where to look?" He asked.

"Underground." Toshihiro replied "If the MUTO spawned they'll be building a nest." He told them.

"Captain." Admiral Joseph called him "When you find the warhead, how long do you think that it'll take for you guys to disarm it?" He asked.

"Without seeing the analog mod, I couldn't even guess."

"Sixty seconds of I can access it."

The soldiers all looked to the source of the familiar voice and saw the EOD lieutenant Matthew Cade standing by the table.

"I retrofitted that device myself." He told them.

"Lieutenant Cage is out only EOD officer to survive the train attack admiral." Johnny told him.

"Well it sounds like we could use you."

"With all due respect, if that doesn't work, will we have a plan B?" Another soldier asked in a worried tone.

"No need to fret, the waterfront is located one klick downhill." He told him "Get the bomb to the pier, onto a boat and as far away from the city as possible before it detonates." He finished in an assuring tone.

"Any questions?" The captain asked, but everyone was silent. "Mission start." He told them.

"Alright let's move!"

Then, all of the soldiers who are doing this mission began to head to the door of the meeting room. However, Johnny called Matthew again.

"Lieutenant." Johnny called, and Matthew immediately stopped to look at him "They've already been briefed. We have no extraction plan though. If you don't walk out, you don't come back at all." He warned.

"Sir, I'll do whatever it takes." Matthew told him in a confident tone. After that, he turned to his left and walked out of the meeting room.

Once the meeting has ended, the Admiral Joseph Ace turned to his left where the doctor Toshihiro was standing while looking out to the demolished San Francisco.

"This alpha predator of yours, doctor do you really think he has a chance?" Joseph asked.

"The arrogance of a man is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around." Toshihiro told him.

"Let them fight." He said.

Author's Note

Another chapter finished! I hope you all enjoyed it!