History Shows Again and Again

Chapter 11

May 2019

"The specimen at this site has been kept entirely off-book." Vivienne was explaining as she, Zeek, Ishiro, Mark, Ilene and a few others were on the Argo and gathered around a table that had a touch screen built in it. "And since its more recent discovery, our data is limited. But it seems to be another apex predator."

"Emma called it Monster Zero." Ishiro added.

"It may have been a rival alpha to Godzilla. Battling for dominance over the other titans."

"Doctor Chen?"

"I've been scouring through thousands of years of myths and legends." Ilene dragged her finger away from her on the touchscreen, making multiple paintings and the like fly into view. "But it's almost as if people were scared to even write about it."

"As if it was meant to be forgotten."

"Sorry, I hate to crash the party." Rick cut in as he walked over to them. "But I got some bad news."

"You could just say news." Barnes huffed. "It's always bad."

"We lost Godzilla. He dropped off the scan near Venezuela."

"Dropped off?" asked Mark as Ishiro bowed his head and took a deep breath.

"I'm telling ya, Doctor Brooks was right. It's the Hollow Earth. That's how he moves around so fast, using the underwater tunnels like wormholes Just like, zipping around."

That was one thing Zeek and Rick could agree on; the existence of it.

"Everyone, look sharp." ordered Foster. "We're approaching the base."

Those who were going went to get dressed in warmer clothes, though Zeek hesitated at first, looking down at the paintings and drawings for a few extra moments. He didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling in his gut, a bad feeling that something was going to happen; something big and something bad.

With a shake of his head, he went and joined the others, getting suit up and went to an osprey and walking inside it with Mark, Vivienne and a few others. Then, they were airborne with a second osprey.

"If Jonah is looking to extract genetic samples, they'll be here in the bio labs." Vivienne pointed at the screen, where the labs were located.

'All right, two minutes!" Barnes spoke to his teammates in the osprey. "Check your equipment, stand by the door."

Zeek glanced and saw the team had done just that and when they landed, they poured out with their guns at the ready and they were heading towards the base. Zeek glanced over at the live feed before he walked to the ramp and stood just outside it, looking at the base. He crossed his arms, biting his lip at the quietness of it all.

He almost jumped when the sound of gunfire before Mark was marching passed him. He blinked and watched as the other man went until it clicked. He must have seen his family on the live feed and thus was going all gung-ho to rescue them.

He didn't know how long it was since Mark ran in there; a few minutes? Ten? He did notice that the gunfire from the live feed had stopped. Then, a sudden, muffled explosion and the ground beneath his feet trembled.

"What the fuck?" he frowned before looking back at the base as another tremble and the power flickered inside it. he could see a group, Jonah's, running to the osprey that had been there before their two. Then, the rotors began to spin to the right speed and it was starting to lift up off of the ground, up and up until it was hovering high in the air.

Then, he heard yelling and he looked. He could see Mark and the G-Team running as fast as they could away from the base, which had collapsed through the hole below and the pit widened, swallowing some of the G-Team as well. As they jumped clear, an explosion came from within the hole, bellowing out smoke and fire.