TITANS 2150.4 - The Last Empire (Disney Monster Universe Phase 2)

Chapter 3 - The Last of her Kind

While the images of the confrontation between Godzilla and Ebirah in Rome went around the world, once again unleashing debates between supporters and haters of the titans, the end of the day arrived in the Hollow Earth. In Outpost 1, established to monitor Kong in his natural environment, the small but nonetheless competent team of agents were preparing to take a short break, although the day had been rather calm and without major incidents. On one of the control panel screens, Kong could be seen walking among the trees of the forest, heading towards his lair.

_"Kong goes home to sleep." then indicated the operator responsible for monitoring the screens. "If I could I would do like him, I'm completely exhausted."

_"You only think about sleeping and eating." the outpost biologist then commented jokingly. "You must have been a Sloth in a past life... I guess he continued doing his usual thing?"

_"There is nothing like the simple pleasures of life." the operator commented. "And yes, all day patrolling his territory looking for other monkeys like him. He almost makes me sad."

_"Maybe he's looking for a mate..." then said the outpost technician, busy playing on a small miniature golf mat. "I hope he has nothing against inter-species relations."

The biologist sighed, shaking her head at this remark and decided to go make a coffee. The operator, still sitting in his chair in front of the screens, stretched with fatigue then was about to go and rest, but suddenly all the screens started to crackle and go crazy for no reason.

_"What the... Hey guys, look at this." he said, more than perplexed.

His two colleagues arrived to see the same thing. The detectors acted jerkily, displaying a seismic line that moved up and down continuously like a roller coaster, but unusually high and at regular frequencies, like a beat.

_"Where is it?" asked the biologist.

_"In Kong's hunting territory, in the northern embrace more precisely." the operator said, checking the screens mapping each area of Kong's territory.

In the northern embrace, the very place where Kong had trapped the Wart Dogs, the collapse of the hunting trap seemed to have weakened the ground more than expected and it was the whole path which collapsed in a deafening crash, but revealing in its smoke a very wide and hidden dark tunnel descending into the depths.

_"Contact Monarch main office." then ordered the biologist.

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Following her conference which ended in a rather tense climate, Ann Possible returned to Middleton beach, now privatized and where Monarch had installed a complex in order to prevent civilians from approaching the vortex of the Hollow Earth that had manifested itself in the water not far from the edge. A circle of large metal pillars producing a powerful electrical barrier had been put in place to prevent the vortex from expanding further.

Upon her arrival at the surveillance complex, Ann was made aware of the multiple complaints coming from the Italian government regarding the illegal intervention of Godzilla and Elsa in their country and the terror they had caused among civilians and tourists. Now used to it but still annoyed by these remarks, Ann, accompanied by the young researcher Gretchen, headed towards the control room of the complex.

_"Look, if the Italian government wants to sue us because of Godzilla and Elsa, let them do it but look for other scapegoats. They can already count themselves lucky that Ebirah didn't have wiped their beautiful capital off the face of the world... Where are Godzilla and Elsa now?"

_"Approaching Ahtohallan, ma'am." Gretchen replied, checking the holo-tablet which was transmitting live the movements of the two titans on the world map. "The fleet has been notified and must do nothing to stop them."