Godzilla: Legend Begins

Chapter 5

Tokyo International Airport, Japan
January 23, 2014
5:30 PM

Jesse stood up from her seat and stretched. The nine-hour long flight took a toll on her now sore muscles. She hated flights like this, mainly because she couldn't walk around as much as she liked on the plane. She got her belongings, which was just a backpack filled with clothes, her laptop and other small items, and went out of the plane and into the terminal.

After being cleared to leave, she walked out and looked at the parked cars. There were some people standing outside of the said cars but none of them seemed to stick out as being her ride. She forced herself not to pace and, instead, leaned against one of the support pillars that held up the roof of the drop off/pick up point.

A black car with tinted windows drove up in front of where she was standing. She looked up and saw a man getting out of the car. The man had black hair that was neatly combed, dark eyes that only held seriousness and he wore a dark green military style uniform.

"Jesse Hudson?" He asked, his voice thick with the Japanese accent.

"Yeah, that's me." She answered.

"I'm Kanto Naraka, I am to be your escort. I am the general of K-force." He bowed before opening the passenger side door for her. She walked over and slid in, watching as Kanto shut the door before going over to the driver's side and getting in. He turned the ignition and put the car in gear before he drove off. Jesse stared out of the window, watching as the buildings, people and vehicles sped past.

"You're not what I was expecting." Kanto spoke up, deciding to break the silence that had settled between them.

"What were you expecting then?" Her voice held a bit of amusement.

"Someone who's...older...and more professional clothing." He glanced down at her clothing, which was a simple camo jacket and black dress pants.

"Well, sorry to disappoint you."

"I wouldn't say that..." Kanto muttered under his breath before turning his full attention back to the rode. They headed out of Tokyo and towards Mount. Fuji, where they were stop at a checkpoint.

Kanto showed a guard his ID and he was waved through. He headed down into an underground parking complex before parking near an elevator. The two got out from the car and walked inside of the elevator. Kanto pressed the button for the seventh floor and the doors slowly slid shut. The elevator jolted slightly as it started its ascent. For the entire trip upwards, neither said a word.

The elevator came to a stop with a buzzer-like sound and the doors slid open and the two walked out. The went down the hall and Kanto stopped at a door. He typed a code in the keypad and the door slid open. Kanto lead the young girl inside and Jesse's eyes widen at what she saw.

A large monitor was fixed on the wall in the front on the room, showing a map of Japan and the surrounding water. Along the walls were computers that were being worked on by faculty. In the middle of the large room, in front of the monitor, was a round table with only one occupant. From what she could see, the occupant had greying hair and wore a black military style uniform.

The two stopped behind him and Kanto saluted.

"Sir." he greeted. The man slowly stood up and turned, his dark eyes giving each of them a glance over before saluting back.

"General. I see that you brought a guest." The man turned towards Jesse. "Miss Jesse Hudson, I presume?"

"Yes sir. Your Mr. Ogata?"

"Yes, I am."

"Tell me sir. Why did you bring me here? I mean, I have an idea but I just want to make sure."

"Of course. You remember Birth Island?"

"Yes sir." of course she remembered, it was on the news back in 1999 when it was announced that it was too dangerous to explore there. A group of explorers went there and only one came back, all crazed and screaming about the gods coming down and striking everyone down.

"Well, Johnathan Krill, a captain of a ship, went to the island with two of his crew. Apparently, they were attacked by a kaiju. It killed one and chased the other two down to the beach. That's when another Kaiju appeared. The survivor that was with the captain stated that it was Gojira. We never believed him until..."

"Until...What?"

"Until one of our satellite captured this image." He nodded to someone over towards the left before turning to the monitor. She looked and saw that the image has changed. Instead a map of Japan, it was now of a huge body of water, in the middle of a sea or an ocean Jesse guessed. In the middle of the image was something she never truly seen before.

Blue jagged spikes rose from the water, each dangerously sharp. She could see its body shape just beneath the surface in mid swim.

"This was taken January twentieth, off the coast of Birth island. We concluded that it is him for certain. But now, we have another problem."

"What is it?"

"A fishing boat out in the Pacific had been attacked. There were no survivors."

"Was it Godzilla?"

"No, it couldn't have been. The incident happened the same time this photo was taken. Now we have another kaiju to worry about."

"Are you going to tell the public?"

"No, not yet. If we do, it will cause a mass panic and possibly riots."

Jesse couldn't help but frown. She understood where he was coming from, but everyone deserved to know. The more they wait, she thought, the more panic it could cause.

"Now, back to why you were brought here." Ogata cleared his throat. "You are our leading expert on Gojira, despite how much of your information is speculation. You are the best

thing we have now."

"But sir, how can I be of any help? This is a completely different Godzilla than the first- and almost everything I had typed was speculation."

"I know you have what it takes." He paused. "There is also another bit of information. It seems that he's been swimming around a specific island. I am sending a team to investigate. I want you to go with them. I understand that this is probably a lot to ask from you, but please, it will help us a great deal."

Jesse stared at the man for a moment, contemplating on what she really wanted to do. She took a deep breath before locking eyes with him.

"I'll come." She told him, making the man smile.

"Thank you." he stated before doing a bow to her. She respectfully bowed back before being led out of the room by Kanto.

"We will be leaving tomorrow morning, I suggest you get as much sleep as you can." He told her right before he dropped her off at her temporarily room. Before Jesse could say anything, Kanto was gone. She shrugged and went to her bed after shutting the door and getting changed. She laid down on the mattress before slowly shutting her eyes, planning on heeding Kanto's words.