Godzilla: Legend Begins

Chapter 15

Hotel, Hagiwari
January 31, 2014
7:45 AM

Jesse checked and rechecked through her pack, making sure she had everything before she zipped it up and shouldered it. She walked out the room and headed down to the lobby. She gave the lady at the desk her key before heading outside. To her surprise, she saw Kanto leaning back against a black car with tinted windows. He was wearing a plain green t-shirt and a pair of jeans.

"What are you doing here, Kanto?" Jesse questioned, her heart pounding within her chest. She did not try to sneak out only to get caught without making it past the hotel parking lot.

"I should be the one asking you that question." He crossed his arms.

"I have to go back to America. Sitting here on my ass won't help anyone."

"You going to America will help how?"

"I have a friend there. We did a project together two years ago before we had to shut it down because of insignificant funding. Don't try to stop me."

"I could always arrest you and bring you in... but I won't." He sidestepped and opened the passenger side door. "I'll be coming with you."

Jesse stared at him in wonder, not expecting him to be so easy going about it. She fully expected him to arrest her, not to come with her. "But K-force needs you...and wouldn't you lose your job?"

He simply shrugged. "I'd rather go and use any resource we have at our disposal. Besides, I rather follow you. You do have the king of all monsters in your head, after all. Let's go."

Jesse slowly slipped into the seat. "You actually believe me on that?"

"Yeah." Kanto shut her door before walking around and slipping into the driver's seat. "Out of most civilians we brought in before, you're one of the only ones who are the most competent. So, I'll take your word for it."

He started the car and put it into gear before slowly easing his way to out of the parking lot and started towards Tokyo. Jesse stared out the window, watching as the scenery passed by before fishing out her phone from her pocket and started to dial.

"Who are you calling?" asked Kanto.

"The friend I told you about." she listened as the ringing began.

"What ya want?" a groggy voice answered after the fifth ring.

"The greatest greeting you've ever came up with, Benny." teased Jesse.

"Wha- Jesse?!" shock and happiness was evidence in his voice, replacing the grogginess. "I haven't heard from you in a year!"

"Yeah, sorry about that." she placed a hand on the receiver, pulling it away and looked at Kanto and lowered her voice to a whisper. "Did the director go on and made a statement yet?"

"No." he whispered back. "But there have been leaks from the inside that was put online apparently."

She nodded and put her phone back to her ear, taking her hand away. "Do you know what's happening in Japan?"

"Yeah. You wouldn't believe what was put on the WikiLeaks. Apparently, a Godzilla had appeared on a island in the Pacific. There's a second monster that's codenamed Titan-1. I'm not sure how true that is though."

"It's true, I was on that Island. Godzilla did appear along with Titan-1."

"You were? Can you explain to me what the hell's going on, then?"

"Later, I promise. Are you still living in Pittsburg?"

"Yeah, though I moved recently, do you have a paper and pen with you?"