Atlantic Rim

The First Sighting

Chapter 1: The First Sighting.

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AN: So this is an idea I had after not finding too many stories on the movie Pacific Rim. Clearly, this is set on the east coast of the United States but that is primarily because I am from the state of West Virginia and so I live on the Eastern side of the country. Otherwise, it is much the same as the movie. I will, of course, be adding my own original characters and kaiju to this story/ timeline. As always feel free to give feedback on the story if you want. Just no trolling because that's bad.

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On January 2nd, 2020 John Ashfield was busily walking back to his computer terminal quietly sipping upon his still somewhat hot coffee. Today had been a fairly busy day but nothing he hadn't dealt with before in his time as an air traffic controller. The airplanes were all coming and going from Newark International Airport (EWR) without too many delays due to the weather though flight 623 was going to take off about 26 minutes later than was planned due to some drunken passenger causing a fuss and being removed. Sitting down and placing his coffee off to the side he began to deal with incoming planes. The first few hours passing by with little in the way of notable events. By about 2:27 pm he had just turned his eyes onto another incoming flight (flight 3041) when all of a sudden he felt a sudden jolt. It was small but clearly noticed by all in the tower.

"What the fuck was that"? One of his colleagues inquired as he got back to his feet.

"No idea but whatever it was it didn't seem to be much more than a jolt. Nothing seems to have been damaged as far as I can see. Just in case I'll ground all planes for the time being". John said as he made the call to stop any out-going flights. Seconds later a second jolt was felt only this time it was much more powerful and causing the windows to vibrate. Seconds later the phone started to ring incessantly. By this point, he could see people rushing to the windows to see what may be causing the sudden jolts.

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Meanwhile in a small Cessna Andrew Houss was flying over New York City enjoying the beautiful city skyline as well as the crystal clear ocean to his right. It was a sight he had seen many times in his life but one he never grew tired of seeing. It was in the middle of his enjoyment that he saw what looked to be a massive shadowy object in the ocean. Having flown for years he knew at once that this wasn't at all normal. Asking his copilot to take a few photos of the unknown object he turned his plane to head back to Newark International not yet knowing that what he just saw was about to forever change the course of human history.