Atlantic Rim

Kaiju Day

Chapter 2: Kaiju Day.

-

"I was there when Godzilla first rose up from the ocean floor. I was there when New York was removed from existence, and I was there to clean up the mess he left after we downed him a few days later. I said it then and I'll say it now 2020 was a bad time to be alive. If I had known how true that would turn out to be I don't know if I wouldn't have just killed myself that day and stopped myself from seeing what came later.

Jonathan Fairchild accounting his views on the 20th anniversary of Kaiju day on January 2nd, 2040.

-

By the time the phone call ended John could tell that something bad was happening as he watched the many expressions that formed on his superior's face while talking to whoever was on the other end. It had started off as just confusion then slowly it evolved into fear and then into full-blown terror.

"I have just been told that a pilot has just reported seeing an unknown object just off the coast of New Jersey. He hasn't a clue what it is but he says it's moving at speed to the Eastern seaboard so until I say otherwise no planes are taking off or landing. You all are to send any new planes deeper into the interior. No more planes are being allowed to land here and none are allowed to take off".

At once the tower was filled with a myriad of questions all of which had no answers. None that made any sense at least. What was this unknown object? Why was it moving to the Eastern seaboard of the United States? Was this the opening shots of a war? He hadn't a clue and that made him extremely nervous.

"Go and get a set of binoculars and see what you can out there. Meanwhile, I'm going to call the FAA and get a better idea of what the hell is going on here. If this is the start of an attack on the United States I want military aircraft in the air now".

John wasn't about to disagree with that view. Whatever was happening it was better to be overly cautious than it would be to not be cautious enough. He had seen the attacks firsthand 19 years before and this felt terrifyingly similar to that dark day. So many unknowns with far too few answers.

-

Meanwhile, Andrew Houss was being told to reroute to someplace deeper into the nation as Newark (EWR) was closed to all incoming planes. This as it turned out likely is what saved his life as Godzilla soon rose up from the ocean floor only a few minutes later and started his attack.

-

"We are being flooded with reports of a truly monstrous creature said to be at least 275 feet tall. At this time it is slowly walking into the very heart of the city. We have no word from the president on what his response to this has been but some are saying he thinks this is fake news. I say again we have no word what Trump's response to this recent development is but some people in the white house are reporting that he is treating this as fake news".

The first reports of Godzilla on Kaiju day January 2nd, 2020 came far too late for many New Yorkers as Godzilla later dubbed by non-New Yorkers as Trespasser as he brought death and destruction to most of the city. By the time he was killed four days later and more than 511 miles deeper into the nation, he had killed an estimated 35,711 people and caused an environmental catastrophe unlike anything seen before. Following this Trump would be forcefully removed and replaced. Godzilla's body was slowly dissected and removed. A time-consuming process that took nearly three months to complete. At the time this was seen as a one-off and when no new attacks came in 2021 life slowly returned to normal. That hope however ended on March 11th, 2022 with the appearance of King George.