GLLK: Giant Monsters All Out Attack

(Alexh4070)

NOTE from author: GLLK stands for Godzilla, Lana (Loud), Ladybug, King Ghidorah.

Chapter 1. Memories: The Past
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. July 28, 2002.
7:35 P.M.
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Another beautiful night in the Shibuya Ward in Tokyo. People were going from work to home, while traffic continued at a steady pace. Surrounding the busy Shibuya station was the commercial store, and to the East Gate, the Tokyu Department Store. This was the hottest area for nightlife in Japan. Seven year old Alix Kubdel strolled along the streets with her brother, Jalil Kubdel, her uncle, Tazio Tachibana, and Yuri Tachibana, her uncle's daughter and Alix's cousin. Alix had blue eyes and pink hair tied up into a ponytail. She wore a small sailor fuku, red tie, green skirt, and black shoes. The pinkette was visiting Japan with her brother and father to see her uncle and cousin for a week. So far, it went fine. Alix was especially fascinated to hear her uncle's stories about his job at the JSDF, the battles he fought in, and Yuri's feelings to a teenage male at her school, much to the latter's embarrassment. Of course, what made Alix, Jalil, and Yuri hang on the edge of their seats was his tales about the King of the Monsters, Godzilla.

Godzilla, as Tazio describes him, was a radioactive dinosaur mutated by atomic bombs tested on deserted islands by the Manhattan project in 1950. He stands 60 meters tall, is 85 meters from nose to tail, and weighs around 30,000 metric tons. His skin is rough, with charcoal black scales, and has 60 smooth, bone-white plates running down his back. He has four fingered hands, with each finger ending in sharp claws, and three-toed feet, each toe sporting strong, sharp, and white talons, with a vestigial claw; similar to a bird’s foot. Because of being mutated with radioactive energy, he's able to spew a blue and white, streamlined, focused beam of atomic energy, obliterating anything it touches. He knew all this because of what he saw in 1954, when Godzilla first rose up from Tokyo Bay.

Tazio was a man in his fifties. He stood at an average height, had short black hair, and a short black black mustache. He wore a silver short-sleeved shirt, black shorts, and black slip-on shoes.

"The sky was blood red, filled with smoke billowing from the burnt remains of wherever he laid death and destruction," Tazio said to his daughter, niece, and nephew. "And through it, a devil appeared, it's face twisted with rage and hatred!" 

Alix shivered. Well, it was actually Jalil shivering in fear, hugging the pinkette closely near him while they walked along, his vibrations made Alix shake, too. That didn't last long, however, as he released his grip on his sister.

Jalil was a bit taller than Alix, with chin-length reddish-brown hair and dark blue eyes. He had glasses, an orange scarf, a plaid shirt under a blue jacket, crimson pants, white socks, and black shoes.

"If it hadn't been for JSDF, that monster would've taken over the world." The young man continued. "He would've enslaved us, forcing us to work everyday, and making us do… HOMEWORK!"

Alix giggled at her uncle's joke. She liked his bravery and experience as well as his humor.

In reality, however, Godzilla wasn't killed by the JSDF, and wasn't even trying to take over the world. It, in fact, was a victim of nuclear warfare, and attacked humanity as an act of revenge. It was only by the combined might of the JSDF and Dr. Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer that finally ended the mutated creature's rampage and killed him.

However, in the years that followed, more and more creatures like Godzilla emerged from beneath the Earth, from the ocean depths, and from outer space. It wasn't until 1984 that another member of Godzilla's kind emerged and ravaged Japan in attempt to avenge its fallen. The creature, however, was lured back into the ocean before it could cause more damage. Since then, it remained under the depths of the ocean, and hadn't attacked since.

"Some say," Tazio continued, "that the first Godzilla's spirit still lurks around the streets of Japan, looking for children to take back with him beneath the waves, and force them to worship him everyday."

"No way!" Yuri replied. She was around ten years old and had chin-length, reddish-brown hair. Her attire consisted of a pink v-neck t-shirt, a blue skirt, and white flip-flops with a red strap.

"I'll fight him," Alix chirped. "I'll make sure he'll never make anyone worship him. I want to be like you, Uncle."

"Well then," Tazio whispered "First you'll have to face the… Tickle Monster!"

Alix laughed as she ran around her uncle, trying to avoid being tickled, until Yuri and Jalil joined in. The tomboy dashed straight pass the others, and turned left into an alley. While the others followed her, she stopped and taunted them before continuing running. The fun, however, ended when Alix stepped into a large puddle, splashing water all over her shoes, pants, shirt and face. Her pursuers stopped three feet behind her, and observed the puddle.

"That's one big puddle of water," Alix commented.

"It wasn't raining today," Jalil said, breaking the silence.

"Then how'd it get here?" Alix asked.

"Maybe someone dropped a bucket of water accidentally."

"From up there?" Alix pointed at the building next to them.

"Not up," Tazio answered, pointing down at his feet. "Down."

Everyone looked beneath them. Indeed, the water was spouting up from beneath the sewers.

"A clog?"

"A damaged sewer pipe?"

"None that I know of," Tazio said, worriedly. "Come on, Alix. Let's get you back to the apartment and get you a new change of clothes."

"Arigato, Uncle Tazio," Alix exclaimed, jumping for joy. She skipped out of the alleyway with her uncle, brother, and cousin behind her.

By the time the four had headed out of the alley and back to Tazio's apartment, a shadow emerged from the corner of a building. Soon, a enormous insect emerged from the shadows. It was 2 meters long, and weighed around 500 lbs. The insect was light brown in color, had spiky and smooth skin, compound eyes, black lines around its three segments, two mantis-like pincers, six legs with two claws on each foot, antennae, a fanged mandible with hair underneath, and a pair of wings folded on its back. This was Meganulon, a species of insect related to dragonflies and damselflies that survived the Carboniferous by hibernating under the Earth's surface for 300,000,000 years. Like Godzilla, they were also affect by the Manhattan Project's bomb. The tremor caused by the explosion awoken them, and radiation mutated the creatures from half-a-meter long arthropod eagles, to the Kaiju like creatures we're familiar with.

Behind the first giant arthropod, five more came out from the dark. Three were Meganulons, while the other two resembled brown dragonflies, except they had mantis-like pincers on their front limbs, and a stinger on their tails. These were Meganula. Adult Meganulons. And they were preparing for a hunt.

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3 Minutes Later
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Two blocks away from where the sewers were flooding, a young man named Koji entered an area near a barrier fence for a dig site. As he sat down and listened to music, he pulled out a lighter to smoke on a cigarette. Suddenly, something bumped against the fence, caused it to vibrate. However, Koji's headphones blocked out the sounds, so he couldn't hear anything else.

Just then, a Meganulon bursted through the barrier and attacked Koji, who screamed once he saw it. The arthropod secured the man with its pincers, ensuring that there was no chance of escape. The creature then opened it mandibles and loomed downward onto its victim. Koji's headphones fell to the ground, as the bug continued its assault.

Just fifteen seconds after that, Koji's girlfriend appeared with drinks for her and her boyfriend. She then saw his headphones on the ground, and, while holding her cup between her teeth and putting Koji's drink down, picked them up. They were covered in a gooey-like substance, which frightened her(causing her to drop her cup in the process). As she turned around, the same Meganulon appeared again, and attacked her. She screamed and wailed as it grabbed her with its tail and dragged her behind the barrier where it proceed mauling her… or so thought.

In less than a minute after that, Koji and his girlfriend were thrown upwards before landing down onto where they were attacked. Not bothering to hesitate, they ran out of the area as fast as they could, leaving the drinks and Koji’s headphones behind. On the other side of the barrier, the Meganulon rose up, a proboscis hanging from its mouth, which slowly rolled back into its mandibles like a party horn recoiling after being blown. Blood leaked from its mouth. It then crawled up a building, and hunched down.

Suddenly, its back opened up, and the insect emerged in its Meganula stage. Thanks to the blood it sucked from its prey, its wings quickly became light, but strong, sharp, and sturdy.

Alix, already dressed up in PJs, looked out the window, sighing. She had been here for six days, and tomorrow, they had to leave her uncle and return to Paris. "Wish I could stay here forever," Little Alix sighed.

Suddenly, she saw something flying in the distance. She thought it was a bird, like a gull or a falcon. But as she got a better look, she saw that the thing in the distance resembled a dragonfly. Impossible, she thought, dragonflies grew big, but not THAT big. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she was hallucinating. Unfortunately, she wasn’t. The flying creature zipped up to the sky out of sight, then flew real close to Alix as it passed. It was enough to make her literally jump out of her seat and onto the floor. After recovering from her shock, the pinkette looked out the window to see if the creature was there, but it wasn't. Sighing in relief, she crawled into bed and fell asleep. Wait until she told everyone her dream the next morning.

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Tokyo Bay, Japan. July 29, 2002.
11:45 A.M.
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Today was the last day before Alix and her family returned to Paris. Mr. Kubdel had work to do at the Louvre, and Alix and Jalil had to get ready for school. However, to keep themselves happy, they all decided to hangout together in Odaiba near Tokyo Bay before the Kubdels headed to Haneda Airport to get a plane to Shanghai, then another plane to Moscow, and finally, a plane to France.

Alix had her cap on to keep the sun’s rays out of her eyes. Jalil wore his usual attire, minus the scarf. Yuri wore sunglasses, an orange t-shirt, a blue skirt, gray leggings, and green summer shoes. Tazio wore his glasses to see better, but wore a black JSDF uniform. This was because he had a meeting later to discuss the history of the JSDF to some new recruits.

Yuri enjoyed Odaiba. This place was home to the Fuji Television Studios (which broadcasts her favorite superhero show, Mirrorman) a replica of The Statue of Liberty, and the famous Rainbow Bridge, which crosses from Odaiba and Shibuara across Tokyo Bay. Her father often took her across the 798-meter long bridge on many occasions. It always made her happy just crossing it. Her favorite spot was the Odaiba Seaside Park. Every summer, her father took her there to play on the beach. She loved it there. And now, she wanted to share that joy with her cousin.

"Dad, can me and Alix go to the seaside park?"

"Sure, what's the harm of playing on the sand?"

By the time the group came to the park, they were expecting a bustling crowd. Instead, they found policemen, army men, and a couple of tanks. There was even a member of the JSDF directing the rest of the men at the site. The man looked at Tazio and walked over to him. He was about the same height as Tazio, and wore the JSDF suit. He had brown hair, silver eyes, and a pimple on his right cheek.

"Daisuke," Tazio said. "What's happening here?"

"A whole lot. No pun intended. First, a couple, some children, and a group of eleven year olds claimed they were attacked by a giant monster last night, now a sinkhole formed right in the middle of the beach," Daisuke answered. "It's only three meters in diameter, but it's strange."

"Why?"

"It's like something big was tunneling through the sand. The area around the hole seems to be covered in some sort of saliva…"

While Daisuke was talking, Alix, being curious, crept stealthily away from her family to the hole, and stopped in front of the police tape. She knew that crossing tape would cause her serious trouble. But she still wanted to find the answer. Suddenly, something caught her left eye. She looked and saw a piece of plastic-like substance.

"Daddy, I found something." She exclaimed.

Hearing her calls, Mr. Kubdel rushed over to his daughter and looked at the flap in her hand. He wore thin-rimmed glasses, a purple undershirt, a dark gray vest with a gold Egyptian hieroglyph pattern, gray slacks, and black shoes. He stood a medium height with pale blue eyes and orange-brown hair, and a mustache.

"Tazio? Daisuke? What's this?"

Daisuke picked up the flap in looked closely at it. He gasped. Tazio knew Daisuke will only gasp if something was wrong… and surprises.

"It's a piece of a shell… from an insect's exoskeleton. And by the looks of it, a giant insect's exoskeleton."

"What are you talking about?" Jalil questioned. "Insects don't grow that big."

"They did in the past," Tazio corrected. "In 1954, a group of ants were mutated in the New Mexico desert by bomb tests. Fifteen years later, three giant mantises were spotted on Solgell Island. And three hundred million years ago, oxygen levels provided growth for giant species of insects, one of which called Meganula."

"Meganula?"

"A giant dragonfly the size of a biplane. It had sharp pincers, large wings, and an aggressive attitude. They lived in swarms and weren't hesitant to think twice before attacking. This piece of exoskeleton seems to have belonged to one."

"I've seen them in pictures. But don't worry, they're extinct." Alix's father nervously said.

"Not even so. In 1958, a swarm was discovered residing in a mine tunnel. They attacked miners and scared the villagers. The hive was ordered to be exterminated with bombs by the government to protect the village."

"Then how do you explain that?" Jalil pointed at the flap of shell.

"A Meganula must've survived the bombing and burrowed here. That might explain last night's attack."

"And Alix claimed she saw a huge dragonfly last night, too." Yuri added.

"She claimed it to be a dream" Jalil objected, but he was having doubts about it. "But what if she didn’t dream it?"

"Does this mean…" Alix asked before being cut off by a tremor. Suddenly, from beneath the ground, six huge insects erupted from out the hole. They resembled giant dragonflies with pincers and tail stingers. “Meganula! I knew what I saw last night was real!" Suddenly, the warning alarms in the general vicinity went off. In a matter of seconds, people were scrambling to emergency shelters, subway stations, basements, anywhere that they felt was safe from danger.

"Joél, take Yuri, Jalil and Alix to one of the emergency shelters. Me and Daisuke will take care of this." Tazio said. "Follow the evacuation and keep going no matter what."

Mr. Kubdel nodded and ushered the three children to the shelter and the four ran as fast as their legs could carry them. However, one of the Meganulas spotted them and sped after them while the rest of its swarm fought the police and army. It hovered about the ground and dodging trees, trying hard not to reveal its presence. Of course, this didn't go unnoticed by the group.

"Uncle Joél, there's a Meganula behind us!" Yuri shouted.

"Keep going!" Mr. Kubdel replied. "Don't stop no matter what!"

Due to her healthy body, build, and daily exercise, Alix was able to keep ahead of the pursuing arthropod, passing the others with ease. But this came with a price. Putting herself first before the others, literally, now made her a target, as Meganula now chose her as its next victim, and zeroed in. Mr. Kubdel was the first to notice this as he felt the breeze from the insect’s beating wings when it flew above him.

"ALIX!" He shouted, "LOOK OUT!"

Alix heard her father and looked back to see Meganula flying towards her. She tried to run even faster, but the insect quickly caught up to her. It raised its tail stinger, ready to impale Alix with it. The young girl knew there was no escape from this 'terror from the skies'. She waited for the killer blow…

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…but it never came

Suddenly, something shiny shone light into the arthropod's eye, causing it to screech in pain. Alix quickly leapt out of the insect’s path as it flew into the streets and bumped into a lamppost. It recovered from the blow as it made a sharp turn and sped towards the pinkette…

…only to get splattered after being hit by a oncoming truck. Yellow liquid splashed in every direction, while the lower half of the dead insect landed right in front of Yuri, much to her disgust.

"Eww!" She commented while getting up.

"That was so EPIC!" Jalil cheered. The loud chirps and buzzing of the swarm, along with the sounds of gunfire and explosions, quickly brought it to an end.

"This way!" Mr. Kubdel instructed.

The four ran past the Daiba Nursery. However, Alix stopped and looked at one of the trees in the mini-gardens. She saw a golden-yellow amulet resting on one of the roots. It had three orbs adorning it, one brown, one blue, and one bright gold. In the center was a circle with six triangles on it. But what really caught her eye were the symbols on it. Next to the brown orb was some kind of dinosaur with a nasal horn and what looked like big ears. Next to the blue orb appeared to be a butterfly, but nothing like the ones she encountered. Finally, underneath the golden orb was a black creature with what looked like three heads, a pair of wings, two feet, and two tails.

But what caught her curiosity the most were the symbols next to the circle. On the left side was a silhouette standing next to a giant shoe. And on the right was a black dinosaur with four fingers and spikes adorning its back. The image was all too familiar with Alix. She realized the dinosaur resembled…

"Godzilla," she said to herself.

"Alix!" Her father called. "Hurry!"

"Coming!" She replied. She jogged over to the tree and grabbed the amulet before she ran back to her father.

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On the beach, the military appeared to have the upper hand. Two Meganulas were blown to bits by the tanks, and another was shot down by SWAT fire. Tazio and Daisuke, now armed with a rocket launcher and Howa Type 89 Assault Rifle, dodged and shot at the remaining insects while avoiding their enemies own attacks. One of the two remaining dragonflies managed to deflect a tank shell using its large wings to create a gust powerful enough to send it flying towards a SWAT van, causing it to explode in a big ball of fire. Luckily, it was abandoned before the shell crashed into it.

"These bogies are tough," Daisuke said. "Shall we retreat?"

"No!" Tazio replied. "If we retreat now, more lives will be lost, including my family's. We're soldiers! We brought down a giant space jellyfish with only wasps and bees. We fought off a giant walrus. We even drove Godzilla back into the sea. These bugs are nothing compared to that. Now, are you with me or not?"

Daisuke remained silent, still thinking about his comrade's words. A sudden shriek got their attention as they looked up. One of the remaining Meganula left the safety of the skies and dived down toward the two men, like a gannet diving into the water after fish. Daisuke looked at his friend and said, "Let's do this!"

"That's the spirit," Tazio congratulated him.

They aimed their weapons at their target as it dropped swiftly toward them. Daisuke fired his rifle at the arthropod with rapid succession. Although the bullets didn't pierce the insect's exoskeleton, it was enough to rip small holes in its wings and confuse it while Tazio steadied his launcher. 

"Daisuke, hold your fire!" He shouted. "It's my turn!"

Once he locked onto the quickly descending dragonfly, he pulled the trigger and fired. The grenade rocketed up through the sky as fast as the diving Meganula. In seconds, they collided with each other in a massive explosion. Pieces of exoskeleton, legs, wings, and even the whole tail rained down on the men, who didn't care about it.

"We did it!" Daisuke exclaimed.

"You bet your weapon-handling experience we did."

Their celebration was cut short when the last Meganula rammed into Tazio and pinned him to the ground.

"TAZIO!"

The insect tried to stab him with its pincers, but moved his head to avoid the attack. However, he felt exhausted and the sudden collision injured him. The dragonfly struck its pincers on each side near Tazio's head and prepared to maul him instead.

Luckily, Daisuke aimed a Nambu pistol at the creature's neck and fired, severely wounding it and causing the insect to stumble off its prey. Hearing the shot, the police and military gunners aimed their weapons at the bug and opened fire. Despite its hard exoskeleton, the bullets bursted through the shell and bombarded the Meganula until it couldn't take anymore and dropped to the ground, motionless.

Daisuke helped Tazio onto his feet and walked him over to some army men. Tazio sat down on a crate as Daisuke kneeled beside him.

"Arigato," He replied silently enough for Daisuke to hear.

"Hey, we're JSDF members," Daisuke said calmly. "You know the Army Credo: No man gets left behind. And I wouldn't leave you behind no matter what."

Both men looked at each other and smiled. They shook hands before Tazio stood back up. "I have to make sure my daughter and the others are okay," he said. He gave him his rocket launcher. Daisuke looked at his friend, who gave him a salute.

However, the moment ending when a high-pitched squeak filled the air. Everyone looked toward the Meganula, which was still alive, but barely. It crawled toward the edge hole in the ground it emerged from. With a final, long, high-pitched squeak, the insect dropped down dead and fell into the hole. After what seemed like half a minute, the ground began to quake. Cracks emerged from the hole as banks of sand fell into it.

"MOVE! MOVE!" Tazio shouted. The men didn't bother to hesitate, and the area was cleared in seconds before the ground erupted as a huge object bursted out of the sand. SWAT vans, military vehicles, weapons, tables, police cars and supplies rained down on the beach, some falling down the hole. The men looked up and couldn't believe their eyes. The object in question let out a high-pitched shrill, longer and higher than the Meganula.

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Alix, Jalil, their father, and Yuri all heard the shrill by the time they reached one of the evacuation shelters: a big building behind the Daiba Nursery. This didn't go unnoticed by the other civilians, either. They all turned toward the direction of the sound, and gasped.

"OH… MY… G!" Jalil managed to stutter.

Hovering over the beach it emerged from was a giant dragonfly. A huge dragonfly like no one ever saw before: fifty meters long with an eighty meter wingspan, and weighing in at 12,000 metric tons. It looked like a cross between a Meganula and a theropod. It had purple brown skin and greenish spikes all over its body. Its head resembled a reptile rather than an insect, lacking antennae and having a toothy jaw instead of mandibles like an actual dragonfly. It also had visible pectoral and abdominal muscles on its underside. The tail was like that of a Meganula, long and ended with a sharp stinger. The underside of the tail was marked with several bright purple spots. This was Megaguirus: queen of the Meganula and Meganulon.

"That's the biggest bug I've ever seen," Alix said. And it was.

Like her minions, Megaguirus was also mutated by the bomb in the Bikini Atoll. As a Meganulon, it needed energy to complete its metamorphosis. Luckily, after the second Godzilla was driven away from Tokyo, her swarm attacked it and managed to gain its energy, even though the majority of the swarm was killed by the King of the Monsters. After gaining the blood from the dinosaur via energy transfer by her minions, she swam all the way to Tokyo Bay and burrowed underneath Odaiba Seaside Park a few nights before Alix and her family visited, without being noticed. The remaining Meganula emerged from the hole they dug to reach her, and take care of her, to protect their queen. The last Meganula's cry awoken her and, being fully grown with large wings, allowed her to burst out of the ground to avenge her fallen.

The insect let out another shrill before moving to the shelter. She now had a taste for vengeance, and everyone seemed to understand it, because they were now all stampeding into the shelter. Unfortunately, Alix, her brother and father, and Yuri were last in line, and Alix was in the way back, behind her father. Megaguirus, sadly, picked her out of the many people pushing and shoving their way to safety(presumably due to the fact the she had some drops of yellow liquid from the dead Meganula on her shirt). The insect clapped her wings together with enough force able to create an almost-visible sonic wave that crashed into the top of the building, causing it to explode into pieces. Alix looked up and saw several large chunk falling towards her. Knowing she wouldn’t make it inside in time, she ran back in the opposite direction just as the pieces crashed onto the ground, creating a shockwave that sent her flying two meters from her spot and onto the streets. She recovered quickly and sat back up, only to find that her only safety was blocked by rubble. She was now a sitting duck.

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Meanwhile, Jalil, Mr. Kubdel, and Yuri, who were blown forward during impact, realized Alix was still outside. They tried to pull the rubble away, but it was too heavy and too compacted to find a hole large enough to climb through.

'Alix,' Mr. Kubdel prayed to himself. 'Please be safe. I don't want to lose you.'

'Be safe, sis!' Jalil thought. 'Be brave no matter what happens. When we get out of here, I promise I’ll find you and come to your aid.’

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Megaguirus hovered after Alix, who was now running for her life. She ran across the deserted road, but stopped when she reached the freeway, with high walls two buses tall. She didn't have time to make a move because an explosion caused by another of Megaguirus' sonic booms sent her flying across the entire Metropolitan Expressway. She screamed as she fell closer to the ground. But, miraculously, she landed in the bed of a pickup truck parked near a store, which had pillows and feathers in it. She crashed down, sending feathers flying in all directions(which floated back down).

"Wow!" She exclaimed as she recovered. "And I thought that only happened in cartoons!"

The shrill of her pursuer reminder her to keep running. She vaulted out of the truck and sped down a path. However, her speed didn't match that of the fifty meter insect slowly flying above her. She looked up and saw it descending upon her. However, she was too busy looking at Megaguirus that she wasn't watching her step. She tripped on a rock and fell to the ground on her left side. Despite some bruising, there wasn't any serious damage. As she rolled onto her back, she shrieked at the sight of huge, toothy jaws bearing down upon her. Alix closed her eyes and covered her face to avoid seeing her death coming.

However, it never came. All she felt were gusts of wind blowing on her. By the time she opened her eyes, all she saw was a spiked, stinger-tipped tail moving out of view above her. She got back up and, despite the danger, limped after the giant insect. She climbed up the hill and quickly hurried across the Symbiotic Promenade Park bridge.

When she reached West Promenade, she quickly took cover behind the Gundam Statue, for Megaguirus was hovering right over W. Promenade.

'What's it doing?' She thought to herself.

The answer came when Megaguirus released a shrill and slowly ascended to the skies. Suddenly, an explosion of water rose from the bay, and a loud roar quickly arose from it.

'SKKKRREEEEEEOONK!'

Megaguirus responded with another shrill. What both her and Alix saw amazed them. When the cascade of falling seawater cleared, both saw a dinosaur sixty meters tall. It had four-fingered hands, charcoal-gray skin, and bone white dorsal plates emerging from its back. It had razor sharp teeth with prominent fangs coming in its mouth. Alix easily realized that this was the dinosaur her uncle told her about.

"Godzilla!"

The King of the Monsters uttered out another roar, this time with a trumpeting sound in it that sounded like an elephant. Megaguirus answered back, and descended to the ground to confront her new opponent. Alix, meanwhile, tried her hardest to stay out of view of the Kaiju, and hoped that the battle wouldn't be catastrophic.

"Alix."

The pinkette heard her name being called. It sounded like a young girl's. She looked around from her spot to find the source of the call.

"Alix."

She then looked at Godzilla and was surprised to find the voice was coming from the reptile. She knew Godzilla roared, but she never thought it could talk. But it was.

"Alix," the Kaiju called. "Alix!"

Alix didn't move, nor did she respond to the dinosaur.

"Alix!" "ALIX!" "HEY, PINK-HAIR!"

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June 15, 2010
2:45 p.m.
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Alix woke up with a jolt. She looked around to find she was no longer in Odaiba, but instead on a plane. She exhaled in relief.

She was no longer the little girl she once was. She was now fifteen years old, and her appearance had changed dramatically. Her pink hair was now in a messy, bob cut style(although she did have some of her hair on the right side of her head tied into a ponytail.) She sported a black cap with a black old English S logo that was outlined in white on the front. She wore a black long-sleeved, slate gray shirt underneath a dark brown tank top. Each sleeve had a lime green scale patterned fabric snake, starting from her shoulders and coiling around her arms until their heads stopped at her wrists. She also wore black jean shorts with pink stitching and black lace at the cuffs, black 1/2 hose length socks with two pink horizontal stripes, and black high top shoes with pink lace, black and lime green checkered sides with a wavy orange line over it, and white soles.

'It was all a dream,' She thought.

"About time, I thought you were deep in your sleep," a familiar voice said.

Alix looked down beside her and saw a younger brunette looking at her. She had thick black hair pulled back into a short, high ponytail. The brunette was wearing a red and white jersey with a red "1" on it, red-and-white track shorts, and black cleats with striped knee-high socks. She had freckles and purple-grey eyelids. She looked like a preteen instead of a teenager. In her hand, she was holding a pill-shaped object wrapped in foil.

"Well, thanks to you, I'm not," Alix replied

"That's a bit rude," the brunette replied back.

"Sorry, I just-"

"I like your attitude. You remind me of my oldest sister, Lori."

"I'll take that as a compliment, uh… What's your name?"

"Lynn Loud Jr," said another voice. Alix looked up and saw her friend, Marinette Dupain-Cheng. She looked half-French and half-Chinese, because her mother was from a Chinese family and her father was French. She had bluebell eyes and medium-length black hair with blue reflections. Similar to Lynn, she had her hair pulled back into two pigtails. Marinette wore a dark gray blazer with rolled up sleeves, with the blazer lined up in white with pink polka dots and a black trimming. Underneath she wore a white T-shirt with black stitching and a design(pink flowers and black leaves) below the collar. She had rolled up pink pants with the inside also lined in white with pink polka dots. She also wore black earrings and was carrying a light pink purse with a black strap over her shoulder. "Her family is from Royal Woods, Michigan. Apparently, they're on summer vacation, too."

"Marinette, here, told me that you're a professional skater. You've even competed with someone named Kim in a race, and won," Lynn told her.

"It's true," she replied. "I'm excellent when it comes to skating." That was mostly true. After surviving Megaguirus' defeat at the hands of Godzilla, she and her family went back to Paris where Alix and Jalil went to school. After entering College Francois Dupont at age fourteen, Alix met Marinette Dupain-Cheng and many other students, including her rival, Lê Chiên Kim. The two always got into disputes that were often put to rest at the hands of their fellow classmates.

When Alix turned fifteen a few months ago, she was given a special watch passed down through many generations by the Kubdels on their fifteenth birthdays. Her father said that the creator of the watch was "ahead of his time." Alix gladly kept the watch with her and promised to keep it safe, but asked a girl named Alya Césaire to hold onto it while she raced Kim. However, Alya asked Marinette to hold the watch while she was recording. During the race, the lunette almost dropped it, but luckily, a boy named Adrien Agreste caught it. Marinette felt light as a feather every time she saw him. For alas, she was in love with him. During the final lap, however, another girl named Chloé Bourgeois snatched the watch from Adrien, who she loved as well. Curious, she opened the watch, but was spooked and almost blinded by the blue light that shone from it. In fear, she dropped the watch on the racetrack, which Alix accidentally broke after skating over it. When she saw what happened, she angrily blamed Chloé, Alya, Adrien, and Marinette for what happened. That's when it started.

Although not as dangerous as the Meganula, Parisian super villain, Hawkmoth, was one of the most malevolent foes Earth had ever experienced. His best known superpower is to turn anyone into super villains via akumatization(when a butterfly he infects with akuma energy touches an object a person is in contact with and dissipates in said object). Cunning and feared, Hawkmoth chooses those with negative emotions to do his bidding. He lets them do whatever they want, and in return, they have to give him the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses. And that's exactly what happened to Alix Kubdel.

After an Akuma made contact with her roller skate, she was transformed into Timebreaker, a villain with the power to steal life essence from anyone she touched and convert it into chronological energy that allowed her to travel back in time. With this power, she could go back and save her watch from destruction. Kim was the first to fall victim to her villainous form, followed by  Rose Lavillant, Mylène Haprèle, Alya, Chloé and her servant, Sabrina Raincomprix, and many other civilians who were unlucky to be there at the time. Luckily, Paris' superheroes, Ladybug and Cat-noir, arrived just in time. Of course, they were Marinette and Adrien with Ladybug and Catnoir Miraculouses respectively. Unfortunately, Cat-noir sacrificed himself to Timebreaker to save Ladybug, giving the villain a huge amount of essence. To alter the timeline, Ladybug used her yo-yo to hold onto Timebreaker as she zipped back to two minutes before her watch was broken. Unfortunately, the appearance the villain made Chloé drop the watch on the ground. The Alix of that time almost blamed her future self until Timebreaker claimed Ladybug was culprit. This, of course, made the Alix of that time vulnerable to akumatization. With both Alixes akumatized, it took the combined effort of Ladybug, and the Ladybug and Cat-noir of the Past, to de-evilize the two. Thanks to Ladybug's Miraculous Ladybug, the damage caused by both Timebreakers were undone(with Future Timebreaker and Future Ladybug being erased from history as their timeline was replaced with a new one), returning Alix back to normal, and repairing the broken watch as well. Alix apologized to Ladybug and thanked her for fixing her watch, promising that from now on, she'll keep it safe.

Alix never forgot that day, and while she was furious about Hawkmoth making her take the lives of innocent people, she admitted that seeing Kim scared made her feel giggly. But that was then. Now, Alix and her class were visiting Japan for a school project.

"Well, I've done lots of skating and sports, and I think it wouldn't compare to yours," Lynn replied.

"Thanks," Alix replied back. Suddenly, they heard a low growl coming from Alix's rumbling stomach. "Sorry, I didn't realize I was hungry."

"No worries," Lynn said. "I've brought this in case of something like this happening." 

She gave the pinkette the wrapped object. "I'll be right back!" She said before walking down the aisle behind Alix. The teen unwrapped the wrapping paper to find a meatball sub in her hands. Lynn then walked back up and sat next to her, holding her own sub.

"Meatball subs," she said before taking a bite out of her sandwich. "My favorite food for lunch and dinner."

Alix looked at her sub and licked her lips. 'It does look appetizing,' she thought. She moved it up to mouth and took a small bite out of it. She chewed for a moment before her eyes widened. She swallowed and said, "This is delicious."

"Told you," Lynn said with her mouth full. "These things are packed with protein and are super good. Can't help to have a couple of these things."

Marinette watched as the two tomboyish girls munched away their lunch, with her own stomach rumbling reminding her about the little breakfast she had. "Excuse me, girls? Can I have a small piece of either of your subs?"

Lynn gulped what was already in her mouth before looking at the lunette. "I don't know," she answered. "These things have a kick in them. Not to mention spicy."

"She's right, Marinette," Alix said in agreement. "I don't think you can handle spicy food."

"Pfft, it's just a little spice. What's the worst that could happen?"

Despite her tomboyish personality and her fierce rivalry with Kim, she's kind to almost everyone else, including Marinette. She knew the lunette hadn't had anything spicy to eat for a long time due to her parents making her lunch for school everyday. But when Marinette wants to try something new, there are relatively few ways to stop her, and this wasn't one of them. She watched as Lynn ripped off a small piece of her own sub and offer it to Marinette. "Here you go," the brunette said. "Now take it or leave it, Ms. Macho."

"Gladly."

"Be careful, Marinette."

"I'll be fine, Alix. Like I said, it's just some spice."

Marinette took the piece from Lynn and popped it into her mouth. She put her hands on her hips to prove herself, all while she still chewed. Then, she swallowed and looked triumphantly at Lynn.

"I'll get some water," the sporty girl said. "Feel free to come along if you want." Marinette took a seat on the other row next to Alix, still looking at Lynn and giving her a cocky smile. "Okay, your funeral." The brunette stood back up, putting her sub on her seat, and began to walk down the aisle to where she came from. Alix, still eating her sub, looked worriedly at her friend.

"You shouldn't have done that, you know," the pinkette said before taking another bite out of her sandwich.

"Pfft, please. I've created a feathered hat for Adrien, made the banner for the bet between you and Kim, won the class president election against Chloé, helped Max win in the Video Game tournament, fought off Princess Fragrance, made a cover for Jagged Stone's new DVD hits, and made him the pair of glasses he wanted when I couldn’t find some for him. I'm sure I can handle a sub."

Alix swallowed her mouthful. "But you haven't eaten spicy food for a long time. Are you sure you can handle it?"

"I'm fine," the lunette said just as Lynn got back with a bottle of water.

"Sure you're fine, girl?" Lynn asked.

"Sure I am. Compared to the danger villains bring to Paris, this is no-" Marinette felt like her tongue was burning up. "This is not-" She tried to ignore the burning until it got to the point where she couldn't take it anymore. "Okay," she managed to say calmly despite the hotness in her mouth. "This is just as bad as the akumatized villains Ladybug and Cat-noir fight." She then emitted a long, loud and painful "HHOOOOOOTTT!"

Lynn was audibly cackling at the time while Alix watched in sorrow, despite it was Marinette who took the risk. "Here, drink this!" She said loud enough for her friend to hear as she took the water from Lynn and held the bottle up for Marinette to take it, which she did. She quickly unscrewed the cap and drank the entire bottle until there wasn't a single drop left.

"That's better," she sighed in relief. She plopped back down in her seat in a heap.

"Come on, I liked it!" Lynn disappointedly replied. "You were literally on fire there for a second."

"Lynn!" Alix angrily said. "A simple apology would've been nice." She stared at the sporty tomboy, upset that she didn’t say “sorry” to Marinette (even though the lunette started the trouble).

"Fine" Lynn sighed, knowing she was no match for an older girl anyway, especially one who was friends with the girl she laughed at. She looked at Marinette and uttered a hearable "Sorry about that."

“Louder.”

“Okay! I’m sorry for laughing at your misfortune, Marinette.”

"It's fine. I'm the one who should be sorry. I shouldn't have been so foolish."

"You and me both," Lynn said back before she picked up her sub and sat back down. "Now that that's out of the way, time for some lunch." Before she could take a bite out of her sandwich, Alix quickly leaned in and took a chomp out of it before sitting back up. "Hey!" The sports girl exclaimed.

Alix chewed for a moment before swallowing. "That's for laughing at my friend," she said.

"I said I was sorry. You don't have stoop up to my lev-"

*Bbbbbrrrrraaaaaaaaauuuuuupppppp!* Alix burped in Lynn's face, prompting a giggle from Marinette. "And that's for waking me."

"I deserved that! I did that to my comic-loving brother once," the brunette chuckled. Alix offered Lynn her sandwich, which she accepted by taking a bite out of it.

"Did he enjoy that?" Marinette asked. Lynn swallowed and was about to respond until…

"For your information, I did not enjoy that at all."

The three looked from their seats to find a white-haired, buck-toothed boy with a tuft of white sticking out, blue jeans, an orange polo shirt, and white sports shoes with red stripes. Like Lynn, he had freckles.

"Hey, Lincoln," Lynn said. "I was telling these girls about the time I-"

"Yeah, yeah," Lincoln said. "I know. Luckily, your burps aren't as smelly as your Dutch Ovens."

"Wait," Alix spoke up. "You did a Dutch Oven on that poor boy."

"Lincoln's not just any boy. He's my brother," Lynn said proudly. "And even though I may do some things to him that he doesn't like, I still love him." Lincoln responded by hugging his sister, who didn't care that Marinette and Alix were watching them.

"One question," Alix asked. "Why do you have white hair?"

"That's a mystery me and my buddy Clyde are still looking up on."

Marinette looked behind Lincoln and saw a chocolate munchkin slowly rolling down the aisle. It went under Lincoln and stopped just in front of the four. Suddenly, something fast bursted from behind the curtain and bolted down the aisle. It screeched to a stop in front the munchkin, almost knocking Lincoln over in the process. It was a blonde girl, younger than Lincoln. Like Marinette, she had two pigtails, only they facing downward and tied down with red scrunchies. She was wearing a red baseball cap backwards, white sneakers with blue stripes, and a murky green t-shirt under blue overalls.

"Lana," Lincoln said. "Please be careful where you're going. You could've hurt someone, like me."

Lana picked up the munchkin and stood up, turning to face Lincoln, Lynn, and Alix. "Sorry, bro," she replied. "Just didn't want to lose this munchkin. It's so good." Alix and Marinette could see she was missing two of her front teeth.

'Another sister,' Alix thought. "Um, Lana, is it? That munchkin's been on the ground for at least ten seconds. I think it's best if you-"

She didn't have time to finish as Lana popped it in her mouth and swallowed it in one bite. Marinette and Alix looked shockingly at the young blonde.

"Y-you j-j-just ate a munchkin that was lying on the dirt-covered ground for ten seconds," Alix stuttered.

"That's Lana for you," Lynn said while finishing her sub. "She plays anywhere that's dirty, eats anything disgusting, and is a certified plumber and mechanic."

"Sometimes you got to get your hands dirty to survive."

"Um, Lincoln?" Alix asked. "How many sisters do you have?"

"Ten. Why?"

"You have ten sisters?"

"Yeah, that’s what I was going to tell you," Marinette replied, "Until my stomach reminded my about lunch."

Alix was about to unleash a whole wall of questions until Lincoln interrupted her. "Well, I know what you're thinking. 'Lincoln, how can you survive in a family that big?' Well, it's not easy, but it isn't impossible either. Despite that some of my sisters give me a hard time, they also face some problems I face. But, in the end, we still one, big, happy family." Marinette suddenly felt like crying when she heard the most beautiful sentence coming from a boy from a big family. "I know you're crying, Lynn."

"Dang it."

Alix felt better after that, but not for long. After finishing her sub, she looked down at the ocean from out the window. She knew that somewhere down there was Godzilla. She was wondering if he would return.

"Hey, Alix?" Lana asked. "Are you okay?

"I'm fine, Lana."

"I don't think looking out the window with a frown is fine, Alix," Marinette agreed.

"I'm just thinking about someone."

"Kim?" Lynn guessed.

"Your brother?" Lincoln joined in.

"I'm right, here!" Said a voice. Jalil was sitting two seats in front of the others. He heard everything they said and almost chuckled at Marinette's misfortune.

Like Alix, his appearance also changed. Although he retained his glasses and orange scarf, he now sported a white shirt with a golden Eye of Horus on it, a grayish-green jacket, beige jeans, and sandals. A scarab pendant hung around his neck.

"Hi, Jalil," Marinette responded. "Sorry about that. Alix said she thinking about someone. And Lincoln thought it was you."

"I think I know who, or what, Alix is thinking about," the older brunette male said.

"Who?"

…

…

"Godzilla," Jalil said silently.

…

"Godzilla?" Lincoln finally spoke. "You mean the dinosaur that attacked Japan in 1954?"

"Why would she think about the demon who fell victim to the Japanese army?" Lynn replied.

"Godzilla's not a demon!" Lana argued. "He's a dinosaur mutated by radiation from the depths of the ocean. I'd think he'd make the perfect pet."

"I still think thinking about a monster wouldn't make you frown. Unless, it killed someone close to you…"

"It's true," Alix finally said. Everyone looked at her. "I am thinking of Godzilla, but not the first one."

"There's another Godzilla?" Lana asked.

"Another member of its species arose and attacked Tokyo in 1984. It was driven away by the JSDF, but it emerged again eight years ago to fight a dragonfly the military dubbed Megaguirus," Jalil answered. "And we were there at the time. After the battle, we were lucky to be alive."

"On that day, I found an amulet next to Daiba Nursery," Alix said. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the amulet. "Ever since then, I wondered if it has to do something related to Godzilla, because after he defeated Megaguirus, he went back into the ocean without causing more destruction."

Lincoln, Lynn, Lana, Jalil and Marinette all looked at the amulet. They were amazed at the symbols at it. Lana found the dinosaur with ears to be cute, while Marinette was amazed at the butterfly's appearance. Jalil, however, was curious about the black dragon. It was like nothing he'd ever seen.

"My biggest question is the symbol of the silhouette next to the foot and the dinosaur that resembles Godzilla. I wonder if this has a secret power to it."

"Well, why don't you ask Sailor Moon about it?" Lincoln said.

"Sailor Moon?" Alix asked, confused.

"A Japanese super-heroine said to have come from the Moon Kingdom. She's the guardian of peace and love, and defender of the Earth."

"You mean like a Japanese equivalent of Ladybug?" Marinette asked.

"Exactly. If anyone can help you identify the power of that amulet, it's her."

"I hope you're right," Alix said, nervously, before looking out the window again. "It's only a matter of time before Godzilla might appear again, and who knows what'll happen when he does."

Unfortunately, she would be right.

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30 meters from the Bonin Islands

280 meters below the waves, a familiar gigantic dinosaur lied drowsily on the ocean floor. After defeating Megaguirus eight years ago, Godzilla retreated under the waves and fed on nuclear energy from sea stacks and nuclear waste. It had left humanity alone for the time. To conserve energy, it entered a state of torpidity, slowly feeding off the nuclear energy it stored in its dorsal plates. However, it wasn't going to last.

Zooming across the ocean floor, a dark shadow made its way to the sleeping giant. It slowed down and entered through Godzilla's left internal ear. It made its way through the ear canal and followed the auditory nerve to the brain. There, it latched onto the organ and encased itself around it.

On the outside, it appeared normal. Suddenly, Godzilla's eyes opened up. But they were now pure white with no pupils. The creature slowly got up, and stood on his two hind legs. Inside its brain, the shadow mercilessly controlled the Kaiju. Then, purple eyes, a light blue mouth, and a diamond-shaped object emerged from the dark purple haze. This was a fragment of the now deceased Queen Metaria, the evilest and most malevolent of villains.

"Now, Godzilla," she telepathically said the kaiju. "You are now under my command. If you don't want your brain fried, you'll do what I say. Got it?"

The reptilian colossus nodded, knowing he had no other choice. His dorsal plates began to glow a bright blue as he opened his mouth, which also emitted a bright blue glow, before firing his atomic breath.

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Tachibana Apartment Residence. June 17, 2010

7:45 A.M.

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Alix jolted up from her sleep, gasping for breath. After a few seconds, she calmed down. She checked her surroundings and found that she was back in the apartment. Another dream come and gone. Hopefully, she didn’t wake up Yuri or Jalil. When she checked the bed, they were gone.

Alix got out of bed and walked into the living room. She found the others wide awake and already getting on with their day. Lucy and Juleka were chatting about goth stuff. Marc and Nathaniel were discussing about art. Lana and Manon were roughhousing. Marinette was seeking love suggestions from Lincoln. Finally, Lisa was… looking at her.

"Greetings, human. Glad to see you have regained consciousness from your eight-hour rapid eye movement sleep."

"What now?"

"I was saying good morning and glad you're up."

"Oh, thanks. Good morning to you, too." Then she remembered. "Have you seen Jalil and Yuri?"

"Your archaeologist brother and your mockumentary documentarian of a cousin? I hypothesize they are currently engaging communication with your retired World War 2 veteran uncle."

"You mean, they're talking with my uncle?"

"You say tomato, I say Solanum lycopersicum."

"Okay? By the way, have you seen Sabrina?"

Just as she said that, the closet door next to them opened and out fell a tired Sabrina Raincomprix. Her eyes were bloodshot red.

"Sabrina? Are you alright?"

Alix was usually not one to ask Sabrina a question like that because of the latter's alliance with Chloé. But seeing her fall out of a closet was enough to make her body succumb to concern. She watched as the bespectacled, orange-haired girl slowly got up, her eye twitching from lack of sleep.

"Better never. Do why Alix ask?"

"Uh, Lisa?"

"Say no more. I know what to do."

To be continued...