Bite out of the Big Apple

[Rift]

Manhattan, 2:30 am-Following the events of Tourist

Alan Drake stood yelling over the roar of engines, his frustration reaching its peak. Military forces cordoned off the entire area and this current barricade and the stodgy little weasel of a man in his way were going on his last nerve Slamming his fist onto the hood of a van he waved his finger a few inches away from the young soldiers face.

“Listen we need to get through. We are with D.R.A.C.O. and we have information imperative to diffusing this situation. Now tell your men to lower their weapons and let us in goddammit!”

“Sir, I can’t do that.” Replied the soldier.

“Lives are at stake here! Right now casualties are likely what? Mid-twenties lower thirties? If I can’t get through those numbers are going to rise drastically and it will be on your head!”

“Sir I am not about to let you and your crackpot friends through so you can talk the ear off of a General or someone else about saving that damnable lizard. Damn thing needs to be made into a purse, not having glorified animal rights activists barking up the Army’s ass to let it live,” snarled the soldier. “Besides I don’t have authority to let you through.”

Rolling his eyes Alan cussed loudly and got in the grunt’s face, his hand’s curling into fists.

“Then why the hell am I talking to you? Who the hell’s in charge here?”

[tbird89]

Walking by, Mathew Krugal noted the disturbance with amusement. Personally, after his fight with the lizard, he wouldn't mind seeing it fry for the damages it had caused. It was a miracle that most of the people had been able to evacuate from the area before the lizard brought down that building. His communication device chirped for attention. "sir, the repairs on Abbadon-01 should be complete in a an hour or so" said the technician assighned to oversee the Mecha's repairs. "zhank you for za update" he replied into the communicator. Mathew turned his attention to the clean up crews in the area, many of them on loan from Schmit Industries. He had spoken to a few of them, and they seemed......odd somehow, like there was something they were trying to hide, but whatever it was, it escaped him for now.

[Goji]

Jack walked the perimeter of the blocked off area, taking pictures of the damage, a footprint made by Zilla, and a puddle of blood from when Zilla was in the fight. After he was finished, he walked back over to Alan and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Chill man, we aren't gonna get through if you keep pissing off GI Joe." he said, jerking his head in the soldiers direction. The soldier gave him a look of pure malice, at which Jack laughed.

[Rift]

Alan nodded and backed down though his anger was still very visible.

“I can make a few calls, but by the time I get through there is no telling what’s going to happen.” He said in frustration.

Flipping through a folder he opened the van doors and sat examining something.

“This seems totally out of character with the normal behavior he’s exhibited. He wouldn’t just come waltzing through New York without a reason.”

[Goji]

Jack jumped onto the van's hood backwards, sliding to a stop against the windshield. He focused his camera up into the sky, taking zoomed shots of the base of the building that still stood.

"Whaddya mean?" he asked, as he adjusted the camera.

[Rift]

“Off the coast of Japan he attacked and killed that Giant Octopus that resulted from nuclear testing many, many years ago. In Cairo it was that ancient scarab creature they awoke digging in that tomb they discovered. In Alaska he was feeding. There seems to be no reason why he’s here though, now in New York.”

Looking towards one of the soldiers in the distance something donned on him.

“They mentioned something about crab parts being found over the city. What if it was a kaiju? They did build that experimental Plasma Reactor Station twenty years ago then shut it down because of complications, some sort of leak if I remember. There is a large number of crustaceans in the area. Not good for eating or fishing, but a variety of hermit crabs and the occasional oyster. If it changed them, mutated them he could be here because he thinks they are invading his territory.”

[Goji]

Jack thought about this for a moment.

"That's true...of course, I've heard we're in the middle of a worldwide emergency of monster outbreaks right now...what's he gonna do then?"

[Rift]

“My guess is he’ll try to eliminate them as he comes across them and he might even seek them out meaning there will be a hell of a lot more attacks, damage, and death. Especially since no one listens when it comes to Zilla,” replied Alan.

Shaking his head he tossed the file down

[Goji]

"Well, what are we gonna do about the hear and now then, boss? These guys aren't gonna listen to us. We minaswell be talking to a wall." Jack shrugged, hopping off the van's hood and moving over by Alan. He set his camera down and leaned against the side, looking around at the damage.

[Rift]

Watching the muted news reports he saw Abbadon fly into the area, the report being repeated from several hours earlier.

“Not sure, but if that mech battled him like I’m guessing it did, he thinks there is someone else in his territory. He’s been challenged and he isn’t happy about it or ready to give up. I’ll bet he’s still in the city, waiting for round two. Problem is the military is too damned ready to give it to him. If they take no action he’ll leave on his own. If they stay, if they keep the mech in the area, he will definitely attack again and there will be more destruction, I’m sure of it.”

[tbird89]

Coming to a landing near the van, a large black Chinook helicopter with the insignea of the Schmidt Industries K.R.T lowered it's boarding ramp. after a moment, 12 large men in urban fatigues and carrying large assualt rifles leaped out, shortly followed by a man in a Black business suit and dark sunglasses. The man seemed to generate a sense of fear and awe in those around him as he began to survey the area, two soldiers trailing slightly behind him. Noticing him, Mathew skulked out of the choppers sight, putting the van between him and the Intimidating man.

[LaCroix]

And following that helicopter came Lt.Gin Rummy's copter. He jumped out and approached the mysterious man.

"Yo'...just wonderin'...who the **BEEP** are ya?"

[Goji]

Jack looked back and forth between the new men, then grabbed his equipment and walked behind the van, near Mat.

"Friend of yours?" he asked, not looking up from his tinkering with the camera.

[Rift]

Alan looked around in frustration. Though he had never met Mat he recognized him as the pilot of the Mech that had battled Zilla and Lt. Rummey he knew a little as a brilliant military mind, but a hard ass that as far as he could tell didn’t share his respect of Zilla or other kaiju. This day just kept getting better and better. They had spoken only once and briefly in the past when he spoke at the White House, but he didn’t know the man well. The others he didn’t know at all and probably preferred to keep it that way.

“Well this is wonderful. I’m trying to get a sane person with influence to help avoid more destruction and instead I get the Men in Black. Can this day get any better?” he mumbled to himself.

[tbird89]

Mathew glanced at Alan "nein........vorse, he is my boss.......und he is going to be upset that i didn't kill zaht lizard....no matter za fact that i was only supposed to drive zaht damn zing out of here" he said.

Meanwhile, the Man in black turned slowly and replied to Gin "My name is Paul Schneiders, i'm the commander of the Schmidt Industries Kaiju Response Team. I'm here to evaluate how are latest weapon performed, as well as......a few other things...."