Bite out of the Big Apple

[Rift]

Thumbing through another folder, Alan gave little attention to those around him, but hoped he could talk with Mat following his conversation with his boss. Maybe he could get him to listen, if he were going to fight Zilla again, then maybe, just maybe, he wouldn’t have to rely on official channels.

[tbird89]

Mathew sighed and glumly stepped out from behind the cover of the van, being spotted almost instantly by Schneiders. Mathew Braced himself for the inevitable tounge lashing he would receive.

"Herr Schneiders" he said simply.
Schneiders glowered at him from behind his glasses. "Captian Krugal, must i remind you again that you are to address me as Commander Schneiders? Or must i add insubordination to my report as well as incompetence?"
"Incompetence?" Mathew asked incredously "How can you say zaht? All ready za media is hailing zis as a victory for mankind, and has allready pointed out zaht zis is za most succesful defense against a Kaiju yet! Casualties vere lower zehn your analyst said possible, and za propert damage vas insignifigant compared to za first attack by godzilla!" Schneiders regarded Mathew cooly from beind his sunglasses "the reason the media is so forgiving of your mistakes, Captian Krugal, is becuase Schmidt is paying them to. it would not do to allow the world to regard this as a failure.frankly, your inability to eliminate that Kaiju has me considering the complete shutdown of Project Titan, in favor of.....other projects. However, Chairman Schmidt seems to believe that some potential has been shown in this project, and insist that it be allowed to continue, despite my strongest objections. As it is though, Mr.Krugal, your lack of ability has led me to temporarily suspend you of your rank, and you will stand down immediately. The other Titan, Icaruas will be brought in to remedy your failure."

And, leaving Mathew gaping, Paul Schneiders walked back into the helicopter, and was gone minutes later.

[Rift]

Looking up from his files Alan sighed.

“Wonderful guy. Deserves the evil corporate bastard congeniality award that one does,” he said to Mat.

“I couldn’t help but overhear. I was hoping to talk to you, hoping you’d be able to help me. Regardless of your feelings about kaiju I have no doubt we both want to save as many lives as possible and persisting in harassing Zilla is just going to get more people killed. I’d suppose that the whole point is mute now anyway since the Dark Lord there seems obsessed with pushing the issue. All I know is this is going to get a hell of a lot worse before it gets better”

[tbird89]

Mathew smiled. "zaht bastard might be za vone giving me orders, but Herr Schmidt is za vone zaht signs mein checks. vut still.......If zilla has decided zaht zis is his teritory, zehn for zaht very reason ve /must/ fight him, for alzough za property damage und loss of life this time might be low, vaht about za next time? und za time after zaht? nein, ve cannot just give in to zis monster"

[Rift]

“With all due respect, Zilla was likely brought here because of other kaiju in the area, mutant crustaceans if my theory is correct. While I don’t feel like arguing the fact that their very existence is the result of human arrogance and ignorance, I will say that maintaining such a high presence in the area is definitely going to cause trouble, more so than it is worth,” replied Alan.

“If he is left alone he will leave without incident. He would be gone already if he hadn’t been engaged. I see perfectly well that too many people are going to say he needs to die, without realizing that he prevented more deaths by destroying the creatures in the first place. That aside however, bringing in a heavier, more powerful mech isn’t going to impress him. It is going to irritate him more and bring him inland. I don’t want to have to see him battle either since he didn’t do anything to deserve this, but I’d be more comfortable having it be Abbadon and yourself for the simple fact that it would prevent more deaths. You could draw him away from the city. It is you he wants to battle anyway. This new mech will surely just enrage him and cause him to attack in the heart of New York.”

[Rift]

(OOC: Sorry for posting again so soon, but this show needs to get on the road and I am bored)

Suddenly the earth shook as manhole covers flew into the air, flames spouting from the sewers as natural gas lines beneath the city were ignited. Car alarms sounded and the military scrambled, ready for action but unable to see their target. Moments later a large blue spine burst from the street below, shredding a tank.

Alan meanwhile jumped into the van, hoping that Jack was ready to shoot some pictures.

“Time we get moving. I don’t want to get flattened, but get as many pics as possible,” he said as he put the van in reverse.

Seconds later Zilla exploded from the street, debris and dirt flying everywhere as he roared loudly, the sound blowing out windows.

Through the windows of the van, still moving backwards at incredible pace, Alan only saw a flash of green, an indication that Zilla had fired his breath weapon.

All that was left of the checkpoint was smoldering ruins of military vehicles and the nauseating smell of burning chemicals. Another roar sounded as Zilla ran in the direction of the George Washington Bridge…

[Zilla]

A small fiery point appeared in the sky. It grew rapidly as Aberration descended. He hit the earth in the middle of the city. Shock waves blasted through the city shattering windows. The buildings nearest to the impact site broke apart. Aberration rose up from the crater his armor glowing red from entry,

[Goji]

Jack had been busy trying to get pictures of Zilla in the moving van, but somthing else vaught his eye as it fired down from the sky. Attempting to get pictures of both was difficult, but not beyond Jack.

"Hey Alan....what the hell is that?" he said, pointing ot the thing just before it made a crater in the ground, the impact flipping the van backwards in some kind of ridiculous backflip.

"Thank god for seatbelts..." Jack moaned, hanging upside down in the van, as the debris from the crash began to land around them, muffling the other sounds of Chaos.

[Rift]

Alan moaned as he tried to unhook his seatbelt and crawl from the van. His ears were ringing and a small trickle of blood ran down his forehead.

“What the hell?” he asked dazed and confused.

Managing to crawl through the driver side window, Alan began cursing like a sailor. This was not good.

“Are you okay Jack? We need to get out of here. Zilla must have sensed whatever caused that and is looking for the fight he didn’t get to finish earlier.”

As if in answer Zilla, looking towards the area of impact, reared back and roared a challenge to whatever had landed.

[Goji]

"Yea....I think I'm fine..." Jack said, crawling out from the van and wiping the shattered glass off his scarf.

"Where the hell do we go?" he asked, as the titans stared each other down.

[Zilla]

Aberration rose up above the remaining buildings. he stared down at Zilla and roared. the roar was the mingled crys of thousands of voices from thousands of alien species but above all the other voices a demonic cry echoed. the roar was both telepathic and actual sound. with out further warning Aberration rocketed at Zilla wrapping his tentacles around him.

[Rift]

Zilla responded in kind by biting into one of his attacker’s metallic tentacles.

Meanwhile, Alan desperately looked for cover.

“No idea where to go man. All I know is this sure as hell isn’t cutting it. We stay here and we are going to get crushed, burnt, or something worse,” he said in response to Jack’s question.

Eyeing a nearby car he ran to it, flipping pushing a piece of debris off the cracked windshield.

“Don’t suppose you can hotwire a car?” he asked.

[Zilla]

Aberration dug the ends of his tentacles into Zilla and begain to absorb the flesh and blood that was sucked up.

[Goji]

Jack smirked.

"Lucky for you..." he said, jumping behind the steering wheel and breaking the steering column's casing open. After threading the wires, he got a spark and got the car running.

"Where to?" he asked jokingly.

[Rift]

Zilla, still clamped down on the tentacle, charged up his breath weapon and fired, knowing that the flame would do more damage internally.

In the recently acquired car Alan thought for a moment.

“There’s nothing we can really do here. We should probably head to HQ…by the way, do I even want to know the story behind how to steal a car?”