Colossus By Design: Entry 0066 - Not Dying Yet

[November 25, 2145]
[Mojave Wasteland, former American continent]

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As the barren wasteland of the former Mojave Desert continues to exist, a lone lizard crawls out of its den and laps up ants scurrying about on the ground. However, loud shrieks in the sky catch its attention. As it looks up, it notices several flying creatures soaring up above, identical to the Cloud-Chimera variant of P.E.M.F.

The quartet appears to be fleeing from something, though what that something may be is unclear. The creatures, having flown overhead and beyond, no longer interrupt the lizard's meal. It continues to feast on the colony of ants; for them, it's the giant monster.

As it feeds, the ground begins to shake; the shaking becomes more intense and frequent with every passing moment, disrupting the lizard once more. Confused about the occurrence of the quakes, the lizard makes for its den, but an enormous shadow overhead halts its progress.

Looking up once again, it stares up at the colossal titan of a creature before it: the Alpha.

The lizard, understandably panicking, quickly tries to make its way back to its den, but the Alpha's foot stomps down in front of it, just barely missing the little lizard; an invisible energy wave sends the critter flying backwards a bit, but it's otherwise unharmed. As it looks up once more, it watches the enormous Alpha continue to stomp towards the direction of the four Cloud-Chimeras that flew by earlier.


(Air Command): [COMMS] Targets are almost in position. Standby.

(Ground Command): [COMMS] Copy that. Nuclear launch will remain on standby until confirmation of targets has been acquired.


Within a 40 kilometer radius, the Alpha is directly in the centre and looking up at the Cloud-Chimeras whom have started circling above him; he roars at the flying P.E.M.F.s, as if in frustration at them not coming down to face him.

In response, the Cloud-Chimeras begin to descend, firing off concussive blasts down at the Alpha in unison; the assault causes no noticeable damage, but the Alpha grows increasingly annoyed. Soon, the four all begin to surge with electricity and spread out in formation all around their target.

Two soar slightly in front of the Alpha, just out of reach as he swats at them whilst the other two slam into him from behind, knocking his head forwards but also not doing any damage. The same tactic is repeated multiple times, until the Alpha suddenly ducks his upper body down before the Cloud-Chimeras can slam him again; all four crash into each other, leaving them dazed.

Taking the opportunity present, the Alpha swats all of them at once with his tail down to the ground; with the quartet barely alive, the Alpha prepares to stomp on them.


(Ground Command): [COMMS] NOW!


Upon the communicated signal, six large artillery emplacements outside of the 40 kilometre radius fire off a 20-megaton nuclear payload each, with all heading at incredible speed at the Alpha directly. Before he can even react, all six detonate at the same time; the Alpha is caught at ground zero for all of them.

An enormous fireball plumes from the detonation site, enough that the satellite camera above Earth's orbit is able to catch the small flash from the surface. The kill-zone is covered in vast amounts of kicked-up dust and debris, preventing the satellite from getting a clear visual on ground zero.


(Ground Command): [COMMS] Did we get it? Has the Alpha been confirmed terminated?

(Air Command): [COMMS] Unknown. We can't yet get a visual, and thermal and DE scanners aren't working.

(Ground Command): [COMMS] Alright, we'll wait for the shroud to dissipate, then we'll confirm if--


A loud roar is heard that even reaches the ears of the stationed crewmen that were working the nuclear artillery guns; all of them fall silent.

The shape of the Alpha moves in the receding dust cloud, leaving the crewmen in shock.