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Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 56

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  1. [April 23, 2168]
  2. [Wakkanai, Japan]
  3. [Japanese Mainland]
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  7. Wakkanai, a relatively innocuous Japanese city in the Sōya Prefecture of the larger Hokkaido Prefecture.
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  9. Aside from its close relationship to its Russian neighbour, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, there wouldn't be much else to say about this sea-hugging mini metropolis. Unfortunately for the city, that particular relationship is exactly the kind of close association that would be cause for concern for the politicians. In response to the recent action that took place across the water, Wakkanai's citizens have been evacuated from their homes into underground shelters several kilometres away from the main city.
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  11. Throughout the skyscraper-dotted districts, C.D.F. and Mimetic checkpoints have been set up in preparation for the coming threat.
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  13. Lo and behold, a distant whirring in the sky alerts everyone on the ground.
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  15. The first to break through the heavy rain clouds is the Destroyer Imago; its distinctive dark red carapace is visible even in the thick downpour of precipitation. After the colony creature emerges, its pursuers soon join it; drone fighters burst out from the dark grey sky in hot pursuit of the Destroyer form above the city.
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  17. Yet again, the crustacean flier effortlessly dodges and weaves around the drones' gunfire despite being more than capable of taking the hits without damage. However, this quirk of its behaviour has been noted by the drones' A.I. and is being taken advantage of as the dogfight is progressing; ground teams prepare AA railguns, ULT Lasers, and Maser Cannons at multiple strategic locations to create a killzone. After a few more graceful aerial maneuvers, the Destroyer Imago is herded by the drone fighters into the airspace just above the Daisuke Matsuzaka Museum.
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  20. (C.D.F. Ground Command): [COMMS] FIRE!
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  23. On central command's order, every single anti-air gun fires in sequence into the area where the Destroyer Imago is flying; the majority of their fire meets its mark, resulting in multiple large explosions that completely engulf the crustacean monster and destroy the Daisuke Matsuzaka Museum below. The debris clouds haven't cleared up yet, but the creature is clearly still engulfed and crashes down into the remains of the museum.
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  25. Several recon drones are sent in to scan the area and determine the Destroyer Imago's status; their feed is relayed to recon teams situated on top of some buildings a few blocks away.
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  28. (C.D.F. Pvt.): Think it's dead?
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  30. (Mimetic Keeper): Unlikely. This creature is the next stage of the Bagan creature, and has already demonstrated immense regenerative abilities.
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  32. (C.D.F. Pvt.): What's the play then, command?
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  34. (C.D.F. Ground Command): [COMMS] Secure the site. Keep all heavy artillery trained on the crash site, but maintain minimum safe distance. Our second target should be arriving soon, and right now we don't have the firepower to handle both the Destroyer and her.
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  36. (C.D.F. Pvt.): Understood, command.
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  39. The recon team situated on top of the computer software building overlooking the crash site continues to relay the recon drones' data to the other survey stations; as they do so, they and other nearby ground teams start moving their heavy artillery to focus on the crash site and the airspace around it. The drones are unable to read any biometric data back to the survey stations, an oddity given how they can usually scan the biological mechanisms of most Kaiju with contemptuous ease.
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  41. They are, however, able to easily detect vibrations emanating from the shores; everyone on the ground is able to feel it, in fact.
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  43. Everyone can feel what's coming, as if the thunderous vibrations in the ground and flooding of the better part of the city wasn't obvious enough. The heavy rain obscures much of the surroundings, but the enormous figure silhouetted in the direction of the shore pokes out even in the thick downpour. Soon enough, it reaches the perimeter set up around the site where the Destroyer Imago was shot down over and crashed into.
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  45. Gojira has arrived.
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  47. Her disfigured face passes by the the top of the computer software building that the lead recon team was situated on; she glances ever so slightly down at the C.D.F. personnel and Mimetics, sending a shiver down the Human members' spines. She continues lumbering forward, hardly causing any property damage as she gently weaves through the skyscrapers in her path; this is in stark contrast to the large amounts of destruction left in her wake upon initially pursuing the Destroyer Imago.
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  49. Indeed, she seems positively calm and zen as she walks up to the unmoving body of her quarry. For the longest moment, she simply stares at the creature before in silence; only the rain keeps the scene from being entirely silent. All of a sudden, she roars loudly, instantly shattering all of the glass in the area and forcing the Human C.D.F. troopers to cover their ears. She then charges up energy through her dorsal plates and attempts to fire her concentrated atomic breath down at the Destroyer Imago.
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  51. In an instant, the creature flies away, weaving around the buildings to dodge Gojira's energy beam; whereas before there was little property damage, now there is fire and rubble.
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  53. Due to the Destroyer's aerial agility and close proximity to the ground, the C.D.F.'s heavy artillery is unable to be properly directed against it and the mutated Godzillasaur's atomic breath is left sweeping through multiple city blocks and buildings, cutting them apart and sending them crashing down to the ground in pieces. Soon enough, almost the entirety of the immediate area is left in ruin; red hot scars continue to sizzle even in the endless torrent of rain, a testament to the staying power of the might of Gojira.
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  55. The Destroyer Imago ascends once again, and Gojira prepares to fire once again.
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  57. Before she can fire upon her prey again, though, she suddenly freezes up; her body loses colour, and she begins to stiffen up. It appears that the daughter of Godzilla has expended too much energy once again and needs to hibernate a bit.
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  59. While surviving members of the ground teams pick themselves back up, more drone fighters are launched from the naval fleet off in the distance in pursuit of the Destroyer.
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  67. "The last remnant escapes, eluding destruction once more."
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  69. "But what of the young one, much more disfigured than before?"
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  71. "She is special, of this I am certain."
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  73. "But how will she impede my goal to pull away the curtain?"
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