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- "As I've come to expect of them, the Humans resist and persevere despite these great odds."
- "Still, though, I must admit that I'm impressed with the willingness that one Human-machine hybrid has displayed in seeding the events that have come to transpire."
- "Him and the previous world's Humans. An interesting combination, as they seek to bring about my exit."
- "But can they overcome what waits in the darkness? And will He let them?"
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- [July 17, 2166]
- [Director's Surveillance Room]
- [Director's Section - Hayden Station]
- [U.A.C. Extended Colonization Facility Beta]
- [Viking 1, Mars]
- [Open Territory - U.A.C.]
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- From within Director Samuel Hayden's surveillance room, the man himself sits in his chair. It seems that he hasn't moved from his spot much, if at all, in the past few hours since he lost contact with Ronan and his fellow Kree. There hasn't been much in the way of communications, either; Mars has been cut off from Earth, and the facility itself has been quiet.
- (Samuel Hayden): Perhaps it's time to stretch my legs and take charge of the situation personally. I think I've monitored enough.
- As the Union Aerospace Corporation's director gets up from his chair and walks towards the door of his surveillance room, he briefly looks back at the monitoring screens. At first, he thinks nothing of it.
- However, it seems that something has caught his attention, as he quickly doubles back and frantically looks through the camera feeds.
- (Samuel Hayden): What the...... how is that possible?
- Just a few moments earlier, some of the screens had their focus on some of the Demons that were running amok through the facility, some small and agile, some obese and equipped with arm cannons, and other equally gruesome and fearsome varieties. Now, though? Now, many of these same screens showcase the dismembered and mutilated bodies of these same Demons, shortly before their remains burn up and dissipate from existence.
- The director quickly scrolls through the feeds, trying to figure how so many of the Demons are being killed.
- After going through all the feeds, he finally pauses on one in particular. This one showcases a U.A.C. security guard, apparently the dishonourably discharged C.D.F. Marine known only as John Kane, grabbing one of the nimble brown impish Demons by the neck whilst he simultaneously blasts a large brutish Demon with his large custom-made double-barreled shotgun. The smaller Demon's neck is nearly broken from the grip alone, whilst the larger one's bony white head is blown clean off by the shotgun; this feat should be impossible by any means given the larger entity's build and the shotgun's shell and firing structures.
- (Samuel Hayden): You... the one that I wrote off as some disgruntled soldier put on Mars as punishment, the one that Ronan's people thought of highly for this supposed strength you exude.... You're different, I can plainly say that much. Perhaps this is an avenue to investigate.
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- [Surface Holding Pens]
- [Kaiju Section - O'Connor Station]
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- On the harsh Martian surface, right next to O'Connor station, are its holding pens for the Kaiju that have been subdued and sent to the red planet to be held captive, safely away from Human population centres on Earth. Most of them were released; the majority of those that were freed participated in the initial invasion of Earth and are currently occupying areas of the planet to this very day.
- However, it seems that not all of them left with the others; a few individuals remain, though they're few and far in between.
- From out of the doors on one side of this particular holding pen, an impish Demon runs out; from the other, the C.D.F. Marine apparently known as John Kane comes out. The two charge at each other, but before they can clash, the large foot of a Baragon steps down, completely squishing the small Demon as it lands in front of the armoured man.
- The mammalian-reptilian giant looks down at John Kane and growls angrily.
- However, the man simply stares back intensely, not letting up his gaze in spite of the fact that he wears a face-obscuring helmet. The Kaiju responds just as intensely; it tries to crush the C.D.F. Marine with its other front limb. The disgraced soldier dives out of the way, narrowly avoiding being crushed, before then proceeding to climb the leg until he reaches the Baragon's neck.
- A red energy briefly flows over his body before he jumps down with all of his might; both of his boots land squarely on the monster's snout with great force. Somehow, despite all odds, this manages to force the creature's head down ever so slightly; the Marine quickly jumps down to the ground after performing this feat. The Marine turns around and looks up at the beast he had just defied; the creature grumbles a bit before walking away. The expression on its face, as well as the way it conducts itself as it lumbers away, seems to suggest that the creature has decided to not pursue a territorial dispute with the comparatively smaller John Kane.
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- [Director's Surveillance Room]
- [Director's Section - Hayden Station]
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- Back in Director Hayden's surveillance room, the mechanoid man rewinds and rewatches the feed that showed the C.D.F. Marine confronting and ultimately driving off the Kaiju specimen; he does multiple times.
- (Samuel Hayden): Now that's most curious, indeed. You're truly one of a kind, "John Kane", if that's really your name. I'm beginning to suspect that there's more to you than meets the eye. But are you connected to the Great Beast? That's the real question.
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