Dawn of the Kaiju by Eric S Brown

Author:Eric S Brown [Brown, Eric S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

Captain Marcus Clifton was in command of the wing of F-16s that flew towards the town of Sylva. Two Mother Kaiju awaited them there. The things were moving westward as fast as their giant legs would carry them but their rate of travel was slowed by the fact that the great beasts tended to stop every so often to fully unleash their rage on the stores, homes, and buildings that lined their path.

His wing men, Burton and Higgs, were survivors of the first main battle with the Kaiju too. All three of them had faced the giant monsters before at on the beaches of North Carolina. Marcus was ready as the Mother Kaiju came into view ahead of them. The two Mother Kaiju had pulled ahead of the third one that was following them. The reports claimed that the last Mother Kaiju was wounded and simply couldn’t keep up with these two. Marcus was intent on making these Mothers bleed just as badly.

“We got visual, sir,” Burton said over the radio, stating the obvious.

One of the two Mother Kaiju was utterly reptilian in nature. The thing looked like a T-Rex on steroids with long, human like arms that dangled at its sides as it moved. The other was unlike anything Marcus had ever seen. It had a head shaped like a ram’s right down the curled horns on the sides of its skull. The thing didn’t have arms so much as it had clusters of writhing tentacles that jutted out of its shoulders where its arms should have been.

Marcus powered up his F-16’s weapon systems and instantly got a lock on the lizard Kaiju with his missiles. One would think that with the Mother Kaiju being so large, it would next to impossible to miss them anyway. He knew from experience that wasn’t the case. The creatures were far more agile than they appeared. He had seen Mother Kaiju like them dodge incoming missiles like a lucky infantrymen might manage to get out of the way of an incoming bullet.

“Hold your fire until we get closer,” Marcus ordered.

“Ah, come on, boss man,” Higgs challenged him. “Have a little faith in modern technology.”

“Yeah,” Burton spoke up sarcastically, “because it’s done wonders in winning us this war so far!”

“Can it!” Marcus barked at them. “Pick your targets and engage on my mark!”

The trio of F-16s came zooming in, dropping in altitude to engage the Mother Kaiju better, as Marcus took a breath and got ready for the crap to hit the fan.

“Fire!” he shouted.

Missiles flew like spears, howling through the air to strike the two Mother Kaiju. Both Marcus and Higgs had targeted the lizard one. Their missiles made contact with its chest and shoulders. Bright explosions of orangish flames blossomed against the creature’s scaly flesh. One of the explosions sent a chunk of the thing’s right shoulder spiraling away from its body.

Burton had elected to go after the ram-like Mother Kaiju. His missiles never made contact with its body though. The thing’s masses of tentacles rose up, slapping the missiles out of the air like whips.

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