Interlude VIII: Fifth Wave II
1996:
-After a month of relative peace following following the Resurgence, Iracundas emerges in South Africa and attacks a herd of elephants and the Nigerian city of Lagos.
-Tornaq moves away from its original position at the North Pole, advancing towards the nearby polar ice caps in Alaska. Tornaq advances through the Alaskan wilderness while forcing evacuations in nearby settlements. Tornaq then enters into a period of dormancy after reaching a large group of glaciers in the South. One foot of ice grows each month around it's body after it creates a den below the Matanuska glacier where it goes into its hibernation state.
-Biollante vines and flytrap-types begin appearing in the middle of Afghanistan and are believed to have been planted by a rogue faction in the nation*, The Biollante forests current growth increases by 25%. Talk of bringing foreign KDF troops out becomes common.
Credit for the forest expansion in the area later claimed by the Cult of G.
-Rodan reappears over Africa, later touching down and engaging Bunagi in combat at Gabon.
Both proceed to fight, with the battle going to an apparent draw. Bunagi returns to his local habitat, while Rodan flies away.
-In the ruins of G-Base 01, Taligon's egg is found and accidentally exposed to sunlight by a salvage team. It hatches, and the resulting creature escapes and is labeled Taligon II.
1997:
-Using prototype laser weaponry, a KDF platoon in Osaka manages to take down a massive radioactive rat later named Deutalios.
-Over the course of the following years, squads of professional Monster Kill Crews [MKC's] composed of veterans of the Resurgence conflict are used to fight packs of Shockirus and other mutated animals across the irradiated territories in Japan.
Thanks to the first large scale usage of Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria (previously held back due to fears of what would happen if it came into contact with Godzilla's highly malleable DNA), radiation levels begin to go down across quarantined areas. However, the most devastated regions like Tokyo remain quarantined.
-The body of a seemingly dead ancient kaiju later called Jyarumu* is found in permafrost by Russian scientists at the East Siberia Sea. To capitalize on the knowledge, a nuclear waste facility (i.e. convenient research station) is constructed around it's body by the government to study it in secret.
*The black, flying hound of a witch named Slattern in the tales of a few local folk communities.
-Titanosaurus reappears after chasing a shoal of frilled sharks into Okinawa, Japan. JSDF/KDF forces arrive just as he driven off by a King Caesar and DragonLotus in concert with one another.
DragonLotus heads into the ocean, presumably in pursuit of Titanosaurus or another threat. Due to her previous actions, no official military action is taken against the DragonLotus.
-Godzilla reappears at Birth Island. All attempts to follow except for aerial filming are firmly denied and refused. After reaching the center, Godzilla proceeds to dig out the skeletal remains of the juvenile specimen from 1995.
Godzilla carries the body back to sea.
Further pursuit by KDF forces denied for safety reasons.
1998:
-Varan is spotted in the waters around Monster Island, but otherwise does not attempt to come ashore. Miniature submarines and newly recruited Mer agents manage to keep track of him.
-DragonLotus is sighted on Infant Island in a meditative pose, apparently having been accepted by Islanders and by the Mothra siblings as a resident.
-Atlantic Scourge II appears off the coast of Newfoundland during a navy training exercise which simultaneously involves a pod of nearby whales suddenly beaching themselves. It sinks nearby ships before advancing ashore towards an unknown goal. USA bombing manages to crack and burn it's shell at several points, but it nevertheless keeps moving.
Monarch had been testing a prototype device for what would later be called Project: ORCA. The device was intended to be a way for communicating with kaiju, only for this first test to go awry. The device proves unable to be turned off despite repeated attempts thanks to electrical error.
Titanosaurus, Kiyohime, and a healed Kraken III are detected by sub sonar as coming in from the South, having answered the devices test call.
The device is successfully flown out by helicopter to the sea by a six man Monarch crew, where it is destroyed after being dropped in the ocean. The helicopter crashes in the Pacific but the crew manages to survive thanks to a pre-placed life raft.
The four kaiju briefly fight as the ORCA device sinks before it finally breaks due to either turbulence or water damage; Titanosaurus, Scourge, Kraken, and Kiyohime leave the area.
-Balkzardan makes its first appearance over the Pacific Ocean while flying over New Zealand, bringing a large thunderstorm alongside it. Balkzardan lands in Bhubaneswar, India and begins advancing forwards. Gandiva is deployed to fight it. Balkzardan's high speed and ability to shield itself from energy attacks give it an advantage. After bowling over Gandiva multiple times and and tearing out its ammo packs, Balkzardan takes flight over the city and lands at Meru Peak. Balkzardan proceeds to let out a massive roar analyzed by Monarch as an "Alpha challenge."
-On the same day that Balkzardan releases its call, Jyarumu turns out to be not quite dead before awakening and rapidly breaching containment. Jyarumu moves through Siberia on a path straight towards Balkzardan. During a skirmish with local military forces, Jyarumu displays the ability to glide through wings stored in its arms and the power to generate and control ice and snow on a scale similar to Balkzardan's own weather manipulations.
Analyses from Monarch's lore and biology sections indicates that the two creatures are not only members of two different rival species, but that these particular individuals may have fought in the past based off of recently recovered cave paintings and tablets from early history.
-By the end of June, both creatures have entered Mongolia after passing through the Himalayas and Russia. Balkzardan and Jyarumu begin combat with one another at the Altai Mountains.
After a full twenty four hours of combat, both kaiju collide with one another after generating their powers to critical levels. The resulting explosion creates a 100 meter wide crater and a new lake.
No sign of Balkzardan or Jyarumu has been found since.
-First appearance of Kelbeam (Also known as Cherubim due to its resemblance to a malefic figure from Selgian and Hotuan lore) in Malaysia. It attacks the capital of Kuala Lumpur and fires numerous fireballs at nearby islands and boats. It is later intercepted over the Philippines near Manila by Battra and DragonLotus.
After having several of the fingers on its left hand burned and broken and its own fireballs reflected at its head, Kelbeam attempts to retreat before being blasted out of the air by Battra. Kelbeam is last seen splashing down in the Phillipine Trench. Battra and DL return to Infant Island.
-Zilla hunts a small Megalodon pod, chasing it towards New York Harbor and into the Hudson River. Zilla briefly comes ashore on Liberty Island to eat a successful catch before returning to sea.
A now famous photo and video shows Zilla curiously inspecting the Statue of Liberty, and accidentally leaving a claw mark on its chest.
*Having only arrived near the city to hunt, Zilla had no reason to remain for a long period of time.
Additionally, due to his previous encounters with humanity, Zilla likely knew that staying nearby would likely result in an attack by military support.
1999:
-KDF reorganized into multiple different denominations worldwide instead of one major organization per continent. These new organizations include the CKR (Counter Kaiju Reactions), AKRP (Anti Kaiju Research Program), and MLR (Megafauna Location Report).
-Project MOGUERA begins with the goal to make new Asia based mecha to replace the lost MG2 and Red Ronin. But due to Japan's steep debt and the sheer cost of building a new mecha, it will be a while before the undertaking can begin.
-Return of Kelbeam.
Displaying the ability to control sonic waves with it's ear flaps, Kelbeam manages to wrest control of two sonic sensitive monsters: Titanosaurus and Sarcosteon. Kelbeam leads them towards an attack on Infant Island along with surviving meganulon drones from Megaguirus III's swarm. The trio manage to reach the shores and are confronted by Mothra, Battra, and DragonLotus. The Hotua hide underground alongside a stranded research team.
Upon seemingly realizing the source of Kelbeam's sonic waves, Mothra reflects a blast of Battra's Prism Beams at the back of Kelbeams head while it fights DL. Kelbeam's crests are destroyed and it loses control of Titanosaurus and Sarcosteon, whom proceed to instantly attack it.
With its new weapon painfully broken, Kelbeam is killed after being brutally mauled and decapitated by the two former minions. Titanosaurus retreats after Kelbeam's death, while Sarcosteon keeps fighting afterwards regardless. However, he finally leaves after being stabbed in the face with Kelbeams severed bone tail.
-Macrosaurus appears for the fifth time at South Korea on the shores of coastal city Sokcho. It reaches Hongcheon County by nightfall.
Godzilla also comes ashore in pursuit of Macrosaurus's trail. Godzilla catches up to Macrosaurus while it is attacking devouring local beef factories near the city of Chuncheon. In a battle recorded by local and international news agencies, Godzilla slices Macrosaurus's chest open, forcing the creature to bite through space and time to retreat. Despite its severe wound, previous accounts of kaiju durability make it unlikely that Macrosaurus is deceased.
Godzilla returns to sea, briefly pausing to lift up a pile of debris that several civilians and ranch cattle had been trapped under.
-The Official Timeline (2015 Edition)
-After a month of relative peace following following the Resurgence, Iracundas emerges in South Africa and attacks a herd of elephants and the Nigerian city of Lagos.
-Tornaq moves away from its original position at the North Pole, advancing towards the nearby polar ice caps in Alaska. Tornaq advances through the Alaskan wilderness while forcing evacuations in nearby settlements. Tornaq then enters into a period of dormancy after reaching a large group of glaciers in the South. One foot of ice grows each month around it's body after it creates a den below the Matanuska glacier where it goes into its hibernation state.
-Biollante vines and flytrap-types begin appearing in the middle of Afghanistan and are believed to have been planted by a rogue faction in the nation*, The Biollante forests current growth increases by 25%. Talk of bringing foreign KDF troops out becomes common.
Credit for the forest expansion in the area later claimed by the Cult of G.
-Rodan reappears over Africa, later touching down and engaging Bunagi in combat at Gabon.
Both proceed to fight, with the battle going to an apparent draw. Bunagi returns to his local habitat, while Rodan flies away.
-In the ruins of G-Base 01, Taligon's egg is found and accidentally exposed to sunlight by a salvage team. It hatches, and the resulting creature escapes and is labeled Taligon II.
1997:
-Using prototype laser weaponry, a KDF platoon in Osaka manages to take down a massive radioactive rat later named Deutalios.
-Over the course of the following years, squads of professional Monster Kill Crews [MKC's] composed of veterans of the Resurgence conflict are used to fight packs of Shockirus and other mutated animals across the irradiated territories in Japan.
Thanks to the first large scale usage of Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria (previously held back due to fears of what would happen if it came into contact with Godzilla's highly malleable DNA), radiation levels begin to go down across quarantined areas. However, the most devastated regions like Tokyo remain quarantined.
-The body of a seemingly dead ancient kaiju later called Jyarumu* is found in permafrost by Russian scientists at the East Siberia Sea. To capitalize on the knowledge, a nuclear waste facility (i.e. convenient research station) is constructed around it's body by the government to study it in secret.
*The black, flying hound of a witch named Slattern in the tales of a few local folk communities.
-Titanosaurus reappears after chasing a shoal of frilled sharks into Okinawa, Japan. JSDF/KDF forces arrive just as he driven off by a King Caesar and DragonLotus in concert with one another.
DragonLotus heads into the ocean, presumably in pursuit of Titanosaurus or another threat. Due to her previous actions, no official military action is taken against the DragonLotus.
-Godzilla reappears at Birth Island. All attempts to follow except for aerial filming are firmly denied and refused. After reaching the center, Godzilla proceeds to dig out the skeletal remains of the juvenile specimen from 1995.
Godzilla carries the body back to sea.
Further pursuit by KDF forces denied for safety reasons.
1998:
-Varan is spotted in the waters around Monster Island, but otherwise does not attempt to come ashore. Miniature submarines and newly recruited Mer agents manage to keep track of him.
-DragonLotus is sighted on Infant Island in a meditative pose, apparently having been accepted by Islanders and by the Mothra siblings as a resident.
-Atlantic Scourge II appears off the coast of Newfoundland during a navy training exercise which simultaneously involves a pod of nearby whales suddenly beaching themselves. It sinks nearby ships before advancing ashore towards an unknown goal. USA bombing manages to crack and burn it's shell at several points, but it nevertheless keeps moving.
Monarch had been testing a prototype device for what would later be called Project: ORCA. The device was intended to be a way for communicating with kaiju, only for this first test to go awry. The device proves unable to be turned off despite repeated attempts thanks to electrical error.
Titanosaurus, Kiyohime, and a healed Kraken III are detected by sub sonar as coming in from the South, having answered the devices test call.
The device is successfully flown out by helicopter to the sea by a six man Monarch crew, where it is destroyed after being dropped in the ocean. The helicopter crashes in the Pacific but the crew manages to survive thanks to a pre-placed life raft.
The four kaiju briefly fight as the ORCA device sinks before it finally breaks due to either turbulence or water damage; Titanosaurus, Scourge, Kraken, and Kiyohime leave the area.
-Balkzardan makes its first appearance over the Pacific Ocean while flying over New Zealand, bringing a large thunderstorm alongside it. Balkzardan lands in Bhubaneswar, India and begins advancing forwards. Gandiva is deployed to fight it. Balkzardan's high speed and ability to shield itself from energy attacks give it an advantage. After bowling over Gandiva multiple times and and tearing out its ammo packs, Balkzardan takes flight over the city and lands at Meru Peak. Balkzardan proceeds to let out a massive roar analyzed by Monarch as an "Alpha challenge."
-On the same day that Balkzardan releases its call, Jyarumu turns out to be not quite dead before awakening and rapidly breaching containment. Jyarumu moves through Siberia on a path straight towards Balkzardan. During a skirmish with local military forces, Jyarumu displays the ability to glide through wings stored in its arms and the power to generate and control ice and snow on a scale similar to Balkzardan's own weather manipulations.
Analyses from Monarch's lore and biology sections indicates that the two creatures are not only members of two different rival species, but that these particular individuals may have fought in the past based off of recently recovered cave paintings and tablets from early history.
-By the end of June, both creatures have entered Mongolia after passing through the Himalayas and Russia. Balkzardan and Jyarumu begin combat with one another at the Altai Mountains.
After a full twenty four hours of combat, both kaiju collide with one another after generating their powers to critical levels. The resulting explosion creates a 100 meter wide crater and a new lake.
No sign of Balkzardan or Jyarumu has been found since.
-First appearance of Kelbeam (Also known as Cherubim due to its resemblance to a malefic figure from Selgian and Hotuan lore) in Malaysia. It attacks the capital of Kuala Lumpur and fires numerous fireballs at nearby islands and boats. It is later intercepted over the Philippines near Manila by Battra and DragonLotus.
After having several of the fingers on its left hand burned and broken and its own fireballs reflected at its head, Kelbeam attempts to retreat before being blasted out of the air by Battra. Kelbeam is last seen splashing down in the Phillipine Trench. Battra and DL return to Infant Island.
-Zilla hunts a small Megalodon pod, chasing it towards New York Harbor and into the Hudson River. Zilla briefly comes ashore on Liberty Island to eat a successful catch before returning to sea.
A now famous photo and video shows Zilla curiously inspecting the Statue of Liberty, and accidentally leaving a claw mark on its chest.
*Having only arrived near the city to hunt, Zilla had no reason to remain for a long period of time.
Additionally, due to his previous encounters with humanity, Zilla likely knew that staying nearby would likely result in an attack by military support.
1999:
-KDF reorganized into multiple different denominations worldwide instead of one major organization per continent. These new organizations include the CKR (Counter Kaiju Reactions), AKRP (Anti Kaiju Research Program), and MLR (Megafauna Location Report).
-Project MOGUERA begins with the goal to make new Asia based mecha to replace the lost MG2 and Red Ronin. But due to Japan's steep debt and the sheer cost of building a new mecha, it will be a while before the undertaking can begin.
-Return of Kelbeam.
Displaying the ability to control sonic waves with it's ear flaps, Kelbeam manages to wrest control of two sonic sensitive monsters: Titanosaurus and Sarcosteon. Kelbeam leads them towards an attack on Infant Island along with surviving meganulon drones from Megaguirus III's swarm. The trio manage to reach the shores and are confronted by Mothra, Battra, and DragonLotus. The Hotua hide underground alongside a stranded research team.
Upon seemingly realizing the source of Kelbeam's sonic waves, Mothra reflects a blast of Battra's Prism Beams at the back of Kelbeams head while it fights DL. Kelbeam's crests are destroyed and it loses control of Titanosaurus and Sarcosteon, whom proceed to instantly attack it.
With its new weapon painfully broken, Kelbeam is killed after being brutally mauled and decapitated by the two former minions. Titanosaurus retreats after Kelbeam's death, while Sarcosteon keeps fighting afterwards regardless. However, he finally leaves after being stabbed in the face with Kelbeams severed bone tail.
-Macrosaurus appears for the fifth time at South Korea on the shores of coastal city Sokcho. It reaches Hongcheon County by nightfall.
Godzilla also comes ashore in pursuit of Macrosaurus's trail. Godzilla catches up to Macrosaurus while it is attacking devouring local beef factories near the city of Chuncheon. In a battle recorded by local and international news agencies, Godzilla slices Macrosaurus's chest open, forcing the creature to bite through space and time to retreat. Despite its severe wound, previous accounts of kaiju durability make it unlikely that Macrosaurus is deceased.
Godzilla returns to sea, briefly pausing to lift up a pile of debris that several civilians and ranch cattle had been trapped under.
-The Official Timeline (2015 Edition)