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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 5

Ten-fold Strength: Part 4

Godzilla stumbled as SpaceGodzilla fired his corona beam. It was bad enough when he had to fight other monsters, but a monster that could recover from wounds as quickly as him or could anticipate and counter his movements? That was just too much! …And now there was something glowing green on that little island! …Wait, was it growing to his size? The green light then formed a humanoid shape, then faded to reveal a red and white person with glowing green eyes and a large fin protruding from his head and forearms. “WAY BIG!” it announced. Godzilla got into a defensive stance. “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” yelped Way Big. “Friendly! Friendly!” …This one wasn’t planning on fighting Godzilla. “Look, big guy, I don’t know if you fully understand, but we can’t kill the knock-off of you!” Godzilla snorted. No one tells him what to do! “Godzilla, please listen! He’s not supposed to die here in this time! This is the same SpaceGodzilla that was killed thirty years ago! He was plucked from that time and brought here! I can send him back so he can die in his proper time, but if you kill him now, there will be massive temporal consequences that I can’t begin to understand! Time will have no meaning! You will cease to exist if you kill him now!” Godzilla didn’t fully understand everything and was about to attack Way Big…then he took a sniff. …SpaceGodzilla’s scent should have been familiar, not exactly the same. …Way Big was right, this knock-off should have been dead already. He would have smelled resurrection on SpaceGodzilla. This…was the exact same one! Godzilla understood preserving history to an extent. He snorted, then assumed an aggressive stance, giving off a challenge roar to SpaceGodzilla. “…Gonna assume you understand, big guy,” said Way Big. He then faced SpaceGodzilla. “You heard the king! Round two, baby!” SpaceGodzilla roared in defiance!

“…I can’t help but see Ultraman in Ben right now,” remarked Dr. Sato as she saw Godzilla and Way Big charge at SpaceGodzilla.

“Ben’s heard the Ultraman jokes already,” replied Julie.

“The To’kustar race DID come before your Ultraman franchise,” said the Doctor.

“So what now?” asked Lurra Rus.

“You think Ben convinced Godzilla not to kill SpaceGodzilla?” quizzed Amy.

“I really hope so,” muttered the Doctor. The ground shook as the fight went on.

“I think the bigger question is can we avoid getting underfoot?!” yelped Dr. Sato.

“Ben seems to be keeping the fight contained in the bay,” remarked the Doctor. “I think we’d best take advantage of the hills San Francisco is built on.”

“We’d have to get there first!” protested Dr. Sato. “Look at the size of the waves!” The fight WAS causing massive waves to hit the shore, waves big enough to send boats and ships away from land.

“Damn!” grumbled the Doctor. Dr. Sato then looked up.

“…Ben’s not hitting the crystals on SpaceGodzilla’s shoulders!” she called.

“All right, I need a megaphone!” called the Doctor.

Back at the fight, Godzilla’s fire was deflected by SpaceGodzilla’s crystalline shield. The space monster had a wicked smirk as he lumbered towards Godzilla…then he felt something tug at his tail! He looked back to see Way Big holding onto his tail. “GOTCHA!” laughed Way Big. SpaceGodzilla snorted, then thrashed his tail. Way Big kept ahold of SpaceGodzilla’s tail, but he DID end up dunked underwater. He was forced to release the tail and come up for air. “Okay, that wasn’t my brightest idea!” spluttered Way Big.

“BEN!” called the Doctor’s voice over a megaphone. Way Big looked down to see the Doctor, her friends, and Julie waving. The Doctor then spoke into the megaphone. “THE SHOULDER CRYSTALS! DESTROY THE SHOULDER CRYSTALS!”

“The shoulder-?” Way Big looked to see that SpaceGodzilla was focusing on Godzilla now. Godzilla had remembered SpaceGodzilla’s weakness and was trying to destroy the shoulder crystals, but SpaceGodzilla’s crystalline shield was keeping him safe. …Way Big then noticed a flaw! “…Should have watched your back!” Way Big crossed his arms into an X formation and fired a stream of green energy at SpaceGodzilla’s right shoulder crystal. The crystal shattered and caused SpaceGodzilla to roar in pain, making him lose his concentration on his shield. Godzilla saw his chance and fired a Spiral Red Atomic burst at the remaining shoulder crystal. The crystal shattered and SpaceGodzilla was in immense pain. The King of the Monsters and Way Big then wailed on SpaceGodzilla. They focused on just knocking him out. Eventually, they backed off and SpaceGodzilla wobbled before collapsing in San Francisco Bay! His eyes were shut.

“YES!” cheered everyone else. Godzilla gave a roar of victory.

“Perfect! Now, with that out of the way-!” said Way Big. He then looked down at the Omnitrix symbol on his chest. “Omnitrix, Clockwork!” The green light then returned and surrounded him. He then shrunk down until he was a round creature made of brass clockwork with a green window on his chest showing off his internal mechanisms. He had a clock key on his round head and spoke with an exaggerated Swiss accent. “CLOCKWORK!” The key on his head then spun. “…Aha! So you came from that point in time. Well, history says you have to be there. …However, it DOES say you have to be in that condition the Grouping found you in.” Clockwork then fired a time ray from his chest. “Don’t worry, this will just send you back to the past with no memory of being in the future.” SpaceGodzilla then faded away in green light. “There we go! And so, the day is saved, thanks to Ben Te…wait a minute!” Clockwork then recalled that there was nothing but water under the fading SpaceGodzilla and he was pretty sure that would hurt a Chronosapien! “…Omnitrix, Ripjaws! Ripjaws! RIPJAWS!”

Back on Alcatraz, everyone saw a ball of fire where Clockwork was! “BEN!” called Julie. The ball of fire then dipped near the water when SpaceGodzilla fully returned to his time, then shot up and arced towards Alcatraz. “…Oh, no, wait,” realized Julie. The ball of fire landed near the group and dissipated to reveal a humanoid made of rocks and fire with the Omnitrix symbol on his chest. Julie couldn’t resist. “HEATBLAST!” she shouted.

“…Is Azmuth still here?” asked Heatblast.

“Right here, Ben,” replied Azmuth as he hopped off the Doctor’s shoulder. “Shouldn’t you have turned into your Piscciss Volaan form? You know, that transformation you call Ripjaws?”

“That’s what I told the Omnitrix to turn me into!” snapped Heatblast.

“I think the DNA database in the Omnitrix needs a recheck,” remarked the Doctor. “That’s a Pyronite, not a Piscciss Volaan.”

“Yeah, well this stupid watch has a sense of humor!” retorted Heatblast. “I thought Master Control avoids that whole turning-me-into-the-wrong-alien thing! Azmuth, if you’re the smartest guy in nine galaxies-!”

“FIVE galaxies,” corrected the Doctor and Azmuth.

“And haven’t you humans developed voice command technology recently?” asked Azmuth. “A Chronosapien’s accent DOES impede things a bit when you’re panicked and the voice recognition software hasn’t been trained!”

“…Not to detract from the lesson Ben’s learning here,” said the Doctor, “but the Time Lords’ voice recognition software avoids that. Perhaps I can-?”

“No, thank you, Doctor,” replied Azmuth. “I’ll figure it out myself.”

As the group talked, Godzilla simply stomped off towards deeper waters and prepared to dive. What he didn’t know was that Dr. Animo was watching him. “That’s it, little Kaiju!” cackled the mad doctor. “Once my Transmodulator hits you, you’ll be under my direct-!”

“Hey!” called Amy’s voice. Dr. Animo turned to see her standing there with her hands on her hips while Lurra Rus stood behind her.

“No,” said Lurra Rus as she held up a component Dr. Animo recognized. It was the power transfer circuit for his Transmodulator.

“…Ladies, you two are no fun!” grumbled Dr. Animo as he held his hands up in surrender.

Everyone returned to the mainland as Godzilla went under the water and cruised back to Monster Island. Dr. Animo was put into a prison transport truck, muttering about stupid sapient hedgehogs. The Doctor checked some readings on her sonic screwdriver and smiled. “That’s two chronal surges dealt with,” she said. “And this one was far more satisfactory than the previous!”

“So where are we off to now?” asked Amy as she, the Doctor, and Lurra Rus headed back to the TARDIS.

“Still figuring that out,” replied the Doctor.

“Doctor, you’re not leaving, surely!” protested Dr. Sato as she and Ben approached her. “There’s still so much to clean up!”

“And I’m sure UNIT and the Plumbers can do it splendidly,” answered the Doctor. “But the chronal surge that brought SpaceGodzilla to this time isn’t the only one. We need to mitigate this before other races take advantage of the Grouping.”

“…Well, if you’re sure,” sighed Dr. Sato.

“Oh, Ben, could Azmuth keep an eye on the Grouping?” asked the Doctor.

“Not really much he can do,” replied Ben. “He’s more interested in genetics, not temporal mechanics.”

“True, true,” agreed the Doctor. “Well, must dash.” She and her friends entered the TARDIS and it dematerialized, ready to get to the next chronal surge.

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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 5

Ten-fold Strength: Part 3

Standing over Alcatraz Island was SpaceGodzilla himself! He was similar to Godzilla himself in terms of physical appearance, but he had a red chest and stomach area, crystals in the shape of oak-leaf spines running down his back, a massive crystal on each shoulder, shorter arms than Godzilla, two fangs on each side of his mouth, and eyes that burned with a beastly intelligence. “Lovely!” grumbled the Doctor. “And Godzilla’s only two minutes out!”

“It looks like I have a bit of a pest problem to deal with!” cackled Dr. Animo.

“Call off SpaceGodzilla now!” demanded the Doctor.

“You know what ‘fat chance’ means, I presume?” asked Dr. Animo.

“Dr. Animo, if you don’t call him off, he’ll break free from your control!”

“Impossible! My Transmodulator is currently set to mental control! SpaceGodzilla is nothing more than an oversized animal!”

“Kaiju are more than just oversized animals! They’re creatures with an intelligence we don’t give enough credit for! …Come to think of it, that’s all animals in general.”

“Pah!” scoffed Dr. Animo. “I’ve heard that kind of talk before and if that were true, animals would resist my mental control!” That was when something very large breached the water. That large something…was Godzilla himself. He was standing in a fashion that the hurriedly evacuated Golden Gate Bridge was all that was separating Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla. “Perfect! Now, SpaceGodzilla, fire your corona beam! DESTROY GODZILLA!” SpaceGodzilla…didn’t fire a corona beam! He raised his hand and the Golden Gate Bridge wrapped around Godzilla! “What?! That’s not what I said at all! Your CORONA BEAM! You know, your horn laser attack?!” SpaceGodzilla then made crystals grow until they were almost to his height. “This is intolerable! I ORDER YOU TO DESTROY GODZILLA AT ONCE, YOU STUPID SPACE LI-!” Dr. Animo doubled over, clutching his head in pain! The Doctor’s natural telepathic abilities picked up on SpaceGodzilla’s thoughts.

“I take no orders from you!” he was saying in Dr. Animo’s head. “You ants should be bowing to me, your TRUE God!”

“SpaceGodzilla, you need to stop!” urged the Doctor through her own mind. That attracted SpaceGodzilla’s attention. He looked around. “Down here! The woman in the skirt waving!” SpaceGodzilla looked down to see the Doctor. “Hello! I’m the Doctor, a frequent visitor to this planet!”

“I can see that,” replied SpaceGodzilla. “Your mind is not a human one. This does not concern you, Doctor. Be gone!”

“I can’t do that!” replied the Doctor. “You’re in the wrong time! You need to-!”

“I will not be going back to my death! I read what Dr. Animo remembers of this time’s history! This Godzilla is nothing more than the child I imprisoned all those years ago!”

“SpaceGodzilla, as a champion of life, I understand the desire to stay alive, but I’m also a champion of time and-!”

“I care not about time! I am space! I am gravity! I shall devour everything!”

“Devour-?” The Doctor’s eyes went wide. “…The Apocalypse Element!”

“You’ve encountered me before?” asked SpaceGodzilla.

“If you detonate those crystals, the whole universe will be set alight!” the Doctor insisted.

“As it should!”

“Great, the Daleks’ most destructive and unstable weapon, and it’s a Kaiju!”

“I’ve molded it to my own ends!” The Doctor was about to interject when she heard the sound of metal being bent. “If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got history to rewrite!” said SpaceGodzilla. He ended the mental call and stomped towards Godzilla as the King of the Monsters unwrapped the Golden Gate Bridge from his body. His spines then lit up and he fired, but SpaceGodzilla created a crystalline shield in front of him and deflected the attack. He then swung his tail into Godzilla’s face, clubbing him and making him stumble. Godzilla snarled and leapt at SpaceGodzilla, but SpaceGodzilla held the King of the Monsters with his telekinesis.

Everything was happening at once. UNIT soldiers and Plumbers were scrambling to form SOME kind of defense. The Doctor grabbed a Plumber. “Where’s Ben?!” she demanded.

“Over there, fiddling with his watch!” replied the Plumber. The Doctor followed the Plumber’s finger and found Ben surrounded by Julie, Amy, and Lurra Rus.

“Mr. Tennyson, now is NOT the time to be updating your…your Apple Book or whatever the hell you people use for social media on this planet in this time!” protested Lurra Rus.

“I’m not!” argued Ben. “My stupid watch isn’t working! Really gotta grill Azmuth for this!”

“What’s going on?” asked the Doctor.

“I’m trying to select Way Big,” replied Ben, “but the Omnitrix isn’t even activating the selection dial!”

“Now, of all times?!” The Doctor pulled Ben’s wrist to her so she could examine the Omnitrix.

“HEY!” protested Ben. The Doctor checked out the Omnitrix, then she blinked.

“…Ben, I don’t think you’ve updated your watch recently,” she said.

“What do you mean?” asked Ben.

“There’re frequent messages from the new Galvan Homeworld and the planet of Primus about new updates to the Omnitrix. I think you’d better install them.”

“Is now really a good time?!” argued Ben. “I gotta turn into Way Big right now!”

“If I’m reading this right, I think you’ll be turning into Way Big whenever you want.”

“Huh?”

“Just start installing the updates.” Ben grumbled, but complied.

“Updates accepted and installing,” reported the Omnitrix. “Omnitrix will shut down and restart.”

“Please make it quick,” grumbled Ben.

“Okay, so how do we deal with SpaceGodzilla while Ben’s out of action?” asked Amy.

“The only one who can tell us is Dr. Sato,” replied the Doctor. “What was her condition when you last saw her?”

“Catatonic,” said Lurra Rus. “The local doctors are trying to snap her out of it.”

“Blast, and I really need her.” The Doctor thought a bit. “…It’s a bit risky, but it might snap her out of it. Where is she?”

Dr. Sato was sitting in a bed, just staring blankly at the wall ahead of her. The Doctor entered the room with guards outside. “…Dr. Sato?” asked the Doctor. Dr. Sato didn’t respond. “…Right then. Really would prefer asking permission for this.” The Doctor then took off her gloves and placed her fingertips on Dr. Sato’s temples. She probed the poor woman’s mind…and saw a little girl running scared from SpaceGodzilla. The year was 1995. Crystals were everywhere. The noise of the fight was deafening. “…That doesn’t make sense. Where’s MOEGURA?” muttered the Doctor.

“…M…Mogura?” mumbled Dr. Sato. An image of a mole appeared in her mind.

“…No, not the animal,” replied the Doctor. “The mech.” That was when an image of a giant robot being piloted by humans appeared. The robot had a drill nose and drill hands and could split into a flying vehicle and a land vehicle. “Yes, that’s it! One of humanity’s achievements!”

“…W…We…helped…him,” said Dr. Sato. “…We were…ants in that fight…but we helped Godzilla…defeat his clone!” Dr. Sato became more aware. “That mech was my favorite as a child! It…It drove away the monsters in my closet!” She then looked up. “…Doctor, what ARE you doing-?” The shaking coming from the giant monster slug-fest snapped her back to reality. “Oh no, they’re fighting!” she realized.

“And Dr. Animo lost control of SpaceGodzilla,” explained the Doctor. “This is the same SpaceGodzilla that you saw fall in 1995, so if Godzilla kills him-!”

“There’s a way to weaken SpaceGodzilla, it’s just convincing someone Like Godzilla not to kill SpaceGodzilla that’s the issue,” interrupted Dr. Sato. “For now, I can easily tell you that the crystals on SpaceGodzilla’s shoulders are the key. Destroy them and he’s weakened. Now, if we can get any mech to be deployed before SpaceGodzilla decides that San Franscisco is a perfect coastal buffet-!”

“Ben has an alien that’s as big as a Kaiju,” replied the Doctor, “but the Omnitrix is updating.”

“Are you serious?!”

“Hey, even something as advanced as the Omnitrix or my TARDIS needs software and firmware updates! …Speaking of which, come on! …Unless-.”

“I’m all right now, Doctor,” assured Dr. Sato. “Come on!”

The Doctor and Dr. Sato rushed up to Ben and his group as they took cover. “Come on!” complained Ben as the Omnitrix’s holographic interface displayed that dreaded loading circle.

“Is it still updating?” asked the Doctor.

“I can’t even engage voice commands!” replied Ben.

“Voice commands reestablished,” droned the Omnitrix.

“Perfect!” cheered Julie.

“Omnitrix, what are you installing?!” demanded Ben.

“Current updates include vocal commands for transformations, elimination of recharge cycle, unlocking of all aliens in Primus’ codon stream, improved conversational language database-.”

“Hold on, hold on. Omnitrix, did the recent update unlock Master Control? Like what happened to the prototype against the Highbreed?”

“Confirmed. Updates now fully completed.”

“Hang on, how did I prove-?!” At that moment, a tiny, gray, frog-like creature with tendrils on his chin appeared.

“Took you long enough to install the Master Control updates!” he grumbled.

“Azmuth!” gasped the Doctor. Azmuth looked at the Doctor.

“You must be the Time Lord that Ben scanned,” remarked Azmuth.

“I am,” replied the Doctor. “I’m called the Doctor and it’s a pleasure to meet the smartest being in five galaxies!” The Doctor was about to fangirl even more, but the Kaiju fight interrupted her squeeing.

“We’ve got bigger problems on our hands!” replied Ben. “Time to test this out! Omnitrix, Way Big!”

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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 5

Ten-fold Strength: Part 2

“Um, what was that?!” asked Lurra Rus.

“Ben was never THAT rude when he changed,” remarked Amy.

“You mean he changes into a new life-form frequently?”

“That’s thanks to the piece of Galvan technology on his wrist, the Omnitrix,” explained the Doctor. “And Appoplexians, Amy, are hard-wired for aggression and that aggression makes them a bit dim.”

As they talked, Rath was still punching the mutant frog. Dr. Animo had hopped off it and kept out of the way of the fight, seemingly unconcerned about the frog losing to Rath. Rath noticed this in his usual anger. “HEY! HEY! CAN’T YOU SEE THAT RATH’S BEATING UP YOUR FROG?!” he bellowed.

“And you presume that the frog is the only animal under my control?” asked Dr. Animo.

“Huh?” asked Rath. Then the ground shook again. This time, the tremors caught the Doctor’s attention.

“All right, what is it?” she asked. “Ants? Termites?”

“…Kaiju,” replied Dr. Animo with a wicked grin. Crystals then sprouted from the ground! “Specifically, a cosmic Kaiju from 1995!” Dr. Sato gasped as memories of her home of Fukuoka flooded her mind. She remembered three giants, two against one. One of the giants had crystals growing out of it and used the Fukuoka Tower as a power source!

“…S…Space…!” she whispered in terror.

“Dr. Sato?” asked the Doctor.

“…He’s back!” whimpered Dr. Sato.

“You lot have 24 hours to surrender San Francisco to me,” called Dr. Animo, “or my newest acquisition marches across the United States and destroys not only Washington D.C, but New York City as well!” He hopped back on his frog and made his escape.

“HEY! HEY!” called Rath. “RATH ISN’T DONE WITH YOU!”

“Ben, never mind him!” protested Amy. “We’ve got bigger problems!” Rath looked back to see Dr. Sato curling up in a ball. He then looked back at the escaping Dr. Animo…but his moral compass was still Ben’s. He slapped the Omnitrix symbol and returned to his true form as Ben and went to help Dr. Sato with Julie helping him.

“Come on, Dr. Sato,” he encouraged. “Let’s get you somewhere safe.”

“Safe?!” asked Dr. Sato. “Nowhere is safe now! Don’t you understand?! SPACEGODZILLA HAS RETURNED!”

“SpaceGodzilla?” asked Lurra Rus as she, Amy, and the Doctor were in a lab so the Doctor could study a fragment of the crystals that grew. “What manner of creature is that?”

“A clone,” replied the Doctor. “Specifically, the clone of the Kaiju that holds the title of King of the Monsters.”

“And what’s a Kaiju?” asked Amy.

“A giant animal that is fiercely intelligent and regards smaller life forms as we do with ants,” explained the Doctor. “This particular Kaiju is one of the most intelligent Kaiju around, with a head for strategy and tactics. He’s the result of the cells of the King of the Monsters somehow being mutated by radiation and space minerals and coming together to form his clone. The original King of the Monsters is called Godzilla by most of the world, his space clone is called SpaceGodzilla.”

“And, hopefully the last stupid question,” said Lurra Rus, “can Dr. Animo really control such a beast.”

“If you’re worried that it’s a stupid question, it’s generally not,” assured the Doctor. “Straight answer, not for any significant time. Kaiju brains CAN overcome mental control. The real question is how long Dr. Animo can control SpaceGodzilla.”

“And what kind of catastrophe would be unleashed when he inevitably loses control?” asked Amy.

“Questions none of us want answered. …I did some analysis of the crystals. It looks like the latent chronons surrounding them came from 1995.”

“So it was SpaceGodzilla that went through that chronal surge,” said Lurra Rus.

“But he was supposed to die in ’95,” continued the Doctor.

“…What year is this?” asked Amy.

“2025.”

“But if SpaceGodzilla fights the Godzilla of this time and dies-!” gulped Lurra Rus.

“It would exacerbate the Grouping,” confirmed the Doctor, “and unthread the Web of Time.”

“How do we get a giant monster to go back to its original time?” asked Amy.

“I don’t know,” replied the Doctor, hating that she had to say that.

“…Maybe…Maybe Ben can use Time Walker?” suggested Amy.

“It’s not as easy as that,” replied the Doctor. “Two Time Lords can’t put their heads together to fix this. We’d need the whole of Gallifrey at its height and Gallifrey isn’t there yet!” The Doctor’s eyes went wide. “…But that’s not the only time sensitive alien in the Omnitrix! He has Chronosapien DNA in that thing! And their temporal manipulation skills are on par with Gallifrey at its height! …But how to get a rampaging monster to stop or get another rampaging monster to not kill its rival? …Unless there’s a sufficiently titanic form in the Omnitrix. …I’ll need to speak with Ben on this one. Good thinking, Amy!” The Doctor headed off.

“…Don’t ask me why,” said Lurra Rus, “but seeing the Doctor come up with a plan way ahead of time somehow tickles my brain just right.”

“It does the same for me,” replied Amy. The two subconsciously held one another’s hand.

The Doctor found Ben waiting outside a room with Julie. “…How’s Dr. Sato?” she asked.

“She’s…well, SpaceGodzilla gave her PTSD, let’s put it that way,” said Julie.

“Then we need to get SpaceGodzilla back to his own time so she won’t see him again,” replied the Doctor.

“How do we do that?” asked Ben.

“With the help of your Chronosapien form,” answered the Doctor.

“Clockwork?” Ben then grinned. “Of course! He can track precisely when SpaceGodzilla came here and put him back in that exact time!”

“Exactly!” confirmed the Doctor.

“Then maybe Ben should be a little more careful with the Omnitrix during the inevitable fight,” chuckled Julie.

“Speaking of which, Ben, can you turn into something about 30 stories high?” asked the Doctor.

“Well, I DO have an alien called Way Big on this thing,” replied Ben.

“What kind of alien is Way Big?”

“…I sometimes have trouble with that.” Ben held the Omnitrix up to his mouth. “Omnitrix, remind me what race the transformation I call Way Big is called.”

“Transformation with the alias of Way Big,” replied a computerized version of Ben’s voice, “is the DNA sample of the To’kustar race.”

“To’kustar?” asked the Doctor. “That might actually be enough to stop SpaceGodzilla. I mean, it won’t kill him, but we need to send him back alive so he can face his proper death at the hands of Godzilla in that time.”

“I’m not naturally a killer anyways,” said Ben.

“And that’s good,” replied the Doctor, “but Godzilla is.”

“You think present-day Godzilla’s gonna be attracted by the fight?” asked Julie.

“I’m more surprised he’s not here al-.” The alarms then blared, interrupting the Doctor’s reply. “…I really hope he’s not-!”

“Alert! Alert!” called a soldier. “Godzilla has been sighted cruising to San Francisco Bay! Repeat, Godzilla has been sighted cruising to San Francisco Bay!”

“Rassilon’s bra!” grumbled the Doctor as she rubbed her eyes.

Over in his secret base, Dr. Animo’s alarms blared. He groaned as he got out of bed. “All I ask, once in a while, is a few paltry hours of uninterrupted sleep,” he grumbled. He checked his computer and saw the readings. “So soon?!” He smacked his face. “Perhaps I should have gotten him under control as well.” The tips of the antennae on Dr. Animo’s brain dome then glowed red. “SpaceGodzilla, your master commands you! Godzilla is coming! DESTROY HIM!” He then felt a pressure in his head, not enough to hurt him. Still, all readings said that SpaceGodzilla was on an intercept course.

Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a creature cruised through the water like a crocodile. It felt a presence it once felt when it was little. It was powerless back then, but not anymore. It was ready to take that presence on! It will not rest until its enemy was dead! Sharks swam out of the way as the creature swam through the water, its massive lizard head fixed with a look of purpose. Godzilla was ready to kill the space knock-off of his dad!

The Doctor was working on a machine that kept a crystal contained. “All right,” she said, “hopefully I can determine when in 1995 SpaceGodzilla was taken by the Grouping with this thing should Clockwork fail somehow.” She then pulled out a communicator. “Ben, this is the Doctor. Where are you right now?”

“Animo’s reappeared on the east side of the base,” replied Ben. “We’re all watching him now.”

“Keep me posted,” directed the Doctor. “Amy, Lurra Rus, how’s Dr. Sato?”

“Amy’s heading off to help with Ben,” replied Lurra Rus. “Julie’s with me right now. We managed to piece together why Dr. Sato is so scared of SpaceGodzilla. 30 years ago, when SpaceGodzilla first attacked-.” The earth shook and the Doctor saw a shadow fall over the entire island. She looked to the west…and saw him.

“…Very laudable, Lurra Rus,” said the Doctor, “but I’m afraid that may prove academic! SpaceGodzilla’s here to fight Godzilla!”

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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 5

Ten-fold Strength: Part 1

California, the west coast’s state of weird, and the current source of Plumber activity. Founded by George Washington himself, the capital P Plumbers became intergalactic police officers. One of the most famous Plumbers was Max Tennyson, semi-retired these days as his grandson, Ben Tennyson, was continuing the work. Armed with a watch that can turn him into any alien, the Omnitrix, Ben made a name for himself as Ben 10! Right now, he and his ex-girlfriend, Julie Yamamoto, were in California, looking out to sea. “I still don’t know why we were called,” muttered Ben. “I was enjoying some Sumo Slammers!”

“Look, we get calls about the weird stuff from time to time,” replied Julie.

“Yeah, but tremors? I thought California gets that stuff all the time and the locals don’t bat an eye.”

“Not when the tremors aren’t from shifting tectonic plates,” interjected a woman’s voice. A Japanese woman approached them. “Mr. Tennyson, Ms. Yamamoto, I am Dr. Sato, Chief Scientific Advisor for UNIT’s Japanese branch.”

“UNIT? The Plumbers and UNIT aren’t exactly friends,” remarked Julie.

“No, but I felt the need to collaborate on this issue,” explained Dr. Sato. “We’ve recently detected a surge of chronons and something appeared in the Pacific Ocean. Believe it or not, our parent United Kingdom branch has dealt with temporal messes before, but we needed a more proactive approach. That’s where you Plumbers come in.”

“I guess that makes sense,” replied Ben, “but we don’t exactly cover things up like you UNIT guys do. We’re…anyone hear that?” A strange noise was filling the air.

“…I see the object making that noise!” called Dr. Sato. Ben and Julie turned to see the TARDIS materializing.

“I don’t believe it!” gasped Ben.

“…It says ‘Police Box’ on it,” remarked Julie.

“It’s not a police box!” replied Dr. Sato.

“You met her before?” asked Ben.

“Yes! During an incident on Monster Island! You?”

“I was fighting Sontarans inside a time loop!”

“If it’s not a police box, what is it?” asked Julie.

“It’s a TARDIS, Yamamoto-san!” replied Dr. Sato.

“More than that!” supplied Ben. “It’s THE TARDIS! The Doctor’s coming!” The TARDIS fully materialized and Ben and Dr. Sato rushed forward. The doors opened and Lurra Rus stepped out.

“Doctor, are you sure-?” asked Lurra Rus before she was tackled by Ben and Dr. Sato.

“EEP!” yelped Dr. Sato. She then bowed. “Gomenasai!” she apologized.

“Yeah, I’m sorry too!” agreed Ben. “I thought you were someone else!”

“Oddly, so did I,” replied Lurra Rus. “In fact, I AM someone else.”

“Tennyson-san and I could have sworn this was a TARDIS,” said Dr. Sato. “THE TARDIS. The only TARDIS we know about.”

“And we were kinda hoping the Doctor would be here,” admitted Ben lamely.

“Oh, she is!” replied Lurra Rus. “Are you friends of hers? She and our friend, Amy Rose, are inside.”

“No they’re not,” corrected the Doctor as she and Amy left the TARDIS. “They’re coming out.” The Doctor then clapped eyes on Ben and Dr. Sato. “Ben! Dr. Sato! How wonderful to see you two again!”

“…I’m afraid I haven’t the pleasure, Ma’am,” replied Dr. Sato.

“Ah, you met the Doctor with her old face, have you?” asked Amy.

“Amy! You’re here!” said Ben. “And…is that really the Doctor?”

“Yeah, she just regenerated. An unfortunate hazard in her life.”

“You scanned me and got Time Walker, remember?” asked the Doctor. “I’m surprised you, of all people, forgot about regeneration.”

“Holy crap, it IS you!” yelped Ben. He then turned to Julie. “Julie, this is the Doctor I was talking about. And that’s Amy Rose. …I just don’t know the Twi’lek.”

“I’m Lurra Rus,” replied Lurra Rus. “You’ll have to excuse our sudden arrival. We just followed the path to a chronal surge.”

“…Did you find out if anything came through that surge?” asked Dr. Sato.

“Ah, so that’s why you’re all here,” said the Doctor. “We’re tracking these surges as they have a tendency to bring time zones together. My friends on Gallifrey warned me that something from 1995 came here. There are multiple surges like this one, creating an event known as the Grouping.”

“So you’re trying to fix it?” asked Ben.

“That’s the plan,” replied the Doctor.

“Would you like help?” asked Dr. Sato.

“If you’re offering,” answered the Doctor. “Perhaps, along the way, we can fix your issues.”

“We’ve set up a base on Alcatraz Island,” said Dr. Sato.

“Ah, Al Capone’s old home,” remarked the Doctor. “Nice guy if you overlooked his crimes, especially his tax evasion.”

Team TARDIS was brought to the base on Alcatraz where the Plumbers and UNIT soldiers were working together. “So the chronal surge was first detected here and so were the tremors?” asked the Doctor.

“We had to set up this base nearest to the tremors,” replied Dr. Sato.

“Gives me more of a chance to get right into the fight!” cheered Ben as he punched his hand.

“You Plumbers really do love getting into it, don’t you?” muttered Dr. Sato.

“The Plumbers have been around longer than UNIT,” said the Doctor. “Now…” the place was starting to shake. “…are those the-?”

“Yes!” replied Dr. Sato.

“…There seems to be a rhythm to it,” remarked Lurra Rus. “Like some…beast.”

“I’d almost liken it to a frog,” said Amy. “And I had to fight some frogs, let me tell you.” A UNIT soldier then burst in.

“We need to evacuate! There’s a giant frog hopping to the island!” he said.

“Hang on, soldier,” said Ben, “does this frog have four red eyes and horns?”

“Yes, but how important is-?!”

“He’s STILL around?!” protested Ben. He then thought. “…Then again, supposedly, he has his head put into a jar and puts said jar onto a gorilla body in the future.

“You know how this frog came to be?” asked Dr. Sato.

“Yeah, one of my enemies, Dr. Animo,” explained Ben. “A mad scientist that mutates animals into his monster slaves to conquer the world.”

“What is it about mad scientists that causes them to look to mutating life-forms?!” snapped the Doctor. “Is he in correspondence with Davros?!”

“We’d better ask him some questions,” suggested Amy.

“Right,” replied the Doctor. The group then went outside to see an elephant-sized four-eyed frog with an old man riding it. He wore a brain case that had antennae and exposed his brain, wore red goggles, had pale-green skin, and wore a long lab coat.

“Attention, UNIT and Plumbers!” announced the old man, Dr. Animo. “Surrender San Francisco to me or be trampled by my newest acqui-!” he stopped when he saw Ben. “Oh, for-! Can’t you just let me take over the world in peace, Tennyson?!”

“Come on, Doc, you know that’s not how this works,” replied Ben. “You show up, threaten to take over the world with your mutant animals, I turn into an alien that beats you, you get carted off to prison, that’s the whole thing. It’s kind of boring, now that I think about it.”

“Then mix it up a little and stand down!” snarled Dr. Animo.

“I think I’d prefer it if Ben stuck to routine,” called the Doctor.

“And just who are you?!” demanded Dr. Animo.

“I’m the Doctor.”

“…Doctor who?”

“Just the Doctor. Look, surely Mr. and Mrs. Animo wouldn’t want you to-.”

“Oh, here we go, the ‘my parents would be spinning in their graves if they knew what I did’ angle. Listen, sweetheart, I obtained emancipation from them when I was 18! I would have gotten it earlier, but those two WERE geniuses when it came to law, hence them having taken jobs as lawyers when they were alive.”

“…Okay, I’m not sure who’s the bigger villain in THAT scenario,” mused the Doctor. “But look, with your knowledge on genetic experiments, you could cure cancer, give humans the ability to regrow lost limbs, maybe-!”

“Except I don’t WANT to cure cancer or give humans the ability to regrow lost limbs,” interrupted Dr. Animo, “I want to make mutant animal slaves to help me conquer the world!”

“…Single-minded, that’s what you are,” muttered the Doctor.

“I prefer the word ‘driven’!” replied Dr. Animo.

“Well, I’m driven too,” remarked Ben. “Driven to put you back in prison. Let’s see, when we first met, you were trying to bring back extinct animals like dinosaurs, right?”

“I was set to call America’s capital ‘Washington B.C’, yes,” confirmed Dr. Animo.

“Then let’s see how you handle a living dinosaur,” chuckled Ben.

“A living dinosaur?” asked the Doctor.

“You ever heard of a Vaxasaurian, Doctor?” asked Ben.

“Oh, you have Vaxasaurian DNA on that thing?” quizzed the Doctor. “Nice people. Bit fist-happy though.”

“Just need to take down the frog!” replied Ben. “Dr. Animo, it’s time for Humungousaur!” Ben slammed on the Omnitrix, he then bulked up…got an orange and black striped fur pattern, grew a claw on the back of each wrist, his face became more feline, and a green and black luchador outfit appeared over him. “HUMUNGOUSAUR!” shouted Ben in his new form. He then looked down. “Oh for-! I MEAN RATH!”

“That’s an Appoplexian, Ben, not a Vaxasaurian,” groaned the Doctor as she pinched the bridge of her nose. Rath got up close to the Doctor’s face, saliva spattering all over the Doctor’s face as he screamed.

“LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, DOCTOR, TIME LORD OF GALLIFREY! RATH ALREADY KNOWS THAT!” He then turned to Dr. Animo. “AND YOU! RATH IS STILL GONNA KICK YOUR FROG’S BUTT ALL THE WAY INTO THE SNOW!” Rath then leapt at the frog and wailed on it. The Doctor simply wiped the saliva off her face.

“…Lovely,” she grumbled.

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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 1

Monstrous Power: Part 4

Gigan was getting closer, despite all the firepower the EDF was throwing at him. “Doctor, you better have something clever up your sleeves as usual!” gulped William.

“I’m not too sure I’d call this clever, but desperate,” replied the Doctor.

“You’re not planning on taking us back to the Xilien ship, are you?” asked Martha.

“No way, she’s planning on going alone,” guessed Mickey.

“…Mickey, I would rather you DIDN’T guess my plans, even if you are correct,” muttered the Doctor.

“You can’t be serious!” protested William. “The Xiliens will kill you like they did Professor Yoshimura!”

“That ship is their only means of controlling Gigan,” replied the Doctor. “With their systems sabotaged, Gigan will be more vulnerable to Godzilla and his allies. …And no, I’m not putting you back in that situation.”

“But you’ll-!”

“William! …Just…please. …Let me do this alone. You witnessed enough death today and I can’t promise I can keep you alive if I let you come with me. And that goes for all of you. I’ll fight this alone.”

“You will not!” argued Sato.

“I’d think that what Davros and his Daleks did to Earth,” remarked Mickey, “proved you work better with someone by your side.”

“And if you’re seriously gonna tell us that being the last of the Time Lords makes you permanently alone, then shame on you!” snapped Martha.

“Doctor, I faced down ghosts, Sontarans, Doctor Doom, Loki, a Krynoid, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn,” said William. “I even preserved Grandpa Zeddemore’s history in the process. I’m coming with you to protect my present, even if I have to sneak onto the TARDIS.”

“That goes for me!” said Sato.

“And me!” agreed Mickey.

“And me!” finished Martha. The Doctor was about to argue, then Gigan roared! He was almost on top of the base! He prepared to fire his eye beam…when a stream of blue fire hit his backside! It wasn’t enough to kill him, but it caught his attention. Everyone looked out to see Godzilla, ready to fight! Godzilla gave off a challenge roar and Gigan roared back, accepting his challenge!

“…Come on!” the Doctor called to her companions, old and new! She led them back into the base as Gigan slashed at Godzilla with his scythes.

“So, what’s the plan?!” asked Sato as everyone ran through the base.

“We sneak onto the Xilien ship,” replied the Doctor, “take down any guards, sever their control over Gigan by any means necessary, Gigan becomes confused and is overwhelmed by three monsters attacking him, then we cause the ship to self-destruct and return to the TARDIS and escape.”

“By the skin of our teeth, by the sound of that plan,” remarked William. “Any finesse needed?”

“I’ll provide the finesse,” answered the Doctor. “Failing that, just break the machines.”

“Sounds like a plan!” said Mickey. They arrived at the TARDIS and the Doctor herded her friends in.

“Oh, you’ve redecorated,” observed Martha as she and Mickey took in their surroundings. “…I don’t like it.”

“Oh, come on,” argued Mickey, “you gotta admit it’s a lot cleaner than that coral reef theme she had going.”

“It really IS bigger on the inside!” breathed Sato.

“Oh dear,” remarked the Doctor as she checked various readings. “The Xilien ship is tunneling its way out of the mountain! This is gonna be tricky!”

“It’s taking off?!” yelped William.

“Maybe to get better radio control over Gigan?” guessed Mickey. “I mean, they were underground and that can jam up radios.”

“Better and direct,” replied the Doctor as she set the TARDIS in motion.

Gigan, now aware of Godzilla, flew through the air, dodging Godzilla’s fire. Godzilla was getting frustrated now. Every time he fights the cyborg chicken, Gigan comes back stronger! Gigan took advantage of Godzilla’s frustration and fired harpoon cables hidden in his forearms. They buried themselves into Godzilla’s back and extended backward-facing spikes once inside his flesh, making them as difficult and painful to remove as a cactus spine or porcupine quill! Godzilla was bleeding bad! His Regeneration Factor could heal the damage, but not with the harpoons still stuck in his back! Gigan then pulled Godzilla towards him by wrapping the cables around his scythes. Gigan then activated the buzzsaw in his chest! Godzilla was now inches away from the whirling blades…when a green sap splattered all over Gigan, burning what exposed flesh there was and melting the cables! Godzilla took advantage of that and pulled all the harpoons out of his back, his Regeneration Factor finally healing the wounds. He turned to see a giant plant monster with a glowing orange core and a crocodile mouth with sharp teeth and vines with open, toothy mouths! Godzilla recognized the monster as Biollante! He was about to fire when Mothra squeaked overhead. Gigan saw this and took off after Mothra, firing his laser eye. Biollante then spewed her acidic sap at Gigan. Godzilla then realized that Biollante was fighting against only Gigan. He begrudgingly accepted Biollante’s help and fired his atomic fire breath at the cyborg.

The input from three opponents was too much for Gigan and his Xilien masters! The Handler’s fingers were furiously dancing across the console, trying to take control of the situation. “Come on! Get SOMEONE in the head!” he complained.

“This situation is unacceptable!” snarled the Controller as she banged her fist on the armrest of her chair. “We must destroy those beasts and-!” She was interrupted by a noise. “What machine is that?!”

“Controller, LOOK!” called the Commander as he pointed out the TARDIS materializing right there on the bridge.

“The Time Lord!” hissed the Controller. “DESTROY THAT THING!” As the Xiliens raised their weapons, the TARDIS doors opened and a cylinder was thrown out. The cylinder exploded, filling the room with a white light and causing a ringing in the Xiliens’ ears. The Doctor and her companions then left the TARDIS.

“That’s the one!” called the Doctor as she pointed out a control console. The Xiliens were slowly regaining their sight!

“Doctor!” warned Mickey.

“I’ve got to figure out the release command for Gigan!” urged the Doctor.

“TIME LORD!” shouted the Xilien Controller. She swung wildly, but William and Martha restrained her. “RELEASE ME, YOU APES!”

“I’ve heard enough monkey ‘jokes’ from the white folk back home!” retorted William. “I don’t need them from knock-off grays!” The Doctor continued her work, unaware of the Commander regaining his sight and bringing his gun to bear on her!

“DOCTOR!” called Martha as she leapt on the Commander.

“GET OFF!” he shouted. He fired wildly. The Doctor got out of the way and a shot destroyed the console!

“YOU FOOL, COMMANDER!” shouted the Controller.

“I can’t regain control!” called the Handler as he tried to make the console work. “Hunter Zero is under his own power!” The Xiliens were so focused on Gigan, they didn’t notice the humans and Time Lord slip away in the TARDIS!

Gigan was LIVID! Forced to serve ants?! Not this time! Now he’s free and he’ll indulge in torturing them! He took off after the Xilien ship as it tried to leave Earth. Godzilla and Biollante prepared to fire, but Mothra shrieked something. She continued giving her squeaks as if to dissuade her allies. Biollante looked at Mothra in confusion, then powered down. Godzilla, however, was another story. He wasn’t going to take any chances. His dorsal spines went from blue to red! He then fired his strongest fire, the Red Spiral Heat Ray, right at the retreating Gigan and Xilien ship! The attack struck them, blowing a fatal hole in Gigan’s chest and destroying the Xilien ship! The dead monster and craft then plummeted to the ocean, causing a huge wave and then sinking to the bottom.

At the EDF base, Takahashi and his men saw the remaining monsters acknowledging their work and Godzilla grunting his acceptance of Biollante’s permanent presence on Monster Island. “…He did good as usual,” said a soldier.

“They all did,” corrected Takahashi. “It’s clear the Doctor and her friends succeeded or Gigan wouldn’t have taken off after the Xiliens.”

“…But that means…” realized another soldier. Takahashi frowned, practically finishing the soldier’s thought telepathically.

“…Get me UNIT Europe and UNIT Japan,” he ordered. “I need to inform them both about their sacrifices.” The soldier was about to hurry off and obey when…

“…Isn’t that the…?” he asked. The TARDIS then faded into existence! Once it fully materialized, the Doctor and her team stumbled out.

“Skin of our teeth, that’s what it was!” coughed the Doctor.

“Par for the course, then?” joked Mickey.

“Doctor!” greeted Takahashi. “I thought you all died on the Xilien ship!”

“We almost did, Takahashi-san,” replied Sato.

“But, as you can see,” finished the Doctor, “we’re all in one piece!”

“…Well, I WAS gonna tell UNIT Europe and Unit Japan,” said Takahashi, “that you all made a heroic sacrifice, but I think we can tell them something a lot more pleasant!”

“I quite agree!” replied the Doctor.

“You guys go on ahead,” said William. “I need to rest a bit.”

“All right. See you later!” called the Doctor as she, Martha, Sato, and Mickey followed Takahashi. Once they left, William looked at the small door with the phone instructions on it.

After making their reports, the Doctor led her companions back to the TARDIS. “Want a lift back home?” she asked Martha and Mickey. “For old time’s sake?”

“Kate’s already sent a plane for us,” said Martha. “Besides, I think I’ve had enough nostalgia for today.”

“Same here, Doctor,” agreed Mickey. “But it was fun to see you and the TARDIS again.”

“I need to stay here,” said Sato. “Professor Yoshimura’s work needs to continue and I’m the best one to carry on his legacy of science.”

“Now THAT is how you honor a scientist,” praised the Doctor. “Welp, must dash! See you all sooner or later! The latter being the more plausible!”

“Bye, Doctor!” called her friends as she headed off.

The Doctor returned to the TARDIS to see William using the phone in the door. Her hearts sank when she heard him wrap up the conversation. “Yeah. …Yeah, be home soon. …Love you too. …Bye-bye.” He hung up and saw the Doctor. “Oh! Doctor! I…I didn’t see you there.”

“Wh…Who was that on the other end?” asked the Doctor.

“My folks,” replied William. “The Avengers told them what happened in New York and told them I was travelling with you.”

“…I see,” sighed the Doctor. “…I would show you more. The Moons of Tasacta, the Fourteenth Galaxy of Contemplation. …You’re such a good friend, like Mickey and Martha. …You…you…y-you just wanted to let your folks know you’re okay,” she finally realized.

“Wait, did you think I was gonna leave you now?!” laughed William. “Look, I don’t exactly have a passport, for one thing! And another, it’s still fun, travelling with you! Besides, I still want to see another planet! On purpose, this time!”

“Right then!” said the Doctor, sighing in relief. “How about a human colony far into your future?” She and William entered the TARDIS just as Martha arrived. The TARDIS dematerialized and Martha waved.

“Good luck, Doctor,” she said once the TARDIS fully faded from existence.

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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 1

Monstrous Power: Part 3

The Doctor and her group were stuck in their cell. The Doctor steepled her fingers, her mind racing with ideas, but all of them hitting a major snag. “…Shouldn’t you be sonicing the doors?” asked Mickey.

“…Doing what to the doors?” asked William.

“The sonic screwdriver,” explained Martha. “It’s pretty much the Doctor’s Swiss army knife, just without a knife.”

“Not this time, Martha,” remarked the Doctor. “It’s become too much of a crutch, post Time War.”

“There’s machinery in the walls,” said Yoshimura. “Perhaps we can destroy it to break the locks?”

“They’re not connected to the doors,” replied the Doctor. “…Now, if I had a torch…”

“A torch?” asked William. “Why something so primitive?”

“…Flashlight, I think you Americans call it,” explained the Doctor.

“I’ve got one,” replied Mickey. The Doctor looked to see Mickey pulling out a flashlight.

“Oh, brilliant!” she said. “William, Martha, help me get that particular wall open!” She, Martha, and William pulled the wall paneling off and the Doctor started pulling components out. “Let’s see. …Gonna need that. …No, don’t need THAT. …Might need that. …Ooh! That’ll be a perfect booster! …There we go! Just enough parts for a Fizgig!” The Doctor got to work.

“…What do you think our prisoners are up to?” The Xilien Commander asked the Controller.

“…No idea, but there’s nothing useful in that cell of theirs,” replied the Controller.

“Well, the Time Lord’s building something,” remarked the nearby Security Chief.

“Oh?” asked the Controller as she looked on the monitor. The Doctor had just finished her device. If it was possible, the Xiliens would have blinked in confusion. “…Bring them here. I want to see what their amusing toy can do.”

The cell’s door opened as two guards entered. “The Controller wants to see your toy, Time Lord,” said one. “You and your friends will follow us.”

“Oh, of course!” replied the Doctor. “I think your Controller will be amused by my Fizgig.” She got up and took the device. “Come along!” she said to her friends. Everyone left the cell.

They were brought to the main control room. The Xilien Controller was sitting in her command chair. “Making toys before your demise, Time Lord?” she asked.

“Well, I have nothing better to do,” replied the Doctor. She presented the device. “I call it a Fizgig!” The Xilien Controller then took it.

“What does it do?” she asked.

“You’ll see,” replied the Doctor. “Just press the button on the side.” As she said that, the Doctor covered her eyes. Her companions did the same. The Xilien Controller then flicked the Fizgig on…and blinding-white light filled the room!

“MY EYES!” screamed the Controller.

“THIS WAY!” called the Doctor as she led her companions to the elevator.

“Stop them! STOP THEM!” shouted the Controller. The Xiliens fired their weapons but couldn’t see well enough to know who they were firing at. “NOT ME, YOU FOOLS!” berated the Controller.

“A flash-bang!” said William. “You turned the flashlight into a flash-bang!”

“Well, more sort of amplified the flash to be able to project ultra-white light, but that’s essentially it,” said the Doctor. “Here we are! The elevator!”

“STAY WHERE YOU ARE!” called a Xilien guard as he raised his weapon.

“Come on!” groaned William as he pressed the button. “What’s wrong with this ele-!” A scream interrupted him. Everyone turned to see Yoshimura fall to the ground, a singe mark where his heart was located. Medical instincts kicked in for Martha and William as they checked the poor man over. …But it was too late. Yoshimura was dead. William barely heard the elevator arrive. “…You cold-blooded-!” snarled William.

“WILLIAM! COME ON!” called the Doctor. William and Martha then looked to the elevator, then to the approaching Xiliens, then to Yoshimura’s body.

“…You’ll be avenged,” William promised, just in case Yoshimura’s ghost was listening. He and Martha then entered the elevator. The doors shut and the elevator went up.

The doors at the top floor leading into Godzilla’s cave opened and the Doctor led everyone to the jeep. She started the vehicle as everyone piled in, then they sped off. “Doctor,” called Mickey, “have you noticed that the cave didn’t have the big fire-breathing lizard?!”

“I was wondering the same thing, Mickey,” replied the Doctor. “My best guess; something’s attracted his Monstrous Majesty.”

“A Xilien weapon?” guessed William. “What if he was more aware of Xilien squatters in his cave than we realized?”

“Godzilla HAS been known to have some form of ESP, so there’s that theory,” replied the Doctor. A monstrous cry then sounded from the heavens. Everyone looked up to see a new Kaiju flying down to Monster Island. It landed feet first and William could only describe it as an armored chicken with three membrane style fins, a red visor over its eyes, a buzzsaw in the chest, and scythes replacing the forearms.

“…D…Did the Xiliens-?!” he finally asked.

“That’s their cyborg,” replied the Doctor. “Designated Hunter Zero these days. …You humans call it Gigan.” Gigan set his sights on the jeep. He shrieked his usual battle cry and stomped towards them!

“Uh oh!” gulped William.

“Doctor, STEP ON IT!” urged Mickey. The Doctor hit the gas and the jeep sped off with Gigan in pursuit. As he pursued, however, missiles from the EDF base hit him. They didn’t stop him, but they DID slow him down just a tad. The jeep was quickly waved through. The Doctor and her friends then jumped out and met with Takahashi and Sato.

“You lot seemed prepared,” said the Doctor.

“Let’s just say we had a heads-up from the Shobijin,” replied Sato.

“Shobijin?” asked William.

“Two tiny island priestesses,” explained Takahashi, “servants of Mothra. They came to us to warn of Gigan’s arrival. Our firepower can’t stop him, but we can at least hold out until Gojira comes with allies.”

“I presume one of those allies is Mothra?” guessed the Doctor.

“That’s right,” replied Takahashi. “And the other is Biollante. Her head’s now in a much better place, apparently.”

“I certainly hope so,” remarked the Doctor.

“Just one question,” said William, “Commander Takahashi, how does the EDF know about the Xiliens?”

“Well, Japan was invaded by them twice before,” said Takahashi. “Hell, they unleashed a horde of monsters that Gojira and his allies had to fight.”

“A horde? When?”

“2017.”

“…I was in the middle of my residency at the time,” remarked William. “I don’t remember seeing any giant monsters then. I’m sure I’d have heard about it.”

“Do you remember your history classes talking about the Nestene Invasion?” asked the Doctor. “Or the Zygon gambit with the Loch Ness Monster? Or the Yetis in the London Underground?”

“How about the Sontaran Atmos incident?” quizzed Martha.

“Or the Daleks’ theft of Earth?” supplied Mickey.

“Or where a mutant iguana was mistaken for being Gojira as it rampaged through New York?” asked Dr. Sato.

“Or where Gojira battle the MUTOs?” quizzed Takahashi.

“How about the Chitauri Battle of New York?” continued the Doctor.

“That last one I know,” said William, “but the others?” The Doctor rolled her eyes.

“Like I said to Ace in Coal Hill School, 1963,” she muttered. “You humans have an amazing capacity for self-deception matched only by your ingenuity when trying to destroy yourselves.”

“Guys, table that for later!” called a soldier as he pointed out how close Gigan was now!

“Oh dear,” muttered the Doctor. “Do we have an ETA on Mothra’s arrival?”

“No,” replied Takahashi. “And we seem to have lost Gojira.”

“How do you lose an atomic fire-breathing lizard taller than most buildings?!” protested William.

In the Xilien base, the Controller made her way to the command center. “Report,” she ordered.

“Hunter Zero is en route to the EDF base,” replied the Commander. “However, I have allocated supplementary orders in light of Monster Zero One’s absence from the cave.”

“So you HAVE noticed, good. Those supplementary orders are…?”

“To destroy Godzilla at once. Don’t waste time with indulging sadism.”

“Excellent,” agreed the Controller. “The Time Lord can’t save these apes now! We will take their water, harvest their mitochondria, and make this planet into an outpost of the Xilien Empire!” At that moment, the radar pinged. The Xilien running radar checked his instruments.

“Controller,” he reported, “we have an enemy contact flying towards the island, bearing 4-7-4 Mark 3-1-9.”

“Identify its origin,” ordered the Controller. The radar operator coordinated with the navigator. Both Xiliens gasped.

“From a landmass the humans identified as Infant Island! Mothra’s been deployed!” said the radar operator.

“WHAT?!” shouted the Controller. She pulled up a visual and, as her subordinates reported, the giant moth goddess was speeding towards Monster Island! There was a glow behind her, but the moth looked unconcerned with the glow. “We have to destroy that thing now! Battle stations! Raise the ship!”

“Raise the ship?!” yelped the Commander. “Our invasion-!”

“Our timetable has to be accelerated! We MUST destroy Mothra! Raise the ship NOW!”

“…Yes, Controller,” replied the navigator. He then made preparations.

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Doctor Who: Crossings Series 1

Monstrous Power: Part 2

“It looks like,” muttered the Doctor, “we need to find a live specimen of the creature this DNA belongs to.”

“Where can we possibly find that, Doctor?” asked Yoshimura.

“Yes, finding DNA that isn’t from your home planet is rather like finding your home star in a galaxy. You said you found the strand here on Monster Island?”

“Yes, around Gojira’s cave.”

“Goji-? Oh, yes!” The Doctor remembered the original Japanese name for the most famous Kaiju in existence. “Well, that’s a good place to-!” She opened the lab’s door and there was the tall woman pointing a gun at her. “Ah, how do you do,” she said.

“Back away, Time Lord,” replied the woman. “You will listen to and obey my instructions.”

“…I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure,” remarked the Doctor. “It’s terribly stuffy in here. I don’t think you should carry something so heavy.” She knocked the gun out of the woman’s hand. The woman then tried to perform a knife-hand strike to the Doctor’s throat, but the Doctor blocked and toppled the woman. The woman then tripped up the Doctor and reached for the gun, but Yoshimura took it away. The Doctor then pressed her thumb onto the back of the woman’s neck. The woman started convulsing, then the skin split away to reveal another life form, humanoid with gray skin, black veins running up and down the body, and a faceless, angular head. Yoshimura and the Doctor gasped.

“Xilien!” they said. Yoshimura then looked at the Doctor.

“You met them?” he asked.

“They were much more civilized before they allowed a computer to command their rulers,” replied the Doctor. “And I do believe her DNA has the same base pairs as our mystery DNA.”

“Couldn’t hurt to check,” mused Yoshimura. He went to get a slide prepared, but the Xilien sprang to life again and grabbed him by the throat, retrieving the gun and pressing it to his head.

“WAIT!” called the Doctor. A distorted voice then came from the Xilien.

“Yoshimura’s not my only hostage, Time Lord,” she warned. “Your three dark-skinned friends are with me. Unless you obey my instructions, this base will be painted gray. Brain matter gray. Understood?” Well, that put the Doctor in a bit of a pickle.

“…Very well,” she said.

“I knew you’d see things my way,” remarked the Xilien. “Come with me.”

Dr. Sato walked through the EDF base, looking for Professor Yoshimura. As she looked, she accidentally bumped into Commander Takahashi. “Oh! Sorry, Commander!” she said.

“I was the one that wasn’t paying attention,” replied Takahashi. “It’s my fault. Although, now that you’re here, have you seen Commander Smith?”

“No. I was going to ask you if you saw Professor Yoshimura. He’s not in his lab. …Come to think of it, neither is that Doctor.”

“And I haven’t seen Dr. Smith or Dr. Davies either,” remarked Takahashi. “Something’s wrong.” He activated a nearby wall-mounted comms unit. “All hands, this is Commander Takahashi. Our UNIT Europe allies, Professor Yoshimura, and the American civilian doctor are missing. I want this base searched from top to bottom.” Soldiers and scientists all over began a search at that order.

The Xilien was using a jeep to transport her hostages to a huge mountain with a titanic-sized cave opening up. “Gojira’s cave!” whispered Yoshimura.

“Is anybody home?” asked Martha.

“He’s always resting in there at this time of day,” replied Yoshimura.

“Got his naps mapped out, hm?” chuckled the Doctor. The Xilien then pressed a button and the jeep’s engine went quiet while still moving. “Don’t want to wake a slumbering titan, hm?” guessed the Doctor.

“He’s proven to be a useful watchdog, even if he’s an unwitting one,” replied the Xilien. The jeep then drove into the main cavern. There, slumbering on the cave floor with his head resting on a rock shelf, was a massive, charcoal-gray lizard with oak-leaf shaped dorsal plates running down to the tip of his tail. He had hands with massive claws on each fingertip and talons on each of his toes on his foot.

“…Godzilla,” whispered William almost reverently. Yes, this was the King of the Monsters. Every time Godzilla snored, his lips curled back so one could see his sharp teeth.

“Never thought I’d see him this close,” shuddered Mickey. The jeep stopped by the rock wall near Godzilla’s hindquarters.

“Out,” ordered the Xilien. Her hostages got out as she revealed a hidden keypad. She typed a code in and part of the rock wall slid away to reveal an elevator. “In,” she ordered.

“Teatime already?” asked the Doctor.

“Doctor!” protested Martha.

“Trust me, I know what I’m doing,” soothed the Doctor. She and her group entered the elevator. The Xilien then pressed the down button, the elevator doors closed, and the elevator went down. Unbeknownst to them…Godzilla was not as asleep as they thought! He opened a blazing amber eye! He could sense a threat coming and the tiny gray one was leading the forces responsible for it!

The base was searched from top to bottom. A Lieutenant spoke with Takahashi and Sato. “Sorry, Sir,” he said, “but we can’t find them.”

“They’re somewhere on this island,” insisted Sato. “That blue box the Doctor travels in is still here.”

“Keep up the search,” ordered Takahashi. “We’ll search the island after an hour if they’re not here.”

“Yes, Sir,” replied the Lieutenant. He saluted and left. Takahashi then looked to Sato.

“You UNIT people always vanish at the worst times!” he complained.

“We’re supposed to protect Earth from extraterrestrial threats,” replied Sato. “Maybe the Doctor found one.”

“…If she did, she might have been kidnapped by said threat,” muttered Takahashi. He called up the security room. “…Takahashi here. Are there cameras in the lab? …Pull up recent footage. …What?! Yuki?! …A Xilien?!” Sato’s eyes widened behind her glasses when she heard the word “Xilien”. “And she has Professor Yoshimura as a hostage?! …Can you see where she went?! …That would account for the jeep missing! Where did it go?! …I’m sorry, the cave?! …Get a team organized! We’re going to the cave!” He hung up.

“Why would she take them to Gojira’s cave?” muttered Sato.

“Whatever the reason is,” replied Takahashi, “it’s not gonna be a good one. And if the Xiliens are here, they may summon that cyborg chicken of theirs.”

“You are correct,” said two women’s voices in unison.

“Who said that?!” yelped Takahashi.

“Look!” called Sato as she pointed out two women, dressed as island priestesses and about two inches tall on the table.

“The Shobijin?!” gasped Takahashi. “So Mothra’s getting involved?”

“She has no choice,” replied the two tiny beauties, the Shobijin. “Her greatest enemy is returning thanks to the Xiliens’ control. Earth must be protected. She is bringing one who was once human and now lives as a plant Kaiju.”

“Plant Kaiju?” muttered Sato. “…Biollante?! She fought Gojira!”

“Now the younger sister of Godzilla must fight with him and Mothra to defeat the Xiliens’ servant. And Godzilla will have to work with the Kaiju of Time, the Timeless Child.”

“The Timeless Child?” asked Takahashi. “Never heard of that Kaiju.”

“You met her, Takahashi,” said the Shobijin. “She arrived in that blue box of hers.”

“…The Doctor?” asked Sato.

Speaking of which, the Doctor and her group were led out of the elevator with other Xiliens in human disguises working various instruments. One of them, a male, looked over and saw the group. “Controller, you brought humans here?!” he protested.

“Controller?” asked Yoshimura. “Our kidnapper is your leader?”

“I am,” replied the Xilien woman. “And to answer your question, Commander, that particular woman,” she pointed to the Doctor, “is a Time Lord.” All Xiliens stopped their work to gawk at the Doctor.

“A Time Lord?!”

“I thought the Daleks killed them all!”

“Oh, my family’s waited EONS for this!”

“Oh dear, the memory of the Xiliens is rather long,” muttered the Doctor. She turned to her companions. “During the Dark Times, the Time Lords and Xiliens went to war. We devastated their home planet, practically boiling their seas”

“Water is more precious than gold to us,” explained the Xilien Controller. She then turned to a subordinate. “Re-skin me.” The subordinate typed in computer commands on his console, then a tube appeared from the floor. The Xilien Controller then stepped into the tube. The tube shut and light spilled out from its seams. After a minute, the light faded and the Controller, now wearing her old human disguise, stepped out. She was now wearing a leather trench coat as well as black military gear. “Much better,” she said. A Xilien then handed her a pair of visor-style glasses. She put them on and grinned. “What do you think?”

“Can you get on with the gloating, please?” groaned the Doctor.

“And give you an opportunity to thwart me?” scoffed the Controller. “No. I’m saving my gloating for after we harvest you lot.”

“Harvest us?!” yelped William.

“Making my new skin is quite expensive and my soldiers need to be fed,” replied the Controller. “Your mitochondria will make an excellent food supply!”

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Monstrous Power: Part 1

Over in the Pacific Ocean, an island rested. No native humans lived there…but titans of old, some woken by human weapons testing, some by carelessness, some by duty assigned from the very earth itself. Humans had set up a base there to study these creatures. They had called in help from another organization, UNIT. Dr. Martha Jones Smith and Commander Mickey Smith arrived and met with Dr. Sato, the scientific advisor of UNIT’s Japanese branch. “Welcome to Monster Island, Martha-san,” she said as she bowed. “I apologize for pulling you two away from your shared plans.”

“It’s all right,” assured Martha. “We still made it to a pacific island.”

“I was hoping to get us to Japan proper,” remarked Mickey.

“That may come later,” replied Dr. Sato. “In the meantime, perhaps we should see our EDF liaisons?”

“Sounds like a plan,” confirmed Martha.

“This way, please,” said Dr. Sato. She led the two European UNIT members to a lab where two men worked. One was busy with research, the other was standing guard. “Martha-san, Mickey-san,” introduced Dr. Sato, “meet Professor Yoshimura and Commander Takahashi.”

“Yes, yes, I’ll get right on it as soon as I untangle the base pairings,” remarked Professor Yoshimura.

“…Absorbed in his work, huh?” Mickey asked Takahashi.

“He needs someone to remind him to eat and sleep!” replied Takahashi.

“Martha and I knew a man like that,” chuckled Mickey. “Too busy building something and forgetting to rest for some reason. I mean, he built things that helped save our planet but…well…” Mickey shrugged.

“Does he also make long-winded explanations?” asked Takahashi.

“And then looks at you like you dribbled on your shirt?” continued Mickey. Takahashi grinned.

“Same with Yoshimura here!” he said.

“Making a new friend, Mickey?” asked Martha.

“I’ve got a can of the stuff below my workbench,” remarked Yoshimura, “industrial grade, that stuff, Takahashi-san.”

“I think we’d better leave him to his work, Mickey-san,” chuckled Takahashi. As they were about to leave, though, they heard a noise in the corridor. Mickey and Martha strained their ears, then their eyes widened in surprise.

“It can’t be!” whispered Mickey.

“You hear it too?!” asked Martha.

“What IS that noise?” asked Dr. Sato.

“DOCTOR!” called Martha as she and Mickey ran down the corridor to follow the noise.

The TARDIS arrived in a corridor of the EDF base. The Doctor and William left the TARDIS wearing winter-wear. “Here we are! Planet Arctica! Home of the most beautiful glaciers in the universe!”

“Er, Doctor,” muttered William as he saw people approaching.

“Though, I have to admit, this doesn’t look like the Arctican main base,” continued the Doctor, oblivious to the people approaching her and William.

“Doctor!” insisted William.

“And the air…it doesn’t feel right.”

“DOCTOR!” By now, the Doctor had her attention grabbed.

“Why are you shouting, William?” she asked. “There’s no need to-.” She then saw the soldiers. “Ah. Hello there. Um, you’re not Arcticans. I mean, your ears are round, your skin tone looks human, and-.”

“DOCTOR!” called a voice. The Doctor’s eyes widened.

“…Martha?!” she asked. Martha and Mickey then arrived.

“Doctor, it’s so good to-!” Martha trailed off. “…Okay, so he’s still in the TARDIS.”

“Martha Jones!” said the Doctor. “Great to see you again!”

“Hang on a minute!” protested Mickey. “Doctor? Is that you?!”

“And Mickey the idiot! Good to see you too!” continued the Doctor.

“…A woman now?” asked Mickey.

“…Oh yeah, you learned about regeneration during Christmas of 05!” remembered the Doctor.

“Hang on, Doctor?! That’s really you?!” asked Martha.

“Count the hearts, Martha,” replied the Doctor. “We first met facing a Judoon Platoon upon the moon!”

“Oh my god! Mickey, you weren’t kidding!”

“I told you the Doctor could change his…or rather, HER face,” replied Mickey.

“How’s it been, you two?” asked the Doctor. “Last I saw you, you were teasing each other while fighting a Sontaran!”

“Just one of those potato heads?” asked William. “You two were luckier than us.”

“Oh, you met more Sontarans?” quizzed Mickey.

“Erm, we’re getting off track here,” interjected Martha. She turned to the soldiers. “It’s all right! She’s a friend! Scientific advisor, UNIT European branch!” The soldiers stood down. “Sorry about that, Doctor. We didn’t expect you here on Monster Island.”

“So we’re on Earth?” asked William. “Doctor, the TARDIS seems to love leading us astray.”

“OI! I can’t help that!” protested the Doctor.

“So, you’re the new companion, eh?” Mickey asked William.

“Dr. William Davies, at your service,” replied William as he and Mickey shook hands.

“Commander Mickey Smith, UNIT Europe. And this is my wife, Dr. Martha Jones Smith.”

“Ah, so I’m not the first doctor to travel with the Doctor?” chuckled William. “Doctor, how many companions were doctors?”

“Look, I think we have more important matters to discuss,” remarked the Doctor. “Chief of which being…Martha, did you say Monster Island? Off the coast of Japan?”

“That’s right,” replied Martha. “This way.”

The Doctor and William were led to the lab where Yoshimura was still working. “EDF uncovered some remains,” explained Martha, “of a life-form that used to exist here on the island. The skeletal structure is humanoid like ours, but we can’t make heads or tails of the surviving DNA.” Yoshimura still toiled over the readings.

“…I think the H goes with the U,” remarked the Doctor.

“Does it?” asked Yoshimura. He tried it, then his face lit up. “It does! And the J goes with the L while the remaining base pairs are the same as ours! We have a-!” he stopped his celebrations and finally looked up from his work. “…I beg your pardon, but who are you?”

“I’m the Doctor, scientific advisor for UNIT Europe. This is Dr. William Davies of New York City.”

“Hi there,” said William.

“Are you that same Doctor that Sato says is an expert on all things alien?” asked Yoshimura.

“Well, I don’t know about every alien species, but I appreciate Dr. Sato’s praise,” replied the Doctor. She then studied the base pairs more closely. “…Then again, that DOES look like a familiar genome.”

“Erm, Doctor, is there anything we can do?” asked William.

“I think Professor…erm…I’m sorry, I don’t think I know your name, Professor.”

“Oh! I’m Professor Yoshimura!” replied Yoshimura. This time, it was the Doctor’s turn to be impressed.

“The same Yoshimura that dedicated his life to mapping out Kaiju DNA?!” she asked.

“The very same!” replied the professor.

“William, I think Professor Yoshimura and I are going to be a bit busy in talking shop about mapping out genomes,” said the Doctor. She and Yoshimura began talking.

“…Typical,” muttered Martha.

“This happens every time the Doctor meets a good scientist?” asked William.

“More often than not,” replied Mickey. “It was like that with the Slitheen at Downing Street.”

“Oh, it’s not just scientists,” remarked Martha. “Sometimes it’s proper historical figures like Shakespeare…and you learn something about how bi that playwright is.”

“Hang on, you met Shakespeare?!” asked Michael.

“…Have you had any goofiness with the Doctor yet?” asked Mickey. William grinned, then Martha and Mickey followed suit.

“Let me tell you about how goofy my first adventure with her was!” he said. As they walked away, the Doctor shuddered.

“My companions,” she said, “all talking about my more embarrassing moments. …Just like with Martha and Donna.”

“Sounds like she must have just regenerated when you met her,” remarked Mickey once William finished his story.

“Regenerated?” asked William.

“Apparently Time Lords can change their face when they’re dying. First time I met the Doctor, he had a shaved head, big ears, and sounded like he came from northern England. Then he changed into a skinny bloke with spiky hair and a totally different accent.”

“That’s the same Doctor I met,” said Martha. “Though, he WAS still grieving over the loss of Rose Tyler. Unrequited love and all that.”

“I used to date Rose, then the Doctor came into our lives and she chose him,” explained Mickey. “Now Rose is in another universe with a more human Doctor…and I have this lovely lady as my wife!” He pecked Martha on the cheek.

“Hang on, she…sorry, he stole your girlfriend, lost her in another universe,” summarized William. Then he pointed at Martha. “Then you traveled with him and were burdened with unrequited love for her…sorry, him. …So, how did you end up leaving the TARDIS?”

“I was a third wheel at the time,” said Mickey, “then stayed behind in another universe before coming back twice, the latter of which being a more permanent return.”

“I just got out after a year of hell by Harold Saxon, or, as the Doctor knew him, the Master,” replied Martha. William took some time to take it in.

“…Don’t get us wrong,” said Mickey, “the Doctor is a wonderful person, always eager to show us something beyond our planet and time…”

“But one thing you have to remember,” warned Martha, “is that the Doctor is a lonely alien. She’ll do things that would seem inhuman, but ultimately save us all in the long run.”

“…I suppose the Time War will do that to someone,” muttered William.

“Heard about the war with the Daleks?” guessed Mickey.

“Have you met one?” asked Martha.

“No, but I take it they’re…bad?” Martha was about to answer, but the click of a gun’s safety being undone interrupted her.

“If you’re quite finished,” hissed a woman’s voice. The three companions turned to see a tall Japanese woman pointing a gun at them. “I heard everything. So, there’s a Time Lord here? I wonder how well she’d handle you three being my prisoners!”

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King of the Monsters!

Presenting the King, Godzilla himself! To longtime fans of the big guy, did I capture his primal majesty well or do I need to improve?

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The King’s Little Sister

Presenting the Big G’s little sister, Biollante! I never really viewed Biollante as an evil creature, just confused. Wouldn’t you if your soul were transferred to a body that was grown from Godzilla’s cells, a rose bush, and human DNA?