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Kaiju, the primary target that the majority of the base’s defenses had locked onto, had the beak of a squid and rows of eyes, three long, that ran down the length of the sides of its face.  One of its massive arms ended in a pincer and the other a mass of writhing tentacles.  Covering its chest and back was the thick armor plating of something very much like the shell of a turtle.  The blasts of the cannons hammered into it there, causing the giant beast to stagger.  It sunk partially back into the water before it regained its footing and continued to advance. The plates of its shell were slightly charred, but far from punctured.  The cannons whined as they rose on their axis to target the Kaiju’s head as it loosed a shriek and began to advance upon Lemura once more.
     
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    Captain Daniel Walker was the senior pilot of the Trident flight, and while he had been pissed initially at being left behind at Lemura, was now more than ready for a chance at a Mother Kaiju. He brought his Trident, nicknamed “Scather” by her flight crew, up high and in the sun, using the bright light to prevent the Kaiju from seeing the ship. He toggled his heads up display and frowned as he inspected the giant, lumbering beast from a safe distance.
     
    The Mother Kaiju looked like a giant, walking shark.  A fin as large as the Trident protruded from its spine.  Its arms ended in hand-like, three fingered hands and the scales covering its body glistened in the light of the stars above. Row upon row of teeth filled the giant mouth of the creature, and a long tail extended out behind it. Large black orbs on each side of the mouth rotated independently, the eyes lacking any sort of emotion. Walker recoiled a little at the realization that this Kaiju was different from any other he had seen before.
     
    “Not like it matters,” he whispered as he twisted the stick, pulling the Trident into a forty-five degree dive. He pulled the ship onto its back. “Trident Flight, this is Trident Lead. Target acquired. Fox Three! Fox Three”
     
    Twin AIM-199 AMRAAM missiles streaked from the Trident towards the beast, leaving a thin trail of smoke behind each as they flew towards their target. The “Kaiju Killers,” as they were affectionately known by the Trident crews, locked on the massive Kaiju, using the latest radar information relayed to the Trident from Lemura Base. Both impacted cleanly on the Mother Kaiju and managed to blow chunks of meat from the monster's massive torso.  The Mother Kaiju wailed in pain but trudged onwards. Walker flipped his bird back over and clawed for the sky as the Mother Kaiju hunched her back. Small, blister-like bubbles formed all along her spine.
     
    “What the...?”
     
    The sky was suddenly filled with tiny projectiles as each blister erupted violently. One projectile narrowly missed Walker’s Trident, and he managed to get a brief glimpse of it outside his window as it screamed past.
     
    “Holy shit!” his copilot, Commander Sean Osborne, screamed.  He had seen it as well. “Did that thing have wings?”
     
    “Get on the horn with Tower,” Walker ordered as he twisted the craft while more projectiles shot past. “Tell them that the Kaiju had adapted. We have anti-aircraft Kaiju.”
     
    Walker pulled the Trident into a hard turn, angling back towards the Mother Kaiju he had wounded. His targeting screen was cluttered with smaller icons now, nearly blotting out the Mother. His HUD zoomed in on one of the projectiles and he blinked as he identified what he was looking at. He rubbed his eyes and shook his head as the computer confirmed what he saw.
     
    “That’s one big flying lizard,” he growled and switched over to the 105 cannons.
     
    “Tower, this is Trident Lead,” Osborne said over the comm. “Kaiju has anti-aircraft personnel in the air. Repeat, the Kaiju have launched some sort of creature into the air. Looks like... I am designating the new targets as Dragons. Repeat, new