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"There you go" I said. Godzilla wasn't our concern, he had that point. But it was Godzilla. For all I knew, Godzilla would walk out of Japan and start a march across America. He was certainly capable of doing it. I dropped it. It wasn't worth thinking about, and frankly, now that the Lord had given me something to fear, I didn't WANT to think about it.

"Brandon, if you are on something, you and I are gonna have a big talk..."

I had stayed away from drugs, and I tried my best to stay away from people who loved that stuff. Be it marijuana, hallucinogens, cocaine, anything. I had a few who liked smoking marijuana, but that was it. And frankly I wanted to keep it that way.

Now of course I was also in thought about perhaps this being a dream, but I almost dismissed it immediately. If it was a dream, I never would have succeeded in calling Brandon earlier. And Brandon or Bui-....Layne would have looked at me, said, that this was a dream, and flew out the window. That or I would have said to myself in a different voice that this is a dream. It felt real. I knew when I felt reality for the most part. I don't know why. I just did. Still do.

Finally I changed the channel. "I don't want to deal with this kind of shit."

My phone then went off. "The shuriken....is my favorite thing....I LOVE the shurike-" My text message tone. I looked at it. My other boss. Carolyne.

"Travis, can you work Nuggets tonight at Pepsi? Report is at 5:45."

I had decided to hold to this job as well as my other part time job. But wondered why sometimes. Perhaps it would be better once baseball started up again. I always thought that.

I typed in a response, "Be there soon."

I sighed. I really didn't want to work, but I needed extra pocket cash right there, as a good amount of my money was about to go to our landlord. And as frustrating as this job could be sometimes, it gave good pocket cash. "I just got called in. You got your half of this month's rent? My half is on top of my night stand."

Part of me knew that Brandon was going to try and get me to stay. With everything that was going on. Layne, he had no clue how to take care of him. Had no clue what to feed him, and I knew he would tell me this. But I couldn't let it stop me from my normal life. As much as I wanted it to...

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Snake looked around. People were talking. Most of them talking about one thing.

"I was just talking to my husband, he says that there's a monster attacking Japan..."
"Something alien is attacking Tokyo"
"It's not an alien, it's a dinosaur."
"Godzilla's attacking Japan! THE Godzilla!"

Godzilla? Back during the Virtuous Mission, he had made a brief call to Para-Medic and she had talked about a monster movie, of the same name. Why would a movie monster be attacking? ... Why was he in the future? Something was out of place, and he knew it. This whole thing stunk to high Heaven. He needed answers, but here in the future, he doubted he'd find much help in places he'd usually seek it. Washington would likely not know who he was. He'd need to be stealthy. Or seek information amongst the populace.

"Attention, in about fifteen minutes, we will be landing in Miami, Florida. Please turn off all electronics and make sure your tablet-rays are in their upright position, thank you."

Snake sat back. He got into his mindset. This was not going to be easy. He'd land, then lok for answers.......