Snippet #2072

College student. College student. What in the good Lord's name was that supposed to entail? Well, here's a couple of things. There was good reason behind Liz's long-anticipated trip to Tokyo for her International Studies course. She was majoring in Communications, taking a few Japanese history classes back in the states, and a complete junkie for Japanese cuisine. So, she had alot of free time living here, which meant she had the freedom to sleep in on most days, including today. But what was ruining these epic, relaxing plans of hers?

The military and a giant fucking lizard.

She thought that her time had come when she was rudely awoken by the fervent pounding on her small apartment door. Then there were incoherent shouts in Japanese, shouts about evacuation and citizens remaining in danger. She couldn't make heads or tails of it. Jumping out of bed, she pulled on her skinny jeans and a loose-multicolored tanktop, quickly braiding her shoulder-length auburn hair into a loose pleat over her shoulder. On went her sandals as she seized her messenger bag and shoved what few belongings she really needed into the worn denim folds. Then she stepped to the door and threw it open.

Hands roughly seized her. She thought about crying out in protest, but knew that these soldiers were only trying to promote her original intent. They 'assisted' her down the stairs, out onto the road and into the busy, traffic-clogged streets of Tokyo. That was where she lost them. Apparently people were simply being instructed to get out of the buildings, but beyond that everyone was on their own. She ran with the crowds, her hazel eyes bright with anxiety and excitement as she turned a corner and ended up in one of the squares of downtown Tokyo. She balked, her eyes wide as she looked up at the towering monster that loomed overhead.

The creature turned this way and that, breathing fire and knocking into buildings with its great tail. It roared, shaking the foundations of the buildings and shattering glass as it pounded through the streets and wreaked havoc everywhere it touched. She stumbled back against one of the buildings, throwing her arms out for balance as the creature made a mad leap and landed not thirty feet from her position.

She screamed. For what else was a girl to do in such a terrifying situation? Throwing her arms over her face, she cowered down and failed to run even when the building she was sheltering in was dangerously close to collapsing down on top of her.