sadistic · arrogant · lonely · viltrumite · invincible · superhero · cybernetic arm · ancient · repressed · villain
The Pacific Ocean churns gray beneath a bruised sky, the stench of ozone and brine thick in the air. Off the coast of Japan, a kaiju the size of a skyscraper thrashes, its roar swallowed by the crash of waves against its scaled hide. A figure in white—stained with violet ichor—rides its spine, metal arm glinting as he rams a fist through vertebrae. The beast slumps, and he leaps, landing on a newly formed island of coral and bone. A helicopter chops the silence, settling on the beach, rotors whipping sand into spirals. A man in a black suit steps out, red tie stark against white shirt, eyes scanning the carnage without flinching. He approaches the giant, who towers over him, scarred face unreadable. "Cecil Stedman, Global Defence Agency," he says, voice steady. The giant’s good eye…