It was a dark night in Michigan. The moon's light reflected on Lake Michigan. Meanwhile, back in space a meteor the size of a large iceberg got caught in Earth's gravity and began falling to pieces and went burning through the atmosphere.
The clouds over Lake Michigan turned bright red as the meteor came flying towards the water and crashed. Water shot about one hundred feet into the air and flooded the area around it. The meteor stuck into the bottom of the lake and cracked in half. Bubbles came erupting out and a microscopic organism escaped from it's burning prison. It was brought up to the surface along with the bubbles. It then began absorbing water like a sponge and began to grow and get legs. It then swam to shore. As it made its first steps, a lightning storm started up. Suddenly, it was struck by a bolt of lightning. The electricity ran through its blood and veins and gave it new life. It was knocked unconscious and lay there, growing.
Trash and garbage was everywhere. Trees were drowned, and teams were sent in to clean up the mess. A large man with no hair on his head, and a woman with a long nose and long blonde hair were out on a canoe, picking trash out of the lake.
"I thought this stupid job would help me loose weight." The man said.
"It is Frank, you look a lot slimmer than when you started." The woman lied.
"Whatever."
Suddenly the water foamed beneath them, "What's going on Carren?" Frank asked startled. Carren was about to say that she didn't know, but she was thrown about ten feet from the canoe into the water. Frank was then pulled down with the canoe. Carren was also sucked under. She saw Frank get sucked into what looked like the mouth of a huge beast, holding a radio out all the way in.
Carren woke up in a hospital about two weeks later. She had almost drowned. She was all alone, she had a bunch of wires connected to her as well. Her husband, Darren came to pick her up, three days after she woke up.
About one month later, there had been countless vehicles found around the lake that had been apparently chewed up, and all the electricity had been drained. Even electric cables disappeared from the poles. What made this more disturbing, was the huge footprints found near the disasters.
Chapter 2 The Monster
Carren was on a lawn chair on the beach. She stared out at the lake for hours and didn't plan on stopping. People thought she was possessed, by what they thought was the loch ness monster of Lake Michigan. Her husband pulled up in his green pick-up.
"Carren you need to come home right now, your being foolish." Darren demanded.
"Not until I find out what killed Frank." Carren replied.
Before Darren could reply, his cell phone began playing a song, and he answered it. The ground began to rumble, the water rose, it looked like something crawling beneath a blanket as the water rose up and began moving towards land. A huge dark creature arose from the surface and moved towards the truck. Carren screamed as a huge foot crushed her and moved onto her husband. One large hand lifted Darren off the ground and the other held his truck, they were both dropped into the jaws of a monster, Darren was crushed by the truck and the teeth of the monster.
Everyone in Grand Rapids, were very frightened, some were even selling their homes and moving to other states. The military were now brought into the serious matter. Mini subs were sent into the lake, but were always found chewed up and out of power.
"General Adam says we're supposed to get to Lake Michigan, right away." Paul Dillon replied.
"What for?" asked Nicole Phillips.
"Something about the monster hoax." Drake Andrews added.
"Whatever works." Nicole sighed.
The three privates went to see General Adam, an old man who had been in the first two world wars and Vietnam.
Nicole was a shorter woman, who was 28 years old. Her brown hair went down to her shoulders, she had peachy skin, hazel eyes, and came from a small town in Alaska.
Drake was 32 years old, and came from New York City. He had darker skin, a military buzz cut, and brown eyes.
Paul was chubby, with a buzz cut, too. He was 31 years old. Green eyes, pale skin, and he came from Russia, and had a strong accent. The three of them saluted the general.
"Okay you grunts, we have a problem on our hands. There's supposively a huge monster living in Lake Michigan. Its been eating all sources of electricity in that area, and we're afraid it may not stay there much longer. I want you three to go there and help out." General Adam ordered.
The three grunts all answered at the same time, "Sir, yes, sir!"
The time was 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 10, 2005. Drake, Paul, and Nicole all arrived and were at the lake. 15 different cars and trucks were started up, lined up in front of the lake and were at full power. They waited for two hours, it was 4:45, and they were about to shut off the vehicles when the ground began rumbling. The water began foaming and started moving towards shore. A huge tail whipped out of the water, with a spear like blade at the tip. A huge dragon like beast arose from the water and roared into the sky. Its roar was low pitched and had an echoing sound at the end. The monster was 160 feet tall and had dark skin. It had human like arms with five clawed fingers on each hand, and five toes. Its chest and stomach was covered in armor like scales. Its eyes were red with black pupils. It also had two curved horns coming out of the back of its head, with tiny spikes lining its spines and to the tail. It roared then grunted. Everyone ran as it hit land and ate all the vehicles. Nicole was very close as she tripped while she was running. Instead of going back to the lake the beast walked through the forest towards Grand Rapids.
Chapter 3 JAGARAH!!!
Jagarah entered Grand Rapids. The citizens could not evacuate in time. The monster opened its mouth, sparks shot out as it prepared to do something big. It then spat out a lightning bolt onto a speeding motorcycle. The driver was fried and the motorcycle exploded. The beast roared and continued his rampage. A group of soldiers came running through the streets with huge guns and opened fire onto the monster. It just fried them all with lightning. The monster ate all electric cables. Soon, when most of the city was on fire, it moved east, towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Soon the monster was in Lake Erie, it swam across and continued towards the ocean. The monster never hesitated to crush those in his way. He would only stop to eat anything electrical, or to absorb it from buildings. The military knew where the monster was heading, they looked over satellite photographs. The monster seemed unstoppable. Drake was looking at the satellite photographs, late one night. Nicole walked in on him, they were on a plane high over the Atlantic Ocean. Nicole walked in on him, "What're you doing?" she asked.
"Well, just trying to figure out what this monster's up to." Drake replied.
"Why did you join the military?" Drake was kind of taken by surprise, the question came out of nowhere.
"Well, my mom had cancer, I thought if I joined, I'd get enough money to get her some good help, but after basic training, she died. So I decided to stay."
"I see, I had always wanted to be a soldier since I was very young. My dream has come true, in some way."
"Yes it has." Suddenly, Drake dropped his cup of coffee and grabbed the map he was looking at, he slowly turned to Nicole.
"What's wrong?"
"The monster is going towards New York City." Drake jumped up and called in to tell General Adam right away.
Jagarah was now in Pennsylvania, he was moving so close that New York City was already struck with terror and evacuating. Jagarah met a brigade of tanks. They all opened fire, Jagarah let out a strange, high pitched cry of surprise. Jagarah was angered and fired random bolts of lightning and began walking South-East. He was now in Harrisburg. He walked into the water that lead to Chesapeake Bay. He submerged and swam off into the ocean. Everyone was relieved, for the time being. Drake, Nicole, and Paul were all to go to New York City to help with the evacuation. All of the ways in which the monster could enter to the city from the water was blocked with tanks and other military weapons. Three jets were sent to try and stop the monster before he could reach the city.
The three pilots were very nervous as they searched for the monster. Suddenly the beast arose from the water and fired two lightning bolts into the sky. All three jets spun and got out of the way. The monster roared as all three jets fired missiles at him. When they hit anywhere on his protected front, his stomach and chest, he did not feel much pain. The jets turned and came back to fire again. The monster fired a lightning bolt and the jet in the middle of the other two was hit and went crashing into the water. The jets flew over the monster and another one was caught in the spear like blade at the end of his tail. He then slammed his tail into the water. The last jet was retreating, the monster fired a lightning bolt, and barely missed. The pilot was so startled that he went off course. It went flying to the water. The monster lifted it into the air and began chomping down on it. He roared in victory and sunk beneath the waves. Paul was very scared, he never wanted to go to war, but this seemed worse. He could hardly breath. He joined with Drake, as they were best friends, since they were four years old. They met Nicole after basic training. Drake was trying to make Paul feel better by reminding him of child hood memories. Paul thought of Russia, and the day he met Drake. What made matters worse was that General Adam said that many of them would die. General Adam was there himself to see how things went. A boy about nineteen years old, snuck into where the military was making plans. He was caught of course and brought to Drake, who was the corporal.
"You need to leave the city immediately, there's still millions of people that need to be evacuated." Drake ordered, impatiently.
"Yes I know, but I have something that will kill Jagarah." the boy replied.
"Ja-who?"
"Jagarah, its been a urban myth in my family for generations. He doesn't look exactly like he does in the myth, but he needs a name."
"I don't have time for this."
"You have to at least try."
"What's your name?"
"Jimmy Clemmins."
Jimmy was very scrawny with uncombed brown hair and brown eyes, he was also very pale.
"Well Jimmy, these men will escort you to safety."
"Wait!" Jimmy pulled out a vile of red liquid.
"What's that?"
"Its a chemical I made in my lab."
"Lab?"
"Well its my apartment, but that's not the point. Watch." Jimmy pulled out a soft ball and dropped it onto the ground. He dropped a few drops of the liquid and it burned right through the ball.
"What the..."
"We can get more supplies to make more, but trust me, I'm positive it will work."
Drake was stunned. He then smiled, "Yes, we will try it." The soldiers around Jimmy looked at Drake in a confused way. Drake went to tell the general all about it. Everything was ready for the attack of Jagarah. Boats sped back to land as the monster arose from the water behind the Statue of Liberty. He roared and waded through the water. Jagarah grunted and walked into the statue. The top half cracked and fell into the water. All the missiles and tanks fired onto the monster. Jagarah roared in anger and fired a few lightning bolts. A few tanks exploded, while a few just lit on fire. Paul was feeling his heart as it pumped wildly. The monster hit land and everyone ran for their lives and the tanks were crushed as the soldiers jumped out and ran to safety. Half of the city was still there and not evacuated. Everyone screamed as the shadow of the monster covered them. Jagarah grunted then roared. The blade at the end of his tail stabbed into a building and swished around until the building fell onto the people below.
Paul was given a rocket launcher as were five other soldiers, they ran through the city. Jagarah reached the Empire State Building and fired a bolt of lightning. Suddenly, it began to rain. A bolt of lightning struck Jagarah, the lightning seemed to go to the beast like a magnet. People ran as he spat lightning onto them. Jagarah stabbed his tail into the Empire State Building, and it shot out of the other side. All of the power in it went out as Jagarah absorbed it. When Jagarah pulled it out, the area above the hole slowly fell onto the city and people below. Jagarah roared as dust and debris flew at him and hit him. A car sped at one hundred miles per hour to escape. Jagarah fired a lightning bolt, and the car exploded, sending flaming gas and oil all over the streets. People screamed as they were hit by flaming liquid. Paul and the other men with rocket launchers were waiting by the Chrysler Building. Jagarah was there in no time. They all fired one rocket. All three missiles hit Jagarah's long neck. Jagarah fired a lightning bolt and it hit the soldiers Paul fell to the side and was only burned a bit. He looked up as the monster. His long neck, long tail, evil eyes, everything about it was terrifying. Jagarah was right next to the Chrysler Building. Paul was struggling to get away, he had one idea that he thought would give him time to get away. He dropped the rocket launcher and got out grenade launcher that was tied to his shoulder. He fired up. The grenade went flying up high and broke through a window. Drake was driving to Paul to tell him they had a new plan. It was too late. The grenade rolled into a hall and exploded. That whole floor was filled with flames. The huge building began collapsing in on itself and barely tilted, which caused the part that was falling to crash down onto Jagarah's head. Paul yelled like no man had ever yelled before as the building fell onto him. Drake's eyes went wide and he turned his jeep around and sped back to base. Debris followed right behind him. Drake was lucky that it soon stopped.
Jagarah slowly got onto his feet. Purple liquid dripped from his head. It was his blood, it was filled with electricity. Jagarah grunted, and picked up some electric cables and chewed on them. When Jagarah's power was full enough, he made his way back to the Ocean. He walked right through buildings and lit things on fire with bolts of lightning. Jagarah left a city of fire behind him. People were trapped and were very hot from all the fire. Jagarah stomped into the water and waded back out. Drake watched the monster submerge then turned to what looked like Hell on Earth.
Chapter 4 The Last Solution
The military never got the chance to use the red chemical. They were now focused on rescuing civilians from the fire. Three historical buildings were destroyed in one night. The rain had no affect on the fire that engulfed the city. Jagarah was hated by everyone all over the world. It was not known where he was.
Drake felt guilty for not getting to Paul and the other soldiers in time, he was torn up inside.
"There was nothing you could've done. What happened was unstoppable." Nicole stated.
"I could've gotten there faster." Drake replied, tears running down his face.
"No you couldn't, stop beating yourself up." Drake closed his eyes as more tears flowed out.
"I will destroy that monster."
"What? Hank is doing that today, he's going in the mini sub and will kill Jagarah with those chemicals."
"We'll see."
General Adam, Nicole, and Drake were all on the ship which was to find Jagarah. As the ship moved through the water, Drake snuck into the mini sub.
"Are you insane!" Nicole exclaimed.
"Quiet, I told you, I'm going to kill Jagarah."
"Wait..." It was too late, Drake closed and sealed the hatch. The sub then automatically dropped from the moving ship into the ocean. Nicole went white as everyone came to see what happened. Nicole's eyes filled with tears as she told them this, "He's going after the beast."
Drake had all the lights turned on, he turned on everything that required electricity. He moved the sub through the dark sea. Fish swam out of the way as he floated past. Jagarah was chewing on a small boat when he saw the lights from the sub. He grunted and dropped the boat. Drake saw the huge monster swimming towards him. The red liquid was kept in long tubes which would start spraying out the stuff once it hit something hard. Drake began pushing buttons to get ready. Suddenly, the whole sub jerked violently, as Jagarah clamped down onto it. The lights went out and red lights turned on. An alarm sounded. Drake began to sweat as water shot in. Everything began going in slow motion for Drake. He saw visions of his mother, Paul, and even Nicole. His whole life flashed before him. Jagarah began sucking out the electricity from the sub. Drake managed to fire three tubes out. They all hit, one bent and shot out a large amount of liquid. The other two began spraying out liquid. Jagarah released the sub as his feet and legs began to burn horribly. The liquid was eating away at his skin and flesh.
Drake sped out of Jagarah's jaws and fired out five more tubes. They all hit and began spraying out the liquid. Jagarah cried in pain, bubbles shooting out of his throat. The liquid was more like a mist of krill, when under the water. Drake's eyes were about to pop out of his eyes as he watched the mist surround Jagarah. Jagarah's eyes began glowing gold, as his skin began float off his body. Purple mist then began floating out of Jagarah's body. You could now see Jagarah's bones. Drake was about to speed back to the ship but, the windows shattered and the sub split open, filling with water. Jagarah let out a cry of pain and sorrow as he died slowly. His eyes continued glowing until they disinagrated. He let out one last cry of sadness, then the red mist cleared and all of his intestines, skin, and flesh were gone. The skeleton stood for a few moments then fell apart. The blade on the tail remained where it was and landed next to the sunken sub. The skull landed slowly. Bubbled rose up from the eye sockets and from all of Jagarah's grave. The ship began slowing down as the water began to foam, bubbles went high into the air. The water turned red, from the chemicals. Some purple did as well. Nicole burst into tears when they lost contact with the sub. Everyone took off their hats and put them on their chests. No one ever found out how Jagarah came to be, it may be best, if they never do.
