Varan vs helicopter

"Get down, kid!" Mike hissed. Linda and Pete were too busy doing their job to notice Robin. Just then, Varan's reptilian eyes opened, and the creature awoke with a threatening rumble. With a speed that belied its tremendous size, Varan rose up on its four legs as the helicopters hovered overhead.

The first chopper quickly sped out of range when its occupants saw the creature, but the other just hovered over it.

Robin stood, still clutching her microphone, frozen in place.

Suddenly, Varan turned to face the hovering helicopter. The creature scrambled sideways and whipped its long tail. Linda and Pete and Tony and Mike all ducked their heads as the tip of the tail swished over them.

But Robin did not move, and the tail brushed her off the stone circle. Robin squealed and disappeared over the edge.

"Robin!" Linda cried.

Varan roared and rose on its hind legs.

"Get off the wall!" Mike shouted, grabbing Linda by the scruff of her neck. The four of them tumbled down the stone steps as Varan spread out its forearms and inhaled. Gusts of wind roared around them as the creature filled its sacs with hydrogen. Then, with a final gust, Varan leaped into the sky.

Linda looked up in time to see the Mexican Army Huey helicopter explode as the monster swiped it out of the air with its forepaw. The main part of the burning wreckage tumbled into the jungle below the hilltop, though smaller debris rained down all around them.


Godzilla 2000, Chapter 13