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[b]UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, TOKYO
12:20 PM[/b]

Hirotoshi Ueda had already loosened his necktie and discarded his suit jacket. If this was any indication of the way things were going, he would be naked by dinnertime. 

“Yes, thank you, Mr. Ambassador. Any help the United Kingdom can give us would be greatly appreciated. The people of Japan will be thankful and indebted beyond description.” Ueda nodded gratefully and set the phone down on the receiver, looking up at his Foreign Secretary, Akiyama. The man had impressed Ueda in the last hour- even on the way to the bunker, he had been appealing to foreign powers for aid and assistance. So far, the United States, Australia, India, and New Zealand were already mustering troops to aid in the battles that were soon to be fought on Japanese soil. And that was just what Akiyama had managed to do from the backseat of a speeding car. Ueda himself had managed to wrangle promises from the British. Now history will remember my efficient begging technique, he thought bitterly. Hopefully his eyes were not too red and puffy from his breakdown earlier. 

He had no sooner set down the receiver than a soft voice behind him quietly said his name. He turned to see Koyanagi, his Public Safety Commissioner. “Sir, we have to discuss the refugee issue. Greater Tokyo is unaffected, naturally thousands will arrive here.”

“Of course we're unaffected,” Ueda said with a sigh. “It's a message to us in government. Surrender or else there will be more. As bad as it is now, will our resolve stand when we see additional attacks in Tottori, Nagano, Kitakyushu, Oita, Himeji, Matsue, Hiroshima, Wakayama?”

“Be that as it may, sir,” Koyanagi said delicately, doing her best to avoid the Prime Minister's anger and bitterness, “this is an issue we must prepare for.”

Ueda shook his head. “So many people are leaving Japan. Order the governors of Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama to reserve all empty hotel rooms and open all the parks for tents. That should at least accommodate a few.”

“But the wounded, sir,” Koyanagi pressed on. “Some of the biggest hospitals in the country are already inactive, sir, others are being abandoned in fear. The number of injured may actually outstrip the number of hospital beds in the country.”

“Then we'll need to set up field hospitals. And we'll need doctors, maybe even foreign ones. Akiyama,” he said to his closely listening chief diplomat. “Don't so no to anyone who offers assistance. The Cubans will undoubtedly call offering doctors and medicine, like they do when there's any kind of disaster anywhere. Tell them yes. Misery makes for strange bedfellows, eh?”

Ueda took a moment to look at the news coming in on the bunker's multiple televisions. It was the same, really- the creature the media called Manda rolling in the splinters of Dogo Onsen, the Kamacuras swarm wreaking havoc in the suburbs of Kumamoto, Osaka in flames, Fukuoka Tower toppling, Okayama Symphony Hall crumbling, the emergence of the two creatures from Mount Fuji. The news stations were simply cycling the same clips over and over again, without commentary- because really, what was there to be said? Of course, the only clip from the last hurried hour that had stuck with Ueda was not repeated. The one with the reporter in the helicopter over Kobe, the one who died screaming when the helicopter was hit by shrapnel and spiraled to the ground.

The telephone rang yet again, and the Prime Minister could barely suppress a sigh as he lifted the secure line.

“What? Yes, this is the Prime Minister. Yes, of course I'll speak to General Onodera.” Ueda almost felt himself straightening to attention, and was secretly glad someone was there to take responsibility away from him.

“General Onodera,” Ueda said formally once he was patched through. Confidence beganto flow through the Prime Minister as he took command. “Thank you for calling. I respect your initiative, you are the first JSDF official to contact me. I knew the CRF was our best hope. I have several instructions for you.

First, you are in military command for the duration of this crisis. All Ground, Air, Maritime, Coast Guard, and police personnel report directly to you from this moment onwards. Use them as you will.

Second, the Cabinet has agreed to call out all reserves in order to meet this threat. Foreign troops will soon be arriving to provide aid, I expect you to show them every courtesy and use them to their fullest capability.

Third, our first priority is to protect civilians. Moving them to safety is our immediate concern. As of right now, you have authorization to open fire on the jellyfish creature headed for Nagoya, codename Dogora; the giant spider in Shizuoka Prefecture, codename Kumonga; the acidic monster in Hokkaido, designated Hedorah; and the giant insects in Kumamoto, codename Kamacuras. For all other kaiju, attacks will wait until confirmation of the evacuation of all civilians in the immediate area or their confirmed movement into uninhabited land.”

In a few short sentences, Ueda had given the JSDF the most power they had held since WWII. he stayed on the line, waiting for a response as he watched yet another recap of Oodako pulling container ships underwater in Kagoshima.


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"Sir, I shall not try to fail you. However sir I must give you ample warning, lots of our people will die, civilians and Self Defense Forces, and foreigners. I cannot say how many will die. But this fight will be up hill, and we will pay for every meter in blood. Sir we must open up travel routes for evacuation and try to get people out. Hell sir these things are hitting Shikoku. We're in trouble. I shall get to work sir."

The General looked at the map of Japan and saw the current whereabouts of these creatures.