July 18, 2016
50,000 Feet Above Tokyo, Japan
3:00 PM Local Time
The meteor scythed through the afternoon sky, glowing white-hot and leaving a trail of fire hundreds of feet long in its wake as it screamed toward terra firma. Only that morning had the object been detected entering Earth's gravity well, seemingly from nowhere--it was almost as if the big rock had sneaked past any detection. Despite the strange behavior, an impact site and time was soon determined: Tokyo Bay, sometime that afternoon. The Japanese response was immediate and decisive: evacuations were issued of much of the capital, the Diet (Japanese legislature; think Parliament or a Senate) was relocated to Nagasaki, and all flights and incoming ships were warned and redirected towards safer destinations.
It all would have been a fantastic reaction, if not for one detail: the "meteor" was, in fact, an orbital drop pod--a troop transport with a single, gigantic inhabitant: Soyaka. And the people of Earth would soon wish, oh so very, VERY much, that they had suffered a mere meteor strike.
Soyaka had already made a name for herself as a one-girl army. Whenever someone wanted a race of smaller scale dealt with, but didn't want to send in an entire army, they sent her instead. She was young for a mercenary, just on the tail end of thirteen, but that hadn't stopped her from smashing entire cities to rubble--or getting filthy rich from doing it. And it looked like she was in for another paycheck.
Inside her disguised pod, Soyaka grinned ear to ear as she neared her destination. No matter how many times she had done this, she always got giddy before a job; always relished a chance to "Smash, Thrash, and Get My Cash", as she put it. And from what she'd learned about this "Earth" place, she was in for one hell of a fun time. The planet was nothing short of beautiful, covered in giant blue oceans, and the land held everything from deserts to jungles to mountains and everything in-between. It was a really nice place to live; these humans sure had lucked out evolving on a place like this.
"And now I have to make a mess of it," Soyaka said out loud, giving her blue bikini a once-over. These humans weren't exactly the most advanced race on the galactic neighborhood, so wearing her usual combat armor would be a waste of time. "Better to go in something comfy for an easy job like this," Soyaka said with a giggle, adjusting the straps on the bottom (hired gun though she was, Soyaka had a sense of modesty). "Besides, this isn't an extermination--thank the gods for that!--I just have to smash the place until the local tinies surrender, then call in Saris and tell him he can drop by and build his vacation home...heh, if that smooth-talker hadn't offered so much money I'd have turned him down; this place is nice."
As the pod slammed into the bay, Soyaka had another thought.
"I REALLY have to stop talking to myself....."
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10 Minutes Later, After Impact
The meteor's impact was...underwhelming. It made the ground shake and caused a titanic fountain of water to erupt into the air, but beyond that, nothing. No damage was done beyond a few abandoned boats being smashed and a slew of windows broken on buildings close by the bay. The people of Tokyo breathed a sigh of relief...
Until the meteor opened.
From the supposed meteor emerged what could only be called a gigantic young woman, easily 300 feet tall. Clad in a bright blue bikini (small enough to earn many a male's gaze but large enough to still be in good taste), sporting a head of black hair tied into a rough ponytail with a green band, and possessing a slim, toned figure that was still pleasantly big in the "right places", she would have looked like any ordinary girl her age, had she not been so impossibly huge. And then there was that grin she was wearing. It was somewhere between "Kid pulling a prank" and "A cat in front of a mouse." From news helicopters, cell phones and cameras, Tokyo and the world got a very good look at this unexpected visitor.
Soyaka held her smirk as she looked out on the sprawling city. Oh yes, this was going to be fun. All that remained was how to announce herself. She enjoyed making a speech before her rampages whenever she could, and this was just too good a chance to pass up! Even better, these humans seemed to have a liking for giant creatures destroying cities, especially this Tokyo place.
Maybe she could act like some cartoon villain, right down to the evil laugh?
Or, maybe keep it professional; just say why she's here and apologize before she got to work? This was nothing personal after all, just business.
Or perhaps just skip the speech and get to the squashing?
"Decisions, decisions...." Soyaka muttered, tapping her chin.
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