FORMER LOCATION OF EQUESTRIAN MILITARY ENCAMPMENT, 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEIGHAGRA FALLS
ONE MONTH AFTER THE DEATH OF GODZILLA
1300 HOURS
General West Point stood behind a podium on a small stage in a field where the creature labeled 'Godzilla' had fallen. It had taken teams of engineers weeks to haul the carcass off, the massive creature still causing problems after its death. West looked down from the podium, at the crowd gathered in front of the stage. She saw many familiar faces out in it, and some she didn't know, carrying notepads and cameras. From the moment she had started to walk onto the stage, the cameras had flashed, clicked, and whirred nonstop. She swallowed a small lump in her throat, looking down at the little cards stacked on the podium.
West looked out into the crowd again, this time focusing on the first row. She saw the ponies who she would be be giving medals to, the megaspell designer, and Pat. The brown earth pony smiled encouragingly, nodding for her to go on. West flipped through the small stack of cards in front of her again, before looking out to the crowd. She pushed the cards to the side, and then she made up the best damn speech she ever gave.
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Red Sky walked for two miles before he reached the military's fall-back position. After putting sergeant Lucky Strike in a field hospital, he gave a brief report to generals West Point and Patter. After attending the memorial service for the ponies KIA in the operations carried out against Godzilla, he was tried for the destruction of the plans for the oxygen destroyer. He was acquitted of the charges after a two-month long trial. He currently lives in Neighpon, where he designs marine craft, and writes books about oceanography.
Sergeant Lucky Strike woke up two days after Red dropped him off at the field hospital. The painful sensation in his back turned out to be a relatively harmless mutation, which gave him small replicas of the spines on Godzilla's back. He received two medals for his actions in Operation Anguirus during the memorial ceremonies, shortly before being honorably discharged from the Royal Air Corps. Lucky would later testify in Red Sky's trial, where he thanked the earth pony for saving his life. Lucky currently lives in Dodge Junction.
Generals West Point and Patter voluntarily retired shortly after the memorial ceremonies. They married a year later, and now live in Hollow Shades.
The remains of Godzilla are currently being studied by ponies from the Equestrian Historical Society, who are trying to find out as much as they can about the creature. There are plans to exhibit the bones of the creature in the Canterlot Museum of Natural History when the study is complete.
The Great Oceanic Trench, along with many of the deep scars on the ocean floor, has remained unexplored since the emergence of Godzilla. It is unknown at this time if any further attempts to explore the depths will be made in the future...