Assignment-Japan

[The Mighty Thor]

Having made his way as quickly as he could to the other side of the dragon battle-royale, ‘Vok skidded to a halt, vaulting Chandi from his back and into the fray. He watched as she jumped right into action, playing the part of the guardian angel to perfection. Realizing that a dino-man wasn’t going to be the best way to calm the locals, he thought back to De’s suggestion and realized that it was about the best option available. Catching a local cop out of the corner of his eye, the shape shifting hero quickly mimicked the officer’s appearance to perfection. In fact if they had been standing side by side, they would have looked like twins. Not missing a beat, Officer ‘Vok jumped in beside Chandi and helped her shuffle curious children out of harms way. Looking back over his shoulder, he saw the battle heating up quite literally as Godzilla’s death breath splashed against Fin Fang Foom’s hide. Their dragon ally managed to take the brunt of the blast, but it did not keep the neighboring houses from catching a few stray sparks, igniting some and damaging others. Alerting Chandi to the trouble, ‘Vok yelled over the roar. “Take care of the swabs, lass. Me thinks those boys could use a hand,” he said as he pointed to the people already rushing to the fires. With that, ‘Vok sprinted toward the burning homes along with a handful of others.

Drawing closer to the flaming structures, ‘Vok could see the worst of it. A few houses had been hit, but only one was in imminent danger. The locals seemed to have things pretty well in hand by the time he got close, all except for one child who had been stranded out of reach on the top floor. Without pause, ‘Vok shifted almost half of his mass to the muscles of his legs and pushed off the ground with everything he had to give, launching himself high into the air. Half a second passed before he shifted his mass back into his arms and the wings that now found themselves attached there. But this time they were not reptilian wings. The Skrull figured that these people had seen their fill of dangerous reptiles for the day, so he decided on a much more avian appearance. Besides, the feathers that now protruded from his arms would provide better lift, allowing him to support the weight of two people during flight, or so he hoped. As quickly as he could manage, he set down on the window sill, scooped the little girl onto his back, and dove out into the clear air once more, whisking the little one away from the smoke-filled room that could have easily been her demise. Making his way back to the group of people below, ‘Vok wanted to deliver the child to safety quickly, knowing that she would be incredibly frightened by both the fire and by the weird bird man that was her rescuer. He sat down in front of a group of police officers and immediately switched his appearance back to that of the local cop. The humor of which was not lost on him as he handed the frightened little girl to the man that could have been his twin. Just then, Kei’s voice sounded over his comm-band. Happy to abide a pretty girl, ‘Vok shifted his form once more and took to the air, yelling to the group below who were now safe from the fires, “Duty calls, mate.”

Making his way quickly back to where Kei was waiting, ‘Vok practiced different forms, hoping to find one that would be a sure fire way to get both he and his passenger safely into the air. He managed to decide on a sort of eagle body structure finally, just as he sat down in front of his teammates. Not wasting any time, he let the cute Hawaiian girl climb onto his back just before diving off a nearby outcropping. Thankfully the feathered form worked and in no time the duo was airborne. As Kei looked for things to make go boom, ‘Vok displayed another of his well-hidden talents. As loudly and as unfortunately off key as he could, ‘Vok started to sing, "History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man...Godzilla!"