Chapter 1

The year is 1942. Tensions run high in the world as the Second World War rages on. The Battle of Midway has just concluded and now Operation: Harpoon is underway.

Meanwhile, Nazi scientists have been experimenting with an unstable energy source which if harnessed correctly could shift the tide of war. After multiple tests on an uncharted island hidden in the Pacific, decimating the islands ecosystems, they uncovered something unlike anything before. An egg belonging to some massive unknown organism.

Chapter 1

The rattling of guns echoed through the air above the Northern Sea of England. Explosions littered the sky; either by downed planes or the shots of the anti-aircraft cannons. The word chaotic would not even explain it. A thunderous explosion from an anti-aircraft cannon went off about five meters from Chris Broad’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1. Expertly he dodged and opened fire on the destroyer. The plane’s machine guns rattled, spitting fire towards the ship. Eventually, he got one of the anti-aircraft cannons, blowing it up, but before he could fix onto the next, shots fired past his plane. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 flew up behind him and opened fire. Thinking quick, Chris pulled up, narrowly avoiding the destroyer, and gained altitude. The Messerschmitt followed him, still firing.

“I see how it is.” Chris muttered. His plane climbed higher, to where all the blasts were going off. Another Messerschmitt flew for him but he quickly evened out and opened fire, shooting off its wing. The plane went into a death spiral and crashed into the ocean. Chris turned to face the Messerschmitt chasing him and opened fire.

The two planes evaded each other’s attacks and flew past each other. They circled back, the Messerschmitt firing and hitting Chris’s left wing. He dived as it nearly shot his engine. The Messerschmitt continued to pursue as Chris flew closer to the destroyers. He immediately began to curve as he approached it, the anti-aircraft cannons firing on him.

“Follow me through this.” He muttered, expertly dodging each explosion. The Messerschmitt swerved away, instead flying above the ship. Chris broke away from the destroyer and began to climb again. He circled back and opened fire on the Messerschmitt, which soon took notice of him.

The Messerschmitt climbed and turned, trying to get behind Chris. He noticed this and immediately changed trajectory. He was so focused on his new opponent that he almost collided with an incoming torpedo bomber. Chris quickly ascended after glancing the bomber, which was almost immediately shot by an anti-aircraft cannon. The bomber exploded and the wreckage went hurtling down, into the destroyer. The Messerschmitt rose into the sky again and fired on Chris, striking the plane’s left wing again. “Dammit.” Chris muttered, forcing the plane into a barrel roll. As it righted, he turned and fired, damaging the Messerschmitt’s rudder.

Both planes ascended once more, above the raging battle. Chris was one of the best pilots there was, but this adversary was nothing like he had ever seen. Another torpedo bomber flew past, heading for a destroyer. The Messerschmitt immediately broke away and shot off the tail of the bomber, sending it into the ocean.

Chris took the opportunity to get behind the Messerschmitt and fire on it, damaging its right wing. The Messerschmitt turned and fired, but Chris was already diving. The destroyer below them opened fire with its anti-aircraft cannons, Chris avoiding each blast. This time the Messerschmitt followed Chris, still firing.

As they approached the destroyer, the entire ship shook, a loud grinding noise coming from under it. It began to take on water, slowly toppling over.

“One of them is down!” One of the pilots yelled over the radio. But something felt off. Chris’s Spitfire was the only plane close enough to attack the destroyer, but he never fired. Besides the sound came from beneath, but no torpedo’s had been launched. Out of the corner of his eye, Chris glanced something moving beneath the waves. It was hard to tell what it was, but it was too big to be a submarine.

As the destroyer capsized it continued firing. Regaining his focus, Chris swerved away from a shot from the anti-aircraft cannons. The Messerschmitt attempted to do the same, but the blast blew the tail off the plane. It flew out of control towards another destroyer. Realising he could not regain control, the pilot bailed out, leaving his plane to out of control ram the destroyer. The Messerschmitt went up in flames.

Chris regained altitude, taking out another Messerschmitt on his way up. Something was not sitting right with him. Of all the time he spent staring death in the face on these aerial battles, never had he felt like this. It was not his encounter with the Messerschmitt, or nearly being blown up by the destroyer, it was whatever took that destroyer out. It was not Axis, that was a fact, but it was not Allied either.

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