Thunderous roars shook Sydney Harbour.
“Deploy the penguins,” ordered Professor Miller from the twin-hulled research vessel trailing the kaiju. “May science succeed where bombs failed.”
Hundreds of cybernetically modified little penguins swarmed from shipboard holding pens.
The kaiju faltered and wailed plaintively as the chromed beaks of augmented penguins carved cruel radio-directed paths through its innards. The mighty monster toppled.
Cheers erupted on the ship.
“Signal for return,” said Miller.
“Unresponsive.”
“Send it again!”
The frothing water, dark with pureed kaiju, grew still.
Professor Miller watched in horror as the swarm sped towards the city centre.
“What have we done?”
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