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Sky Maidens - Prologue

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The violet sky over Paris bled a radioactive, neon hue as the waters of the Seine boiled into thick, sulfurous steam. From the center of the river, the Behemoth-class Kaiju roared. It was a shifting hill of obsidian hide, boasting a dozen jagged, crystalline eyes that pulsed with an ominous, sickly light. With a lazy swipe of its massive tail, the centuries-old stones of the Pont Neuf shattered into dust, sending a tidal wave of scalid water crashing into the storefronts along the riverbanks. Suddenly, a thunderous sonic boom tore through the cloud cover. "Out of the way, Brandt! Ground troops need a real hero, not a Prussian slide-rule!" A streak of gleaming, polished chrome cut through the fog. Vicky Vance roared across the sky, the massive twin jet-turbines of The Star-Spangled Vanguard leaving a trail of white smoke in her wake. She didn’t bother aiming for a weak spot. Instead, she flared her oversized, star-emblazoned energy shield and rammed the Kaiju directly...