File Code: M.E.-73-SI/BORNEO
Status: Classified — Level 5 Clearance Only
Audio Log — Expedition Lead, Dr. Evelyn Harper, Monarch Xenobiology Division.
"Energy readings from beneath Skull Island's crust are beyond anything we've seen. Hollow Earth radiation levels spiked to sixty percent above baseline. The team uncovered something embedded in obsidian — an egg. Or a fossil, at least. Whatever it is… it's humming."
Scene: Departure from Skull Island
The storm came out of nowhere. The research team — six scientists, two soldiers, one pilot — loaded the containment pod onto a gray Monarch transport helicopter. Inside, a massive, stone-encased egg, webbed with faint blue fissures, pulsed slowly, as if responding to the thunder above.
"Keep that thing sealed! Radiation shields at full!"
"You said it was fossilized!"
"It was. Now it's… reacting."
As the helicopter rose above Skull Island's jagged ridges, lightning forked across the horizon. The pilot fought the turbulence. The egg's energy pulse began syncing with the storm — every flash of lightning made it glow brighter.
The team never saw the last strike.
A thunderbolt hit the tail rotor, igniting the craft in a burst of light. The transport spun out of control, vanishing into the night sky over the sea.
Scene: Impact — Borneo, 1973
The wreckage burned deep in the jungle of Borneo, an uncharted section of rainforest untouched by humans. The egg's containment unit cracked on impact, the shock shattering the fossilized shell.
Rain hissed against the molten rock as the blue light dimmed, then began pulsing again, slower… stronger.
Something ancient stirred within the stone.
Roots from nearby trees coiled around the cracked surface, absorbing faint traces of radiation. The Hollow Earth energy seeped into the soil, spreading like veins of glowing mycelium.
By morning, the jungle had grown unnaturally lush. The air vibrated with the hum of life — and deep beneath the charred remains of the helicopter, the egg began to beat like a heart.
Monarch Addendum (Filed 1986)
Recovered fragments of 1973 mission logs reference an "energy-reactive fossilized egg." Wreckage located in Borneo shows evidence of Hollow Earth radiation contamination spreading over several kilometers. Local fauna show unexplained gigantism and aggressive mutations.
Current Status: The site was later purchased by a pharmaceutical corporation under the guise of "botanical research." Monarch surveillance continues off-record