Episode 2: Stuck

Episode two of Matango (2020) is about how Mike groups discovers Matango and how Neo Kong took down the ospreys and helicopters alone.
== Plot (Story) ==
Logos start to play as we can hear Neo Kong’s chest begin to punch and his roaring in the background. Then we get a view of Neo Kong looking at the ospreys and helicopters flying all around him and preparing to fire. [Barnes] “What should we do Lucas?!” [Lucas] “What’s going on?” [Me on comms] “There’s a giant fucking ape, that’s what!” [Lauren] “Fire at will!” [Me] “Lauren, no!” Every Osprey and Helicopter fired at Neo Kong after he roared at us. They fired and fired and fired like that had unlimited bullets left. They were passing him on all angles and he was pissed. Neo Kong roared as he grabbed a helicopter and threw it into the mountain again. [Me] “Take us down, right now!” [Monarch Osprey Pilot] “I don’t take orders from you!” As an Osprey fired at Neo Kong, he used the giant mushroom on his right arm as a shield and ram into the osprey, killing it off as it exploded on contact. As ospreys and helicopters were firing at Neo Kong, Me, Ryselle, and Velma all jumped off the osprey we were in and landed in a forest. [Monarch Osprey Pilot] “Hey! Where are you going?!” He turned around and noticed Neo Kong’s fist flying towards him as he screamed in horror and was killed in action. Professor Tayla and Lucas watch the horrors that were happening. Pilots were trying to survive as Neo Kong’s roars echoed through the night. As Barnes ran toward Lucas because he was standing there, mad at Neo Kong. As Neo Kong ripped a hole in the helicopter in his hands and slammed it to the ground, he noticed Lucas staring at him, mad like. He did the same as he roared in the air for his victory he had.
Meanwhile with me, I was with Velma, Ryselle, and Lauren who started the attack. I notice Neo Kong leaving in the distance. [Me] “Ok. Listen up, we have a week to find the other group before we make our next move.” [Lauren, Velma, and Ryselle] “Got it.” [Me] “Alright, let’s go!” I lead my group into the mushroom forest to find the others. Meanwhile with the others, Barnes was pacing as Lucas and Tayla were sitting down together. [Barnes] “Are you going to sit there or are we going to find the others?!” [Lucas] “Hey!” [Professor Tayla] “Calm down Barnes!” [Barnes] “I’m calm. I’m calm.” [Professor Tayla] “Look, we need to find the others and figure out while this island and the outpost was abandoned! Now come on! My stepson is out there somewhere and I need to find him soon.” [Lucas] “Tayla…” [Barnes] “Understood. Let’s go!” Barnes led the group as Tayla and Lucas followed behind to find us.
Meanwhile with us, we sat down to take a break and Lauren broke a mushroom of a Mushroom tree. [Lauren] “Agh! Why are they so many mushrooms everywhere?!” [Me] “I don’t know. Maybe that’s what these people were studying about. Why are the mushrooms outgrowing trees and stuff?” As we were talking, Ryselle noticed something in the distance. A pocket knife. She slid down the small hill to grab the knife until she noticed something horrible. She screamed and we all stopped talking. We chased her and grabbed her in our arms. [Velma] “What’s wrong sweetie?!” She pointed at the mushroom tree and there he was. A dead guy hanging and a part of the mushroom tree. He looked like a zombie stuck on a wall. We weren’t sure if he was alive or not. I grabbed a stick from the ground and poked him. [Lauren] “You know, I could have poked him with my gun.” [Me] “What are you? An anime girl?” He was alive. He gasped for air and reached for us as we backed up away from him. [Monarch Scientist in the tree] “G-Get o-ouuuuttttt. O-Of h-her-e!” We backed up as Lauren shot him in the face to end his life quickly. [Me] “Lauren!” [Lauren] “What?” Then he gasped for air again and roared at us like a zombie human?! What?! How is he still alive?! He fell from the tree and limbed towards us. Lauren shot him in the head again and killed him once more. [Me] “What the hell?!” [Velma] “How was he alive?!” [Ryselle] “Is it a zombie mommy?” [Velma] “I don’t know sweetie. I don’t know.” Bushes began to move all around us like something was following us. As Lauren backed up into a tree or what she thought was a tree, a hand fell on her shoulder and grabbed her as she looked up and screamed. It was Matango!!!
Meanwhile with Tayla’s group, they were walking on an open field as Lucas fell on his knees from something. [Professor Tayla] “Lucas! Are you ok?” [Lucas] “Yeah, I’m fine. Thanks.” Tayla helped Lucas up as Barnes looked below and noticed that they were in a giant Titan footprint but it wasn’t Neo Kong’s footprint but something else. They continue to walk to find us. Back with us, the lone Matango smacked Lauren out of the way and her gun. [Me] “Lauren!” The Matango walked towards me and roared. It looked like a giant mushroom person! It was huge! But still human-like size. I quickly tried to grab the gun from the floor but Matango smacked me out of the way, giving me a claw mark from it’s claws. [Velma] “Mike!” I was knocked towards a mushroom tree as the lone Matango walked slowly towards Velma and Ryselle as Velma grabbed Ryselle with her life and protected her. The lone Matango growled at them until It was shot in the head by Lauren from behind. The Matango fell on the ground as we got back together. [Me] “What is that thing?” [Ryselle] “Mushroom people?” [Velma] “Maybe.” Then it got back up and roared at us! [Me] “Are you kidding me?!” [Lauren] “Impossible!” Lauren fired and fired and fired at the lone Matango with everything she’s got! Then it finally fell down, died and Lauren’s clip was out as she was reloading quickly. [Me] “Umm, Lauren?” [Lauren] “I’m hurrying, I’m hurrying!” [Velma] “No, not that. Look!” Lauren looked up and noticed that there was a small group of Matangos staring at us. They looked at the dead half infected Matango and the dead Matango on the floor as they did a high screeching voice at us. [Lauren] “Run!”
We began to run as fast as we could as the small Matango group followed us with high speed! We ran out of the forest and into the open field as I count how many are there. [Me] “One, Two, Three, Four, and Five! There’s five of them!” [Velma] “Up ahead!” Velma pointed to a crash site with an osprey and explosion! [Me] “Great idea Vel!” [Velma] “Aw, thanks!” [Lauren] “We can lovey dovey later! Right now, let’s blow these freaks!” [Me, Velma, and Ryselle] “Yes!” We all ran to the crates of rocket launchers and grabbed one each. Me and Lauren fired the rockets at them five Matango and only took out two! There were still three left and they rushed at us pretty fast. We fired more rockets and they killed two more. One more to go. However, when Lauren reloaded her rocket launcher, the lone Matango rushed behind her and kicked her in the face, bringing her down. [Velma] “Lauren!” I put the rocket to the lone Matango’s mouth and was about to fire. [Me] “Hasta la vista baby.” I blew up Matango's face with the rocket in its mouth as it’s head exploded, killing him off. [Lauren] “Thanks again Mike.” [Me] “No problem.” [Ryselle] “Hey. What’s that?” Ryselle pointed to a man-made pillar and we walked towards it. It was the Monarch Outpost! [Lauren] “Is this?” [Me] “A Monarch Outpost.” [Velma] “What were they doing here?” [Me] “And why?” We looked at the Monarch Outpost that seems to be covered in vines and old. The End? Next episode is Matango (2020) S1 Ep3: Past Threat Returns.
== Appearance ==
=== Monsters ===
* Neo Kong
* Matango
=== Humans ===
* Mike Underwood
* Velma
* Ryselle Flowers
* Tayla Osta
* Lucas Bloodwork
* Jackson Barnes
* Lauren Griffin
Category:Matango (2020) - Season 1