The larva did her very best to fend off the relentless attacks of the evil cyborg known as Gigan, who repeatedly swooped in and attempted to introduce her to his stomach buzz saw. Catching on, she quickly sprayed a copious amount of silk at Gigan's back as he narrowly flew past her, loading down his wing fins that helped to keep him aloft. As she watched her attacker crash violently, the Mothra larva cried out in recognition of her small victory. Gigan, however, was far from defeated, and he glared menacingly from his one eye as he stood again, weaving his steel hooks dangerously and advancing toward the larva.
Meanwhile, King Ghidorah and Hedorah faced off against Godzilla, Anguirus, Rodan, Manda, and Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus again took surprising initiative as he barreled toward Ghidorah, Godzilla and Manda quickly following him. Anguirus and Rodan nodded once at each other and quickly led Hedorah a small ways away from his partner, preparing for a tough battle.
The smog monster's arms began to extend slightly, subtly even, until they were almost long enough to touch the ground. With startling dexterity, he flicked his left arm in a whip-like fashion, striking Anguirus smartly in the face. The toxins on the grotesque creature's body burned and irritated the slash further, causing the giant dinosaur to cry out in pain. Quickly curling into a spiky ball, Anguirus rolled toward Hedorah and slammed into him hard, his turning spikes rending bits of sludge from the monster's body. What should have been a gruesome and disabling attack, however, left Hedorah unperturbed. Ignoring the monster at his legs, he fired his Crimson Beam from one of his eyes, searing the leathery flesh of Rodan's right wing as the pteranodon attempted to take to the skies. Realizing that his attacks were doing nothing, Anguirus rolled back to his companion's side to come up with another tactic.
Things weren't going much better in the fight against King Ghidorah. There was no hope of sneaking around him or surprising him as his three heads flung about to see all that was around him. Titanosaurus bravely charged the foe, trying to tackle him and drag the monster to the ground. Ghidorah foresaw this, though, and smoothly turned, allowing one of his two tails to lash out and grab the finned dinosaur by the ankle. Ghidorah swung his tail hard, flinging Titanosaurus into Godzilla and causing the two to crash to the ground. Manda had been slowly slithering toward the golden beast, but King Ghidorah saw that, too, and fired his infamous Triple Gravity Beams at the dragon, sending him flying backwards toward Godzilla and Titanosaurus. Getting up quickly, Titanosaurus stomped forward purposefully, a new plan formulated in his mind.
Anguirus again rolled into a ball and rolled toward the disgusting Hedorah, but this time he had a new objective. He once again slammed into the smog monster, now slamming into him repeatedly to throw off his balance. Rodan struggled to flap his wings, becoming airborne and gliding toward the dueling monsters quickly. Soaring upward, he streamlined his body as he plummeted back down, his sharp beak like the tip of an arrow. Rodan's dive-bomb ended abruptly as his beak suddenly pierced Hedorah's right eye. The sludge-covered creature gurgled in his agony, stumbling backwards and covering his face with his still slightly extended arms. It seemed like the tide was beginning to turn.
Titanosaurus dodged the electric beams that crackled and hissed as they fired around him, knowing what he needed to do. Finally reaching King Ghidorah, he grabbed both side heads with his two hands, strangling them in his vice-like grip, and he bit down hard on the neck of the middle head. Grappling with the space monster, Titanosaurus managed to turn with him until his back was to Godzilla, giving the King of Monsters a perfect shot. Godzilla smiled slightly at his new friend's successful plan and he quickly began to draw in his energy, a blue glow creeping up the spikes on his back. As the strange blue light began to shine through his very eyes, he unleashed a great atomic ray, striking King Ghidorah square in the middle of his back. Screeching and crying out in pain, the tyrant attempted to turn his attentions on his new attacker, who was maintaining a seemingly constant stream of blue fire, but Titanosaurus didn't allow him to turn his three heads away. In anger and irritation, the golden dragon mustered up enough of his energy to fire a short blast of electricity from his heads at short range, burning and searing the normally peaceful dinosaur's face and long neck. Titanosaurus' grip loosened and he fell to the ground, warbling and covering his face. King Ghidorah cackled as he turned toward Godzilla, charging up another powerful Gravity Beam blast. Suddenly, though, a new cry sounded in the area.
Every monster in the area stopped and looked up at the giant moth that angrily flew straight at Gigan, who had the larva under the point of one of his steel hooks. Shrieking loudly and bravely, Mothra dove into the one-eyed cyborg, knocking him roughly away from her child. Gigan swiftly rolled to his feet, eyeing the great moth before him. His red eye glowed suddenly, and he fired a red beam of pure alien energy at his foe. Mothra had predicted this, however, and began shaking a cloud of scales from her wings.
"Mother!" the larva cried in anguish, speaking the first words since the battle had begun. It was too late, though, as Mothra's scales were a last resort that caused the death of its user. Gigan's beam bounced back toward him, causing minimal damage to the alien. Grinning evilly and screeching in glee, he began to charge forward and prepared to stick his great hooks into Mothra's delicate body. Everyone else knew better, though, and knew what Mothra was about to do. As Gigan charged into the cloud of scales, Mothra fired her own rainbow beam into the midst of the scales, which glowed strangely and began to turn red. Suddenly, the whole cloud exploded in fire, a burning inferno engulfing Gigan and Mothra. At the last moment, Mothra looked lovingly at her daughter chirped something to her.
As the fires dissapated, Gigan's blackened and lifeless body slumped to the ground, and Mothra was no more, the intense fire completely incinerating her. King Ghidorah glanced around nervously, quickly flapping his great wings to get him into the sky. He flew by Gigan's corpse and grabbed it in his strong, talon-like feet, then retreating. Hedorah's malleable body morphed into a saucer-like shape as he, too, took to the skies in his retreat.
No one moved a muscle besides those who just arrived. Kumonga, Baragon, and Zilla approached the other monsters, but they knew what had happened. They hadn't really seen anything, but they didn't need to. Brokenness and mourning seemed to emanate from the Earth itself, and there wasn't a monster on the planet that didn't know what had just happened. There was only one sound, however; Mothra's last words still echoed throughout the battlefield. "Be brave, my child."
As the echo faded, a new sound replaced it. It started low and quiet, but it grew quickly. The Mothra larva, now the only Mothra, began a soft, lonely wail that further broke the hearts of every monster present. Her wail was soon joined by Godzilla's sad roar, then Manda's rasping cry, and soon the whole island was filled with the sounds of mourning. Nothing would ever be quite the same, but each monster vowed to avenge their comrade and friend. If war had been what the Vortaak wanted, then they were about to get what they asked for.