A/N: Welcome back to the next installment of Storm Rising, and now we have a true fight on our hands. Who will win, the new kaiju, or the King of the Monsters?
Disclaimer: I do not own Godzilla, that belongs to Toho.
And without further ado, LET'S GET READY TO RRUUUUMMMBLLEE!
The orb was ecstatic; it was nearly time to merge with its new body, the body it would need to take over this world. It couldn't see what this new body looked like exactly, but it could tell that it was large enough to take on the beast below. With one last surge of energy, the body was finished. Moving to the head, the orb merged with the body, completely bonding with the genetic structure.
He opened his eyes, he saw the clouds around him, roiling grey and split with occasional bolts of lightning. He breathed in with his new lungs, new senses rolled to his brain, he felt his heart beat blood through his veins, felt his muscles flex. He looked down his new body, the torso was muscular, the arms similarly so, the legs built the same way. A long sinuous tail whipped behind him, and his entirety was covered in dark gray bumpy scales. Dark black spines ran down his back, a large row between two smaller rows that ran beside it, ending at the base of his tail whereas the main row continued down it, decreasing in size as it went. At the end of the tail was a spike that extended past the tip, connected to the row of spines that ran down its length, made of the same material and slightly curved. He couldn't sense with the wind and lightning, but those were old senses, nothing like those he had now. He did have more fine control of the elements though, and lightning crackled, striking his spines and absorbing into him, giving him power. He released his first breath as a roar that caused lightning to crack and thunder to boom around him, announcing his new power to the world below.
When Mina heard that roar from the clouds, a shriek like that of an angry god of thunder, she knew that Godzilla would have to fight for his life. She then saw the form descend from the clouds, it was similar to Godzilla, but the legs were longer in proportion to the body, and the spines on the back were more angular, like lightning, the scales on the side of the neck also were more like a spiky fringe than scales, giving the beast a more feral appearance. It was also taller than Godzilla by 15 meters, bringing him to a towering 80 meters tall where Godzilla was 65. The newcomer hovered between the clouds and the sea, arms held outward for balance, staring at Godzilla. This was a stare-down, Mina figured, both were seeing if the other would back down first. Mina knew Godzilla wouldn't back down, when had he ever, but he may have bitten off more than he could chew. To her right, she saw Randall cross himself, "I didn't know you were a religious man Doctor," she said more for herself than conversation. "Only in situations like this," Randall replied. Lightning struck from the clouds and hit the new beast's spines, surging power into the rest of him, "I know what to call him," she said. "What?" asked Randall. "Storm Godzilla," she replied. "A truly fitting name," replied Randall. They both looked on as Storm Godzilla made his first move.
Godzilla watched as his opponent drew more power from the surrounding storm, then opened his mouth and released a stream of lightning bolts at him, striking him repeatedly. He roared in pain as the electricity surged through him, the only thing to ever give him pause. He braved it as his opponent closed his mouth and stopped the bolts. His opponent seemed surprised that the bolts hadn't brought his opponent down, and Godzilla used this time to fire his Atomic Breath yet again, striking his opponent in the midsection. As his opponent turned upwards, Godzilla could see burns and wounds that marked where his beam had struck. To his amazement, the injuries rapidly healed and disappeared with no signs of scarring, like his own regeneration, or the plant Biollante. That was where this familiarity came from; this creature was some kind of spawn of Biollante. He had taken too much time; his opponent had recovered and opened his mouth again. This time an orb of glowing electricity shot forth and struck Godzilla in the chest, and burst with enough force to knock him backward in the water. Godzilla felt as if he had been hit extremely hard in his chest, but would not give up. He fired his Atomic Breath again and his opponent fired his lightning again. The two streams of energy collided between the two, each pushing with more and more energy as a collective packet of white light grew where the energies collided. Unable to contain itself, the packet exploded with great force, creating a pillar of water and knocking both combatants back.
Mina watched in awe as both creatures recovered from the blast. Storm Godzilla got up first, roaring in frustration at not being able to beat Godzilla. Godzilla was a little slower, but roared in defiance at Storm Godzilla. The wind picked up again; no doubt Storm Godzilla's doing, but why. Then she saw the tanker pieces rise up into the air, fluids from the ship still leaking. The pieces then began to spin around Storm Godzilla, "He's going to throw them, duck!" she yelled. And as she predicted, Storm Godzilla used the strong winds to launch the pieces of the tanker at Godzilla. Godzilla fired his atomic beam, and vaporized one of the pieces, but the other was too close, and struck him in the face and exploded. When the smoke cleared, Godzilla was okay, but he looked disoriented, Storm Godzilla took this opportunity. The two smaller rows of spines seemed to detach from the base of his back and stretch outward, until they were at almost right angles to his body. Surges of lightning bounced back and forth between the rows of spines until there was an almost continuous field between them. Storm Godzilla then levitated up and out of the water, and flew at Godzilla. "Look out!" Mina yelled at Godzilla even though she knew he couldn't hear her.
Godzilla was only now thinking clearly, the tanker had exploded with a lot of force and had temporarily blinded him. He had been confused, then when his mind had finally cleared; his opponent had hit him head-on with extreme force. When his opponent hit him, Godzilla got a brief glimpse of his opponent's eyes; they were all black, except for an area of white similar to an eclipse of the sun, with a black pupil in the center. He fell on his back into the water and submerged completely, dazed again. But in the water his mind cleared almost instantly, and he sensed his opponent above him, and felt the vibrations of his opponent's roar of victory. He oriented himself back towards the surface, and fired his atomic beam straight up. He followed this with a rapid thrust towards the surface and caught his opponent's leg in his jaws and dragged him down into the sea.
Storm Godzilla was stupefied; first he had thought his opponent beaten, then his opponent's beam weapon had shot out of the water and startled him, then he was being dragged down into his opponent's environment. His opponent had used a different version of his own trick against him. This was infuriating; he released a surge of electricity into the surrounding water and was rewarded with a release of his leg. He pushed with his legs and tail and his head broke the surface. He then called upon his power again and levitated above the water. The problem was that he couldn't see his opponent now. He gathered his power, and shot the water wildly with lightning bolts from the clouds. Content that he had fried his opponent, Storm Godzilla roared a victory. This was cut short as a red beam lanced from the ocean and hit Storm Godzilla in his midsection, sending him flying backward.
A/N: Move over Thor, there's a new god of thunder in town, and he's a giant lizard! I know that this is a rather short fight, but can you really expect Storm to be in control of all of his body's new abilities so soon? If you find anything you don't like, please send a review or PM, and be sure to include a way to make it better. Until next time, enjoy!
