OK then, on with Chapter 7. Enjoy!

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THE SNARE

Godzilla shook his head, as he rose from the water, tiny cascades of water falling from his sides as he moved to the shore, quickly looking around for his attackers, roaring in challenge to the air.

There- above him. Gigan cut through the sky, screeching down at Godzilla as the saurian bellowed back at it. Suddenly, the ground beneath him shook, cracking and bulging. Godzilla lunged to one side as Megalon burst up from the earth, spinning and flailing out with its drill-arms, an attack that Godzilla easily dodged and repaid with a powerful lash of his tail.

Megalon fell back, striking the rock surface of the side of the canyon and shaking its head in surprise. As Godzilla charged forward, another of Gigan's blasts rained down on him, burning at his head as Godzilla hissed painfully. Megalon's horn surged with energy, before a streaming yellow bolt of electrical power shot forth into Godzilla.

It was by now known to G-Force that, while almost all conventional weaponry was ineffective against Godzilla, he did have one very specific vulnerability: electricity. And right now, thousands of volts were being shot into his system.

Godzilla fell back, roaring in pain as the electricity burned at his body. With a flash up his spinal plates and through his eyes, a blast of atomic breath shot forth, the electrical surge folding before it like wet paper. Blinded by the attack, however, Godzilla missed his target and instead struck the rocks above Megalon's head, cutting a deep gash in the side of the canyon. Unsupported, the rocks above began to fall in a shower of rubble. Before Megalon could react, it was covered in a mountain of rubble.

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"Oh, come on!" X shouted at the viewscreen. "Will one of you useless pair just gut the damn lizard already?"

"You heard enough?" Osaki whispered to Akane.

"Absolutely," Akane replied.

Each of them kicked out to one of the soldiers on either side, grabbing their weapons and clubbing whoever was nearest. Katagiri fired the Xilien rifle he had already attained, aiming for the Xiliens behind the door, who quickly scattered.

Swinging round, Katagiri fired a few shots at the door through which they had entered, Osaki and Akane wrestling guns away from nearby Xiliens themselves. The door finally flew off its hinges, as Akane turned and fired at several on the nodes on the wall.

"No!" X shouted as the devices began to spark and fizzle, "Not good! Not good!"

"That looks like a power conductor you just hit," Takuya explained to Akane, "To power a ship this size, the energy needed would be…"

"Just give me the short version," Akane lectured as she continued firing at the soldiers, her reply being what sounded worryingly like a large explosion.

"Move!" Osaki shouted. Akane, Takuya and even Katagiri followed his lead, before the burst of flame ripped through the wall behind them.

"Oh, damn it all!" X yelled, stomping one foot on the ground as his soldiers pulled themselves up. "Somebody tell me the mind control's still working, and…" He turned to see that his captives were gone, "Someone get those four!"

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Megalon burst up from the rock, its drills spinning as it turned to face Godzilla, who snarled viciously in reply.

"Come on, big guy!" Kazama yelled from the top of the canyon, "Tear 'em a new one!"

"He can't hear you, you know," Miyuki reminded him.

"Hey, I'm just rooting for the home team…"

The attention of both of them was suddenly drawn to the sound of something moving across the top of the dam, looking like a sleek, blue-and-silver gun barrel, around 15 feet long, attached to a square generator behind it, moving into position atop the dam.

"Is there any chance of that being a good thing?" Miki gulped.

Down below, Gigan landed behind Godzilla, clanging its clawed hands together as it screeched in challenge. At that moment, Godzilla had just ploughed Megalon into the ground, and subsequently turned away from his downed enemy to roar back at Gigan. The monster charged forward, intent on finishing the fight with this strange mix of flesh and metal.

As soon as Godzilla was upon him, Gigan shot back up into the air and up the side of the dam, Godzilla roaring angrily and looking up after him- looking up straight in the direction of the bizarre gun…

"Godzilla is in position," One of the soldiers reported.

Nelson looked down at Godzilla without emotion, and replied:

"Fire."

The device buzzed to life, filling with light from the back forwards, pooling at the front before a gleaming white beam of intense, focused light cut down, glaring in the surrounding night time, and shot straight into Godzilla's eyes.

"Direct hit and locked," The soldier reported.

Hissing angrily, Godzilla shook his head from side-to-side, but the device atop the dam simply angled itself to follow, filling his vision with painfully bright, blinding light.

Gigan and Megalon both positioned themselves between Godzilla and the dam, Megalon's drills whirring to life in readiness to attack before Gigan lashed out, its massive claw striking Godzilla round the head and cutting painfully through the side of his face. Godzilla turned to face the source of the attack, as another explosive sphere from Megalon struck his forehead, adding burning pain and blinding smoke to the light.

Turning away, Godzilla managed to free his vision of the light- until a shower of red energy shards struck him in the back. Turned around like this, he couldn't see his enemies, nor could he once he turned back round. Gigan's cables wrapped around his neck, pulling him sharply back round into the path of the blinding shaft of light.

"He isn't fighting back," Miki gasped desperately.

"He can't see them," Miyuki realised fearfully. "These guys lured him here- the whole thing's a trap. Godzilla can't see- and if he can't see what's attacking him… then he can't defend himself."

Godzilla lunged forward, blindly firing a burst of atomic flame breath in an arc, which simply shot harmlessly into the sky. A surge of electricity from Megalon struck him in the side, causing him to cry out in pain, falling to the ground.

Megalon pressed the attack, pouring more and more electricity into Godzilla as Gigan fired another burst of energy right into the chest of the downed creature.

"Godzilla!" Miki shouted desperately from above, crying out through the link, "Go! Run! Get away!"

"Oh, man…" Kazama stared dreadfully. "We're screwed!"

"Wait a second," Miyuki interrupted them, "…What the hell is that?"

The ground bulged behind Godzilla and his attackers, the top layer of earth falling away like an eggshell as a mass of muscle, shell and spikes lifted itself up.

Gigan turned, clearly caught by surprise at the presence of this new creature.

Raising his head up, Anguirus roared in challenge.

Anguirus to the rescue! …Hopefully. Will he be able to save Godzilla? Let's hope so. Tune in next… whenever I update… for the final battle. And stuff. And did anyone catch the reference to Godzilla Vs Gigan in this chapter?

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