VII: Intervention
Godzilla gasped and managed to stand at his full hundred meter stature now that his wounds were mostly healed. He watched on as MechaGodzilla's jets continued to steam and muffle in the water while reveling at the idea of robbing the machine of his flight. The beast's nostrils relaxed as he began trudging toward his enemy.
Several minutes passed as Godzilla considered whether or not he should finish off his foe. He reached forward and grasped onto MechaGodzilla's tail. His metal carapace seemed colder than the water inhibiting him - according to Godzilla's senses. With two strained heaves, Godzilla yanked Argus out of the water and tossed him onto the beach. The clang of grinding joints echoed against distant mountains as MechaGodzilla's body slid across the sand.
Relentlessly, Godzilla spewed his atomic breath across the battlefield, hoping the kinetic force of the impacts would case some sort of damage to the sputtering device. The radioactive leviathan turned and bellowed as if he were announcing his victory. His primal roar permeated the night until a cannon-sound interrupted his celebration. At a speed Godzilla's eyes could barely detect, a rotating disk attached to a copper anchor lanced out of linger smoke. The projectile penetrated Godzilla's flesh above his left thigh. Within seconds another plunged into his shoulder. Godzilla reared back and released an agonizing scream as green blood sprayed across the top of the water below.
MechaGodzilla's alloyed form emerged from the thick clouds of smoke. Godzilla raised his head and gazed up at his foe who towered above him by twenty meters - something he did not expect. The Little One felt small compared to Argus even though he was fully grown, though not quite as small as he felt compared to the likes of his previous opponents. Granted, he was much younger back then.
In frustration, Godzilla grasped onto the copper reins and started to tug at his enemy's grip on him. Every movement sent a stinging irritation throughout his insides as MechaGodzilla began emitting potent electrical currents. Sparks and smoke seared from his wounds as the paralytic bolts shot into his organs. Despite the fact that he could already barely move, four grappling arms extended from MechaGodzilla's body. Two latched around Godzilla's wrists and the other two clamped around his neck.
Electrical shocks from all six anchors surged through Godzilla's body. The beast gasped and tried to grapple the anchors. Whenever he tried to grasp onto one of the invasive devices, Argus yanked his arms away. Godzilla gazed at this horrible mechanism and noticed its topaz eyes almost enjoying the hurt it inflicted. In the back of Godzilla's mind he couldn't identify if this creature even had a gender - it lost the right to have any identity the moment it began tormenting a simple hungry animal.
MechaGodzilla remained a solid three-hundred meter distance away from Godzilla. Electrical currents surged through his anchors at thirty second increments and stopped repeatedly—almost as if the controller behind those eyes enjoyed every moment and she did. Meru smiled as flashing light from the ongoing battle lit her sordid expression. The Psychic could feel the pain she inflicted and nearly salivated at the sound of Godzilla's agonized bellows. After killing Godzilla she'd be revered as a heroine—the savior of the Japan. Deep down she felt a warmth when thinking of such triumphs.
Meru wasn't the only one sensing Godzilla's pain. Miki removed her seat buckles and stood slowly while still watching her Little One suffering. She turned her attention up toward Meru who seemed fixated on the battle.
"Meru, stop this."
Meru rolled her eyes and ignored Miki's demand.
"I can't believe you would do this to Baby. What's happened to you? You are not the Meru I once knew." Miki stepped toward Meru's console and braced her hands against it in frustration.
"Miki spare me your speech on ethics. He's not a baby anymore, he's a threat to us all and I'm going to stop him." Meru spoke and never once turned to face her former friend.
As soon as Meru finished her sentence she activated several of the controls on the panel in front of her. The viewing screen lit up as Godzilla's form disappeared behind a shimmering wall of MechaGodzilla's energy weapons. Thunderous explosions rocked the machine back and forth. Meru programmed Argus to hold Godzilla upright with the anchors so he could not fall and take refuge in the water - he bore the full brunt of the assault.
"You damn bitch!" Miki hollered; she finally lost it.
With all her might Miki swung herself over Meru's console and ripped the head piece off from her—immediately ending the fatal barrage. The Psychic screamed painfully as the telepathic connection was violently ripped away. Miki climbed on top of Meru and started backhanding her across the face.
"How does it feel to be beaten up, you bully?! How does it feel?!"
Meru tried to hold Miki's arms away but her disorientation prevented her from defending herself. She groaned and cried while protecting her face.
"You guys," Kuroki shouted, still manning the navigation console, "there's something happening out there."
Meru shoved Miki off from her, finally regaining her composure. Both of them stood up and gazed at the monitor. A shimmering gold cloud of particles rained over the battlefield, eerily concealing Godzilla from their sight.
"What the hell is happening?" Meru mumbled. She picked up the head piece and noticed Miki had broken it during the fight.
"I don't know," Kuroki said as he tapped his controls, "some sort of electromagnetic field is scrambling my instruments."
"Mothra. She's here…" Miki smiled as she felt the insect Goddess's presence for the first time in over a year. While she still felt the overall goodness of her presence it was a different feeling from the aura she felt with the Mothra that left for space.
"What the hell is Mothra doing here? She has nothing to do with this." Meru interjected.
"She's here to stop your bullshit." Miki rolled her eyes.
"Fine, she'll die too. She's just as much of a threat to us as Godzilla is."
Meru stepped back up onto the platform connected to her console and activated the manual weapon control system. She targeted Godzilla who wearily squirmed, still in the grip of MechaGodzilla's restraints.
"It's time to finish him." Meru activated the laser eye cannons and the mega-buster ray.
A blinding light filled the screen as the heat in the weapons ignited when they came into contact with Mothra's scale cloud. The force of the multiple explosions threw Argus backward, completely knocking him over.
Above the battlefield, a pair of gossamer wings tore through the smoke. A yellow and red aura beaconed into the night as Mothra's majestic form descended. The deity chirped as she circled around Godzilla who was still being held in place by MechaGodzilla's anchors.
Mothra's eyes flashed as she removed the anchors from Godzilla with her telekinetic abilities. Like stones, the clamps and penetrative anchors fell into the water - soiling the bay with more of Godzilla's radioactive blood. She fanned her wings and released an elongated squeal, almost as if she was consoling the beast as he fell to his knees. Godzilla gazed up toward the creature that relieved him of his agony. Was this the bright-colored creature his father had spoke of - the insect that helped in his defeat three years before? The Little One remembered him speaking ill of Mothra, yet here she was protecting him from this man-made contraption.
Mothra stared back at Godzilla. Her antennae twitched as she sensed Godzilla's emotions. He had never felt an instinct that identified with the concept of maternity—it was new and peculiar but in this creature's eyes he could feel a sense of feminine nurturing he had never experienced.
Mothra turned her attention away from Godzilla as the sound of grinding joints signaled her that MechaGodzilla was rising. He lumbered toward both of them more slowly than before. Mothra's energy reflecting scales had damaged his systems during the explosion.
With his gaze fixed on Mothra, spears of yellow energy danced from MechaGodzilla's eyes. With one stealthy flap of her wings, the insect managed to dodge the first volley; however, a mega-buster blast followed shortly thereafter and clipped the side of her body. Mothra screeched as sparks danced in the night sky, nearly hiding her entire abdomen behind an explosive blast.
Despite the concussive force nearly knocking her into the bay, Mothra managed to regain her composure. Mountains of water parted in opposite directions from the wind of her flight as she took to the sky. As the insect goddess removed herself, MechaGodzilla swung his body around and slammed his tail into Godzilla's chest. Instead of toppling over from the assault, Godzilla dug his claws into the metal gaps in MechaGodzilla's skeletal structure—holding the appendage in place.
As MechaGodzilla struggled against Godzilla's strength a yellow glimmer flashed in the sky above them. Godzilla watched on as an aura of golden energy encompassed Mothra's entire body. She descended from the sky like a heavenly beacon. As she rotated her body and kept her wings stretched, the insect clipped MechaGodzilla's mid-torso with her wings at high speeds. The intensity of the energized impact tore the bionic kaiju's left arm off entirely and significantly damaged his right.
Meru shouted angrily at the distorted monitor as the entire control room quaked and sparked. The force of the movement ripped Kuroki from his piloting station, throwing him into a nearby console and then onto the floor. Miki rushed to his side to assess his condition and completely ignored Meru's determination to eliminate Godzilla—it was beyond her control.
Meru attempted activate the plasma grenade but realized that it too had been damaged during Mothra's assault. As the viewing monitor cleared she could see Mothra coming around for another pass. The Psychic poked at the control panel in front of her and transferred mobility control to her console. Meru knew that she wouldn't able to dodge Mothra's attack if Godzilla kept preventing Argus from moving.
"Activating diamond blade." The computer announced—immediately attracting Miki's attention. A horrified expression formed on her face as she watched Meru smirk at the monitor.
Godzilla hissed as he eagerly waited for Mothra to attack MechaGodzilla once again. He could feel the synthetic diamond armor between the machine's tail segments digging into his hands. The pain seemed to dull as visceral images of this human creation being destroyed filled his mind. Before he could conclude his satisfying thought his attention broke with the sound of MechaGodzilla's maneuvering jets activating. The hydraulic supports attaching the jets to the machine's body shifted forward and increased in intensity. The concussive force sent torrents of super-heated water outward toward Mothra as it projected MechaGodzilla backward.
Mothra squeaked in surprise as steam and water pelted her wings. Before her scales became too saturated she managed to use her telekinetic abilities to block the rest of the superheated liquid. She felt her fur bristle as she listened to a sharp squeal penetrate the sound of nuclear jets. As the mist faded Mothra's multi-faceted eyes caught glimpse of MechaGodzilla's dorsal spines piercing Godzilla's chest at high speeds. The cybernetic creature had used his jets to throw himself backward—proof that his entire body was a weapon.
Blood spewed in every direction as Godzilla felt the threads of his flesh being replaced by cold synthetic diamond. The saurian beast grasped onto the dorsal spines of his opponent in a vain attempt to remove them. Before he could gain any grip on the center spine it began to rotate like a saw. Within seconds it reached speeds of 150 rotations per second and continued to slice deeper into Godzilla's flesh. The atomic mutant reared his head back and wailed as the dorsal saw hacked away at him—eventually penetrating his chest all the way to his heart.
Godzilla's vision blurred and began to darken as the sound of Mothra's wings overpowered the sounds of jets and saws. The insect Goddess violently grasped onto MechaGodzilla's skull. The power of her claws shattered both of the mechanism's eyes and damaged his motor-control functions—causing the dorsal blades to stop. Relentlessly Mothra attempted to dislodge MechaGodzilla's spines from Godzilla's chest. With several swift flaps of her wings Mothra managed to completely remove the upper portion of MechaGodzilla's skull—the housing of the primary control center of the automaton.
Mothra grasped onto the top half of MechaGodzilla's metallic cranium tightly and tossed it into the shallow waters near the beach. She knew people were inside —regardless the fate of Argus she did not want any fatalities. Mothra then turned to finish the rest of MechaGodzilla when the sight of Godzilla's limp body collapsed onto the beach filled her vision.
