Author's Notes: This particular fight I pictured with the song "When Worlds Collide" by Powerman 5000. Having Godzilla and any Mechagodzilla duking it out with that song playing in the background seemed apporpriate. This chapter also has some interactions with certain characters that may seem...different from what you'd be used to in a Godzilla movie or fanfic, but I felt it was necessary for this story. Hope you enjoy. Monsters...FIGHT!
CHAPTER 8- Godzilla vs G-Force
It didn't take long before the Vortaak declared to the world that they were now in control of Godzilla; it took even less time for G-Force to respond. Several G-Force teams had been rerouted to intercept Godzilla and redirect him to the sea only to fail miserably against the might of the King of the Monsters. However, there was still one weapon that G-Force hadn't used against Godzilla: Mechagodzilla 3. Its crew along with the Super X-III and its crew were intercepted by G-Force officials with orders for them: destroy Godzilla at all cost! Currently using a customized aircraft carrier to transport the giant mech across the Pacific Ocean, the two teams prepare to do battle with the Monster King.
2:45 PM
Major Shogo Takashi and his copilots Lieutenants Randy Gomez and Lisa Maxwell were in the mess hall watching video recordings from Godzilla's battle with King Ghidorah while Dr. Daniel Sheperd spoke. "Based on firsthand accounts from our Monster Island staff and the recently released footage of Godzilla's battle with King Ghidorah, we can determine that Godzilla prefers close-quarter combat and utilizes his radioactive ray when it deems the situation calls for it," he said. Shogo nodded, then added, "He likes to defeat his enemies the old fashioned way...BRUTALLY!" Suddenly an officer rushed into the mess hall, saluted, then returned to attention. "Sir, Godzilla has been spotted four miles outsides Seattle, Washington. We have orders to get to him before he can do any serious damage to the city." Shogo turned to Dr. Sheperd and asked, "Can we mobilize Kiryu now and fly the rest of the way?" "It'll be close, based on our current location, but I don't see how we have much choice." "Then we better get ready. Gomez! Maxwell! Suit up and prepare for battle!" The two lieutenants stood at attention and saluted their commander. "Yes, SIR!!!" they replied before leaving the room. Shogo and Daniel were soon to follow, but were stopped when Kasumi Omori blocked their way. "You can't kill him," she said firmly, "what's happened to Godzilla isn't his-" "We don't have time to debate this Kasumi," interrupted Shogo, "even if Godzilla is being controlled by the Vortaak, he still poses too great a threat to the planet. He has to be destroyed and that's all there is to it." Kasumi looked to Daniel for support, hoping he would at least listen to what she had to say. Instead he replied, "I agree with Major Takashi on this one. I always felt Godzilla was too dangerous to be kept before my involvement with the G Project. I'm sorry Kasumi, but Godzilla's fate is not up for debate." With that Dr. Sheperd and Major Takashi walked past Kasumi and toward Mechagodzilla 3's hangar. Kasumi just stood there for a moment. But we are responsible for what's happened to him, she thought before returning to the Super X-III. Thirty-eight minutes later Mechagodzilla 3 and the Super X-III were in the air heading for Seattle, Washington.
Seattle, Washington 5:59 PM
Godzilla marched into the city almost completely unopposed, his roar echoing through the forest of buildings and his footsteps like booming thunder. Godzilla stopped for a moment and shook his head several times before once again resuming his march, smashing buildings and trampling anything unfortunate enough to stand beneath his feet. Then he heard something. It was too distant at first, but as it got louder the sound became more clear to him. Missiles. Assuming it would be more of those pesky fighter jets, he turned himself to the direction the sound was coming from...and was struck in his face by a barrage of missiles!!! Godzilla stumbled into a building taller than he was, causing it to collapse on top of him as Mechagodzilla 3 landed several yards away. It let loose a mechanical roar as Godzilla struggled out from under the rubble of the collapsed building. The King of the Monsters rose up and responded in his own way: he let loose his atomic flame upon his mechanical double. The blast pushed Mechagodzilla 3 back, it mechanical talons digging into the earth bracing it before Godzilla relented. Before the giant machine could react, Godzilla slammed into Mechagodzilla 3 and picked it up over his head. Godzilla threw Mechagodzilla 3 toward a flying saucer, but thanks to Lieutenant Maxwell's skills, Mechagodzilla 3 activated its rockets in midair and flew toward Godzilla. The force of Kiryu's collision sent both machine and monster crashing into another building, sending it crashing down on top of them, dust and smoke billowing up from below. When the dust settled, Mechagodzilla 3 had picked Godzilla up and held him over its head. Taking off into the air once more, the mighty machine threw Godzilla from 1000 feet into the air back to the ground below while firing its missiles to direct Godzilla's landing outside the city. Godzilla, however, unleashed his fire breath once more as he was falling, striking the G-Force super weapon square in the chest and sending it crashing down with him. The shockwave from their crash shock the earth for miles around, the force so tremendous that several buildings surrounding the crash zone shattered. The titans rose up once more, however, and continued to grapple with each other into the night, with neither combatant showing any sign of giving in anytime soon.
On the Super X-III, there were different conflicts taking place. Captain Templeton wanted desperately to aid Team Kiryu with the Super X-III's newly fitted and repaired weapons, but Kasumi still protested any attempts to kill Godzilla. "If we do nothing but sit and watch, Shogo and his crew could get killed THEMSELVES!!!" spoke an angry and frustrated Templeton, "You of all people should want to help Shogo, Kasumi. You've known each other since you were kids!" "And I don't want anything to happen to brother Shogo," replied Kasumi, "but we can't forget who our real enemy is. The Vortaak are using Godzilla, a monster we created. What has happened to Godzilla is our fault, not because we let him loose, but because we turned him into the spiteful and vengeful 'monster' that we know him as." "Don't give us that 'monsters have feeling, too' garbage," scoffed a cynical Dr. Joseph Wormwood, "that kind of nonsense Miki taught you is just what it sounds like: utter nonsense!" Daniel was about to say something, but Mechagodzilla 3's electronic cry diverted their attention back to the battle. The mighty robot monster had been slammed between two buildings and couldn't move. Godzilla stood before G-Force's ultimate weapon as its crew struggled to free it--ready to deal the deathblow--when suddenly the mutated dinosaur began to shake himself violently. The Super X-III crew watched in thorough confusion as Godzilla seemed to struggle with himself. "He's fighting the alien influence that's controlling him," said Kasumi, "if I can enter into his mind, I can help free him of the Vortaak's mind control!" "Kasumi WAIT-" Before Daniel or anyone else could stop her, the psychic woman closed her eyes and stood motionless like a statue. She had made her decision: free Godzilla of Vortaak influence and perhaps save Shogo.
Godzilla's Mind
Kasumi couldn't believe what she had entered: there was nothing but darkness, like the universe was soaked in ink. Kasumi swam through the darkness until she found Godzilla's mind struggling with some strange alien creature. It was blue jellyfish-like creature with yellow eyes and stood on a thousand tentacle like appendages with two fingers on each tentacle, and it had wrapped itself around Godzilla's arms, legs, torso, and mouth. The alien influence. Without hesitation Kasumi swam to Godzilla and immediately began pulling on the tentacles. First she removed one, then two tentacles; Godzilla began to regain control of himself. Suddenly one tentacle wrapped around Kasumi's 'throat' and began to 'choke' her. Though she wasn't really suffocating, the pain she felt was just as real and she was losing consciousness when Godzilla pulled the tentacle off of her. They looked at each other for a moment, then together they 'blasted' the alien influence out of his mind.
Vortaak Mothership
Circuits began to overload along the consoles on the main bridge. "Get those consoles repaired NOW," said the Vortaak commander as a staggering X walked onto the bridge, clutching his head as though he were in pain. "Looks like your plan failed, millennian." X lowered his head as though he were ashamed, though that wasn't what he felt. That woman who helped Godzilla...there is more to her than even I had previously surmised.
Godzilla's mind
Kasumi sighed with relief, but that relief was short-lived as Godzilla grabbed her by her shoulders and pulled her toward him. "YOU! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO HAD AWAKENED ME!" She knew it was him speaking, but it would be better described as hearing a voice in her mind that could only belong to the vessel whose mind she was inside. She struggled to break free, but his grip was too strong. She was trapped in the mind of Godzilla!
