Hey everyone! I just wanted to start off with something before you read the chapter.
Firstly, I know this is much later than Tuesday, which was expected, and I informed you all of that, but even I never expected it to take this long to put out another chapter. With this realization, and with the knowledge that my workload will only increase from here, I have decided to change my update schedule drastically. I don't like it, but I have to do it this way or updates may be even slower.
There will be no specific date for postings, i'm just going to shoot for getting one chapter out every week before Sundays. That being said, I'm not talking about one chapter of The Grim Apocalypse every week, I'm talking about both of my stories. Therefore, I have decided to alternate on releasing chapters of my story every week. This week I am releasing this chapter, but next week I will be releasing a chapter for Brave New World. Then It will go back to The Grim Apocalypse, and so on.
Of course, sometimes I may be able to release two chapters in one week. In that case, I will continue into the next week with the alternations. For example, if I release a chapter of this story on, lets say a Tuesday, then a chapter for Brave New World on Saturday, and I can only post one chapter the following week, it will be a chapter for this story.
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Chapter 10: The King of Monsters
Directly after the beginning of the attacks...
"Sir! Vacuo is under attack!" One of the command center officers said.
"Mistral is under siege!" another said.
"What?!" General Ironwood exclaimed. This was way to bold for the Grimm; attacking two areas at once in such force is unheard of. Ironwood quickly recomposed himself. "What is their status'?"
"Vacuo is holding their defenses and their citizens are being brought underground." The first officer said.
"Mistral's navy is under heavy attack! Evacuation shuttles are unable to aid many civilians!" the other said.
General Ironwood looked at the screens showing live footage from the two kingdoms. These giant Grimm here were not the ones that attacked Atlas or Vale. These were even more, meaning that some of the other Grimm are still out there. Ironwood quickly came to the realization that they could be next, as the other Grimm could be on the way, and Vale could also be in trouble. Judging by the situation in Mistral, there could easily be enough Grimm to bring down one of the kingdoms, or severely cripple it.
There was one thing Ironwood couldn't quite understand however. Why didn't the Grimm simply attack one kingdom at a time with everything? That seemed like the easier solution and certainly the best way to go with the least amount of casualties.
"What are our orders sir?" One of the commanders asked, bringing the General out of his thoughts and back to reality.
"We hold our positions, and prepare for an imminent attack." He stated.
The commanders around Ironwood stood there for a moment, wondering if that really is the plan. One of them spoke up, voicing the others thoughts.
"Sir, with all due respect, shouldn't we be assisting the other kingdoms?"
"No. We cannot afford to stretch our forces thin in the wake of a potential crisis to Atlas." He replied.
"Sir, we were able to hold off an entire invasion with three giant Grimm with just MechaGodzilla! We can spare some of the fleet and send it to the other Kingdoms! It's our duty to help them! And what will the rest of the world think of us when we could've helped them when we had the resources to spare?"
Ironwood stood there for a moment. Their logic wasn't flawed, and it wasn't untrue. He contemplated the idea in his mind. He knew this could be what the enemy wanted them to do, it was always a possibility, which is why he turned the idea down in the first place. But soon he realized that the threat to the world outweighed the risk to the kingdom, remembering that this was a global conflict, not a directed one.
Ironwood looked at his commanders for a few moments in silence. "Contact Vale, and find out what their situation is, and what course of action they're taking. Let them know we are sending small detachments of our air fleet to each kingdom, and would appreciate their support if they can spare it. We will ready MechaGodzilla in the case that we come under attack." He finished.
The commanders smiled lightly that they were able to bring their General to his senses, seeing what they believed was the best idea for the situation. They snapped him a quick salute before running to begin their tasks.
General Ironwood strode over to one of his communications officers. "What is the location of Rodan?"
"Rodan was last spotted in Vacuo about 20 minutes ago. He left just before the attack and is currently on his way to Atlas." The officer informed him.
Rodan was a fast flier, and Ironwood estimated he would be here in about 15 or so minutes with his speed.
"Send out a few ships to go and signal him that we need to redirect him to Mistral. They're faring the worst out there and they need all the help they can get."
"Understood sir!" The officer acknowledged him, before turning back to his station and began issuing orders to the scout aircraft in the area.
"Sir! Communications with Vale have been established!" one of the other officers called over to him.
General Ironwood walked over to the video link with Vale on the other end of the room.
"General Ironwood. It's a shame we're speaking under these circumstances." Ozpin greeted him from the other end of the video screen.
"Agreed." He responded. "We're sending some of our ships to each kingdom to help them push back the Grimm. What is the situation in Vale? Do you need us to send some ships?"
"We're all clear here, I'm afraid. Although I'm not sure if that will last very long."
"We're safe here too. I was thinking something similar as well."
"As for the airships, I don't think we'll need them. We have our tanks and Guardians on alert. Send your airships to the other kingdoms, they need them more. Where's Rodan?"
"He's on his way here, but we're redirecting him straight to Mistral, they're suffering the heaviest losses." Ironwood answered.
"Good." Ozpin said, agreeing with his decision. "Have you told your Guardians of the situation?"
"We're in progress of telling them. They need to know and they need to be prepared to help in case we are all going to be attacked."
"Well said." Ozpin agreed. Someone came into the video feed on Ozpin's end, and whispered something into his ear. "I'm sorry General, but I must cut our communication short. I suggest you prepare your defenses quickly. They're coming." He said rather ominously.
"Good luck Ozpin. May dust work in your favor." Ironwood said.
"Same to you, James." Ozpin replied before terminating the video feed.
Ozpin then walked over to the station of the woman who whispered in his ear to see the situation for himself. On the monitor, large Grimm signatures were detected heading towards the city's walls from the South, and an unidentified heat signature was detected from the West, heading towards Vale's harbors from under water.
Ozpin sighed. Everyone's worst fears were realized, this was a global attack.
"Make sure our ships stay in the harbor, don't spread them out too far, we'll need their long range support for as long as we can use them. Don't let them engage the heat signature; we can't hit an enemy we can't see, so we should focus on the bigger problem that we can see. Begin evacuating the civilians to the safe zones, we need all the time we can get. We don't want a repeat of Mistral here now that we have advanced warning of the situation. Get the hunter teams up here on the double, and send the tanks and air forces to defensive positions on the south end of the wall. Put the artillery on the roof tops with anti-air defenses to defend them against Nevermores and Griffons from above. They are only to engage the smaller Grimm. The larger Grimm will be taken care of by the Guardians and Kiryu. Make sure to begin preparing Kiryu for combat." Ozpin commanded. "Let's go everyone! The world is depending on us."
With that, the situation room at the base of Beacon's tower erupted into chatter, commands being issued to individual units and operatives all at once. The sirens began to sound soon and the evacuation transports quickly arrived at their designated positions within the city before being escorted away from the danger to the North.
A few minutes later, teams RWBY, JNPR, and CFVY appeared in the room together, ordered there to see Ozpin.
The twelve of them walked over to Ozpin, who was walking around to the several stations issuing more orders. Ozpin acknowledged their presence, and finished issuing his current order before facing his students.
"RWBY, JNPR, CFVY," He addressed them. "It's happening." He told them.
The twelve of them figured what was going on, considering that the sirens were sounding and they were called to duty.
"We know. How bad is it?" Ruby asked him.
"We don't know for sure yet, but we have several thousand Grimm on our radars, but we don't know if there are any Giant Grimm with them, We must assume there are, considering Vacuo and Mistral are currently under attack by several giant Grimm right now, and Atlas is preparing themselves to assist them and defend themselves." Ozpin told them. He didn't want to hold anything back, they needed to know what they were up against.
Weiss and Blake gasped in shock and horror.
"Is Sun okay?" Blake asked him.
"And Neptune?" Weiss added.
"We don't know what their fate is at this time. The attacks began only about twenty minutes ago. Last I saw them, they were heading onto the front lines, and were successfully holding the Grimm back. I'm sure they're alright." He reassured him, although he wasn't so sure himself of their fates, as the giant Grimm hadn't reached the city yet before he had his chat with Ironwood. "Anyways, we know that there are, at the very least, four times as many Grimm as there were than at the Battle of Beacon."
Everyone developed a slight look of hopelessness at the notion that there were many, many more than last time, and they could barely hold them off then.
"But this time we're prepared." He reassured them. "We have the Guardians, we have Kiryu, and we have our defenses ready this time."
"What are our orders?" Jaune asked, ready to help defend Vale.
"Professor Goodwitch is currently aiding the evacuations. Therefore, team CFVY, you will be on the frontlines this time." Coco smiled at that. "You'll be assisting Professor Port and his elite infantry and hunter divisions in counter-attacking the Grimm once they show a weak point. Until that time, you will be tasked with defending the wall."
Coco nodded. "Understood."
"Team JNPR, you'll first be tasked with informing the Guardians of the situation, and you will tell them to lay in wait for the giant Grimm to show themselves before going in from behind and attacking them from the rear, taking the fight away from the city. After you tell them that, you and team RWBY will assist Dr. Oobleck's tank corps in defending and counter-attacking, waiting for an opening just like team CFVY, just at a different section of the wall."
The two teams nodded in affirmation.
"Under no circumstances are any of you to engage the giant Grimm unless you are instructed to do so. The Guardians are better at this than we are, and Kiryu is there to help them. You are the last resort, because we don't want to take unnecessary losses here. Am I understood?" he asked with extreme seriousness.
They all nodded, vowing not to attack out of turn in fear of crippling their defense and potentially wasting their lives.
"Good. Now get going, Vale, and the world, needs you." He dismissed them.
The twelve huntsmen left without saying anything further, they knew they had a job to do, and the world's fate rested upon their success.
Everyone was in position. The tanks were in place outside of the wall in fortified positions, artillery was in place on the roof, Vale's small navy was positioned in the harbor to fire long range artillery, and soldiers riddled the walls and fortifications with hunter teams strewn throughout. Almost all of the civilians have been evacuated, and Kiryu was almost ready to be deployed. There was something off about the situation though. The Grimm should've been here by now. They were still coming towards the city, but very slowly it seemed, as if they were waiting for something.
The defenders of the wall could only wait for the Grimm to play their hand, otherwise risking the entire defense.
Up in Beacon's tower, Ozpin and several other scouts were peering out into the distance, looking for the Grimm before they arrived so they could relay the information to the defense and to the artillery.
Not long after everyone was ready, the scouts spotted large clumps of trees from afar begin to rustle and shake violently, some toppling over as the Grimm horde ran through the forest. There were easily over one hundred thousand of them heading their way. Then they caught a glimpse of the giant Grimm beginning to appear behind them from over the horizon.
There were three of them, and they all bared striking resemblance to each other, and they were familiar. The first was one that they've all seen before, and were all too familiar with. Godzilla has come back to finish what he started, and he seemed even more determined than before, and his arm had grown back completely.
The second was 20 meters shorter than him, and stood at 100 meters or so (328 feet), and appeared to have sharper spines, much like the ones on the Godzilla with red spikes that is attacking Mistral, but these were blue. Its skin was also dark, almost black, and its head was also much like that Godzilla's as well, only more refined and less sharp, its eyes blood red as well.
The third one was like the complete opposite of the other two. It was unlike any of the hellish beasts that had come out of the Grimm horde over the years, small Grimm included. Its appearance was gruesome and hellish, striking fear into those who merely gazed upon it. It was the tallest of the three, standing at 140 meters (460 feet). It was definitely a Godzilla, but unlike the others, it didn't have colored spines. Instead, they were black and jagged. Its tail was long and was thrown around violently as it walked. Its two arms protruding from its torso were small in comparison to its giant legs, and were constantly stiff, its hands and fingers curled inward in a way as if it was in constant pain. Its head was large, not appearing like any of the other Grimm Godzilla's. Its teeth were giant knives, numbering in the hundreds in its mouth, pointing in several directions, inwards, outwards, and what not. The image of the non-straight teeth in its mouth only added to its hellish image, with the appearance of a beast. What set it apart the most, however, was all of the red gashes, cuts, and scars all over its otherwise black body. The red sections glowed blood red, some even bleeding slightly, and only made the image of the creature appear even more gruesome. This Godzilla in particular, was clearly the most Grimm out of the rest of the creatures that have been seen across the planet, the most transformed.
The most taken by their influence.
Ozpin wasted no time in reorienting his fellow men and to give out orders to the artillery and the defenses to let them know what they're up against, and to begin the bombardment on the Grimm in the forest.
Back down at the wall, everyone watched as the battleships and cruisers fired from the harbor and the batteries on the rooftops fire over them, volley after volley, into the horde of Grimm heading their way, thinning their numbers as best as they could.
Explosions and debris rose from the forest, Grimm along with them sometimes as they began to evaporate.
But the artillery couldn't take out all of the Grimm, which was expected. Not long after the first volleys did the sounds of Grimm fill the air as they began to near the edge of the forest.
"Get ready!" Ruby yelled into her radio. "Let the tanks take the bigger targets. Focus your fire on the smaller Grimm!" she instructed her group of soldiers.
Everyone raised their weapons, aiming them at the edge of the woods in the distance.
The sounds of Grimm grew closer, and louder, succeeding in being louder than the still-continuing artillery volleys.
"Steady!" Jaune yelled. He didn't have a gun or projectile weapon, so he resorted to be a commanding role on his own decision.
The sounds grew even louder, the first Beowolves and Ursai appearing at the edge of the forest along with Borbatusks and other hideous creatures.
"LIGHT EM' UP!" Yang yelled into the air.
The many rifles and machine guns on and in front of the wall, as well as the hunter's many projectile weapons began firing into the forest, mowing down the Grimm in front of them. The tanks turned their turrets to fire on the larger and more heavily armored Grimm, making a deafening boom every time they fired their main gun.
The Grimm simply fell, one after the other, as they began evaporating after being shredded by the wall of bullets flying into them. As the dead ones fell over, living ones jumped over to resume their place, only to meet the same fate on top of, or barely in front of the ones they tried to replace.
Soldiers took turns firing while the others reloaded, ensuring a constant barrage of gunfire into the enemy. The tanks made sure not to waste ammo on targets already being engaged, and were constantly being resupplied, extra soldiers throwing in new tank shells to replace spent ones, taking out the empty casings as they did so, accumulating large piles of shells nearby the tanks.
King Kong and Gamera were moving swiftly, making sure to move quickly around the Grimm, but out of sight in order to avoid detection to maintain the element of surprise with the Giant Grimm. They had seen the three Godzilla's in the distance, and they knew they would be outmatched until Kiryu showed up, and would need to hold out and distract them until it arrived. But even then it would still be an even fight, the victory equally as possible for either side.
The Guardians moved around the mountains as quickly as they could, avoiding the Grimm, but taking the long route as a result. It took a few minutes for Gamera to fly at a pace that Kong could keep up with as he jumped and climbed around the mountains.
Gamera took a look over the mountains to see their position, Kong doing the same, climbing up the side of one of the mountains, careful not to make too much noise. They were not far from their enemies, which had gotten substantially closer to the city, much quicker than they thought, but they were slightly ahead of them, officially making the pair behind the enemy. They had to act quickly though, the defense won't be able to hold on forever.
Closest to them was the first Godzilla, the first giant Grimm to be unveiled, followed by the shorter one and then the tallest one.
"The smallest one shouldn't be as much trouble as the others, so don't bother with him just yet." Gamera said over to Kong.
Kong grunted in affirmation. "Get the furthest one, I'll cover the nearest one." He told him. Kong took a giant boulder from the mountain and hoisted it over its head before throwing it at Legendary Godzilla's head with a roar into the air.
Gamera quickly followed, launching himself at the tallest one with his rockets in his legs.
The boulder struck Godzilla in the head and shattered on impact, hitting him in the front of his face as it turned at the sound of Kong's roar. It stumbled back from the blow, only to be thrown to the ground by Kong when he leapt into the air and landed in front of him, wrapping his arms around Godzilla's neck to gain leverage when he threw him down.
Gamera roared into the air as he charged Shin Gojira (The tallest one), and quickly disengaged his rocket legs, bringing back out his normal ones as he used the momentum to slam into Shin Gojira's side, sending him to the ground.
The middle Godzilla then turned to see his comrades thrown to the ground, and challenged his new opponents with a roar. Before either party could do anything, Godzilla was thrown onto his stomach when something hard slammed into his back.
As it fell forward, stunned, it gave way to see Kiryu behind him, having just slammed his elbow into Godzilla with is rocket boosters. Kiryu then stood up and roared his metallic cry into the air.
Kiryu is strikingly similar to the Godzilla he just took down in front of him. It stood at the same size and had the same general shape and proportions, the only difference being the bumps and ridges on its body from the metal armor, as well as the bump in its chest where the absolute zero cannon was stored, and the two large, blue rocket pods on its shoulders, which were connected to a larger pack on its back, which was wired to two wrist cannons as well.
Kiryu jumped over Godzilla, joining up with his two Guardian comrades, getting into a ready stance to fight the three Grimm.
The three Grimm got up, growling as they did so, and faced their opponents.
Legendary Godzilla roared at King Kong, then charged at him. Kong roared back before meeting him in the charge, the two locking their arms against one another in a deadlock, trying to get the upper hand. Godzilla had his size advantage, but Kong had brute strength. Kong thrust Godzilla off of him, stumbling him backwards a little, before jumping forward with a punch ready to go to his head. Godzilla met the giant apes' tenacity with his tail, slapping Kong away from him, and doing some considerable damage. Kong was thrown back by the blow, but he quickly controlled his motion, stopping himself in the ground before meeting Godzilla's return charge with his hands, cupping the beast's head, stopping him right in front of him. Godzilla realized it wouldn't work, and bit onto Kong's left arm, throwing the ape into a world of pain. Kong tried to shake his arm free, but the Grimm's jaws were too powerful, and its teeth were dug in too far. Kong tried to pry his jaws open, but to no avail, only having one arm, and resorted to repeatedly punching him in the head until he finally let go. Blood flowed from Kong's arm, but he had to put the pain aside, he still had a job to do. As soon as his second arm was free, Kong grabbed both of Godzilla's blood-soaked jaws, one with each arm, and began pulling in opposite directions, pulling the bottom jaw down, the upper jaw up, attempting to break his jaw and potentially split his skull up the middle. Godzilla grabbed at Kong's arms as they furiously and ferociously began to pry his jaws apart, ripping them unnaturally further and further apart.
Simultaneously, Godzilla got back up from the ground, and tried to charge at Kiryu. Kiryu waited for the right moment before sidestepping and forcing Godzilla to run into his outstretched arm, catching him in it. Kiryu threw him back to where he started, and Godzilla stopped himself from falling over, able to get his balance quickly. Godzilla roared as Kiryu stood in front of him. He then walked forward, ready to attack Kiryu. Godzilla threw a punch at Kiryu, who stood up straight in front of his organic self, and didn't flinch or move at all as he caught the punch in his hand effortlessly. Kiryu then returned a punch of his own to Godzilla, who struggled to catch it and keep it at bay. Kiryu then fired his wrist cannons over Godzilla's hand, and into his torso. Godzilla recoiled, and responded by quickly spinning 360 degrees, striking Kiryu with his tail, and sending Kiryu stumbling to the side. Godzilla capitalized by running at his robotic copy, ready to strike it with his fists. Unable to recover quickly enough for a counter, Kiryu pointed his palms downwards before engaging his boosters, pushing him up and back away from his opponent. Kiryu used the distance to his advantage, and fired a volley of missiles at Godzilla, before using the extremely focused dust beam in his mouth. Before he could be struck by the beam, Godzilla returned it with his own, locking the two in a battle, their energy beams locked in one another, a giant sphere of volatile energy building in the center at a linear rate. Godzilla increased the power of his attack, pushing the orb of energy closer to Kiryu, who responded doing the same thing, sending it towards Godzilla. This went on for a few seconds, until Godzilla reached his maximum effort, and Kiryu used his higher limits of power on his attack, forcing the orb into Godzilla.
At the same time, Shin Gojira challenged Gamera when he stood back up. He didn't roar, he only stood there, staring into Gamera, waiting for his move. His gaze was menacing and intimidating on its own. Gamera took his challenge, and walked forward to the much taller creature, not breaking their eye contact until he faked a jab at Shin Gojira's right side, which was met by a shockingly fast and strong right arm. It scared Gamera, the fact that his arms seemed so insignificant and weak, but were extremely strong somehow, the Grimm able to give him power he never had before now that it was in his veins. Using his shorter height to his advantage, Gamera used his free arm to deal a low blow to Shin Gojira's left leg, using his claws to scratch him deeply and then using his elbow spike to stab at his upper thigh. Shin Gojira roared in pain, but not for long, when he forced his right arm further, pushing Gamera's arm back with it, before throwing it away and picking up Gamera by the neck with his other hand, lifting him up with only one arm using his surprising strength, before roaring in Gamera's face. He then punched him several times in the face, as Gamera tried to scratch, stab, and punch his way out of Shin Gojira's grip, before being thrown backwards into a mountain. Gamera's shell absorbed the impact completely, but he was now stuck in his back as it was embedded into the mountain, which he created a crater within. Shin Gojira advanced on Gamera, and began to kick him in the abdomen with amazing force, which Gamera was helpless to defend against. After being kicked several times, Gamera decided he needed to just get out of there instead of try to block his attacks. He quickly fired one of his fireballs out of his mouth at Shin Gojira, exploding on its chest, forcing it to stumble back and give Gamera some room. Gamera quickly took his opportunity to recede into his shell and engage his rocked boosters, spinning him rapidly in the mountain, almost drilling into it, before he pushes against the mountain, and into the air. Gamera then got some distance between himself and his opponent, before flying at incredible speeds into Shin Gojira, grazing him with his sharpened shell plates' edges, before continuing and coming back, repeating the process several times. Each pass, Shin Gojira was hurt where he was struck, gashes appearing on his chest and head from the attacks. Then, Gamera took too long to come back with another attack, allowing Shin Gojira to recover enough and counter attack Gamera when he came back, slamming down on him with his tail, and bringing Gamera crashing to the ground. Gamera quickly got back up, having brought back out his limbs and head, and began to attack Shin Gojira furiously, swiping at him where he couldn't reach and dodging his attacks where he could. Shin Gojira was almost helpless, his large size being one of his major weaknesses and disadvantages. Shin Gojira caught another one of Gamera's punches, and punched him back in the side of the jaw with his free arm, stumbling him back.
Shin Gojira looked at his two brothers, one of which was about to be blasted into oblivion, the other about to have his jaws split apart by a savage gorilla. He himself is powerful, but he knows his own limits, and knows that he will lose in a three against one battle. There was only one thing he could do to rectify the situation and ensure total victory.
Shin Gojira breathed in heavily. He straightened his back and brought up his arms. His spikes began to flash red violently, before settling on a continuous glow, before the cuts, gashes, and slits in his body around his skin began to radiate Red as well. Shin Gojira then brought his right leg up into the air before slamming it down on the ground with explosive force, sending a fiery shockwave into the surrounding area, forcing the two Guardians and the one machine back away from their opponents.
As the ball of energy hit Godzilla, it merely exploded around him, but didn't harm him in any way.
Now that Kong was off of his jaw, Legendary Godzilla's jaw was looser than before, and swayed on its own in fractured areas, but that didn't matter.
As the shockwave passed through his two brothers, the three of them grew in all aspects by 50%. Where skin couldn't keep up with the rapid growth of the creatures, it split, revealing red gashes and cuts just like Shin Gojira along their bodies, exposing blood red skin underneath that glowed extra strong and bright. Their injuries healed, and their power increased astronomically. The shorter of the three, once 100 meters, now stood at 150 meters (492 feet), the next formerly stood at 120 meters, now standing at 180 meters (590 feet), and Shin Gojira stood now at 210 meters (688 feet). The three giant Grimm, thanks to Shin Gojira's immense power, were able to achieve Critical Mass.
The Guardians, and Kiryu, knew that they didn't stand a chance any longer. Against one, sure, but not three.
Back at the wall, the onslaught continued as Grimm kept falling as they came through the forest, no or little to no progress towards the wall being made each time.
Everyone had lost count of how many they had killed or seen killed, as they kept coming relentlessly through the forest. Nevermores and Griffons that appeared out of the forest, trying to surprise the enemy, were swiftly denied as the anti-aircraft guns mowed them down just as quickly as the others. The artillery hasn't let up yet either, explosions continued to break holes into the Grimm's numbers.
On the edge of the wall that he Grimm reached with one of their sides, the numbers finally began to thin out and focus more towards the center.
One of the commanders saw this, and realized that the Grimm might be trying to focus on one central point to break through. They had killed thousands of them, but by no means had they killed off so much of them that their numbers were actually low, it was clear there were still thousands more. The commander decided to capitalize on this, concluding that an attack on the Grimm's now exposed flank would box the enemy in and eventually push them back.
"OVER THE WALL!" He shouted.
Battle cries resounded as most of his soldiers and huntsmen jumped over the wall, sliding down the smooth slope to the ground safely before getting onto their feet and began bringing the fight to the enemy. They fired their guns at the Grimm, who were charging at different sections of the wall, stopping what advance they would have otherwise made with the reinforced lines they were making by focusing on a singular point.
The tanks saw that the Grimm weren't attacking their side anymore, and once the soldiers came down the wall, decided it was time get this show on the road. They got rid of any extra personnel that weren't part of the tank crew, and closed the hatches before driving over their fortifications and into the fray.
"FOR VALE!" One of the soldiers screamed. All of the other soldiers responded, screaming the same thing in unison.
The tanks rushed forward around the infantry, firing their cannons on the move as they drove into the Grimm, crushing many of them, while the infantry and huntsmen ran in after them, shooting down any Grimm that deviated from their assault to defend their exposed flank. The huntsmen ran in with their melee weapons and began to cut and mow down the Grimm with equally terrifying efficiency.
Team CFVY and Professor Port's elite infantry were among the many that joined the assault, and brought up the section at the very edge of the counter-attack, furthest from the wall, defending it from any Grimm that tried to put a stop to their attack.
Soon, the soldiers on the opposite end of the wall followed suit, and mirrored the other end's counter-attack.
Soon, pockets where there were no Grimm began to show up in the main line towards the center, its former occupants having either been blown away from artillery or having moved to defend the flanks they left open. This created weaknesses in the main line, and soon the soldiers and huntsmen on the center sections of the wall were jumping down to exploit those weaknesses. Vale sent fighters out to support the advance, and to protect the soldiers from rogue Grimm. Armored trucks came out of the gates to move with the tanks as they drove over their fortifications, covering the tanks' sides from the enemy as they drove over and gunned down any Grimm in sight with their large machine guns on top.
Team JNPR and RWBY ran into the fight as well, aiding the others in mowing the enemy down as they slowly made their way forward into the enemy's lines, gaining ground with each kill.
Ahead lay several waves of giant Deathstalkers, something that even the tanks would have trouble taking down. Some of the soldiers got a few shots on it between Grimm, trying to weaken them as they approached.
They kept pressing their attack, and simultaneously attacked the Deathstalkers, which were still far off, but soon didn't need to worry about them as a giant blue beam of energy blew through all of the Deathstalkers, obliterating them in an instant.
Most of the soldiers didn't look up, simply thankful for whatever it was that killed the Deathstalkers as they kept killing more Grimm.
Team RWBY and JNPR looked back to see a towering giant overshadowing them all, standing just outside of the city, and dripping wet with water. The heat signature that was in the ocean was none other than another Godzilla, but this one was different from the rest. It looked almost identical to the shortest one that was approaching the city earlier, standing at the same height (before critical mass), and having nearly the same exact shape to its body. The difference between the two was that this one has slightly more refined and rounded features, as well as no blood-red veins on its spines, instead leaving clean blue ones, and orange eyes, which didn't glow, signifying that it was its natural eye color.
This Godzilla isn't a Grimm….
It's a Guardian.
And there you have it! There is a Godzilla that isn't a Grimm, and it's none other than the Godzilla from Godzilla: Final Wars! Not only this, but with the appearance of Godzilla from 2002/2003 from Godzilla against MechaGodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S, as well as Toho's own newest addition to their list of monsters, Shin Godzilla, it leaves the Kaiju count (heh, like what I did there?) at 29 out of 31! Who will the last two be? you'll have to wait and see!
Next chapter, We'll see what happens in Atlas... or will we? (hehehe). Stick around for Chapter 11: A Titan Reborn to find out what happens!
Just remember, it will be Two weeks before Chapter 11 comes out! Once again, I am sorry that my update schedule has to be so weird, but I have no other choice.
Also, what did you guys think when I added Critical Mass as a thing? I was thinking specifically of Godzilla: Unleashed when I inserted it in there, and I think its really cool myself.
Don't feel afraid to drop a review about anything! I'll answer it at the beginning of the next chapter like I did with this chapter! You could even put in a suggestion for the story, or where you'd like to see it go! I dont mind it, in fact I think it could be fun!
Until next time, see you guys later, and have a good two weeks!
I DO NOT OWN GODZILLA OR LEGENDARY PICTURES, NOR DO I OWN RWBY IN ANY WAY. GODZILLA IS OWNED BY LEGENDARY PICTURES AND TOHO KINGDOM LTD. RESPECTIVELY. RWBY IS OWNED BY ROOSTERTEETH. GAMERA IS OWNED BY ITS RESPECTIVE COMPANIE(S) AS WELL. KING KONG IS OWNED BY PETER JACKSON. ANY OTHER MONSTERS APPEARING IN THE STORY THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED BY NAME HERE BELONG TO TOHO KINGDOM LTD.