Chapter 9: The World Ends with Me
Why…?
Why was he hesitating right now?!
There's no need for that!
Godzilla took a deep breath, pumping his chest as his dorsal spines beamed blue, releasing his Atomic Breath on the building. Everything burned, everything got destroyed, everything just died. What a shame that there were no screams when the humans inside got turned into ashes.
He focused to see if there were any humans who survived the blue flames… Not one. The 'special' human was dead. Goodbye Mothra's plan. No human will stop him now. Speaking of the Guardian…
Godzilla didn't even turn to face her, he just looked over his shoulder to see that she was staring at him in silence. Frozen in place in disbelief.
She weakly flapped her wings and slowly took off the ground, she flew away in silence.
He turned back to the burning building in front of him. Whomever was that human… they're gone now. There were some humans left around the city, it's time to fully impose his purge. The Humans will die. No more stops, just destruction and death.
Even for his old friends. No more nice Goji, if they were smart enough… they'd stay out of his way. He won't hold back anymore… If they get between him and his goal…
…
He'll kill them.
Three days have passed since the death of the 'special' human. And half of this Island was burned, half of the human population was gone, dead. He has to admit, he's way faster than expected and even if the humans were still trying to defend themselves against him with all they got, it's not enough.
Nothing can stop his judgement.
There's no sign of Mothra or the other Guardians. It kinda worries him, but he'll think about it later.
There's more to destroy and kill.
It's been a week now.
The first set of islands… was purged. Not a single human was left. Now it's time to move to the bigger task: the giant land (Europe and Asia), this will be a very long work. But to see his planet back to what it was before, it will be worth it. He went deep into the sea to emerge at the other side. The humans were waiting for him, weapons ready.
Just to see them still resisting… It makes him angry.
His dorsal spines glowed a blue light as he took a deep breath.
Another day passed, and here they are now.
Mothra, King Caesar, Baragon.
They healed… except Baragon: his horn had only half sprouted back. But he looked ready for a fight, everyone was.
"Godzilla. This. Is your last warning. Go back to the sea and let us seal you…"
"If you don't…"
"We'll have to kill you once and for all. Please don't make us do that."
They said.
But he wouldn't listen. He had gotten this far already. He won't turn back; the world needs him to cure it from the disease that is Humanity. He took one step forth, warning them to stay out of his way.
Caesar sighed.
"So there's no choice then…"
He shifted in a fighting stance, so did the others. The Divine Moth's antennas started to glow and Baragon looked ready to charge.
Godzilla pumped his chest and let out a deafening war cry and both party charged at each other.
King Caesar darted towards the giant Lizard as Baragon charged before leaping to the side, his horn emitted an orange light before spitting fire to the bigger kaiju.
The flames did almost no damage to Godzilla, but they were certainly distracting as he almost failed to see the Shisa kaiju loading a punch. So the leviathan also prepared a punch and swung it. Except it totally missed its target as King Caesar ducked, revealing two beams heading to the King of Monsters face.
The impact between the beams and face resulted in a big explosion that sent the bigger monster's head backward, just the right angle for King Caesar to punch the neck, choking him for a good ten second. Just enough time for the larger Guardian, King Caesar, to wrap his arms around his opponent's large belly as best as he could, but still managed to lift and throw the kaiju in the air.
When Godzilla hit the ground, it shook underneath his weight. He tried to stand but a sudden pain stabbed his right wrist, literally. He looked down to see that Baragon had his half-formed horn planted as deep as he could inside the bigger kaiju's limb. He quickly punched the smaller monster with his free hand, sending him flying away.
He stood up, his left hand grabbing his right wrist as it was pouring blood in big quantity. He looked up with angry eyes, but they quickly turned into surprised ones as Mothra was charging at him with her wings glowing red and she started spinning in the air, swinging her powered wings at Godzilla's face, scales and blood splattering at each hit.
And if that wasn't painful enough, King Caesar went back to the charge as he kicked with full power the giant lizard's back, almost breaking it if his dorsal spines weren't there. The Shisa's foot must have skewered itself on one of the spikes. But some still got broken with the hit, he could feel it. His dorsal spines were connected to his nervous system after all.
King Caesar retreated and Godzilla just had the chance to catch a glimpse of his indeed injured foot: it had a dorsal spine impaled in it. Baragon came back to the attack as he bit Godzilla's injured wrist, fangs digging his scales and flesh. Meanwhile, Mothra resumed her attack with scratching his scales away, and also scratching his exposed flesh, drawing blood.
Godzilla used his left hand to grab the Divine Moth's belly by her underside and swung her against Baragon, dropping both of them to the ground. Before they could recover, he unleashed his blue Atomic flames on them.
But he had to stop his action as a shadow covered him, he looked up to see King Caesar in the air, his left leg raised high up in the air, ready to hammer kick the leviathan on the top of his skull. Godzilla raised his arms to protect himself, big mistake. Caesar aimed his kick at the injured wrist, widening the wound and breaking a bone.
The King of Monsters let out a screech of pain as he took some steps back, his left hand holding on his right injured limb, trying to calm down the pain with pressure. During these mere seconds, Mothra and Baragon recovered and went back to charge. Each Guardians started to hit Godzilla with everything they got.
Mothra scratched and slammed her wings.
Baragon also scratched with his big claws, but was mostly using his own flames to burn Godzilla's scales.
And King Caesar was skillfully showing of his martial art tricks, cracking some of the bigger kaiju's bones.
As always, no matter how much it hurt… the pain just fuel his rage, his fury. He focused a Nuclear Pulse and released it, hitting Mothra and Caesar straight in the face, only Baragon dodged by jumping away. It was the red kaiju who quickly tried to counter attack by jumping high in the air, ready to bite down on Godzilla. Between the trashing teeth and ripping claws, Baragon was injuring badly the leviathan.
But the attack ended abruptly, when Godzilla drove his right hand up in an enraged movement, and went through Baragon's soft underside, sending the smaller kaiju's body into rigid shock.
Everyone paused in terror in front of that action, even Godzilla. The King of Monsters looked at his old comrade's eyes. Baragon was scared, his eyes were wide open, full of fright. It sent a chill down the leviathan's spine.
What did he just do?
He…
No. He need… MUST do this. HE CAN'T STOP NOW, SORRY OLD FRIEND.
Mothra screeched as the giant radioactive lizard joined his left hand inside the red kaiju's body, his claws having a firm grip of the inside of the smaller monster. A wet, tearing sound filled the air as Godzilla opened his arms wide, ripping Baragon in half, in two non-equal parts, and discarding the flesh on either side.
No one moved for a very long thirty seconds… Until King Caesar whispered something to Mothra and she flew away, retreating from battle,. The Shisa kaiju glared at the now murderer of his friend with unbelievable rage, his ruby eyes starting to glow white.
Godzilla's bloody hands were shaking… he clenched his fists to stop the trembling.
He stared at Baragon's face, his eyes which were full of life and fright were now empty.
Sorry. Sorry, old friend. He really was… But sacrifices must be made if he wants the world to turn back to its beauty. He won't ask for his forgiveness, but he will understand that his choice was the right one once the world was purged and back to normal.
He looked up to Caesar, with eyes full of determination. One last warning. If he won't drop the idea to stop him, he's dead.
"You… YOU BASTARD! YOU WILL PAY!"
King Caesar roared with a rage no one ever saw before. His eyes were now shining white and sparkling. Godzilla saw that once, a very long time ago.
This was King Caesar power: he can absorb solar energy and turn it into beams of heat from his eyes once released.
Godzilla never thought of seeing that power again as the Shisa kaiju relies more in his martial art techniques than his own power. In other words, he's soon entering a world of pain.
King Caesar unleashed his beams on Godzilla's facesending the leviathan backward at the impact. When the monster tried to look back at his opponent, he was already in front of him, fists ready.
And how painful it was when he punched.
Godzilla could only catch a glimpse of a few of the dozens successive punches King Caesar did on his body. From the pain, he could tell that he punched mainly on his shoulders, chest, stomach and face. The leviathan couldn't even make a single move as his opponent was too fast. But that didn't mean he couldn't try something else…
This train of thoughts suddenly stopped as the Guardian kneed his stomach with full force, bending Godzilla forward spitting a huge amount of blood, but Caesar quickly followed with his other knee at the giant lizard's snout, splattering more blood. He continued his combo with another shot of his beams of heat on the monster's chest, burning the scales and the skin underneath them.
Godzilla was in a great disadvantage: King Caesar was too fast for him and he was enraged. No choice then but to be tricky again. He slowly slid his long tail towards King Caesar's legs, doing his best to ignore the pain. Once in the range, he slammed the tip of his tail against the injured foot of the Shisa that stopped all actions for one second to grunt in pain.
Godzilla took this opportunity to grab one arm, pull and headbutt the other kaiju's forehead, stunning him long enough to bring the Guardian to one knee, grab both side of his jaw and force it open.
The white glow disappeared from the ruby eyes of the kaiju the moment he understood what was about to happen. He widened his eyes in terror and looked at his old companion's determined eyes, clearly meaning that he was not going to stop. While Godzilla took a deep breath and his dorsal spines glowed blue, Caesar reached his arms towards his head to prevent him to do what he was going to do.
But for once, Godzilla was faster as he released his Atomic blue flames right into his foe's mouth. The flames ran down his throat and into his belly, burning everything. King Caesar started to quiver as he still tried to push Godzilla's face away with trembling hands.
His ruby eyes cracked then exploded in a beautiful and shiny firework of red bits, marking the passing of the Guardian as his arm fell to his side, limp.
Godzilla stopped his execution, let go of his old friend's head as smoke came out of his mouth. King Caesar's body fell to the ground. The second Guardian… was dead.
The King of Monster looked at the two kaiju corpses he had killed. His old friends… But it was justified. He did this for the world, so it can be healthy again.
He pumped his chest and let out a mighty victory roar.
But in his voice was a tinge of hurt.
Three months have passed since the death of the human.
Everything was going smoothly… except for the fights against his old friends. Mothra summoned the others Guardians to stop Godzilla. But none of them were strong enough to do it.
She even summoned Anguirus, his first friend, some sort of giant ankylosaurus and Rodan, his best male friend, a giant pterodactyl. And it was with the same determination to bring his world back to what it was before that he burned Anguirus to death, leaving only the bones intact and ripped Rodan's wings off as he crushed his skull under his foot.
No one.
No one will stop his purge of the world.
Ten months.
Mothra was helping the humans. She knew there's no chance for her to kill the leviathan. Not without dying too. But he couldn't let her jeopardize his plans… So he'll have to hit her where it hurts the most…
Her temple, more precisely: her egg that was resting inside.
There never was only one Mothra, there were thousands before her. And all shares the same mind. When a Mothra reaches her Imago (adult) stage she lays an egg for the next generation to be born when the present one dies.
So destroying the egg while she's still alive… will end Mothra for good.
He feels horrible to do that to his old closest friend… But she's still on his way.
His purge will pause for a little while.
There she was, guarding her temple when she noticed that he was coming towards it. She seemed ready for a fight and so was he, but he could sense a huge amount of stress emanating from her.
She was scared.
The only real threat that could beat Godzilla was her powder scales. He must beat her before she releases them.
Both roared for battle as they dashed towards each other. Her wings were glowing red and did her pivoting attack again. But Godzilla knew how to counter it now. He clenched his right fist and upper cut her belly once she was close enough, stopping her attack net. He quickly followed with a strong shoulder-shuck on her side that sent her down on the porch of her temple. She tried to stand up but the giant lizard ran to her to kick her before she could take off.
This time she crashed through the walls of her temple. Dust clouds filled the place. A giant scaly hand grabbed the edge of the enormous hole to enlarge it and Godzilla walked through the clouds of dust like a demon through fire.
The egg was there, enormous as he remembers.
"Goji… I'm sorry I couldn't stop you… I'm sorry that you'll face the consequences alone…"
The Divine Moth said. She gave up then.
He really doesn't want to do that, she knows that, right?
"I know… I understand that. I should have forced you that day… I know my words alone can't make you understand. I don't know much about the human history. But I knew that that human who's good with words could have made you understand that they are needed… But it's too late now… The world is doomed."
The human world is, not the real world. It will reborn in the beautiful world they used to live in.
She lowered her head as Godzilla's dorsal spines started to glow orange, not taking any risks now.
Is it the only egg?
She nodded, she won't lie to him. He trusts her.
Good then.
It's been one year.
He can feel it, at least 80% of humanity was consummated. Now that their Guardians were dead, they finally decided to act. Not that it would make any difference of their situation. They even built more of their giant weapons. But they're weaker than the last one.
Their punches are weak. Their bullets are ineffective. Even the blades are not strong enough to cut through his scales. He reached forward and grabbed one of those bear shaped weapon's head. He twisted and pulled, it got off smoothly. The wires separating themselves like veins.
Nothing could stop the King of Monsters.
Sixteen months now.
All lands, all buildings and every single place a human could live was now destroyed. They were almost extinct. Now all he had to do was hunt the ones that were still hiding.
It's going to be long…
… but kind of fun.
Two years…
Every human was dead. No more. He did it!
It's been a long hunt as expected of humans who hides and still manages to go from one land to another just to avoid the kaiju. But the hunt was over now.
Because they were dead.
Nature can take her rights now. Nature can bloom once more. The World will become what it once was: Beautiful. He can already see it.
The animals running in the valleys. The trees and the flowers.
No more humans to destroy them. No more humans to violate the laws of nature.
Everything will be back as before.
Except that his old friends won't be there… but they will understand and hopefully forgive him from wherever they were when they will see that he was right.
Now he just needed to rest. Nature will bloom again but he knows how slow she is.
So he walked back to the big blue ocean. He let it wrap his body as he took a comfortable posture in the depths. He deserves a long sleep.
Ten years maybe… yes.
In ten years… he'll see how much the world changed. Thanks to him.
He did the right choice. He knows it.
12 years since the choice.
…
…
...nothing changed.
How is that possible? Nature should have started to… no. Maybe he just woke up too early. Maybe she just needed more time! That must be it!
That must be it!
30 years later
… still nothing…
50 years later.
...no…
80 years later.
No. No. No.
One century later
How was that possible!? Why?! Why nothing changed?! Why was it even worse?!
This shouldn't be happening.
He walked around the desolated land. This wasn't normal. The World should have been reborn. Nature should have…
Was… that what Mothra meant all those years ago? Did he really make the wrong choice?
But how?! How on Earth, were the humans, the ones who destroyed Nature in the first place, also the solution of the problem?! Why were they needed and not him? Why were they the solution and not the Guardian of Nature himself?!
Godzilla couldn't understand!
He just… couldn't understand…
He… was all alone now… he… really… destroyed the world…
The World ended because of him…
The World ends with him… with me.
The sun was going to set soon… this will be the last time he'll see such beautiful sunset. The next day he will exile himself in the ocean and stay there until Death claims him.
He looked at round and noticed where he was standing: the battlefield where he killed his old friends… and for what?
For nothing.
He should have listened to Mothra… he should have listened to that human, whoever it was.
He lowered his head, ready to sleep.
But suddenly it snapped upward. He looked at the dark sky. Between the stars. Something… was coming.
Impossible. Actually, no, it is possible. But why now?! The world is already dying!
Why is that three headed monster coming!?
What?! He's… not alone…
Godzilla was terrified for the first time in ages. He couldn't fight a whole army all by himself.
Mothra!
Mothra… he needs his comrades… he needs his friends… but they are no more… he killed… murdered them...
He made the World fall and He… the other King… was coming for the coup de grace.
The World really Ends with him.
He really deserves the title of:
The King of Monsters
THE END
…
…
No.
Godzilla blinked. He was back in front of the building. The human was still alive and staring at him, accompanied with his companions.
What just…?
He looked back and saw Mothra. Still alive.
He was about to roar in happiness until he saw her glowing antennae. It dawned on him.
It was all an illusion. Her death, the world ending.
"It wasn't just an illusion… it's a possible future. Come on Goji. What do you lose to give this human a chance to talk reason to you?"
It's a possible future. It doesn't mean it will certainly happen!
"Now that you saw one possible ending of your choice… are you really sure you want to risk it?"
He… and here it's back. The hesitation. The choice is right in front of him again.
Kill or listen?
…
Screw it. He calmed down. And turned to the Divine Moth.
Let's listen. He is still convinced that this illusion was just lies… but he really has nothing to lose to listen. He can still kill off the humans if he disagrees.
If she could, Mothra would smile.
Baka's notes: Did I scare you?
There was some hints in the chapter showing that it was all not real.
I hope you enjoyed.
Godzilla finally gives a chance to his friend. He will listen to Naegi.
But what is that plan actually?
Find out in the next part: A Trial for Humanity
Chapter 10: Operation Hope to King
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