Finally, here is the next chapter! You are probably wondering why this chapter is labeled Chapter 9 & 10. That is because I want to end confusion as to what chapter I am posting. Because the site has been calling previous chapter numbers the wrong number. For example, Chapter 8 was call chapter 9. This will end that confusion. So after this chapter, everything should match. Besides that, this chapter is a bit long. Anyways, thank you so much for all of the reviews. I have enjoyed reading them. I only have one comment to make about them. Don't take this the wrong way, but I would like to request that people don't suggest monsters for the story. I'm happy to suggestions, but when it comes to monsters, I already have the story planned out as for who is going to be in the story (monster-wise). Other ideas and suggestions are welcome, but I just want to request that you don't suggest monsters for the story. It makes me feel bad that they won't be included, but I do have a specific direction that I want this story to go in. Anyways, enough whining from me, enjoy this new chapter and remember to leave a review. Things are getting really exciting and I just can't wait to hear what people think about this story.
Chapter 9 & 10
Miki walked back to Emiko's room and entered, finding the Earth Cosmos on a nearby shelf. When they seen her, the two girls bowed and greeted Miki, "How did it go?"
Miki quietly shook her head and the fairies immediately sensed something was wrong. Miki sat down on Emiko's bed and said, "The match ended in a draw, but Godzilla was badly hurt. He has a match that will be coming up which determines his placement in the tournament."
The Earth Cosmos looked in at each other in confusion, "What do you mean by determining placement?"
"It means that if Godzilla wins the next match, then he will continue to participate in the tournament. But if he loses, then he will be placed in a death match against Mecha-Godzilla. And this time, Doctor Makoto won't be able to pull him out of it." The fairies noticed Miki's depressed look as they shared the same feelings as her. "I just don't think Godzilla can pull off another victory like this. The other monsters have unfair advantages because they have been treated properly while Doctor Makoto is probably the first one to care about Godzilla."
As much as the fairies wanted to comfort Miki, they didn't know quite how to handle the situation. It is something that they have never dealt with before. The Earth Cosmos looked at each other in a desperate attempt, hoping the other had some idea of how to cheer Miki up, but neither could think of anything. When they returned their gaze however, Miki was clutching her chest.
"Miki, what's wrong?!" both Fairies exclaimed in unison.
But Miki couldn't answer. The pain in her chest had started causing her to have trouble breathing. She fell from Emiko's bed and onto the floor. Miki tried to think clearly, but she could hardly make out the cries of the fairies, much less her own thoughts.
The fairies flew out of the room and disappeared. Moments later they returned with Emiko and Doctor Makoto who both grabbed onto Miki who was close to losing consciousness.
"MIKI! MIKI!" Doctor Makoto shouted as he carried out into the lab.
Emiko didn't know what was going on, but when she seen her uncle carrying Miki out into the lab she started screaming. Daisuke rushed to their aid and quickly located a stretcher to set Miki on. Still clutching her chest, Miki curled into a ball the second she hit the stretcher. She could no longer see clearly as her vision blurred and the sour taste of blood quickly hit the back of her mouth.
Daisuke made a mad dash for the emergency medical supplies that the lab carried for human treatment. He handed them to Doctor Makoto who instantly injected her with antibiotics and other such medications. He worked feverishly as Miki released a terrible cry of pain and clutched her chest even tighter. While Doctor Makoto prepared another syringe, he noticed his niece curled up in the corner. This whole ordeal was scaring her to death.
"Daisuke, get Emiko out of here!" Makoto shouted, "I can take care of this myself!"
Daisuke didn't argue, but rushed Emiko to her room where he remained to comfort her.
Meanwhile, Doctor Makoto pulled out a sedative and prepared the syringe. I have to calm her down or before things get even worse. As Makoto prepared the syringe, he suddenly noticed the lab grow quiet. He frantically looked to Miki, hoping nothing had happened. His mouth dropped open when he seen Miki sitting up. The pain had caused her to sweat and she was now breathing very heavily.
"Miki lay back down. We have to put you to sleep and do some tests."
Miki glanced at him and slowly shook her head. "I'm fine. Everything is just fine. You can put those away now."
"The hell with that! Miki, do you know what just happened to you?" Makoto exclaimed.
Miki nodded her head and stood on her feet. She walked over to Godzilla's cage as the tingling in her head slowly dissipated. "The pain wasn't coming from my body."
"Miki, what do you mean?"
Makoto watched as she felt the bars of Godzilla's cage and looked over the creature. "It was Godzilla. He sent me a message." When Miki turned to face Makoto, she had tears streaming down her eyes. But her tears were not the result of the pain.
"Is something wrong?"
Again, Miki shook her head and before the doctor could ask, she answered the question that she knew he was thinking, "Godzilla sent me it as a message. It's the first time he has ever sent me such a strong message. I think he is in pain. We have to check his heart."
Doctor Makoto stood awestruck. He didn't know what to say or do. He simply stood there, looking at Miki with a confused look spread across his face. Miki must have picked up on it though as she returned it with a funny look of her own. "Doctor, we have to check Godzilla's vital signs."
The doctor agreed, but made a mental note to give Miki a check-up later on. He wasn't sure that he believed what she had said, but Makoto wasn't about to argue. He went to one of the computers and quickly measured Godzilla's breathing, his blood pressure, and other similar things such as brain activity and heart rate. "Everything reads below normal, but he isn't in any immediate danger. And his heart seems fine. Miki, are you sure that you're okay?"
Miki nodded her head and noticed that Daisuke was returning with Emiko. Only a matter of seconds passed before Emiko had enveloped Miki in a hug. She was crying her eyes out, yet she refused to release Miki of her grip. Miki allowed it and hugged her back.
When Emiko released, still teary eyed and on the verge of more tears, she asked, "You aren't going to leave us, are you?"
Miki quickly shook her head, "No Emiko, I would never leave you, your uncle, or Godzilla."
Daisuke suddenly interrupted, "Doctor, what's wrong with Godzilla?"
Everyone spun around and saw immediately what Daisuke had pointed out. Godzilla was shedding skin. Just from looking, they could tell it wasn't a natural shedding. His skin was peeling which revealed muscle and tissue. Seeing this, Doctor Makoto ran to his computer and began typing as fast as he could.
"Emiko, I want you to mix some chemicals for me." Doctor Makoto said quickly while he typed. Emiko nodded and snatched a scrap of paper from the desk. While Doctor Makoto listed them off, she wrote down the name and the amount of each chemical described.
What will this do when we inject it?" Emiko asked her uncle.
When Doctor Makoto finished typing, he scratched his chin and replied, "For the past few weeks, I have been trying to develop something that would help Godzilla's Regenerator Cells to kick in a work faster. After seeing how fast they were working, I decided to formulate a stimulant for the Regenerator Cells. I think I have figured it out."
Doctor Makoto glanced over at Godzilla who was scratching away at the peeling skin. "While I have only tested the formula on small samples of Regenerator Cells, the effects have always been the same. The chemical attaches itself to Regenerator Cells which allows them to absorb the proteins and enzymes in the chemical and alter the genes of the Regenerator Cell, so that when one splits, it creates two more with enhanced chromosomes. Thus, I have named it, RegenerX."
Deciding to wait with other questions, Emiko hurried off to fill the order that her uncle had given. Miki, however, remained and continued the conversation. "So if enhances the Regenerator Cells?"
Doctor Makoto nodded and replied, "Think of it as a type of steroid, but without the negative effects. Also, RegenerX will only enhance a cell by a small amount. It is the large number of Regenerator Cells that I hope Godzilla has by now, that will allow this process to be effective. It should also help the Regenerator Cells spread faster."
Emiko returned a short while later with confirmation that everything was ready to be injected into Godzilla. "I sure hope this works uncle." Emiko said, as she crossed her fingers.
Doctor Makoto nodded in agreement, then turned to his computer and operated the mechanical arms for the injection. Godzilla's body was too weak to even react to the prick the needle caused, but a grunt crept through his teeth anyways.
"Do you think Godzilla will be alright?" Miki asked Doctor Makoto.
"Well, because we caught the shedding just as it was starting, I think Godzilla stands a greater chance of survival with the RegenerX in his body than he did without it. The shedding means his body is starting to deteriorate. Hopefully with RegenerX, we can reverse the process."
"But the important thing is that we keep constant supervision over Godzilla so nothing else happens." Doctor Makoto informed the two girls before he set off to work. The day had been real busy, but he still needed to go through more tests and readings.
Miki sat in Emiko's room talking to the fairies. She had been discussing the message that Godzilla sent her earlier.
One fairy explained, "We believe that Godzilla sent you that message as a warning. He is not in good health. We also believe he knows of the dangers that earth faces. Miki, you cannot let anything happen to Godzilla. He is reaching out to you and asking for your help."
Miki sat bewildered, "Reaching out?"
The two fairies nodded in response, "Yes, Godzilla knows he cannot survive by himself. We believe he is very depressed about asking a human for help when humans have caused him so much grief. You must not let him down."
"Don't worry, I won't."
That night, Miki laid in bed, thinking. As much as she had tried to sleep, she couldn't. I'm too worried about Godzilla to sleep. Maybe I should go out into the lab and lay down, and then at least I will be able to stay by Godzilla if anything should happen. Not that Miki would have been able to help him much, but she could at least wake up Doctor Makoto if anything did happen.
Miki grabbed some blankets and pillows as she left the room, careful not to wake Emiko who slept in the bed next to hers. Upon arrival, Miki noticed that Godzilla wasn't sleeping as well. He seemed agitated.
When Miki came into his sight, Godzilla eyed her every move and relaxed a little. Miki noticed this and reached through the bars, laid her hand on his nose and said, "Don't worry Godzilla. I'm here for you. I won't leave you."
Miki placed her blankets where Godzilla could see them. Again she lay down and attempted to fall asleep. Still, she could not sleep.
Something is still missing. Miki thought to herself as she looked around the lab. Suddenly, she figured it out. Miki stood up and pushed a desk over next to her blankets. On the desk sat the computer that monitored Godzilla's heart. The computer was running in a silent mode until Miki began changing some settings. She turned on the sound and a soothing series of "beeps" flowed out of the computer. It was the closest she could get to hearing Godzilla's heart beat, but it was good enough. Miki laid back on the bed she had made, and soon found her drifting to sleep from the lullabies of the heart monitor.
One Week Later
Doctor Makoto had been working in his lab all day long. The RegenerX seemed to be working properly. A large increase in Godzilla's Regenerator Cells had occurred over the week. Also, the peeling of Godzilla's skin had stopped only a few days ago. Things were beginning to look up, but one problem remained.
"Some of the Regenerator Cells are killing off Godzilla's blood cells." Doctor Makoto answered Emiko when she had questioned him on Godzilla's state.
"Do you know what's causing it?" Emiko asked.
"No, I can't put my finger on it. And the big problem is, I can't replicate it under a microscope. So I can't study the Regenerator Cells in a way where I could play with their structures and RegenerX."
"Do you think it could be a side effect of RegenerX?" Emiko asked as she glanced at her uncle's work on the computer.
"No, because I tested it on Regenerator Cells under my microscope and the only effect was the one that we injected them in for. Nothing else changed. It just doesn't make sense!"
"What doesn't make sense?" Miki asked as she walked into the lab.
"J-Just some test results. It's nothing of major concern." Makoto couldn't tell her the truth because Miki had become unusually tense over the week. He didn't mind her sleeping in the lab when he found her that morning, but other things about her started to bother him. Miki had been spending her days sitting in front of Godzilla's cage and just communicating with him (what kind of communication, he didn't know. She would never talk about it). And Miki would randomly burst into tears, especially when Godzilla was having heart problems. Many resembled seizures, but Doctor Makoto and Emiko managed to reduce the severity and amount of those with the use of RegenerX. Still, I think she may be suffering mentally from this. She has spent her whole life with Godzilla, and not enough of it with other humans.
"Doctor Makoto!" A sudden voice exclaimed from the entrance of the lab. Makoto knew immediately that it was Yukio.
"What is it?"
Yukio walked up to Makoto and the other two girls, "Godzilla's next match is tomorrow. I hope you are ready for it. If he loses, he will be in a death match within in a matter of days. But if he wins . . ."
"I know the importance of this match. Who is he facing?" Doctor Makoto demanded, frustrated with this game that Yukio had forced him to play.
Yukio smiled and replied, "Godzilla will be facing Gigan tomorrow so be ready." Yukio then turned around and left.
After Yukio had left earshot, Miki turned to Makoto and said, "Of course you won't let Godzilla fight tomorrow right?"
"What choice do I have? This is Godzilla's best chance for survival."
Miki's jaw dropped. She couldn't believe what Doctor Makoto was saying, "You can't put him through this. Godzilla doesn't have the power to keep fighting like this! It's madness! He'll die!"
"Miki, if Godzilla doesn't participate in this match, then he forfeits the match. We can't let that happen. Godzilla needs to at least have a chance at moving on in this tournament."
"But . . . you can't . . . Godzilla could . . ." Tears started to trickle down Miki's cheeks. She didn't know how else to convince them. Though she hid it, Godzilla had been sending her messages over the past week, during the night. Each time was worse than the previous. Miki knew Godzilla was in pain, but she couldn't do anything about it.
Doctor Makoto grabbed Miki and pulled her into an embrace, "Miki, I know you're concerned about Godzilla. I am too. But the best thing for him is to fight in this match. If we prevent him from fighting, it will be forfeiture and he will go straight to that death match, where he will die. This way, he at least has a chance of survival. Emiko and I are doing are our best."
Miki clung to Makoto and nodded her head while it remained buried in his shoulders. "In order for Godzilla to survive, you have to trust us. The RegenerX chemical that we injected is helping Godzilla's Regenerator Cells. He can make it."
When Miki finally pulled away, she suddenly noticed something. Daisuke was no longer there. "Where is Daisuke?" She asked, hoping that the change in subject would help her remain calm.
"He left not too long ago. The military wanted him in Japan because those lightening storms were getting worse and more frequent. They're afraid that they may have to evacuate some of the smaller towns if things get any worse. So Daisuke was asked to go and help. I don't know how long he will be gone."
Miki nodded at this, but Doctor Makoto could still sense she was worried. "If you want Miki, we can move your bed out into the lab so you can sleep comfortably with Godzilla in plain view."
Miki eagerly nodded, happy that she could finally get a comfortable place to sleep, even though she had been thinking of doing the exact same thing.
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Doctor Makoto nervously awaited the signal for Godzilla to leave his cage. All Makoto could hear were the words of the announcer, "LADIES AND GENTELMAN! WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THE MFF! WE HAVE A SPECIAL MATCH FOR YOU TODAY! THE ONE AND ONLY GODZILLA WILL FIGHT FOR HIS PLACE IN THE TOURNAMENT! IF HE LOSES, THEN HE WILL HAVE A DEATH MATCH REMATCH, WITH NO WAY OUT!"
The lights dimmed until the arena had become enveloped in darkness. Spotlights lit up various regions and danced around the audience before finally landing on a gate.
"INTRODUCING FIRST, HE IS THE HIGHEST RANKING MONSTER ON THE ISLAND WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS! GIGAN!" The gate swung open and Gigan glided out into the arena. He cackled and scraped his two, sword like arms against each other.
"AND NOW, INTRODUCING ONCE AGAIN, THE MONSTER THAT HAS MADE A SURPRISING COMEBACK SINCE HIS FIRST DEATH MATCH, GODZILLA!!!" Another gate opened and Godzilla came charging out on all fours. He came to a dead stop in front of his opponent and the two exchanged deadly glares.
The bell rang and the match began. Godzilla started by running around Gigan in an attempt to confuse him. But Godzilla couldn't keep up his speed as he soon felt his chest burning in pain. Gigan took this opportunity to swiftly fly in front of Godzilla. Gigan sliced at Godzilla's shoulder with his sword-like arm. It breached the skin and Godzilla tumbled backwards, curling up into a ball as he rolled because of the pain.
Gigan stalked his prey and watched Godzilla stumble his way back onto all fours. Gigan ran over to his opponent and delivered an upper cut to Godzilla's jaw and sent him flying backwards once more. But Godzilla hadn't give up as he brought himself back onto all fours. He charged Gigan at full speed but was caught off guard when Gigan spun the buzz-saw like blade on his stomach.
Godzilla hit the spinning blade head on which almost decapitated him. He hadn't been high enough for the blade to go deep, but it drew blood. Gigan glared down at Godzilla and sent a red heat beam into his back. Godzilla rolled onto his stomach and clutched his head. His heart was pounding and he couldn't help himself from crying out in pain. Gigan didn't give a moment's thought as he shot another heat beam into Godzilla's back. This one struck hard and sliced off a large portion of one of Godzilla's dorsal fins. The fallen beast cried out in pain and almost lost consciousness.
Slowly, Godzilla fought his way back to all fours and tasted blood in his mouth. His heart pounded against his chest and could feel it burning again. He looked toward Gigan who no longer stood in front of him. Confused, Godzilla searched the arena for his opponent but Gigan was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, a large noise was heard and Godzilla turned to see Gigan standing right next to him. Godzilla tried to move but Gigan swiftly stretched his arms across Godzilla's back and stabbed him in the side of his chest with both sword-like arms. Godzilla squealed in agony, as his mind started spinning. Gigan left the ground and flew Godzilla into the air, stuck to Gigan's arms.
Godzilla struggled to free himself, but to no avail. Gigan lifted Godzilla above his head, which caused Godzilla's body to slowly slide the knife-like arms deeper into his body. Gigan quickly released his arms and threw Godzilla down. His body quickly slid off of Gigan's arms as he fell from the sky. Just with the match against the Rodans, Godzilla hit the ground hard. Gigan landed next to Godzilla and prepared another attack.
"DING! DING!" sounded the bell that ended the match.
"AND THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH, CONTINUING HIS UNDEFEATED STREAK; GIGAN!!!"