This is going to be my last update for a while. I'm going on vacation, but hopefully i'l work on my stories there and update when I get back. Enjoy!
A missile-like capsule fired from the blaster. Time seemed to slow down. Goro stopped struggling, and everyone's gaze followed the capsule. I flew through the air, whistling like a hawk about to dive bomb its prey. After those brief seconds for when my eyes were open, I closed them again.
This time, everything was silent. The whistling of the capsule was the grim reaper, making the living quake and the dead moan. And then, that was when I heard the thud of the capsule colliding into Biollante.
The shockwave flew through the ground, making me jump off the ground and sending a jolt through my body. My eyes shot open, and I could see the scene in front of me.
The capsule had hit the base of Biollante's neck. Against her skin it seemed bright green, bubbling more than her acid sap. Godzilla fell to the ground, the vines coming from Biollante retracting back to her side. She howled in pain, actually muting the sound in my ears for a second. The rest of what happened I hardly remember. I recall the acid tearing at the left side of her neck. The rest was a blur of moans and thrashing.
Finally, the turning point arrived. With a ground-shaking stomp, Godzilla rose from the ground. In near slow-motion, Biollante looked up in horror as Godzilla stepped up to her. With a bellowing roar that shook everyone's hearts, causing them to burn like fire and to feel the pain that Godzilla felt years ago, his mouth started to glow blue.
As Godzilla concentrated the energy in his mouth, the blue turned to red, the wisps of smoke becoming spouts of flame. Finally, a red-orange beam erupted from his mouth.
It collided with Biollante right above her stomach before creating a shower of sparks with the acid, erupting into flame. As Biollante gave one last shriek of pain, Godzilla concentrated his beam more, blowing Biollante's head clean off.
The beam slowly evaporated and disappeared into the air. However, that light was replaced by the light that came from both parts of Biollante's body, dissolving once again into golden dust. This time, the dust floated into the air, shimmering with as much beauty and grace as last time. With a sudden flash of golden light, what was left of Biollante was gone.
Then, Godzilla looked down at us again. A soft growl came from his throat, as if he would spare us. It was nothing like 'Oh, gee, I like you, goodbye!' It was something as someone looking down at someone else who was lesser than them. As if he was sparing us. But iwas too relieved to feel humiliated.
As Godzilla turned and walked away, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Goro, and I knew that I would have to be ready to face whatever punishment I would get.
"Akira" he said. "You're in a lot of trouble." I lowered my head, and if I didn't feel humiliated before, I did now. But Goro wasn't done.
"However, you did manage to help defeat Biollante, and Godzilla went off in peace. You followed your instinct, and it turned out to be the right thing to do. So you have escaped most of the punishment I will give you."
My mood brightened up, but my smile was hidden because of the flower that was still over my mouth. I listened more intently as Goro continued. "Kazuko, get Akira back to the ship and give him a fresh source of oxygen. Hayato, come with me so that we can examine the tree that Akira mentioned."
I watched as Hayato followed Goro back to the hill of rocks where me and Erika fell to the tree. I watched their bodies shimmer against the heat that rose up from the ground. As they disappeared suddenly as if they fell over a Cliffside, I turned back to Kazuko, who was smiling. "I really, really look up to you Akira" she said. She then wrapped her arms around me and I patted her head. When she pulled away, I saw that she was nearly in tears. "Come on" I said. "Let's get some oxygen for me."
Kazuko nodded, and sniffling, she turned around towards the jet. I began to follow her, but then I saw something against the landscape that shouldn't be there. My feet thudded the ground as I took off across the ground. "Akira, what are you doing?" I heard Kazuko shout, but I didn't stop to answer her question as I bent down to pick up… a young girl.
Her black hair fell down to her shoulders, and she might have been a couple years younger than me. I had never seen her before, but that young face reminded me of someone… and then I realized that this was the girl I saw in the dust. This was the young Erika.
The girl's eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened. Then she spoke. Her voice was groggy and cracked, but so sweet at the same time…
"Thank you" she said weakly. As I stared in awe, Erika continued. "You set me free. Biollante was a mistake, a monster that was never meant to be. I was desperately trying to get rid of Biollante when the monster took control of me so that it could live on… but it's over now… I'm so sorry…"
Erika's sorrow as she smiled, and her body slowly began to glow as she smiled wider, she disappeared, her dust flying into the air.
Kazuko stepped up beside me. "Akira… she whispered.
I stood up. It was all right that Kazuko didn't know what to say. I couldn't believe that Erika had to die, but she seemed happy that it was all over. So I guess I could be happy for her, too. I turned to Kazuko. "Let's go" I whispered.
It was a little while later before we were back on the jet. I had an oxygen tank around my back with a respirator that hung down on my shoulder. There was fresh oxygen in the plane, but I would need to take deep breaths from the respirator every so often.
Kazuko and I had been quiet the whole time we had been on the plane. When Goro and Hayato began speaking again, the sound was strange to my ears, almost alien.
Goro seemed happy. "We have found great results from the tree" Goro said. "We conducted many tests while we were down there, and tests are being conducted now."
Hayato looked up from whatever he had been doing, and explained to us what the tree did. "The tree has, as we all know, extraordinary purification abilities, being able to root in the toughest of soil and most toxic air. We don't know how this is possible, but that's what I'm trying to find out now.
"The tree's flowers help produce clean air, as Akira had found out. That is because the tree has the remarkable ability to re-root itself into different soil, like some other plants. However, the tree has taken it to the next level, being able to take off branches and replacing in different soil. As a result, we could probably figure out how to clean the atmosphere of the earth in a couple years, maybe. And we've already started."
Hayato stepped to the side to show us about 20 small pots, all filled with small branches of the tree. Kazuko gasped. "Oh my god, that's great!"
Goro smiled and nodded. "Alright, then. Hayato, start up the jet!"
Hayato nodded, and went to the cockpit with Kazuko. Goro took the chance, and stepped up to me. "Akira" he said, his voice lowered. "I know that you've been through a lot in the past few days, and I know…"
"Stop" I said urgently, looking out into the distance.
Goro was puzzled. "Akira, what…"
"No, just stop!" I shouted. I ran to the window looking where Biollante had blasted Hedorah's head off. Godzilla's nuclear pulse had covered most of the carcass, but now it was moving..
The black sludge in the center of the Hedorah was bubbling and pulsing, a low gurgling coming from the center of its body. All of a sudden, a bang came from its body, and the stomach erupted.
Dust and sludge flew from the ground, showering the window and making me jolt back. As I turned back to the spot where Hedorah was, I saw something black with two, glowing, red eyes fly away.
Not much, but i nad to do that. Please review, blah blah, blah.