A few minutes before the beam hit Hazbin Hotel...
(Brain Stew-Green Day)
(0:04-0:20)
Godzilla's claw clenched tighter than before until the lizard demon's hand was reduced to black blood and bone-splinters. He let out a roar as the demon backed away, whimpering in pain. The other demons just looked angry, not even bothering to be terrified of his might. This made Godzilla even madder, as he roared at them again. Still, they just edged towards him, ready to lay into him with their black weapons and whatever else they could find. He just dug his toe claws into the ground, ready for a fight. And that's when the lyrics came from a bunch of random demonic crows (lyrics correspond with the text above).
They started to get out their weapons and point them threateningly at him. "We're gonna cut you up good and plenty!" The mantis-demon chuckled.
"Say your prayers, bub!" A gorilla-like one got out some angelic knuckle-dusters. "One hit and your yap's gonna go flying!"
The rest continued to taunt him, but he didn't care. If they wanted a fight, they'd get it. He looked to the female demon next to him, who just nodded. "Be careful." She whimpered before running off. He gave a heavy sigh. Concern for him? Hmph. Must have been fake. Steeling himself, he let out another roar before charging at his aggressors.
Instantly, he collided with the gorilla-like one and began to smash through several buildings, reducing a few to rubble and leaving gaping holes in the majority of them. The demon tried to punch him in retaliation, but to no avail. Finally, Godzilla tossed him to the side into another building, causing it to collapse onto his foe.
I'm having trouble trying to sleep. I'm counting sheep, but running out. As time ticks by...and still I try...no rest for crosstops in my mind. On my own, here we go!
He was standing in yet another war-zone, where he had to keep his wits up as the other four demons followed him, ready to end his life. He punched a monkey-like demon while also slamming the mantis-demon to the side with his tail. A demon with multiple arms grappled with him before getting out some knives to stab him in the lower area. He just headbutted him away, actually fracturing the skull.
He panted as he looked to his other two aggressors. A fish-demon with a big shotgun and a worm-like one carrying a baseball bat. He growled as they aimed their weapons before noticing a fallen bus. Grabbing it and using it to deflect the hail of bullets, he roared again as he threw it at them, crushing them, but leaving himself open to a bunch of random demons that wanted a piece of him. Like a tidal wave of depravity, they crashed into him, sending him flying through the town, his spines shredding through the ground and slowing his speed until he could regain it.
My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed. Dried up and bulging out my skull. My mouth is dry...my face is numb...fucked up and spun out of my room. On my own, here we go!
He shook his head and dusted himself off as he looked at the current crowd ready to do him in. "We've got ourselves a tough one!" A minuscule demon shouted before getting nailed by an angelic arrow, destroying him.
"Shut up! We saw him first!" The mantis-demon returned with some of his buddies, ready to try to kill him again. "Hey! Everybody! While this purge is still going, let's gang up on the new guy! Why? Fuck him! That's why!" The demons cheered in agreement. Anything to revel in more bloodshed, after all. Before Godzilla could think, a whole horde of them jumped out of every corner of the street they were in, covering around him like flies to meat.
He tried to shake them off to no effect, but his rage was so great now, that he had a solution. Energy pulsated throughout his body before he let out yet another roar as he unleashed a miniature nuclear pulse, sending his attackers flying and pushing back the surprised crowd with the bright lights and the force of it all. Godzilla was officially madder than ever! He ran through the crowd, pushing away past the weaker ones and grabbing many more, flinging them around like ragdolls. The blinded demons could do little put flail their weapons helplessly, nicking him in a few areas, but not doing much damage. He finally got to an open area where-
My mind is set on overdrive. The clock is laughing in my face. A crooked spine. My senses dulled. Passed the point of delirium. On my own, here we go!
(2:13-2:37)
SHANK! Godzilla's pupils dilated as a large angelic spear pierced him in the torso. The lizard-demon, who's hand he had broken, had done the deed, stopping the kaiju in his tracks. "HA HA! Score! Check it out, guys! He wasn't so tough after all!" He got up in the surprised kaiju's face. "What do YOU think?! And I don't take 'gurgle, gurgle, choke' as an answer!" The other demons laughed at this before getting ready to kill each-other again.
Suddenly, a smaller spear was thrust through the lizard-demon's leg, causing him to howl in agony. The blue female demon from earlier rushed forth to put some distance between her and the injured Godzilla, spreading her arms to block him. "Leave him alone! You stared this mess, remember?!"
"Well, well, well...the babe's getting bold. Maybe I'll skip screwing your brains out and just kill you next!" Those words caused her to back off into Godzilla's body, which she realized was starting to shake with fury. She looked up to see that his piercing eyes had quickly focused on the demon that DARED to shove this thing into his chest. The other demons looked in disbelief as Godzilla grabbed the spear, not showing any signs of dying. "What? What are all of you looking a...oh...what the fuck?" Godzilla leaned into his foe's face, eyes wide with hate...
The lyrics came back as Godzilla pulled the thing out and slammed his foe into the ground with his tail before dragging him by the tail and throwing him into the crowd. "GET HIM! THROW EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT AT HIM!" The vile demon yelled. Now, it seemed like the whole city wanted to end him, simply for the challenge of it all before the secondary purge was over.
Something was happening, though. Godzilla's spines were glowing bright blue, starting from his tail. His body tensed, his fists clenched, and his mouth started to crackle with blue volts. Still, the crowd continued to advance and the female demon below him wasn't sure what was going to happen. All she could do was watch as the monster king unleashed his trump card. With a quicker roar, he fired his atomic breath at the crowd in a display of brilliant blue energy.
My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed. Dried up and bulging out my skull. My mouth is dry...my face is numb...fucked up and spun out of my room. On my own, here we go!
(3:03-End)
The beam tore through the crowd, reducing them to screaming dust. To their horror, the beam had the same effect as their weapons! They were actually going to die for real! The lizard-demon scrambled as he watched as his gang was utterly destroyed and the beam smashed through the various buildings around them, reducing them to blackened rubble. Godzilla turned as he fired his beam, intent on destroying everything in his rage.
"NO! NONONONONOAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Finally, the demon was reduced to nothing alongside a strip club. The female demon ran off, unable to handle the destructive power of this titan. Godzilla walked slowly as he continued to unleash his beam everywhere, destroying sections of the city in the distance and annihilating demons in the process. The purge had turned into a complete nightmare for both the strong AND the weak.
This continued until, after a few moments, Godzilla was firing his beam upwards atop a pile of ash and dead demons. The demon he had inadvertently rescued looked in awe as he did this before, after a much shorter roar in the middle of his energy attack, he closed his mouth, embers flying from his teeth and smoke trailing out of the gaps in his teeth. He stood still, looking at the absolute destruction he had wrought.
This would be a victory for the monster king...if he knew what to do next, that is.
Meanwhile in Imp City...
In contrast with the corners of Pentagram City, Imp City was much more metropolitan, filled with slightly darker red skies and more creatures born of Hell rather than any who started off as human. It was, all in all, a tamer location, but that was like saying getting acid scars all over your body was better than constant dunks in acid baths while spiders were crawling in every orifice in your body. If you made it big or finally decided to be smart and move away, this was your city.
However, a certain organisation-for-hire had begun ripping portals to the living world for the sake of their business. Naturally, this was going to cause some problems along the way. And those problems came in the form of two shaped descending from the sky. One wasn't making a sound while the other was screaming up a storm before they finally hit the street, causing the residents around them to scatter. For a moment, the two craters remained still, smoke pouring out from them.
Until a huge metallic sickle-hand emerged from the first hole. From it came a dazed and utterly bizarre hybrid of flesh and technology. A black/blue bird-like reptilian alien that we all know as Gigan. The death metal-looking kaiju shook the dust off of him as his expressive red visor adjusted to the new environment. "Okay...what now?" He said in a smooth almost metallic voice. His translator was on, so speaking was no issue for him. He was surprised to see that the buildings were taller than him, firstly. "No, seriously. What just happened?!"
Suddenly, a humanoid shape shot out of the other hole and landed peacefully on his feet. This was the skeletal almost tri-headed warrior known as Monster X, whom just looked around calmly, his red eyes freezing anybody who looked into them in place due to how terrifying it was to behold, even if he did not intend for that. "Hmmm...your guess is as good as mine." He spoke in a rougher sagely tone. "The last I remember after I successfully reformed my body was teaming up with you and...come to think of it, how are you alive again?"
"Questions for later. I...don't wanna talk about it." Gigan narrowed his visor as he looked at the nearby sign. "Welcome to Imp City? Heh. Cute. This place looks like it took architectural cues from, I dunno, Slayer or something?"
"The fact that you know so much about metal bands and not of things like honor disturbs me." X sighed. "No matter. Now is not the time to criticize each-other. If we are to make sense of this turn of events, I suggest we split up."
Gigan chuckled. "Split up? What do you think this is? Some Hanna-Barbera cartoon?"
X just raised a brow on all three of his heads. "Again. You know so much about-"
"Okay, I get it. We'll split up. But know this. The main concerns we should have is what dangers are here and if we can get a steady job. We were out of work ever since the Final Wars, so don't blow the first chance you get to get us employed." Gigan instructed him.
Despite the urgency in Gigan's voice, X just chuckled and looked to the distance. "Money is no object to me. I hunger for a strong opponent and perhaps...the true meaning of strength." He reached a claw out before clenching it. "And maybe...I can have a rematch against the most powerful warrior of them all."
"Whatever. Save your 'warrior spirit' hullabaloo for later." Gigan groaned before flying over to the top of a building. "I'll scout from above and you from below. We meet at this exact same spot! Don't be late!"
"I will be sure not to! It is you, though, who must be care..." Too late. X's partner had already left. "Hmph. Very well. You follow your own path as I do." He calmly walked through the streets before stopping. "What is this I hear? Combat? Power?" He turned dramatically at each word.
"Dude, what's yer' fuckin' problem?" A random imp asked him before he leaned into his face.
"Do you know what this means?! My prayers for a powerful opponent might have been answered! And with that...I must go. Farewell." With a mighty leap, he soared across the sky without flying, leaving a befuddled crowd in his wake.
Gigan, meanwhile, continued to fly through the air, taking in all of the sights, including a bunch of dead bodies and wrecked areas in general. "Yeesh. Must have landed in a bad part of town. I'd stick around for some fun, but-GAH!" A paper had hit him in the beak, obscuring his vision before he hastily grabbed it and landed on another building. This time, it was one with huge horns. "Freaking radar system...gotta get an upgrade the first thing I do."
He examined the paper with more interest as he examined its contents. "Help wanted? Immediate Murder Professionals? We pay whatever. We're shit at the economy." He read out-loud before flipping it. "Requirements needed: A killing edge, a winning smile, sharp objects up the wazoo, team experience, and a willingness to commit death/destruction/misery/any of the above. Otherwise, just show up at our door and either welcome yourself to a life of adventure and fun...or kiss your worthless ass goodbye?"
A smirk graced his toothy beak. "They want a murder professional? Wait until they get a load of me. And I just have to go..." He realized that, when he looked at the address, he was standing right on top of the location. "Ain't that a kick in the head?" He flew down to the building's entrance, puffing up his chest and even shimmying some of his metal with a random cloth. "Time to lay on the typical Gigan charm..."
Little did he know what he was getting himself into...but you probably surmised that, didn't you?
Back with the Hazbin-mobile...
The inexplicably named "Hazbin-mobile" finally reached its destination. That being a part of Pentagram City that had been reduced to blackened splinters, blueish flames, and an abundance of ash. "What the fuck happened here?" Husk actually looked worried for a moment. "Poor bastards. Whatever went down must have been some heavy stuff."
"Heavy? This looks like a total cleansing! And not the usual kind." Vaggie inspected one of the flames, only for it to suddenly flicker onto her face. "ACK! MIERDA!"
"Oh, nononononononono! This just won't do! Not at all! Messy, messy, messy! LOOK AT ALL OF THIS!" Niffty exclaimed, her eye darting in every direction, no matter how impossible it looked. "It must be the end of the world..."
"And it might be!" Alastor stepped out, his cane putting out a fire, but just barely. "Peculiar...alright, gang! Let's split up and look for clues! It'll be fun!"
"I'd rather stick my dick in an anthill." Husk immediately groused.
"Think I'll stay right here." Angel Dust kicked back in the limo. "Sorry, guys, but I know when a situation's gone so south that I'd swear we're probably gonna meet Vaggie's relatives at some point."
Charlie ignored the constant banter of her friends as she looked around. Tears almost brimmed in her eyes as she looked upon yet another purge. It was bad enough that a purge even had to happen in the first place! Now, there was a SECONDARY purge to accommodate it?! At this point, she wished she could just tell her mom to finally get her dad straightened out on this solution. Unless she was in on it, of course. A thought she didn't want to entertain.
Something was obviously different about this. Usually, demons were celebrating the end and taking advantage of the new room they could inhabit. All she saw were either dead/disintegrated/mangled bodies or demons that were praying that whatever "it" was would go away. Her vision began to clear as the dust settled, revealing a the blue reptilian demon from earlier. "Is that...is that you, Princess Charlotte?" The demon instantly bowed.
"...It's just Charlie." The nervous princess chuckled before getting down at her level. "Are you okay? Can you tell me what happened? Everyone! We have a survivor!" She called to her friends, who instantly crowded around the meek one. "Sorry about this, but we're all for helping out a friend in need." She gave her best smile to the demon, whom just smiled nervously back.
"You're too kind, princess." She replied as Niffty dusted her off. "My name's Naamah. It's a pleasure to be of your service." She looked up to see the Radio Demon himself flash her a menacing/cheery grin, causing her to clutch her tail again. "Is he here to kill me?"
"Nope! One of my off days today...of course, I can always change my schedule." His voice made a disturbing turn at that, but he quickly switched back to his jolly old self. "Now then! Don't leave us in suspense! What could have caused this much devastation? The crowd is waiting for the big reveal!"
Naamah took a deep breath, but, before she could explain, a large beam of blue energy smashed into the limo, sending Angel Dust and Husk flying out. "Aw, c'mon! Those seats were national treasures!" Angel complained as she straightened himself and puffed out his chest back to its original state. However, he and a formerly angry Husk froze as something emerged from the dust behind them, blue flames emanating from its mouth. Slowly, they looked up to see the monster king himself.
"Uh...can we help ya'?" Husk asked before Godzilla fully emerged from the dusk and let out another terrifying roar in their faces, causing Angel to jump into Husk's arms. Not even bothering to complain, he flew away back to the rest of the group, with Godzilla's hateful gaze trailing them. "What the fuck is that thing?!"
"It's...it's not any normal demon..." Vaggie slowly got out her knife as everyone cowered before the beast stomping towards them.
Alastor saw it fit to slowly push Charlie to the front with his cane. Standing still as she looked at the intimidating kaiju, she just took a deep breath and gave him a smile. "Hello! Are you lost?" All she got was the sound of Godzilla's spines charging up once more. "Uh...not in a social mood? I mean, we all have our off days..." She shrugged as she sweated bullets. Whatever this thing was, it was dangerous with a capital D...and she was front and center to be annihilated if something wasn't done fast.
"STOP!" Naamah suddenly got in front of Charlie and spread out her arms to defend her. "I appreciate how you saved my life, but haven't you caused ENOUGH trouble?! Look around you!" She pointed to the destroyed town and the terrified demons. Godzilla just titled her head at her, though he did stop with the beam. It was obvious he didn't see her as a threat. "So, please...calm down..." She began to walk towards him, causing him to back away a bit, ready for a surprise attack.
He glared at the creature walking towards him. True, she came across as pathetic earlier and he certainly didn't condone what was going to happen if he did not confront those monsters, but his trust was hard to earn, if he had any left. He walked his own path! Why should he listen to the cries of something smaller than him? Never stopped him before! However, as she got closer, he began to listen to her more. Something about her voice was...calming. "It's okay...it's okay...I'm not going to hurt you." She extended a hand to the monster king, giving him a small smile.
The two stared at each-other, with Godzilla unsure about what to do. Recently, he had been swayed by angels to no avail, taunted by demons to no success. They all wanted something from him, as if he owed them anything. However, this offer...he could see no selfish desire. He saw compassion and warmth. And it confused him. Maybe even frightened him. His claw twitched, but he still suppressed the desire to hold her hand. It was weakness to allow himself to submit!
He was strong! Not feeble! Powerful! Not brittle! Prideful! Not...alone. Not lonely. Not tired. And...yet...
"UGH! Enough with the sappy Hallmark Channel bullshit already! Can we just call it a purge and go home?! And get a limo with actually beer in it?!" Angel Dust interrupted, causing Godzilla's head to shoot up and growl. "I mean, whenever you're ready, big guy. Yeesh, would you look at that, guys?"
"I certainly AM looking at that!" Alastor instantly got up in Godzilla's face, right in between him and Naamah no less. "Just look at you! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bonafide demon killer here! No autographs! I think he's shy! Do I detect a tragic backstory in there? Maybe a lost loved one? Or just being a pile of rage issues that's evolved into a cataclysmic force of utter annihilation to show mankind its hubris?" He just kept darting from one place or the other, confusing and angering Godzilla to no end. His murderous rage was returning. The sooner he got rid of this...THING...the better.
He began to charge up his atomic breath again, only to suddenly feel a tap on his neck that caused him to black out. He fell to the ground with a mighty fall, creating cracks in the ground as he drifted off into unconsciousness. "Sleep tight..." Alastor whispered in a tone that was a mixture of comforting and psychotically murderous. "I can tell great things are about to happen..." Everyone gathered around his body, with him helpless to do anything to stop them.
It was the worst kind of situation to be in, to be helpless to stop others from doing whatever they wished with you. But, silver lining, he would finally get some sleep...
Somewhere in Pentagram City...
Monster X landed on a dilapidated building, looking over the horizon. "That sheer level of energy and power...where is it? It must have vanished...but I feel another source of energy coming from this one area. Perhaps I'll have a sample of this realm's power before I find that great power at last...I shall not be denied!" He clenched his fist, red lightning crackling across all of his eyes.
He peered into the distance, his incredible vision giving him a slight visual of wherever the secondary great source of energy was coming from. He could barely make it out, but it looked like a giant snake and a tall humanoid fighting in a ruined city. Where those...walking eggs? And all of those bombs...why wasn't that place an even deeper crater with all of those flying all over the place? Curious. "How could a few mere mortals and their toys produce this much energy? No. I must single them out. Fight them honorably. THEN, I shall see who is worthy to cross fates with X. MONSTER X!"
He leaped into the sky, but his body began to glow red hot. He shot himself forward, dive-bombing towards his target area with the force of a meteor. The smog covering the area parted for miles around as he rocketed towards his destination. Unless anybody wanted to be a blackened stain on the floor, they had to move fast.
Back on the ground, our two favorite crime bosses, Sir Pentious and Cherri Bomb, prepared their weapons as they went for a 24th stab at killing each-other. "Give up! You are no match for my sssssecret weapon! And that wasn't an involuntary hissss! It's so sssssecret that it needssss FIVE S'ssss in front of it!"
"I'll believe it when I see it, dipshit!" Cherri said enthusiastically. "I feel soooo bad for you that I think I'll just let you unveil it now. Do SOMETHING to liven this up! I wanna get my blood boiling and my fuse burning!"
The serpentine demon let out a cruel laugh as his egg minions looked adoringly at him, excited for his sssssecret weapon, as he insisted on calling it. "You'll do more than just BURN, you haughty harlot! Watch and learn!" He got out a button and prepared to press it.
Cherri just rolled her one eye before looking up. "Hey. Any shooting stars up there? I wish something actually fucking awesome would happen." However, she squinted as she noticed an actual falling celestial object heading towards their direction at mach speed. "And I also hope the shooting star DOESN'T HIT ME! HIT THE FUCKIN' DIRT!" She leaped behind a large mound of egg corpses.
"Sorry, what-now?" Sir quizzically tilted his head before he began to feel awfully warm. "Oh, dear me, what'ssss cooking?" He looked up, eyes suddenly widening at the incoming object mere inches from his face as time seemed to slow down just to rub it in. "...mommy?"
"GORATH SMASHER!"
The eruption from Monster X's impact could be heard from all over Pentagram City, adding to the list of disturbances that just continued to plague this Secondary Purge Day. Almost as if Hell itself was being punished for its decision...
Up Next: Godzilla gets formerly introduced to the residents of Hazbin Hotel! He's less than accommodating, but a little advice from Naamah should sort him out. Meanwhile, Monster X and Gigan encounter Cherri Bomb and I.M.P respectively!
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