Blaze the Cat: Monster Outbreak
Chapter 11: Lagos Island
It was another beautiful morning on Infant Island. Blaze was getting used to sleeping in now by waking up at around 9 AM instead at 6AM. She didn't mind getting a few hours of sleep because she needed the energy to fight more robots and monsters today. She waited for Kathy to get up. Kathy soon gotten up at around 11 AM. She apologized to Blaze a little if she had overslept and wondered if Blaze wanted to go early. To Kathy's surprise, Blaze didn't mind Kathy sleeping in. She said that she had slept in too. Kathy was relieved that Blaze was fine with that. They ate more fruit for breakfast with Marine and her crew. Marine was excited that she and her crew are going out to join Kathy and Blaze in the search for the next Sol Heart on Lagos Island.
"Ooooh, are we really going to come with you at Lagos Island, Blaze?! That's great!" Marine said in excitement.
"Yes. I believe that this time will be a bit better than the last time you came with us. It was a good decision yesterday to have you stay here considering how much of a rough time Kathy and I had. Hopefully, Lagos Island will be a better experience for you and your crew," Blaze replied as she nodded to her.
"Yeah! I hope that we won't get ambushed by monsters this time! Maybe it will be fun! We could find some islanders and help them out instead!" Marine exclaimed excitedly.
"Uh...I don't know if it is considered fun..." Blaze replied feeling awkward.
Kathy smiled at Blaze as she said, "Aw, lighten up, Blaze. Adventures are always fun. Don't discourage the young girl".
"Ha! See! Kathy's gets it! Adventures are fun because we get to explore new places and meet new people! Get in the spirit of adventuring, Blaze!" Marine exclaimed happily.
Blaze smiled a little at the two of them. Geez, it's like I'm being tag-teamed by the older and younger sibling duo. Blaze thought as she saw Kathy and Marine smiling widely at her while eating their fruit.
"Ah, very well. Suite yourself. If you're going to have fun, Marine, then please be safe while doing so. That's all I ask of you," Blaze said gently.
"Okaaaay, fiiine. I'll be safe. Still, I think that some amount of risk should be enough to make the adventure exciting," Marine replied while pouting a little in disappointment.
"Trust me, Marine. I think you having to deal with escaping from monsters and robots is enough excitement for an adventure for you," Blaze argued calmly.
"Well...Ugh. I see your point," Marine said as she frowned a little.
Kathy patted her back as she encouraged her. "Hey, don't worry, Marine. Maybe sometime later you can visit the islands when it's peaceful so that you can go exploring to them safely. Hey! Maybe Blaze could take you to these islands someday!" Kathy said comforting Marine until she had an idea. Kathy turned to Blaze expecting her to go along with the idea.
Of coarse, Blaze was unprepared for Kathy's sudden ideas. I'll never see these things coming. Blaze brooded as she looked shocked.
"I'm sorry! What?!" Blaze exclaimed in surprise.
"Aw yes! Blaze! Can we do that?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?! Can we?! Can we?! It'll be soooooo much fun if we explore other islands together! Having you as my right-hand mate while I, the captain of my crew, go exploring the other islands just for the sake of adventure! We don't need to be nasty pirates who seek treasure! Our adventures together will be the true treasure that we seek!" Marine exclaimed passionately.
"That's...that's..." Blaze muttered feeling stunned for words.
"Aw, come on, Blaze. You know that you care for Marine here. Why don't you do it for her? You know how much she misses you. Having to go on adventures or go on vacations at least will strengthen your bond with her. I think it will be good for you two to spend some quality time together like that," Kathy encouraged sincerely while smiling gently at Blaze.
Blaze kept on staring at Kathy and then looked to Marine. She could see Marine pulling out her "puppy-dog eyes" at her. Blaze swallowed and sighed as she said, "That's...so cheesy. …...However, I'll do it. Just for you Marine".
"Yay! Thanks Blaze!" Marine yelled in excitement. Blaze can't help but smile a little as she saw how happy Marine was looking right now. She could also see Kathy smiling at Marine. Kathy turned and smiled fondly at Blaze. Kathy said softly, "You can be very sweet sometimes, Blaze".
Blaze didn't say anything but smiled and nodded to Kathy.
It was about 30 minutes later that Blaze and Kathy agreed to teleport to Central Southern Island at the time. Marine and her crew left in their ship already, sailing to Lagos Island. Blaze and Kathy had already teleported to Central Southern Island. Blaze then grabbed onto Kathy again and flew up into the sky while holding onto her. Kathy soon flew quickly to the southeast direction toward Lagos Island. It was a quiet flight. Kathy had suspected a bit that she would've find more Dr. Eggman Nega's jets to throw her off, but she was prepared to fight this time. However, she was surprised that there were no jets as she got near the island. But it wasn't too long until she saw something worse than jets.
KEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA!
Immediately, a few monsters flew past Kathy from behind. Kathy and Blaze gasped in shock as they saw the new monsters.
"Those monsters are Gigan monsters!" Kathy exclaimed in surprise.
"What? Gigan? That is what those monsters are called?" Blaze asked curiously as she watched three Gigan monsters flying ahead of Kathy and her. The Gigan monsters have completely black bodies instead of dark blue with metallic hooks on their hands. They have buzzsaws on their stomachs, and alongside their tails, they have spikes on them. They also have some spikes on the end of their tails. They have smaller hooks on their feet. They also have red fin-like sails with yellow stripes on them on the top of their backs. They all have one spike on their heads. They have red visors instead of having eyes. Also, they have metal beaks with pinchers on the sides of their mouths. In some way, they look rather robotic to Blaze by their design.
"Are these monsters or robots?" Blaze asked in wonder.
"Gigan is a combination of those two things. He was originally a space cyborg monster. However, I will say this Gigan isn't made by Dr. Eggman Nega. By its design, it's clearly Battra's monsters. This version of Gigan is called Batgan. They have the distinguishing black, red, and yellow colors on their skin. So, I'm sure that these Dark Thoughts are Battra's," Kathy explained calmly while focusing on the monsters ahead of her. She had to get ready to attack them if they are planning to do something.
"Ah, I guess that makes sense. I suppose this Gigan monster is a tough monster, right?" Blaze replied while staring at the Gigan monsters.
"Oh, trust me. They are. But don't worry. By having this new Sol Heart, we might be able to stand a chance," Kathy replied with hope.
"What Sol Heart are you referring to?" Blaze asked curiously.
Kathy smiled as she got out the yellow Sol Heart. She then took her Sol Gems out of her pendant, used them to make the gold chain come out of the yellow heart, and then wore it to prepare herself for the upcoming battle. She has a feeling that she won't be taking the Sol Heart off anytime soon during her journey on Lagos Island.
"This Sol Heart is called the Heart of Light. You had seen this Sol Heart being used yesterday when Battra had it. It has the power to do anything with light and electricity related. It certainly was bad for me when I got attacked by lightning bolts or when Battra ambushed me by creating that pitch-black cloud. Whenever Battra uses his Sol Gems, he could also command this Sol Heart to create an absence of light such as darkness because his Sol Gems has more alternative moves than I my Sol Gems. Creating things that are destructive or the opposite of what the Sol Hearts represent are the very things that Battra could do with the Sol Hearts if he is in control of them. That was how Battra defeated me yesterday. He used his greatest advantages against me," Kathy explained while lifting the yellow heart up to Blaze.
Blaze nodded as she replied, "Oh, I see. Now that makes sense. I could see now that having Battra getting the Sol Hearts instead of us is much worse than I thought".
Kathy smiled as she replied, "Yeah, Battra isn't someone you should mess with. I'll give him that much. But that doesn't mean were not going to stop messing with him by foiling his plans!".
Blaze smiled back as she said, "Agreed. Let's continue on then. We're very close in getting all of the Sol Hearts. Let's not waste anytime then!".
"Alright! Let's go!" Kathy replied while winking at her and flew closer to the monsters. In a few minutes, Kathy soon saw a few feet below her that the Coconut Crew's ship is about to make it to Lagos Island before her. She smiled a little before she saw something very distressing. The Gigan monsters stopped flying, and all three of them looked down at the sea below them and spotted the ship. The cried out in their Kaiju voices.
KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEAAAAAA!
After that, they soon flew down towards the ship. After Kathy saw that, her eyes and mouth went wide in shock. She panicked by yelling, "AH! Those monsters are heading for Marine and her crew!".
"WHAT?!" Blaze shouted in panic. She then shouted in panic to Kathy, "D-DO SOMETHING! QUICK! BEFORE THEY GET KILLED!".
"GOT IT!" Kathy shouted back as she flew straight down toward the monsters as well. She flew at her fastest speed to confront the Gigan monsters. The monsters were ready to fire their Scattered Light Beam Gigarium Cluster at the ship. However, Kathy intervened by firing her energy beams at the Gigan monsters to distract them. Some sparks came from the monsters' bodies as they were hit by the energy beams. The Gigan monsters soon turned around together and saw Kathy flying in place near them. They soon cried out in their Kaiju voices.
KEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!
They soon looked furious as they soon flew towards Kathy instead with their fast, Antigravity Flight. Kathy panicked briefly as they got closer to her. She quickly used her Sol Gems to teleport out of the way before the monsters slammed into her. "Teleport!" Kathy yelled and she was able to teleport behind the monsters. The monsters stopped flying as they saw their target disappear from them. They looked around while Kathy used her Sol Heart for her next attack. She summoned electric bolts of lightning from her Sol Gems and threw them at the Gigan monsters. They were soon shocked literally by these attacks. More sparks and fire came from them as Kathy attacks them. They soon turned around quickly and decided to fire their Scattered Light Beam Gigarium Cluster at her. Kathy saw that they were going to attack her with their visor lasers. She quickly stopped attacking and summoned a purple shield to protect herself and Blaze from the attacks. She summoned the shield a few seconds before the Gigan monsters fired their lasers. The lasers exploded onto Kathy's shield. There were little explosions from the lasers itself as they struck the shield. Kathy closed her eyes as the shield keeps getting hit. The monsters stopped attacking the shield with their lasers, and they soon cried out in anger.
KEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!
When Kathy opened her eyes, she was startled that they flew quickly toward her shield. Once all three of the huge monsters got up close to Kathy's shield, they all attacked the shield using their Bloody Triggers. They swung their sharp blades at the shield. The shield was able to withstand the attacks, however, Kathy still can't help but be startled every time they hit the shield. She cringed when the metal blades struck the shield very hard. She shook her head and decided to teleport away to safety from these monsters. She can't fight back if she's trapped. She yelled, "Teleport!" again to get out from her shield safely. The monsters stopped attacking as they saw that Kathy disappeared again. They looked all around for her. Luckily, Kathy was high above the monsters in the clouds so that they couldn't see her. They may be dangerous monsters, but they are pretty dumb sometimes. Kathy was banking on their incompetence to defeat them. As she was flying in place in the air, Kathy soon summoned lightning to come out of her Sol Gems. She placed her hands out while holding the gems in front of her. The gems grew bright yellow as powerful lightning bolts came out of them. The lightning bolts struck the Gigan monsters. More sparks and explosions came from their bodies as they were hit from the attacks. They were crying out in pain by these attacks.
KEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!
More lightning shot from her Sol Gems and damaging the monsters as a result. Eventually, some of her attacks shot on top of the monsters' heads, and the attacks made their heads explode. Pieces of the monsters' head went flying everywhere in the sky, leaving the headless bodies behind. Kathy stopped attacking as she saw that she dealt critical damage to the monsters. It wasn't until a few moments later that the Gigan monster's bodies started to give off sparks as they fell into the ocean with a giant splash. Kathy saw the monsters fell into the ocean. She smiled in relief that they were destroyed. She is certain that the Dark Thoughts had dissolved into dark particles after being in the ocean since their bodies were destroyed. Kathy breathed a sigh of relief and put her Sol Gems away. She then turned to face the island in the distance. She then flew toward Lagos Island.
Blaze opened her eyes to see if the monsters were gone. She was relieved since Kathy seemed to be heading toward Lagos Island. She said, "So, are the monsters gone?".
"Yeah, they all fell into the ocean. I'm sure that they are defeated now," Kathy replied calmly while flying faster to the island.
"Well, that's a relief," Blaze agreed by sighing deeply.
A few minutes later, Blaze and Kathy had arrived at Lagos Island. Kathy landed her flight on the beach. She was surprised to see that the Coconut Crew's ship here. It appears that Marine and her crew beat her to the island first. Marine and her crew aren't on the ship. Kathy supposed that they are out looking for the Sol Heart or some islanders if they find some. Blaze soon got off of Kathy and looked around the beach.
"Hmmm...I don't see any robots or monsters around here. Maybe they are deeper in the island," Blaze commentated as she looked at her right and left.
"Yeah, let's go," Kathy agreed. She soon started to fly into the deep forest. Blaze soon ran after her by boosting. They kept on flying and running until they hear some voices.
"Hey! Marine! Look what I found! A secret open patch! It looks like an underground passageway under the secret hatch!" yelled one of the crew members.
"Great! Let's go in there!" Marine shouted in excitement.
Kathy and Blaze stopped and looked at each other. They soon shared a look that says, "Let's follow them". With that thought in mind, they soon caught up to where Marine and her crew went into. They soon looked down at the open hatch. Blaze then said, "Should I go in first or you?".
"Eh, I think it's better if you go first. I'm better at following people than leading anyway," Kathy answered sheepishly.
"Hmmm...fine. I'll go in first," Blaze replied after closing her eyes or a bit. She slowly climbed down into the hatch and got down in the bottom of the passageway. Kathy soon went down after. The two girls were carefully traversing through the narrow passageway. They were feeling their way through the dark, underground passageway. Blaze could somewhat see a light far away in the passageway. She figured that it is the end of the passageway. Blaze and Kathy continued walking slowly into the passageway until they finally reached the end of it. Blaze put up a hand as she saw how bright the new area is. Kathy put up a hand too to block the light. When they put their hands down, they were surprised at what they found.
It appears that they had stumbled upon an underground village as the villagers were busy getting ready for a ceremony of some kind. There were some little huts around that where clearly made for emergencies due to how small they were. There was a large hole at the top of the underground cavern that shows the sky. The villagers were wearing ritualistic clothing full of bright colors and feather hats. What is most astounding to the two girls is that there is a giant rock statue depicting Kathy's ancestor, Mothra, being right at the top of some steps at the end of the cavern. Blaze and Kathy looked at each other.
Blaze was the first to speak. "Say. Let's get closer to them. I want to see what's this all about," Blaze said still trying to remain composed.
"I agree. I want to know more about this too," Kathy replied with a nod.
They soon walked toward the little village. They looked around and saw the people running toward the statue to form a circle as a group. Blaze was about to speak up until her eye caught Marine and her crew spying on the villagers in the far-left corner of the area. Blaze took Kathy's hand and pointed her finger at Marine. Kathy soon looked toward where Blaze was pointing at. Kathy's eyes went wide as she said, "Hey, is that Marine over there?".
"It's seems like it. Come on, Kathy. Let's go meet up with her since we're in the same place as them," Blaze replied while pulling Kathy's arm forward as she walks to the left.
"O-Okay, I'm coming! I'm coming!" Kathy replied walking faster now to match Blaze's speed as she drags her.
They soon walked up to Marine and her crew while passing by more villagers. Blaze let go of Kathy's hand and gently tapped her finger on Marine's shoulder as she was leaning forward onto a wall of a hut looking into the circle of villagers ahead of her. Marine yelped and turned around in a panic.
"Ack! Blaze! Don't scare me like that!" Marine shouted with wide eyes.
"Shhhh! Remember Marine! We're spying here! We need to know what the villagers are up to. They could know where the next Sol Heart is," replied one of the crew members.
"S-Sorry," Marine apologized in a whisper tone. Marine soon made a hand motion as a way to tell them to come closer to her and her crew to hide. Blaze and Kathy got the message and they hid behind a hut together looking at the villagers in the circle group.
"So, what is going on here?" Blaze asked as she whispered.
"I don't know. It seems like the villagers are planning something here. Is it possible that it has to do something with that strange, big statue over there?" Marine replied in confusion while a sweat bullet dropped on her head.
Blaze and Kathy looked at the statue again. It does look very important to these villagers if they had bothered to make it. Kathy then said to Marine, "Yeah, something tells me that statue is of the upmost importance to these villagers. Perhaps they are getting ready to worship it like an idol. That's probably why there appears to be a ceremony here".
"Wow, Kathy! You're so smart! How did you know that?!" Marine exclaimed in happiness.
Kathy smiled as she answered, "Simple. In the past, humans had worshiped my ancestor, Mothra, because she was the Goddess of Peace. They wanted their islands to be safe from harm or from any attackers on the island. So, they had deep respect for the Kaiju monster. They didn't have stone statues like this, but they did have idols that symbolize Mothra as a whole. It's possible that these Mobians are one of the remaining people who are aware of Mothra's divine nature. So, they are paying respects to her by holding this ceremony of sorts".
"Wooooow, your ancestor is really something else, huh, Kathy?!" Marine said in awe and while smiling an amused smile on her face.
"Hahahaha, well, my ancestor is pretty famous in the Sol Kingdom. She practically wiped out the entire Kaiju species in this dimension. People still regard her as their savior and the original Goddess of Peace," Kathy replied while chuckling.
"That's so cool!" Marine exclaimed happily before she looked back at the group to see if anything had happened yet.
"Hmm, indeed. Still, I have to wonder, Kathy. Are they aware that you and your clan exist now, and that your ancestor is technically gone?" Blaze said to Kathy in curiosity.
Kathy frowned in sadness. She then answered, "No. Not really. They only believe that my ancestor was the real Mothra. Any other incarnation that isn't the original is regarded as heresy. If I came out to them and tell them that I am also Mothra since I'm her direct descendant, they would reject me and call me blasphemous for saying such bold claims about myself, even though it is the truth. They can't wrap around the fact that my ancestor had transformed into a half breed of Mobian and a half breed of Kaiju blood. They think that Mothra had died and are waiting for her grand return to save them from Battra".
Blaze frowned at that. "Oh, I see. Um, sorry that I had to bring it up," Blaze replied softly while looking down.
"No, no. It's okay. You didn't know about it. Besides, at least you know more about my ancestor a bit better now," Kathy replied while shaking her head and smiled gently at her.
"Hmmm...but still. There is one thing that don't know," Blaze said feeling inquisitive.
"Oh? What's that?" Kathy asked with her eyebrows raised.
"How do you know about this? It didn't take you more than a few seconds to come up with conclusion about the villagers' motives. How did you know that?" Blaze asked inquisitively.
"Oh! That's easy! My mother had told me all about them during her travels around the world as she saved the islands from Battra. All of the knowledge I had acquired from is from my mother's teachings," Kathy answered happily.
Blaze smiled a little as she nodded. "Ah, now, that explains it. It could also explain why you are able to identify monsters that Battra had made and their origins. Huh. I suppose that your mother was a wise person by how much wisdom you have Kathy," Blaze replied while nodding her head.
Kathy beamed at Blaze jovially. "Yep! Hehehehehehe! I learned from the best!" Kathy exclaimed while giggling a little.
Blaze smiled calmly at Kathy. She and Kathy then heard the people shouting, "Let the ceremony commence!". They both grew quiet and leaned with Marine to watch the villagers perform the ceremony.
The girls and the crew soon heard some music being performed from the villagers. There were some drums being played while the villagers started to dance and sing in unison. Meanwhile, some beautiful women of the village sing a song to the stone idol of Mothra. (A/N The song being sung is "Mothra's song". I can't write the lyrics here due to fear of breaking the rules on . So, go and watch a video of the song as well as another song that I will mention later.) As the people sang the song with passion, the girls and the crew were fascinated by the song. It is clearly not sung in English. But somehow, they could feel weight and beauty in the song being sung by the villagers. Blaze and Marine were surprised that one of the lyrics sounded similar to the name, Mothra. Say, is this a song dedicated to Mothra, Kathy's ancestor? Blaze pondered as she listened carefully to the song.
At some point, the chief of the village bowed toward the idol as he shouted loudly, "Please! Our Benevolent Goddess! Save us from these terrible monsters destroying our island above! We've been trapped in this cave for five days! We don't know if we are going to survive if those monsters find us! Please have mercy on us! Our Beloved Guardian Angel! Save us! Save us! We are unworthy in Your presence and mercy! Please come back and save us!".
The other villagers joined with the chief in prayer as the whole group soon moved on to another song. The villagers also bowed before the statue as they joined the women in singing the next song. Blaze and Marine were surprised again that the other song is about Mothra in some way. (A/N This song being sung is "Mahara Mothra" this time.) Somehow, they also feel the song's power in this. Kathy just looked solemn as she watched the villagers sing, dance, and pray to their idol.
"PLEASE! WE BEG OF YOU! HELP US! HELP US! THERE IS NOTHING WE COULD DO TO SAVE OURSELVES! COME BACK TO US MOTHRA! COME BACK TO US! WE NEED YOU!" the chief screamed passionately.
Sigh. I would help you if you guys really learn what true humility really means. Honestly, this type of show you're putting on isn't even worth coming back to. If only you guys know of your sins of ignorance and arrogance, then I would listen to these prayers. However, I'm still angry that you won't recognize me or my mother as the real Mothra. I feel invisible here. …...Wait! What the-! Kathy brooded as she looked serious. Her eyes soon went wide as she recognized what the villagers' peace offering was.
It was a white Sol Heart.
"Blaze! Look! The villagers have the next Sol Heart! Do you see it?!" Kathy exclaimed while shaking Blaze's shoulder and pointing at the Sol Heart.
Blaze jolted a little when Kathy grabbed her shoulder and yelled at her suddenly. She looked at Kathy in confusion. She was completely entranced by the song to notice what Kathy was saying.
"I'm sorry. What?" Blaze said in confusion.
"Blaze! Look again at the offering plate that the women are carrying! There's a Sol Heart there!" Kathy exclaimed again a bit slower.
"What?!" Blaze exclaimed in shock. She immediately turned around to see where Kathy is pointing at. Her eyes also widened as she saw the white heart being offered up as a peace offering to the stone idol. I...I don't believe it! We already found the fifth Sol Heart! And we hadn't destroyed any monsters or robots yet on this island! This is...quite a stroke of good luck. Blaze pondered in wonder.
"Oh, Our Wonderful, Benevolent Goddess of Peace! We bring to you a pure, white heart as a sacrifice for the blackness and wickedness in our hearts! Cleanse us! Use this heart for goodness! We are at your mercy! Forgive us and come back to us! Please! Cleanse the wickedness in our impure hearts! We beg of you! Please!" the chief continued to shout in his prayer.
Hmph. That's not going to happen anytime soon. Even if you we're genuine in your prayers or use fancy words, you'll still not change your ways. If are truly repenting your sins, you wouldn't put on a show for others, and you would've changed your behavior if you truly felt guilty of your actions. Only then I would be pleased with this offering. …...The only reason I'm going to take it is because I care for Blaze. Not for some sorry excuses of some pretentious, ritualistic, "holy" fools that doesn't understand true righteous behavior! Uggggghhh. I'm so done with these people. Kathy brooded as she crossed her arms and frowned deeply.
"So, what are we going to do, Kathy?" Blaze asked while looking at Kathy.
"We going to take it by force," Kathy said while looking pensive.
"Huh?! Why do we need to do that? Couldn't we just ask them if we could borrow it for our journey? They would understand if it's for the greater good of the world. We could convince them to let us take it if they know that we'll help them destroy the monsters and robots on this island. That could work," Blaze replied feeling confused yet being patient.
Kathy looked at Blaze with a frown. She replied in a solemn tone, "They don't even deserve my respect of talking peacefully with them. They're not worth saving, Blaze. We'll only save by our own means. If that means we have to take the Sol Heart from them, then let them cry and complain about it! They won't give us any sort of appreciation or recognition for saving them whether we were cordial or not! We're just invisible in their own little world!... Just like what that Sol Heart is about. The Heart of Invisibility. It's self-explanatory of what it can do. It can turn things and people invisible. Anyways, let just take that Sol Heart, save this island on our own volition, and leave without the villagers noticing us. Are you with me or not, Blaze?".
Blaze flinched as she saw Kathy's solemn expression while hearing such bitterness in her tone. Wh-What has gotten into her today? I didn't take Kathy to be a bitter person. Was she always like this underneath her cheerful demeaner? It's...it's so bizarre to see this side of Kathy. Blaze pondered in shock and confusion.
"Uh...um...sure. Let's go with that," Blaze answered awkwardly.
Kathy then gave a small smile at Blaze. "Thanks Blaze," Kathy said sincerely. Blaze still felt confused about this. She is starting to suspect that Kathy might have a hint of hatred underneath her jovial, loving personality. But Blaze dropped the subject for now.
"Marine, Kathy and I are about to leave. Help the villagers when it's necessary. Besides, I think you and your crew will be safe here. Will you do that Marine?" Blaze said to Marine as she put a hand on her shoulder.
"Okay! I'll keep spying the villagers until any big trouble happens here! You can leave it to me!" Marine exclaimed happily.
"Alright. You guys will look after Marine, right?" Blaze said to the Coconut Crew.
"Yes, ma'am! We'll help the villagers and look after Marine while you two fight the monsters and robots on the island above! We got everything under control! So, don't worry about us!" replied a male koala with a straw hat.
Blaze nodded and let go of Marine's shoulder. "Alright. Then it's settled. Kathy, do whatever you need to do to take the Sol Heart. Perhaps it'll be much quicker for us if you teleport us back to the surface of the island. Does that sound good?" Blaze said as she looked at Kathy.
"Yeah, it sounds like a good plan. I'll be back in a few minutes. Perhaps it will be better if you are away from this little hut. If the villagers did see me stealing the Sol Heart in plain sight for some reason, then I don't want you, Marine, or the Coconut Crew get into trouble because of me. Can you run to a certain distance away from the village? Maybe you could go near the exit of the underground passageway. Can you do that?" Kathy replied in understanding.
"Yes, I can do that. That sounds like a good idea. I'll be at the entrance waiting for you," Blaze said while smiling a little.
"Hey, you don't need to wait at all. It'll be very quick," Kathy replied with a smile and a thumbs up.
"Fine. I'll leave you to it then," Blaze replied back as she nodded her head. She then ran towards the underground passageway very fast. Kathy then walked a little away from Marine and her crew. She looked back, gave Marine a smile and a wave, and then she took out her Sol Gems. She then yelled "Teleport!". She soon disappeared from the sight. Marine hoped in her heart that Blaze and Kathy will be okay during the rest of the day.
"Please Mothra! Come! Come now! We require Your assistance! What should we do to summon Your presence?!" the chief of the village continued praying out loud.
"Hi," Kathy said in a dead-pan voice as she smiled a little while she appeared before the crowd. She was standing a foot away from the peace offering that the white Sol Heart is at.
The crowd gasped in shock as Kathy appeared. The whole village people looked up from their praying positions to gasp at Kathy.
"I-I-Is She here? Is that the Goddess of Peace?" asked one villager in awe.
"NO! It can't be! It's obviously a fake! Mothra doesn't look like that!" yelled another villager.
Kathy just ignored them and reached for the white heart. The villagers gasped again in shock by this action.
"Mine," Kathy said in her dead-pan voice while having a smile on her face. She grabbed the Sol Heart and placed it into her pocket. She knows that she is going to use it in the future.
"What the-! She just took it! Has she no honor?! Does she even realize how blasphemous it is to steal a peace offering intended for the true Goddess of Peace?! Does she even care at all?!" yelled the chief of the village in shock and anger.
Kathy then looked up at the people and smiled smugly at them before she commanded the gems to teleport her away from the crowd.
"Bye," Kathy said while looking smug at the villagers.
PING!
The sound of the teleportation can be heard as Kathy used her Sol Gems to make her escape. All of the villagers were silent. They all have stunned looks on their faces. They have wide eyes like dinner plates, and their mouths were open agape as if their jaws just dropped on the floor. They couldn't believe what they just saw.
"Um, are guys sure that girl wasn't the real Mothra?" said one of the villagers weakly.
"YES!" shouted the entire village.
PING!
Kathy appeared before Blaze. Kathy then quickly took Blaze's hands before Blaze said anything and yelled, "Teleport!". In no time at all, they were outside of the hatch that leads underground passageway below. They soon stopped holding hands, and then they nodded to each other. Without needing to tell each other, they soon ran and flew even further in the forest. Blaze ran as fast as she could. Kathy was close to her as flew right next to her. She still held onto the gems as she flew. Kathy is prepared to fight the monsters and robots that might be lurking around the forest. After a while, they soon heard some roars in the distance.
AAAAAAAARRRRREEEEEEEEGGGHHHH! KEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA!
Blaze and Kathy stopped in their tracks as they looked around the forest to see where the monsters were. There were more roars coming from the north of the forest.
KEEEEEEEEEAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA! AAAAAAAARRRRREEEEEEGGGHHHH!
The girls looked at each other and nodded solemnly. They soon ran together to the northern part of the forest. When they got there, they were surprised of the deforestation this part if the island took. The ground was flattened. A lot of trees were cut down. There were some bases built in the area. Dr. Eggman Nega's Army can be seen scouting the area. There were robots both small and large walking around doing work or guarding the area. There were some jets being constructed while some were docked in the air strips of the land. Not to mention, another one of Dr. Eggman Nega's Air Fleet is also docked near the bases. There were even tanks roaming the area with some of them having missiles on them. It was clearly a big area. The girls wondered how Dr. Eggman Nega's Army was able to build their bases and destroy a huge area of the forest within days. They soon found their answer by the several huge monsters that were arriving from the sky.
There were five Gigan monsters flying down from the sky to the middle of the huge land area. These Gigan monsters were 12 feet tall. These types of Gigan monsters are different than the Gigan monsters that the girls had encountered earlier. The monsters still have completely black skin instead of green but have yellow scales on their stomachs and their tails. They also have yellow fin-like sails on their backs. There were red streaks going along their fin-like sails. They still have those buzzsaws on their stomachs. They have spikes alongside their tails and at the end of their tails. They also have metallic hooks on their hands and feet. They all have a spike on their heads, have red visors, and have beaks with pinchers on the sides of their mouths.
Along with the Gigan group, there were five more monsters of a different kind. This group of monsters were Megalon monsters. They were also 12 feet high. The Megalon monsters are insect-like monsters. They have antennas on their heads. They have red, round bug eyes instead of orange eyes. They have silver tusks for mouths, have silver horns, and silver drills for hands. Their bodies are black, and their carapaces and wings are black with red and yellow streaks on them. These monsters had also landed down on the big, empty area with the Gigan monsters. The monsters cried some more after their arrival.
AAAAARRRREEEEEGGGHHH! AAAAAARRRREEEEEGGGGHH! KEEEEEEEAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEAAAAAA!
"Hey! What is that monster, Kathy?!" Blaze shouted as she pointed at one of the Megalon monsters.
"Oh, that's Megalon. He's a bug monster like me. However, since he's one of Battra's minions, his name is now called Battralon. Apparently, Megalon was very similar to my ancestor, Mothra, since he's considered to be a god to his own people, the Seatopians. But last time I've checked, he's not a very bright monster though. Neither is Gigan for that matter. Heh, heh, heh, Gigan and Megalon together are like the Kaiju versions of Dumb and Dumber," Kathy explained calmly until she chuckled a bit at the end.
Blaze looked at Kathy and smirked. "Ah, it seems that Battra can't fix the monsters' intelligence it seems," Blaze replied while smirking.
Kathy smirked back. "If he did, then we have no chance in beating him," Kathy replied playfully.
"Well then, I guess it's another stroke of luck that we've stumble upon. Now then, let's destroy them as well as Dr. Eggman Nega's Army!" Blaze replied with a determined smile.
"Yeah! Let's do this!" Kathy exclaimed enthusiastically.
Blaze soon boosted to the area where the robots were while Kathy flew up high in the sky to confront the monsters. Kathy decided to distract the monsters while Blaze attacked some robots. Kathy fired her energy beams at some of the Gigan and Megalon monsters to get their attention. Sparks and fire were on the monsters until they turned around quickly. They roared in anger as they communicated to their group to attack Kathy.
KEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA! AAAAARRRRREEEEEGGGGHHHHH!
The Gigan monsters proceeded to attack by running to her and swinging their Hammer Heads at her. Meanwhile, the Megalon monsters attacked by swinging their Drill Arms at her. Kathy defended herself by flying backwards and dodging the attacks from the Gigan monsters and Megalon monsters. She then fired more energy beams at them in self-defense. More sparks and explosions came off from the monsters as they were hit. The monsters took a step back from her before they continued attacking her. The Megalon monsters then attacked by using their Laser Killer Beast Ray from their horns at her. Kathy tried to dodge but she got hit by some of the lasers. Fire and sparks came from her body as she was hit. Kathy winced from those attacks. She decided to use her Sol Gems to command her Sol Heart to attack the monsters with electricity. She is starting to get serious in this battle.
Meanwhile, Blaze was boosting through the robots and did some of her Fire Spin Kicks at some of the tanks. Many of the robots were quickly destroyed in fire by Blaze's fire boosts before they had time to attack back. The tanks tried to attack Blaze, but she was too fast for the cannonballs to hit her. She was dodging the attacks from the robots and tanks with style and grace. She then attacked some tanks with missiles by using some of her fireballs. Those tanks exploded as the fire hit the missiles. Dr. Eggman Nega's Army wasn't very prepared to fight back at this sudden invasion of Blaze the Cat here. Hmm...I guess Dr. Eggman Nega's Army aren't as prepared as I thought they were. So much for a tough fight. Blaze pondered as she used her hands to shoot fire pillars at the big robots. She was ready to attack the bases next since most of the army of robots and tanks had been wiped out. She ran to one of the bases next to destroy the robots there.
Meanwhile, Kathy flew a little higher as she prepared her next attack. She summoned lighting to be shot from her Sol Gems and shock the monsters in front of her. Lightning bolts were shot from the gems and hit the monsters directly in their bodies. Sparks and explosions hit the monsters. They roared in pain.
KEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA! AAAAARRRRRREEEEEGGGHHHH!
Multiple lightning bolts attacked the monsters. They struggled to attack her as they were in Kathy's line of fire. Kathy added to the lightning attacks with her energy beams at them. The energy beams hit their heads as the lighting attacked their bodies. The sparks and fire came out from the monsters' heads and bodies. The monsters moved from side to side to try to avoid the attacks, but their huge sizes made it impossible to do so. Kathy concentrated so hard to keep on attacking the monsters that she didn't noticed the Megalon monsters counter-attacking her. The Megalon monsters attacked her with their Geothermal Napalm Bullets coming out of their mouths. One of the bullets shot directly at Kathy, and she immediately stopped attacking briefly.
"AAAAH!" Kathy shouted as the bullet hit her and exploded onto her.
Kathy gotten hit with more Geothermal Napalm Bullets by the Megalon monsters. The explosions from the bullets knocked Kathy away a few feet every time she was hit. Kathy cringed in pain by those attacks. She then cried in her Kaiju voice as she was being hurt.
SCRRRRREEEEEEEEE! KIIIIIIIIOOOOOOO!
While she was being pelted by the bullets, one of the Gigan monsters used his Hammer Hands to knock Kathy very hard into a tree. Kathy hit her back into the tree. The tree cracked a little bit by the impact of the crash. The Gigan monster stepped closer to the tree. Kathy groaned in pain as she opened her eyes to see the monster ready to strike at her. Kathy immediately used her Sol Gems to teleport herself out of there.
"Teleport!" Kathy yelled as she used her Sol Gems.
PING!
CRAAAAASSSSSSHHHH!
The Gigan monster swung his Hammer Hands at the tree, and the tree broke in half. The tree went down to the ground. The Gigan monster cried.
KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!
The monsters all cried in victory thinking that they killed her.
KEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRREEEEEEGGGGGGGHHHHH!
Suddenly, the monsters were shocked by an electric wave from above. Some white pollen came down upon them as Kathy used her Sol Heart for her next attack. Kathy was controlling the Sol Gems to create waves of electricity from the sky and used her pollen attack from her wings to intensify the electricity onto them. Kathy feels confident that she trapped the monsters now.
Meanwhile, Blaze was successful in blowing up the bases she infiltrated to. While Kathy was busy attacking the monsters, Blaze was destroying bases left and right with her fire powers. She attacked robots with swords and guns, some robots who have large hammers for weapons, and some robots who are flying above as they guarded the rooms in the bases. They were easily destroyed by her. Some of the robots tried to evacuate by flying the jets, but she was able stop them in time and destroy the jets as well. Blaze used her fire pillars and her "fire hoses" to light the bases on fire. As she ran to each of the bases, many more robots tried to attack her, but they were too slow to stop her. She eventually tried to attack the big airship of Dr. Eggman Nega's, but the robots on that airship was successful in escaping into the air. Since Blaze realized that she finished most of Dr. Nega's Army, she decided to run towards the monsters to aid Kathy.
So, the monsters kept on swinging their arms in the air to try to attack Kathy as she kept on electrocuting them. More sparks and explosions came from them as they were electrocuted. The Megalon monsters tried to attack Kathy by using their Laser Killer Beast Ray at her. The lasers were countered by Kathy's pollen and lightning combo as the lasers bounced back at them and the Gigan monsters. Blaze saw that Kathy was effectively winning in the fight. She decided to stand still instead and let Kathy fight them on her own seeing that Kathy got the situation under control. Wow...it is sometimes incredible how powerful those Sol Hearts and Kathy's abilities can be. She's like unstoppable now. Blaze reflected as she stood still while crossing her arms as she watched the fight in the distance.
Just when Blaze thought that, the Gigan and Megalon monsters roared in fury as they had it being attacked this way. They quickly took action as the Gigan monsters soon jumped and used their Antigravity Flight to get out of the way whereas the Megalon monsters all jumped together and used their Drill Hands to knock Kathy from the sky. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Kathy didn't see the attacks coming since it went by so fast that she didn't have time to react quickly. Kathy was hit hard by those attacks and she soon crashed down into the forest this time.
SCRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE!
Kathy screeched as she crashed down to the ground in the middle of the forest. Kathy was cringing and groaning in pain as this was the second time she was hit by hard metal. She couldn't get up because she was in pain. Blaze was startled by this incident.
"AH! KATHY!" Blaze screamed in shock. The Gigan monsters soon flew back down in safety, and the Megalon monsters soon decided to cut down more trees in the forest with their Drill Hands to finish Kathy. Ack! Kathy is going to get killed if I don't stop them! Hang on, Kathy! I'll save you! Blaze pondered in determination and a bit of panic. Blaze ran quickly and used her fire powers to burn the Megalon monsters' feet to stop them cutting the trees down. The Megalon monsters cried in pain and hopped around as their feet keep getting burned.
AAAAAARRRREEEEEGGGGHHHH! AAAAAARRRRREEEEEGGGHHH!
While Blaze was trying to burn the monsters' feet to stall for time, she soon heard the Gigan monsters screeching behind her as they slowly approached her.
KEEEEEEEAAAAAA! KEEEEEEAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEAAAAAA!
Uh oh! I'm in trouble now! Blaze thought in panic as she is sweating. She looked back and was startled by how close the Gigan monsters are coming to her from the behind. The Gigan monsters are ready to attack her with their Hammer Hands. Blaze soon stopped attacking and boosted away from them before they attacked. They swung their Hammer Hands on the ground where Blaze was at. They tried to run to her and attack her again by swinging their metallic hooks at her multiple times. At some point, one of the Gigan monsters accidently stabbed one of the Megalon monsters' feet by their hooks. The Megalon monster cried in pain.
AAAAAAARRRRRREEEEEEGGGGGHHHH!
So, in a comical fashion, the Megalon monster instinctively used his Drill Hands to knock the Gigan monster back to the other Gigan monsters. In an instant, the Gigan monsters fell down on their backs on the ground one by one. They all cried out in pain.
KEEEEEEEAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA!
Blaze looked back a bit while she's running in the forest to see that both the Megalon and Gigan monsters are distracted. Whew! What a relief! Now to find Kathy! Blaze pondered as she shook her head and ran further into the forest. A few seconds later, Blaze soon found Kathy lying on her back in the middle of forest. She could see that Kathy suffered a few burns and some bruises on her face and head. Blaze cringed as she saw the injuries. She then quickly ran to her side. She knelt down and shook her to wake her up as she saw that Kathy was unconscious briefly.
"Kathy! Kathy, wake up!" Blaze shouted as she shook Kathy awake.
Kathy slowly opened her eyes and groaned. She then rubbed her head with her hand as she slowly sat up. Blaze sighed in relief to see that Kathy is awake. Kathy then spoke to Blaze, "Ugh. Blaze. What happened? Are the monsters gone yet?".
"No. They're still alive. But they're at least distracted for now. We only have a little bit of time to form a plan. Got any ideas?" Blaze answered calmly.
"Hmmmm...to be honest, I have no idea. Perhaps you should join me in fighting them with your fire powers and for my powers. We could brute force through it," Kathy replied while rubbing her head.
"Yeah. I'm thinking about that too. Here. Let me help you to get you up," Blaze said as she gave Kathy her hand.
Kathy smiled weakly as she grabbed her hand. They soon slowly got up to their feet. Kathy soon nodded as she said, "Alright, Blaze. Why don't we-".
KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!
Blaze and Kathy were startled by the loud roar coming from the north. They looked at the north side of the area ahead of them. They gasped as they saw another larger Gigan monster heading towards the area joining the rest of the monsters. They also saw the airship of Dr. Eggman Nega's Air Fleet starting to head off, however, whether the huge monster was aware or not, he destroyed the airship by hitting it with his Bladed Cutter. The airship exploded at the contact of Gigan's attack. The huge monster soon slowly descended in the area. This Gigan monster looked like the ones that Blaze and Kathy had encountered earlier in the sky except that he is the biggest one of all the monsters they've seen on this island. This Gigan monster is 15 feet tall. The biggest difference in this Gigan monster than the previous ones is that he has now chainsaws on his hands instead of hooks. This Gigan monster looks more threatening than the other monsters on this island. The other monsters cried out to him.
KEEEEEEAAAAA! KEEEEEEAAAAA! AAAAARRRREEEEGGGHHH! AAAAARRRRREEEEEGGGHH!
The monsters clanged their hands together as a way to say they are welcoming the new monster.
"Uh oh. This is bad. It seems like we are up against not only ten monsters total but with their leader too! Okay! Now, we do need a plan!" Kathy yelled starting to worry.
"I-I agree! What should we do?!" Blaze asked feeling worried as she stared at the huge Gigan monster.
"Uh! Um...Wait! Of coarse! I've completely forgotten about it! The Heart of Invisibility! I could use that heart so that we could turn invisible! That way, we could attack the monsters without them seeing us! They can't target us if they can't see us!" Kathy exclaimed as she thought quickly.
"Ah! Of coarse! That could work! What do we got to lose?! Let's use that heart right now!" Blaze exclaimed feeling determined again.
Kathy smiled as she nodded. She knows that they are running out of time. She quickly took off the yellow heart and used the Sol Gems to make the gold chain disappear. She put the yellow heart into her pocket and grabbed for the white one instead. She used her Sol Gems again give the new heart its gold chain and wrapped the chain over her head to wear it on her neck. She then quickly grabbed Blaze's hands as she commanded the Sol Gems in her hands. The gems glowed bright white, and Kathy and Blaze closed their eyes as the gems glowed. Within seconds, they turned invisible. When Blaze opened her eyes, she was a little confused as to why she could see Kathy.
She then asked her, "Um, are we invisible yet? I could still see you".
Kathy smiled as she explained calmly, "We are invisible. We can see each other because I turned the both of us invisible. If I only turned myself invisible, then you wouldn't be able to see me. It's the same way if I turned you invisible. Now, those monsters won't be able to see us when we attack them. Perhaps it's possible for us to trick them into hurting each other with our attacks as they attack in self-defense. It could make it easier for us to defeat them in that way than defeating them normally. But! You got to be careful! True, they may not see us, but it is easy for them to attack us accidentally. So, be careful in fighting them, Blaze!".
Blaze nodded in understanding. "Okay, I'll be careful! You be careful too, Kathy!" Blaze exclaimed in confidence.
Kathy smiled as she confidently replied, "Alright then! Let's finish this!".
Blaze smiled as she then ran forward toward the group of monsters. Kathy flew upwards toward the sky and headed toward the monster group as well. While all of the monsters are gathering around the huge Gigan monster, Kathy decided to use her Sol Gems to hit one of Megalon monsters on the side of the head. She punched very hard on the Megalon's head. The Megalon monster cried in pain as it looked around who hit him. Kathy gave the same Megalon monster another punch on the back of his head. The Megalon monster soon tried to attack back by swinging his Drill Arms around very quickly. The monster accidently hit two Gigan monsters beside him. The Gigan monsters got angry at the Megalon monster, and they attacked him back by hitting him with their Hammer Hands at his head and back. Now, the Megalon monster got even more angry as he attacked the two Gigan monsters back with his Laser Killer Beast Ray. Sparks and explosions came from the Gigan monsters as they were attacked by his lasers from his horn. Both the Gigan monsters and the Megalon monster cried in anger together.
KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAARRRRRREEEEEEEGGGGHHHHH!
The other Gigan monsters and Megalon monsters looked at the three of them in confusion as to why they started fighting each other. The leader of the monster group is looking impatient since he's crossing his arms and looked sternly at the three of them despite having a red visor on his face. Meanwhile, Kathy kept flying around deciding which other monsters would she attack now. She got her answer as Blaze uses her fire powers to burn more of the monsters' feet by creating fire pillars under some of the other Megalon monsters as well as the Gigan monsters. All of them hopped around while screeching in pain. Kathy then took her chance to attack the Gigan monsters by punching each of them in their faces. She even fired her energy beams at them for more damage. While in pain and in confusion, all of the Gigan monsters also attacked each other and other Megalon monsters in self-defense.
Now, Blaze went behind the huge Gigan monster and burned his feet and his tail. She even tried using her Fire Spin Kicks onto one of his ankles. She kept on burning and kicking him with the best that she could do. The huge Gigan monster then quickly swiped the ground with his chainsaw hands to put out the fire. Blaze was very surprised by this action and tried to walk backwards considering that she was a bit close to the huge monster. However, the Gigan walked backwards and swung his hands some more to get rid of the fire. Suddenly, this Gigan monster's hands had accidently hit Blaze! She yelped as she was knocked a good few feet away from the monsters. She soon landed her head on a boulder and was soon knocked out.
Kathy's eyes widened after she heard Blaze yell. She turned her head and was shocked to see Blaze flying through the area and hitting a boulder once she landed. Kathy looked distressed until she looked angry. Okay! That's it! No more playing games! I'm not going to hold back anymore! This is personal! Kathy pondered as she felt serious now.
Kathy soon turned to face the leader of the monster group, the Gigan monster with the chainsaws. She then flew towards him and used her Sol Gems to punch him hard in the face. She punched him multiple times. The Gigan monster screeched as he used his chainsaws to swing across the air in front of him to try to defend himself. Kathy dodged those attacks and kept punching him on his head and arms. She knew that she couldn't get a good punch in the stomach considering that the Gigan monster had a buzzsaw there. Kathy then fired her energy beams on his head and stomach instead. The Gigan monster walked back in shock as he was shot by the energy beams. Sparks and explosions came from the monster as he kept getting hit by the energy beams. The Gigan monster cried in pain as he kept swing his chainsaws as he tries to hit Kathy.
KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA!
The other monsters stopped attacking each other as they heard their leader screeching in pain. They all looked at their leader in confusion. They saw that something was attacking the leader since they saw some yellow laser beams and light-blue punches on the monster's head and arms. They all cocked their heads to the side as they felt confused by this odd situation. The leader roared in anger as he then tried to fire his Scattered Light Beam Gigarium Cluster to shoot down his attacker. Luckily, Kathy flew quickly away from the attack by flying upwards. The laser beam instead hit a few of his fellow monsters such as the Megalon and Gigan monsters. Those monsters got hit so hard by the laser that not only did they got hit by explosions and fire of the attack, but they also gotten shot through by the attack. Thus, two Megalon monsters and two Gigan monsters exploded into dark particles as the fire from the laser consumed them. The other monsters roared in shock and anger over what their leader had done.
AAAAAAARRRRREEEEEEEEGGGGGHHHHHH! KEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA!
Before Kathy could attack again, she turned around to see that the other monsters started to run toward their leader as they are ready to attack him. She decided to fly towards Blaze's side to watch at a safe distance as the monsters have their little brawl with their leader out of vengeance for their brethren. The Megalon monsters all hopped forward and used their Drill Hands to stab their leader in the stomach and chest areas. They drilled their hands into the huge Gigan monster to attack him. The Gigan monster roared in pain and took a few steps back. The Megalon monsters got closer and kept on attacking their leader with their Drill Hands and their Geothermal Napalm Bullets at him. The Gigan monster was covered in fire and explosions from the bullets that the Megalon monsters shot him with. Feeling furious, the huge Gigan monster started to use his Bloody Chainsaws to slash at the Megalon monsters. As the Megalon monsters struggled to defend themselves as they hit the chainsaws with their Drill Hands, the smaller Gigan monsters came to join the Megalon monsters to help them fight their leader. They came to the huge Gigan monster's sides and attacked him with their Hammer Hands and with their buzzsaws. The Gigan monsters hit their leader on the sides, the head, and the back. They used their buzzsaws to cut at the leader's sides while they swung their Hammer Hands at the leader's head and back. Feeling outnumbered, the huge Gigan monster used his Bloody Chainsaws, his Scattered Light Beam Gigarium Cluster, and his Bladed Cutter to attack at his group quickly. He was finally able to kill the Megalon monsters by slicing them in half with his chainsaws and his buzzsaw. The Megalon monsters soon exploded into dark particles. One of the Gigan monsters got hit by the laser beam and exploded into dark particles as a result. The other Gigan monsters went backwards and decided to use their Antigravity Flight to attack him aerial style. They flew a few feet away in front of the huge Gigan monster to get ready to attack. They clanged their hook hands and soon flew toward their leader to attack with their Hammer Hands together. Before they successfully attacked their leader, he then counter-attacked his brethren by firing Bladed Slicers at them. The razor-sharp discs cut through the heads of the smaller Gigans' necks. Their heads soon fell off as they were decapitated while flying. The Gigan monsters crashed down to the ground and soon exploded into dark particles. The leader of the group of monsters roared in victory.
KEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA! KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!
SLICE! SLICE!
As if history had repeated itself, the huge Gigan monster got his own neck sliced by his attack, the Bladed Slicers. Within seconds, his neck had sparks coming off from it, and then his head soon fell off and crashed to the ground. Finally, the leader exploded into dark particles since he kind of killed himself like an idiot.
Kathy saw all of that while she was kneeling at Blaze's side. Kathy let out a deep, relieved sigh seeing that the whole battle was over even though she barely added anything to the brawl itself. She wiped her brow in relief. Man...glad that's over. Kathy thought in relief. She then used her Sol Gems to turn Blaze and herself back to normal by making them visible again. She then turned her head to finally see how bad Blaze's injury was.
She cringed once she saw the deep wound Blaze got from her left side to her right shoulder. It was a diagonal cut on her body. The cut ripped through Blaze's purple dress. Luckily, the cut didn't go so deep that it injured the organs or anything. Still, there was blood gushing out from the large cut. Blaze also had a bruise on her head. Probably was due to her hitting the boulder when she was knocked away. Kathy grimaced. She placed her hand over Blaze's heart to see if she was still breathing. Thankfully, she could feel Blaze's heart beating and felt her breathing. Kathy sighed in relief as she knows that Blaze is still alive. Kathy then slowly lifted Blaze to a sitting position and held her at her shoulders.
"B-Blaze..." Kathy whispered as she felt sad. Kathy felt her lips tremble and her eyes watering as she felt upset at Blaze's weakened condition. Kathy squeezed Blaze's shoulders even tighter. Kathy held her head down as some tears began to fall. Please...please don't die. Please don't die on me! It's...it's all my fault! I didn't protect her like I had promised to! How?! How could I have been so stupid?! Those monsters could easily hit her since she was invisible! I know that I've warned her, but why didn't I stop myself for going through that decision?! Blaze would've been alright! Blaze would've been safe! Blaze...BLAZE WOULN'T GET HURT! WHY?! WHY DID HAVE TO BE SO OVERCONFIDENT IN MY ABILITIES?! DID I FORGET HOW EASILY I COULD HAVE BEEN SO CAUGHT UP INTO PROVING MY OWN STRENGTH THAT I FORGOT TO FOLLOW THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT RULES OF MY JOB AS A GUARDIAN?! PROTECT THOSE WHOM YOU'VE SWORN TO PROTECT AND LOVE THOSE WHOM YOU ARE PROTECTING?! HOW DID I FORGET THOSE RULES?! FULFILLING MY PROMISES TO MY MOTHER IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY SELF-WORTH! WHY DID DO THAT?! WHY?! WHY DIDN'T I PROTECT BLAZE?! M-M-M-MOM! WHY....WHY COULD'T I PROTECT YOU IN TIME?! WHYYYYYYYYYY?!
Kathy brooded while she was clutching onto Blaze's body in her arms and bawling her eyes out over her shoulder. Kathy wailed as she held onto Blaze tightly. Kathy felt so guilty in leaving Blaze all alone in protecting herself while she was busy fighting monsters. Kathy can't help but feel responsible for Blaze's injuries. Kathy knew she could've protected Blaze better considering how much power she has. Yet...what baffles her was that Blaze still got hurt. Kathy felt even more unsure about her abilities now.
I...I thought...(sniff)…..I thought that if I was stronger I would've been able to protect myself and protect others now. …..But this! I was not able to prevent this! Why?! Why is that?! I'm supposed to be useful now that I'm older, now that I got new powers, now that I got the Sol Pendant, and now that I got these Sol Hearts! I'm supposed to do everything! YET! I'M STILL POWERLESS! IS THIS THE TRUTH?! IS THIS THE BITTER, COLD REALITY THAT I'M STUCK IN?! IS THIS A CRUEL TRICK BY FATE?! THAT NO MATTER HOW STRONG OR HOW OLDER YOU GET THAT YOU'LL STILL BE POWERLESS?! WEAK?! DEFENSELESS?! HOPELESS?! USELESS?! I...I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT! IF I DID, THEN...THEN!
"THEN WHAT IS THE POINT OF ME BECOMING A GUARDIAN ANYWAY!" Kathy screamed loudly after she had brooded some more. Kathy bawled some more. Her tears were running down from her face.
She then slowly calmed her crying a little. She then spoke while weeping, "(Sniff)…...Just...what am I supposed to do as a guardian anyway?...My job...is to protect others...from harm. (Sob)…..If I can't do that, then what good am I anyway?! What purpose do I serve in protecting the Sol Pendant? What do I fight for? For who do I fight for?...(Sob)…..I...I almost got Blaze killed. I almost let her down in the worst way possible! What would have Marine think if she heard that Blaze had been killed?! What would the Coconut Crew think?! What would her kingdom think?! What would have everyone think if they heard that Blaze had been killed?! And...I was the only one who could've saved her! …...(Sniff)…..They would've hated me. They would've hated me even more since I would have basically sent the world into chaos without the Sol Kingdom's ruler! …...I'm...I really am useless. I...really let everyone down. The world has so much expectations of me. How...how am I supposed to fulfill them? What...am...I...supposed...to...do...now?".
Kathy then quieted her crying into sniffling and soft weeping. She then decided to carry Blaze to Marine and the Coconut Crew down at the underground village below the island. She lifted up Blaze fully unto her shoulder. Kathy then used her Sol Gems to teleport herself to the underground village. She softly said, "Teleport" before she and the unconscious Blaze teleported to the underground village. Once there, Kathy then wiped her eyes with her free hand and tried to look around for Marine and the Coconut Crew. Apparently, she saw them talking with a group of villagers on the west side of the village. She then walked to the west side to meet up with them. Marine and her crew were busy talking to some of the locals before they heard footsteps behind them. They turned around and gasped as they saw Kathy carrying Blaze on her shoulder.
"Kathy! Blaze!" Marine yelled in alarm. She ran toward Kathy while her crew then said their farewells to the villagers. The villagers tried to talk to the crew some more about what's going on, but they denied answering their questions as they ran away towards Kathy. Marine got close to Kathy while the rest of her crew surrounded Kathy. They looked very concerned. Marine was the most concerned person of all as she asks Kathy, "W-What happened to Blaze, Kathy? Is she alright? Why are you carrying her?".
Kathy swallowed hard as she looks away from Marine's puppy-dog eyes. She would've cried again if she stared into Marine's innocent, expectant eyes. She then said quietly, "She's...she's injured. Badly. She's unconscious right now".
Marine and her crew gasped loudly in shock of this. They soon started to panic by asking Kathy many questions. "How did she got injured? What happened up there? Why did she got injured? Did the monsters get her? How did this happen? Is she going to die?" were of the many questions that the Coconut Crew had asked.
But most painful question came from Marine as she asked with a few tears in her eyes, "Kathy...why didn't you protect her? Why?".
CRACK!
That hurt Kathy's heart. She could feel her throat clogging up as her heart was filled to the brim with guilt. She refused to answer that question. Instead, she shakily said, "Let's...let's go back to the ship, Marine. I'm...I'm coming with you this time as I bring Blaze aboard. Your crew can take care of Blaze's injuries there".
"But...but Kathy-" Marine said softly looking even more worried.
"I said let's go! We're going back to the ship to take care of Blaze! Understand?!" Kathy yelled in frustration while she tries not to cry again as she closes her eyes tightly.
Marine gasped and walked back in shock. She never heard Kathy yell like that or seen her act this way. Now, she felt worried for Blaze and Kathy. What's up with Kathy? What's wrong with her all of a sudden? She hadn't acted like this before. Did something happen that made her act this way? Marine pondered curiously as she frowned and looked concerned for Kathy.
The Coconut Crew members felt confused yet also concerned for Kathy. However, they saw Kathy's point in having to tend to Blaze in their ship as they go back to Infant Island. They all looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Then, one of the crew members said, "Alright. Let's head back to your island, Kathy. You can stay on our ship as we take care of Blaze. Come on Marine. We're getting out of this island. Let's head back to the underground passageway".
Marine looked a bit confused as she said, "Huh? But guys! Shouldn't we tell the villagers that it's okay to go back up and rebuild their village at the surface again since Kathy and Blaze got rid of the monsters and robots?".
Kathy answered before her crew can. "No, it's fine, Marine. Once they've noticed that it's peaceful again, then they will soon gather the courage to get back up to the surface and rebuild their village again. Just don't worry about them, Marine. They'll be fine. So, let's go already," Kathy said quietly.
"But...but," Marine stammered trying to find a good argument to that.
"No 'buts' Marine. I know that you want to help, but...I'm feeling tired right now. I don't want to deal with them any longer. Besides, Blaze needs medical assistance right away. We should leave, Marine. Please," Kathy replied gently while shaking her head.
Marine's eyes drooped as she understands Kathy's point. Marine does want to see Blaze get better. If they should leave without telling the villagers, then she has no choice but to comply. Marine then looked solemn and nodded her head. Kathy gave Marine a weak smile. Kathy then nodded her head as she said, "Good then. Okay, everyone, let's go".
With the whole group nodding in agreement, they all went back to the underground passageway. After a few minutes of traversing through the passageway again, they soon got back to where they were, back to the surface. Kathy kept on carrying Blaze all the way to Marine's ship. Kathy, Marine, and the Coconut Crew got on the ship and got ready to leave the island. Kathy soon gave Blaze to the Viking polar bear to carry her to the ship's emergency infirmary with the other crew members. She and Marine went into the infirmary while the ship sails off to Infant Island. Once there, they could only watch as the crew members did their best to patch Blaze up. Kathy only leant onto the door while having her hands on the door behind her. Marine just watched the crew members work with big, worried eyes as she folded her hands together in concern. Kathy still can't shake the awful, guilty feeling in her heart. She wished that there was something she could do to prevent this, but she couldn't find any. She only stared at the floor with a grimace as she couldn't look at Blaze's body right now. That scar that Blaze will have will be only a reminder of her failure. And...there is nothing she could do about it.
What kind of a friend am I, Blaze? What kind of a friend, indeed? Kathy brooded as she stayed in the infirmary with Marine during the rest of the trip back home.
Thus, another chapter done! I'll admit that I had a bit of trouble writing this considering how the fight scenes should go. Anything action related is always a struggle to write to me. I tried. But it still feels weak to me personally. I did my best to make the fight scenes different each time. Even if it got a little silly in the end when the monsters turned on each other to fight in self-defense, I think it makes it different than the other fight scenes in the story. Although having the monsters fight each other due to a misunderstanding or due to an accident doesn't sound too far-fetched in a Showa Godzilla movie considering how silly those movies can be sometimes. This type of humor and fighting would've fit right in within that era. Anyways, if you like this story, always R&R if you have time!
Also, this is one chapter that I've done the most research on since I kind of barely know Gigan and Megalon outside of the movies and games. I didn't know what the specific names or abilities they have. So, I did some research on Wikizilla for confirmation on the names of the moves that are used in this story.
I also found out some interesting trivia on that website that I kind of accidently referenced without meaning to. I'll tell you what I had found out.
Most fans know that Gigan is enemies with Mothra, but did you know that Megalon was also considered enemies with Mothra? For Battra, however, Gigan was once enemies with him. It's probably considered justice to Battra in this story that he gets to create minions of Gigan since he's dead.
In one continuity, Megalon was allies with Battra. Although there was another continuity where Megalon was enemies with Battra as well. The one continuity where Megalon was allies with Battra was in a Japanese show called "Godzilla Island". The other continuity where Megalon was enemies with Battra was the comic-book mini-series called "Godzilla: The Half-Century War".
So, about that whole naming each offspring of Mothra to differentiate from the original I had established in the beginning of the story, apparently, it is canon that each Mothra incarnation has a name. Of coarse, the names are in Japanese. For example, the first Mothra is fully called "Shodai Mosura". The second Mothra was fully called "Nidaime Mosura". The third Mothra was called "Sandaime Mosura". Basically, Mothra in the Showa Era had names. The only other time that Mothra got a name was in Rebirth of Mothra when her son, Mothra Leo, was named "Shin Mosura". So, I guess the idea of naming different generation of Mothra was already a thing even before I even wrote this story.
Speaking of things fitting to my OC character, in the English translation of the Bahasa/Malay version of "Mothra's song", one of the lyrics says and I quote "With the Power of your Ancestor". So, yeah, it can technically be possible for Kathy the Moth to be a great-great-great-great descendent to Mothra. With the naming thing and with the part of the ancestor thing, I had unintentionally made my character accurate to the facts in the Godzilla canon. Well, at least my character is a bit believable to exist within my canon of the story.
Anyways, I hope you've enjoyed this little trivia segment. I learned way more about the characters in the Godzilla franchise a bit better now than previously, and I hoped I had expanded on your knowledge of the subject as well. Anyways, see you next chapter!
