Return of the Destroyer
Chapter Seven: Destoroyah's Last Stand.
Tokyo, Japan.
A high-pitched whooshing noise alerted Destoroyah to several missiles heading right towards It, no doubt fired by humans from their flying machines. The machines zoomed right above Its head, followed by the missiles striking the destroyer in the chest, which did nothing to harm it greatly. Humans were not Its main concern right now, nor were their little freeze rays, which no longer affected It. Rather, it was the whelp, no, Junior as he called himself, who was the main concern now, along with his strange spiky friend. Destoroyah began to glow with purple light emanating from the cracks on Its body, with Its once multicolored yellow and red exoskeleton now pitch black, giving It an ominous appearance, with the pilot of one of the jets remarking that Destoroyah now looked even more like the goddamn devil. It swung Its horn down, launching out another crescent shaped blade of energy at Junior, who dived and ended up being sliced in the arm by the blade, causing red blood to flow from his arm profusely. Junior clutched his arm in pain, as Angurius jumped in front of him and charged Destoroyah, ramming into It at full speed. His weight was enough to start pushing Destoroyah back, who promptly turned Its attention to Angurius, and began to attack him. Junior and Angurius' double team attacks in theory should've worn out Destoroyah, but It was still going on like nothing had happened. With another swing of the horn, Destoroyah launched another beam, which Angurius was able to roll out of the way of. The beam sailed past him and took out several humans in their jets, before disappearing into thin air. It then grabbed Angurius by his tail and tossed him into another building, before charging up a Micro-Oxygen beam.
"M.O.G.U.E.R.A. UNIT DEPLOYED. TARGET ACQUIRED. IDENTIFICATION: TITANUS DESTROYER. WEAPONS SYSTEM ACTIVATED. LETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZED." A loud mechanical voice suddenly grabbed Destoroyah's attention, and It whipped around to see an even stranger machine staring at It. It was humanoid, with thick legs that had treads on the feet, a small torso with a cover on it that no doubt concealed a hidden weapon, two arms that ended with black drill shaped weapons, sawblades on its back, and finally a head with a fin and drill, and two yellow eyes that were glowing. The machine once again spoke, "IMMEDIATE SURRENDER REQUIRED," as jet boosters activated, and it flew forward at high speed towards the destroyer. The creature roared in response, and leaped into the machine, tackling It to the ground. Angurius sighed in relief, and then ran over to Junior, who was still watching the machine battle Destoroyah.
"Well, looks that that guy is buying us time. So, humans are that advanced in their technology? It's impressive," Angurius gestured as he helped Junior stand up, "But if I'm being honest, I doubt it will be able to kill that thing."
"I know it can't," grunted Junior who began to lick his wound in an attempt to soothe the sharp pain, "What it can do is buy us time, because I know that rat bastard has a weak spot. And if you and me can figure out where it is, then we can kill It!" As Junior finished saying this, his eyes narrowed as he tried to get a better look at the battle occurring, and a low snarl escaped his mouth. The machine was blasting Destoroyah with yellow plasma bolts coming out of its eyes, along with a rainbow-colored beam coming out of its chest. It was unfortunately all for naught, as Destoroyah was barely affected by the attacks. As It began slashing the machine, stripping off the armor and causing it to spark violently, Junior and Angurius both focused on Destoroyah's attacks, which were now being countered by the machine's own drill arms, and mouth. Purple blood burst out when the drills made their impact, followed by the machine crying out "SPIRAL GRENADE DEPLOYED" and launching a missile out of one of its arms which blasted Destoroyah in Its floral chest pattern. Before it could fire out another missile, Destoroyah's tail quickly ripped off the other arm, sending it crashing to the ground with a trail of severed wires and sparking electricity.
"Hold on a minute Junior. Did you notice how It reacted to the explosion on its chest? That punk seemed to almost panic," Angurius pointed at Destoroyah with his claw outstretched. The human's machine was spinning its torso around rapidly, in attempt to damage the beast even more. Destoroyah laughed while parrying the blows, and with a swing of Its horn, sliced off the other arm. "You don't think…."
"It absolutely makes sense! That's how we can kill It! We need to go for the chest cavity when It fires off the beam again!" Junior began charging up another atomic ray, before turning around and glancing at Angurius, "But first, we need to make sure that we limit Its other attacks, and then my father will finally be avenged!"
"I can help with that. Tell me what exactly we are aiming for." Hearing a voice in both their heads, Junior and Angurius both glanced around to see Belvera sitting on a rockpile next to them with her horns glowing, and Mothra's voice speaking through her. Angurius shuddered a little, as the implications of someone else speaking through another gave him pause. The little moth looked up with her ruby red eyes, and with her horns still glowing, "I'm fully charged up, and arriving at your location right now. In a few minutes I'll call back Belvera, and start attacking the destroyer. I need to know exactly what you mean by limiting Its attacks."
"It's easy, WE GO FOR THE TAIL, HORN, AND ARMS!"
With that cry, Junior blasted Destoroyah in the side as It held Its tail above the head of the downed machine, ready to decapitate it. Not that it mattered anyways, as with a cry of "STAR FALCON EJECT," the machine's lower torso and legs shot off the upper torso, and turned into a jetlike vehicle which quickly flew off as the twinkling white stars in the sky began to disappear, and a faint hint of orange dotted the black sky. Destoroyah's tail claw grabbed one of Neo's crystals, letting purple electricity surge through Its blackened body, as It began to let off copies amounts of steam and glow even brighter, barely noticing that it was beginning to overheat and melt, with patches of darkened flesh falling off and liquefying into purple goo. Its horn began to crackle with intense purple energy as Junior shoulder tackled It and tail whipped It to make it stagger back. Destoroyah whipped Its head up to the sky, with a huge grimace, as It felt white hot prism beams assault it, failing to notice Angurius sneaking around the buildings.
"I…..K….I…L…L.." was all It stuttered out, feeling a strange tightness in the back of Its throat choke out the rest of what It was trying to say. It could no longer move Its vocal cords to utter anymore words, and yet, It could care less. "Can't speak anymore? Can't communicate? Feeling warmer? Thoguhtss getting ssscrewed up….. Don't care. Whelp diessss….. Stoopid Moff diessss…. Wurm dies…. Spykey turdle diesss….. Rock whelp dies….. and then," It scratched Its head with Its tail as Its thoughts were becoming less comprehensible, "Destoroyah kills Yawheh, Ares, Czernobog, or whatever voice name isss…." Had Destoroyah been not so focused on killing Junior, It may have noticed that for all the power It was gaining, It had sealed Its own fate. And It didn't care…. not one bit. It fired another horn beam at Mothra, who flew out of the way and charged into Destoroyah, firing off her chest beam point blank. More flesh flew off Destoroyah who struck quickly with Its tail, slamming Mothra into a building and holding her down. It's horn, cracking from the stress Its own body was being put through, cracked with violet energy, until….
"MOTHRA! JUNIOR! FOR THE LOVE ALL THAT IS HOLY, PROTECT YOUR HEARING!"
Out of nowhere, Angurius came rolling out at a high velocity, and at the last minute, used the moment to leap and impale Destoroyah with his claws, burying them deep within the dark flesh. Mothra flew out quickly, as a loud earsplitting howl filled the air, enough to shatter crystals far behind Destoroyah. The sound was unbearable to hear, and as Destoroyah's vision became blurry, It couldn't make sense of where It was, or what exactly Its opponent was doing. "thotssssssss gedddding…wurseeeee… stooped turdle loud… pain unbearable….. what kraking noise?" As Angurius continued to use his sonic roar, something he had thought about revealing to Junior when they first met, Destoroyah was moaning in intense agony while clutching Its head, as the cracking noise got louder. Out in the distance, Neo had covered his ears with crystals, observing the battle between the three Earth Defenders and the destroyer.
"They work so well together," Neo looked down as he became lost in his own contemplations, "In both their battles with the destroyer… and against me. They even saved the machine from being completely destroyed, while my father and it kept conflicting with each other during my battle with them. Mothra's brother fell in battle to my father, something that she kept from me when she told me of him, and yet, she works with my brother, is she that forgiving? What value does she see in an abomination like myself?" As Neo looked up again, he noticed a strange scent in the air, something that seemed to be rubbery, and toxic. He then saw the steam coming off Destoroyah, and came to a shocking realization, "OF COURSE! That's why you stopped me from glancing at the memory of the flame weapon, isn't it? You're overheating, and that means…." Neo began focusing his cosmic energy to the tip of his tail, which ended with a huge spear like weapon that he used sometimes to fire out energy. He had to strike, but he also had to wait for the right moment.
"AARAAARRGHHHHH!" As the sonic roar died down, Angurius smiled at his handiwork, with horn fragments and purple blood staining his face, and the large bloody wound and flayed flesh on Destoroyah's head being all that remained of Its horn. It tossed the dinosaur off, sending Angurius onto his back, only for Junior to blast It with another atomic ray. It tried to use Its Micro-Oxygen beam, and felt nothing, except a tightness in the back of Its throat. "No beam…. beet whelp to deaf nao, and chest beam to finish….no thoughts left….durrrrr….." As the last of Its cognizant thought faded away in the void that was once Its mind, Destoroyah roared, at least still able to communicate that way, and leaped over the next beam Junior fired and began pummeling him into the ground. With each punch, red blood sprayed out on Destoroyah's purple and black fists, until a nuclear pulse blasted Destoroyah off. Junior rubbed his nose, and gazed at Destoroyah, his burning red and orange eyes staring into the soulless creature standing before him, right before they charged each other.
"Alright then," Mothra muttered to herself, shaking her body to rid herself of the dirt and debris covering her, "let's see how you like this…. demon." She slowed her breathing down as a golden light washed over her, and a sacred cross like symbol appeared beneath her six fluffy three toed feet. "I am faster than the wind. Time is of no meaning to me. I am…...speed." With that invocation, Mothra felt her body warp and twist, with her exoskeleton and muscles becoming much slimmer, and her wings splitting in half, with one half going beneath the other pair, and the wings shaping into curved blade shapes, as opposed to her normal soft edged wings. Destoroyah and Junior's punches seemed to fly at the pace of a snail, the orange in the sky also seemed to freeze, and even the human jets lacked the speed they had been known for.
This was the power of the Lightspeed form…. but it was only temporary.
"Hey ugly," Angurius cried leaping out of the rubble he was buried in, "not so tough without your horn, are you? I think even I could kick your ass now, which means this might be the day I win a battle. Come get some!" Angurius leaped out, only to be grabbed by the throat by Destoroyah's claw. Destoroyah promptly tossed Anguruis into Junior, knocking both monsters to the ground, and giving Destoroyah a chance to kill the both of them. As It raised Its' fist up to cave in Angurius's skull, a white, black, and orange blur came out of nowhere, with a trail of yellow lighting, and within a few seconds, Destoroyah clutched at a bloody stump, almost stepping on Its dismembered arm lying on the ground. It glanced around, unable to track the blur as it flew around the angered destroyer, blasting it with x shaped beams of energy and drawing more purple blood from Its hide. "Mothra?" Angurius gasped in shock as he made out the distinct shape of a certain divine moth. Destoroyah kept swatting at the blur with Its remaining arm and tail, to no avail.
"Damn it! I feel this form's period is at an end,"Mothra realized as she zipped around the motionless beast. Yes, she had damaged the beast significantly, but she had little experience with the form, so she was still unsure of the full capabilities of the Lightspeed Form. At best, she had one last good strike left in her, but it wouldn't be enough to kill Destoroyah. She flew forward with all her might as her bladed wings started heating up, albeit until she brushed past the slow-moving destroyer's head, and her telepathy took a brief glance into Its mind. Amid all of the white noise and the scattered words, she heard something that chilled her to the bone.
"You seek vengeance. I will give you what you desire… in return for your service."
"MOTHRA!" Junior reached his claw forward as the moth fell out of her Lightspeed form, and crashed into the ruins of a building, ignoring that Destoroyah's remaining arm had gone flying off into another building. It continued to screech in pain as Junior and Angurius painfully limped over to Mothra to see if she was injured badly. "Mothra," Junior cried as he slowly lifted her up from the rubble, "Are you OK?!" She weakly nodded, as Junior's breathing and heart rate slowed down, relieved she was okay.
"I'd hate to be rude, but Junior, the freak's about to attack again, and if you don't pay attention, WE'RE ALL GOING TO FUCKING DIE!" Mothra picked herself up and Junior turned around to see what exactly Angurius was talking about.
"GRRRRAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Destoroyah roared as It began to steam more and more, and as Its floral chest pattern boomed with purple electricity and energy that surged around Its whole body, and cauterized the wounds It had received from Mothra and Angurius's attacks. It was so intense that wind was beginning to swirl around the destroyer, and human planes that flew too close exploded on impact, with the rest of the human army retreating.
"I must not fear, fear is the mind killer. I must not fear, fear is the mind killer," Junior repeated to himself as a soft blue glow overtook his dorsal plates, readying a very powerful Spiral Ray to counter the Chest Beam that the destroyer would fire off. Angurius had no beam attack himself, but still stood his ground in case the worst came to pass, standing up in a two-legged stance and readying another Sonic Roar. Mothra, finding a downed crystal, absorbed just enough power for a powerful chest beam, psychically contacting Junior and letting him know that their combined might could possibly hold back what was about to come. Neo, unnoticed by them all, readied the mana he had stored away, preparing to put his plan into action to kill the destroyer.
As the five stared at each other, the faintest hint of sunlight broke across the horizon, piercing the darkness of the ruined Tokyo.
With a terrible sound, one that was heard for miles, a crackling purple and white beam shot out of Destoroyah's chest, moving as fast as a bullet train. It was met with a blue beam that spiraled out of Junior's mouth, and a much smaller but no less powerful azure beam that fired out of Mothra's abdomen.
As soon as the beams met, a thunderous roar was heard, and lights of blue and purple lit up the rest of the city, as citizens gathered on the outskirts to watch the spectacle.
Junior could feel himself sliding back as the purple ray slowly overpowered his and Mothra's combined ray. "NO! I WON'T LET IT WIN THIS TIME!" He dug his feet into the ground, as he felt some of his scales and flesh burn off from the intense heat that the beam struggle was creating. He barely noticed that Angurius was right behind him, keeping his claws on his back to try and stop him from sliding back.
Mothra herself only thought this, "YOU WILL NOT HARM MY SON YOU BITCH!" And much like Junior, she siphoned more power from her reserves, causing her beam to grow as big as Junior's Spiral Ray, her wings flapping at an extremely high rate, causing winds to blow apart more of the rubble lying on the ground. The city was now covered in a soft orange glow of the sunrise.
"Well now," Destoroyah rasped, feeling the tightness in Its vocal chords gone, "You know you can't win. Don't you? WHEN I AM DONE WITH ALL THREE OF YOU, THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL BE AT MY MERCY, AND THEN…THE MASTER! HOW DOES THAT SOUND TO YOU…...GOJIRA?!" The destroyer's beam pushed back the Earth Defender's beam even further, as It walked forward with a huge grin on Its darkened face.
"Father…. I'm sorry….."
"Leo, you will be the new Guardian of Earth now, I have failed."
"So, this is how I die, at the claws of a stupid crab. And thus, the Angilias Tribe goes extinct, but I will at least die amongst friends."
And then…. from behind the three standing their ground, another voice called out, with a message of hope, "GUARDIAN! BROTHER! KEEP FIRING YOUR ATTACKS!"
A ball of crackling purple cosmic energy came out of nowhere, and blasted the destroyer's beam, causing Junior and Mothra's hearts to soar with determination as the ball helped their beams push back the deadly violet beam. As the Chest Beam got closer and closer to its owner, Destoroyah's eyes widened with fear, knowing that…...It had lost.
"NOOOO! I WAS SUPPOSED TO WIN! I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULDN'T BE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN ANYMORE! GOJIRRRRRAAAAAA! I WILL SEE YOU IN ZENITHHHHHH! I AM DESTOROYAH! I AM DESTOROYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
As Destoroyah felt the beams blast through Its chest, creating a hole, Its body was bathed in intense heat, melting the flesh from Its body, and turning It into dust. The mana was doing its work as well, finally finishing off the ravaged body of the destroyer. As Destoroyah screamed in fear, Its eyes melted out of Its head, running down like magma from a volcano, followed by the rest of the head turning into dust. Junior's plates stopped glowing as he cut off the Spiral Ray, and watched Its demise with a stoic expression. "Father…. I've avenged you…. You can rest now…..." he quietly said as he watched the remains of Destoroyah dissolve into a purple liquid, and be consumed by the flames created in Its death, as the sun fully rose in the sky and cast away the darkness. Mothra landed softly, panting heavily, and sighed in relief that it was finally over.
"Rot in Zenith, you piece of shit," Angurius spat at the remains of the destroyer, before limping back to Junior, who had collapsed to the ground after the Spiral Ray. Putting his head underneath his chest and gesturing for Mothra to grab Junior's back, Angurius helped Junior pick himself up, while telling him, "C'mon Junior, let's go home. You need to rest." Knowing his friend was right, Junior began walking slowly towards the ocean, until he suddenly remembered something.
"Neo!" Junior whipped around to see the space clone with his back turned to the group, not bothering to face them. "Neo, you helped us back there, didn't you? Why would you do that?"
"…It was the bigger threat…...That is all…. I will take my leave now, for there is no reason for me to be on your planet anymore. Congratulations Brother, you've won." Looking at Junior very briefly, Neo could only see a blur with a few objects barely standing out amongst them. As he summoned his flying form, and took off into the stratosphere, Junior reached his hand out briefly, but couldn't figure out why. Within moments…Neo was gone…. most likely for good.
"I gave him a second chance," Mothra solemnly explained before either Junior and Angurius could ask her why exactly he was completely healed, "And so far, he's made good on it. If he strays from his chance in any way…... I won't hesitate to destroy him."
And with that, the Earth Defenders left the remains of Tokyo behind, and with it the remains of Destoroyah.
The Dark World.
Destoroyah woke up to find Itself completely unharmed and fully healed, and in some world that It had never seen before. All It could see for miles was pure darkness, which appeared to be endless. "Impossible, I'm alive? But how? Is this…Zenith?"
"I'm afraid not Destoroyah. If it were, the ruler would've already captured you. No, you are in my world now. And I've done you a favor by restoring your body."
Destoroyah quickly glanced around, recognizing the voice that had called out Its name. "Show yourself you weakling!"
"If you so insist, although you will be making your final mistake. Look to your right my ill-mannered friend."
Destoroyah turned to the right, noticing what appeared to be an outline of some creature standing in the darkness, far away. He was in a bipedal stance, appearing to resemble a Western Dragon (Destoroyah had seen several in Its previous life as a microorganism, they were not that impressive), with short muscular legs, long muscular arms, and two massive wings that sprouted out of his back. His head was horned, with what appeared to be a crown of spikes coming out of his head. What stood out to Destoroyah the most, was his eyes…. all six of them. Two were located on his head, and were blood red with no pupils, two were located on his chest and were lightning yellow with no pupils, and the final two were on his pelvis, ocean blue with no pupils. There appeared to be a light emanating from behind him, in an otherwise dark world. "You denied me my vengeance!" Destoroyah screamed as It charged up a chest beam, "I did all you asked and you made me wait, AND NOW THE WHELP STILL LIVES! I WILL END YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
"Now, now, little destroyer," The Master replied as the beam shot at him with the speed of a jet, to which he redirected the beam easily, "I did say I would help you achieve your vengeance in return for your service, but it was you that acted out of impulsiveness, thus leading you to get in this situation. I do not think I am to blame at all, in fact, had you listened to my useless creation and killed more humans, I would've allowed you to continue on your quest and get your revenge. Regardless, I held onto the hope you would be able to eliminate the son of Godzilla and his friends, as not only would you remove an obstacle in the way of my plan, but also prove I made the right move in empowering you. And what do I find here? A destroyer, who couldn't even finish off a weak cur like the bastard. Regardless, I have something in mind for you, a way for you to still be useful."
"I SERVE YOU NO LONGER!"
"Before I do this, I would like to thank you for the souls you harvested, and the fear and despair you extracted from the humans. After all, I have grown stronger from you alone. Had you stayed, well, now witness THIS!" With a wave of the Master's hand, Destoroyah saw several distinct shapes take form in the darkness, forms of prehistoric beasts…and several of Its own kin. The only feature that had any color, were their pure white eyes, as the moved closer and closer to the destroyer with erratic jerky movements. Panicking, Destoroyah blasted several with a micro-oxygen beam, but no matter how many were disintegrated, they kept coming and coming and coming.
"WHAT ARE THESE THINGS?! STAY BACK!" One of the creatures slashed Destoroyah's arms, and it began to bubble and dissolve into a dark powder, causing the unfortunate Destroyer to scream in agony. Soon enough, more slashes cut away at parts of Its body, leading to the darkness overtaking the destroyer.
"These are Shadow Demons, creatures that I and my followers have killed in the past. No doubt you recognize some, like members of the Ragon tribe, members of the Mora tribe, members of the Angilias tribe, members of the Jira tribe, and oh yes… members of the Sauri Tribe. The Guardians of Earth from the past, Gorosaurus, Baragon, Gomora, and Mothra Gaia or Gigamoth as she was known to most of the rabble living on Earth, are sadly not among them, along with the entire Divine Moth tribe, but I can't complain, as your soul will be added to my collection. I did say I would help you get your vengeance and kill the Son of Godzilla, but I never said it would be you doing it…. Farewell Destoroyah."
And so, the Master watched with a grin on his face as the Shadow Demons overtook Destoroyah, and Its screams became a part of the many souls he had inside of him. There was a more pressing matter at hand…. a time for a meeting.
Monster Island.
Monster Island was burning, its former green vegetation blackened from the blaze, the lake having evaporated into nothing, and corpses of Kamacurai littering the ground. Leo was hiding in his cave, praying the being responsible for all this desolation wouldn't find him. He soiled himself when he heard loud footsteps out in the distance, coming closer, and closer. The demon he had seen…...had massacred Angurius, Junior, and his mom, and noticed the young larva as he was…..violating his mother's corpse. As soon as the demon saw him, he began to chase Leo around the ruins of the island. Leo's only thought was, "He's coming after me, and then…. he's going to kill me too."
"Where are you little moth?" A cruel echoing voice reached the cave, causing Leo's heart to beat faster and faster, "You're in my world now…...HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA!" The footsteps stopped, and Leo breathed a sigh of relief. It was quiet again, almost too quiet and then….
CRASH!
A knobby dull green arm with fingers that ended in sharpened blades reached in from behind and pulled the young Divine Moth out of his hiding spot, and raised him up to meet the owner, amidst a blood red sky and the thick black smoke billowing out from the island. The creature had a cat like face, with milky white soulless eyes, the same dull green knobby skin running throughout his entire emaciated looking body, long jagged needle-sharp teeth that were bloodstained red, three small glowing yellow horns on his head, and a shock of black hair, which was buzzing with electricity. In legends, this kaiju was feared by many as a boogeyman who preyed on children, especially when several were found slashed apart in their own beds with electricity burns. Even other kaiju feared a visit from him, so much so they would write basic charms and sigals to keep him away from their territory. He was known only as Gabara….and Leo was at his mercy. Leo squirmed to escape the grasp of the creature, but to no avail. Gabara grinned as he used his free hand to rub the larva, even briefly brushing past a spot that made Leo try to bite the finger of the oni. "LET ME GO!" screamed the squirming Leo, as Gabara's hideous face got closer and closer, his horns beginning to glow with yellow electricity.
"Aww what's the matter? I wasn't going to kill you just yet, I want to have a little fun with you like all of my victims," Gabara slobbered as he licked his lips with his long black tongue, "Besides, this is my favorite thing to do to the helpless like you." But before Gabara could do anything to Leo, a loud eerie roar came out of nowhere, causing Gabara to clutch his ears in pain, dropping Leo at the same time. Leo watched as the oni howled and thrashed his head around, before he disappeared in a flash of light, and the world began to come apart, causing Leo to fall into the bottomless void.
The Real Monster Island.
"AAAHHHHH!" Leo woke up with a start, barely noticing the sunlight shining in through his cave. The larva glanced around, just in case an enemy kaiju had come in the night to try and kill him, before he crawled out slowly. The Kamacuras that had violently been killed by his silk was still there, its corpse a breeding ground for carrion birds, and even a few juvenile members of its own species. Feeling sick to his stomach at what he had done, Leo continued to the beach, hoping that his mother and his friends had returned. "Mom! Angurius! Junior!" he screamed, his green eyes lighting up with joy, putting his horrible nightmare and the death of the Kamacuras aside. Junior limped forward, before collapsing on the beach in relief, while Angurius shook himself off, and after making sure Junior was okay, wandered off to rest after his battle.
"Leo! I was so worried about you! Are you okay?" Mothra landed quickly, causing a small sand cloud to pop up, and nuzzled her son while purring softly.
"Mom, mom, I'm okay, I was waiting for you guys all night, and I fell asleep. I didn't pick any fights while you were gone," Leo lied, not wanting to tell her that the crystal he had cut himself on somehow altered his DNA. "I was scared that none of you were going to come back."
"It's okay now Leo," Mothra murmured as she stopped nuzzling the larva, "I don't think we'll have trouble for quite some time now." She noticed Angurius looking at her, with a stare that told her that her lie may have been bought by her son, but that he and Junior both knew that something was bound to happen once again. "I need to do something for a while, so why don't you go with Junior? I'm sure you're really happy to see him again Leo." The larva happily obliged, and Mothra flew off to speak with Angurius, who disappeared through the undergrowth. Junior was still lying stomach down on the beach, and while Leo might have been a fully-grown larva, he still was nowhere near as large as Junior was. Leo took time to stare at Junior's body, still mesmerized by his rippling muscles, pretty shade of green, and his alluring red and orange eyes. For a kaiju Leo had never seen before…he couldn't lie, he thought Junior was attractive looking. Of course, he liked Junior more for his character more than anything, especially considering he treated Leo as an adult.
"Hey Leo…..." Junior quietly greeted the larva as he crawled up to him, "You get into any trouble while we were gone?"
"No. No more trouble than you. Are you okay? You seem a little down for being the King of the Monsters."
"Leo…. Don't call me that anymore. I only got that title because of my father's death, and my failure to protect him. Until I do something worthy to earn the title of King of the Monsters, just call me Junior. Okay?" As Junior finished saying this, Leo came even closer, and went under his arm, feeling the warmth radiating from his body.
"Whatever you say Junior," Leo replied, nervous about what he was going to reveal, "Listen, I had a nightmare last night, when you were gone with Mom. I saw a horrible monster attack our home…...and kill all of you. He kept chasing me and chasing me while laughing….an-d a-nd…. he tried to k-k-k-kill m-m-me."
Junior hugged the larva closer to him and softly replied, "Gabara, was that his name?" The larva nodded, and Junior continued "I've seen him too, although I was much younger than you at the time. He kept tormenting me for quite some time, so much so that my father noticed that I was losing sleep, and that I had a few injuries that came from nowhere." Junior winced, still hearing Gabara's horrible laugh and the wounds inflicted on him.
"How did you stop him from tormenting you? I tried everything I could, but it wouldn't hurt him or drive him off." The larva got closer to Junior's face, his eyes brimming with curiosity.
"My father taught me a phrase to use whenever I was afraid, which goes "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." The next time Gabara showed up, I repeated the phrase until I saw that Gabara was becoming desperate in trying to induce fear from me. I dragged him out of my dream into the physical world, and then my father attacked him, not killing him unfortunately as he got away quickly, but making sure he would never torment me again. So, the next time you see him, just use that phrase, and it should work wonders. Okay?" Leo nodded happily as Junior let sleep take him, until the larva asked another question.
"Where is other guy you were fighting before the destroyer showed up? Did he get killed?"
"He's left Earth. I don't think he will be back again. If he ever does, I hope he is on our side."
And with that, the son of Godzilla fell asleep, earning sleep after the events of the fateful night. Leo kept close to him, happy to be near to his dear friend and happy that he had brought his mom home safely. Leo began to feel that strange feeling again, a feeling that he felt most at peace with Godzilla Junior, something that the young moth still had trouble figuring out what it meant. Was it a friendship? Or was it…. love? A type of love he had never felt before. Leo decided not to dwell on it, and figure it out later.
The Dark World.
"I call this meeting to order…my acolytes."
The voice of the Master rang out throughout the Dark World, as a group of kaiju gathered around the viewing globe, along with a few dark portals for kaiju that couldn't be there. Ghidorah and Desghidorah were there of course, being considered to be the sons of the Master, with Ghidorah being considered to be the Master's most favorite, and Desghidorah not being so well-liked. To the right of Desghidorah, was a reptile known by humans as a varanopode and known by kaiju to be the last member of the Aran tribe, a quadruped monitor-like creature with a long whip like tail, a row of long spines running across his back all the way to his head, front paws with opposable thumbs and long claws, elbow spikes, and a pair of neon green eyes that shined in the dark. His scales were various shades of purple, with his spikes, spines, claws, and teeth the same shade of neon green as his eyes, and secreting a bright green liquid that sizzled as it hit the floor. "Varan callssss in," he hissed, with a long purple tongue darting out of his mouth very briefly, before turning to Ghidorah with a venomous grin on his face, "Ghidorah, it'ssss been too long."
"It's good to see you again old friend," Ghidorah demurely greeted Varan, "I hope you are doing well."
"I know they're screwing each other," Nutcase snorted as Leader and Vicious glared daggers at him, "C'mon you guys know it as well." Loud laughter caused Leader and Vicious to remove their attention off Nutcase.
"Classic Desghidorah," a voice next to the three-headed dragon chuckled, "always poking his noses wherever they don't belong. I mean I do it, but hey who doesn't? I'm Master of the Sea after all." This kaiju resembled a blue-green aquatic dragon, with three horns arranged in a triangular fashion on his head, two massive shoulder cannons, a pair of folded wings, orange-red fins on his two front legs, a pair of flippers for back legs, and a long-finned tail, perfect for helping him traverse in water. "Still, looking for a skeleton was harder than I thought it would be, if it weren't for this little guy," Daghara continued, as a small rodent like creature who also had aquatic features jumped on top of his head, holding a strange looking starfish in his mouth, "Well anyways, me and Deutalios both agree that they're both dicks, am I right? C'mon admit I'm right? Huh?"
"HEHEHEHEHHE! You're right boss! HEHEHEHEHHEEE!" the rodent screeched.
"That's right! Who's a good boy? Huh?! Huh?! WHO'S A GOOD BOY?!" Daghara laughed as he scratched the Deutalios's furry and scaly belly, "Hey, you want a treat?"
"TREAT TREAT TREAT TREAT TREAT!"
"WELL GO GET IT!" Daghara fired off one of his shoulder cannons, and Deutolios leaped into the air to catch a whale calf that Daghara had caught earlier. Its parents would not miss it, as Daghara's Barem had taken care of them already.
"Heh heh heh, you've trained him well," Leader chuckled while Vicious looked on in wonder, "He's a loyal little rat, which is more than what I can say about the destroyer."
"Destroyer? Geez, am I really being let out of the loop despite my years of service? Well how bout that? I guess the old coot forget about me," a laidback voice emanated from one of the dark portals, its owner's glowing red visor being the only thing visible.
"Gigan," the master replied as the rest of his acolytes quit socializing and turned around to where the voice was coming from, "Have you reached the third planet in the Bilusaludia Binary System?"
"Nope, but if it weren't for that planet's defense systems, I coulda been there faster than the jolly green giant over there," Gigan snarked, as he gestured at another acolyte, a green gargantua, "But hey, being stuck in a meteor isn't such a bad way to travel. Especially when a phony prophecy is enough to cause the Guardian of Earth to leave Earth and send me in the right direction. And before you say anything else you geezer, yes, I know what I am looking for exactly."
Vicious screamed "FOR THIS DISRESPECT YOU SHALL BE-"
"Punished? Oh, please Desghidorah, yer all talk," the previously insulted green gargantua interrupted, "Ah reckon that yer little failure to keep the destroyer in line will not please the master. Speakin' of business, Ah'm getting quite tired of hangin out in the mountains all the time. Humans may taste delicious, but please, can Ah attack a city or something' like dat?"
"I do apologize Gaira, but you are to continue what you are doing. You are correct, as the destroyer could've been a good ally to us, had my emissary kept It in line," the Master replied with venom in his words, "In fact from this moment forward, your new emissary shall be…...Ghidorah."
"But Master I…" Desghidorah stammered, all three of his heads speaking in unison.
"Hold your tongue! I sometimes wish I never created you," the Master silenced Desghidorah quickly. His announcement however had caused quite a furor among his other Acolytes, with the exception of Ghidorah, Varan, and Gigan.
"HEY! Me and Deutalios spent weeks looking for your stupid skeleton, so it should be ME! DAGHARA! THE MASTER OF THE SEA!"
"YOU AIN'T FIT TO BE THE MASTER OF MY ASS!" Gaira bellowed, grabbing a massive stone club.
"GAIRA INFERIOR. G.O.R.T SUPERIOR," a humanoid being replied from another dark portal, with a thin yellow visor.
"Ya know," a massive jade green and blue beetle with yellow drills for hands butted in, "I've been causing earthquakes all this time, and I kind of bored. I'd love to see what it's like to boss others around."
"I'm surrounded by idiots, especially Megalon" a wispy waste spirit with oval shaped red eyes sighed, "Master, babe, perhaps you can pick me to be your emissary, because as you know I am very good at persuading others to do what I want. Just say yes and I'll be yours, baby."
"Hedorah, if you want to be my emissary, then would you kindly bring this meeting to order before I decided to destroy you all? Then I might consider it."
"Everyone, WOULD YOU SHUT UP!" Everyone stopped their arguments, and then the Master spoke once again.
"Now, as I'm sure all of you know, the Promised Day is coming upon us, and my plan is closer and closer to completion. So, I would like all of you to continue doing what you were to harvest fear, despair, and souls from humans. Gaira, you are to stay in the mountains and continue devouring humans and creating disappearances. G.O.R.T. you are not to act until the Promised Day. Megalon, keep creating tremors and earthquakes, but do not split apart any fault lines until I say so. And Hedorah, I will be making you an emissary for my human followers, as long as you stay in your spirit form. Alan Jonah and Cameron Winter are at my beck and call, so it is they you will speak to. Now dispense all of you, as I have words for my Elite Acolytes." With that, the Acolytes disappeared back into portals of darkness, leaving only Varan, Desghidorah, Daghara, Deutalios, Gigan, and Ghidorah.
"What is it master? What do you have to say to us?" Ghidorah asked.
"The Son of Godzilla and the Guardian of Earth have proven to be the wrench in my plan, along with the Angilas tribe member, and the bastard. In many ways, they are the only ones who could put a stop to what has gone right up until this point in time. It was proven to me when they were able to kill Destoroyah, a being whom I had given a massive power boost to. As it stands, I forbid any of you to engage in combat with them, until I can figure out a way to destroy them one by one," The Master explained before a light shone down on Daghara, "Now, Daghara, with your efforts, I now have the bones that I can use as a vessel, which means that you are to set out on your next mission when I tell you." A pillar of light shot from the ground, displaying the bones of an ancient leviathan, which was surrounded by swirling spirits, who flew into the bones, causing flesh to slowly regenerate.
"And let me guess," Gigan muttered, "stay in the meteor. Yeah I got it." With that, Gigan's portal disappeared. The light shone on Varan next, who waited patiently for the Master to address him.
"As for you, I want you to work on recruiting that other we talked about in the past before, as he could be a valuable ally. He lives alone, so work on driving him over to our side, using whatever tactics you please."
Varan's tongue darted out before hissed back, "And what sssshould I do if those who would oppose you sssshow up?"
"Then, trick him into fighting them, and then when you have them separated, DESTROY THEM," the Master commanded, "But should the bastard and Guardian of Earth show up, leave them to me. I would like to test their power myself. I have no doubt you and the other will be able to kill the rest. Now Varan the Unbelievable, go out, and spread your poison!"
"By your command," Varan replied, as he turned around to leave, leaping into a portal that lead to Earth. The Master soon left right after, leaving Ghidorah and Desghidorah alone, with each dragon staring at each other.
"Congratulations brother," Leader addressed Ghidorah while looking down, "You've taken a lot from me, and now you have my job as well."
"I hope you're happy now, you selfish prick," Nutcase hissed, "all you've done is remind me of how much of a failure I am."
"I WILL LEAVE NOW," Vicious continued, "SO YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR UNEARNED JOB."
"Now don't be like that brother," Ghidorah sneakily replied as he got closer to Desghidorah, "I'm sure I can work out something with the Master to help you, or maybe you can take action yourself one of these days. Oh, who am I kidding, I know you won't." Desghidorah glared at Ghidorah and blasted him with a bolt of crimson lighting, breaking Ghidorah's stoic expression.
"DO NOT THINK ME WEAK BROTHER!" Desghidorah roared, all three of his heads speaking in unison, "I WOULD DESTROY YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU STAND WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT THE MASTER STILL NEEDS YOU!"
"Y-you y-you," stammered Ghidorah in shock, before he composed himself and responded, "Whatever. It is completely useless useless useless for us to squabble over such a matter about whom the master favors." As Desghidorah calmed down and stomped off, Nutcase asked Ghidorah one last question.
"If I may, where did the Master send your paramour to exactly?"
"A place called…Skull Island."
Well here it is, the final chapter in the Return of the Destroyer arc, one that has been in production for longer than I thought it would be. I apologize for the late arrival of this chapter, as real life got in the way and made it take much longer than it should have. Anyways, the next arc will be titled...The Curse of the Unbelievable, and we head to Skull Island as Kong joins the story. But which side will he pick? Will he join the Earth Defenders, or the Acolytes of the Master? First there will be two interlude chapters, one that deals with Mothra, Angurius, and Neo, and one in which we deal with Kong. So here is the voice cast, along with some new additions.
Johnny Yong Bosch as Godzilla Jr (adult and teen).
Dan Southworth as Neozilla/SpaceGodzilla.
Sumalee Montano as Mothra.
Matthew Mercer as Anguirus.
Yuri Lowenthal as Mothra Leo.
Marc Diarson as Godzilla.
Quinton Flynn as Rodan.
David Gallagher as Battra.
Fred Tatasciore as Destoroyah.
Charlie Adler as Varan.
Willem Dafoe (Leader), Dave Wittenberg (Nutcase), and Kevin Michael Richardson (Vicious) as Desghidorah.
James Woods as Dagahra.
Spike Spencer as Deutalios.
James Patrick Stuart as Gigan.
Patrick Seitz as Grand-King Ghidorah.
Tony Jay as The Master.
James Earl Jones as Gojira (Godzilla 1954).
Sigourney Weaver as Biollante.
Tim Curry as Hedorah.
Patrick Warburton as Megalon.
Robert Englund as Gabara.
Cathy Weseluck as Godzilla Jr (child).
Jim Ward as M.O.G.U.E.R.A.
Cylon voice as G.O.R.T.
Jeffery Dean Morgan as Gaira.
And introducing...
Steve Blum as Kong.
I am planning on taking a short break before I put out the next chapters, but regardless, tune in next time for Rebirth of the King and find out exactly what Mothra and Angurius must talk about, what happened to Neo, and what's going on with Kong.
See ya later, and thank you for reading my story. Don't be afraid to leave reviews.
Fun Fact: I seriously considered making Rebirth of the King a musical.