Chapter 14: Turning Tides
Ever since Rodan betrayed him, Godzilla had been very distrustful of everyone. The only person Godzilla allowed to enter his quarters was Mothra. How could someone who was so close to Godzilla just stab him in the back? Maybe the rumors were true. Battra has become far more powerful than thought.
To make matters worse, Anguirus, one of Godzilla's only remaining friends, has informed him that Battra's army is fully assembled. If Battra were to begin his assault on humanity then the Kaiju Court will be targeted.
"Anguirus, what are our options. Do the humans know that we mean no harm to them?"
"They don't care, even with our reasoning they only see us as enemies. Once the Legion of Doom attacks, we will be attacked."
"So that's it then? Another war? More dead kaiju? I am getting too old for this crap."
"You aren't that old."
"I'm 65 million years old Anguirus, I am the oldest member of my species ever. And through those 65 million years I learned something. Our kind are destructive. All we do is stomp around and kill each other. Hell that's why all of us can shoot lasers or cut each other apart! I don't want the humans to suffer, but I don't want our kind to suffer either."
"Well why don't we just march right up to Battra and end this nightmare before it starts?"
Mothra stands up and stretches her wings. Anguirus glances towards her.
"We don't know where he is and knowing my brother he already knows that we want to do that. He is smarter than you think. Plus he has Gigan, Rodan, and hundreds of Mutos who will rip us apart before we even get to him."
Godzilla is visibly grumpy. He slams his tail down onto the ground.
"How did he even get this powerful anyway? I am the alpha! I defeated Ghidorah! How did we end up in this position?"
"It was his military time. He was born a good kid, but as soon as he was proven to be exceptionally smart he was sent to our military. His lust for power began there. Ever since then he craved power. The power to make changes to the world that he seemed fit. He threw away his friends, his family, and eventually his whole species, to get here."
"Mothra, every time I see you two fight he often hesitates killing you. Many times he has gotten his pincer around your neck and he hasn't killed you. Could we use this?"
"He only spared me because it fit his agenda. He is a cruel, heartless kaiju Goji and we both know that."
Mothra jumps up onto Godzilla's back and starts to stroke his head with her smaller middle legs. Anguirus awkwardly looks around the room.
"Look, I have some other things to attend to, but I hope you come to a decision soon. We would really like our leader back."
Anguirus bows and walks out of the stone shelter. Godzilla sighs and sits down. He waits for the loud thumps of Anguirus' feet to stop before speaking again.
"I'm going to be honest Mothra, I don't know what to do next. We don't have an army anymore. We have maybe 30 or so kaiju in total and Battra has hundreds. We need help but humanity isn't willing to help us. Any day now war will break out and I don't want you…"
He strokes her fuzzy face.
"...to be hurt. I don't want to lose you again Mothra, I'm not strong enough this time."
Mothra coos and wraps herself up in his arms. The warmth of her fuzzy body makes Godzilla relax.
"We'll figure something out, ok? Now just relax. I am not going anywhere."
Mothra kisses Godzilla and then glances outside. The sun is setting on their savanna safe haven.
"The sun's getting low, lets get some sleep ok?"
The two cuddle in a corner until they fall asleep. The quiet chirping of the crickets outside their home almost drowned out the sound of the stealth bombers quietly flying towards their camp.
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By the time Godzilla heard them, it was too late. Within seconds, their peaceful home and camp was a blazing hell hole. Godzilla quickly spread himself on top of Mothra's frame to protect her from the bombs. Several hit him in the back and he howls in pain. Godzilla grabs the now frightened Mothra and charges out of his crumbling home. What he sees is something straight out of an apocalyptic movie.
His camp was in utter chaos. All the stone huts were blasted to dust, the paths were now just smoking craters, and the sky was alive with jets, bombers, and flashes of lights. Godzilla looks to the left and sees Anguirus charging towards him. A large chunk of his outer shell is blown apart.
"THE HUMANS! THEY ATTACKED! WE NEED TO MOVE NOW!'
Mothra grabs Godzilla's face and turns it towards her. His red eyes quivering in shock.
"Goji, let me fight them. I can hold them off while the others escape."
"No! You'll die! Get to the underground shelter and make sure everyone is ok."
Mothra sighs and jumps out of his arms. She gets onto Anguirus's back as he charges towards the shelter's entrance. Godzilla looks up into the sky, ready to fire his atomic breath but just before he does he spots something, odd. One of the bombers has a blue butterfly on it. Just as it flies overhead a bomb lands right in front of Godzilla.
The shape of the bomb is oval, but it has a clear midsection. Inside of it is a light blue liquid. The Monarch symbol sits just above it. Just as Godzilla approaches it with curiosity it explodes. A blue light envelops the entire battlefield. The light quickly turns into a fine mist that begins to set on everything. The droplets land on Godzilla's body and very quickly enter him. Moments later, as if someone has injected liquid hot metal into his body, Godzilla is writing and roaring in agony. His large grey body spasms in agony as the mist does it's job. Then, as if someone turned off the lights, Godzilla blacks out.
He awakens underground in the shelter next to Mothra. She is wrapped around Godzilla. The large cave was designed to hold almost 100 kaiju inside of it, but only 30 have ever used it. Godzilla glances through fuzzy vision towards the center of the room. The light from the sun has pierced the room, but laying on the floor is a large silver disc. Just as Godzilla fully re-awakens the disc begins to light up. Seconds later the blue holographic image of Alexander Wells fills the room. He is wearing a suit and standing in a blank room. In his hand is a small vial of the strange blue mist-like liquid.
"Hello, Kaiju Court. My name is Alexander Wells and I am the CEO of Apex Laboratories. As you may be aware, our kind is now at war. Just less than 12 hours ago Battra and his "Legion of Doom" as he calls it, began to lay siege to several South American countries. The loss of life is approaching the scale of millions. Within the coming hours, we will retaliate. But as a gift to ensure that whoever wins this war; us or you, we have rid you of the virus that plagues your bodies. This virus has caused many of your kind to be endangered or even extinct. Now you are free from it's shackles. Cherish this, as this is the last time our kind will be friendly towards each other."
A collective gasp fills the room. Godzilla sits up and begins to stumble towards the hologram. Wells turns his head and faces Godzilla head on.
"And Godzilla, this message is for you. You may think this planet is yours, and you may think you are going to win this war...you have no idea what you are messing with. This will be a bigger threat than anything you will ever face. Once Kiryu is finished, he will hunt down and decimate both your entire court and you. And believe me, your little moth girlfriend won't be there to distract him. Good luck, and will the best species win."
The hologram ends, and Godzilla roars in anger. He balls up his fist and slams it down on the disk. It shatters. The entire room falls silent. Not because of Godzilla destroying the hologram, but because of Battra's shadowy figure landing right behind him. Godzilla turns around and Battra flairs his bat like wings. Mothra jumps up and prepares to fight.
"Seems like you now have a situation to take care of."
Godzilla grabs Battra by the neck and tightens his grip. His red eyes show no emotion. Battra brings his pincer up to Godzilla's neck in response.
"Give me one good reason Battra why I shouldn't crush you right now."
"You won't hear what I have to say."
"I do believe we all have heard just enough of what you say."
"Do they?"
Battra uses his front legs to push down Godzilla's arm. He releases his grip. Battra drops to the ground and adjusts his wings.
"Now you all see just what humanity is capable of. They show no kindness, no remorse, nothing but hatred towards our kind. And your leader still doesn't want to fight them. Cowardly. But I haven't come here to challenge his rule, or to kill him. I have come here to form an alliance. The only way our race will survive is if we unite our forces. And together we will reclaim our world."
Battra turns towards Godzilla and extends one of his arms towards him.
"Together, we will build a new world. One where we live... as gods."
Mothra walks up next to Godzilla and sits on his back. Every other kaiju in the room awaits a response.
"Your legion wants nothing more but to enslave those who don't obey their rules. Humanity does the same thing. Who really is the enemy here? LOOK AROUND YOU BATTRA! DON'T YOU SEE? THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Godzilla steps foward but a red blast of energy hits him right in the chest. He is sent flying backwards. The rumbling of jet engines announces the arrival of Gigan and Rodan. Both of them stand next to Battra's figure. Godzilla gets up and faces the three kaiju.
"Get out. I don't want an alliance. We are stronger than you."
Battra smirks. He turns to leave.
"We'll see. In time, you'll see."
Battra takes flight. Gigan and Rodan soon follow him. Godzilla stands up and watches them fly off. Godzilla looks down and lets out a deep sigh. One of sadness and also one of anger.
The war had just begun.
Author's note: And so the war begins between the kaiju and the humans. I took a little while longer to write this one because I wasn't satisfied with the end result. I also just realised that I have been using the word "pincher" instead of the correct term "pincer." I honestly thought that it was called a pincher my entire life but apparently not. Sorry for any possible confusion. But as for the cast list I only have one new addition. Besides that I will see you guys soon.
Anguirus: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
Random: Don't you hate it when you order something custom made online and it takes 6 weeks to arrive and when you open the package you realize that it is the wrong thing? Yeah this happened to me just recently. The icing on the cake is that it takes them 1-2 weeks to respond to emails so I am now stuck with something that I can't even do anything with because it's the wrong thing.