Chapter 22: Deep Wounds

Godzilla, Mothra, and Anguirus have traveled across the United States to the Texas-Mexico border to prevent the Legion of Doom from advancing any further.

At first, they saw no sign of mutos or jaegers, but after two days of nothing they saw them.

Off in the distance, a black wave began to creep into view. Massive clouds of dust swept behind them as they charged towards them. However, just as the trio were in their eyesight, they stopped. Godzilla looked over towards his two companions. Both of them ready for this fight. They didn't care if they died, this was their last stand against their enemy.

But instead of the wall of mutos charging towards them, three figures emerged from behind them and flew towards them. Moments later, the tall looming forms of Gigan, Rodan, and Battra land in front of them.

Gigan sets down in front of Mothra. She raises herself up in response. Rodan lands with a screech and sets down in front of Anguirus. And finally Battra drops down in front of Godzilla. Godzilla's dorsal plates begin to pulse blue. Battra clacks his pincer in response. He looks at all three of them and begins to speak.

"So this is the last of the great Kaiju Court. Not much of it left honestly. Look what I am the king of. An army, two whole continents, and thousands of kaiju. What are you the ruler of?"

Godzilla inhales and raises his chin. Battra smiles.

"Once I squash you and your puny little defense I will have nothing in my way. Just because us three flew out here to have a fair fight doesn't mean I won't call in my mutos to trample you.

Godzilla still says nothing. His red eyes burn into Battra's. Battra. Visibly frustrated, shakes his wings.

"We didn't just fly out here for you to say nothing. Have you got anything you'd like to say?"

"Battra, I will never understand just why you quest for power, but what do you plan on doing once you achieve it?"

"Do the job you are failing at. Humanity is a plague to the Earth and the only way the balance will be restored is if they are kept in check."

Mothra visibly shakes her wings in frustration. Battra notices this.

"Sister I don't understand just why you love these vile creatures. They built a machine that nearly caused all of our deaths! They poison the Earth with their machines! We need to destroy them once and for all. So this is your last chance. Will you let us pass in peace, or will you stand in our way."

Godzilla gets himself into a fighting stance.

"I won't allow you to kill any more innocent lives. Your reign of terror ends today."

Battra steps back and takes flight. Gigan and Rodan look at him and then ready themselves.

"Then you will perish like the rest of your kind!"

Mothra and Rodan both take flight. Gigan lets out a screech and charges towards Mothra. Anguirus roars and sprints towards Rodan, and Battra dives towards Godzilla. Seconds later, the fight of the century begins.

Godzilla manages to land a punch on Battra as he is coming down. Battra staggers in the air for a brief second but spins around and uses his front legs to slash at Godzilla's outstretched arm. Two deep cuts are left in his arm. Godzilla lets out a roar and fires his atomic breath at him in response. Battra dodges it but then swings his wings in front of him to redirect the beam back at him. Godzilla slams into the ground.

Just as Godzilla and Battra begin to slug it out, Gigan and Mothra begin to battle it out. Gigan lets out a screech and fires his heat vision at Mothra. She uses her wings to reflect it away from her. Gigan screeches at her and uses his thrusters to jump up and slash at her wings. Mothra barrel rolls and just barely manages to dodge the deadly attack. Mothra flies upwards and then dives down on top of Gigan. Using her front set of legs she cuts a deep gash in Gigan's back. He cries in agony.

Anguirus and Rodan are also trading blows. Rodan first dove down and used his talons to try to rip apart Anguirus but his thick carapace tanked the attack. He then swung around and managed to hit Rodan right in the chest with his clubbed tail. Rodan screeches and is sent flying into a skyscraper. He slams right through it and smashes into the road below. Just as Rodan manages to get himself back on his feet, Anguirus charges through that same skyscraper and rams into him. Rodan turns his head and breathes fire onto Anguirus.

Battra soars overhead as he watches his friend roast Anguirus. Godzilla roars in the distance and shoots his atomic breath. Battra dodges the blue beam and turns his head to face him but just as he changes direction he gets a splitting pain in his head. Battra cries out in pain as his head feels like it's being squeezed. Purple sparks shoot from his eyes.

Godzilla uses this time to hit Battra directly in the chest with his atomic breath. Battra rings out in pain as he slams into a building. Just as he is laying there convulsing in agony the building topples on top of him. Godzilla turns his head to his left to see Mothra tank a direct hit from Gigan's heat vision.

"OH NO YOU DON'T. TAKE THIS!"

Godzilla punches Gigan right in the visor with his right hand. Gigan screeches and falls backwards. Mothra dives down and manages to cut one of Gigan's scythe blades clean off his arm. Gigan jumps back up and tries to stab Godzilla with his tail.

Godzilla jolts back as the multi-pronged tail zips by his head. Godzilla grabs it and twists it around his arm and pulls his tail. With a loud snapping sound Godzilla pulls Gigan's tail right off of him. He roars and throws it onto the ground.

Battra, still crying out in agony, has managed to crawl his way out of the rubble. He climbs atop the pile of twisted concrete and steel and clutches his head.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! I CAN'T TAKE THIS PAIN ANYMORE! RRRAAAAHHHHH!"

Battra squeezes his eyes shut as hard as he can. But something inside him changes. Almost as if he now has access to a new supply of energy deep inside himself. Battra takes flight towards Godzilla.

While this is all happening, Anguirus and Rodan are still beating each other up. Anguirus is sent recoiling in pain from the heat of Rodan's fire. Rodan lets out a cackle and takes off. He dives down and manages to latch onto Anguirus's carapace. Anguirus swings his tail and limbs wildly but is unable to hit the fire demon. Rodan digs his talons in as deep as he can and flies upwards. Rodan carries Anguirus high into the clouds and then drops him. Anguirus cries out in fear as he plummets to the Earth below. And then, moments later, he slams into the ground.

His back is broken.

Anguirus, now paralysed from the waist down, crawls out of the crater with only his front legs. Rodan sets down behind his cripple former friend.

"What's wrong old man? Too frail to fight?"

Anguirus turns his head towards Rodan.

"What happened to you Rodan, this isn't you. Normal Rodan wouldn't be this cruel."

Rodan just cackles in response. He turns his head to see Battra take flight with a purple hue around his head. He looks down and sees Gigan getting torn apart. He takes one last glance towards Anguirus and takes flight towards his injured friend.

Mothra looks over her shoulder mid air to see her brother flying straight up. Both her and Godzilla stop to watch just what he is doing. And then, with Battra's screech, it happens.

Battra swings both of his wings out to his side and fires two purple beams of energy straight from his eyes. The beam of energy slams into Godzilla and causes him to stagger backwards and collapse to the ground. Still screaming, Battra dives down and continues to unleash his new attack on the surrounding landscape. The neon purple beam slices clean through buildings like a knife through butter. Godzilla tries to get back up but the intensity of Battra's prism beam prevents him from doing so. Just as Mothra is watching all of this unfold she suddenly gets rammed by Rodan. He latches onto her and slams her into a building below. Chunks of concrete go flying as she is slammed into rooftop after rooftop. She fires webs of silk at Rodan but the heat of his flesh causes them to melt off instantly.

Battra silences his attack and then dives down towards Godzilla. Godzilla just manages to get himself back up just as Battra latches onto him. Using as much strength as he can muster, Battra drags him towards the nearby beach and pulls him into the ocean. Godzilla cries out as he is dragged into the ocean.

Mothra, now outnumbered three to one, desperately looks for a way to escape. Their mission had failed.

"MOTHRA! THIS FIGHT ISN'T OVER YET!"

She turns around to see Gigan fire his heat vision at her. She dives and avoids the beam but manages to spot Anguirus lying on the ground below. Her heart drops. She doesn't know who did this but all she knows is that Gigan is going to suffer for it. She spins around and flies straight towards the cyborg at full speed.

"I see your pheromone levels are different, could it be that you are now...a mother?"

Gigan cackled as he watched Mothra go from angry to shocked. Using this temporary loss of focus, he reaches out and manages to strike Mothra with his remaining scythe blade. She lets out a cry of agony as a chunk of her left wing is severed. Mothra staggers in the air and then slams into the ground below. Gigan walks over to her crash sight.

"Where are they hiding Mothra? Where are your eggs? I can't wait to crush them under my feet!"

Mothra struggles to pick herself up. Her damaged wing hangs at an awkward angle. She turns to face Gigan. He raises his remaining scythe.

"Any last words, Queen of the Monsters?"

"GET AWAY FROM HER!"

Just as Gigan is about to kill Mothra, Godzilla appears behind him and roars. Just before Gigan can spin around, Godzilla's tail slams into Gigan's lower body and rips it clean off. Gigan's waist and legs go flying as his severed upper body slams to the ground below. Gigan's blue blood sprays everywhere as he screams in pain.

Just as Rodan was about to swoop down on Godzilla he spins around and fires his atomic breath. Rodan takes the full brunt of the beam and is sent crashing to the ground below. Battra lets out a cry of anger and dives down towards his weak sister. Just before Battra can finish her off Godzilla swings his tail and it slams into him. Battra is sent careening into a nearby skyscraper and plows right through it.

Godzilla picks up his wounded mate and puts her on his back. She wraps her wings around him and holds on. In order to save his comrades, he orders a full retreat. Battra grabs the now ripped in half Gigan and flies off towards his muto allies. Rodan takes one last sorrowful look at his former friends and takes off after him. Godzilla watches them fly off but something is off.

Where is Anguirus?

"Mothra, where is Anguirus?"

"I saw him over there, near the remains of that skyscraper. He wasn't moving."

Godzilla's heart drops. He tells Mothra to hold on and he sprints over to Anguirus.

When Godzilla glances over the crater he sees Anguirus lying motionless on the ground. Mothra climbs down off of his back and wraps her good wing around her wounded one and begins to heal herself. Godzilla gets down to the ground to see if Anguirus still has a pulse.

He does.

Anguirus turns his head weakly towards Godzilla. A frail smile on his face.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Did we do it? Are they gone?"

"Yes, but they might come back. Gigan was torn in half and Rodan has a massive hole in his chest."

"Good. He deserves it."

Mothra climbs on top of Anguirus and wraps her wings around him. Within just a few minutes he regains feeling in his rear feet again. However, even though their physical wounds were healed, the mental ones still remain.

Rodan from a distance watched as Mothra healed his damaged friend. Although he agrees with Battra's ideology, deep down he regrets betraying his allies. Almost killing Anguirus made him realize just how bad of a decision it was.

Although the fight was a loss for Battra, he did gain a very important piece of information.

Mothra has laid eggs.

Author's note: I don't really have much to say about this chapter but I hope you guys enjoyed reading it. I'll try to post a new chapter soon but my work schedule is still messed up a little bit. Stay tuned my friends.

Random: Having your cat walk all over your keyboard while you are writing is simultaneously cute and very annoying.