Tokyo, Japan
1:37 PM Local Time
November 3, 20XX
The dazzling skyscraper city of Tokyo, Japan has seen destruction again and again in the past century. From World War Two to Godzilla's first attack to the monster rampages of the sixties. It was a wonder the city has been able to attain the glinting glory it has now, but that was all about to change.
The skies darken as a massive meteor fell to the Earth. It slowed on its descent, landing next to the magnificent Tokyo Tower. With a crash and a cloud of smoke the meteor made contact with Earth, crushing dozens of building beneath. No lives were lost or would be lost, since the city had long been evacuated.
The meteor began to crack like an egg, and then suddenly exploded. Tokyo Tower began to melt under the rising heat that came from the rock. The air turned red as it rose to temperatures seen only in nuclear explosions. The area glowed for minutes, hiding everything with. Finally the red glow began to vanish, and it revealed the monster within.
Armageddon truly had the image of a bringer of death and destruction. With a spiked head with glowing eyes that changed color repeatedly, and a mouth filled with dagger-like teeth, numerous spikes and plates along its back, spiked shoulders and tentacles writhing about from them, massive arms that reached the ground, and black and grey skin littered with spikes made Armageddon seem as fearsome as its name implied.
No one could tell if the creature even had feet for they were hidden behind what appeared to be a cloak, robe, or skirt. From beneath this skirt came a tail spanning three hundred feet, ending it a circlet of spikes. Standing as it did now the monster was two hundred and fifty feet tall. Enormous demonic red wings that dropped a shadow over the surrounding city completed Armageddon's terrifying image.
Armageddon opened his mouth as if to roar, but no sound came out. What did come out was an invisible wave of destruction that transformed a path from Armageddon to Tokyo Bay into a sea of flames. The flames quickly parted and created a wall on either side of the charred path. A wave began to rise in Tokyo Bay and Godzilla's dorsal plates broke through the blue- green water. He rose up out of the water and stepped onto the land where the path had been created. Godzilla growled as he looked from side to side then straight forward, at the massive Armageddon, whose skin was now dark red.
Godzilla roared at the monster as he marched forward, the fire walls disappearing as he passed them. Armageddon stood and returned Godzilla's roar, creating a petrifying mixture of roars, shrieks, and cries that were never heard on Earth.
The terrible roar was bone-chilling even to Godzilla, making him slow his walk for a moment, but he quickly regained himself, snarling and roaring at Armageddon. When Godzilla was with five hundred feet of the space monster, pale brown tentacles burst from the ground and wrapped around the Godzilla. The charcoal gray monster struggled against the tentacles like he had Biollante's, but these proved to be far more powerful. With extreme ease they pulled Godzilla down, then lifted him into the air and brought him crashing down again. The third drop broke Godzilla's left arm, then the fourth cracked his ribs.
Armageddon made a shaking sound deep in his throat, laughing at Godzilla. The tentacles protruding from his shoulders rose up and opened their tips. They began to glow bright yellow then unleashed gravity beams on the regenerating monster. The beams tore up the ground around Godzilla, picking up rocks and dirt and raining down on the Monster King, who could not stand under the bombardment.
While still firing the gravity beams Armageddon fired hundreds of small stingers from his arms. The spikes dug themselves into Godzilla's skin and injected a poison the slowed his regeneration. Armageddon then halted the gravity beam assault, allowing Godzilla to stand.
Godzilla snarled and charged a powerful atomic heat beam. The blue light glowed in his mouth while an electric blue glow danced on his dorsal plates. Armageddon curved his mouth into a sinister smile. Godzilla inhaled deeply, sucking in some surrounding debris, and then unleashed the blue- white heat beam. The nuclear energy beam dispersed harmlessly a few meters in front of Armageddon. The massive monster then began charging its own oral weapon. A white light appeared his mouth and along the spikes on his back. Armageddon imitated Godzilla's inhaling for no other reason than to taunt the mutant, and fired an atomic beam a hundred times more powerful than Godzilla's. The super atomic heat beam covered the whole of Godzilla's still limp left arm, and Godzilla roared in pain. When the beam stopped and vanished nothing remained where the Godzilla's arm had been. Slowly the bone began to regenerate, but far slower than usual.
Armageddon then roared into the sky, and the clouds took on a dark green hue. Godzilla looked up and saw green droplets of water fall from the clouds. As soon as the rain drops made contact they created a torrent of steam, burning whatever they touched. Godzilla shrieked in pain this time as his skin was eaten away by the acid rain and Armageddon chuckled again. Armageddon fired another super atomic heat beam, this time doing away with the charging and inhalation. The beam vaporized Godzilla's legs this time and the mighty behemoth fell to the ground. Godzilla tried to fire another heat beam of his own, but it also was deflected by whatever shield Armageddon possessed. Godzilla growled in a way no one had ever heard before. This growl was not one of anger, but one of pain. And not only physical pain, but the pain of Godzilla realizing this might very well be his last fight. And he wouldn't even have had a chance.
As Armageddon charged another super heat beam a shrill cry sounded from the sky. Armageddon looked up, the super atomic heat ball still in his mouth, and saw the green acid clouds part. From the ray of sunlight came a massive moth-like creature with blue, orange, green, red, and black wings. Massive blue eyes donned its head and white fur covered its body. Two delicate looking antennae stretched from its forehead. Its six white legs hung close to its body, and its bee-like abdomen was covered in a combination of blue and white fur.
Godzilla looked up as the apparition shrieked again, and he immediately recognized it as Mothra. The gigantic insect swooped down to Armageddon, dropping golden dust on the super monster. The space creature fired its atomic heat beam, unsuccessfully trying to vaporize the moth. When the beam died away Mothra made another pass, dropping more gold dust. Armageddon raised his shoulder tentacles and fired gravity beams at Mothra. She turned and brought her chest to meet the yellow rays. They were absorbed by a shimmering orb that grew and grew as the beams continued firing. Finally Armageddon stopped and waited from Mothra to do the predictable, but instead of firing the energy back Mothra transferred the energy into herself. Her wings briefly glowed yellow as she sped towards Armageddon again. This time Mothra brought out her clawed feet and landed firmly on Armageddon's head. She hovered there and proceeded to claw at the monster's head and raining gold dust. Black, purple, green, yellow, red, and orange blood poured from the wounds. Armageddon shot out a claw-like tongue that Mothra barely dodged. He took a few steps back and fired the poison spikes. The stingers all deviated from the paths and flew back to Armageddon, as if deciding to attack their master instead. The monster's skin transformed to metallic silver as he used his telekinesis to through away his own stingers. Armageddon then tried to telekinetically pull Mothra down, but couldn't amass the energy. He then tried to charge a super atomic heat beam, but failed. Next he attempted to unleash the gravity beams and was unsuccessful again. Mothra's golden dust has suppressed his ability to use his energy weapons.
Armageddon roared in anger charged at Mothra, defying his own apparent weight. Mothra easily dodged the massive monster, and then began raining lighting down on him from her wings. The red lighting bolts danced along Armageddon's body.
The space monster swung its massive tail around and almost succeeded in hitting Mothra, but she back away and flew towards Godzilla. She landed on the nearly dead monster then produced a brown stinger from the tip of her abdomen. As Armageddon turned, his dorsal spikes began glowing, the golden dust beginning to wear off. Mothra quickly plunged the stinger into Godzilla's side. Armageddon aimed for the joined monsters and Mothra quickly leapt off Godzilla, leaving the stinger there. Armageddon fired at the ascending Mothra.
When Armageddon stopped firing the super atomic heat beam he opened his shoulder cones. An orange light developed inside them and then exploded from the open spikes. The super plasma grenades sped towards Mothra. The giant insect dodged the energy orbs, but they turned and began to follow her. Mothra flew towards the skyscrapers and maneuvered around them in attempts to doge the super plasma grenades. One grenade tore into a building and exploded, engulfing the structure in a massive fireball and knocking down the surrounding buildings.
The other grenade continued following Mothra as she left downtown Tokyo and glided towards Armageddon. Armageddon changed to a deep green and opened his mouth. The destruction wave blew towards Mothra, knocking her back into the super plasma grenade. She disappeared in the fireball. As the fire dissipated Mothra's burning body fell to the ground. Armageddon stared in amazement, wondering how Mothra survived, when he sensed a massive energy surge behind him. Armageddon turned and lost his right gravity beam tentacle in a blue heat beam. Godzilla had fully regenerated and regained all his strength. Armageddon quickly realized what Mothra must have been doing when she stung Godzilla.
"Are the missiles ready?" Vanessa asked the admiral of the enormous fleet collecting in Tokyo Bay. She, David, Jessica, Tanaka, their Mech crews, and a dozen other EDF officers were watching the battle from high above in a special jet able to resist the acid rain.
"Yes Chief, the Frontiers are ready to fire at any time," the admiral said confidently over the visual telephone.
"Then fire at will."
The three dozen battleships and destroyers were suddenly surrounded in gust of white smoke as hundreds of Frontier missiles fired from their decks. The white, red tipped missiles raced through the city directly towards Armageddon. The passed by and over Godzilla and were about to hit Armageddon when he telekinetically pushed them away. They exploded in the air and on the ground around the monsters.
Armageddon's tentacle regenerated and he charged towards Godzilla. The reptilian mutant tried to stand his ground when Armageddon swung his massive arm at Godzilla, but the space monster was too powerful and Godzilla was knocked on his feet. Armageddon charged a super atomic heat beam and fired at the fleet. The white energy beam maintained its power over the five mile journey and perfectly landed in the center of the fleet. The warships vanished in a humongous explosion of energy equaling a ten megaton nuclear weapon. The blast wave was even felt by the combating monsters and threw down a recovering Mothra.
"My God," Marcus breath.
"I think now is the time to open our nuclear options," David suggested.
"Frankly, I agree chief. Armageddon is too powerful even for Godzilla, and despite Mothra's assistance I doubt they'll succeed on their own," Tanaka added.
"Wait, we have to wait," Vanessa said.
"For what?" Jessica wondered, but was left unanswered.
Mothra finally took to the sky again and came up behind Armageddon as he prepared to fight a now standing Godzilla. The monster roared furiously as Godzilla charged towards him, digging his claws deep into the bright red skin. Multicolored blood flew from numerous wounds being created by the claws of Mothra and Godzilla.
Armageddon fired another destruction wave at Godzilla, throwing him back, and turned to Mothra, firing a super atomic heat beam. She moved out of the way then flew off. Armageddon opened his gargantuan demonic wings and flapped them once; creating a hurricane wind that cleared the immediate area of rubble. Apparently without much effort from his wings Armageddon rose into the air and began chasing Mothra, firing wild gravity and super atomic heat beams.
The two flying monsters rose above the acid clouds. When Armageddon's skin was touched by the light it changed it changed to a jet black, making the monster a terrorizing shadow. Mothra turned and energy beams from her antennae. The beams exploded against Armageddon's black body, producing long scars that spat numerous shades of blood.
Armageddon retaliated with a super heat beam, but failed in hitting Mothra again. She swerved out of the beam's way and continued towards Armageddon. Mothra passed over Armageddon then came back and landed on his back. The tentacles turned and started raining gravity beams on Mothra. Three struck her wings before she released her grip. Mothra glided down with burning wings and Armageddon followed.
Godzilla waited on the acid covered ground, his feet constantly burning. Godzilla roared and looked up into the acid clouds. He saw Mothra falling with her burning wings and Armageddon right behind. Godzilla charged a powerful atomic heat beam and fired at Armageddon. The beam hit on the creature's back and sliced over to the left wing. The black wing burned away under the heat blast and Armageddon plummeted to the ground. Mothra flew over to Godzilla and hovered in front of the monster.
The two monsters stared at one another for a moment before deciding to attack Armageddon before he recovered. Mothra sped over the monster and started showering it with gold dust while Godzilla fire heat beam after heat beam. Armageddon roared in anger and crouched into a ball. His body began to glow a purple. The glow expanded, then contracted, then flew out from Armageddon. Mothra and Godzilla were both thrown back.
In their jet Vanessa sighed. "Maybe now would be a good time to fire a nuclear weapon."
"The nearest can reach here in two minutes sir," one of the officers announced. "It has a twenty megaton yield and most likely will kill Armageddon with a direct hit."
Vanessa walked over to a console at the aft of the jet and typed in the secret code necessary to arm the bomb. When the weapon was ready she typed another line and a countdown began, starting a 2:00:00, and beginning a second by second countdown.
In the Sea of Japan a nuclear submarine fired its twenty megaton payload, possibly overkill for its single target.
Back in Tokyo, Mothra began flying back into the clouds, but Armageddon did not give chase this time. Instead he diverted all his attention on Godzilla. The acid rain began to stop as Armageddon stood completely upright. He towered over Godzilla by two hundred feet, and could easily crush the monster. A powerful wind began to build up and the skin around Armageddon's legs lifted up, revealing a mass of tentacles. Armageddon floated forward slowly, its tentacles lifting up and reaching out. Godzilla fired at the thick tentacles but they grew back in an instant. The monstrous lizard stepped back but the tentacles were too fast. They reached out and grabbed Godzilla, pulling the monster in. Godzilla tried to struggle, but was ineffective. He quickly gave that up, then his body began to glow bright blue. Armageddon ignored this as he continued pulling the monster in. Suddenly two massive blue rings flew out from Godzilla in a pulsating wave, vaporizing the tentacles and pushing Armageddon down.
Godzilla roared then heard the jets of an approaching missile. Armageddon saw the missile falling and pushed it away. He guided the weapon south toward Yokohama. Godzilla followed the contrail as it abruptly turned. Before it reached its destination Mothra came and grabbed the projectile. She flipped and threw it into the sky. The weapon exploded a minute later, pushing away the clouds and creating a second sun.
Mothra quickly returned to the fight, raining lighting and dust on Armageddon. The space monster swiped at her with its tail and this time succeeding. Mothra shrieked as two of her legs were cut off, the limbs spilling yellow blood. Godzilla started to charge at Armageddon when two massive, jointed spikes burst from the ground. They lunged forward and impaled Godzilla, coming out on either side of his central set of dorsal plates. Green blood accompanied them and Godzilla roared in pain, grabbing at the spikes.
Mothra came back for another pass and Armageddon turned and fired his super atomic heat beam and gravity beams simultaneously, while launching explosive stingers from his arms. One of Mothra's wings was completely vaporized and an eye exploded, spraying blue goop all around. Mothra yelled and moaned as she drifted to the ground behind Armageddon.
Armageddon opened his chest like a flower and a purple and blue light began to grow within it. The jointed spikes extracted themselves from Godzilla's body, letting his radioactive blood gush from his chest. Godzilla charged a heat beam when the purple-blue light shot out at Godzilla. The energy orb engulfed the monster and exploded. What remained of Tokyo was reduced to cinders. Armageddon's massive formed protected Mothra's body, giving her the chance to levitate with a partially regenerated wing.
The fireball from the energy orb began to drift away and what was left of Godzilla was strewn about. Only his dorsal plates remained completely intact.
"No, no, no," Vanessa murmured.
"This can't be happening," Tanaka said slowly.
Armageddon turned and faced the weakened Mothra. He fired the super atomic heat beam and Mothra was vaporized, a cloud of gold lights replacing her. Armageddon roared in victory and stood at its full height again. The ground shook as Armageddon roared again and again. In his victorious "singing" Mothra's gold lights flew around Armageddon and towards Godzilla's remains. The area became aglow, covering everything. Armageddon finally sensed the energy surge and turned. The glow turned white and became brighter than the sun, growing to encompass the entire city.
"What's happening now?" Ryo wondered aloud.
The flash finally dissipated and Armageddon opened his eyes. What he saw terrified and amazed him. Godzilla stood their in front of him, glowing in a white and blue light. His wounds had disappeared and his muscles actually seemed to have grown. Armageddon began to roar but Godzilla cut him short with his new roar, a more powerful, and intimidating version of his original bell-like cry. Armageddon, for the first time in his billion year life, started to cower.
"Whoa," David murmured.
"What just happened," Vanessa said quizzically.
"Ma'am, the energy around and in Godzilla has spiked by a thousand percent. Radiation levels are off the chart!"
"He transformed," Yuri said.
"Into...?" Jessica began.
"A Super Godzilla," Tanaka finished.
Super Godzilla roared again and Armageddon opened his mouth, releasing the destruction wave. The wave wavered around Godzilla, not affecting the glowing gargantuan at all. Armageddon fired gravity beams, and the bounced off a shield around Godzilla. Next the super atomic heat beam came which spread around the shield and vanished. Armageddon charged another energy orb and fired. The ball of light bounced off Super Godzilla's shield and came back to Armageddon. The globe returned to the open chest and exploded, splitting Armageddon in half.
The upper half, which still had the wings, began to fly away. Super Godzilla's spines began to glow more than they already did and Godzilla opened his shining mouth. A white beam of light flew forth and punched through Armageddon's lower half. The blob of skin and tentacles disintegrated in an instant.
Armageddon's upper half returned and he swooped down at Super Godzilla, firing the super heat beam. The beam glanced off Super Godzilla's shield and he looked Armageddon straight in the eye. The space monster suddenly stopped in midair. Armageddon's eyes widened in fear as it began to feel its body heat up. Super Godzilla stared at Armageddon as the monster began to glow. Its skin started to pop, blood pouring out, and Armageddon screamed in a combination of terror and pain.
Super Godzilla released his psychic grip and dropped Armageddon. The monster of death stood on its arms and looked up at Godzilla with the look of a child who whished it would be spared from punishment. Super Godzilla stared at the creature coldly, and made it obvious he had no intention of showing mercy. Super Godzilla opened his mouth and prolonged his charging of his light beam in the same taunting way Armageddon had.
Armageddon gave one last cry before Godzilla fired. The beam flew into Armageddon's mouth and the monster disappeared in the light. Tokyo became another sun, and as the glow disappeared a mushroom cloud silently rose. Super Godzilla stood there before the mushroom tower. He growled then reared his head and let out a victorious roar.
"Is it finally over?" Marcus wondered.
"I think so," Vanessa replied.
Godzilla roared again and turned to the sea. He marched towards the water, trailing the white light of his super form behind him. Godzilla roared again and the light disappeared, returning Godzilla to his normal state. The nuclear behemoth stepped into Tokyo Bay. When he was waist deep into the water he turned back to the city and let out one final roar before disappearing beneath the waves again.
This time the world could collectively sigh in relief once again, finally
knowing the end of the world had been stopped. Several days ago no one could have thought that Godzilla would be the one to save the planet, and no one could have predicted the arrival of a space monster like Armageddon. But though the Earth Defense Force and the entire human race had a fear of Godzilla they were all thankful for his existence, and knew that if another
monster invasion began, the King of the Monsters would be there to save
world once again.
The
End
I give thanks to all who read this story, and special thanks to Godzilla4eva for his/hers appreciative reviews. It would be nice if more people had things to say though...Anyways, I would especially like to know if there is any demand for a sequel. I'd be happy to continue a Godzilla saga in this mostly original universe. Suggestions for monsters to use or reuse would be appreciated also. The Skyrunner
The dazzling skyscraper city of Tokyo, Japan has seen destruction again and again in the past century. From World War Two to Godzilla's first attack to the monster rampages of the sixties. It was a wonder the city has been able to attain the glinting glory it has now, but that was all about to change.
The skies darken as a massive meteor fell to the Earth. It slowed on its descent, landing next to the magnificent Tokyo Tower. With a crash and a cloud of smoke the meteor made contact with Earth, crushing dozens of building beneath. No lives were lost or would be lost, since the city had long been evacuated.
The meteor began to crack like an egg, and then suddenly exploded. Tokyo Tower began to melt under the rising heat that came from the rock. The air turned red as it rose to temperatures seen only in nuclear explosions. The area glowed for minutes, hiding everything with. Finally the red glow began to vanish, and it revealed the monster within.
Armageddon truly had the image of a bringer of death and destruction. With a spiked head with glowing eyes that changed color repeatedly, and a mouth filled with dagger-like teeth, numerous spikes and plates along its back, spiked shoulders and tentacles writhing about from them, massive arms that reached the ground, and black and grey skin littered with spikes made Armageddon seem as fearsome as its name implied.
No one could tell if the creature even had feet for they were hidden behind what appeared to be a cloak, robe, or skirt. From beneath this skirt came a tail spanning three hundred feet, ending it a circlet of spikes. Standing as it did now the monster was two hundred and fifty feet tall. Enormous demonic red wings that dropped a shadow over the surrounding city completed Armageddon's terrifying image.
Armageddon opened his mouth as if to roar, but no sound came out. What did come out was an invisible wave of destruction that transformed a path from Armageddon to Tokyo Bay into a sea of flames. The flames quickly parted and created a wall on either side of the charred path. A wave began to rise in Tokyo Bay and Godzilla's dorsal plates broke through the blue- green water. He rose up out of the water and stepped onto the land where the path had been created. Godzilla growled as he looked from side to side then straight forward, at the massive Armageddon, whose skin was now dark red.
Godzilla roared at the monster as he marched forward, the fire walls disappearing as he passed them. Armageddon stood and returned Godzilla's roar, creating a petrifying mixture of roars, shrieks, and cries that were never heard on Earth.
The terrible roar was bone-chilling even to Godzilla, making him slow his walk for a moment, but he quickly regained himself, snarling and roaring at Armageddon. When Godzilla was with five hundred feet of the space monster, pale brown tentacles burst from the ground and wrapped around the Godzilla. The charcoal gray monster struggled against the tentacles like he had Biollante's, but these proved to be far more powerful. With extreme ease they pulled Godzilla down, then lifted him into the air and brought him crashing down again. The third drop broke Godzilla's left arm, then the fourth cracked his ribs.
Armageddon made a shaking sound deep in his throat, laughing at Godzilla. The tentacles protruding from his shoulders rose up and opened their tips. They began to glow bright yellow then unleashed gravity beams on the regenerating monster. The beams tore up the ground around Godzilla, picking up rocks and dirt and raining down on the Monster King, who could not stand under the bombardment.
While still firing the gravity beams Armageddon fired hundreds of small stingers from his arms. The spikes dug themselves into Godzilla's skin and injected a poison the slowed his regeneration. Armageddon then halted the gravity beam assault, allowing Godzilla to stand.
Godzilla snarled and charged a powerful atomic heat beam. The blue light glowed in his mouth while an electric blue glow danced on his dorsal plates. Armageddon curved his mouth into a sinister smile. Godzilla inhaled deeply, sucking in some surrounding debris, and then unleashed the blue- white heat beam. The nuclear energy beam dispersed harmlessly a few meters in front of Armageddon. The massive monster then began charging its own oral weapon. A white light appeared his mouth and along the spikes on his back. Armageddon imitated Godzilla's inhaling for no other reason than to taunt the mutant, and fired an atomic beam a hundred times more powerful than Godzilla's. The super atomic heat beam covered the whole of Godzilla's still limp left arm, and Godzilla roared in pain. When the beam stopped and vanished nothing remained where the Godzilla's arm had been. Slowly the bone began to regenerate, but far slower than usual.
Armageddon then roared into the sky, and the clouds took on a dark green hue. Godzilla looked up and saw green droplets of water fall from the clouds. As soon as the rain drops made contact they created a torrent of steam, burning whatever they touched. Godzilla shrieked in pain this time as his skin was eaten away by the acid rain and Armageddon chuckled again. Armageddon fired another super atomic heat beam, this time doing away with the charging and inhalation. The beam vaporized Godzilla's legs this time and the mighty behemoth fell to the ground. Godzilla tried to fire another heat beam of his own, but it also was deflected by whatever shield Armageddon possessed. Godzilla growled in a way no one had ever heard before. This growl was not one of anger, but one of pain. And not only physical pain, but the pain of Godzilla realizing this might very well be his last fight. And he wouldn't even have had a chance.
As Armageddon charged another super heat beam a shrill cry sounded from the sky. Armageddon looked up, the super atomic heat ball still in his mouth, and saw the green acid clouds part. From the ray of sunlight came a massive moth-like creature with blue, orange, green, red, and black wings. Massive blue eyes donned its head and white fur covered its body. Two delicate looking antennae stretched from its forehead. Its six white legs hung close to its body, and its bee-like abdomen was covered in a combination of blue and white fur.
Godzilla looked up as the apparition shrieked again, and he immediately recognized it as Mothra. The gigantic insect swooped down to Armageddon, dropping golden dust on the super monster. The space creature fired its atomic heat beam, unsuccessfully trying to vaporize the moth. When the beam died away Mothra made another pass, dropping more gold dust. Armageddon raised his shoulder tentacles and fired gravity beams at Mothra. She turned and brought her chest to meet the yellow rays. They were absorbed by a shimmering orb that grew and grew as the beams continued firing. Finally Armageddon stopped and waited from Mothra to do the predictable, but instead of firing the energy back Mothra transferred the energy into herself. Her wings briefly glowed yellow as she sped towards Armageddon again. This time Mothra brought out her clawed feet and landed firmly on Armageddon's head. She hovered there and proceeded to claw at the monster's head and raining gold dust. Black, purple, green, yellow, red, and orange blood poured from the wounds. Armageddon shot out a claw-like tongue that Mothra barely dodged. He took a few steps back and fired the poison spikes. The stingers all deviated from the paths and flew back to Armageddon, as if deciding to attack their master instead. The monster's skin transformed to metallic silver as he used his telekinesis to through away his own stingers. Armageddon then tried to telekinetically pull Mothra down, but couldn't amass the energy. He then tried to charge a super atomic heat beam, but failed. Next he attempted to unleash the gravity beams and was unsuccessful again. Mothra's golden dust has suppressed his ability to use his energy weapons.
Armageddon roared in anger charged at Mothra, defying his own apparent weight. Mothra easily dodged the massive monster, and then began raining lighting down on him from her wings. The red lighting bolts danced along Armageddon's body.
The space monster swung its massive tail around and almost succeeded in hitting Mothra, but she back away and flew towards Godzilla. She landed on the nearly dead monster then produced a brown stinger from the tip of her abdomen. As Armageddon turned, his dorsal spikes began glowing, the golden dust beginning to wear off. Mothra quickly plunged the stinger into Godzilla's side. Armageddon aimed for the joined monsters and Mothra quickly leapt off Godzilla, leaving the stinger there. Armageddon fired at the ascending Mothra.
When Armageddon stopped firing the super atomic heat beam he opened his shoulder cones. An orange light developed inside them and then exploded from the open spikes. The super plasma grenades sped towards Mothra. The giant insect dodged the energy orbs, but they turned and began to follow her. Mothra flew towards the skyscrapers and maneuvered around them in attempts to doge the super plasma grenades. One grenade tore into a building and exploded, engulfing the structure in a massive fireball and knocking down the surrounding buildings.
The other grenade continued following Mothra as she left downtown Tokyo and glided towards Armageddon. Armageddon changed to a deep green and opened his mouth. The destruction wave blew towards Mothra, knocking her back into the super plasma grenade. She disappeared in the fireball. As the fire dissipated Mothra's burning body fell to the ground. Armageddon stared in amazement, wondering how Mothra survived, when he sensed a massive energy surge behind him. Armageddon turned and lost his right gravity beam tentacle in a blue heat beam. Godzilla had fully regenerated and regained all his strength. Armageddon quickly realized what Mothra must have been doing when she stung Godzilla.
"Are the missiles ready?" Vanessa asked the admiral of the enormous fleet collecting in Tokyo Bay. She, David, Jessica, Tanaka, their Mech crews, and a dozen other EDF officers were watching the battle from high above in a special jet able to resist the acid rain.
"Yes Chief, the Frontiers are ready to fire at any time," the admiral said confidently over the visual telephone.
"Then fire at will."
The three dozen battleships and destroyers were suddenly surrounded in gust of white smoke as hundreds of Frontier missiles fired from their decks. The white, red tipped missiles raced through the city directly towards Armageddon. The passed by and over Godzilla and were about to hit Armageddon when he telekinetically pushed them away. They exploded in the air and on the ground around the monsters.
Armageddon's tentacle regenerated and he charged towards Godzilla. The reptilian mutant tried to stand his ground when Armageddon swung his massive arm at Godzilla, but the space monster was too powerful and Godzilla was knocked on his feet. Armageddon charged a super atomic heat beam and fired at the fleet. The white energy beam maintained its power over the five mile journey and perfectly landed in the center of the fleet. The warships vanished in a humongous explosion of energy equaling a ten megaton nuclear weapon. The blast wave was even felt by the combating monsters and threw down a recovering Mothra.
"My God," Marcus breath.
"I think now is the time to open our nuclear options," David suggested.
"Frankly, I agree chief. Armageddon is too powerful even for Godzilla, and despite Mothra's assistance I doubt they'll succeed on their own," Tanaka added.
"Wait, we have to wait," Vanessa said.
"For what?" Jessica wondered, but was left unanswered.
Mothra finally took to the sky again and came up behind Armageddon as he prepared to fight a now standing Godzilla. The monster roared furiously as Godzilla charged towards him, digging his claws deep into the bright red skin. Multicolored blood flew from numerous wounds being created by the claws of Mothra and Godzilla.
Armageddon fired another destruction wave at Godzilla, throwing him back, and turned to Mothra, firing a super atomic heat beam. She moved out of the way then flew off. Armageddon opened his gargantuan demonic wings and flapped them once; creating a hurricane wind that cleared the immediate area of rubble. Apparently without much effort from his wings Armageddon rose into the air and began chasing Mothra, firing wild gravity and super atomic heat beams.
The two flying monsters rose above the acid clouds. When Armageddon's skin was touched by the light it changed it changed to a jet black, making the monster a terrorizing shadow. Mothra turned and energy beams from her antennae. The beams exploded against Armageddon's black body, producing long scars that spat numerous shades of blood.
Armageddon retaliated with a super heat beam, but failed in hitting Mothra again. She swerved out of the beam's way and continued towards Armageddon. Mothra passed over Armageddon then came back and landed on his back. The tentacles turned and started raining gravity beams on Mothra. Three struck her wings before she released her grip. Mothra glided down with burning wings and Armageddon followed.
Godzilla waited on the acid covered ground, his feet constantly burning. Godzilla roared and looked up into the acid clouds. He saw Mothra falling with her burning wings and Armageddon right behind. Godzilla charged a powerful atomic heat beam and fired at Armageddon. The beam hit on the creature's back and sliced over to the left wing. The black wing burned away under the heat blast and Armageddon plummeted to the ground. Mothra flew over to Godzilla and hovered in front of the monster.
The two monsters stared at one another for a moment before deciding to attack Armageddon before he recovered. Mothra sped over the monster and started showering it with gold dust while Godzilla fire heat beam after heat beam. Armageddon roared in anger and crouched into a ball. His body began to glow a purple. The glow expanded, then contracted, then flew out from Armageddon. Mothra and Godzilla were both thrown back.
In their jet Vanessa sighed. "Maybe now would be a good time to fire a nuclear weapon."
"The nearest can reach here in two minutes sir," one of the officers announced. "It has a twenty megaton yield and most likely will kill Armageddon with a direct hit."
Vanessa walked over to a console at the aft of the jet and typed in the secret code necessary to arm the bomb. When the weapon was ready she typed another line and a countdown began, starting a 2:00:00, and beginning a second by second countdown.
In the Sea of Japan a nuclear submarine fired its twenty megaton payload, possibly overkill for its single target.
Back in Tokyo, Mothra began flying back into the clouds, but Armageddon did not give chase this time. Instead he diverted all his attention on Godzilla. The acid rain began to stop as Armageddon stood completely upright. He towered over Godzilla by two hundred feet, and could easily crush the monster. A powerful wind began to build up and the skin around Armageddon's legs lifted up, revealing a mass of tentacles. Armageddon floated forward slowly, its tentacles lifting up and reaching out. Godzilla fired at the thick tentacles but they grew back in an instant. The monstrous lizard stepped back but the tentacles were too fast. They reached out and grabbed Godzilla, pulling the monster in. Godzilla tried to struggle, but was ineffective. He quickly gave that up, then his body began to glow bright blue. Armageddon ignored this as he continued pulling the monster in. Suddenly two massive blue rings flew out from Godzilla in a pulsating wave, vaporizing the tentacles and pushing Armageddon down.
Godzilla roared then heard the jets of an approaching missile. Armageddon saw the missile falling and pushed it away. He guided the weapon south toward Yokohama. Godzilla followed the contrail as it abruptly turned. Before it reached its destination Mothra came and grabbed the projectile. She flipped and threw it into the sky. The weapon exploded a minute later, pushing away the clouds and creating a second sun.
Mothra quickly returned to the fight, raining lighting and dust on Armageddon. The space monster swiped at her with its tail and this time succeeding. Mothra shrieked as two of her legs were cut off, the limbs spilling yellow blood. Godzilla started to charge at Armageddon when two massive, jointed spikes burst from the ground. They lunged forward and impaled Godzilla, coming out on either side of his central set of dorsal plates. Green blood accompanied them and Godzilla roared in pain, grabbing at the spikes.
Mothra came back for another pass and Armageddon turned and fired his super atomic heat beam and gravity beams simultaneously, while launching explosive stingers from his arms. One of Mothra's wings was completely vaporized and an eye exploded, spraying blue goop all around. Mothra yelled and moaned as she drifted to the ground behind Armageddon.
Armageddon opened his chest like a flower and a purple and blue light began to grow within it. The jointed spikes extracted themselves from Godzilla's body, letting his radioactive blood gush from his chest. Godzilla charged a heat beam when the purple-blue light shot out at Godzilla. The energy orb engulfed the monster and exploded. What remained of Tokyo was reduced to cinders. Armageddon's massive formed protected Mothra's body, giving her the chance to levitate with a partially regenerated wing.
The fireball from the energy orb began to drift away and what was left of Godzilla was strewn about. Only his dorsal plates remained completely intact.
"No, no, no," Vanessa murmured.
"This can't be happening," Tanaka said slowly.
Armageddon turned and faced the weakened Mothra. He fired the super atomic heat beam and Mothra was vaporized, a cloud of gold lights replacing her. Armageddon roared in victory and stood at its full height again. The ground shook as Armageddon roared again and again. In his victorious "singing" Mothra's gold lights flew around Armageddon and towards Godzilla's remains. The area became aglow, covering everything. Armageddon finally sensed the energy surge and turned. The glow turned white and became brighter than the sun, growing to encompass the entire city.
"What's happening now?" Ryo wondered aloud.
The flash finally dissipated and Armageddon opened his eyes. What he saw terrified and amazed him. Godzilla stood their in front of him, glowing in a white and blue light. His wounds had disappeared and his muscles actually seemed to have grown. Armageddon began to roar but Godzilla cut him short with his new roar, a more powerful, and intimidating version of his original bell-like cry. Armageddon, for the first time in his billion year life, started to cower.
"Whoa," David murmured.
"What just happened," Vanessa said quizzically.
"Ma'am, the energy around and in Godzilla has spiked by a thousand percent. Radiation levels are off the chart!"
"He transformed," Yuri said.
"Into...?" Jessica began.
"A Super Godzilla," Tanaka finished.
Super Godzilla roared again and Armageddon opened his mouth, releasing the destruction wave. The wave wavered around Godzilla, not affecting the glowing gargantuan at all. Armageddon fired gravity beams, and the bounced off a shield around Godzilla. Next the super atomic heat beam came which spread around the shield and vanished. Armageddon charged another energy orb and fired. The ball of light bounced off Super Godzilla's shield and came back to Armageddon. The globe returned to the open chest and exploded, splitting Armageddon in half.
The upper half, which still had the wings, began to fly away. Super Godzilla's spines began to glow more than they already did and Godzilla opened his shining mouth. A white beam of light flew forth and punched through Armageddon's lower half. The blob of skin and tentacles disintegrated in an instant.
Armageddon's upper half returned and he swooped down at Super Godzilla, firing the super heat beam. The beam glanced off Super Godzilla's shield and he looked Armageddon straight in the eye. The space monster suddenly stopped in midair. Armageddon's eyes widened in fear as it began to feel its body heat up. Super Godzilla stared at Armageddon as the monster began to glow. Its skin started to pop, blood pouring out, and Armageddon screamed in a combination of terror and pain.
Super Godzilla released his psychic grip and dropped Armageddon. The monster of death stood on its arms and looked up at Godzilla with the look of a child who whished it would be spared from punishment. Super Godzilla stared at the creature coldly, and made it obvious he had no intention of showing mercy. Super Godzilla opened his mouth and prolonged his charging of his light beam in the same taunting way Armageddon had.
Armageddon gave one last cry before Godzilla fired. The beam flew into Armageddon's mouth and the monster disappeared in the light. Tokyo became another sun, and as the glow disappeared a mushroom cloud silently rose. Super Godzilla stood there before the mushroom tower. He growled then reared his head and let out a victorious roar.
"Is it finally over?" Marcus wondered.
"I think so," Vanessa replied.
Godzilla roared again and turned to the sea. He marched towards the water, trailing the white light of his super form behind him. Godzilla roared again and the light disappeared, returning Godzilla to his normal state. The nuclear behemoth stepped into Tokyo Bay. When he was waist deep into the water he turned back to the city and let out one final roar before disappearing beneath the waves again.
This time the world could collectively sigh in relief once again, finally
knowing the end of the world had been stopped. Several days ago no one could have thought that Godzilla would be the one to save the planet, and no one could have predicted the arrival of a space monster like Armageddon. But though the Earth Defense Force and the entire human race had a fear of Godzilla they were all thankful for his existence, and knew that if another
monster invasion began, the King of the Monsters would be there to save
world once again.
The
End
I give thanks to all who read this story, and special thanks to Godzilla4eva for his/hers appreciative reviews. It would be nice if more people had things to say though...Anyways, I would especially like to know if there is any demand for a sequel. I'd be happy to continue a Godzilla saga in this mostly original universe. Suggestions for monsters to use or reuse would be appreciated also. The Skyrunner