Chapter 8: vs. Mothra

Crystal and her mom are shopping at Goldenrod Department Store. Crystal also brought along the cage containing the two Cosmos. To prevent many stares and questions asked by other people, the Cosmos disguised themselves as dolls. A little girl came along and asks Crystal, "Where did you buy these cute dolls?"

"Well, uh…"

"Please tell me! So I can buy some to show my friends!"

"I bought it in another country."

"What is that country called?"

Crystal thought for a while, and then she answers Hoenn.

"I have an uncle who lives in Hoenn!" says the little girl. "I'll tell him to buy and sent it to me!" Then the little girl runs off.

"Phew… I thought she would find out the truth for sure," says Crystal relieved.

"So I told you to keep them at home," her mom tells her.

"Hey Crys!" shouted a voice from behind. Crystal turns around and sees Gold coming. "Hi, Gold!" she greets. "What brings you here?"

"Can't I travel at my own will?" he says. "Why must you always care about me?"

"Because you two will get married someday!" mom says.

"Mom!" Crystal shouts at her. "Who said I will marry him?!"

"Well, it seems like you two will."

"I'll never marry someone like her kind!" Gold says. Crystal turns to him angrily and asks, "What kind of a person am I?!"

Meanwhile, at KRAPF headquarters, Sarge and his men are viewing a big screen that shows Mothra swimming towards Johto. "We must stop this giant bug from reaching land!"

Blaine, who was also there, says, "But you know that Mothra isn't aiming for destruction, so you shouldn't try to harm her."

"This may be true," Sarge tells him. "But a creature that big can still create lots of damage just by passing through. We still must not let her reach land."

Battleships got in front of Mothra and starts shooting her. Mothra continues to swims forward, ignoring the shot. She keeps on swimming and charges through the battleship, destroying it. A little while later, Mothra swam ashore and starts crawling towards Goldenrod City.

The announcement had already been spread throughout the city that Mothra is coming and everyone must evacuate at once.

Back in the store…

"Crystal!" shouts her mother. "We must get out of here fast!"

Crystal thought to herself, "Perhaps Mothra came to find her two masters, which is here. Maybe she thinks I kidnapped them?"

Mothra have already entered the city and is heading for the store. Though being a peaceful monster, she still caused great damage to Goldenrod City, just to search for her masters.

Gold, Crystal, and her mom were the only ones left inside the department store. They are waiting for the elevator to come so they can get to the bottom floor and escape. Mom looks out the window and sees Mothra only a few feet away. "It's coming!" screams her mother. "We'll never escape in time!"

And she was right. Mothra collides into the side of the store, damaging it. The three people inside are shook to the floor. Crystal is all shook up and couldn't move. The ceiling above her is cracking. Gold saw it and quickly rushes to her and pushes her away just before the ceiling falls on top of them. "I didn't rescue you because I like you or something," Gold tells her. "I'm just doing what should be done when danger is approaching."

Mothra continues to headbutt the department store, trying to smash it into pieces. "We're gonna die!!!!" mom screams out. "I'm not ready to die yet!!!!!"

The Cosmos tells Crystal to show them to Mothra and they'll calm her down. Crystal quickly opens the cage to let the two tiny people come out and she places them in front of the window so the can speak to Mothra. "Mothra," they said. "We are safe with these humans. They are taking good care of us, so you don't need to worry about us. Please do not harm anyone here."

Mothra gives off a roar, meaning that she understands. The Cosmos turns to Crystal and says, "We have told her everything. You don't need to worry now."

"Thanks a lot…" says Crystal.

As Mothra turns around to leave, military tanks came and start blasting her. The shots are big and powerful, so Mothra roars out painfully when she got shot. "No!!!!" shouts the Cosmos. "Don't hurt her!"

Sarge calls to the soldiers operating the tanks, saying, "Halt your fire! There are still some people in the city. You might hurt them!"

"Understand that," says the commander, who then commands his men to stop firing. Mothra continues moving forward and eventually stopped in front of the president's office.

Everyone gathered around the building to see Mothra. Crystal asks the Cosmos what is happening to Mothra. "The days of being a larva has passed, and now she will grow into her imago form," the Cosmos tell her.

Mothra raises her head and shoots silk into the sky, which rains back down on her. Within a few minutes, Mothra is enveloped inside several layers of silk. Everyone is amazed at this sight and wonders what will come out from this giant cocoon.

TO BE CONTINUED…