Straight into the story, and no pontificating!

Disclaimer: Don't own Godzilla.

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BATTRA

The alarms were sounding throughout Sydney, Australia. People were running desperately through the streets as jets flew overhead and Maser tanks rolled through the town.

The Earth split open in front of a row of tanks. Debris showered down onto them as a huge, dark shape reared up from the ground. A low howl broke the air, followed a moment later by two beams of brilliant blue energy. Five of the tanks were caught in the blast, and were blown to smithereens.

As the remaining tanks fell back, the creature revealed itself. It was a larvae, black in colour, with armoured skin and a yellow horn on its head. It immediately swept its tail at the tanks, sending them flying away, just as another group of Maser tanks came up behind it and opened fire. The blue lightening tongued at Battra, and the demon howled in anger. It turned around, charging head-first toward the tanks. Before it hit them, however, a barrage of missiles rained down onto its back. It raised itself up, sparing the tanks, to see the Jets coming round for another pass.

The Jets fired another burst of missiles, only for Battra to fire another pair of eye-beams, causing the missiles to explode in mid-air. The tanks fired again, as a Unit on the ground suddenly opened fire with surface-to-air missile launchers.

G-Graspers HQ

"Australian G-Grasper division is set up," One of the technicians confirmed, Air forces moving in."

"Can they stop it?" Patrick asked as the battle unfolded on-screen.

"Hopefully," Katagiri shrugged, "They're planning to force it to the waterfront. They've got a Navy squadron waiting for it."

Sydney

The Masers rolled round to the side of Battra, firing everything they had at it. Still in its Larval form, Battra angrily pulled back as the Jets flew over it, dropping clusters of bombs onto the creature. The explosions were so huge that Battra became completely invisible.

The Military kept firing, but as Battra moved back, the smoke finally cleared.

Battra was gone. And in its place was a freshly dug tunnel.

The ground beneath the tanks erupted as Battra ploughed its way up from the Earth. The ground units scattered, as the surviving tanks continued to fire everything they had.

Five Apache choppers descended in front of Battra, firing everything they had at the demon. The Jets joined them as well as a unit of vehicle-mounted missile launchers. The explosions rocked Battra, forcing it backwards.

Battra retreated a few hundred feet, and attempted to dig its way down into the Earth, only for a cluster of bombs to stop it. Battra was finding it increasingly hard to think with so many enemies blasting away at it. Finally, the monster had had enough. A pair of massive energy beams shot from its eyes, cutting through the tanks in a prolonged blast. Battra turned its attention to the Apaches. A bolt of yellow lightening was fired from its horn, blowing them to pieces as they hovered. Finally it looked up at the jets as they circled in a tight formation. In a single burst of those energy beams, the aircraft were destroyed.

A sudden volley of missiles tore through the air, hitting Battra right in the eyes. Another unit had arrived while it was fighting all of them.

"Aim for the eyes!" Shouted a commanding officer.

Tank shells and missiles all streaked toward Battra's eyes. As the pain grew, the monster became blinded by the explosions. It finally retreated, heading toward the waterfront.

No sooner did it get there, however, than a shower of missiles fell on it. Three Naval Destroyers were in the harbour, firing at the creature, aiming for its eyes. Battra tried to use its energy beams, but couldn't see to aim them. One beam went wild, going past the ships and striking the Sydney Opera house. The entire building was blown sky-high as the fireball towered into the air. The ground units, meanwhile, caught up with Battra, firing away at it. A sudden cluster of jets flew through the air, unleashing a volley of missiles and hitting Battra straight in the eyes.

Finally, Battra collapsed to the ground.

"Cease fire!"

The endless missiles finally stopped, allowing the smoke to clear. Battra was simply lying there, motionless.

G-Graspers HQ

Everyone in the command room breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"It's dead," Patrick sighed.

However, Miki recalled what had happened when Mothra was in Tokyo, during her fight with the Military.

"No…" She thought out loud, "It's nothing to do with the army…"

"What are you talking about?" Katagiri asked.

"Battra's about to undergo its metamorphosis!"

Sydney

As if in response to Miki's words, a massive yellow light flooded Battra's body. White lightening shot out, tonguing at the tanks. Finally, the light shot out, revealing a completely different creature.

Battra had transformed into its adult form- a huge, black Mothra with segmented wings and three yellow horns on its head resembling a crown.

The commander was shocked. "Jesus shit! Fire!"

G-Graspers HQ

Patrick, never having seen such a thing as this, was utterly stunned.

"Sweet Monkey Jesus…" He gasped as he looked up at the screen, seeing the transformed Battra.

Sydney

The Military opened fire again. This time, however, they weren't so lucky. The missiles simply exploded before they got anywhere near Battra. A faint glow faded from around the monster.

What followed then was like a storm straight out of hell.

Lightening shot out of Battra's horns and lasers from his eyes, sweeping the harbour. Red lightening burst from the creature's wings, blasting at everything in sight. Buildings crumbled or exploded in seconds. The Military vehicles were all blown to bits. After nearly a minute of this apocalyptic attack, Battra finally stopped.

The entire harbour was wrecked. Battra looked and howled in triumph. It flew out over the sea, leaving the devastated harbour behind.

G-Graspers HQ

"Jesus Christ!" Katagiri gasped at the destruction, "Godzilla…Destroyah…Battra…what could possibly stop all of them?"

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OK, that's three consecutive chapters of constant giant monster ass-kickery. I think I'm entitled to tone down the explosions for the next chapter, Alright?

Don't worry, though, the next chapter will be good. Count on it. I'm going to focus on the character development. Don't think the action's stopped, though. Believe me, you ain't seen nothin' yet!

As always, reviews are welcome! As for the identity of the mystery monster, feel free to keep guessing- time is running out!