"C'mon, everyone!" Jr. cheered on the adult kaiju from their safe zone. "You can stop that robot!"
"Yeah, go get him!" Minya joined. "Give that giant hunk of metal what for!"
On the battlefield, Rodan flapped his wings hard, battering Mechagodzilla with waves of fire. Mothra sprayed her webbing at the mecha, holding him in place as Anguirus rolled towards him, hitting him in the chest. Mechagodzilla broke free and fired at Mothra with his laser, which Jet Jaguar countered with beams from his wrists. The colliding projectiles exploded, and Godzilla used the resulting smoke to hide as he crept up on his robotic double. He grabbed him and attempted to rip his head off, but Mechagodzilla shot him with a missile, effectively making him let go and stagger back. Godzilla gritted his teeth as he clutched his bleeding shoulder.
"Dad!" Jr. cried out in concern.
"He'll be alright." said Noah. "Your father is strong. He won't let any foe take him down."
"As the King of the Monsters, he'll give it his all in any fight." Sophie agreed. "He won't stop until the very end."
"What the matter, Godzilla? I didn't hurt you, did I?" Mechagodzilla teased.
"Psh, that was nothing compared to what I've been through over the years." Godzilla said. "I won't let a simple missile to the shoulder stop me."
"No? Then how about this!" Mechagodzilla fired his multi-colored laser at Godzilla, but King Caesar suddenly appeared and absorbed it into the gem on his forehead.
"Hey, don't let my friend down." he said before firing it back. Mechagodzilla dodged the returned attack, but failed to notice Rodan flying up behind him. The pterodactyl kaiju grabbed him and held him in place as King Caesar ran up and headbutted him, sending him sprawling to the ground. Anguirus placed a foot on Mechagodzilla's chest, pinning him down.
"I know Godzilla said we'd destroy you for good, but there's really just one thing I want to do." Anguirus grabbed the mecha's jaws and pried them apart, pulling them until they snapped. "How does it feel?" Anguirus said and moved away from the mecha. "I'm done. You guys do what you want to him."
"Is that really all you wanted to do, Anguirus?" Mothra asked.
"Yeah, didn't you wanna rough him up with me a little more?" Godzilla added. "Pay him back for impersonating me?"
"I already gave him a taste of his medicine." Anguirus said. "He knows how I felt now. I've done my part, you guys can do yours."
Godzilla and the others looked at each other in surprise. When it came to fighting, Anguirus was always very savage and abrasive on his opponent and never went easy on them, yet now he was letting Mechagodzilla-a kaiju he held a particularly strong grudge against-go after simply breaking his jaw, just like he had done to Anguirus in the past. They remembered how, just moments ago, he was seething with anger at the mecha, only to now display a surprising merciful streak none of them knew he had.
They briefly wondered what had caused it before Mechagodzilla suddenly stood up, heavily damaged but alive, and began flying off into space. Rodan, Mothra, and Jet Jaguar would've gone after him if not for a bright, golden glow that began emitting from a distant castle.
"What's that?" Anguirus said.
"That can only be the Relic of Clemency." Minya, Jr., and the humans had rejoined the team. It was Dr. Kofler who spoke up. "It must've sensed Anguirus' act of mercy and appeared from its hiding place."
"Act of mercy...you mean when he let Mechagodzilla go after just breaking his jaw?" said Jet Jaguar.
"Yes." said Dr. Hartl. "And coming from a normally brutal fighter like Anguirus, it must've been sufficient enough for the relic to reveal itself."
"Well, let's go and get it, then." Anguirus said.
"Will your shoulder be okay, Dad?" Jr. asked as they headed for the relic.
"Don't worry about it, Jr. My regenerative ability has already kicked in." Godzilla assured him. "I'll be good as new in no time." He grunted and placed a hand over his shoulder. "I'll be sore for a while, though."
Mothra used her webbing to patch Godzilla's shoulder up. "Until then, you should use it as little as possible. Give the wound time to heal." she said. Godzilla nodded to her as thanks.
The humans entered the castle and searched for the relic, who's glow came from beneath the fake floor underneath a golden display case containing various artifacts. Together, they lifted the display case away, and when Mia removed the loose floorboard, a flat piece of gold jewels in the shape of a mountain rose up and hovered above the bewildered humans. It flew outside and floated directly in front of Anguirus, the one who had summoned it with his act of mercy.
"The Relic of Clemency." he said in awe.
"It recognized the mercy and lenience you showed, and now it will help you save the earth." said Dr. Hartl.
"It doesn't feel safe to have it out in the open like this." said Rodan. "We need something to hide it in."
"I know what we can use." Mothra said. With her silk, she weaved together a makeshift shoulder bag, and the relic floated into it, where it was safely hidden away.
"Good thinking, Mothra." said King Caesar. "Alright, Jet, where to next?"
Jet Jaguar checked his memory for their next destination. "Our next stop is...London, England."
Mothra gasped with delight. "Wonderful! London has quite an interesting history behind it, mainly centered around its royal family. We should pay them a visit if we have the time-after all, me, Godzilla, and King Caesar are royals as well."
"Sounds good. But first, I told Minya and Jr. we'd do some sightseeing of Austria while we were here." said Godzilla. "Besides, after a fight like that, we could use a break." He addressed Anguirus as he added, "No pun intended."
"I'm just about ready to unwind." Rodan agreed. "Think I'll go fly around the mountaintops, high altitudes always make me feel calmer." He flapped his wings and took off towards his place of interest.
"I can see why." Jet Jaguar said.
Godzilla noticed the collateral damage that was formed during their fight. "Before I do anything, I better get to fixing this mess we made. Help me out, Anguirus?"
"Don't need to ask me twice, bro." Anguirus said.
"I'll tend to the wounded." Mothra said. "I'm sure there were some humans in the way as we were fighting, they might've gotten hurt."
"I'll help you with that, Mothra." Jet Jaguar said. "Search-and-rescue is my calling."
"History is my calling. I'm gonna go look at the castles." said King Caesar.
"Dad, can Minya and I play with the humans?" Jr. asked.
"Sure. Just don't venture too far. And Minya, keep an eye on Jr."
"Okay, Dad. Let's go, Jr.!"
The kaiju princes left to go play, while the adults began to clean up, lend their aid, or simply relax after the intense battle.
In his lair, King Ghidorah was throwing a fit of temper when he found out Mechagodzilla had been defeated. "How could they have possibly withstood all that arsenal?!" he asked himself, but then took a second to calm himself. "Well, this is just the beginning. Time for my second wave of attack!" He contacted his next adversary for Godzilla's team to face.
Back in Austria, the damage caused by the fight had been fixed, the wounded had been rounded up and treated, and Godzilla's team was ready to turn in. They were kept busy until dark, and they decided to stay the night in Carinthia and leave for London in the morning. They had picked a comfortable spot at the base of some nearby mountains to rest, staying close together. Godzilla kissed Minya and Jr. goodnight, and the boys crashed right away, their earlier games having worn them out. Anguirus walked over and plopped to the ground with a sigh.
"First relic, in the bag." he said with satisfaction. "Literally."
"Yep. One down, five to go." Godzilla said. "By the way, I've been meaning to ask you, where did that streak of mercy come from? You were eager to go all out on Mechagodzilla, but it turned out you just wanted to break his jaw to get back at him."
"I know. It's weird for me, too. I feel like I would've done more to him, but after I broke his jaw, I suddenly felt like there was nothing more I needed to do. But maybe that was all I needed, the satisfaction of paying him back for what he did to me."
"And if the Relic of Clemency chose you, maybe it's a sign of you mellowing. Hell, you might become as docile as Mothra." Godzilla joked, getting a look of annoyance from Anguirus.
"Real funny, G. Real funny." he muttered, rising to his feet and turning to go.
"Okay, I'm sorry." Godzilla took back his joke. "Seriously, though, that was pretty meaningful coming from you."
"Thanks, man." Anguirus laid back down and grinned. "If you like docility in a kaiju, maybe Mothra's your type."
Godzilla sighed and rolled onto his side, facing away from his friend. "Goodnight, Anguirus."
"What? I mean it. Her virtues nature combined with your aggressive one-"
"Goodnight, Anguirus." Godzilla repeated louder, but not so loud as to wake everyone. Eventually, Anguirus went to bed, too.
He couldn't see it, but he knew his best friend was blushing.