Jet Jagaur dodged with precise timing as Megaguirus jabbed at him with her stinger. While she was distracted, Godzilla blasted her with his atomic breath, making her cry out in pain as the blast left a gaping wound on her side. Mothra covered Megaguirus' claws with her webbing, and Anguirus ran up from behind and bit down on her stinger, pinning her to the ground.
Megaguirus scowled. "Not that easy. Children, swarm!" The insect kaiju's young swooped in and buzzed all around Godzilla's team. Anguirus let go of Megaguirus' stinger and shook violently, trying to shoo away the pesky insectoids.
"Ugh, shoo!" Godzilla said. "Go away!"
"Get out of our faces!" King Caesar said.
Some of the insectoids flew towards Minya and Jr.'s safe zone and started to provoke them. Jr. whimpered and pressed against his brother. "I'm scared, Minya!" he cried.
The older kaiju prince shot a few smoke rings at the insectoids in an attempt to drive them off. "Go away, you gross bugs!" he said angrily. "You're scaring my little brother!"
Two insectoids flew behind him-to where Cooper and Hazel were hiding-and picked them up with their underdeveloped claws. "Ah! Let us go!" Cooper cried as he and Hazel struggled against their grip. They began flying off towards their mother.
"No! Dad, everyone, they've got Cooper and Hazel!" Minya called to the adult kaiju.
Mothra blew away a cluster of insectoids that surrounded her and intercepted the two captors. She tightly but gently grabbed their human hostages, then sprayed the insectoids with her silk, knocking them away. She then placed Cooper and Hazel down safely on the ground.
"How dare you!" Megaguirus exclaimed angrily, having witnessed the assault on her young. "I'll show you who the real insect queen kaiju is!" She flew quickly towards Mothra, her vermillion eyes completely focused on her target.
Rodan growled. "Okay, I've head just about enough of you bugs. Get out of my face!" With a strong flap of his wings, he released a wave of fire that burned the insectoids surrounding him to death. Their shrieks of agony caught Megaguirus' attention, and she gaped in horror at the charred corpses of her children. Rodan flew up to her and grabbed her in his talons. "You best surrender before you end up like them." he threatened.
Megaguirus shoved him off of her. "Instead of that, you're about to see what an angered mother is capable of!" She jabbed her stinger at Rodan, but he dodged it and raked his claws down her face. She backed up a few feet, covering her bleeding face, and King Caesar grabbed her stinger and pinned her down just as Anguirus had done before.
"Godzilla!" Rodan called. He held out his wings-the orange glow at the tips signifying that he was storing up heat-and the kaiju king nodded. On que, they both released powerful blasts of fire and atomic breath, and with their combined energy, Megaguirus was instantly taken down.
The remaining infant insectoids gathered around their defeated mother and tried to life her up. Megaguirus shakily stood up with a groan-most of her body was scorched and covered in soot, and the claw marks on her face were still bleeding somewhat. She glared at Godzilla's team before flying up on what was left of her wings and taking off in an unknown direction, her young following close behind her.
The moment she was gone, Buckingham Palace began to emit a red glow. No one said anything-they knew it could only be the next relic emerging from it hiding place. A tiny object glowing the same red flew out of the front entrance and in the kaijus' direction, coming to a stop in front of Rodan. It was a piece of red jewels forming a small flame.
"The Relic of Fortitude." he said.
"You stood up to Megaguirus quite bravely." Mothra said. "It must've recognized your courage."
"I was so focused on beating her and her kids, everything else ceased to matter." Rodan said. "I guess it's not that hard to be brave when you set your mind to something and don't let go."
Minya held open the silk shoulder bag, and the Relic of Fortitude floated into it. "Now that we have the relic, can we go explore London, Dad?" Jr. asked.
"You kids go ahead. The rest of us have to clean up after our fight." Godzilla said.
"Rodan and I will clean up this time." said King Caesar. "You go play with your kids, G."
"Wow. Thanks, Caesar. C'mon, boys, let's take a stroll around London."
"I wouldn't mind paying a visit to the royal family." Mothra said.
"And I think I'll join Godzilla and the boys in sightseeing." said Jet Jaguar. "I'd like the check out the London Eye."
"And while Rodan and Caesar are cleaning up, I'll check to see if anyone needs medical attention." said Anguirus.
Everyone got down to their desired tasks, from repairing to healing to simply unwinding.
In his lair, King Ghidorah looked about to burst. "Even with all those young ones, she still couldn't take them?!" he exclaimed. But then he had a thought. "Hmm, but what if I send in someone emotionally tough for them to face rather than physically...? That's it! Let's see if they have the heart to take down this guy!" The space kaiju laughed evilly and called in the next adversary.
Mothra joined Godzilla and Jet Jaguar at St. James Park. She settled down next to them and watched Minya and Jr. play. "I just finished helping Anguirus treat the wounded." she said. "There weren't as many this time as there were in Austria."
"That's good." said Godzilla. "The last thing we want is humans being killed in our fight to save the world."
"One of the moral codes of being a hero." said Jet Jaguar. "Speaking of which, we've got two relics under our belt now, four more to go."
"Where will we be going for the next one, Jet Jaguar?" Mothra asked.
"Venice, Italy. Another great place with a great history to it. Should make for some nice sightseeing after we collect the next relic."
"We'll have to be ready to fight when we arrive." said Godzilla. "No doubt Ghidorah will have sent another hostile kaiju to try and stop us, instead of trying to stop us himself for whatever reason."
"Well, no matter what difficulties we face, we will all stand together." said Mothra.
Godzilla side-glanced at Mothra and smiled, but caught the eye of Anguirus doing so. He had been observing his friends from across the park, but now he smirked at the kaiju king. He mimicked with his hands Godzilla and Mothra scooting closer, puckering his lips to imitate kissing.
Godzilla groaned with exasperation and turned away, blushing. Fortunately, Mothra's attention was now on Minya and Jr., so she didn't notice the teasing exchange between the two. Jet Jaguar, however, did notice, but unlike Anguirus, he wasn't as keen on teasing Godzilla about his and Mothra's bond. He simply held a hand to his mouth, stifling a chuckle.
The team decided to sleep at the park. As Mothra settled down, she thought she felt a presence. She considered investigating it, but she didn't want to raise any concerns, so she went to sleep, deciding that she would figure it out in the morning.
She hoped that it wasn't anything to worry about, but something told her it was.