The team woke to terrified screams from the humans. They shot straight up, eyes searching for what had caused the commotion, and then powerful gusts of wind blew past them. They looked to the sky to find Battra, Mothra's dark twin brother, flying past them, shooting at random buildings with his horn beam.
"Are you kidding me?!" Angurius said angrily. "We just cleaned this place up!"
"Battra." Mothra said with disbelief. "Why are you doing this?"
"We have to stop him." Godzilla said. "Whatever he's up to, it can't be good."
The team began pursuing the dark divine moth. They eventually cornered him at the harbor, where Mothra tried to trap him in her webbing, but he dodged each shot and took off flying again.
"I had a feeling of something very worrisome to come last night." Mothra told the team as they chased their adversary. "I didn't think it would be Battra, but with his belief that humans are a hazard for Earth, I supposed I should've guessed."
"What he's failed to grasp is that humans are part of the natural order." Godzilla said. "We can't let him disrupt it any more than he already has."
Mothra nodded in agreement, although she was reluctant at the idea of fighting against her brother, who, despite his flawed intentions, was equally devoted to protecting Earth as she was.
Battra finally stopped fleeing the team when he reached Venice, Italy. He hovered combat-ready, but before the team could join him on the battlefield, glowing apparitions of the Shobijin appeared before them.
"We sensed Battra's return." they said. "You must stop his rampage."
Godzilla looked around as it dawned on him. "Wait a minute. We're in Venice, Italy." he said. "This is where the next relic is located."
"The legend of the Relics of Nature. It's true." Mothra told her priestesses. "We're collecting the relics to defeat King Ghidorah, and we've already obtained two of them." Minya held the bag open for the Shobijin to see the first two relics inside.
"Battra must be trying to stop us from getting the next relic, assuming he knows about the legend." Godzilla said. "Either way, we have to defeat him."
"You must not resort to violent force this time." the Shobijin said. "The relic hidden in Venice, the Relic of Peacefulness, will appear before the one to show an act of benevolence, with the kindest heart."
"That's Mothra all over." Anguirus said. "Maybe she could try to reason with Battra."
"I could, but it will be difficult." Mothra said. "Battra's heart has become consumed in darkness."
"We wish you all luck in your trial. To obtain the relics and save the world." the Shobijin said before fading away.
"Let's go, gang. Battra looks like he's getting impatient." Godzilla said.
"How unwise of you to bide your time." Battra said when the team arrived on the battlefield. "My patience was wearing thin."
"Please stop this, Battra." Mothra pleaded. "The humans haven't done anything wrong."
"They are not the cause of my attack this time. I am here under King Ghidorah's orders. He has instructed me to destroy you all, I merely attacked the humans to gain your attention."
"I knew it." Godzilla said. "Ghidorah's been recruiting adversaries for us to face left and right."
"And now he has recruited my brother." Mothra said. "He truly is a three-headed devil."
"No matter. I must carry out my orders. Prepare to die!"
Battra fired multiple prism beams at the heroic kaiju, which they evaded. However, they were unable to fight back, since they needed to show benevolence in order to obtain the Relic of Peacefulness. They dodged and avoided the dark divine moth's attacks while his kind-hearted sister tried to reason with him.
"You've fallen short of our ideals, dear brother. It's our duty as divine moths to protect Earth, there's already enough evil ravaging it without you going beyond our purpose."
"Even if I were not under orders, sister, that evil was caused by humans. They must be exterminated to assure Earth's survival, and if I must eradicate those who stand in my way, then so be it."
Purple energy blasts fired from Battra's eyes. Mothra hid behind a hill with Godzilla and Anguirus as they spewed in all directions.
"Man, this sucks." Anguirus said. "Mothra's reasoning doesn't seem like it's working, and we can't even fight back."
"Maybe if we restrain him, he'll be more inclined to listen." Godzilla suggested.
"As long as we don't hurt him in the process, then it's as good a plan as any." Mothra agreed. "Let's try it."
"Rodan, grab him!" Godzilla said after he and his teammates emerged from their cover. Battra tried to flee, but the pterodactyl kaiju's flight speed was much faster than the dark moth's, and he was trapped in Rodan's talons before he could go too far. Mothra then flew up and covered Battra in her webbing, rendering his limbs immobile. The rest of the team helped Rodan pin Battra down, two pinning his body, three his wings.
"Get off me!" the dark moth growled, struggling against both the silk and the weight of five kaiju entrapping him. Mothra landed before him and began communicating her thoughts to him via song.
Mahal Mahal Mosura
Tama Tama Mosura
Laban Guerra Labanan
As Mothra sang, soft yellow tendrils of light emitted from her antennae and flowed throughout Battra's body. He stopped struggling, the light having a calming effect on him.
Laban Guerra Labanan
Mahal Mahal Mosura
Tama Tama Mosura
Mothra motioned for her teammates to step away from Battra. The dark moth no longer tried to attack them, just stared at the ground, distraught. Mothra had successfully gotten through to him.
The team helped Mothra free her brother from the silk. Battra took to the air and began flying off, but then turned back towards his sister.
"You may have eased my fury this time, Mothra, but our conflicts are far from over." he said before flying away.
A pink glow surrounded the Torcello Cathedral. From the church's tower emerged a tiny object glowing the same color. It flew up to Mothra, revealing to be a flat piece of pink jewels in the shape of a halo.
"The Relic of Peacefulness." she confirmed. The relic floated into the silk shoulder bag. The team had reached the halfway point.
Since the confrontation with Battra had taken place away from civilization, the only repairs that had to be done were to a few acres of agriculture. No humans were injured, either, so after they helped replant the crops and soothe down the soil, they were already free to unwind. But because it was still early in the day, they decided to stay only a few hours before moving on to collect the next relic.
The team divided as they toured different landmarks across Venice. Mothra chatted with the humans at St. Mark's Basilica, Anguirus stopped by the Piazza San Marco, King Caesar and Jet Jaguar observed the paintings at the Gallerie dell' Accademia, Rodan flew over Rialto Bridge, and Godzilla watched Minya and Jr. play at the Grand Canal. They all enjoyed their few hours of downtime before they had to leave for their next destination.
Meanwhile, in his lair, King Ghidorah was angered over yet another defeat. "Stupid dark moth, letting his frail little sister get to him. Hmm, maybe the problem is that I'm only sending one opponent at a time. I know a good dynamic duo who could give them a tough time. I just hope they don't get sidetracked." He called for the scheming team of two.