Chapter 6- Moths to a Flame: Part 2
The digging has stopped.
Battra is informed that all four Muto teams have reached their objectives, Two tunnels to the throne room, two tunnels to the front gate. Both teams are standing by for further instructions.
"General Battra, do you give the order to attack?" a Muto commander asks.
"No. Tell the miners to return to base and gear up. We shall attack in two days." Battra shakes one of his forearms in response.
Battra was waiting to see if the moths knew what was happening. He didn't know if the moths heard them digging. But to his luck they did not. They were clueless as to what was happening. The Kaiju Royal Army noticed the large build up of enemy troops, but as long as they didn't attack, then there was no need to worry. Vothra, however, was unable to sit still. After Battra's departure, she didn't know where to look. She was telling herself that he was going to come back any day now and make amends but that would never happen. She didn't want to believe that he would betray them. Mothra, however, had other suspicions. She knows her brother, she knew what he was capable of, she told her mother that he probably did join the Mutos but she wouldn't believe it.
During all of this, Godzilla has been living a rather calm life. Since he is one of the only male Gojira in existence, he has been surrounded 24/7 by guards and some of the best soldiers in order to protect him. If he were to be killed, the entire race of Gojiras would collapse. Little did anyone know, he would be the last male of his species to ever be born. During these long weeks and years of protection, he has been training to master all forms of hand to hand combat, martial arts, and has been studying with some of the best teachers in all the Kaiju world. But one thing that always came up on his mind is who he was going to choose as a mate. He was coming of age and he needed to mate with someone soon. The traditional ways of mating still apply, but because of males being so rare, he has to mate with every available female to maximize the chance of another male being born. This has lead to many desperate females clawing at his door for him. He however, is not interested in these acts. He wants only one person as a mate, but who? Who would be a good pick? He wasn't interested in anyone. He doesn't have feelings for anyone at this point. Some of his female classmates and soldiers are fine to look at, but he doesn't want them in any way. His dad isn't helping the matter either. All he hears about day to day is "Have you mated yet?" "Have you mated yet?" It is driving him mad.
Two days later.
The Great Tree, 04:00 hours.
The moths are sleeping soundly in the tree, some remain awake for fireguard and to patrol the area. Just as the guard changes, a loud explosion rocks the tree. Leaves fly everywhere. The ground shakes, the vibrating and pulsing sounds of Mutos begin to fill the air, they have found their base. Two huge holes have emerged around half a mile from the tree. An alarm sounds and the fireguard wakes up the moths. The battle has just begun.
"MOTHRA! MOTHRA! WAKE UP! THE MUTOS ARE ATTACKING US!" A moth bursts into Mothra's private quarters.
Mothra jolts awake. She was right. He did join the Mutos. She rushes to the window in her room. The ground is swarming in them. The large wooden and stone wall that surrounds the entire area is trampled. She turns around and looks at the other moth just as another massive explosion rocks the tree. This one was closer. The ground begins to tremble under her feet. She looks down and a Muto's arm is thrusted through the floor. It begins to tear apart the floor in a desperate attempt to get up.
"RUN MOTHRA, RUN!"
Mothra scampers out of the room just as the Muto climbs up. The other moth attacks the Muto as Mothra runs down the hall. She makes it to the end of the hall and onto a branch just to see the hallway behind her collapse. She looks down and sees several Mutos gnawing and tearing at the tree's base. It would soon collapse.
"Mom, where are you."
Mothra flies down to the bottom floor. This floor is the throne room. Just as Mothra lands at the doors she realizes that they are gone. The enormous and grand wooden doors are smashed to bits. Mothra glances inside the room to see Vothra slicing Mutos apart. In front of her are two large holes. Both of which have Mutos crawling out of.
"MOM! GET OUT OF HERE!"
"NO MOTHRA! WE MUST STAND OUR GROUND! I WON'T ALLOW THIS PLACE TO FALL." Vothra barks back as she engages in combat with a Muto. She quickly slices him apart with her front legs.
Mothra enters the room and helps her mom fight the Mutos. Outside however, Battra has taken a perch to witness the carnage. Him and the Muto Prime are watching the tree, along the Divine Moth's will, collapse. A Muto flies down to the Prime. He opens his mouth to speak.
"Your holiness, I bring a message from the front line. The Kaiju Royal Army has begun to send most of their forces here. What do we do?" The Prime turns to speak to Battra.
"Your plan has come to fruition, Battra, your men have done their job. Now it is time for mine," The Prime turns towards one of his messengers. "You, Tell my commanders at the front lines to begin the assault. The Final Conquest will begin."
The Muto flies away and the Prime turns to Battra.
"Battra, keep my men in order. I have unfinished business to take care of."
The Prime runs down the hill towards the tree. Battra turns towards him.
"As you wish, your holiness."
Battra has no intention of being #2 for much longer. He craves power. He wants the Prime dead more than anyone. Battra's ultimate goal is to unite all living beings under his wings. He wants to be the supreme leader of all Kaiju. But for now, he is buying his time. It will happen, eventually.
Vothra slices down another Muto just as the Prime walks into the room. He stops and stares at her. She stares at him. She glances towards Mothra.
"Mothra, run, get out of here now while you still can."
"No, I want to help you fight him. We can take him."
The Prime roars his sharp, vibrating screech and charges at Vothra. She leaps up and dives towards him. An epic dual begins. The Prime swings both his arms down just as Vothra gets close. She jolts out of the way and his arms slam into the ground. She slices down on his right shoulders and cuts a deep gash. He swings around and hits her with his tertiary arms. She slams into a wall and crashed onto the ground. Prime turns around and is met with a face full of sharp legs. A deep gash cuts across his already scarred face. He howls in pain as his eyes filled with hatred. Just as Vothra darts away he grabs her. Her face goes from confident to pure terror. He slams her onto the ground and stomps one of his arms right on her abdomen. Blood splatters the floor as Vothra's guts are crushed. She turns her head to Mothra.
"RUN! GET AWAY FROM HERE MOTHRA! NOW-"
She never finished her sentence. The Prime had already torn her head clean from her body. Vothra was no more. Mothra quickly jumps into the air and flies as fast as she can away from the tree. Fires begin to start and within minutes the tree is consumed. Some moths were still asleep in that tree. Battra watches it all burn with a grin on his face. His mom is dead, his enemies are crushed, and he feels more powerful than ever.
Godzilla arrives to the tree to late. By the time that him and his division show up from the front lines, the battle had already ended. The tree was in embers, and no moths were in size. The entire population was reduced to two. Mothra and Battra were all who remained, and neither were nowhere to be seen. Godzilla stepped through the ruins but found nothing of significance. But he felt something, he tells his men to be quiet. He lowers his head and hears vibrations. He looks over his shoulder towards the front, and sees nothing but a huge approaching cloud of dust. His eyes widen as he realizes just what that is.
"RUN! GET OUT OF HERE NOW! THEY ARE COMING!" Godzilla roars to his men.
The small group of 10 Kaiju retreat as all of Muto kind are charging their way towards them. And the Prime was leading the charge. The Final Conquest had begun.
Notes: Thank you guys for even still reading this. It really is an honor. I didn't release this last week because I wanted a break so I can celebrate Christmas with my family. But now that Christmas is over, chapters will be posted on their normal dates. This chapter is part 2 to one of the first major events in this story. I seem to write mostly about Mothra and her affairs and I don't mean to but she is my favorite Kaiju so it's kinda hard not to. Plus the whole Battra situation is really fun to write about. But besides that I hope y'all had a good holiday season.