Chapter 11-Ashes

Darkness fell upon the Earth.

Only a few days after the asteroid impact, the Earth's sky was blacked out. Most of the Caribbean was buried under lava and ash, and the climate rose temporarily, then fell drastically. Animals began to starve. Within months, 50% of all creatures, plant and animals, either died or went extinct. As for the surviving Mutos and Kaiju, their situation was far worse. Because of the asteroid impact's shockwave and massive Earthquakes, the radiation levels plummeted. Mutos and Kaiju began to starve. 96% of all Mutos were wiped out. And almost 88% of the remaining kaiju starved. This led to many species either becoming endangered or extinct. For Godzilla, he was the last of his kind. Ghidorah on the other hand was thrilled to have no-one to challenge his new rule. Battra ordered the remaining Mutos to come to the impact zone. Out of the millions in the world, only 1,000 Mutos showed up. Battra was devastated. He had no-one to rule. He had just achieved his life goal, and it was taken from him in less than an hour. He was Emperor for less than 24 hours. Currently Battra is still talking to Ghidorah.

"So...Battra, as you call yourself, what is your place in this world?" the middle head sneers.

"I am the Emperor of Earth. I defeated both Alpha males and took over both of their regimes. And I suggest you follow my orders or you will succumb to the same fate."

"Emperor? Emperor of what?" the right head spits mockingly. "Emperor of this smoldering crater? Who do you rule? Us? We rule ourselves. If you really are emperor, I suggest you give that terminology to me. After all, we are the alpha now."

Battra flairs his wings. He gets ready to jump onto Ghidorah to attack him, but something tells him to stop and think. He lowers his wings. He somehow knows Ghidorah is more powerful than he is.

If I attack him, I will surely die. As much as I want to, he has a point. I have no army, no kingdom, no nothing.

Battra looks into Ghidorah's three sets of eyes. The red of them burrows deep into his soul. A deep coldness fills him.

"Resistance is futile Battra. I am your master now."

"Yes...I agree with you. Take the throne, Ghidorah, I don't want to fight you."

Ghidorah's three heads smile. This moth does have some logic in him. Battra lowers himself to the ground. He bows. Ghidorah's tails rattle. The middle head turns to Battra to speak.

"It is settled then, I am the emperor now. But, I want a change. I don't like the way emperor sounds. How about...king. King...Ghidorah." Battra looks down at the ground. Tears welling in his eyes. His entire life had just been stolen from him. A sound jolts Battra away from his sorrows to something coming from the right. It's Commander Dex. He's limping towards them. Deep cuts and scratches cover his body. King Ghidorah turns towards this strange six legged creature.

"Battra! You survived! What happened? All I saw was white and then a blue wall of water and then...black. Now I am here."

"Dex, I am not your ruler anymore."

"What? What do you mean?" Dex tilts his head in confusion.

"Ghidorah, meet my top military commander, Dex."

"Greetings, Ghidorah, I haven't seen one of your kind before."

"Of course you haven't. We just arrived. And before you continue, we are your new ruler. You will address us as King Ghidorah from now on."

Commander Dex looks towards Battra. Battra is sulking. His eyes glued to the rocky ground. Ghidorah flairs his wings and all three sets of eyes fall on Battra.

"I see. But I am not going to let you take over the throne by force! You have no idea who you are.." Commander Dex stops talking.

King Ghidorah rises over Dex. A glowing golden glow crawls up from his stomach into his three necks. Before Dex can even comprehend what is going to happen, three golden beams of energy shoot from Ghidorah's heads. All three beams hit him in the chest. Dex is launched into the air and smashes through a nearby rock. Dex groans in pain.

"NOOO! STOP GHIDORAH STOP!" Battra jumps up and strikes Ghidorah. A deep slash is cut across his left head. It squeals in pain. The middle one grabs him by the wing and throws him into another rock.

"You dare challenge me?" Another round of gravity beams strike Dex. Dex yells in agony. Battra stands up and faces Ghidorah. He won't let this alien take his place.

"Yes. I didn't get this far just for someone else to take all my work." Battra clacks his pinchers. Ghidorah's middle head grins. The other two stare at Battra.

"So be it. You shall die then. I have no room for beings like you in this world."

Battra jumps into the air and comes in for a dive. Ghidorah doesn't even take off. Ghidorah dodges Battra's attack and grabs him by each wing. The left and right heads pulls them open. The middle head charges up and fires a gravity beam right into Battra's chest. The blast sends him flying. He smacks onto the ground. Ghidorah walks forward.

Battra lies in agony. This being will kill him. Battra gets up onto his feet and faces Ghidorah. But instead of fighting him, he takes off and flies away. King Ghidorah looks towards Battra as he flees. Their gaze then shifts to Commander Dex walking towards him.

"Ghidorah, forgive me. You have my eternal service now. I pledge myself to you, King Ghidorah," Dex bows to the new king. Ghidorah smiles at him.

"Rise, commander. Your service will come in use. Your first mission is to find any and all surviving Mutos. Bring them to me. This world is now mine."

"Yes...my lord," Commander Dex rises and walks off.

A new age is upon us. The Age of Darkness.

Notes: hey guys, hope y'all have been enjoying the story. Also sorry if this chapter is kinda short I didn't really know what to do with this chapter but I hope y'all enjoyed it anyways. The next couple of chapters are really going to be focused on Godzilla and Mothra because I feel I haven't done them justice. Especially Godzilla. As for Battra, well, his story is kinda at a point where I can't continue it yet without some more story development. Anyways, I will see you guys next week.