Chapter 3
The battle had ensued for hours with no relief in sight. Even at full strength Gamera, Guardian of the Universe would have trouble fighting a flock of Gyaos, but now weary from the battle with Iris in which he lost his right arm, the guardian beast began to give way. The swarm of Gyaos in which Gamera was now locked in combat pressed the advantage.
Not even when he battled the Legion did the giant turtle see so many creatures in one area - they literally blackened the sky, making the only source of light come from the burning city or the mouths of those hellish birds.
Demons of the night, that's what they were, and it was his job to exterminate every last one of them, even if it meant giving his own life in return. The Gyaos interrupted the Kaiju's thoughts with another sweep of crimson rain. The beams cut deeply into Gamera's flesh, green blood oozing out of the fresh wounds. In response, Gamera let loose a volley of fireballs, but only one hit its mark despite their vast numbers. they were extremely agile creatures and he had only managed to take out twenty of the billions that surrounded him.
There was but one way he knew of possibly wiping out the swarm and that was the manna blast, his final resort weapon, the same weapon that depleted the earth of enough manna so foul creatures such as the Gyaos could once again roam the earth. No! he had to find another way a better way! While Gamera continued to ponder how to actually do some damage, the Gyaos being the opportunistic creatures that they are, took this time to begin kamikaze attempts on the shelled behemoth. The Gyaos moved too quickly for Gamera to retaliate, thrusting all their weight into the Universe's Guardian.
Gamera was unable to keep his balance and succumbed to the attack, toppling over onto his back with the Gyaos chittering in glee above his fallen form. He waited for the inevitable, he had no more strength, it was now up to the humans to carry on the fight, he had done all he could. He waited for a good few minutes but the cold feeling of death never came, neither did the blazing heat of the Gyaos' sonic beam.
The great turtle opened one eye and took a look around at the devastated battle field as the sun began to rise over what had once been the city of Kyoto. Then he saw something he never excepted to see: the Gyaos! Every last one of them! They were leaving! Granted Gyaos were nocturnal creatures, but since they adapted the ability to grow scaly plates that shielded their eyes, they had no reason to flee from the sun. But here they were leaving.
The suspicion was too much, he had gained a moment's rest, but he still had a job to do and by the creator's holy name he was going to do it! With the last bit of strength he could summon, he flipped himself over so he lay flat on his belly. He then ignited his back jets, replacing his hind legs with a roaring blue flame.
With tremendous effort, Gamera was able to make himself airborne, but as he took off in pursuit of the Gyaos, his jets began to sputter and his flames went intermittently on and off. He finally realized finally how tired he was and that adrenaline had been the only thing keeping him alive, then he blacked out and fell into the ocean.
Inside the The Mecha-Godzilla cockpit
"The plasma grenade is down sir!" screamed Iko Hamamoto. They had been fighting Godzilla for far longer then they had originally anticipated. The morning sun had already newly risen and Godzilla was showing no signs of weakening.
"Well get it back up!" shouted Captain Marou Kojima
"What do you think I'm trying to do!" Iko Shouted back. The Mecha Godzilla cockpit shook as it took another direct hit from Godzilla's oral ray.
"Captain!" shouted Victor Barlem "We have to use the shock anchors! We've got to bring Godzilla down now!"
Captain Kojima nodded "Miss Hamamoto make it happen!"
"Well that would be a good Idea" Iko said calmly "if the blasted anchor bay doors weren't Jammed!" Another blast of the mutant saurian's radioactive ray hit Mecha Godzilla, once again point blank.
Mecha Godzilla's control panel exploded in front of Captain Kojima, the uniforms they were made to wear was able to prevent most of the serious damage, but despite the padding Kojima's face was still exposed, allowing the sparks of the damaged panel to sear into his face. Kojima let out a terrible scream as the tiny sparks burnt his flesh. Genjo Asano who was in the back of the cockpit quickly unbuckled him self and grabbed the nearby fire extinguisher. He leapt up to the front to do battle with the fire that was now emanating from where a computer used to be. Iko and Victor lifted up the captain, whose face was severely burned and laid him down in the back "Hey Genjo you're going to be the new boss for awhile. What do we do?"
Genjo, putting out the last of the flames, sat down in the captain's chair "We fire the mega buster ray!"
"On it" Iko shouted as she punched in a few buttons. Since Godzilla's metal twin had seemed to be taking the defensive the Beam shot out of its maw caught the titan off guard. The Daikaiju king fell back into the ocean creating a giant splash that sent a wave of water past the Robot.
"Statues report Iko!" Genjo shouted, Iko shook her head "Not good Genjo, the right leg's begun to fill with water."
"So the trillion dollar Mecha can get waterlogged. So much for Japanese engineering" Victor joked.
"Shut up Victor!" Iko Snapped. Her mood quickly changed from annoyance to panic as Godzilla resurfaced firing his blue ray before any of the crew could react.
"Blast! Genjo Screamed "Iko fire the buster ray again!"
"Love to Genjo darling just one problem that last attack knocked out all weapon's systems, were pretty much pardon the pun dead in the water."
Genjo sighed "is there nothing at all?" Iko thought for a moment "Well we still got maneuverability although the flight jets are completely shot".
Again Genjo Sighed "Great".
"Hey I got an idea!" Victor announced.
Iko rolled her eyes "I bet you do."
Victor ignored her "What if we fought Godzilla hand to hand."
Genjo looked at Victor "Are you insane!! Mecha Godzilla was never meant to be used in close quarter combat!"
"Aww come on it'll work!" Victor said pleadingly "you know we'll do all those Karate moves on him. like you see in those animes!"
Both of Iko's hands came slowly up to her face covering it as her head also descended onto her control panel spilling her long black hair over the mechanism "Victor you idiot."
Victor looked down at her "I take it you don't like my idea" he said. Iko lifted her head back up and looked at him then simply shook her head.
Victor realizing he had said something very stupid attempted to save face "so then what are we supposed to do?"
"Nothing" Genjo said "nothing at all we can't…" Genjo was cut off as Godzilla let loose another beam telling them he was tired of waiting. Inside the cockpit a few more small explosions occurred, but nothing to serious "this can't go on" Genjo shouted "he's not playing with us any more, I don't think…"
" Genjo the Shock cables are up again and we've got power to the escape pod!"
Genjo swerved around "Well then Fire!" Iko saluted but before she could hit the button they were attacked again but not from Godzilla, this time it came from behind. The crew watched aghast as thousand's, no, millions of Red Bird's flew over Mecha Godzilla.
"Gyaos!" Genjo gasped.
Victor looked confused "but I thought they were all in Kyoto?"
"Yeah well it looks like they decided to change location" Iko retorted. the Mecha Godzilla crew stared dumbfounded, but they weren't the only one's, Godzilla himself also seemed to take an interested in these creatures, he had never seen their like before and he wondered if they were merely another threat to be dealt with. He got his answer as one of the Gyaos took notice of what was transpiring below and immediately swooped down for an attack.
Godzilla being an old veteran of Kaiju battles immediately saw the winged reptile's actions as hostile and powered up his dorsal plates making them glow with a bluish tint, he then fired. The Gyaos dodged the attack, but did not realize that the atomic Dragons weapon was not projectile as was the Guardian turtles, but a fluid like fire that followed the monster bird across the sky, and the beam was rapidly catching up to the Gyao's speed. In a tactical maneuver the Gyaos flew behind the silver giant that had also been in standing in the vicinity, allowing the blast to hit the silver creature, giving the Gyaos' time to regroup and attack with its own energy weapon.
Frustrated at his doubles interference Godzilla let loose another blast at his Titanium twin, this time knocking it off its feet. He then turned around to face the red bird. The Gyaos had just finished its turn and was ready to release its sonic lazar, its beak opened up and with a shrill cry let out a yellow beam that hit Godzilla's chest area and began to surgically cut across his torso. Godzilla howled in pain as the yellow knife cut into his chest. The mighty beast staggered back for a minute then released his full fury. The Gyaos was chittiring with glee over it's what it believed to be next meal, but what it didn't realize was that Godzilla was no Gamera. Godzilla's back glowed again but this time instead of blue it was a reddish orange tint, and the Gyaos was for a moment mesmerized by the color. Fascinated by the strange light it began slowing down its flight to a circling glide.
Godzilla let loose from his maw a beam of the same color as his spine's and caught the Gyaos mid air. Unlike the battles with Gamera the Gyaos did not exploded under this new attack, but instead merely disaggregated under it. Godzilla let out a triumphant roar and watched as the rest of the Gyaos flock disappeared over the horizon. He turned and saw Mecha Godzilla lying motionless in the water and decided it was no longer a threat. His attention now turned to the new creatures that had just flown past. Perhaps they held the key to his mysterious resurrection, he looked down at his torso, his wound had already healed thanks to his miraculous cell's but his confusion still had not been cleared. He would follow these strange beasts, and maybe he would find the answers he was seeking.
On the shoreline Victor watched Godzilla as the mighty Leviathan turned and began to follow the Gyaos. Victor turned to Iko who was helping Genjo put Captain kojima on a stretcher and wheel him into an ambulance. He then looked at the fallen Mecha Godzilla they had barely made it out of before the thing came crashing down, then a thought occurred to him he turned to Iko "Hey Iko" he said.
Iko turned around "What is it Victor?" she asked with out any malice.
Vincent looked up "Well I was just wondering how come we don't have a Mecha Gyaos?" Iko's eye's became flustered she then picked up a rock about the size of a softball and threw it at Victor.