Well, here's what you've been waiting for: The next-to-last chapter. So enjoy, I guess.
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VICTORY
Pushing himself up on powerful arms, Godzilla gave a low rumble, standing amidst the wrecked building, surrounded by fire and smoke, his orange eyes burning through it all straight at the Gryphon.
The Gryphon looked up to face him, the two smaller creatures instantly forgotten in the face of this, literally, much bigger prize.
The Gryphon was the first to charge, leaping into the air and extending its wings to swoop forward. Godzilla, however, was ready: He ducked under the approaching creature, his razor-sharp spinal plates slicing into its stomach, staining them with shining blood as the Gryphon screeched in pain. Godzilla's tail flicked up, smacking into the space beast's lower jaw and sending it tumbling through the air, crashing down into the street.
The Gryphon rose, turned and hunched down, its tail held forwards as it shot forth, the tail jabbing forwards towards Godzilla's neck. At the last second, however, Godzilla rose his clawed hands, grabbing onto the tail, swinging sideways to carry the Gryphon, tearing clean through the buildings to the side as the Gryphon crashed down to the ground, Godzilla bellowing his rage.
"Tina!" Jill's voice shouted over the radio, "Get back here now! That air strike's coming any second!"
The Gryphon stood up on all fours, thrashing wildly in Godzilla's vicelike grip. Holding the tail in his hands, Godzilla parted his jaws, clamped them on the end of the tail, and yanked his head up, slicing through flesh and bone and ripping the end of the tail clean off.
Even as the jagged stump began to heal, the Gryphon turned and looked up, its back flashing bright blue before the streak of fire shot into Godzilla's face, knocking him back as he fell back, staggering to one side as the Gryphon's back plates flashed a second time.
But this time, Godzilla was ready. A wave of energy shot through his own body, blasting out of his mouth to strike the oncoming attack from the Gryphon. The two blasts of energy collided, Godzilla's blast shooting forth, consuming the Gryphon's attack and blasting clear into its mouth, hurling the Gryphon away and sending it slamming into the street.
"Wow," Tina breathed, "Dangerous, I know, but still… wow…"
"Come on," Tomoyuki pulled her by the arm, "This isn't the time to stay and watch!"
As the Gryphon rose, internal and external burns rapidly healing, it happened to catch sight of the two tiny creatures as they ran past it, wicked sadism flaring to life in its black soul.
Parting its wings, the Gryphon unfolded its wings and swung forward, slicing through the side of the building next to it, Tina and Tomoyuki looking up in sudden horror.
In a split second, Godzilla recognised that scent. Like the other little creatures, but different somehow, he'd smelled it the first time he fought this thing, and again when… yes, it was her, the one who had awakened him…
Acting on pure animalistic instinct, Godzilla charged forward, ducking under the Gryphon.
Then, a clawed, charcoal-grey hand was holding the falling rubble as the two humans stared up, agape.
"My God…" Tomoyuki breathed.
"He saved us," Tina breathed. "Godzilla…" She looked up, Godzilla's blazing eyes turning down to regard her, "…Thank you…"
A second later, a mass of evil savagery ploughed into Godzilla, driving him into the side of the building with frenzied howls. Godzilla spun round, the building crumbling to fall atop the struggling beasts as he grabbed hold of the Gryphon's outstretched arm.
Swinging round as the two humans fled, Godzilla hurled the Gryphon to the ground, sank his claws into the flesh of its arm, and pulled with all his awesome strength. The Gryphon howled in pain, and then, with a sickening, tearing, snapping sound, the entire arm was wrenched off, thrown into the street as Godzilla gave an echoing roar.
The Gryphon rose on its hind legs, the ragged stump already growing outwards to form a new limb, the wave of energy shooting through it ready to strike…
Before Godzilla charged straight into it, carrying it down the street in thundering footsteps, smashing through buildings that parted in a sea of debris before their awesome momentum.
And then, the last of the buildings fell, the beasts smashing into an elevated street on the waterfront of New York, the entire structure giving way, falling to the side as the Gryphon shifted its weight round, slamming Godzilla sideways, the disused warehouse beneath him crushed before the impact.
The two beasts rose, each bellowing their fury as they stared each other down, the skyline of New York behind them.
The Gryphon shot forth with a flap of its wings, slamming into Godzilla, carrying him backwards to smash through a mass of metal girders as Godzilla's head slammed down into the middle lanes of the George Washington Bridge.
The Gryphon leapt up, slamming onto Godzilla as a wave of energy shot up its back once more…
Before a stream of fire erupted from Godzilla's maw, striking the Gryphon's face and carrying it up into the air, the beast slamming into the ground as Godzilla rose, another stream of flame erupting to douse the Gryphon in fire.
Leaning down, Godzilla grabbed the burning creature's shoulders with one hand and the back of its head with the other, claws digging into flesh as he invested all his strength in the single effort.
With its last breath, the Gryphon howled with rage, and pain, and horror, knowing what was coming. The creature that had never once known fear had now discovered terror.
With a disgusting tear, the Gryphon's head was ripped from its shoulders, shock and horror still frozen into its fading black eyes as Godzilla dropped it to the ground, a last burst of fire erupting to cover the Gryphon's body, the entire corpse bursting into blue and orange fire.
Pulling his head back, Godzilla dug his heels into the ground and gave a tremendous, earth-shaking roar of victory.
The end of that fight, with the bridge and all, refers to GINO of course. And I forgot to mention, thanks to GodzillaGuy for inspiring the whole Godzilla-wanting-revenge angle.
Next up is the final chapter. It's been one hell of a ride.
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