metempsychosis:the supposed transmigration of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species
"Come on kid, you can do better than this!"
"Well I would if you let me at least catch you!"
Day 3 of captivity. The golden parasite still gave Mordred those weird tongue baths, saying he is making sure that the worms' scent got off him. He also still put him in time out or, as Mordred liked to call it, the Hole.
Still he shuddered at the thought of that cramped dark place, which he was put in for at least ten times. For some STRANGE reason, Ghidorah would find any reason to put him in the Hole, sometimes employing insane troll logic. His fingernails were only still there because every damn time Ghidorah feeds him he would grow claws, making his nails regrow. But his hands were raw from trying to dig out.
Also after a good day, he would force the two to lay with him in the nest, with Mordred being sandwiched between them with Ghidorah running his clawed hands through her hair, while whispering to them how he was burning the world for them. It made the boy sick but he tried to listen more to Godzilla's rumbles.
But today, for some reason, Ghidorah was hardly there. The two weren't going to look at a gift horse in the mouth and they decided to waste time by training. Which technically meant that they were playing a game of tag and tussling around the cavern.
Right now Mordred was trying to push Godzilla down, to the ground until he decided to lean against the boy. "Oh no! Gravity is increasing on me!"
"No, it's not!" Mordred screamed as Godzilla started falling on him.
"It is, too, kid. The same thing happened yesterday," The young Atlantean was barely holding onto the fallen King as he bent over like he was a bridge over him.
Goji? Goji, honey, can you hear me?
"Mr. Godzilla?" asked Mordred, noticing his friend's eyes widen.
"It's her..." Godzilla exclaimed, holding back the tremble of relief, as he heard Mothra, his Queen, the love his life as the bond between them opened up.
Mosu...thank Gaia he hasn't found you... he could hear her chuckles running through his mind and it gave him hope...
As if that parasite could ever find me..I'm sorry it took so long for me to contact you. Wherever he has place you has block my calls to you..but I'm slowly transforming into my Imago Form and my mind is much stronger than his blocks.
I know love..I know..I can't fight him..the humans hit me with some air-taker and I know it melted my insides..and he has my heir...
Your...heir? Dear Gaia...is he alright?
He's recovering. We are also training to get out of this prison.
That parasite...I can see why you aren't fighting back...he is threatening him, isn't he?
A little bit, not to kill him or anything but to give her a shock or something..I don't want him hurt more than she already is...
He...doesn't threaten to kill the child?
He's..he's planning on forcing us to do a Rite... he held back the grimace as he heardd Mothra's screech of anger.
That...that hideous beast! Oh all the things he could do! I'm going to work faster on getting into my other form...but I'm not like Battra, my Paragon..and from what I can see Maya is almost done..maybe...by tomorrow...I won't be done in time…
Godzilla closed his eyes at that, he knew that Mothra was in her cocoon and had hoped that she would be done before Maya was finished collecting the radiation she needed to do the Rite. But now hearing that no, his Queen would be too late, he took a deep breath.
Don't rush yourself, my Queen...and don't blame yourself...I already feel a bond between myself and the child...hopefully it will be enough that any side effects won't be lasting through the Rite, because he knew damn it...he knew there will be side effects...the last time a Forced Rite happen..
I hate this, Goji, I hate this...please be careful ,my love.
I will...I promise, my Queen.
With that, he closed the connection and pulled Mordred close, slowly brushing his hair, trying not to cry as he sent a prayer to the Allmother.
Mother Gaia...please...please keep my son safe..don't let me lose him...
"Well, well, well! It's a big day. A big day indeed!" Ghidorah said cheerfully as he walked into the cavern, popping their little protective bubble. Unlatching the chains from the wall, he pulled them, dragging the two out of the cavern.
Instead of going to the Water Cavern or the Hole, they went further into the caves. Godzilla wrapped his tail around Mordred's wrist. "Stay near me, kid, OK?" Mordred nodded before Godzilla turned towards Ghidorah. "What are you planning, Ghidorah? What's this big day?"
"Oh my dear Broken Prince. You will be finding out soon," he said with a smile that did not help with the stomach flips that Mordred was secretly having. That smile seemed to be aimed more at him than Godzilla.
They soon came to an entrance that was blocked with vines, making some kind of door. Being pulled through the two found themselves in a larger cavern. It was lit up by many torches but Mordred turned toward Godzilla, when he felt his tail tighten on his wrist. His eyes were wide, as he looked at the huge nest, instead of being made of blankets and pillows, was made of a pile of sand and was bordered by rocks. Mordred then felt himself being pulled behind Godzilla, he was growling as he glared at Ghidorah and the now two other monsters that he just noticed were in the cavern.
"Ghidorah! If you're doing what I think you're planning…you really are crazier than I thought! He might not survive!"
Ghidorah chuckled before pulling on Mordred's chains, making the boy come out from behind Godzilla's back. He landed on his knees and hands, looking up at Ghidorah's red-eyed stare. "Oh, but he most certainly will, my dear…this is a child of Gaia! He doesn't deserve to be hindered by being in the form of a worm." With that Ghidorah turned into his true form, Kevin wrapping his head around Mordred.
"You, over there!" the dragon barked at the fire bird, "Get ready, I'm about to take Godzilla's chains off,"
The bird twitched his head towards Godzilla and Ghidorah in a nervous matter. "My…King…are you sure about this?"
"Do not worry, General Rodan, Godzilla is weaker than usual since I've been draining him! Just do as you are told. With that the middle head went towards Godzilla, biting through the chains that wrapped around his neck, ankles and wrists.
Godzilla stared at Mordred, right into his eyes, before saying one word.
"Run,"
Blue lights lit up the room as harsh winds blew through the room. Mordred had to hold onto the spines on Kevin's head to make sure he wasn't blown away, putting his head down. When it grew silent, he slowly looked up.
Covered in dark gray, almost black scales, with the height of 335 feet, he stared at them with glowing orange eyes. Scars littered his body, the fresher ones coming from his neck oozed blood. His body swayed back and forth but the beast shook his head before standing his ground. His dorsal fins started lighting up blue, as smoke escaped from his mouth. Mordred stared in awe, this was the true King Of The Monsters.
"SKROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORNK!"
Godzilla jumped at Ghidorah but someone intercepted him. The two mighty beasts made the ground rumble as they fought. Godzilla was gaining the upper hand as he grabbed Rodan by the head, crashing him into the ground. Ghidorah growled in anger at this, "He had one job to do!" Ghidorah stood up where he was laying to help, when Mordred took this chance and ran through the vines.
"HATCHLING!"
The boy ignored the yelling, running faster when the ground stopped rumbling. Seeing a light up ahead, he ran faster. Thank Gaia that my leg is healed or I wouldn't be able to do this! he thought.
But his happy thoughts ran out when he ran out of the caves, having to stop before falling into the sea below. Panting and out of breath, he looked around to see if there was anywhere he could hide.
"Is this whole place just a big mountain with caves!" he said out loud, exasperated. When the hair on the back of his neck rose, he knew he wouldn't have time to hide. Sliding to the side, making sure he wouldn't fall into the water below, Mordred held his breath when the parasite walked out of the caves. Putting one hand over his mouth to ease his breathing, he tried to stay quiet as Ghidorah looked below trying to find him. Knowing sooner or later that he'll look to the sides, he tried sliding to the side more. Unfortunately, when doing so, he lost a little bit of his footing, making a rock crumble from the edge and falling into the sea. Freezing in place, he slowly looked to the side to see that Ghidorah was staring at him with the same cocky look on his face.
"Now my dear, did you really think you could escape?" he said as Mordred tried to slowly keep moving but his tail hit the wall. Making the ledge on that side crumble into the sea. Whimpering, he looked to the sea below thinking of maybe trying to jump and swim to safety, but before he could, teeth grabbed onto the gown, lifting him up.
"Let me go!" Mordred tried to struggle but the right head began to speak. "My dear, you are mine. I'm never letting you go. This is your home now, I am your father and my Broken Prince…Well, he shall become your mother."
Before he could say anything, they were back in the cavern through the vines. She stared in horror as Godzilla laid on the ground, Rodan on top of him, keeping him in place. More blood oozed from his neck from a new bite wound.
"My King…I'm all ready." Mordred stared at the other Titan, recognizing it as the same species as the two Titans from San Francisco. What worried him was the red glow he could see coming from underneath the Muto.
"Good," was all Ghidorah said as he put Mordred down. Before he could even escape, the left and right head latched onto his arms. He screamed in pain as her body was forced to take more energy than he probably could take at the time. Energy of fire that felt brought him safety and warmth, and the energy of lightning that made his red lines that would appear when absorbing Gaia's Gift into his body. The poor boy felt like he was going to explode, and no matter how much he screamed at Ghidorah to stop, he only bit down harder, pushing more energy into him.
Finally he stopped, letting him fall on the ground. The red lines pulsed and the birthmark on his back glowed brighter than ever as he groaned in agony. He felt like throwing up but at the same she couldn't even do that. Then he felt Ghidorah picking her up, his body being numb to the extent he couldn't even move a finger.
"Now, my hatchling, my Destroyah. It's time for your life as a worm to end. Your life as a god begins once you awaken from this slumber. You'll be the most powerful being in this universe. I promise you my dear...we will be a family," With that Kevin rubbed his head against him before the middle head dropped him.
Into the mouth of the Muto.
Mordred screamed, adrenaline rushing through him when he was in the mouth, making him able to move again. Try as hard as he might, he couldn't get out. The long slimy forked tongue curled around his body, coating him in slime as it forced him down towards the throat. She tried to claw his way out, but being squeezed by the oozing walls around him, left him no room to move. He soon fell into a pool of reddish orange slime. Closing his eyes for pain, thinking he was going to be digested. He was pleasantly surprised when all he felt was a soothing feeling and the fact she could breath in it just like in the waters of home.
Floating around, he realized he was in fact not in the Muto's stomach but in the glowing sack that was underneath the Muto that he saw. Before he could do anything else, he screamed as the walls around him started to close in around him. Using the claws that she gained during the absorbing, he tried to get out, but they just slid through the slime coating them. Soon he was curled into a ball, not able to move.
"What is happening to me?!"
Godzilla struggled, trying to escape from Rodan's grasp as he watched the Muto detach the egg sack from her stomach. Relief swept through the giant when he saw that inside the small glowing sac was a figure. "Thank Gaia, he's still alive…" Fear gripped him again when Ghidorah picked the sack into his mouth before turning towards him.
"General, open his mouth, if you please." Struggling harder, Godzilla tried to throw Rodan off his back but to no use, claws gripped at his neck making him lift his head as another set of claws went to his lower jaws.
His mouth was pried open and before he knew it, was snapped shut with the sac in his mouth. Kevin's mouth then surrounded his mouth, making sure he could not open it again, the right head rubbed at his neck.
"That's it, that's it, my dear Broken Prince. It will be all over soon. All you have to do is swallow," Ghidorah whispered in his ear lobe, and to Godzilla's anger, he was forced to swallow. When Kevin let go, Godzilla opened his mouth, trying his hardest to gag. Hoping to throw up the sac, but to his horror, he felt it go down, all the way to where his own egg sac laid. His stomach glowed a deep red, indicating that the sac was fully in, before fading.
"Hahaha...HAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Ghidorah laughed in glee at this, Kevin pushing his head towards Godzilla's stomach, rubbing against it and purring. "You two can leave now. You've done what you were told." He said this to Rodan and the Muto, and much to Godzilla's anger, the two bowed to Ghidorah before leaving. He hated the way Rodan's eyes were a glowing pool of pink, yellow and red instead of the molten gold they were suppose to be.
Godzilla then groaned, before shuddering at the weird feeling that was going through his head. He shook his head trying to get the fog that was being pushed in his mind, trying his hardest to focus more on the bond with Mothra.
"Come on, my dear, why won't you just submit to it? You are mine now. You belong to me, the bond between us that is now forming because of the little one is proof enough." Ghidorah lay beside Godzilla, covering him with one of his wings. The right head was now laying on top of his head while the middle head laid beside it, muttering to him. "My dear Broken Prince, you're hurting, are you? The bond between that insect and you is clashing with our bond. If you just say that you're mine, it will go away. Your instincts are telling you that, aren't they? Just submit, my dear, and the pain will go away. Just submit and tell me you belong to me,"
It was hard to think, his pupils enlarged as he panted. The feeling of Ghidorah curled around him, cuddling with him and making sure the egg that was now forming in his stomach felt so wrong...but at the same time felt so right. This was not his mate, this was his enemy! He should not enjoy this but...his was the father of his egg, he should say he belongs to him, right? That's the way it goes.
"I...I...be-belong…" Before he could finish, a screech went through his mind as the fog was swept away. Godzilla was left panting on the ground, tired and worn out from fighting. Ghidorah growled in anger before he smiled.
"Don't worry, my dear. Once the egg is laid, we will deal with that bug. We will make sure she is gone. In five hours she will be dead, we will even make sure she won't be reborn, that way that bond won't hurt you. Right now just rest, ok. Our hatchling needs her mother to be strong. Just sleep, I'll be right here if you need anything," With that Ghidorah licked his muzzle before laying down to sleep.
Godzilla laid there, curled around Ghidorah, worry seeping through his veins. He has to get out of here…no! He needs to stay in the nest with his mate. Had to make sure the egg was safe, the egg was safe! It was safe as long as he stayed with his mate. But Ghidorah isn't his mate, Mothra is. But Ghidorah is the father!
Tears went down Godzilla's face as he put his hands onto his stomach.
"Please… Gaia…. Mothra…. Anyone… help us,"
Next chapter, we'll check back on the League, and they, as well as their companions, will have joined up with the rest of Monarch. Yay!
