So, last chapter for the KOTM portion of the fic.
I do have some chapters already written and waiting to post but I have a four day work week this week starting to today with two days off in between in the middle of the week so I will try to continue to write chapters but we'll see if I'm able to. Hope you guys don't mind!
History Shows Again and Again
Chapter 15
May 2019
Zeek stood beside Mark in the Osprey, watching as Godzilla got closer and closer to land before he paused. In the distance, Zeek could see Ghidorah arching his necks back, the golden glow seen from his three throats as he was about to blast someone or something on the ground in front of it.
Godzilla seemingly took a deep breath, his dorsal plates grew brighter before he unleashed his nuclear breath, hitting Ghidorah in the torso and sending him tumbling back. Godzilla let out one roar, announcing his presence before letting out a second as he resumed walking. Jets soared past him and destroyers sailed beside him.
Godzilla and humans; battling the three headed devil as one. Never would Zeek have thought he would live to see this day. He wished his best friends were here to see this.
"Okay, we've zeroed in on the last ping from the ORCA. Fenway Park, dead ahead." Sam stated over the radio. "We'll lay cover fire to keep Ghidorah distracted."
"Copy that." Barnes acknowledged.
Godzilla made it to land, One foot lifted out of the water, setting down on train drenched ground and the other followed suit.
You better be watching, you two, thought Zeek. This is what we always theorized and it became true.
Zeek watched as the Argo flew in low to barrage Ghidorah with some missiles before banking and the jets behind it did the same. Ghidorah straightened up before looking at Godzilla, who charged. Ghidorah quickly did the same and, when they clashed, it caused a shockwave that made the osprey tremble slightly.
Then, Sam came on the radio again. "Okay guys, you need to find the ORCA, get Madison and get the hell out of there. Whatever Serizawa did to Godzilla worked a little too well. 'Cause he's about to explode like an atom bomb."
"Roger that." Barnes said as the Osprey drew closer and was lowering towards the park despite the two titans clashing right there. "Prepare for landing."
Godzilla threw Ghidorah, who skidded a few feet. Ghidorah snarled as he got up and as Godzilla began to walk towards the alien.
The light within the osprey went red as it began to land. There was a roar from Godzilla before the chopper jolted, as if being hit by Ghidorah's lightning, which it probably did.
The door dropped open and the first two soldiers were vaporized. Zeek tried not to think about it as he rushed out with everyone else into the rain, the ground trembling at each step the two creatures took. They were so close that he could almost see individual scales on Ghidorah's foot.
He looked up and saw the left head biting onto Godzilla's shoulder but Godzilla used his tail to smack the other's legs, pushing him away.
"Madison!" Mark suddenly yelled, voice trying to overpower the rain and the fighting monsters. Then, Godzilla had one of Ghidorah's heads on the ground, a clawed foot on the long neck, close to the head.
"I got something!" shouted Martinez. "Over here, check this out!"
Zeek and Mark began running, only pausing to duck as a yellow bolt struck too close for comfort. Mark got closer than Zeek, who was a few paces behind when he had to duck.
"I found the ORCA, sir, it looks pretty banged up. No sign of your daughter!"
Above them, Godzilla pushed Ghidorah back but the right head bit into his shoulder, the middle his neck and the left his left arm.
"She's not here!" Martinez said as they began to move towards the osprey. "We gotta get outta here!"
Before they could get any closer, Ghidorah's foot stepped on the osprey, making it explode and shrapnel going everywhere. The explosion caused everyone to fall back and Zeek landed on his back, now feeling pain in his left bicep and his right side.
"Zeek!" he heard Mark call out before hands gripped his shoulders. There was a massive tremor, as if something had fallen onto the ground and was being dragged. "Zeek, focus on me!"
Zeek opened his eyes- when had he closed them?- and he saw Mark above him, looking down at his body. Zeek followed the other's eyes and he could see blood gushing out of his left bicep and right side. When he lifted his shirt up, he was relieved that whatever hit him had only left a gash and, from the feel of it, so did whatever hit his bicep.
"I'm fine." Zeek assured Mark as he forced himself to stand, Mark helping. Then, he saw Godzilla on the ground and just unleashed his breath, hitting Ghidorah in the chest and forcing him back. The twin tails lifted up and were coming down close to them when the small band of humans noticed a bluish shimmering light before Mothra appeared just as Godzilla closed his mouth.
She let out a high-pitched chattering before spitting out a web and stuck all three heads to the building but the right head got free, roaring at Mothra before attempting to free the other heads. The head paused, obviously seeing Godzilla in the buildings reflection, turned and screeched at Godzilla, biting at him but he continued to charge forward and smashing Ghidorah right through the building.
Mothra let out her own roar as she soared and Godzilla simply titled his head, as if acknowledging Mothra, and looked back at Ghidorah. Then, Ghidorah let out a different sounding roar, causing Zeek to frown before looking up towards Mothra and noticed a flicker of red before Rodan came out of nowhere and slammed into her. The two grappled in the air, letting go only to roar at each other and went back to grappling.
Zeek heard an engine and they all turned just to see a military Humvee driving towards them before skidding to a stop, revealing Emma in the driver seat.
"Get in!"
Zeek didn't need to be told twice and he quickly scampered into the back with the other following.
"Emma…" Zeek began, his voice both happy yet angry at the same time.
"Later!" she told him as the others got in, Barnes and Martinez helping an injured Griffin inside. Then, they were off, driving out of the park and began to drive down the road with a jet smashing into the building next to them.
"Where's Madison?" asked Mark.
"I don't know! I thought she was there!"
"Well, she's not there!"
Emma was jerking the Humvee to swerve away from any explosions despite the protests from Barnes.
"I hope you're as good at finding her as you are at losing her!" Mark snapped.
"I didn't lose her, she ran away!" Emma snapped back.
"Well gee, I wonder why!"
"I can't blame that kid." Barnes cut in. "If I had these two for my parents, I'd run away from home too."
Emma slammed on the brakes as she and Mark looked at Barnes. "What did you just say?"
"If I had you two for parents, I'd run away from home too."
The two looked at one another and they spoke in union.
"Home."
Emma began to drive again, the sounds of the battle all around the Humvee. Zeek couldn't see what the hell was going on and he wished he could. Especially when everything began to lit up brightly, causing him to flinch.
"The fuck?!" yelped Barnes. No one answered him, they just kept going until they pulled up to a stop and everyone save for Griffin climbed out of the Humvee. Zeek could see the demolished buildings and his heart sank at what that could mean.
He glanced over in the other direction and saw Mothra, wounded with her wings singed, on a tall skyscraper. Below her was a flailing Rodan, in pain and also injured.
Some ways away was Godzilla taking a few steps back. The bright light from earlier had got to have been Ghidorah and wounded Godzilla with whatever he did.
"Maddie!" Mark yelled. "Madison!"
"Maddie!" Emma screamed.
"Mads!" Zeek followed after Emma and Mark through the rubble.
"Madison!" Mark yelled again.
"Madison!" Barnes joined in and they all continued to call for her, hoping that she could reply, would call back.
"Emma!" Mark called and he was moving, his ex-wife scrambling after her followed by Zeek. He could see a hand sticking out from a bathtub that had some rubble on it. Barnes, Mark, Emma and Martinez all pushed the rubble off of the tub and Emma immediately started to sob.
Mark picked Madison out of the tub and set her down on the ground with Emma.
"Oh my baby." cried Emma, smoothing the girl's hair out of her face with a hand. "Is she breathing? Mark, is she breathing?"
Mark put his head close to her head and neck as Emma gripped her daughter's hand, kissing the back of it.
Then, Modison gasped before she was coughing. Emma placed a hand on Mark's back before the man helped Madison sit up and he quickly hugged her with Emma joining in.
"Mom...Dad…" cried Madison. "Mom...Mom…"
"We're here." Emma said soothingly.
"Gave us all a heart attack." Zeek moved closer to the three, causing Madison to look over.
"Zee…" Madison sniffled.
The moment was broken as Godzilla roared in the distance, making everyone look at the fight. Ghidorah flew into the air and dug his feet claws into Godzilla before flapping his powerful wings and airlifted Godzilla. The two titans flew higher and higher, above the smoke and devastation, above the storm clouds.
The family, Zeek and the soldiers walked to the Humvee before Godzilla fell through the clouds and crashed into the ground, sending dust clouds every which way, even over them. They could only watch as Ghidorah landed a few feet away from Godzilla, his wings flaring as he screeched.
When Zeek looked over at Godzilla, he could see Mothra climbing on Godzilla, really hitting home how much smaller she was compared to him. Her wings came up and covered Godzilla while glowing brightly. Then, she let out a scream and flew into the air, heading towards Ghidorah, her wings faltering but she never stopped, even when the glow appeared in the necks of Ghidorah.
Zeek felt his heart squeezed when Ghidorah let his bolts fly, smashing into Mothra. She let out a screech as she was pushed back and back until a bright light overcame her and Zeek covered his eyes. When it died down, Zeek uncovered his eyes and saw blue colored...energy fall down to Godzilla and it was as if he absorbed it, turning red as it entered his body. Again, Zeek felt his heart squeeze when Godzilla lifted his head and roared weakly, as if calling out to Mothra. Then, his head fell back to the ground.
Ghidorah approached Godzilla and the big guy could only roar as red began to show through the cracks of his scales and his dorsal plates.
"Osprey coming in two minutes!" shouted Martinez.
"We gotta work fast!" stated Mark.
"To do what?" asked Emma.
"To fix the ORCA."
Mark let Madison go, grabbed the ORCA and began to fix it. Zeek looked back and saw Ghidorah's heads and necks slithering across the ground like snakes before wrapping them around the big guy, lifting him up and beginning to bite into him, causing Godzilla to roar in pain. Red started to show through the golden scales and Zeek instantly knew what was going on.
Ghidorah was sucking the power gifted by Mothra from Godzilla.
Zeek looked over just as Madison pressed the button, turning on the ORCA. Just in time too as the osprey landed on the ground. Barnes and Martinez was the first to head over to it.
Emma was kissing Madison on the forehead when Mark yelled for her before pushing Madison into her father's arms.. "Okay, take her. Take her. I still have to activate it. I'm right behind you, go!"
Then, she was looking at Zeek, was standing beside her. "Zeek...promise me."
Zeek looked at her. "What?"
"Promise me that you will help Mark take care of Madison- be that uncle that will always be there for her."
His eyes widened as he realized what she was planning on doing. "Emma-"
"Please, promise me. I can't...I can't put her in any more danger. The ORCA was supposed to make the world a better place, coexisting with the Titans but...I was so stupid. I caused millions of lives to be lost because of this device. I thought it would only be collateral damage but I realized...just….please. Promise me."
"I…" he set his jaw. "I promise, Emma."
She gave him a quick hug before pushing him away and he ran over to the osprey with a heavy heart. He heard the pulsating signal begin as he got on the osprey and looked back at Emma.
She started to run towards the osprey before stopping, looking over to where Ghidorah was probably charging from and then back at Mark and Madison. Then she mouthed three words that caused Zeek to set his jaw again.
'I love you'
"No…" Madison shook her head, her voice trembling. Then, Emma was turning around and running back to the humvee. "No!"
"Emma!" shouted Mark as he held onto Madison so she wouldn't run after the older woman.
"MOM!" Madison cried out as she fell to her knees. Mark set down behind her, holding her against him. The osprey lifted up into the air, higher and higher. Zeek could see Ghidorah coming after them first before turning and going after Emma, who was now driving the Humvee.
The osprey was flying over the destroyed city, out towards the ocean. Ghidorah was still in pursuit of Emma before he was airborne and was letting out bolts to try and hit her. Her Humvee disappeared behind some debris and smoke before reappearing, flipped onto its hood.
"MOM!" Madison screamed as Ghidorah landed, stretching his three necks towards the overturned Humvee.
A flicker of red caught his attention and he looked more towards the left and saw Godzilla lifting himself out of the crater. "Guys, look!"
"Oh fuck." He heard Barnes state behind him.
Godzilla was still wounded but the red energy that was flashing all over him was becoming more and more frequent as he began to stagger after Ghidorah. It took him a moment to get the strength, the confidence back but soon, he was striding with a purpose. The energy stopped flashing and had engulfed his body, glowing through every crack in his scales, every dorsal plate and even his eyes. Around him, buildings began to melt from his higher body temperature.
Zeek noticed that they were in airplane mode now, going higher and higher to gain more elevation, making his ears pop.
Then Godzilla let out a roar, causing Ghidorah to whip around and letting out his own roar. Godzilla took a few more steps before he bowed his body and his dorsal plates were alive with energy, charging up until he threw his upper body up and released what looked like a pulse of energy. If Zeek didn't know any better, he could have sworn he saw Mothra's wing's within the pulse and her cry when he released said pulse.
King Ghidorah let out a pained screech as he landed on his back, both wings now burned and tattered as he used it to shield his main body. Ghidorah tried to crawl backwards as Godzilla approached once more, even trying to attack him with his bolts but it did nothing, Godzilla simply absorbed it.
Once more, Godzilla sent out a pulse. This time, it took out both the left and right heads, leaving the center head alone. The lone head roared at Godzilla.
Godzilla roared as well before lifting up a foot and stomping it onto Ghidorah's torso, pressing down until the chest cave and Zeek quickly turned his head and closed his eyes. Still, he could see the flash behind them and waited until it was gone for him to open his eyes and look.
There was a mushroom cloud reaching up towards the sky as the sun slowly started to rise. When the cloud cleared away, he could see a crater where Ghidorah and Godzilla once were. Zeek frowned before he noticed something moving under the wreckage. Ghidorah's head was revealed but it looked half dead now. Godzilla followed and he had Ghidorah's neck in his mouth, thrashing it about as Ghidorah shrieked. He slammed the head into the ground, dragging it before he got to his feet.
His dorsal plates began to charge their natural blue color before he obliterated the head with his breath. He closed his mouth, a little yellow spark crackled around his mouth.
"Jesus." Rick winced. "Glad he's on our side."
"For now." Ilene replied.
"Until humans fuck up." Zeek added.
"Look." whispered Madison. Zeek could see a titan, Behemoth, walking up from behind Godzilla, the said titan turning to look at it. Then, Scylla approached and then a female MUTO who Zeek didn't know existed. Methuselah also arrived, stopping next to Behemoth but the mammal and Godzilla paid him no mind.
Rodan flew in and landed down in front of Godzilla, letting out a roar and raised his wings. Godzilla and Rodan stared at one another for a long moment before Rodan bowed.
Godzilla looked at the others, standing up tall, as if ready to fight against anyone who would dare challenge him.
One by one, the titans began to bow down to Godzilla, acknowledging him as their new and true alpha.
Zeek felt a smaller hand grab his, making him look down. Maddie had reached and gripped his hand and he gave hers a squeeze, now feeling the throbbing and the pain from his two gashes that were most likely still bleeding. He paid no mind to any of that yet as he turned his head back to the scene before him.
Godzilla gave one last look over the titans around him before he threw his head up and roared towards the heavens.
The world has changed and it is up to the humans to try and change with it.