Monsters and Magic: Divide and Unite
By: DJ Rodriguez
(Author's Notes: Hey everyone! Glad for the reviews again! Thank you to all who have been loyal in reading and reviewing my second novel here! And once more, thank you God and Jesus for giving me the strength, conviction and drive to continue with this story! Again, amazed on how far I have come with it, just like my first book. Full credit and due is given to you Lord!
To answer godzillafan1, yes this story has many chapters and the plot is going along faster than my previous book. That is because I knew if I built up more, it would have gone way past 40 chapters and I am not too sure I even want that. I really would like to close this second book and begin on my third & final novel, but I want to build up quality and such in each chapter. The end is coming soon for this book, and hopefully it will be great just like my first book!
In this chapter, see the actions of each team as they do what they can to thwart Maleficent and her creations plus minions! Again, will try to keep the action, romance, comedy and more in line with how it was in the 80's and 90's-style! In the golden age of Disney and Toho!
Still looking to see if anyone can do a Sofia the First crossover with my first novel, Monsters and Magic. And also to see if anyone can do a YouTube review of my first and second books. Oh well… the search continues. Also, still trying to contact Disney to see if they could take a serious look at my first novel. I sent another letter, so wish me good luck please!
I do not own Godzilla or any of the monsters/creations that are from Toho, nor do I own any of the Disney characters or locations. I do own my OC creations, and most of the songs here. If I use a song that is by another artist or artists, I will give him/her/them their just dues and credit as it is their right.
Now, on with the novel!)
Chapter 41
It was chaotic at the realm of Copenhagen in Denmark, pure and simple. The castle of King Hrok was damaged greatly, now covered in crystal stalagmites thanks in part to the powerful sorceress Maleficent and her host Space Godzilla. Said two beings were now being distracted by the two flying vessels from Arendelle, the Avalanche and Beautiful Storm. The first ship was captained by the brave female Mountain troll Kassandra, who was doing her best to keep the massive and formidable space monster occupied. She was told on the plans that her allies had made in the destroyed castle by Vidia, and were doing their best to keep the creature and its magical host distracted. It was not easy given the circumstances, but the two ships managed to do this dangerous assignment. They kept firing their enhanced rounds at the celestial saurian, while maneuvering their crafts out of the way of Space Godzilla's breath, claws and tail. They had way too many close calls to count, but they were thanking the Higher Ones for the help in avoiding a fiery/crushing demise.
Maleficent, still perched on Space Godzilla's head, was getting a tad frustrated at not being able to destroy those that dare even to attack her. Normally, she would be flying into a rage. However, eons of being in the black hole with a forming Space Godzilla helped her to have more patience. She muttered, "What are those fools doing? They know they cannot harm me in their toy ships with their weak attacks. So why…?". That is when realization hit, and she turned to the castle just in time to see a large arrow shoot straight at her host from the structure! Space Godzilla's back was to the castle, as the saurian was trying to swat the Beautiful Storm out from the sky.
"What in the-?! It was a distraction!" the witch exclaimed just before the arrow's metal tip struck Space Godzilla's left shoulder crystal base! Now normally, most metal would not be able to puncture crystal, especially metal in this day and age. But thanks to Eden Tinkerbell, it was possible! Although it was only able to puncture through a little before the mighty ballista arrow fell to the ground, it was still something as Space Godzilla felt the attack and turned to see on what had struck her. Granted it was more or less like a mosquito to her, it was still an attack all the same.
Down below, Eden and Tinkerbell were looking at their success through some binoculars that the wife of Genie produced with her magic. Said beauty was dressed in what could a U.S. Army uniform, modified to be feminine of course. It was in the design of the World War 2 era; dark blue with gold buttons and on the shoulder were gold stripes that indicated a rank as First Sergeant. On the back sported the words in gold color MONSTERS & MAGIC TEAM. Of course, no one knew why she would wear such an outfit but chalked it up to being similar to her hilarious intended.
Eden smirked and exclaimed, "We got her! Right on target at the base of the left shoulder crystal! The steel replacement for the iron got through! Good work, men!". The ones who had launched the arrow gave a shout of joy, but they cut it short as they quickly went back to re-arming their weapon. Tinkerbell looked to see three other Ballista arrows ready to strike, and around her and Eden for the five catapults that were all set to launch.
'I really have to thank Eden for moving these massive human weapons onto the ramparts above. I'm a little low on pixie dust right now, and even if I wasn't, it would have been difficult to float them in the necessary places fast.' Tink thought as she saw the human and Mountain troll soldiers all set to fire their projectiles. The two magical beings had given the shooting weapons more range, the firing mechanisms now boosting the projectiles much more farther then normal. When they all saw Space Godzilla and Maleficent looking directly at them, they had their window of opportunity.
Tinkerbell yelled out, "OKAY EVERYONE… FIRE!". She had to yell as loud as she could, which sounded like a big beautiful bell to the humans. However, the Mountain trolls understood her and told their human comrades that their tiny tinker was giving them the command to fire. The catapults launched their huge boulder rocks at Space Godzilla, the rough earthen spheres hurtling towards the monster. Three of the boulders struck the chest of the space saurian, while the remaining two each struck a crystal shoulder. Normally, rocks of any kind would be useless against Space Godzilla due to her incredible size, thick skin and diamond-hard crystal defense.
Fortunately, these rocks were enhanced with a touch of magic courtesy of Eden. When the three struck the chest area of Space Godzilla, a loud explosion occurred! Each rock was sprinkled on with a good layer of black exploding powder, and their explosive capabilities enhanced 20x by Genie's wife. The result was a loud explosion and firepower that was equal to a modern-day tank! The half-sister of Godzilla roared in surprise pain from the attack, and her crystal shoulders also felt the explosions! Although it did minor damage, most of it was concentrated at the base of the large stalagmite shoulders. If one were to take a closer look at it, they would see small cracks forming.
Maleficent had a light scowl on her face and stated, "So, they think they could stop me in such primitive weapons? Hahahaha! How very droll. My host, go and show them what true power is!". Space Godzilla roared, her spine flashing a brilliant red color before letting loose her Spiral Lighting breath! The beam of energy streaked forward and struck what used to be the front gate and some of the ramparts of the castle! Everyone either screamed or shrieked in fear, the castle rocking a bit but everything still standing. The attack was meant to disrupt the firing, and also show Maleficent's enemies on what real power was.
Eden and Tinkerbell, after regaining their wits after the frightening blast, looked all around to see that their weapons were still standing and also the troops alive. Shaken very much, but still breathing and still in optimal shape to continue. The green genie called out, "Is everyone okay?!". She really wanted to make sure that all were fine. A male human soldier, and a female Mountain troll warrior, went to them and reported that all were okay. Just shaken up, but still ready to continue on with the attacks. Both magical beings were relieved to hear this, then heard cannon fire again in the distance. They looked up to see that the two flying ships had resumed their attack on Space Godzilla, who was trying to swat them out of the sky.
Tinkerbell said, "Okay, we got ourselves some time to reload and continue the attack! Prepare the catapults and… huh?!". She was about to continue, when shouts of battle and screams were heard. She was wondering on what was going on, until a soldier came running to her and Eden fast from the lower levels.
The scared-looking defender reported, "E-Eden! Tinkerbell! The breath blast from the beast tore a good hole in the front gate, and some strange creatures are pouring in from the opening! We tried to push them back, but when these crystal-carrying creatures grabbed hold of them… well…". He couldn't produce any more words as it seemed what these unknown enemy did was just too terrifying to be explained in words. His eyes showed it too, apparently what he saw shocked him very much. The duo was about to go and see on what the defender was talking about, but they got a call from Meihui who was down below.
She exclaimed, "Tinkerbell, Eden! Myself and the others will go investigate this problem! You all continue the attack on Space Godzilla!". After saying that, she left with Eugene and Captain Rissing to the front gate area. The beautiful commanders were glad that the Chinese warrior and her comrades were going to check out on what was going on, due to that they felt they needed to be at their current posts very much. Tinkerbell wished them luck, and went back to ordering the soldiers to prepare the next wave of rock attacks against the space monster and Maleficent. Eden's ballista arrow bolts were already reloaded and ready to fire.
She thought, 'I hope that Genie and the others are doing okay…'. Eden was really worried about her husband, but also had faith that he was doing okay.
~Outside of the castle~
While Team 3 were doing their best to defend the castle, Team 1 was already outside of the structure and heading towards Godzilla. Genie was dressed in camouflage gear, similar to that of a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War 2. He wore an M1 helmet that had crystal spikes on it, and carried an M1 Garand rifle in his large blue hands. His goatee was gone, replaced by a rough stubble beard that gave off a classic infantry soldier appearance. He shifted his eyes everywhere and stated, "General Elsa & Azad, there be trouble brewing around here. Keeping an eye peeled for the enemy! I'll let them have it with ol' Betsy here.". He patted his rifle, though it was not loaded at all and there was no enemy around. Except for Space Godzilla and Gigan, and both of them were distracted at the moment.
Elsa and Azad just gave the Genie a patient smile, shaking their head at his antics. As the group ran towards their first target, the Snow Queen looked to the prince and inquired, "Is your friend always like this? I mean, he does make me laugh and such. But… has he always been this goofy?". She had no ill will or intent towards Genie, none at all. But she was curious on the cool blue dude's nature and attitude, which reminded her of a child that often got into mischief but in a good way.
Azad chuckled and answered, "Indeed, he has. According to my parents, he has been this way for quite a while. Around 10,000 years or so.". Now that got her attention good, as it did to Lady Beneditka, Fawn and Kristoff. Neither of them had known of any kind of being to live that long. Malak told them that they would explain more about their friend later on, AFTER they had defeated their massive foes. Carpet flew to them, excitedly pointing towards Godzilla and doing motions with his body.
Kristoff inquired, "Okay, what is that flying piece of furniture trying to tell us? We don't speak carpet.". The Ice Master was still trying to wrap his mind around all of the magical & mystical stuff that he been shown, and a sentient flying rug was among those that really blew his mind.
Malak answered, "I think he sees something that he believes can help us out! Come on, let's pick up the pace!". The princess started to really run towards the captured King of the Monsters, the others following her lead. In ten minutes, they arrived at their destination and were a bit stunned to see the monster up close and personal. Due to his size, the others felt like ants staring up at a HUGE tree. Elsa heard Godzilla's growling, feeling that he was very aggravated and weak from the battle & from being imprisoned. The mental link between the monster and his bonded was growing strong, the same way it did when Godzilla bonded to Ariel, Cinderella, Tracy and Melody all those years ago.
Carpet flew down to the ground, pointing at the base area of the titanic crystals that kept Godzilla down. Lady Beneditka went to the spot and inspected it, the leader of the Mountain trolls using a critical eye to inspect the hard substance. After a few moments, she let out a sigh and a smile was on her lips. She reported, "It seems that we have the Higher Ones on our side. The base of these crystals is now rather weak, perhaps by what Godzilla did earlier. It still requires a great deal of strength to break, but at least now it will be a little bit easier to do.". Indeed, this was good news to the team as they saw the clear crystal stalagmites up close and felt that breaking them would be close to impossible. But now, thanks to Godzilla, they had more of a chance.
Kristoff asked, "So, how do we crack open this diamond-like case? We don't have any weapons… well, I don't at least.". Lady Beneditka had brought her trusty warhammer, one that could shrink to carry around easily thanks to her magic, and enlarge at will to restore it to normal size. She only brought it along whenever there was a serious conflict that needed to be resolved when words failed. Azad still held his family's scimitar, Elsa her ice powers, Fawn her unique fairy magic, Malak a special staff given to her by Genie, said blue being his magic and craziness, and Carpet… well, the rug couldn't do much but he could fly.
Genie smirked as he twirled and transformed again, this time wearing a cheap suit and holding a gray suitcase. He had become a salesman and spoke, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up and get the best cracker of crystals that money can be! No waiting, no lines, no hold up! Check out the finest merchandise that a genie can offer! We'll gladly refund you if the product is cracked or breaks! Get while supplies last, limited time only in order to save the world from utter destruction!". He snapped the suitcase open, and coming out was a LARGE selection of weapons and such that boggled Kristoff's mind a little. Apparently, the suitcase showed it was MORE spacious then its size was led to believe. Azad, Malak, and Elsa just rolled their eyes in amusement while Lady Beneditka was mildly impressed by this display of magic.
Kristoff looked around for a minute, then spotted a large pick-axe that had a brown handle but the metal head part of it was made out of diamond. He stated, "I'll take this one! This looks to be a strong axe, probably could break through the thickest of ice.". He was hoping that Genie would let him keep such a fine tool, for he was always interested in anything that had the capability to break through ice. After taking the pick-axe, the suitcase folded up quick before vanishing and Genie turned back into his normal self. Well… physically anyway.
Fawn flew around Godzilla a little bit, feeling that her magic was buzzing again with super-charged strength! But she soon realized that it wasn't due to the King of the Monsters, but rather his son Little Godzilla who was nearby. And the small saurian's radiation field was close enough to give Fawn the extra firepower she needed at the moment. The Animal-talent pixie flew down towards Elsa and inquired, "Okay now, what shall we do next?".
Elsa answered, "Now, we get to work! Me and Azad will take one side of the crystal cage here, Malak will go with Lady Beneditka to another side of the structure. Fawn, you and Carpet are with Kristoff & Genie. Try to get to a spot that is weak, and hammer away! If we can destroy some of the crystals in certain spots that can give Godzilla enough leverage to use his muscles, he could break free on his own.". Azad was impressed with the Ice Queen's mental skills, stating that it was all about destroying specific crystals that would allow the King of the Monsters to use the necessary limbs to full strength so that he could break free under his own might.
Lady Beneditka spoke, "An excellent idea. Me and the princess will take the legs. Kristoff, you and the others try to get the tail. Azad, you and Queen Elsa will get the arms/chest area.". The group agreed with the Mountain troll leader, and was about to go towards their designated areas when Genie called for Azad and Malak's attention. He snapped his fingers again, and their weapons started to glow in different colored auras! The prince of Agrabah's weapon now burned with a fiery red aura, while the princess's staff was glowing with a solid golden color. He explained to them that their weapons were now enhanced with elemental properties; fire for Azad, and lighting for Malak. The duo thanked their blue friend for his assistance in making their weapons more potent now.
Genie said it was no problem, and turned to his group. He swirled and transformed yet again, this time into a boxer. He had a six-pack abs on his blue body, wore gym shorts that had the small images of the royal palace on it, and his hands were covered in golden boxing gloves. His black hair was now cut short and ragged-looking, and he spoke in a very unfamiliar voice, "Yo Fawn, Rugman, Kristoff! Let's go and pound us some crystal towers! Come on, let's do this! Come on!". He had just turned into a blue, funny version of the legendary boxer in the future, Rocky! He rushed past them towards the tail section, doing boxing motions as he jogged over to it.
Fawn and Kristoff saw Carpet flying over to his companion fast, and the Ice Master muttered, "You know… after all this weirdness and magic… I think I'm going to take a year or two vacation after this. That genie guy is just too much for me.". The Animal-talent fairy simply shrugged her shoulders, rolling with it as she always did in situations like this. She summoned forth a massive Eurasian brown bear, and also the same Silverback gorilla from before! Both constructs were golden in color due to the pixie dust on the fairy's being, and the two animals roared before lumbering after Genie.
Kristoff shook his head and stated, "No one, not even my own children… when the time comes to have them with Anna, of course, are going to believe this.". He then jogged after the his teammates, hoping that he would get out of this with his sanity intact.
The others just shook their head at the retreating group, mostly at Genie and his antics. But it was with good will, and the groups went to their designated areas. When Elsa and Azad ran over to where Godzilla's arms and chest were at, the queen looked towards where her bonded companion's head was at. She could hear Godzilla breathing a little more deeply, feeling that he wanted to go out and fight but he was weak at the moment to even escape from the crystal entrapment. She whispered, "Don't worry Godzilla, we're going to get you out of here and back into the fight.". It really tugged at her that her friend wanted to fight so badly, but she knew that was his nature. That was all he ever done ever since he was created; to fight, survive and win. If Elsa was honest with herself, she would have wanted to free Godzilla but send him somewhere where he could rest and heal properly. To take him away from the battle.
Azad looked at the concerned look on his crush's face, and felt that something was bothering her. He took her right hand gently, the touch snapping out from her trance-like state. He said, "Don't worry, Elsa. We'll free Godzilla, then help the others so all of us can take care of that witch and her space monsters. Your friend is relying on you this time, so let's give it all we got!". His words knocked some sense into Elsa, the Snow/Ice Queen realizing that now was not the time to figure on things that even she knew could not become reality. She thanked him for the words, and both started to get to work on one of the crystal bases. Elsa flared up her ice powers, sending the frozen water into the cracks of the crystals to expand and make the cracks wider!
Azad lifted his family scimitar up, and with a thought the blade was engulfed in red-orange flames that burned brightly! He thought, 'This is so good! I really need to thank Genie for doing this! Okay now… LET'S GO!'. With a yell, he brought his flame sword down on one of the crystal bases, and strength of both sword and element was enough to widen the cracks if only a little. That was enough as the two used their abilities/skills/powers to chip away at the crystal cage. The duo heard sounds and flashes of light, from the other areas around Godzilla's body, and knew that they others were already hard at work.
~At the castle~
While Team 1 was handling the titanic stalagmites in the distance on Godzilla, Team 2 was working hard inside Christopher's magical lab. Zarina, Chris and Amanda were looking for the necessary ingredients needed to brew the Separate Mind potion. The elixir was most likely the critical key in stopping Maleficent and her minions for good! The Alchemist-fairy was looking over the tome that belonged to King Hrok's sorcerer, a bit amazed at the other spells and other magical stuff that was written into the thick book. She called out, "Okay, we need two four-leaf clovers, two sticks of cinnamon, three leaves of spearmint, five teaspoons of pollen from the red clover, and finally two water drops of concentrated ether!". The sorcerer and sorceress looked around the area, moving large jars and other misc. objects in searching for the items that Zarina spoke of.
When they finally got all that they needed, Amanda warmed up the caldron and Chris started to put the ingredients in one at a time. Zarina was spinning around the now-simmering black pot, her pixie dust enhancing the item to increase the potency of the elixir when it was time to mix it all in. Just as Chris was putting the last of the red clover in, a soldier burst in and surprised the three magic-users. He panted and stated, "P-Pardon the interruption, but we have a problem on our hands! It seems that w-w-witch used something on Hans's forces, and they are in the castle! We are trying to beat them back, but they are not going down… and worst part of all, some of our own men changed and joined up with those devils!".
Zarina looked to her two companions and stated, "You two, stay here and work on the potion! I'll take care of this!". Chris and Amanda, understanding her words due to their magical training, wanted to protest and go but they knew that the fairy was right. In their current condition, and without their staves to help them focus their magic, they would be more of a liability. Zarina took out her small rapier that she always kept at her side, and flew off with the soldier to look into the matter.
Amanda looked to her intended and inquired, "Can you finish the potion on your own?". He answered that he could, but asked on why.
The sorceress answered, "If something is up with that witch's magic in turning our own soldiers against us, we need to find some sort of counter or antidote that will help! Maybe there is something here in your tome…". She started to flip through the pages as Chris continued to work on the elixir. She also added that perhaps finding some healing spells, or potions considering their limited options at the moment, would be a good help to Rapunzel and the others looking after the wounded soldiers.
While the two magic-wielders were hard at work above, Rapunzel and her group were hard at work healing the wounded human and Mountain troll soldiers. The lovely lady's magical hair was wrapped around three soldiers at a time, chanting her melody and letting the healing energy seep into their bodies. The trio was in a golden aura glow for about four minutes until the healing process was complete, and more. Thanks to Little Godzilla's radiation field mixing with the healing magic inside of Rapunzel, the defenders were not only restored back to full health but their bodies had a strong immune system that would prove beneficial in the future.
Rapunzel smiled as she unwrapped the hair from around the trio. She stated, "Twelve down… many more to go.". She looked over to see Queen Gunnvor and the Four Seasonal Ministers from Pixie Hollow doing their best to help out with the tools they were working with. Buizel, Pascal and Maximus acted as sentries near the door, making sure that no one would try to get in and to raise an alarm if something would be coming their way that would warrant her attention.
Mountain trolls and humans were surprised to see the fairies from Neverland , but chalked it up as more allies coming in to help them out and accepted it graciously. Rapunzel was feeling a tiny bit drained from using her healing magic in such large quantities, but she would not give up until as many of the defenders were healed completely!
She was about to go to work on another set of patients when Maximus let out a loud whinny, causing the princess, queen and pixies to look up and pause from their work. Queen Gunnvor rose up from her kneeling position next to a male Mountain troll fighter, going to the door and sees that a human soldier was coming towards them. The Leylstad warhorse went to the queen's side, ready to defend at a moment's notice. Pascal and Buizel, on his back, also looked ready to rumble just in case. For little animals, they showed much guts and courage then their larger cousins. The queen stood firm, also showing that she was ready to act if need be if the situation went bad.
The soldier stopped a few feet from her, and from his appearance, he had been in quite a battle. He bowed a little and stated, "Y-Y-Your Majesty, we have a problem! It seems some of the evil sorceress's minions have managed to penetrate through! We are trying to drive them back, but we're having much difficulty with that! And to make matters worse, I believe they are on their way here to where the wounded and dead are! Why, we have no clue!".
Queen Gunnvor and the others who overheard the soldier knew that this was indeed the problem. The queen was wondering on why the interlopers would come here, instead of going straight towards the room where Christopher had his magical items and tomes. Snowflake, the Winter Minister, flit up to the royal woman and suggested, "If those things we saw earlier were brought to life by that witch, perhaps she is coming here to claim the ones we have here in order to increase her numbers.". Now this was a serious matter for not only Queen Gunnvor, but also Rapunzel and the other ministers. To mess with the forces of life and death itself was taboo, very much so especially for the fairies.
The royal lady had a serious look now on her face, agreeing with what Snowflake just said. She looked to the slightly dishelved soldier and spoke, "Post four extra guards to the place where the dead are. They are to be guarded fiercely, just like the ones here! They are not to be desecrated in any way! Am I making myself clear, defender?". The soldier saluted, knowing from the hard, icy tone of the queen that was an order NOT to be disobeyed. He soon ran from the group, going down the hall behind them to where the dead Mountain trolls were at.
Queen Gunnvor sighed, then looked to both Snowflake and the others inside the room they were in. She spoke, "Come on, we need to continue the healing as best we can. It seems the stakes had just moved up a little, and we need to be prepared.". They all nodded, Rapunzel now doubling her efforts to heal as much as she could. The queen looked to the animal guardians and asked if they could continue watching out for trouble, but to be ready to defend as well. Maxiums saluted, as well as Pascal and Buizel. The animal companions of Princess Rapunzel would be ready to fight if the enemy came close to the room! Gunnvor smiled a little and bowed to the trio in thanks before going back to the chamber to heal and nurse the wounded back to health. The warhorse and his two riding friends now were more serious on alert than ever, in a bit of a comical way.
~At Main Courtyard~
The main courtyard of King Hrok's was large, and once was a piece of land that was beautiful and well-kept. Now, it was a nightmare of tree-sized crystal stalagmites and now being invaded by the Crystal Minions of Maleficent! The former Claw Crushers had stumbled into the castle thanks to Space Godzilla's lighting breath. Upon entering, they were immediately besieged by human and remaining Mountain troll forces. At first, the soldiers came fast with their swords and shields, ready slice and strike the invades. However, that plan to a halt as the metal blades actually shattered upon impact upon striking the crystal ornaments on both living and deceased Crystal Minion. The ones that tried to strike through the exposed flesh found that their swords cracked from striking, showing that even the ones not covered in crystal substance was now nearly hard as the gemstone itself.
When the minions grabbed/latched onto a soldier, they all saw something different but still terrifying. The ones caught by the deep violet-black skinned minions, they saw veins of violet-black energy coursing through them on the area where the enemy touched them. It was spreading gradually like a virus, and when it reached the heart of the victim… said poor soul let out a wail before transforming right before their very eyes a Crystal Minion! Though they had the same human brown-toned skin like the living minions had, only their eyes were blank white, crystal ornaments on their bodies, and the same the blood-red jewels on their forehead. It was the same deal with those touched by a Living Minion, only the energy veins that showed up were a golden color rather than violet. Be they human or Mountain troll defender, those that got grabbed onto for more than seven minutes… they were forcefully converted to become Maleficent's ally!
King Hrok, Captain Raven Rissing, Prince Eugene and Lord Milori were overlooking the scene, and it was not good in either of their eyes. Hrok spoke, "By God Himself… this witch is more depraved and devious than I imagined!".
Eugene replied, "I agree with you on that! Already, twenty of our forces have joined up with them due to being touched! And even though we have the numbers, it seems our weapons can't crack through their skin or the crystals!". He did note, however, that the plague virus seemed to recede from those that were freed from the grasp of the malevolent minions before seven minutes passed. The group saw the good forces retreating, falling back more into the castle. Archers started to fire their arrows at the enemy, but the projectiles sadly broke upon contact with the fiends.
Rissing spoke, "At least they are slow in speed. They may have high defensive capabilities, and a potent ability to turn anyone they hold onto for a time into an ally, but they don't seem to be that physically strong.". Ever the tactician, Raven started to make mental plans and thoughts in his head on how best to turn the situation right back to their advantage. But, he was not coming up with anything that would be useful.
Few of the arrows struck the jewels that were on the foreheads of minions. The golden-color jewels on the deceased ones flickered when an arrow struck close to it, and the minion twitched and seemed to be off balance for a few moments before resuming lumbering forward. The ones striking the blood-red jewels on the living ones, they too flickered but something interesting happened. Lord Milori, the Winter Lord of Neverland, saw the white eyes regain their original look of pupils like ordinary beings. They looked around, as if wondering what was going on. It only lasted for a few minutes before the whiteness returned to their eyes and they resumed their march.
The white-colored fairy spoke, "I believe I may have discovered a weakness. It would appear that the jewel on their forehead is what is keeping them in Maleficent's clutches. If we destroy the jewels… we can free them from her.". Indeed, that was a bit of good news for the group. However, he also added that the jewels had some regenerative properties. He saw that the jewels that were struck were already regenerating anything that had been chipped away.
Hrok remarked, "So, it seems we have found our solution but still presented with a problem. We cannot engage in close combat, and it seems our arrows are not strong enough to fully penetrate through to the jewels.". He was thinking hard, along with Rissing and Eugene, to find some kind of solution to their dilemma. They got their answer from Meihui, who had been listening in on their conversation.
She spoke, "What we need is a two-fold strategy. One, to keep them from reaching the rooms where the dead and wounded are. It seems that they are headed towards that direction, no doubt looking to increase the size of their leader's army.". The four men looked on again, and indeed it seemed that the fiends were lumbering in the direction where Rapunzel and the others were going.
The Chinese beauty continued, "And two, we need to find something that can penetrate hard into those jewels but from a good distance. What we need is accuracy and precision here, brute force won't cut it here even if we do have the numbers. Also, Tinkerbell and Eden are busy with keeping Space Godzilla at bay and distracted until Team 1 can free the monsters. We're on our own.". The menfolk knew that she was right; Eden and Tinkerbell were preoccupied right now, so they could not enhance their bows or swords. They already did that with the catapults and ballista arrow shooters. So, they had to improvise and quick.
King Hrok ordered to the remaining forces, "Fall back everyone! And prepare a barricade to any and all paths that could lead to the Healing/Rest rooms! And those who are archers or beings that have shooting accuracy, meet us in the East Wing of the castle!". The defenders, human and Mountain troll alike, gave sharp nods before going to various places to make a quick makeshift barricade in all directions as best they could. The leaders were about to leave, when Rissing saw one of the soldiers-turned-minion tried to punch one of the retreating Mountain troll defenders. The male troll raised his shield to defend against the punch, and when it connected, it only left a little dent and not much else.
Raven thought, 'So, they do have low strength. Their only good qualities are their defense and their ability. I believe this kind of weakness we CAN exploit! Just have to figure out how without losing too much of our forces.'. He then joined the others in going to the East Wing of the courtyard to regroup and recover.
Meihui thought as she ran with the others, 'I hope that Mushu is already where that nightmare Gigan is at, and ready to take him down!'. The woman knew that while Mushu was more formidable now than he was back in the days of her ancestor Fa Mulan, it was still a bit of a longshot for the dragon to bring down a machine from another planet built for battle.
~Outside of the castle~
While the forces of evil were bearing down on the forces of good inside, Gigan was gleefully slicing and cutting up the helpless King Caesar and Jet Jaguar! The cyborg dinosaur shrieked in wicked delight as it delivered a left slash attack to King Caesar's head, drawing blood and making quite a gash on the side of his face. Metal was more potent then enhanced protective fur covering. King Caesar roared in anger as he tried to struggle out, but to no avail. Just like his friend Godzilla, the hard substance was keeping pinned down his arms and legs in a way that would hinder any kind of leverage, thus limiting the use of their full strength. Gigan screeched again as he delivered another slash attack with his right scythe claw, cutting down a bit on the neckline area of the divine guardian beast.
Seeing the action across from him, Jet Jaguar yelled out loud, "COWARDLY BEING! TRY TAKING US ON WHEN WE ARE NOT TRAPPED!". In his view, attacking someone that could not fight back in any way was cowardly and without honor. The android always wanted to battle hard and strong against his opponent, but also with honor and dignity. He tried to break loose, but it was no use thanks to the crystal and its unique energy frequency that disabled his Molecular Amplification Unit. He was stuck in his Monster-form, and unable to even defend himself.
Gigan turned around and stalked towards the metal man, delivering a kick to the head with his right scythe claw foot, causing sparks to fly and a nasty scratch on Jet Jaguar's head! The space monster shrieked as he continued the assault, bringing down his scythe claws over the head of the heroic member of the JSDF! To Gigan, it was all about tactics and winning. And as long as the enemy was immobilized, honor did not matter in the slightest. It was all about the objective, following the commands of his mistress.
As he was busy wailing down on Jet Jaguar and King Caesar, Mushu was carefully making his way to where the action was. He had been in his Normal-form the entire trip, saving as much energy as he could for his large Guardian-form. He was close to the action, and he was feeling very nervous. He was soon in position, Genie's magical potion in his claws and ready to be guzzled down. He muttered to himself, "Man, this has got to be either the bravest or dumbest thing I have ever done! I mean, me… go up against a machine freak from another universe?! Ohh… well, no use in complaining now. Meihui is counting on me, and I bet my old girl Mulan is doing the same! Can't let them down!". He turned into his Guardian-form, now ready as he was at the peak of his strength.
He spoke once again, "Okay, got between ten to fifteen minutes on this form! Gotta make it count! Bottoms up, everyone!". He drank the elixir, and he commented that it tasted like fruit punch. That was when Genie's magic kicked in. He started to grow fast, his body elongating and becoming more stronger, more resilient then ever!
Gigan was about to deliver another blow to Jet Jaguar, when his scanners showed that something was near his position… something big and powerful! The cyborg space monster screeched when it saw Mushu near him, and growing still until the red dragon was now truly looking like the ancient Chinese dragons of old! His red body was long like a living tongue of fire, his front claws looked to squeeze rocks like they were nothing, and his tail waving around with the power to level a mountain if need be! The Fa family guardian let out a roar that shook the lands, and also got the attention of Maleficent, Space Godzilla and more as they saw a new monster player in the game!
The new and improved Mushu spoke, "ALRIGHT, NOW THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! MUSHU, THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF GUARDIAN DRAGON! YES!". It seemed that his ego and way of talking grew in the process as well. Gigan looked at his new opponent, his scanners identifying him and his memory showing him a picture of one of Earth's monster from back in Godzilla's universe. The alien people, the Vortaak, had some time ago downloaded into his memory systems the information on all of Earth's monsters. And right now, Gigan was comparing the red dragon to a monster named Manda. Though the Earth Defender was different then Mushu; having golden scales, a truly fierce face and head, a much more elongated body, and not having the ability to talk.
Mushu reared up, his mouth now breathing out hot clouds of flame. He stated, "OKAY THEN, MR. BIG-SHOT! LET'S SEE HOW YOUR WEAPONS HANDLE LEAN, MEAN DRAGON MUSCLE HERE! HERE COMES THE PAIN, CYBORG-BOY!". He roared and flung himself at Gigan, who was surprised by the speed of his new foe. Mushu wrapped himself as best he could around the metal monster, the battle starting in earnest!
~At the tallest point of the castle~
While the others down below and over the landscape were fighting physically, Team 4 was ready to fight on another level. The spiritual level, as they saw the floating TV screens around them, compliments of Genie. Regina thought, 'It's just like what Genie said! I can see many people in these small viewing mirrors of his!'. She and the others did not know what actual TV's were, so they called them viewing screens since it was much simpler. In one screen, she saw the many faces of the citizens at Arendelle. What interested her was the number of Mountain troll citizens with them, showing that it seemed that the race was on civil terms with the humans for the moment. In fact, it was three female Mountain trolls who were using their magical pendants to show to all what was going on at Copenhagen.
Mama Odie spoke out, "Hey! Which one of you can find the screen that shows my hometown? It should be about nighttime there!". Though she had many abilities to give her sight, it was not like the real deal and thus needed help to know which screen had her hometown. Alice guided her a little bit to the left, and said that the screen she was in front of had an elderly African woman with some white folks that looked to be waking up. It was Radelle and the La Bouff, Macaire, and Truman families! It seemed that while most of the populace was back in their homes courtesy of Radelle's magic and the help of the fireflies, the three families had awoken due to the pain they were in. Jet Jaguar did go easy on them in disabling them when they were possessed, but it seemed that the pain from the damage was finally kicking in. The voodoo queen was doing her best to help them at the moment.
Mama Odie exclaimed, "That's them! Hahaha! Thank you so much, child!". Alice smiled and nodded, then went to Regina as she was looking at the other screens. Queen Clarion was looking at the viewing portal that showed the multiple fairies and sparrowmen that inhabited Pixie Hollow. It would appear that almost ALL of the pixie citizens were at the large tree, watching everything that has been happening so far.
Håvard was looking at all of the viewing portals and stated, "We should start now while we still have the chance, Regina. Maleficent is no fool, no matter how evil she is. Once she sees what we are doing, chances are we might be her target.". He was right about that, especially on the target aspect. They were on a high vantage point, with little to no cover. If Space Godzilla and Maleficent spotted them, it would be over with just one Spiral Lighting blast! The Spanish-born beauty nodded, then told everyone to pick a screen to be in.
Mama Odie was fine where she was. Håvard took the screen that showed Arendelle. Queen Clarion stayed where she was that showed her kingdom in Neverland. Alice took Leylstad, and Regina got the last one which was in Agrabah.
Regina closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then mentally counted to three before exhaling. She was nervous here, so she wanted to be at a calm yet passionate when delivering the message to the many being out there that were watching them. She turned to the others, who nodded showing they were mentally and spiritually prepared. She looked towards the screen towards Agrabah, seeing the many dark-skinned citizens there including Aladdin and Jasmine.
The bonded companion of Godzilla spoke, "Everyone, please listen to us! My name is Regina, and I am with friends here at Copenhagen! We all know you have been watching the battle that has started here by various magical means, and we need your help! Please… aid Godzilla and the monsters! Help them to defeat the evil space monsters and Maleficent!". All around her, the others spoke to the citizens in their viewing portals. They were going to plead to them to pray… to pray to the Higher authority above to lend the forces of good the strength and wisdom needed to vanquish the evil ones.
All teams were doing what they could now, so it was all up to fate, luck… and help from above!
(Author's Notes: And… cut! That is it for this chapter! Expect the next one to be longer and more exciting! That I promise! Thank you again God and Jesus for giving me the conviction and imagination to see this chapter through! The climax is coming up fast, and so is the epilogue! Expect to see some surprises, just like in the first novel!
I believe I will have this story a little after December, and next year in January 2016… I will start work on the third and final novel! Hope you all are ready for it!
Now for the questions: If you were the ones manning either the catapults or ballista arrows, which part of Space Godzilla would you aim for? What kind of defenses should be set up in the Healing/Rest rooms? What would you suggest to King Hrok and the others in handling the dead and live Crystal Minions? If you were Mushu, what would you say or do first to Gigan? And finally… how would you prepare yourself in talking to the citizens around the world, like what Regina and Team 4 are doing now?
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