Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 95

[May 4, 2168]
[Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island]
[Russia]
[Russian Mainland]

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The true destroyer has come into existence.

She is beautiful and horrible all at once, a true god of destruction and death to succeed her previous form of Bagan. With this newfound power and status, Destroyah roars at Ghidorah in defiance, much like how she did before when she was but a mere Imago confronting the newly reincarnated golden demise. Now, however, the 2 are very much matched in presence. The last remaining Drone-Hybrid left from the ritual that empowered Destroyah manages to get up to its feet, only to back away in confusion as to which Alpha to follow; both seem evenly matched as far as commanding ability goes.

Ghidorah enters a bipedal stance, spreads his wings, straightens his necks, rattles his tails, and becomes flush with bioelectrical energy around his body in a menacing display of dominant Alpha behaviour. His right head is aggressively shrieking, apparently quite angry at the whole situation; the middle head is stern and stoic, but his brow is furled and his teeth are bared as is necessary for intimidation; and the left head hisses lightly as he flicks out his tongue, not really being acting very aggressive at all in spite of being directly challenged for the title of pack leader.

Destroyah responds in kind with her own dominance display. She spreads her wings and arms out while her horn glows a deep orange; she also roars loudly, with the plates on the circular formation on her chest opening and closing with the dimming and brightening of her horn.

Neither titan is willing to back down from this challenge.

While this is going on, the ground a short distance away from this standoff starts to shake and crumble. Soon after, the ground caves in, creating a sinkhole large enough for a monster to emerge from. Sure enough, one does come through; Jinshin-Mushi drags herself out of the hole she created and onto the surface of the evacuated Russian city. She looks to the Drone-Hybrid next to her before then turning her attention back to the 2 Keizer Alphas vying for dominance of their pack.

The 2 Alphas' standoff grows more intense, affecting the very environment around them more and more with every passing moment. Ghidorah's storm becomes more violent and energetic; lightning rains down across Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, destroying buildings with single strikes, while heavy rain starts to visibly flood the roads. Meanwhile, the air grows thick and murky with the telltale atmosphere produced by Death Lily, as would be expected by the one who suffocates all things. Even the members of the Axis Alliance who are still in cover begin to choke on the lack of breathable oxygen. They're so focused on their inability to breathe that they barely notice that their extremities are starting to dissolve due to the corroding nature of the Micro-Oxygen atmosphere they find themselves in.

Soon enough, only the massive monsters in the area and their ability to resist passive atmospheric conditions are left standing.

With neither backing down, both titans take off and fly into the storm above to commence their duel for dominance.

King Ghidorah proves to be the more effective flier overall, being able to easily match and surpass Destroyah's less graceful flight in his element. For every attempt at a swipe of her claws, Destroyah fails to land anything more than an occasional glancing blow. Eventually, the destroyer becomes frustrated enough with her attempts that she charges forth with reckless abandon at the 3-headed devil.

Ghidorah responds in kind, meeting Destroyah head-on with his clawed feet and heads forward. The 2 titans clash in midair with immense force, creating an invisible shockwave that blows away a large portion of the storm clouds surrounding them. Neither manages to overpower the other; they're equally matched in strength.

As Destroyah struggles to hold back Ghidorah's right and middle heads with her arms, the golden dragon's left head continues to bite down on and attempt to tear off her left head crest. Eventually, the oxygen destroyer becomes enraged enough at this distraction that she decides to go extreme measures.

Destroyah's horn starts to glow with bright orange light briefly before suddenly extending into a long, thin blade of energy. She stabs it directly into the middle of Ghidorah's left head's neck, causing him to immediately release his grip on Destroyah's crest and cry out in pain. With every push of her Variable Slicer, the left head becomes less attached to the rest of his neck. Soon enough, the oxygen destroyer manages to slice off the left head entirely, leaving it to fall to the ground below. The severed left head lands in front of the remaining Drone-Hybrid and Jinshin-Mushi, briefly startling them.

The head attempts to cling to life for as long as it can, still moving and shrieking, but it falls limp after a few seconds.

Back in the air, the right and middle heads notice their brother has been cut off. They slip out of Destroyah's grip and shriek in rage at their lost brother before then charging up bioelectrical energy that's signified by glowing orange light emanating from their necks and eyes. The remaining 2 heads of Ghidorah blast Destroyah directly in the face with full-power Gravity Beams, sending her crashing down into the ground below with a thud that shakes the surrounding area and destroys every building directly in the destroyer's landing proximity.

As Destroyah gets back up to her feet, half of her face is shown to have been blown off by Ghidorah's Gravity Beams. She pays no mind to this damage as these wounds immediately start healing up via deformation into small Aggregate forms that multiply to fill up the lost mass before then reforming into the destroyer's original face; there are no signs of any damage after this healing.

All of a sudden, Destroyah jumps back with the assistance of her wings, narrowly dodging a full-force double stomp from Ghidorah. The crustacean demon quickly releases a burst of her Micro-Oxygen Beam directly into King Ghidorah's chest, not letting up one bit.

At first, Ghidorah is briefly stunned by this attack. Soon enough, though, he starts ignoring the corroding energy and shrieks loudly, spreading his wings and rattling his tails in a dominance display sans his left head.

This immunity to her greatest strength takes Destroyah completely by surprise, prompting her to immediately cease firing her beam and start backing away slowly. While she backs off, Ghidorah takes slow steps forward as he continues his dominance display; his left head's neck stump begins to convulse and ripple as the rest of his body intimidates the would-be challenger to the throne. The stump's flesh develops something akin to an amniotic sac; shifting mutations can be barely made out through the barely translucent covering. As the sac's contents begin to develop, the severed left head rapidly burns up, leaving nothing but ashes and cinders.

The "birth sac" burst open, allowing a newly formed skeletal head and neck to push their way out. As it does, strands of muscle and skin follow them, filling in the spaces of the bones. The left head of Ghidorah is now fully reformed, no worse for wear. Upon seeing Destroyah, the left head shrieks loudly and aggressively shakes, clearly remembering his dismemberment and being most displeased with this predicament. With all 3 heads now present and his overall superiority solidified, Ghidorah gives a commanding screech to his would-be challenger.

Destroyah immediately bows before Ghidorah with an expression of fear across her face and subtle bodily movements, now recognizing that he is the uncontested Alpha; Jinshin-Mushi and the remaining Drone-Hybrid get down to show their submission.