Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 127

[May 8, 2168]
[Outer Space, Past Earth's Orbit]

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Aboard the flagship of the Mechagodzilla fleet, the Mimetic Keeper holding the matrix container for the Atlantean Zeus A.I. stops in the middle of a large commons room; it is surrounded by hundreds of other Mimetics of all the 3 main sub-types. The matrix container glows a bright green as it syncs up the collective network that all Mimetics are connected to. As this network connection is established all the other Mimetics become aglow with the same light colouration; holographic live feeds pop up around the commons room, showing that all Mimetics across the fleet are syncing up together.


(Zeus. A.I.): As the last living remnants of Atlantis, let our achievements be carried by the great Gamera and our sins be washed away in the blood of Godzilla!


The green coloration across the Mimetic network changes to a flashing red colour.


(Zeus A.I.): Farewell, Gamera. We hereby release you of your duties to the architecture of Atlantis.


The flashing red lights of the interconnected Mimetics reaches a tipping point, eventually culminating in every single one detonating their hard-light simultaneously. The particles of solidified light explode into bright showers of sparks out of every Atlantean robot's body, briefly illuminating the areas in which they detonated before fading into nothingness. Without this additional structure, every single Mimetic crumples to the floor in huge piles of metallic pieces, devoid of life; the skeletons of these metal beings are quite the haunting site indeed.

Some of the evacuees gather around the remains of the Mimetics; included among them are Da'at Yichud members. They give prayer to their ancestors creations in Hebrew.


(Set Roth): May the light of Gamera see your journey through safely.


Back outside of the fleet in the Meta-ridden void of space, Gamera stands atop the flagship Mechagodzilla carrier ship. He closes his eyes and lets out a somewhat sorrowful roar; he opens his eyes and turns his attention on the Metarch Overseer currently charging a Deep Star Fire attack. The Atlantean guardian of the universe puts his hands out and focuses hard; his outstretched hands become aglow with crackles of green Mana energy, matching the green glow of his eyes.

Eventually, billions of small green orbs of light phase out from the entirety of the fleet's ships; these orbs converge onto the space around Gamera and swirl around him like a whirlpool of energy. Upon seeing and sensing these souls, Safi'jiiva ceases charging his Deep Star Fire and looks on with a both curiosity and the slightest hint of concern.


"These souls.... They came from the machine people created by your own creators, shelled one."

"Give them to me, shelled one. I will store them, ensure that the little will be grown into a proper Metarch with these souls."

"You will not create a bastard god!"


The red dragon moves towards the fleet, ready to consume them and the souls which they have just harvested. Before he can reach them, however, Gamera puts his hands outward and commands the Mimetics' souls to fly towards Godzilla. The orbs of sapient light move beyond light speed into the direction behind Safi'jiiva, evading around the Overseer's attempts to collect them as they pass by his planet-sized body. As the last of the souls fly past him, he tries to snap up the Mechagodzilla fleet in anger, only for them to warp away ti to another area of the solar system.

The draconian Metarch quickly turns around and sees all of the machine souls converging on where he sent Godzilla earlier.

The young Godzillasaur is floating in space, unconscious but otherwise unharmed; if Safi'jiiva had wanted to kill her, it would've been less than trivial of him to do so. She soon begins to awaken upon sensing the influx of the Mimetics' souls gathering around her. As she opens her eyes, she becomes quite startled to see herself being surrounding on all sides by a swirling mass of billions of souls. Some of these orbs of light attempt to merge with her body, but she bats them away in disgust; she clearly isn't fine with the prospect of an entire race of beings having sacrificed themselves for the off-chance that she might be able to use their power.

As Godzilla continues to bat away the souls in their attempt to merge with her, she spots Mechagodzilla flying in from the corner of her eye. The Bilusaludo mech seems to have been flying the whole time Safi'jiiva was stalling, as it's only just managed to reach the monster ruler's position. Mechagodzilla pushes its way through the swirling soul vortex in order to rejoin Godzilla, still aglow with the remnants of her father's own soul.


(Mechagodzilla): PLEASE, GODZILLA. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME. YOU MUST TAKE ON THESE SOULS AND ASCEND TO A METARCH.


The young Godzillasaur adamantly shakes her head and roars in defiance before then giving Mechagodzilla a shove, making her disagreement with this proposition absolutely clear. Before she can vocalize her frustration more, Mechagodzilla's blue lighting flashes briefly; this immediately catches her attention and dispels her earlier anger.


(Anna Maximoff): [COMMS] Jira, listen to me.


Upon hearing the voice of one of the last members of her Human family left, Godzilla is calmed down; she now listens intently.


(Anna Maximoff): [COMMS] All these individuals have given their lives to protect and empower you. The Mimetics, your father.... Wei.


Godzilla gets a little teary-eyed when Anna brings up Wei Ho, but she wipes them away and continues to listen.


(Anna Maximoff): [COMMS] I know you're against sacrificing others, but we need you now more than ever. You have-- No, you are a gift. A gift to Humanity, to monster-kind, to me. Nobody that's sacrificed themselves for you ever regretted it, nor did they hesitate.


Even as Safi'jiiva starts flying toward them, time seems to move at a snail's pace for Godzilla and Anna Maximoff.


(Anna Maximoff): [COMMS] Don't let their sacrifices be in vain. I know you. You're stronger than anyone or anything. Show that red dragon what true power is. I know you have what it takes. No matter what, just know that we will always love you.


Once Anna Maximoff's COMMS feed cuts off, Godzilla looks around at the souls of the Mimetics around her before then turning her gaze back to Mechagodzilla, who is still holding the leftover fragments of her father's own soul. She closes her eyes, breathes in deeply, and then opens her eyes; they're filled with the fiery determination that she's become known for recently once again. She nods to Mechagodzilla, who nods back.


(Mechagodzilla): BASED ON MY THEORETICAL MODEL, YOU WILL REQUIRE THE SOULS OF THE MIMETICS, THE FRAGMENTS OF YOUR FATHER'S SOUL, MY NANOMETAL CHASSIS, AND THE CONVERTIBLE MASS OF A PLANETARY BODY IN ORDER TO PROPERLY MANIFEST A METARCH FORM. I SUGGEST WE MAKE LANDFALL ON SATURN NEARBY TO CONVERT ITS OUTER LAYERS.


Godzilla and Mechagodzilla fly down towards the planet of Saturn, carrying with them the billions of free-floating souls that Gamera has gathered for them. As they pierce the layers of helium and hydrogen, Safi'jiiva is close behind them; he only just misses them as they disappear into the layers of the gas giant. The planet-sized dragon touches down on Saturn's surface and begins poking his head through the many layers in search of Godzilla. Before he can poke his head in a fourth time, a giant plant root that's made of metal and larger than his clawed fingers suddenly bursts out from the liquid layers and stabs into his right eye, forcing him to back off from the planet's surface.

Safi'jiiva shakes his head and quickly recovers from this sudden surprise attack. Once his sight returns to his right eye, he looks back at Saturn.

The Metarch Overseer can now see that several more giant plant roots made of the same metallic material have burst out of Saturn's gaseous and liquid layers. These roots twist around one another, forming the shape of a fingered hand somewhat similar to Godzilla's own, albeit at a size incomprehensibly larger.