Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 88

Within the void of the Meta, 3 golden lights appear before the Overseer once again. However, another light soon follows it, one that is smaller, dimmer, and of a green colour. Upon seeing that a visitor has come to its realm, the Overseer fades into the darkness, leaving the lights before it to themselves. Soon after, the 3 golden lights starts speaking as one to the dim green light.


("So the living metal has formed itself. What of its worshipers? Have they done it as I foretold?")

(Endurph): *telepathic* Indeed. It is under control. The Bilusaludo have discovered the agent and the fallen heir.

("Most excellent. The next harvest shall soon commence.")

(Endurph): *telepathic* And what of the cycle of renewal? This planet's fruit will never blossom and spread the seeds of life across the cosmos thanks to the Humans' corruption.

("I have grown fond of what the Overseer tells me about the Humans. Perhaps it is time to take the universe's will into my own wings.")

(Endurph): *telepathic* We Exif will follow you then, as we always have.

("You are dismissed. Continue enacting my will.")


Upon the 3 golden lights' command, the dimmer green light fades away. A few moments after it does, the Overseer returns from the darkness to once again converse with the Original One that speaks with the commanding presence of a god among gods.


"You spoke with your followers?"

("I have. It is as I have foretold.")

"Why do you only speak to them? Would it not be prudent to govern all the manifestations of the original peoples?"

("They are not all receptive to my voice. The Exif are unique, for they evolved shortly after you Metarchs began the cycle of renewal. Their race as a whole is my holy entourage.")

"Very well then, Original One. I will heed your word."


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[May 2, 2168]
[Roth-Ma Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
[Pacific Ocean]
[Open Territory - G.U.D.]

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On Roth-Ma Island, Gamera's mostly petrified body, save for his now moving and active head, continues to sit in the clearing that Battra made. While the chelonian monster is annoyed with his current predicament, he's otherwise quite calm as the G.U.D.'s research personnel examine his condition and periodically run scan tests on his stone-coated body.

A distant whir in the sky above catches everyone's attention.

Although the site staff know exactly what's coming, Gamera looks to the sky with both confusion and curiosity. Just as the researchers and security personnel clear out their equipment to make room for the visitor, the colourful super robot that calls itself Jet Jaguar lands down in the clearing in front of Gamera with a powerful thud; it was careful to manage its Ki control to ensure that only a light shockwave is sent out that's barely felt by the G.U.D. personnel nearby.

The inspiring mech walks up to Gamera and looks him straight in the eye. Gamera narrows his eyes as he hones in on this strange mechanical entity. While he doesn't recognize the physical form of this particular mech, he does catch a whiff of this being's Ki and overall soul. It's a familiar kind of energy, yet also somewhat different and unique. As the Atlantean guardian continues to size up Jet Jaguar, one of the researchers uses his super speed to quickly climb up the super robot's body to stand atop his left shoulder.


(Eobard Thawne): Good to see ya, Jet Jaguar. As a fellow superhero, I'm a big fan of your look and approach.


Jet Jaguar looks at the tiny Post-Human next to his head and gives the man a thumbs-up. The 2 of them then turn their attention back to Gamera's mostly petrified body.


(Eobard Thawne): I can see that you can't quite pin why Jet Jaguar here is so familiar to you despite never seeing him before. Well, that's because he used to be the 4 ex-Warmonger pilots. They used to pilot another body together before some complications occurred, eventually becoming the mech you see now.


Upon hearing this revelation, Gamera looks away from the man behind the Flash and back at Jet Jaguar with a bit of shock. As this occurs, the research staff's equipment starts to record Gamera's heart rate growing faster and more erratic, a sign of increasing stress. The super robot puts his right hand on Gamera's petrified shoulder and does a few hand gestures with his other hand, which seems to calm the giant turtle somewhat.


(Eobard Thawne): Don't worry, big guy. We'll get you out so that you can finish off Irys.


Gamera nods in response to Eobard Thawne's statement.


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[STRQ Industries Underground R&D Centre]
[Nagoya, Japan]
[Japanese Mainland]

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Within the underground research complex belonging to STRQ Industries, Anna Maximoff and Jiro Ifukube are hard at work on their latest endeavour: a means of breaking Godzilla and Gamera free of their stone petrification. Not being one to waste infrastructure, the elderly Japanese veteran of Project Warmonger from years past has converted the old tank that once held Evangelion Unit-01 into a testing chamber to experiment with potential means of breaking through the strange rock coating the 2 protectors of Earth.

Currently, several large pieces are being held in the tank; these pieces were collected after Godzilla's dorsal plates and Gamera's head were freed from petrification.


(Jiro Ifukube): Any luck identifying the type of bonds we're dealing with?

(Anna Maximoff): None yet. This is yet another wholly unique substance, though I'm not even sure you could call it that.

(Jiro Ifukube): The transdimensional properties, right?

(Anna Maximoff): Exactly. It looks and feels solid, but it's actually some kind of amorphous energy. It's kinda like hard-light, except it's composed of an energy we haven't seen before. And we've seen a LOT of different kinds of energy over the years with the rise of the P.E.M.F.s and Kaiju.


Jiro Ifukube walks over to the tank next to the stretch of catwalk him and Anna Maximoff are standing on and places his hand on the tank. He then looks back at Anna and the communicative hologram of Wei Ho next to her.


(Jiro Ifukube): Godzilla's dorsal plates were freed when Gojira cried out to him, correct?

(Wei Ho): That's right. And Gamera's head was freed when Daiyu Chen was escorted by Mary Stoker and the Destroyer to Irys, as we recently learned. I believe that powerful emotional triggers were what triggered sudden explosive Ki movement that managed to break off parts of the petrification.

(Jiro Ifukube): In that case, we might need to switch our focus from physical means to less conventional methods. With Irys and the Destroyer now identified and capable of being tracked relatively easily, we can control these variables to free Godzilla and Gamera.

(Wei Ho): Jiro, I might have another suggestion we could explore.

(Jiro Ifukube): What is it?


A holographic file pops up in front of Wei Ho's communicative projection in the middle of the group. It contains a detailed background summary and image of the cocoon encasing Mothra and Battra on a remote isle between Jiran Island and Roth-Ma Island.