Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 100

[May 6, 2168]
[Isle of Hatching - Jiran Island Cluster]
[Pacific Ocean]
[Open Territory]

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Within the large stretch of ocean that spans between Roth-Ma Island and what once used to be Jiran Island before it was destroyed to revive Godzilla, a small but still sizable isle rests. It is likely a fragment leftover from the original island that was once composed of the aforementioned homes of the Godzillasaur and Mosura species, before Godzilla and Ghidorah's titanic battle thousands of years ago severed it in 2. This one isle, often overlooked by the G.U.D. due to a lack of notable Houtua and Mothra presence, is now one of the most heavily fortified and closely monitored regions within the Jiran Island Cluster, second only to Roth-Ma Island

A full complement of naval ships, drone fighters, land armies, and Mechagodzilla support act as sentries and guards for the island. Despite this blockade and evacuation protocols being in place, a sizable portion of Roth-Ma Island's natives have gathered at the large hill that holds the large cocoon of Mothra and Battra; they've insisted on being present to lend their support to their gods, much to the frustration of the G.U.D.'s efforts to evacuate as many people to safety as possible.

Also among the outpost's staff are several key R&D figures, including the legendary trio of Wei Ho, Anna Maximoff, and Jiro Ifukube. As the 3 scientists carry out their work analyzing the bio-acoustics and energetic Ki movement patterns, a pair of twins from the native gathering with white hair and bangs styled like moth antennae steps forward together to confront the trio.


(Anna Maximoff): Can we help you?

(Miana & Maina): The false king and the true king have fought recently. Now the true king makes his way here. It is time for his queen to awaken.

(Wei Ho): False king? True king? That must mean....

(Wei, Anna, and Jiro): Godzilla is coming.

(Miana & Maina): Before he does, the soul of Mothra must be reunited once and for all. Please move out of the way.


A security guard starts walking towards the twins, trying to move them away from ground zero. However, a hand signal from Dr. Ho gets him to back off. He then looks towards the priestesses and nods; everyone stationed at ground zero of the moths' cocoon in their path moves out of the way.

As the 2 young women walk forward, their bodies and eyes begin to glow a faint green colour. Some of the staff murmur and whisper among themselves as they watch what's occurring; the trio watches on stoically, seemingly understanding their intent. Once they reach the cocoon, they each place a hand on it; the area where they touch lights up with a bright green colour. Coinciding with this display, the Ki measuring devices start to go haywire, indicating high activity taking place within the cocoon; the ultrasound displays also start acting up. Before, scans indicated that the interior of the cocoon was nothing but a fleshy pulsating mass of flesh. Now, however, there's an immense amount of activity; the very flesh itself starts to twist and contort into more recognizable shapes.


(Maina & Miana): WE SHOBIJIN HEREBY RELEASE THE FRAGMENTS OF JUSTICE AND INTELLECT! LET THE SOUL OF MOTHRA BE COMPLETED ONCE AGAIN SO THAT THE GODDESS OF LIGHT MAY ONCE AGAIN LEAD NEXT TO THE GOD OF THE SEAS!


Upon uttering these powerful words, the glow that permeated the Shobijin seeps out from their bodies and into the spot where they touch the cocoon. Once the light fully exits their bodies, the twins suddenly fall unconscious; they're only just barely caught from taking bad falls by the security staff. As the 2 priestesses are carried back to their tribe, the massive spindling of silk starts to shake, causing small seismic activity throughout the isle. Throughout this whole process, the natives continue to chant the song they use in their worship of Mothra. Many of the lights and monitoring equipment suddenly short out, shrouding the isle in a darkness that's only lit up by the now radiant blue bio-luminescence being emitted by the silky cocoon.

Although most attention is on the pulsating moth cocoon, a ping on the fleet's sonar instantly gets their attention. However, the object moves too fast to be tracked, and soon enough it starts emerging out of the water as it enters the shallows. The fleet aims its weapons at the newcomer at first, but all of them stand down once the entity becomes more visible. Despite being massive and having more than enough strength, speed and water-bending ability, the waves are surprisingly calm. The only thing still raging violently is the storm above, and even then the golden lightning under Ghidorah's influence changes to softer blue thunder. The newcomer soon starts standing upright once it enters the more shallow areas of ocean off of the isle, allowing itself to be seen fully.

Godzilla has arrived to bear witness to the rebirth of the queen of the monsters.

The absolute giant of a Godzillasaur lumbers forth a few more steps before stopping a kilometre away from the cocoon. He looks at the silky mass intently, awaiting whatever it is that will come forth. The king of the monsters gives a low roar, and his dorsal plates start flashing in a rhythmic pattern; it's almost poetic in how it's constructed. Soon after Godzilla's arrival and song, the cocoon starts to shake more erratically. Eventually, the skyscraper of silk splits open down the middle.

Through the silk, 2 large blue lights can be barely made out. The creature itself starts to make its way out of the cocoon, step by step. Two enormous mantis-like forelimbs are the first to emerge out of the silk, stomping down in front of the trio. While some of the staff nearby are looking quite nervous, Wei Ho and Anna Maximoff can't help but smile; coinciding with this change in atmosphere from mystery to awe are storm clouds themselves, which have completely stopped producing rain and lightning.


(Anna Maximoff): SHOW US THE DEFINITION OF BEAUTY, MOTHRA!

(Wei Ho): IT'S TIME TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE WORLD!


As if on cue, the giant moth unfurls her wings outwards with one quick motion, instantly blowing away all of the silk that still covered her. In the darkness of the early morning, the brightest light comes from the newly reborn moth goddess. Her effervescent blue light shines from the patches on her wings like sunlight through stained glass windows, and the sheer size of her wingspan means that the entirety of the Isle of Hatching is lit up like a brilliant chandelier.

Mothra has returned in full.

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Mothra (Keizer Beta)

[Height]: 50 metres
[Length]: 70 metres
[Wingspan]: 600 metres
[Weight]: 45,000 tons

[Appearance]:
> Retains the same basic wing patterns as previous incarnations, albeit possessing large eye-spots and primary colourization of orange, yellow, white, and red
> Has much larger wings both proportionally and generally, though the front pair is exceedingly large compared to the much smaller hind-pair of wings
> Has a main body closer in shape to a wasp that's a drab whitish beige colour with tufts of bright white fur around the thorax
> Has a proportionally smaller white-furred head with orange furry antennae, large blue compound eyes, and a pair of mandibles on the sides of a vertically opening mandible mouth
> Has large mantis-like claws for front-limbs, a smaller pair on her chest, and digitigrade feet tipped with insectoid clawed toes, all with small patches of white fur

[Observed Characteristics]:
> Is a benevolent and kind-spirited monster, able to communicate telepathically with mothers and sapient beings alike
> Uses bio-luminescence for both communication and special abilities, such as blinding "God Rays" that also increase her physical capabilities
> Can emit scale powder from her wings that she can control at will for explosive detonation, sensory scrambling, deflecting energy attacks, etc.
> Has immensely high aerial speed and agility, equal in both categories to Ghidorah
> Has immense strength, equalling Gamera, especially through the use of her front claws and venomous stinger on her abdomen
> Has the lowest durability of current Keizer-class monsters, though it's still above that of non-Keizers
> Has a symbiotic relationship with Godzilla that results in improved and unseen abilities when the 2 synchronize
> Unknown potential other abilities