Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 97

[May 5, 2168]
[Jiran Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
[Pacific Ocean]
[Open Territory - G.U.D.]

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On the island that once belonged to the Godzillasaurs, the 3 Proto P.E.M.F.s patrol the desolate landscape left barren in the wake of the Legion Invasion. Across the 3 sectors where each individual Proto P.E.M.F. lumbers, there isn't much action to be had; none of the Earth's defenders have come, leaving the 3 monsters to their own devices.

The smallest of the trio, Hakuja, strolls across the beach. He paws at some of the sand and glass, attempting to uncover something to play around with to alleviate his boredom. Meanwhile, Shrikethorn stands as a sentry atop the inactive volcano overlooking the entirety of Jiran Island. He scans the darkened skies above from this scouting position, watching for any signs of enemy activity. Despite King Ghidorah having left the area a while ago, the storm clouds that follow in his wake continue to persist above the once beautiful speck in the sea.

Shrikethorn suddenly turns his attention to the south. After squinting and sniffing the air for a little bit, he roars loudly, immediately getting the attention of Hakuja and Raijin. The other 2 P.E.M.Fs rush in from their sectors of the island, meeting near the clearing in the centre of the island where Godzilla's unconscious body lies.

Although the knuckle-walking monster is agitated and aggressive, nothing can be visibly seen coming from the direction she was eyeing. All of a sudden, Shrikethorn flicks his tails, sending out plasma-infused quills far off into the the storm clouds in the distance. At first, the quills simply disappear into the  dark shroud. Soon after, a few explosions can be barely made out within the clouds, presumably after the quills impacted whatever it was the P.E.M.F. was sensing.

Hakuja and Raijin roar in celebration of their brother striking down the unseen enemies; Shrikethorn isn't so easily convinced, however. He roars to his siblings, who cease celebrating and return to alert positions.

The twin-tailed monster leaps down from the top of the volcano to join his siblings. As the 3 Proto P.E.M.F.s look on at the sky and ocean out to the south, they all squint and see faint pink lights emerging from the storm clouds in the distance. Soon after, several more lights follow suit, eventually culminating in a massive swarm of lights on approach.

It's a swarm of Mechagodzilla's Vultures that's hundreds strong that appear to be escorting a compliment of cargo VTOLs.


(Gnl. Rasczak): [COMMS] Alright people, this is it. Commence phase 1 of Operation: Godzilla Resurgence!

(Mechagodzilla): [COMMS] UNDERSTOOD. PREPARING DIVERSIONARY FORCE APPLICATION.


A majority of the Vultures pick up speed, flying ahead of the rest of the flock; a small but still sizable percentage of the flock stays behind to continue to escort the manned aerial compliment. Upon seeing this veritable air force approaching them, the 3 monsters charged forward, leaving Godzilla behind them. The offensive flock splits up into 3 primary groups, one for each Proto P.E.M.F.'s attention. The middle group flies ahead of the rest of the flock over the P.E.M.F.s, peppering Raijin with massed railgun fire directly into her exposed true face. Although she sustains no actual damage, the impacts still cause her to reel back somewhat due to being hit in sensitive skin.

She turns around and follows the first strike squadron to the north of Jiran Island. Shrikethorn and Hakuja attempt to follow, but the other 2 Vulture strike teams intercept them. The left group targets the ground by Hakuja's left legs, collapsing his footing to trip him up. While this is going on, the right group peppers Shrikethorn's back, knocking off some of her quill spikes before circling around to her right; the spikes quickly grow back out without issue.

The twin-tailed titan, now quite annoyed, turns right and pursues the Vulture strike team headed to the southeasternmost direction. Meanwhile, Hakuja manages to pull his 3 left limbs out from the ground. The armoured digger watches from the ground as the group of Vultures that tripped him fly towards the southwest corner of the island; he quickly digs into the ground and follows them, creating small quakes as he burrows through. With all 3 Proto P.E.M.F.s now sufficiently distracted and drawn away from the clearing Godzilla is resting in, the cargo VTOLs and their escort move in to begin phase 2 of Operation: Godzilla Resurgence.

The transports touch down in the clearing and start opening up their bay doors. The warheads are loaded off by both drones and by hand; some of the Vultures that have landed maintain surveillance, using their uplink to Mechagodzilla's network to keep an eye on the activity of the monsters.

With the monsters still distracted as planned, the drilling equipment is loaded off the cargo VTOLs and taken to specified points around Godzilla. While the C.D.F. squads continue to drill down and prepare rope cords to rappel down, General Rico Rasczak walks up to Godzilla's massive head.


(Gnl. Rasczak): Don't worry, big guy. You'll be good as new in no time. I've also got teams looking for your daughter as we speak.


Godzilla briefly opens his eyes and looks down at the C.D.F. general; he seems to relax somewhat and snorts lightly before closing his eyes again. Another minute passes by, and one of the Vultures lets loose a flashing signal to General Rasczak, signifying that the diversionary measures are starting to lose momentum; coinciding with this, Raijin turns to look back behind her after absorbing kinetic energy through her false-face plates and destroying a group of Vultures that attempted a close-quarters aerial maneuver with a kinetic pulse.

The false-faced Proto P.E.M.F. roars loudly, immediately getting the attention of her brothers. All 3 monsters charge back towards the centre of the island, ignoring the weapons fire of the Vultures swarming around them. The flying drones can only slightly slow down their advance by focusing their railguns on the ground that Raijin, Hakuja, and Shrikethorn tread on; even this doesn't stop their determination and anger at having been outplayed.


(Gnl. Rasczak): No time for precision! Just dump as many of the nukes down the hole as you can and hope for the best! RETREAT!


The C.D.F. soldiers and their helper drones quickly throw down as many nuclear warheads as they can into the holes they meticulously drilled into the pocket of P.E.M.F. spawning pods deep in the core of Jiran Island. Soon after, the soldiers rush towards the cargo VTOLs, with several missing their rides by just a small margin; the Vultures pick up the stragglers, opening their cockpits to allow the soldiers to climb aboard.

The 3 P.E.M.F.s manage to reach Godzilla's position, but they just miss out on the last of the stragglers. Shrikethorn frantically shoots plasma-charged spikes from his tails at the retreating aircraft and Mechagodzilla units, but he only manages to down a few fleeing Vultures. Soon enough, the VTOLs and their escort retreat far enough away that Shrikethorn discontinues shooting out spikes. The 3 monsters growl and roar at one another, trying to figure out what they should do.


(Gnl. Rasczak): [COMMS] Light the fuses.


Before they can come to a decision, the entire island shakes a few times, briefly knocking the Proto P.E.M.F.s off balance.

Several more quakes rock the island and create fractures that start to open up; they all originate from underneath Godzilla's unconscious body. All 3 titans scramble to different corners of the island to escape the collapsing ground; their timing is impeccable, as the ground underneath Godzilla gives way soon after. The former king of the monsters falls into the hole; he doesn't fall very far before a massive series of brightly coloured explosions engulfs him and erupts out of the hole and through the fractures. The explosions, all very high yield and nuclear in nature, continue to erupt throughout Jiran Island, rupturing the whole landmass throughout its layers; Raijin, Hakuja, and Shrikethorn only barely escape being caught on the very corners of the quickly disintegrating island of the Godzillasaurs.

Soon enough, the nuclear explosions, combined with the seawater rushing in from all sides, splits the entire island into several large chunks, 3 of which the Proto P.E.M.F.s find themselves adrift on. One final explosion, the largest of them all, erupts out from the water where the island's centre once rested and blows away the free-floating split chunks a large distance away. For a few moments, the leftover cloud lingers.

All of a sudden, the radioactive cloud is sucked back down into the watery depths below it, being entirely consumed and absorbed by the ocean. Or, perhaps, by something in the ocean.