Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 98

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

With the remainder of any nuclear fission being sucked down into the depths of where the centre of Jiran Island was once positioned, the 3 Proto P.E.M.F.s can only look on from the floating isle chunks that they're situated on in confusion. At first, only a slight faint blue light emanates from the spot in the ocean where the radioactive fallout was vacuumed into; that all changes once the tides begin to swirl and spin.

The blue light intensifies, shining brighter in an increasingly larger area as the whirlpool quickly grows in size and strength. Soon enough, the waves grow so large and powerful that they start moving the fragmented but still extremely sizable chunks of Jiran Island. Hakuja, Shrikethorn, and Raijin are put off balance by their only solid footing being moved against all odds by the rushing, churning seawater, forcing them to brace themselves and hold on as best as they can to prevent themselves from being thrown off and swallowed by by the massive whirlpool.

The spinning tides grow so intense and powerful that they begin spinning the remainders of Jiran Island like confetti down a drain, violently ripping apart smaller chunks and taking the 3 monsters originally instructed to guard the island for a wild ride they were most certainly unprepared for. As the oceanic vortex continues to spin Jiran Island's fragments, the monsters all become fixated on the centre point of this unnatural disaster.

A physical object rises from the water, the source of the light and the culprit behind the disappearance of the nuclear fallout that destroyed the home of the Godzillasaurs in the first place.

Godzilla, the king of the monsters, rises once again.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Godzilla (Keizer Alpha)

[Height]: 200 metres
[Length]: 430 metres
[Weight]: 510,000 tons

[Appearance]:
> Has an identical body-shape, posture, and general features such as scale patterns and facial structure
> Head, arms, body, and tail are nearly identical in appearance to before his disappearance, though his midsection is slightly thinner and his arms are slightly longer and more visibly muscular
> Has slightly larger eyes with bright orange irises and slightly larger teeth
> Legs are slightly longer and feet have larger and more spread-out toes and claws
> Has extremely prominent new dorsal plates that somewhat resemble the maple-leaf shapes of his disfigured daughter Gojira, albeit they're larger, have the largest plates centralized around the lower neck down to the back of the point where his tail connects, and have large grooves in them that almost look like ancient symbols

[Observed Characteristics]:
> Has phenomenal strength and durability, being tied with King Ghidorah as the strongest Kaiju, easily capable of shattering mountains and islands without aftermath suppression and taking  orbital-drop kinetic penetrators with barely any pause
> Has surprising speed and agility, being able to sprint with great speed and dodge and weave like a boxer
> Has impressive combat skill and intelligence, being able to strategize on the fly and use some manner of boxing techniques combined with animalistic maneuvers such as tail slaps and biting
> Is the fastest and most effective swimming creature in existence, combining powerful death rolls with graceful maneuverability
> Can generate nucleosynthetic reactions by channelling neutron fluxes through his dorsal plates and manifest them in several forms, such as his classic Atomic Breath, Nuclear Pulses that can either be spherical full-body bursts or directed waves through his arms, etc.
> Can absorb radiation and nuclear energy to further augment his abilities
> Potentially other unknown abilities

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Godzilla's eyes are closed for a short while, but when he opens them up, he is immediately filled with disgust at the sight of these creatures sent to guard him from potential allies at the behest of his ancient rival. His dorsal plates, already aglow with deep blue atomic energy in their grooves, begin to flicker and pulse with flashes of energy that, along with his fearsome expression, serve as an impressive intimidation display that creates visible worry and fear in the Proto P.E.M.F.s who oppose him.

With every pulse of his dorsal plates, the storm clouds above produce blue-tinted lightning and thunder in contrast to their normal golden colour while under the influence of Ghidorah.

As the titanic whirlpool that Godzilla created starts to slow down and the ocean begins to calm, the elder Godzillasaur suddenly lets loose a full-force Atomic Breath into the sky. The monster king's body can barely contain the brighter and lighter blue light that cracks through his body and dorsal plates; the energy moves up through his lower abdomen and chest, coming to a steady glow cracking through the skin around his neck, through his gills, down his back next to his dorsal plates, and through his now lit-up eyes.

The searingly intense controlled nuclear fission ripples through the clouds above, instantly parting away the storm clouds that were otherwise permanently hovering over this stretch of ocean. With his rival's localized storm dissipated, Godzilla ceases firing his Atomic Breath; the light across his body dies down, leaving the somewhat dimmer steady blue glow of his dorsal plates. As his head comes down from this dominance display, the revived Godzillasaur suddenly turns his attention to the 3 Proto P.E.M.F.s whose footings have drifted back together; he bares his teeth and snorts loudly, which slightly unnerves the trio.

Despite their clear unease at the prospect of fighting the rival to their Alpha, Raijin, Shrikethorn, and Hakuja roar in unison in an attempt to counter-intimidate this new threat; Godzilla roars back with such force and volume that all 3 monsters' own roars are drowned out by his own; the very water around him vibrates and stirs. It's inevitable now that the 2 sides must come to blows.

The 3 metal-borne titans charge forward, using their Ki to allow themselves to run across the water without sinking or floating due to a lack of proper footing. The king of the monsters rushes forth as well with immense speed and power.

Raijin and Godzilla are the first to collide, if one can call it that. Despite being one of the largest and strongest non-Keizers ever to exist, Raijin is easily lifted off her feet and sent flying through the air into the water by Godzilla's sweeping tackle. Hakuja is next, leaping into the air in an attempt to strike at Godzilla's face. However, he too is rag-dolled, this time by the Keizer Alpha clamping down on his neck mid-leap, shaking him around like a chew toy for a little bit before then throwing the armoured digger at the charging Shrikethorn, knocking both of them down.

Raijin is the first to get back up after being sent reeling by Godzilla's superior strength. She charges in from Godzilla's left side, prompting the monster king to turn towards her to meet her charge. He attempts to strike with his clawed hand at Raijin's exposed true face. The multi-faced monster counters this by closing up her false-face plates, resulting in Godzilla's blow meeting hardened armour that even he fails to damage; Raijin is still sent stumbling backwards a little bit from the force of the hit, however. From the point of impact, blue veins of energy snake their way out from the plating and down into Raijin's left arm.

Just as Godzilla is about to go for another claw-strike, Raijin suddenly performs a clawed uppercut with her left arm directly into the elder Godzillasaur's chin, sending his head reeling upwards and his whole body stumbling back a step. The false-faced titan goes for another slash with her other arm, but the Alpha suddenly grabs it and sends his free arm into Raijin's face once more. This time, her plates aren't fast enough to block the hit entirely; Godzilla's hand strikes the sensitive flesh just as the plates close around it, acting like a vice-grip. Godzilla attempts to free his hand, though it's to no avail as Raijin's false-face plates have a very tight clamp force; Raijin herself isn't having a good time either, with her using her free arm to desperately but fruitlessly attempt to pry out the Godzillasaur's arm.

Before the Alpha monster can make a real mess of his opponent, he's hit in the back with multiple plasma thorns; they all detonate harmlessly as they bounce off his thick armoured hide. Godzilla turns to look behind him and sees that Shrikethorn has gotten back on his feet and is hurling spikes from his 2 tails.

As Godzilla turns around and drags Raijin, still clamped around his right hand, Hakuja suddenly jumps up from behind Shrikethorn and lands on his tails. The larger knuckle-walker flings his digging ally into the air like a catapult at the king of the monsters. In response, Godzilla simply swings his right arm in front of him, slamming Hakuja out of the air with Raijin's body and sending both Proto P.E.M.F.s flying through the air to his right.

Shrikethorn charges forward, as does Godzilla. The knuckle-walker's full-force headbutt into Godzilla's abdomen doesn't even budge the elder Godzillasaur who simply swipes at Shrikethorn's face with his left hand and sends him careening across the waves next to his siblings. All 3 monsters struggle to get back up, but they're aware enough to see that Godzilla is charging up a neutron flux through his dorsal plates as indicated by the brighter blue and white light shining through them and his body.

Raijin sees that they're about to be blasted and reacts quickly, closing up her false-face plates and jumping in front of her brothers. It's just in the nick of time, as she's immediately hit with a stream of Atomic Breath. Despite the immense protection afforded to her and the kinetic energy being channelled into her arms to claw at the water beneath her like solid ground, she's being steadily forced back. Eventually, the amount of energy is too much to bear, and the kinetic energy explodes out of her face plates and arms in a spherical dome of blue Ki energy, knocking her and her Proto P.E.M.F. brothers backwards and heavily damaging them.

Just before Godzilla can finish them off, he hears a faint screaming sound in the distance. The trio also hears it and takes this opportunity to deactivate their Ki-footing to sink into the water and swim away; Godzilla pays them no mind, being hyper-focused on the screeching in the distance. He turns to face directly east and sees a small but noticeable thing in the distance: an approaching hurricane.

The king of the monsters deactivates his footing and dives down into the depths below.