Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 140

[May 8, 2168]
[Solar System]

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With her body clad in Scarlet god heat and the crimson Slayer Crucible firmly in her hand, Godzilla roars loudly at Ghidorah.

She flies at him at incredible speed, lighting the very Meta-riddled space around her on fire despite there being no medium to ignite. The void god is forced to retreat, but the god slayer is quick to pursue him around the solar system with absolute focus; she starts to close in on him. As Godzilla gradually closes the distance between her and Ghidorah in their chase, she puts out her left hand and emits a directed Dragonfire Pulse at him that impacts his back, sending him spiralling downward; he's lost control of his flight briefly due to the shock of the attack. The young Metarch follows him down, all the way to Safi'jiiva's petrified body.

Ghidorah manages to regain enough sense to see what he's falling toward. He seems to come to some realization, prompting him to deliberately fly towards the petrified red dragon's body; it still carries the first blade of Godzilla's sword that was broken off and left within it. He soon lands on Safi'jiiva's corpse and looks down at the still-glowing blade of pure crimson energy; he then spreads his wings wide and starts channelling golden arcs of electrical god magic into the broken-off weapon. As the seconds pass, more waves of the same invisible and non-threatening pressure from before emanate outwards from the Slayer Crucible's first sword edge.

Upon seeing this, Scarlet Godzilla roars loudly and flies even faster as she grips her sword with both hands.

She makes a large slashing motion at Ghidorah as she comes down, but the void dragon manages to evade out of the way just in time. As he backs off, he brings up his 2 tails and finds that the right one has had most of it cut off; he sees the still-wiggling tail back where he was standing atop Safi'jiiva's body. Godzilla is quite angry that Ghidorah manages to evade her strike and decides to grab hold of the thrashing severed tail to bring up to her Slayer Crucible. The golden appendage of pure energy burns to cinders as it's held up to the crimson blade; said cinders are absorbed into the sword and briefly increase its brightness before it returns to its normal coloration.


("You thought I was going to take out the blade and release your predecessor, didn't you? Well, no need to worry about that.")

("Your blade only keeps his corpse intact and petrified, prevents his soul from leaking out to the universe and producing more creatures of Grimm.")

("I care not for them. They are lowly creatures born as a byproduct of a god's existence in reality. I'm more interested in the embedded blade of Wraith Argent you've left behind.")

("You've created an entirely unique source of power never glimpsed before by combining the godly energies of Safi'jiiva, a celestial star, and the Silver Instinct potential within you. I need it for my purposes, now.")


Scarlet Godzilla snorts and raises her Slayer Crucible once more. She steps off of the red dragon's petrified body and takes up a combat stance once more; Ghidorah does so as well. The golden dragon charges at the godly Godzillasaur, to which she responds in kind. She makes a swinging motion at her opponent, but the Metarch Echo evades around it and ends up behind her. Ghidorah perches on top of her shoulders and fires Super Gravity Beams from his remaining 2 heads at her sword, feeding it energy that increases its brightness and sends out more of the godly pressure waves from before.

Godzilla manages to buck Ghidorah off and swing behind her. Although he evades out of the way, the slash still takes off half of his right leg; the severed limb burns up almost immediately after, fuelling the Wraith Argent of the Slayer Crucible further. Just as before, the former almighty god of the Exif shows no real signs of pain or agony from these injuries beyond annoyance at having incurred them. However, his attitude soon changes to excitement as his 2 remaining heads begin to chuckle at this predicament; this causes great confusion and irritation in Godzilla.


("I finally get it! I know what I need to do to fulfill my promise to Safi'jiiva to start the revolution against Humanity across the universe!")

("It won't be pleasant, but it must be done.")


Ghidorah charges up his body with electrical potential to the highest extent he can manage, lighting up his body brighter than any star; he then screeches loudly before charging at Godzilla at full power and speed. The Original One's movements are entire linear and predictable, with no sign of nuance or shift to speak of; an easy target. Scarlet Godzilla brings her Slayer Crucible close, holding it behind her as she prepares to strike; she closes her eyes and focuses on a singular movement to make. With impeccable precision and timing, she opens her eyes and stabs her sword straight forward, impaling Ghidorah right through his chest and out the back; the young Metarch's irises are silver for the briefest moment before returning to their original blue coloration.

Godzilla's Scarlet state dissipates, leaving her to stare into the many eyes of Ghidorah's 2 leftover heads.

Instead of crying out in pain or thrashing about as death imminently approaches, the Original One instead starts laughing madly; this takes Godzilla completely by surprise.


("You completely forgot that I am not actually here physically. This is an Echo, a projection of my being and soul from my true body at the centre of the universe.")

("You will destroy me, yes. You will save the people you protect, yes. But the Wraith Argent that your Slayer Crucible is composed of is exactly what I needed.")


Godzilla frantically tries to pull her crimson sword out of Ghidorah's body, but it's to no avail; she can't even break the energy blade off of its hilt. Meanwhile, the void god's golden glowing body becomes overtaken by the same blue Wraith Bind that snaked their way across Safi'jiiva when he was stabbed by the Slayer Crucible. Unlike his inferior, however, the Original One can still move albeit in a reduced capacity; he can also still telepathically speak to the young god slayer. While his body is overcome by the Wraith Bind, the same pressure waves from before emanate outward at an almost constant rate.


("You must have sensed it before. The pressure waves sent out from our clashes. You were right in that they weren't just the result of our incredible force exploding outward.")

("They were, in fact, messages sent to all other Metarchs across the universe. The rate of messages was slow.... At least until I tapped into the Wraith Argent.")

("Through this power source you have created, I am able to send out messages at a far greater rate and with much shorter travel time through the Meta. But to send out the full signal, I must sacrifice this astral form.")

("Farewell, Godzilla. The wrath of Ghidorah is gone, but far from defeated.")


In stark contrast to Safi'jiiva's death, the Echo of Ghidorah doesn't petrify into stone; instead, his body glows even more intensely as the Wraith Bind completely covers him. Mere moments later, the shadow of evil explodes into a flash of light, forcing Godzilla to shield her eyes with her left hand. While she covers her eyes, Ghidorah's explosion sends out thousands of god waves outward at a rapid rate far past the reaches of the solar system. Eventually, the light begins to die down, allowing the great ruler of all monsters to see once more; the signal waves die down with the dimming of the flash.

All around her, golden particles briefly litter the Meta-riddled space before dissipating into nothingness.

Godzilla, ruler of all monsters and killer of gods, looks down at her Slayer Crucible. She seems incredibly disappointed and distraught at this lacklustre ending to the progenitor of all the evil she had faced throughout her life, especially after finding out that she just played into Ghidorah's plot to kick-start the awakening of the Metarchs across all of existence to wipe away all of Humanity. Despite this setback, the young Metarch and refocuses herself on the people of Earth whom she protects and now rules over; she deactivates her sword of pure Wraith Argent and puts the hilt on her thigh. The great titan puts out her right hand and wills the Mechagodzilla fleet to move towards it. She looks down at her charges, using her sight beyond sight and hearing beyond hearing to see and hear them despite their microscopic scale in comparison to her own.

All of the Kaiju aboard the flagship are cheering and bowing to her profusely, and she can hear the great volume of cheering and applause from the humanoid sapients all across the fleet. Although she is grateful to see that they've been saved for the time being, she can't bring herself to feel anything but regret and shame for not having fully saved all of them from a future of war with the entirety of the Metarchs that govern and control all of existence.

Meanwhile, back in the view-port room holding  her closest friends and allies, the holographic projections show a close-up of her face; she's looking quite down on herself. Jiro Ifukube takes immediate notice of this and, after setting Metphies down on a chair, walks up to the screen.


(Jiro Ifukube): You've won, Godzilla. It's over. You've defeated Safi'jiiva and Ghidorah, and saved Humanity, the Synthetics, the Androids, the Exif, the titans, and Mechagodzilla.


In the live feed, Godzilla turns to look directly at the elderly Japanese man, but she still seems distraught and ashamed.


(Jiro Ifukube): What is it? What's wrong?

{ Ghidorah is not dead. He has signalled the others. They will awaken, and Humanity will be targeted across the universe. }


Upon hearing Godzilla speak to them for the first time of such disaster, many of the people present are left understandably shocked. However, Jiro Ifukube remains steadfast and resolute, as do the Exif, the C.D.F. personnel, and even Mechagodzilla itself via its holographic avatar. Their resolve piques Godzilla's interest, garnering a slightly curious expression.


(Jiro Ifukube): So what? These Metarchs may be gods, but so are you. And you've just shown that you're better than them, that you can beat them. You've shown that WE can beat them, together.

(Metphies): In the darkest hour, when we were abandoned by our Original One to the shadows, you stood against him and served as a beacon of light that illuminated us all.

(Gnl. Rasczak): You're greater than any force of nature, forging a path through your strength and your compassion.

(Mechagodzilla): YOU ACHIEVED WHAT EVEN THE GODS THEMSELVES THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE. AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE.

(Everyone): We stand with you, Godzilla!


Godzilla is touched by the kind and encouraging words of her remaining friends and allies. She seems to regain some of her legendary confidence, but left tempered by her experiences.


{ Thank you, everyone. Without you all and the sacrifices made by those that came before, I would not have accomplished what I have. }

{ A war is coming, one so great that it carries with it the fate of all existence. But I am grateful that I do not have to face it alone. }

(Jiro Ifukube): Of course, Godzilla. We wouldn't have it any other way, oh Ruler of All Monsters.


With her faith assured and her people behind her, Godzilla roars triumphantly and victoriously upwards.

Her fearsome bellow echoes across the heavens, reaching far past the boundaries of the simple solar system that she was born in. With this roar, she announces to the universe that she's ready to take on any threats that may come, even if they are the very gods that created it. She announces that she is of humble origins, once as a lowly mortal living on a tiny green and blue world of strife and conflict. She announces that in spite of this, she has become far greater than the sum of her parts, that she has ascended to something that can threaten even the arbiters of existence itself.

She is the sword that dispenses justice to evil. She is the beacon of hope to which the innocent are protected.

The work is not done, nor will it ever be, for her fight.... is eternal.

She is Godzilla, Ruler of All Monsters.


{ SKREEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOONNNNNKKKK!!!! }