Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 50

[October 31, 2151]
[Stratosphere]
[Earth]

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Within the upper limits of planet Earth's atmosphere, the battle of gods continues between Irys and Gamera Absolute; they're now flying at such high speeds that to the naked eye, the two of them would merely be streaks and concussive shock-waves with suppressed aftermath effects from all directions.

However, to the two monsters, their duel is much too slow; neither is able to land any definitive hits on each other. For every swipe, Irys's tentacles stop Gamera's claws, and for every stab, Gamera's upper shell stops Irys's blade arms; not even their ranged attacks can land on each other. The sonic beams of the tentacled monster are merely reflected off the giant turtle's upper shell, whilst his plasma bursts are deflected by his rival's tentacles.

Now quite frustrated at his inability to land a solid hit, Irys Absolute shoots forward at even greater velocity with his right blade arm pointed forwards. Once the blade reaches Gamera Absolute's face, an immense shock-wave is emitted from the apparent impact; so powerful, in fact, that were it not for active suppression of aftermath effects, there would be a visible explosion. However, just as it seems as though the tentacled entity has finally landed the first critical blow, Gamera pulls the blade arm away from his face, revealing that he caught the blow in his hand.

Gamera appears to almost be smirking, which further infuriates Irys as indicated by his head's energy core glowing a deep lightish-red. The second son of the Children of Monsters, is more angry than ever before and makes use of the brief lapse in his rival's defenses to thrust one of his tendrils straight into the guardian monster's unoccupied left hand.

The stabbing wound causes Gamera to cry out, prompting him to let go of Irys's blade arm; the second son takes full advantage of this lull in combat to stab a tendril into every other limb and his neck.

For a few moments, Gamera and Irys hover in place; the Atlantean guardian silently reels from the pain of having been stabbed in multiple locations simultaneously. However, a change in Irys can be observed; streaks of green light begin flowing down the length of his tentacles, from Gamera's body to Irys's. After a few seconds of continuous flow, the Atlantean monstrosity pulls his tendrils out of the guardian monster and flies backwards a bit.

Gamera floats in place after his energy has been drained; pale green blood floats around him as it seeps out of his wounds due to the lack of gravity. Irys sees his rival losing strength and points all six of his tendrils at him.

The tips of Irys's tentacles begin to open up, and the orbs stationed within glow a bright orange; small orange orbs of plasma energy begin to form between the bladed prongs of each tendril tip, nearly identical to that of Gamera's own attack.



"Goodbye, spirit of the Earth. I am now beyond you."


After mentally projecting a message to Gamera, Irys fires off all six plasma bursts from his tentacles directly at the Atlantean guardian; just before the fireballs make contact, Gamera's eyes display a slight hint of a green glow.

The plasma bursts strike the giant turtle's body and explode into a massive cloud of dissipated energy. At first, Irys's head core glows a bright lightish-red to signify his good mood; it changes to his darker tone a little bit later, signifying frustration. The energy cloud fades away, revealing Gamera to not only be intact but changed, mutated, evolved.

Gamera Absolute's new form is similar to his previous body's powered-up form. The plates on his upper shell have lifted up, and glowing green energy can be seen from the openings, though the effect is much more dramatic due to the more jagged and uneven nature of the plating on Gamera's back, giving off the appearance of a spiny-backed animal. As well, all of the lines across his under shell are glowing a bright green, as are his eyes and the back of his throat.

The newly powered-up Gamera roars loudly, sending the message clearly to Irys Absolute: he will never back down.

Irys is absolutely furious, and, without any thought or tactics in mind, charges directly at his rival with blade arms pointed forward. However, Gamera blocks the attack with a single arm and proceeds to plunge his clawed hand directly into the tentacled being's chest, going straight through. With a hard pull, the guardian monster rips out a large portion of the fleshy sac on Irys's chest; a small pod is now visible within Gamera's grasp.

After having this pod ripped out of his body, Irys's bio-luminescence fails; all of the lights lose their glow. Gamera isn't quite done with him yet, though, and proceeds to open up the plates of his under shell. A bright green light forms from the hollow opening; a massive green energy beam shoots out, blowing hole through Irys and soaring clear across space, beyond Earth's moon.

As Gamera's Mana Beam continues to incinerate Irys's body, a bright yellow light flies out from where the attack exited; the Atlantean guardian's beam soon carries Irys with it, deep into the reaches of the solar system. Once the body is out of sight, Gamera ceases firing his Mana Beam.

With the fight with his rival over, Gamera powers back down into base form; his attention is now on the yellow light flying through space. It comes to a stop directly in front of the giant turtle, prompting him to look at it with cautious curiosity.

Soon enough, the bright yellow light begins to take shape. Once its shape is fully formed, Gamera's eyes widen immensely.


(Mothra): *telepathic* I have returned, noble warrior. Mothra has been reborn in the fires of gods.