Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 39

[April 15, 2168]
[Jiran Island]
[Jiran Island Cluster]
[Pacific Ocean]
[Open Territory - G.U.D.]

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The reborn Gojira faces down the Bilusaludo's pet project, Mechagodzilla, with a cold and unfeeling expression on her unsettling visage. Although the mechanical doppelganger is a bit unnerved, it holds firm and maintains a combat stance. For the longest while, the two giants simply stand across from one another and stare at each other; Gojira makes the first move and starts to move toward her opponent.

All of a sudden, Mechagodzilla starts firing off its finger missiles in contact explosive mode at great speed and volume into Gojira's chest.

For a few moments, this strategy seems to be working; Gojira is stopped in her tracks as she takes the mech's firepower. After a little while, though, Gojira continues walking forward again, seemingly unhindered compared to before. With its previous strategy no longer working, Mechagodzilla charges in for melee combat. The Bilusaludo prototype throws a jab into the deformed Godzillasaur's abdomen, causing her to double over a bit; the unit then performs a downward chop on Gojira's neck, causing her to completely double over.

Mechagodzilla raises its hand for another chop, but before it can land, the Godzillasaur suddenly lurches upwards and sends her head into the bottom of the mech's lower jaw, knocking the unit back a bit.

She then headbutts the machine defender, first once, then again, and again; she does this over and over, eventually knocking Mechagodzilla down onto the ground. Despite how effective this physical assault is against Mechagodzilla, Gojira's own head starts to get bruised and cut up; blood also starts to drip from her head wounds. Soon enough, though, her injuries start to heal on their own. Strangely, the blood that was dripping from the deformed Godzillasaur's wounds is sucked back up and transmutates into new flesh.

While Mechagodzilla is still on the ground, Gojira puts her right foot down on the robotic doppelganger's chest. Despite its attempts to break free, the Bilusaludo prototype can't free itself from the weight and force of its opponent's stomp. A few moments later, Mechagodzilla stops trying to physically struggle; the mech's eyes begin to glow in conjunction with this shift in behaviour.

From the robotic unit's eyes, rainbow-coloured beams radiate upwards and strike Gojira directly in the face, creating a small explosion and forcing the young Godzillasaur off.

While its opponent is reeling back in pain, Mechagodzilla takes this opportunity to get back up to its feet. The mech unit gives a strong forward kick to Gojira's abdomen, causing her to stumble backwards. With this opening, Mechagodzilla readies all of its weapon systems. Just as the deformed young Godzillasaur comes to, the mechanical prototype fires off every single one of its weapons into her chest and head; eye beams, chest maser cannon, and finger missiles are all firing off nonstop.

The sheer volume of fire keeps Gojira pinned down quite well; she's even forced backwards steadily, step by step. Soon enough, the constant barrage of energy and ordnance backs Gojira into the pile of rocks that used to be her mountain; she trips up on her own feet and falls onto her side onto the pile.

Mechagodzilla ceases its assault and lowers its left arm; its right hand and wrist then switches and locks into a horizontal position from its previous vertical position.

With this switch in hand positioning, Mechagodzilla's missiles retract into its fingers; slightly different-looking missiles replace them. Instead of rapid-fire explosive ordnance, the missiles fire off at a much slower pace; they're similarly replaced by the unit's internal fabricators at a less brisk speed. Upon impact with Gojira's back, they embed themselves quite deeply, causing her to roar out in pain and preventing her from getting back up to her feet; she stops moving entirely after Mechagodzilla finishes firing off its second salvo of armour-piercing darts.

The VTOL that carries Dr. Anna Maximoff and Dr. Wei Ho begins to hover behind Mechagodzilla's head.


(Anna Maximoff): [COMMS] WHAT DID YOU DO?!

(Mechagodzilla): Subject is merely paralyzed due to damage to the lower spine and secondary brain. Subject is now safe for capture and transport.

(Anna Maximoff): [COMMS] Goddammit, you didn't need to cripple her!

(Mechagodzilla): False. This unit has calculated that the subject's current form is too mentally and physiologically unstable to be safely brought in without


As Mechagodzilla moves to pick up and carry Gojira as part of its purpose, the deformed young Godzillasaur suddenly starts moving again. From the perspective of the Bilusaludo prototype, its scanners are reading rapid physiological mutation within Gojira's body. On the outside, the daughter of Godzilla seems to be slowly ejecting the finger darts that were embedded into her lower back; this is in no small part due to the extensive genetic mutation shifting in the areas where her body was struck and paralyzed.

Mechagodzilla prepares its armour-piercing missiles once again in an attempt to stop Gojira's recovery, but before it can do so, the young Godzillasaur suddenly emits a large burst of invisible Ki that knocks her mechanical doppelganger's off-balance and instantly ejects all of the darts stuck in her; it harmlessly bypasses the VTOL carrying her Human friends/family, a sign of impressive Ki control that hasn't been typical of Gojira's mutated forms.

Gojira then gets back up to her feet and roars much more defiantly.

Mechagodzilla prepares to fire off all of its weapon systems once again. Just as it fires, a hint of steel-silver briefly overrides the usual blue colour of Gojira's irises. As if in slow motion, the deformed monster princess effortlessly weaves around the weapons fire that was about to impact her in a manner very much uncharacteristic of her normal demeanour, especially in her current mutated state.

Although Mechagodzilla is briefly thrown for a curve upon seeing its quarry seemingly disappear from sight, it quickly readjusts its aims and catches the disfigured monster in its barrage once again; this coincides with the fading of the silver colouration in Gojira's eyes.

As the daughter of Godzilla is being assaulted by the mechanical doppelganger's ceaseless firepower, the dorsal plates and open veins running down her back and tail begin to light up with a faint purple energy.