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Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 63

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  1. [April 26, 2168]
  2. [Roth-Ma Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
  3. [Pacific Ocean]
  4. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  8. A short distance away from the shores of Roth-Ma Island, one of the G.U.D.'s scout fleet is sitting out in open water and maintaining a watchful eye on the skies and seas in light of the incident on the island a week ago with the Destroyer creatures. A ping shows up on the radar briefly for several of the fleet vessels, but it disappears soon after. However, it's enough to get one of the COMMS officers to call it in.
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  11. (COMMS Officer): Captain, I got a blip, but it disappeared. Satellites aren't showing anything, either.
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  13. (Captain): Alright, send word to the G.U.D. and inform the rest of the detachment to this island.
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  15. (COMMS Officer): On it, sir.
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  18. The COMMS officer is in the middle of sending out a message when an electromagnetic pulse erupts in the captain's nest, cutting the power and forcing a premature lockdown procedure that seals all the windows and doors. Due to the pulse robbing the room of any power to retract the false alarm and the sturdy build of the seals, the crew inside are unable to force any exits open. Soon after, even the red-tinted emergency power lights abruptly short out, yet again due to an unknown source of E.M.P. disruption.
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  21. (COMMS Officer): Sorry, sir, it's not opening.
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  23. (Captain): Damn. The ability to weather a direct missile impact, now sealing us up like a can. Okay, this is clearly sabotage. Grab the guns from the storage cabinet. We'll try and find a structural weakness to focus fire on and hopefully open a breach. Might also be some power tools.
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  26. Some of the officers use their flashlights to light the way to a cabinet in the corner of a room. This cabinet contains some rudimentary firearms, only to be used in the case of emergency boarding actions, as well as power tools to perform manual maintenance in places where automated drones cannot handle the task.
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  28. As the officers take out some tools and weapons, a shadow passes through the flashlight beam.
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  31. (COMMS Officer): Was that one of you--
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  34. The COMMS officer is suddenly cut off. Before the other officers can shine their gun lights in their comrade's direction, they too are suddenly cut down by a shadow. One by one, the nest officers and their flashlights are abruptly cut down by an unknown assailant until only the captain is left. He quickly rushes to grab one of the guns and puts himself into a corner of the room so as to not be taken by surprise from behind.
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  36. A shadowy figure rushes him from the front, prompting him to fire full-auto in its direction.
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  38. The shadow disperses, seemingly gone. All of a sudden, large clawed hands made of the very darkness enveloping the room clamp down around his face and neck, preventing him from screaming; a foreboding voice that fills the entire room with dread follows them.
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  41. (Mary Stoker): Game over.
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  43. Several of the ships in the fleet are going dark.
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  45. But now of all times is not for the best.
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  47. A dark figure descends from the clouds. Thunder and lightning illuminate its silhouette as it lets out a scream to make its presence known. Soon enough, the figure clears the storm entirely, becoming visible to all who look up into the darkened skies. The Destroyer has graced Roth-Ma Island with its presence once more. This time, however, none of the scout fleet is able to muster their advanced weapons to attempt to deter the gestalt entity, leaving the Destroyer Imago free to swoop in without any resistance from the sea.
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  49. All of a sudden, purple streaks of electrical energy surge from the island; the Destroyer barely dodges their arcs.
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  51. Battra has made clear his intention to stop the Destroyer.
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  53. The two fire off their ranged attacks, resulting in a powerful beam struggle that neither side bothers to restrain the aftermath effects of all that much beyond the annoyances that would distract them from their focus. The watery waves below are thrown aside, leaving the coral reefs bare and their inhabitants flopping uselessly, and the island's sandy beach edges are being blown away, leaving the bedrock to be cracked and broken off.
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  55. At first, the two monsters seen equally matched. Soon, though, it becomes clear that the Destroyer Imago has the advantage and is steadily pushing back Battra's ocular electrical attack.
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  57. While most of the villagers and relief personnel are busy evacuating to shelters, two figures in particular stand out from the panicking crowds. These two girls look to be identical twins, possessing uniquely white hair and paint markings across their bodies. However, what's most strange about them is how calm they look amid the panic and chaos. These twins stand perfectly resolute as they hold hands and look up at the Destroyer. Their eyes begin to glow a bright gold in a manner very similar to how Battra's and Mothra's mother once communicated with Humans many years ago.
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  60. (Maina & Miana): *telepathic* We call upon the twin brother of the larva of strength, the larva of peace. Together with the Shobijin of justice and intellect, we summon forth the full extent of the goddess Mothra to protect her son.
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  67. [Jiran Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
  68. [Pacific Ocean]
  69. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  73. On Jiran Island, the young daughter of Mothra continues to work diligently on creating her mother's symbol with the engraved stones she has been digging up. The work has slowed down, though, due to these stones becoming harder and harder to find in the surrounding area. All of a sudden, she rears her head up directly towards the sky and starts to loudly cry out, signifying something is causing her distress; this gets the attention of everyone stationed at the site.
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  75. Her eyes can now be observed to have a familiar golden glow.
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  82. [Roth-Ma Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
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  86. Back on Roth-Ma Island, Battra is still struggling against the Destroyer Imago. Just as the gestalt entity's Micro-Oxygen Beam is about to overpower the dark moth larva entirely, a change can be observed in his expression. His eyes, which were originally glowing purple, now begin to light up with a bright golden shine; his electrical beams also change to this warm colour.
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  88. The tide of the beam struggle now turns on the Destroyer. These golden electrical arcs now quickly overpower Destroyer's own Micro-Oxygen faster than it can handle, impacting it with great force before it has a chance to break off from the beam struggle; a large black cloud surrounds the evolution of Bagan as a result. Battra, not being one to take chances, immediately fires off his powered-up attack once more in his opponent's direction.
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  90. The Destroyer is sent careening further out into the clouds, back into the direction from which he came.
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  92. Soon after, Battra loses the glow of power and stumbles forward a bit, clearly quite exhausted from managing such power. However, he soon rights himself up again and looks to the sky. After staring for a good long while, he seems to be satisfied that he has repelled his enemy and returns to setting up his mother's symbol in his clearing once more.
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