Mhidra Raids Again

[miguelnuva]

Mhidra Raids Again

Chapter 1: Goddess

New York Museum of Modern Art, 12 pm

"And if you come this way, you'll see our new Monster World exhibit." said the tour guide, a beautiful, brown haired, Japanese-American woman, directing the group to several statues and pictures from Monster World, most from when it was still Australia and people lived there.

"As you may well of heard, in 1999, Monster World was created as a way to keep monsters in a controlled area for them to live, while keeping the monsters out of human cities. Of course the people of Australia were relocated and now the monster attacks on cities have been minimized to almost none." she said. A girl at the back of the group raised his hand. "Ah a student in our group, what is your question."
The girl was a average heighted white girl with long, dark-brown hair and a figure that would make the average teenage male's eyes pop out of his head.

"My name is Sage Mercer, Cody Mercer, was one of the soldiers that help build Monster World in 1999, he was my father." she said with pride.

Sage walked up and took picture of the photos and artifacts. She paused at one picture that depicted a creature that was all to familiar to her, Mhidra. Mhidra was in Phoenix form battling a creature resembling a giant squid and there were symbols which showed some type of storm. "What's this?"
Jill looked closely. "I believe the natives called it Iyda." she said. "They say that a Mhidra defeated it hundreds of years ago but they don't know much about that monster or if it was the same Mhidra, these artifact was only just released to the public since Mhidra first appeared. They said Iyda was a creature that could control the weather, creating powerful storms that ravaged the world until Mhidra finally vanquished it. Some legends say Iyda is a goddess."

"A goddess?"
"Yes, a Storm Goddess. Legend has it that she lived in the center of a devastating typhoon that, at the pick of her power, covered the entire planet to the point that the sun never shown and the sea swallowed up the land by from the rain."
"That's interesting." said Sage, taking a picture of the mural. "And this creature probably existed, the Monster legends are normally true."
"You have a point, we never thought of that." said Jill. "Whether or not this creature was a goddess, we'll never know.

Project Celsius
Pacific Ocean, 3:15 pm

On a remote island, mankind was preparing for what they thought would be their greatest achievement. Ted Mercer was a scientist working for the GDF and the brother of the late Cody Mercer. The GDF's request was simple, create something that could be used as an intimidating weapon and could be put to work for the benefit of mankind. Ted thought of many ideas before finding the one they had chosen and perfected on this. No one knew of its existence outside the GDF and a few high ranking experts. Ted hadn't even been able to tell his wife and kids what he was working on that was so important. The phone in his office rang. The caller id told him it was his wife. "Hello Eva, or should I say good day what's going on?" asks Ted.

"I got that grant to keep up my research." said Eva, Eva was a Cryptozoologist and was currently in Canada, she was trying to get a grant to continue searching for Mhidra and other giant or mythological animals and apparently she got it.
"Great, good luck. How's the boy doing?"
"Matt? He's doing great, he really likes it down here."
"Big surprise, he always loved monsters."
"Yeah, think you'll be able to come down this weekend?"
"Sorry, we're doing some very important experiments that I have to be here for."
"Ok, love you."
"Love you to. Bye." said Ted.
"Sir, a man is here to see you." said his secretary over the intercom.
"What does he want?"
"I don't know but he says he's from the GDF."
"Send him in."

The door opens and in walks a gray haired white man in a military outfit. "Hello Dr. Mercer." said the man.
"Hello Mr.…"
"General Samson."
"Ok, general. Where is the normal inspecting general?"
"General Gordon was unable to make it this time, I was sent in his place."
"I see."
"I was only told the basics of Project Celsius, mind showing me around?"
"Fine, follow me." said Ted, he thought it was strange that Samson hadn't been informed completely on the project but then again it was top secret.

The two got up and Ted lead Samson through the door. "As you've probably been told, Project Celsius was created to create something that the mere threat of being used would subdue aggressors but at the same time could be used to help peaceful nations."
"I see and what was this weapon?"
"Follow me."
They walk into the chamber containing a massive dish-like device and many scientists. On the side of the dish was C.E.L.S.I.U.S. "C.E.L.S.I.U.S?" asks Samson.
"Counter Eight Level States Under Skies ." said Ted
"Huh?"
"A weather control machine. The workers nicknamed it Father Nature."
"Does it work?"
"Yes. You are in luck, we were just about to test it. Men please turn on the machine."

The scientists get to work on the calculations. The roof above the dish opens and the dish heaves into the sky, revealing the heavy machinery below it. "How does it work?" asks Samson.
"Depends on what type of weather you want, we're going to create a high level tropical storm using a maser cannon set to high temperature." said Ted.

"Maser?"
"An energy cannon the Japanese developed in secret in case another monster like Godzilla appears. It has variable temperatures. We're going to use a high temp to cause the type of conditions in the atmosphere to cause the tropical storm. Then we reverse it with a low temp before the storm gets to strong. We also use the high temperature beam to disperse storm clouds but we weaken the beam so that it doesn't reach the height to cause storms, it take precise measurements and-"

"Just start the test."
Yellow energy builds in the cannon. The maser beam fires into the sky. Clouds disperse as the beam burns high into the sky. Once the beam stops, the winds increase rapidly and rain falls heavily to the ground as black clouds form in the sky. "And their you have it, a man-made storm."
"Amazing."

On the west side of the island, rock gives way. A massive rock slide is triggered. As it plunges into the sea, it hits something deep below the surface. A red an blue turtle opened it's eyes. He had been sleeping here for a long time, 4 months since the epic battle with Ketsu-Jin, 5 months since his return.
This island was once his home but time and humans had changed the land so much. He had slept here to remind him self of what he lost. A bolder struck his head, the creature stirred. His orange and blue eyes pop open and he lifts himself from the ground. He let's a roar, sending torrents of bubbles to the surface. His eyes light up and a stream of fire spouts from his mouth.

Blue energy charges into the cannon. A beam of very low temperature energy fires into the storm, the powerful storm stops and white clouds cover the sky. "Amazing." said Patrick.
"I know, it's an amazing accomplishment." said Ted, grinning from ear to ear, unknowing of what's his experiment had unleashed.

Challenger Deep, 4 pm

The Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth is a place humans know less about than even the most distant galaxies. The GDF submarine, named White Whale after the legendary while sperm whale Mobi Dick, was sent here to research. "Captain Moore, we've reached the bottom." reported the man in front of the sonar.
"Good, keep your eye on the sonar, after all there may be some kind of kaiju down here and I'd like to know its coming in time to prepare the torpedoes." replied the captain. Like they'd do much to a kaiju. he thought. Even though it was a research vessel, the White Whale had weapons for that very reason, though nothing ever did anything against most of the kaiju that appeared, not even the most advanced weapons known to man.
They continued along for a few hours, reporting several new species to the vessel that floated almost seven miles above.

"Well people I'd say we can call it a day, prepare to head topside." he said.
Suddenly, the sonar started beeping rapidly. "Sir large object on sonar! Its coming quick!" reported the sonar man.
Moore went to the periscope and looked out. About 100 meters away was a creature resembling a 70 foot version of a great white, he knew what it was. "Megalodon, it looks like those scientists were right, its still alive done here." he said.
"Sir, its too close to avoid impact!"
"Brace for collision, flood torpedo tubes 1 and 2, prepare for counter attack!" They all braced for the impact. The Meg slammed its dorsal fin into the lower part of the sub's hull. Sparks flew from the computers and people were thrown from their stations. "Status report!"

"Two chambers flooded but the hull is holding." reported one of the men.
"Fire torpedoes!"
The sub turned to face the giant shark and fired its torpedoes. The Meg tired to avoid but the weapons collided and destroyed it in a cloud of blood and flesh. The canyon wall next to the creature collapsed. "Target destroyed sir!" reported the sonar man.

"Good, I wish we didn't have to but better it than us, report this to the surface." ordered Moore. A loud sound resembling a whale call mixed with some unearthly screech resonated through the hull. "What the heck was that?"
"Sir, a large object just appeared on sonar! Sir its bigger than the Meg!"
Moore went back to the periscope and saw something startling. Before the sub was a massive whirlpool, at least the size of Godzilla. Within it was a glowing orb resembling an eye, more smaller glowing orbs in lines that look like long tendrils, some more that outlined a back and tail. Another screech was given off by the creature within the mass of twisting water. "It's a kaiju of some kind. Alert the surface then fire!" A few minutes later the sub fired two torpedoes.

Two blue, liquid like tendrils came from the whirlpool and batted away the missiles. The eye orb turned bright red and a stream of red energy fired from it. "Evasive maneuvers!" order Moore. They managed to avoid the blast which collided with a canyon wall and blew it to bits. The creature in the whirl pool swung its arm and another smaller whirlpool spawned and engulfed the sub. The crew managed to stabilize but couldn't move. "Get us out of-" Moore was interrupted by the sonar indicating the kaiju was approaching rapidly. The crews last site was of two tusk-like objects tearing into the control room. Those who weren't killed instantly from the immense pressure increase drown or were killed moments later when the sub imploded.

The beast let out another roar and began to rise from the trench, still shrouded in its whirlpool. It rose rapidly, when it reach the surface, the whirlpool turned into a waterspout. The surface crew covered themselves to avoid the now immense storm. The creature noticed the small boat and let out a roar as it swung its arms downwards and lightning surged down from the sky, blowing the ship to bits. The monster let out an almost laughing roar as it spread its arms out as it rose into the storm, causing the waterspout to expand until it was a massive typhoon. The beast then turned in the direction of The United States and took its storm towards it.

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Chapter 2: Wrath

Ocean fifty miles south of Florida, 12:10 pm


Mhidra(in turtle form) marched along the ocean floor. He had gone a long distance from the island and he felt hungry. He had eaten a good deal of fish but that hadn't be enough, he hopped he run into some whales then he realized it was something else.

His body was craving destruction and revenge for what the humans had done to his land. His head snapped to the side, he s
ensed something. Out of the darkness of the sea, a massive shark surged forth, intent on protecting it territory. It latched its jaws onto Mhidra's arm but couldn't pierce his thick hide. The shark was giant but it was no bigger than a newborn infant to Mhidra.

Mhidra lifted his arm up and slammed it into the ground. The shark refuses to release so Mhidra swung it upwards before slamming it down to the rocky ocean floor. He repeats the process until the beast is force to let go. It spins back behind Mhidra and bites down on Mhidra's shell. Mhidra laughed as the Shark released it's bite with all of it's teeth missing. Mhidra lets out a victorious roar.
Something else catches Mhidra's senses, something similar to Ketsu-Jin. Mhidra rose off the ocean floor and rockets forwards.

Pacific Ocean, 12:15 pm

"So did you sleep well last night?" asks Ted, leading Samson through the machine room. Samson had gone to sleep not long after he had seen the demo of the machine. Ted was once again surprised by this, Gordon never went to sleep so early or got up so late.
"Yeah, jet lag really takes it out of you. Now what does C.E.L.S.I.U.S run on?" asks Patrick.
"We use Geothermal out here. Nothing else can provide us with the power we need."
"And what kind of energy does the cannon fire?"
"It's an artificial solar energy for the heat ray and we filter it through a one of a kind crystal that reverses it to a beam at near absolute zero."

"Interesting." said Patrick, looking at his watch. "Now is that the crystal?" He points to an orb on the side of the cannon with wires and tubes attached.
"Yes, the crystal itself is inside and pretty big." said Ted turning towards the cannon, not noticing Samson quickly sticking a transmitter on the computer in front of him.
"Any other questions?"
"Yeah, how do you control where the storms go?"
"By tilting the maser in the direction we want, eventually we'll set up a satellite web to redirect the beam to were we want."
"Ever made a hurricane before?"
"No, the tropical storm you saw was the strongest thing we've ever made but I suppose we could make anywhere from a light breeze to a category 11."

"11? That could do some re-"
"Ted duck!" yelled a voice behind them. Out of instinct, he ducks. Gordon swings his sword over his head and almost cuts Patrick's head off. Samson does a surprising back flip and starts running.
"Gordon what was that about!"
"That man wasn't who you thought he was. His name might be Samson but he's not with the GDF. He's the second in command of the Red Bamboo."
"You mean that new terrorist organization?"
"Yeah."

Ted quickly runs over to an intercom. "Attention! Security Breach engage lock down!"
Samson runs down the hall ways, large metal doors slamming shut behind him. He almost makes it to the last one when it slams shut in front of him. "Nice try but no dice." said Samson, he stabs a knife into the control panel, opening the door.
He reaches a cliff and turns to see Gordon pointing a gun at him. "Its over, come with me quietly or I'll kill you without a second thought." said Gordon.
"Or this!" Samson falls backwards off the cliff. Gordon runs over and looks over to find Samson fleeing on a speed boat. Gordon fires after him until he's out of range.

USMCF HQ 12:30 pm

Sage was currently talking to her friend Stephanie over Skype while her Mother Layla did work for the USMCF. Ever since Mhidra had disappeared Layla's life had been easier but now that was going to change.

“Layla we've got a problem.” said Mike running into Layla's office Jack right behind her.
“What is it?” asked Layla annoyed.
“The GDF has discovered Mhidra and he's headed right for Florida as we speak.” said Mike.
“What, Mhidra, okay I want as many units as we can spare out and ready meet Mhidra when it hits landfall. How long till he gets to Florida?”
“If you want to know, if we leave now when can beat him to landfall.” answered Mike.
“Alright then, Mike get a plane ready, Jack you say here and keep Sage safe.” said Layla.
“But Mom.” Sage started.
“I don't want to hear it you stay here.” said Layla.
Mike and Layla left the office and began heading toward the helicopter that would take them to Florida.
“So are we doing what your mom asked, or are we going to Florida?” asked Jack knowing the answer.
“What do you think.” answered Sage. Sage and Jack then left the USMCF HQ on their way to Florida for another battle with Mhidra.

Unknown Location, 6:30 pm;

Samson walks into a dark room. Setting in the shadows was a man with an eye patch and dressed in a strange military outfit. "Samson, was your mission a success?" asks the man.
"Not entirely. I got some information out of the scientists but that stupid Gordon showed up and nearly cut my head off." said Samson.
"And the transmitter?"
"In place."
"Perfect, when the time is right, we'll make our move."

Research Site, 6:35 pm;

"I'm sorry Layla but General Gordon is here and the GDF want to test the weather machine on Monster World, so there's no way C.E.L.S.I.U.S could recharge in time." said Ted.
"Look, Mhidra is a bigger threat than the monsters trapped on monster world right now and with any luck we wouldn't need the storm but we need to have the option open. Even if we need to use it we'd have to lure Mhidra into its path so not only do we not level a city but so it can reach him in time. We'd need it tomorrow night and it takes the machine six hours to recharge so send the storm to the US at noon then send the big storm that night. We'd lure Mhidra onto an island and keep him there until the storm arrives." said Layla over the monitor.

“I'll have to take to General Gordon but you know your really pulling my leg here Layla.”
“Come on just do this for your sister in law.”
“Send me the location for the Mhidra attack and I'll have the storm ready for you.”
“Thanks Ted, your little machine might be a life saver.”

USMCF Florida Base 7 pm

The assembled staff listened to the final transmission from the White Wale to the surface ship. "Mayday, Mayday! The creature has trapped us in some kind of whirlpool!" said a frantic recorded voice. "Its approaching rapidly!" The next sound heard was a terrible tearing a metal, the creature's roar, then seconds later a massive explosion as the transmission ended.
"Moments after that transmission was sent to the research vessel on the surface, we received word that a massive water spout rose out of the sea, a monster within it. It then proceeded to destroy the ship and then satellites picked up this…" reported Major Layla Mercer to the team under her command. The monitor in the room lit up to show a picture. It was now Mike the resident scientist/ soldier’s turn to speak.
A massive hurricane spread out over a missive area. "This Hurricane, is the largest ever recorded, and also the most powerful, early measurements place it at a Category 7, needless to say we've never seen a storm this powerful." said Mike.

"So you believe Mhidra generated this storm?" asked Sage, who was now walking into the USMCF base.
“Sage, Jack what are you two doing here?” demanded and enraged Layla.
"Yes, not only that but I believe this beast is controlling it somehow, and I don’t think it’s Mhidra." said Mike.
“Wait you think it’s a new monster, how would we stop something like this?” asked Jack who was now taking a seat.
Layla let out a sigh. "We don't know, the storm system is far too powerful for any ship to reach the eye wall. Nothing we have can fly in those winds and we've measured waves at least 50 meters high."
"So this creature and its hurricane are heading for Florida and there is nothing that can be done?" asked Sage.

“No there’s nothing you can do, we can do plenty I actually have a plan.” said Layla.
“My plan is to lure Mhidra into the storm with Project C.E.L.S.I.U.S. Once in the storm Mhidra will either be torn apart, he’ll destroy whatever is controlling the storm and thus be weakened himself or we luck out and both monsters kill themselves.”
After the meeting Sage walked outside and set by a garden. "Where did this thing come from?" she asked out loud.

"The monster's name is Iyda." said twin voices from behind her.
Sage turned around to see two small women standing on the bench beside her. "Om my god your the two tiny fairies that call Mothra. What did you say? Iyda?" she asked.
"Yes, that is the name of the terrible beast now approaching Japan." the Shobijin said, looking quite serious.
"Where did it come from?"
"She was the result of an early experiment by the race that lead to Battra's rampage. Their earlier attempt at controlling the earth's climate was a device in the upper regions of the earth's atmosphere. It exploded with great force and as a result mutated a life form native to that region."
"There are life forms in the earth's atmosphere?"
"The earth is full of life, high above the clouds exists a vast plane where all manner of life forms similar to those in the sea live. Most of which are quite peaceful."

Sage looked up, amazed anything could live that high up. "Alright so one of these creatures was mutated?"
"Yes, it became a dreadful monster that soon descended to the earth. Being spawned from a device to control the weather, she too was able to control the forces of nature. Seeing the beast's great power, the civilization named the monster Iyda, after their weather goddess. For days the monster rampaged across the world, destroying anything that stood before her until finally Mhidra appeared. The Mhidra that stopped Iyda the first time was the grandfather of the one released now and he was not as strong as the current Mhidra.."

"If a weaker Mhidra defeated her why would she appear now?"
“Because now an even more powerful weather controlling device has been created and if Project C.E.L.S.I.U.S. Is fired upon Iyda then she may become unstoppable.”
“I’m sure Mhidra will stop her.”
“He may, but Mhidra may not be the only one who can sense Iyda’s return.”
Pacific Ocean, 8pm;
"This is Squad leader. We're preparing to enter the eye of the storm to engage the kaiju." said the leader.
"You are go for a combat run." reported the base.
"Wait, radar is picking something up!"

The beast emerged from the clouds in front of them. The lower half of her body was liquid blue and had two pointed legs, a long tail draped down behind her, ending in a mace like orb which opened to reveal an eye. Her arms were four long tentacles that resembled those of a squid, each with two short spikes on the end.

Bio-luminescent orbs ran in a line down her arms and head. Her head had a mouth with a top jaw filled with razor edged teeth, two long tusks extended from her jaw. The bottom jaw seemed to be made of a liquid that formed a solid shape and she had a single eye on her head. A massive dorsal fin-like horn extended from the top of her head with smaller ones going down her back.

Iyda floated like a ghost above the clouds before emitting a massive roar. "Fire!" ordered the lead. The jets unleashed their massive fire power but before the missiles and rounds could make contact, blue energy rushed up Iyda's smaller dorsal fins and into the large one before a beam of blue energy fired from it.
It hit the oncoming onslaught and froze them all solid. They struck her hide and shattered on impact. Iyda's tusks crackled with electricity, an orb forming between them. A bolt of lightning fired from the orb and despite their beast efforts, some of the jet's couldn't avoid in time. Iyda descended into the clouds. The remaining pilots looked around, wondering where the beast would strike next. The monster's dorsal fin emerged from the clouds, only to circle for a moment like a some monstrous shark before descending again.

Suddenly Iyda burst from the clouds and crushed a jet in her mouth. She flew backwards before her eye glowed bright red. A beam of intense heat fired from her eye. It collided with another group of jets, melting them to slag within minutes. Iyda brought her arms up, causing lightning to surge upwards from the clouds and blew all but the leader's jet out of the sky. Iyda let out a laugh like roar as her body seem to become transparent, then faded from sight.
The leader looked around, scared for his life. His family at home ran through his mind, he wondered if he'd ever get home to them. The storm goddess answered his question by reappearing right in front of him. From her back came two blue, liquid like tendrils. The rushed towards the jets and crushed it easily. Iyda let out a victorious roar and descended back into the eye of her storm.

USMCF Florida base, 8:15 pm

Moll and Lara had followed Sage back to the USMCF base reported their massage to Layla.
"So this Iyda was beaten by Mhidra eons ago and has returned to destroy us all." she said, rubbing her temples.
"Will Mothra help us?" she asked.
The Shobijin shook their heads no. "Mothra is resting right now, the other guardian is coming to stop Iyda."
"Who's the otherguardian?" asked Sage.
"The Black Mothra."

Ocean, 8:16pm;

The water crackled with energy from the Earth and into the ocean where it struck the battered form of the deceased earth guardian. Soon the larval form of the mammoth insect burst forth from the ocean and swam towards his mother's tormentor.

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Chapter 3: War

USMCF Florida HQ, 8:30 pm;

The group looked at the screen showing Battra and Iyda's projected paths. "They will meet at this point." said Jack, pointing to a point about 100 miles from the Florida Coast.

"Can Battra beat Iyda? She has complete control of her environment, she can do what we humans can't, bend nature to her will." said Layla.
Sage closed her eyes, thinking. Suddenly she saw the turtle form of Mhidra walking across the seafloor. "Mhidra! He's moving." she said.
"You can see Mhidra again? How Sage?” asked a concerned Layla.
"I don’t really know but he is heading here right now. Switch to heat sensitive satellite photograph." said Sage. The screen switched to the heat sensitive view of the Atlantic Ocean from the satellite. Sage easily pointed to Mhidra's location. He'd moved a good distance from his original resting place.
"He's moved alright, but he’s moving away from Florida?" asked Mike.
"My guess, he's heading for Iyda." said Layla.
"Why would Mhidra go to fight Iyda?" asked Jack
"Think about it, every time a new monster appeared, Mhidra always fought them. It's territorial, the entire earth is his domain." said Sage.

"The kaiju can also sense when the earth is endanger, Iyda is disturbing weather patterns, she's disturbing all of earth's beings." said the Cosmos
"I just hope he realizes Battra is his ally. They both are going to battle Iyda." said Layla.
"There is a bigger chance Mhidra could be heading to kill both Battra and Iyda.” said Jack
"What makes you think that Jack?" asked Sage
"Mhidra is a monster that I would call one of the good guys, my bet is that once Iyda is out the way Mhidra will turn on Battra the first chance he gets. Think about it Sage last time we saw Mhidra he defended us from Ketsu-Jin but know he’s back and was headed toward Florida.” said Jack.
"Agreed, once Iyda is defeated if Mhidra tries to attack Battra I want all avaible firepower on Mhidra." said Layla.


Miami, Florida 9 p.m.

"Attention, the kaiju named Iyda is heading this way, evacuate at once. Repeat, Iyda is heading this way, evacuate at once. The creature is generating a powerful Hurricane, head for the nearest storm shelter if possible." announced an automated voice.
The expected result would be the city's people running panicked to the nearest shelter, which is what happened. Similar events occurred when bad Hurricanes hit Florida in Hurricane season so shelters were already prepared and the USMCF tanks began gathering around the coast as Iyda's advance was broadcast.

Ocean, 9:30 pm;

Iyda slept high in the eye of her storm. Her tentacle arms wrapped around her chest and her head hanging over them, she dreamt of the chaos and destruction she had brought in the old era.
It mattered not to the evil being that the people had declared her a Goddess, nor did it matter to her that they were extinct, wiped from the earth by the very creature that was plunging deep bellow the sea towards her seeking to do the same to her. All that mattered to Iyda was the devastation she was about to unleash upon mankind. No one thing did matter to her, she would end the last of her greatest foes, Mhidra. Iyda prepared to move her storm faster to the area Mhidra rested but a roar came from behind her and She slowly descended towards the seas below.

Iyda turned to see Battra plunging through the surf towards her. Iyda roared in challenge. She looked over the creature and saw it was a more melee centered enemy so she put her arms out and roared. Her four arms combined into two thicker ones, her pointed legs pulled back in and were replaced by six thick tentacles like larger versions of her arms, a sickening crack occurred as her head snapped forwards and her back bent over and gave her a hunchback like appearance, atop of which was another chamber of blue liquid. Over all she had become larger, now a little larger than Mhidra’s Dragon form would be. She let out a roar, Battra answering with one of his own. The two monster's charged one another and collided. Iyda wrapped her arms around Battra, jamming the spikes on them into whatever chinks in his armor she could find. Battra tried to gore Iyda with his tusks but found that piercing Iyda's skin caused a flow of freezing blood and the wound quickly closed.

The two titans struggled their masses against one another until Iyda managed to drive Battra into the sea, dragging him down to the sea floor where she slammed him against the rocky floor. She got off him and started swimming around him.
Battra gave chase but couldn't manage to catch up. He roared in rage that he was being out maneuvered underwater. He fired his jagged horn beam. Iyda quickly turned and fired her searing heat beam. The two beams collided and exploded. Iyda swam forwards and attempted to drive her tusks into Battra's throat but she was stopped when a stream of deadly heat surged between the two monsters, stopping Iyda in her tracks. She and Battra turned to see Mhidra marching along the seafloor towards them in his turtle form. Mhidra looked at Battra and roared. Battra roared back, both monsters nodded and looked at Iyda.

Iyda roared in defiance as both kaiju fired their attacks at her. She easily avoided with her agile swimming and fired her heat beam. It struck Battra in the chest and knocked the earth guardian back a good distance and seared his hide. Iyda swam around and slammed her mace-like tail into the side of Mhidra's head, knocking him to the ground. Battra swam through the water, aiming his horn to gore Iyda. Iyda swam upwards and fired her heat beam into Battra's back, knocking him to the ground. Mhidra got up and fired his fire breath at Iyda but the nimble kaiju evaded and wrapped all her tentacles around Mhidra, digging her spikes into his skin. Mhidra roared and slashed at Iyda, digging into her skin and letting out her freezing blood into the water. Battra got up and fired his eye rays, hitting Iyda in the back.

Iyda roared, from the liquid like chamber on her back extended four tendrils that stabbed into any chink in his armor they could find. Electricity flowed through them and into Battra's body. Battra roared in pain, Mhidra used his fire breath and Iyda was sent flying off Mhidra, her tendrils stabbed into Battra were pulled from the earth guardian. Iyda righted herself in the water and roared. Mhidra and Battra fired their beams/fire at the same time, but Iyda avoided by swimming up them came back down and slammed her tail into the ground.

The earth began to shake and magma began erupting from the seafloor. Iyda swam up to the surface as the two kaiju on the sea floor were surrounded by a volcanic eruption. She looked back, Battra sank into the lava, he wasn't dead but he became trapped below the surface. Mhidra swam upwards towards Iyda, escaping the eruption. Iyda growled as her dorsal fins glowed blue and her freezing ray shot out, it struck Mhidra and froze the turtle solid and the water it touched. Iyda roared in victory and ascended back into the eye of her storm as she reverted back to her stealth form before she continued to advance on Tokyo. Mhidra put on a smile as he absorbed the Ice around him, Iyda had made a grave mistake.

USMCF HQ, 12 am;

Sage looked up at the Gotengo as its systems were repaired. "Iyda beat Mhidra, and Battra?" she asked, bewildered.
Mike rubbed his temples. "Yes, she did." he said, wondering what to do next.
"Iyda is heading for Florida even as we speak and it seems like nothing can be done." said Layla.
Jack then smiled while look at his computer. "Lay, we've got new information on the creature." he reported
Soon they were looking at the screen which now displayed a picture of Iyda. "Well what do we know?" asked Layla.
"During the battle with Iyda, we did a scan of the monster." said Jack "We discovered theses sacks on her…" He pointed to the liquid blue parts on Iyda's body. "Are full of hydrogen. As far as we can tell, Iyda uses this hydrogen to fly and control her weight, as well as turn the skin on the sacks into tendrils."
"Can we use that to kill Iyda somehow?" asked Mike.
Jack nodded. "Though the skin on it is very thick, if we break it, we can then ignite the hydrogen."
"Wait how did you scan Iyda during that fight?” asked Layla.
"You can thank me for that.” said Ted now walking into the main base.
"Whenever we turn project tempest on, Iyda’s powers weaken for just a brief moment, we turn the machine on and then Mhidra will ignite the hydrogen.” said Ted.
Sage put her hand to her head. "Mhidra's awake."

Ocean, 12:15 am

Mhidra busted form the Ocean and transformed into his mighty Phoenix form. Mhidra began flying off toward Iyda preparing for the beast’s death.

Miami, Florida 1 a.m.

Iyda roared with an almost joy as she fired her attacks on the city. Even buildings built to be hurricane proof were torn apart by her typhoon. Those that still stood fell victim to her deadly powers. Her heat ray reduced structures to melted slag and glass, skyscrapers made brittle by her freeze beam shattered in the wind. The beast unleashed nature's fury on the metropolis. She transformed into her battle form and landed. She struck the earth with her tail, causing tremors that made buildings collapse. She roared, enjoying the destruction. Suddenly six missiles slammed into her back. She roared and turned around, firing her lightning beam.
From within the command center, Sage, Jack, Layla, Mike and the Cosmos watched the attack.
Iyda prepared to fire her heat ray but flame energy struck her back. She roared in pain and snapped around, firing the beam.

Mhidra rolled to the side to avoid the blast and fired his flame beam in the process. Iyda countered with her ice beam. The two beams collided causing particles of energized ice crystals to fill the air. Iyda roared in anger and flew up to Mhidra's level, reverting back to her stealth form. The two collided repeatedly in the skies above Florida, each clash sending sparks from both combatants. Mhidra fired his Ice beam, Iyda flew to the side to avoid before launching forwards. Mhidra met Iyda and bit into her skin, Iyda drove her tentacle spikes into Mhidra's skin, bring a flow of hot blood. Iyda knocked Mhidra back and fired her heat beam. A hole was burnt through Mhidra's wing and he was sent into a downward spiral. He hit the ground below and Iyda roared in victory but was interrupted by Mhidra standing right back up now in Dragon form. She dashed towards Mhidra, shifting into her battle form again.

USMCF HQ, 1:10 am

"He has a new attack." said Mike.
"He turned his ice and fire breath into beams, and they look more powerful." said Sage.

Miami, Florida 1:15 a.m.

Mhidra marched towards Iyda. He let out a vengeful roar, Iyda replied with one of her own. The two beast stared at each other, rage burning in their eyes, each waiting for the other to make their move.
Iyda attacked first, firing an electric blast from her tusks. Mhidra took the blast in the chest and staggered back before firing his fire ray. Iyda avoided the blast and dashed forwards, striking Mhidra's head with her tentacle, discharging electricity with each blow. Mhidra counter attacked with his claws, releasing heat energy with each of his blows. The two kaiju kept on striking each other with their energy charged attacks. Mhidra bit down on Iyda's shoulder, sending more energy into her. Iyda roared and drove her tusks into Mhidra's shoulder, sending electricity into him. Both pulled back and swung around hitting each other in the head with their tails, sending both crashing to the ground. They soon rose and clashed again. Mhidra managed to get the leverage advantage and drive Iyda backwards across the battlefield. Both plunged through one of the few buildings that still stood in the city, sending it falling on both of them. Iyda was sent flying out of the rubble by Mhidra's atomic ray. She went grinding across the ground but rose quickly.

She fired her heat ray as Mhidra rose, striking him in the chest. Mhidra looked down at his wound, it was healing but the smell of burnt flesh came from the melted wound. Iyda rushed forwards and drove her tusks into the healing wound, sending hundreds of volts into his heart. Mhidra roared in pain and staggered before he finally hit the ground with a thud. Iyda let out a victorious roar however Mhidra let out the same roar starting to scare Iyda. Mhidra stood up and blasted Iyda sending the beast back.

Iyda looked at the laughing Mhidra roared defiantly. She began to transform again. Her tendrils got thicker and grew two long spikes on their tips, her body grew to match. Her head became longer and gained razor sharp teeth. Her tail grew thick and the end grew into a sea serpent-like head which let out a hiss at the other monsters. From her shoulders two toothed mouths appeared and Iyda entered her power form. Mhidra roared in challenge at her.

Iyda fired her heat beam into Mhidra's chest, knocking him back but the Fire Dragon refused to fall. He returned fire with his fire ray but Iyda's shoulders opened and out came two tornados like blasts that blocked Mhidra's ray. Mhidra runs forwards despite being blasted with Iyda's lightning and slams into Iyda. Iyda returns with electrically charged blows, She wraps her tentacles around Mhidra and began shocking and choking him. Mhidra roared in pain but after a few minutes his eyes flashed and a Fire Blast pushes Iyda back but failed to knock her down.

USMCF HQ, 1:30 am

"I've never seen Mhidra's attacks do so little damage." said Jack.
"This new form of Iyda's is powerful but she doesn't seem very fast, she must of traded speed for power." said Layla.
"It won’t be enough he’s getting ready to destroy her.” said Sage.
Miami, Florida 1:33 a.m.

Iyda was stunned by the fire blast despite it not knocking her down. Mhidra charged Iyda and tackled driving her backwards and threw a building. Mhidra charged energy into his mouth and attempted to fire a blast of heat energy onto Iyda but Iyda fired the tornados from her shoulders to blast it away. She fired her heat beam into Mhidra's mouth, causing him to roar in pain and anger.

Iyda prepared to fire her ice beam but Mhidra transformed into his Phoenix form. Iyda looked up to see Mhidra fire more beams of flame at her. Sparks flew from her chest as the beams connected. Mhidra then turned back into his Dragon form and stabbed Iyda's back with his tail, puncturing one of her hydrogen cells. Iyda roared in pain. She turned to face Mhidra but Mhidra transformed back to his turtle form and drove tusks into Iyda's punctured hydrogen cell, causing hydrogen to pour out. She roared in more pain.

Mhidra transformed back into his Dragon form and his eyes lit up a familiar red color. He then fired a fully powered Fire Blast into Iyda's hydrogen cells. Iyda roared in pain as her hydrogen ignited and then exploded. When the smoke cleared, Iyda's flesh rained down on the area.
Mhidra then let out a roar of victory letting the world know another enemy had bit the dust.

USMCF HQ, 1:40 am

“He won again.” Said Jack
“But now he’s going to attack the city!” screamed Sage.
Before Sage could get her sentence out completely Mhidra began to attack the already devastated Miami.
“We need to get project tempest in position and move Mhidra back out to sea!” screamed Major Mercer.
“If only Battra would show back up.” said Jack.
“He is.” responding the Cosmos.

Atlantic Ocean1: 45 a.m.

Meanwhile, further away, the ocean was ablaze. A volcano bellow the water's surface was erupting and lava wasn't all that emerged. Battra broke the ocean surface, his form crackling with orange energy that soon engulfed his form and surged skywards. A massive burst of energy heralded Battra's metamorphosis. The imago insect screeched and flew towards Mhidra's location.

[miguelnuva]

Chapter 4: The Earth Guardian

Orlando, Florida 7 a.m.

Mhidra had destroyed 200 miles worth of Florida and it didn’t look like he would stop anytime soon. The Dragon had destroyed the weather Goddess Iyda the night before and now it was the human’s turn. The USMCF moved troops to try and intercept Mhidra but they were all powerless in his wake. Their only hope now was to wait for the return of Battra. The wait was not a long one.

Mhidra snarled at the newly evolved Battra, he hadn't seen this coming. Battra was pleased, his new form had little armor but would give him the same advantage he'd had underwater, his agility. Battra's horns crackled for a second before purple beams of concentrated energy surged from his eyes. The prism beam collided with Mhidra's chest, bolts of energy discharging out from them. Mhidra recoiled in surprise and pain before countering with an Fire ray. Battra barely rolled out of the way and flew over Mhidra's head. Mhidra charge forwards, his ranged attacks weren't having any effect. He was stopped by prism beams raining down on him.

He fired an ice ray at Battra but the earth's protector rolled out of the way, opening the tip of his abdomen and firing a barrage of energized stingers in the process. The projectiles collided. At first they didn't seem to have an affect but then he felt a burning pain. Battra's stingers weren't explosive like Mothra's, they were acidic and were eating into the Dragon's hide. Mhidra roared and knocked the burning particles off. Battra liked the effect and repeated the attack. Mhidra once again felt the agonizing pain of his flesh melting, the small consciousness he had wondered if this was how some of his victims felt. Battra fired another blast but this time Mhidra vaporized them with his flame ray and transformed into his Phoenix form taking the battle into the sky.

USMCF HQ, 7:20 am

“Battra has finally appeared and he is leading Mhidra away from Florida.” said Jack.
“Good, get Project C.E.L.S.I.U.S ready.” said Layla.
The crew nodded and began their work on the project.

Island in the Atlantic Ocean 7:30 a.m.

Battra continued to bombard Mhidra but turned to see Mhidra slam into him. Mhidra continues flying as Battra falls backwards off the building. She catches herself, feet from the ground and takes off after her attacker. Battra fired his Prism beams. The beams flew by, cutting a deep gouge into Mhidra’s wing. Mhidra landed on an island and transformed into dragon form and then back to Phoenix to keep the battle with Battra in the air.

Mhidra turns around and heads straight for Battra. Battra fires another beam, Mhidra flies straight upwards to avoid it. Battra follows close behind him. He catches up with him and lashes out with his horns. Mhidra does the same with his talons. Both monsters are cut by the others talons/horns. Mhidra drives his head forwards, stabbing his beak into Battra' neck, drawing a spurt a yellow blood. Battra roars in fury and blasts Mhidra's shoulder.
Nether monster stops their attack until they reach heights too far for them to continue. They release their grip on one another and fall towards earth. Once again, fire licks around Mhidra's mouth before a ball of fire launches forth. Battra dodges and fires his prism beams. Mhidra dives faster to avoid it before rocketing forward at his opponent. He flies over Battra’s head, unleashing a sonic boom that almost ruptured Battra' ear drums. Battra manages to stay airborne and hits Mhidra with a sonic boom of his own.

Mhidra falls, prompting Battra to follow him. He quickly turns around and grinds his talons across Battra' head. Before he can completely pass, Battra fires his Prism beams but Mhidra counters this with another fire beam. This time it connects with Battra’s neck, drawing more blood from the wound.
Mhidra lands on the island and transforms to his Dragon form forcing Battra to continue the battle on the Island. Battra attacked with more Prisms beam barrage but now the wound in his neck was drawing lots of blood. Battra had one attack left to finish off Mhidra and began powering up one final attack. Battra wouldn’t be able to stop the human beings from abusing the weather machine but at least he would stop Mhidra who had taken care of Iyda. He had taken care of two threats hopefully Mothra could stop the last.
Battra’s body began glowing in purple prism energy and in one final attack Battra collided with Mhidra causing a massive explosion. Battra was now gone but Mhidra was injured and was unable to transform into another form.

Project Celsius ship 7:40 a.m.

“Mhidra is weakened and Battra’s energy is keeping him from transforming.” said the Cosmos.
“Is Battra alright?” asked Sage.
“He’s gone now, but you must finish Mhidra.” said the Cosmos.
“Ted can you freeze that whole island with Mhidra on it?” asked Layla.
“Won’t that just increase his powers?” asked Ted.
“No not right now as long as Battra’s energy is in Mhidra he’s almost docile, he’ll be gone for a number of months.” said the Cosmos.
“You heard them Ted, finish this fight for Battra.” said Layla.
“When I do this Project Celsius will most likely overload and be destroyed.” said Ted.
“Do it, it’s the least we can do to honor Battra.” said Sage.
“Okay then I’ll begin the storm.” said Ted.

Island in the Atlantic Ocean 7:45 a.m.

Mhidra felt powerless, and then he felt cold. Usually it would only power him up to fell cold and hot areas, the coldest snow and the hottest fire only increased his power but this was different. It was that Earth Guardian’s power doing this to him. Mhidra could only feel hate toward the Black Battle Mothra as even in death he had defeated Mhidra. Mhidra was feeling himself slow down and go into a hibernation state but he would return one day and then he would have his revenge.

Atlantic Ocean 7:49 a.m.

As project Celsius exploded and destroyed most of the Atlantic Ocean island leaving only a frozen ball with Mhidra trapped, Layla, Jack, Mike, Sage, Ted, the USMCF troops with them and the Cosmos watched as Mhidra was gone again.
“Thank you, because of you, Battra’s sacrifice wasn’t in vain.” said the Cosmos.
“Now thank you.” replied Sage.
The Cosmos began their journey back home as Layla, Jack, Mike, Sage, Ted and the USMCF soldiers watched them go, Sage herself waving by to them.
While it was a victory today it was a hollow victory as they all knew one day soon, Mhidra would raid Again.

THE END