Author: Christian Salabert | Banner: Jackson Morris

The crystalline terror known as Krystalak marched through the forests of Japan, searching for a source of energy to feed on. He had sensed a large power crystal and had been making his way towards it for the past few days. But it seemed that his long trek was finally at an end. The mineral monster had reached the Kitami River, and jutting out of the river’s shores was an enormous glowing crystal, just brimming with energy. The unnatural evil grinned. He could almost taste the power radiating from within. As he approached the crystal, the berserker kaiju trampled over a nearby village, destroying it and crushing its screaming denizens underneath.

The crystal was within reach now. His claws outstretched, Spacegodzilla’s spawn was about to grasp the glass-like tower, when suddenly, a reptilian form exploded out of the river! Taken by surprise, the feline esque monster leapt away from the crystal and turned to face the sudden arrival, finding himself face to face with Varan the Unbelievable!

The massive monitor reared his head back and let loose with a fierce roar, commanding Krystalak to not only get out of his territory, but to leave the crystal alone. The primal god had long since claimed the crystal as his own, having come quite accustomed to feeding off its power, and he had no intention of letting someone else have it without a fight.

Leaping into the air and soaring directly at the more powerful beast, the triphibian  slammed into the crystal monster’s gut, tackling him to the ground. Surprised and stunned by the sudden attack, the crystal cretin was slow to react as the finned reptile  smashed his fists into the sides of his head over and over. Sparks flew as thick claws collided with the crystal-like plating on the rabid beast’s face, withdrawing a cry of pain with each blow. As the spiked lizard prepared to strike him for the sixth time, the mutant opened his jaws and unleashed a powerful Prism Beam, blasting the crested creature in the face and sending him careening off his chest.

 Shaking his head to regain his wits, the tyrannical lifeform climbed to his feet, his eyes zeroing in on the prehistoric creature, who by now was back on all fours. The crystal spikes on his back glowing, the gemstone beast unleashed another white beam. But just as the dirt at the varanid’s feet exploded, the mighty Obaki was already in the sky, circling his crystalline foe. The feral gemstone organism watched his foe circle him, waiting for the reptile to land. When it seemed like that wasn’t going to happen, he fired another Prism Beam at his foe, but Varan skillfully avoided the blast. Nearing a large mountain, the glider kicked off with his feet, speeding directly towards the pinkish-white beast. But the gemstone beast was ready for him, snatching him in his claws and tossing him through the air, sending the giant reptile crashing onto his back.

As the Siberian superpredator struggled to get back to his feet, the living prism charged up another beam and let it fly, blasting the downed reptile. Rolling across the dirt, Baradagi roared in fury, getting back to his feet and rearing up onto his hind legs. Swinging his arms at the unnatural creature, the triphibian struck the creature in the chest with his claws, but the spawn of the crystals barely felt the blows. Twirling himself around, the bearded beast raked the divine defender across the face with the cluster of crystals on the end of his tail. 

Howling in pain, Varan staggered back, but he refused to give in. He leapt towards his foe, once again tackling him to the ground, but this time the crystal creature planted his feet into his scaly gut and kicked him away. The spiked saurian was quickly back on his feet this time, and as Krystalak got back to his, the Obaki leapt high into the air. Before the feral beast could react, the forest king dropped down, slamming his feet into the beast’s head and flooring him once again. The speeding glider quickly lunged and bit down on the forked tail, only to shrink back and shriek in pain, breaking several of his teeth on the rock-hard armor. 

As the Unbelievable clutched at his mouth, the sadistic golem rose to his feet and approached the reptile. The wounded varanid looked up in time to see a crystalline fist smash into his  chest, sending Baradagi crashing onto his back. The crystal monster reached down and snatched a thrashing tail, lifting the triphibian reptile into the air and spinning him around with it. The legendary lizard cried out as the berserker twirled him through the air again and again, finally releasing him and letting him smash face-first into a mountain.

The squamate  stumbled, dazed by the blow, as Krystalak let loose with a hiss-like laugh at his opponent. Flexing his claws, the bloodlusted combatant closed in on his prey, ready to tear him to pieces. But the forest god was ready for him by the time he reached him, once again lunging at the crystal maniac and taking him by surprise, knocking him to the ground. This time, however, Varan spread his membranes once more, taking to the air. Getting back to his feet, the prismatic predator  watched as the glider settled on a tall cliffside not too far away. Roaring in annoyance, the crystalline organism  called his foe back to the fight, but the stubborn lizard simply growled in response, almost as if he were taunting the crystal demon. Baring his teeth, Spacegodzilla’s “son” marched towards the cliffside, ready to scale it and continue the fight. The monster monitor watched closely as the mutant terror sank his claws into the side of the cliff and began to climb. The ancient reptile waited until his foe was half-way up, then leapt off the edge, his membranes unfolded. Swerving around, the triphibian struck with his tail, dislodging the pink beast and sending him plummeting back to the ground. With a thunderous boom and a pained grunt, the rabid fighter crashed onto his back, his crystal spikes jammed into the ground. It was then he quickly realized he had a problem – his spikes were stuck so deep in the earth, he couldn’t pull them out and get back to his feet.

The flying squirrel of the reptiles  landed not too far away, watching as his manic foe struggled to dislodge himself from the soil to no avail. Roaring loudly, the varnaid charged, tearing into the crystal monster with his teeth and claws. The gem devil cried out as he tried his best to defend himself from the  onslaught, but due to the awkward position he was stuck in, he didn’t do all that well. He tried to nail the quick beast with another prism blast, but the spiky reptile easily avoided the beam and went on with his vicious attack. The chromatic creature  swung his arms around, trying to hit his opponent, but his strikes missed more times than they hit. The being worshipped as Baradagi simply struck again and again, unimpeded in his assault. Wrenching a small boulder out of the ground, the protector  hurled it at the trapped tyrant, breaking it on the beast’s face. The malformed demon shrieked in pain and anger as the rock shattered across his armor-plated face.

Krystalak knew he had to do something, or else this damned lizard would be able to finish him off at his leisure. He focused his power, channeling a large amount of it into his crystalline heart, causing it to glow intensely. A moment later, a blinding white shockwave of energy erupted from a white torso, slamming into Varan and sending the triphibian flying through the air, shrieking in pain. The spined beast groaned as he hit the ground and crashed into a hillside. The ground trapping his crystal spikes having been atomized in the blast, the lithe being  jumped to his feet, snarling at his wounded foe. The reptile, badly burnt, stumbled as he weakly tried to get upright once again. The living inorganic  marched up to the injured varanid and kicked him hard in the side, sending him flipping over, back towards the river. Another kick sent it even further back.

Weakly, the Unbelievable  turned to face his foe, still refusing to admit defeat. The diamond devil eyed his foe carefully, his tail flexing behind him. The territorial predator roared in defiance, taking a step closer, causing the berserker  to spin around and whip his tail forward, unleashing a large crystal shard from its tip. The shard shot through the air like a dagger, lodging itself deep into a scaled throat. The mighty reptile cried out in agony as it pierced his flesh, causing irreparable damage. The cries became gurgled as the Obaki staggered back towards the river. Finally, Varan The Unbelievable collapsed into the water, sinking to the bottom of the Kitami River.

Krystalak reared his head back, letting loose with a roar of victory. His foe defeated, he turned back and faced the giant power crystal, ready to claim his prize.

Winner: Krystalak

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Author: Joshua Reynolds | Banner: Jackson Morris

Planet X, a long and abandoned world after the fall of the Xiliens, has fallen prey to two different sinister beings. Drifting in the blackness of space, the ancient god, imprisoned in ice since the dawn of time, hissed in wicked delight before the gravitational pull of the dead world brought his prison down upon the surface. Tsukuyomi, the evil god of Japanese folklore had returned to wreak havoc upon his father’s creation, but something else has laid its claim on Planet X! Expelled from Earth by the might of Gamera, the evil Legion rested just below the rocky surface.

The alien arthropod’s blue eyes flashed with life as the Queen of the Swarm awoke. Her body moved slightly, but that slight movement had ripped an entire fissure open within the ground. Her  shriek echoed throughout the mountains of the planet, alerting the evil being of its presence. Tsukuyomi’s eyes narrowed as he remembered the call of the insect. He knew he stood no chance against such a beast in this pathetic, human form, but his true, eight-headed serpent body would decimate the feeble mortal. The god’s body was engulfed in white light as it began to grow and change shape. Gone were his arms, replaced by eight slithering necks tipped with dragon-like, horn-crowned heads. A massive mountain of red flesh replaced his back and chest, his feet large and clawed, and a tail that rivaled its towering height.

The ground rose up like a wave of water before crashing back down. As the dust cleared, the insect-like shape of Legion stood. Her mandibles parted as she released a shriek. Her side-arms cracked as they moved apart and her chest glowed with a red tint. The two both now had claims on this dead planet. One wanted it to start a hive. The other wanted it to be used as a kingdom.

The war between insect and dragon would decide who wins the world.

Orochi, the ancestor of all evil, made the first move. Three of his maws opened up, screams of pure hate coming out before trails of burning fire. The extraterrestrial monarch remained still, allowing the fire to splash harmlessly against her thick exoskeleton. The queen shrieked in annoyance once the bath of fire had finished. Now it was her turn to attack.

Her horn parted, bolts of electromagnetic energy dancing from side to side. The beast released a war cry before her electromagnetic bolt fired from between her horns. The dread serpent hissed in shock before the bolt smashed against his right thigh, tearing through his hide as if it were paper. A shower of meat and fluid fell to the ground as the explosion spread apart across his side and the ground, reducing parts of his red body to a charred black. As a cloud of smoke raced up his long necks, scarlet bolts of lightning began to rip across the silicon creature’s form. The insect screeched in rage as pieces of armor flaked off of her body, landing on the ground in a smoking heap. The titanic alien backed away, before her shield arms cackled with energy. A barrier flashed in front of her form. The lightning barrage washed across the shield, exploding into nothing more than flashes and sparks.

As the bolts seized fire, the horned terror burst through the cloud of smoke with surprising speed. Her head lowered down and thrust forward, stabbing the massive horn into the dragon’s shoulder. The legendary monster hissed in pain before several of his jaws snaked around and coiled several of the shield arms like an anaconda would its dinner. Sickening crunches and breaks could be heard for miles as the arms were snapped like twigs. Legion ripped her horn from the serpent’s body. A gush of yellow blood splashed against her armored body as she leaned upward, shrieking in a mixture of anger and pain.

Orochi hissed once more before throwing four of his head upward, his dagger-like fangs sinking into the exoskeleton on the insect’s underside. Silicon gas began to spray out into the evil god’s many maws. The monster monarch’s body then fell back down, sword-like appendages stabbing into several scaled necks. The demon king hissed and tried to back away, but his heads were pinned under the queen’s massive bulk.

The mythical monster screamed in terror as his necks finally pulled away, but each trapped were reduced to bloody stumps. The insect backed away, removing her legs from the decapitated heads. Her chest flashed with a red light. Out of her body, a cloud of black life erupted from her chest cavity. The incantation of evil hissed aloud before his remaining heads released streams of orange and yellow fire. The Symbiotic Legion cried in terror as they flew into the wall of fire and began to fall to the ground, covered in raging flames.

Orochi cried in victory as bolts of lightning once again began to spew from his eyes. Legion cracked her shield arms. A weak barrier came up, but quickly exploded into a show of sparks as the lightning passed through it and exploded against her horn! A quick explosion erupted on her skull as each horn fell to the rocky surface, one stabbing into the rock and the other rolling on its side. The towering insect fell forward, her eyes now reduced to black orbs.

The evil spirit roared in victory as the exoskeleton corpse remained still, but suddenly, something else happened!

The monster queen’s eyes turned bright, blood red, and her body quickly rose up, laser-like whips snaking out of the glowing orb that rested between each horn stump. The demon god called out again, beams firing from his eyes once more, but it had now lost the battle. The Legion Flower guardian’s laser whips lashed out, and like a hot knife through butter, easily cut through godly flesh. Sprays of yellow blood rose into the air as his heads fell by the many! The serpent slumped down, his remaining heads crying in pain as the whips ripped his body apart. Chunks of flesh were cut off and fell to the rocky ground below. And still, her assault continued! The extraterrestrial invader roared loudly as she ripped the whips free, allowing the serpent’s body to fall to the side. The evil god, the wicked Tsukuyomi, had lost his battle. A mere mortal had destroyed a god, and now Planet X belonged to the hive.

As the bloody remains of Orochi were left to rot on Planet X’s surface, Legion lifted her broken head into the star-filled sky. With Jupiter shining brightly behind her, the queen roared greatly. From behind her, the ground split apart yet again, alien pods giving rise. A cloud of black and gray dust washed over the carcass that was once the dreaded Yamato terror, settling down on the beast as the nest blossomed.

Winner: Legion

Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Jackson Morris

Jet Jaguar had been dispatched to rescue a group of researchers from an island in the Pacific. Reports had been sent out that they’d encountered monsters there and were in severe trouble. The garish hero had been the choice due to his ability to shrink down to human size to search, something a larger mecha could not do. Zipping through the sky in this smaller form, the sentient android soon arrived at the island, his databases identifying it as the Lawless Monster Zone. It had been known for years to house monsters, but it was believed that the majority of them had perished during an encounter with the Science Patrol and Ultraman… apparently that was faulty information.

He soon landed on the island and began his search. Most of the native, normally man-eating plants ignored him due to the simple fact he was made of metal, so the android hero wasn’t much bothered during his run through the island’s forest. That is, until he came across a rather unsettling sight. A giant, bat-like creature lay dead in a large mountainous stretch of the island. His data told him this was Chandlar, and the cause of death was rather obvious. Its wing had been torn clean off and then it’d been beaten to death – with its own wing, from the looks of things. Ibuki’s creation  knew the researchers were in danger now, something big and powerful was on the island. The robot’s sensors suddenly detected movement behind him and he swung around, throwing a karate chop but coming short, his attack stopping inches from a strange red creature’s head.

The electric fighter watched the human-sized monster jump back, cowering in fear, his data telling him this was Pigmon, a friendly little kaiju. Or at least it was another of the same species, as the first had been killed by the Red King. He gently put his hand on his head and patted him softly, giving the small beast a reassuring and apologetic nod, not having meant to scare him. He did a series of hand signs and gestures, trying to tell the small creature what he was looking for. The little hero seemed to understand and hopped around happily before leading the way towards a mountain cave nearby. The sentient machine cautiously surveyed his surroundings before following.

Jet Jaguar was soon close enough to detect signs of life from the cave, telling him there was still a chance to rescue the scientists. However, his sensors soon detected movement, a large amount of it. He turned to see a massive titan stomp through the nearby canyon, which he quickly identified as Red King, the most powerful monster on the island. It didn’t take long for him to realize that it’d have to been this beast who’d killed the Chandlar he’d seen earlier, or that it was heading straight for the mountain cave. He quickly turned to Pigmon and did a series of hand gestures, telling him to go and get the scientists as far back into the cave as physically possible. After sending the red monster on his way, the henshin robot charged the towering kaiju.

The alpha of the Lawless Monster Zone marched through his domain, heading for the location of these intruders who dared step foot in his territory. However, his attention was grabbed by a series of loud robotic noises coming from below him. He looked down to see a small silver man doing a series of hand gestures. The Skull Monster kneeled down to take a closer look, scratching his head, this was odd.. yet, for some reason, this little thing seemed familiar. Before he could put his claw on it, a bright light obscured the little man from view and when it cleared, the little thing was now even in height to him! The primeval brute roared and fell backwards in surprise, caught off-guard.

The green terror quickly regained his bearings and looked up at the cybernetic defender’s now giant frame, slowly raising to his feet. The primitive reptile was confused, why did this thing seem so familiar? That’s when it hit him. Silver skin? Red coloration? A pointed head? Looked like a human? Memories from years prior flooded back to Red King, of a similar creature who’d made a fool of him and left him laying unconscious on his own island! Sure, this new thing was very different, but to the simple-minded monster monarch, there was no difference between Ultraman and Jet Jaguar, and, like a great many things, this sent him into a fury. Red King jumped up and down, throwing a tantrum. He finally came to a stop and roared a challenge at the grinning machine, cracking his knuckles and taking his battle stance, eager for revenge, even if it was just on someone vaguely similar to the one who beat him all those years ago.

Jet wasn’t certain why his appearance had infuriated the looming kaiju so much, was this dumb brute just that territorial? He didn’t know for sure, but he did know that the vicious fighter was eager for a fight and he’d have to give him one. The mechanical martial artist took his fighting stance and, soon enough, the devil of the island charged, aiming to deck him in the jaw, but the agile machine rolled under the blow and back to his feet. As the ridged reptile twirled around, the cybernetic fighter quickly did a side kick to his chest, driving him back further, followed by a flurry of punches to the creature’s gut. As the monster bully staggered back, the sentient android attempted a flying side kick to his tusked face… 

…Only to find his leg caught by the giant’s great strength and held in the air. The vicious king gave a roar and suddenly began spinning himself around, swinging his foe through the air before letting go and sending the humanoid robot flying several hundred meters and crash-landing behind a row of mountains. Jet Jaguar’s systems reported some damage, but not a substantial amount… Still, he’d underestimated his enemy. Red King was clearly much stronger than he was before.

The tyrant charged after his enemy, trying to find where he’d landed, having been unable to see because of the mountains. The Skull Monster had indeed been training since that day, His primitive mind had one goal, really: to be the strongest. Now, there is only one thing someone with that goal could do when they’re beaten, train harder, which was exactly what he’d done, so  he was certain this silver man would fall before his might. He soon peaked over a mountain, finding the robot seemingly still recovering from the toss. 

The prehistoric barbarian leaned down to grab him, only for the humanoid machine to spring up and grab onto his arm, flipping him over his shoulder and onto the ground in front of him. The Lawless Monster Zone’s king snarled and tried to get up, only for the warrior of justice to grab him by the neck and attempt some kind of sleeper hold. The tusked beast snarled, as the electronic hero had once again underestimated his strength. Red King reached down, grabbing him by the legs and lifting him clear off the ground. The rage fueled killer then charged back, driving himself and Jet Jaguar through a mountain. The impact forced the robotic defender to release his grip, allowing the mad beast to drive an onslaught of heavy blows into his chest and face, soon beginning to dent the metal inwards.

Internal systems alerted Jet to the damage being dealt. This cruel king was incredibly strong. The martial arts master quickly dodged a punch and kicked Red in the stomach, staggering him back. The robot was quickly on his feet and decided he needed to get back into the fight, which he did by charging and doing a jumping roundhouse kick to his coned head, toppling the giant to the ground. Before the kaiju could recover, the mecha grabbed a boulder and smashed it over his ridged back, forcing him back to the ground with a roar of pain. The electric fighter quickly jumped atop his back and rained chops into his hide, each punch earning a roar of pain. However, the brutal reptile  finally managed to catch his fists, overpowering the artificial being and forcing himself back to his feet. The egotistical titan then lunged forward, sinking his fangs into a red shoulder pauldron, his powerful jaws piercing deeply into the machine’s armored skin. Ibuki’s creation had alarms going off in his head, telling him this damage would be bad if he didn’t do something quick.

The primeval bully continued to bite away until the super machine managed to get his arms free and chop him in the side of the head repeatedly, forcing him back enough to knee him in the ribs, causing the monster monarch to lose his grip. Jet Jaguar then took advantage by running around behind the Skull Monster and grabbing him around the waist, springing backwards with a German Suplex, driving the beast’s neck and upper back into the ground. The sentient robot knew this was one kaiju he couldn’t afford to give breathing room to, so he quickly got back around and wrapped his legs around the tyrant’s arm, pulling on it hard. His foe struggled and flailed, roaring in pain and trying hard to get himself free.

Red King knew his shoulder could soon be torn out of its socket if he didn’t do something quickly. He decided to use one of the new techniques he’d developed since the last time he faced this foe. He concentrated and his hands suddenly burst into flames, the electronic hero quickly releasing the arm he was holding onto to avoid being burned by the intense heat. The savage saurian quickly got back to his feet and drove several blazing punches into his metallic chest, each punch sending a cascade of sparks and melting and bending metal. 

Jet’s paint soon ran and melted off, revealing scorched silver. The blazing brute finished off the onslaught by rearing back and sending a punishing fist into the scalded midsection, launching the robot several hundred feet into the side of a mountain. The vicious king roared in fury and put out his fists, allowing him to grab hold of his foe’s arm, pulling with all his might on the shoulder that was already damaged from his bite earlier.

The man-made protector’s alarms rang as his arm was pulled, telling him structural failure was imminent. Before he could do something about it, the blood soaked emperor ripped the appendage clean off.  The living machine numbly stared at the shoulder, which now spurted oil and sparked madly. The android was shocked that this creature’s strength was so intense. He then saw Red King swing his own severed arm at him like a bat, forcing the warrior of justice to roll out of the way, forced to continue rolling out of the way of slugging blows from his own arm. With the situation becoming more dire, he finally did a back flip and put distance between the two of them so he could stop and think.  Jet needed to get those humans off the island, but this merciless beast would never give him enough time to grab them and run. 

Before he could continue to react, the Lawless Monster Zone’s tyrant noticed a small mountain next to him, about up to his waist. The sadistic fighter seemed to realize something as he gave the electric  superhero an evil look, telling the robot the kaiju had something nasty in mind. The dirty fighter pulled his arm back and spun it around several times before slamming it into the side of the mountain, shattering it into hundreds of pieces that buffeted the martial art master and sent him toppling to the ground, covered in dents and open patches of exposed circuits. The knobbed monster roared and picked up the severed arm and arranged the fingers into a point before coming towards the downed machine.

Internal systems were bellowing alarms, telling him Jet Jaguar was in deep trouble. Red King was far more dangerous than he’d expected him to be. He needed to find a way to end this, quickly. He looked over, seeing a very high cliff extending out over a deep crevice, quickly making a plan. He looked back to see the Skull Monster throw his severed arm at him like a javelin, forcing the artificial fighter to roll out of the way, the makeshift spear being driven into the ground up to the elbow. The sentient android stared at his arm in surprise, knowing that had he been a few seconds slower, the mad king would’ve actually impaled him. He looked back to the looming titan and ran in the other direction, towards the cliff.

The kaiju monarch saw his opponent running and snarled, refusing to let an enemy he’d put this much effort into trying to kill just run away. He quickly charged after him, lighting his fists on fire again. Finally, the electronic hero came to a stop at the edge of a cliff, the green beast assuming he’d merely ran out of room. The boorish despot laughed and charged forwards, aiming a punch at Ibuki’s champion, only for the robot to flip over his head. The grim fighter barely managed to come to a stop in time to avoid falling over the edge. The giant panted in surprise and turned around to look back at Jet who raised his leg up for an ax kick. The tusked monster cringed, waiting for Jet Jaguar’s kick to land square in his face… only to hear it hit the ground in front of him. Red King cocked his head, looking down at his foe’s blue foot. Had he missed? That’s when the Lawless Monster Zone’s tyrant heard a loud cracking sound and saw cracks spread out from the kick’s impact point as the electric champion returned to a standing stance. The prehistoric boxer was confused until he finally realized what was happening. He looked up wide eyed and gulped before the entire portion of the cliff he was standing on gave way.

The heroic machine watched the Skull Monster and part of the cliff plummet into the crevice below, his foe letting out a long roar of surprise, interrupted only when he occasionally smacked headfirst into a boulder or other obstruction. By the time the dreaded beast came to a stop at the bottom, his calculations were fairly certain he was either unconscious or dead. Still, he couldn’t take the chance of the giant recovering and managing to come after him before he’d left the island with the humans. The cybernetic superhero took a few steps back and did a hand sign with his remaining arm, growing to an even more gigantic size, nearly twice as tall as normal. He stepped back and reared up before slamming his fist as hard as he could into the ground in front of him.

Red King groaned, slowly opening his eyes. His blurred vision returned to normal enough for him to see the entire cliff face break up and come falling towards him. His eyes widened and he let out a roar of surprise as he was buried under several thousand tons of rock and earth.

Jet Jaguar looked over as he reverted to normal giant size, seeing the beast buried completely. Content that that would at least give him time to get the scientists and get them off the island, he headed over to the cave and held out his hand, allowing them to climb on. He nodded to Pigmon, who waved goodbye rather happily, then the warrior of justice took off into the sky and headed back to the mainland to drop off the scientists and get repairs… and perhaps share this story with Ultraman.

Winner: Jet Jaguar (Showa)

Author: Christian Salabert | Banner: Christian Salabert

Godzilla’s eyes stared out into the ocean’s depths as he awoke. Releasing a yawn-like roar, he rose to his feet and began making his way towards the latest land mass, Adonoa Island. Lifting himself up out of the surface, the King of the Monsters exhaled as the water poured off his scales. After making his way past the island’s shores, he stopped, sensing movement. He turned his head, looking from left to right, but saw nothing. Just as he was about to continue his trek, a wing sliced at his legs as something flew by fast, swiping the radioactive off of his feet and sending him crashing to the ground.

Furious, the monster monarch pulled himself upright and spotted his assailant as it perched atop a large rock. Rodan spread his wings wide, cackling at the sea monster and warning him to leave his territory. The Strongest Monster On Earth narrowed his eyes at the mutant pterosaur as his dorsal fins began to flash. Spewing out an atomic beam, Godzilla blew the rock to pieces, but the monster of the skies was already in the air, avoiding the blast. He circled the tresspasser, who tried to keep his eyes on his foe, but the speedster was too fast. 

Approaching from behind, the irradiated archosaur unleashed his uranium heat beam, zapping the larger monster  in the neck. The King of the Monsters spun around, ready to attack the flying reptile, only to have the quicker beast smash his spiked chest into his face, knocking him to the dirt once again. As the mutated Godzillasaur struggled to get back to his feet, the mutant Pteranodon circled him once again, letting loose with uranium blast after uranium blast. The enraged apex predator snarled with each hit, his tail slamming against the ground in anger. Lifting his head, the nuclear menace unleashed his atomic ray, striking the avian kaiju dead center in the chest, forcing him to swerve away.

Raising up once again, the dreaded god watched as the atomic bird recovered from the blast and turned to face him, landing not too far away. Flexing his claws, Godzilla charged. But once he got close enough, the airborne monster leapt up, slamming the tip of his beak into his foe’s face, directly between the eyes. The saurian screeched as he stumbled backwards, taken by surprise by the painful blow. Before the crested creature could press his advantage, the monster of monsters unleashed an atomic blast that scorched the pteranodon in the face. The beaked beast cackled angrily, taking to the air and avoiding the  second beam. Firing wildly, the raging berserker tried to score a direct hit on the aerial ace, a task which proved difficult. 

The flying reptile soon swerved around behind the titan, preparing to smash his armored chest into the back of his  skull. But the Monster King expected him this time, flicking his tail upward and sending the crimson demon spiraling to the ground. As the wounded reptile struggled to get back up, the furious  god  turned around and snarled, his dorsal fins flashing brightly. He brought his foot down hard on a spiked back back, eliciting a pained cry from the pterosaur as he felt his ribs crack. The royal reptile stomped down again, then kicked hard, sending the flyer crashing into a nearby mountain. The flying battleship cackled in pain as the living reactor closed in to finish the fight.

Out of nowhere, twin beams of golden energy appeared, zapping Godzilla in the back. Shrieking in surprise, the monster of justice  spun around to face his new attacker.

The King of the Monsters suddenly found himself face-to-face with Mothra, the Goddess of Infant Island.

Flexing his claws angrily, the monster monarch forgot about Rodan and charged the mammoth butterfly. His fins flashed as he prepared to unleash his atomic ray, but the divine protector was quick to intervene, firing more golden rays from her antennae, striking the monster champion in the face. The mutant dinosaur took a step back, roaring furiously as the lepidopteran approached. The mighty insect moved in close, scratching at his keloid scarred face with her tiny legs. The atomic monster screeched as he tried to back away from the holy beast’s assault. When it was obvious he could not, he unleashed an atomic ray, blasting her in the chest. The defender of Earth chirped in pain as the atomic fires scorched her fur. Bringing her right wing forward, she slammed it into the giant’s throat, sending him crashing to the ground. As the flame beast tumbled across the dirt, the guardian hit him with her golden beams once again.

Rodan shook his head as he recovered from the attack. Looking up, he instantly spotted Mothra and cackled in annoyance. Another trespasser? Flapping his wings, the mighty pterosaur  lifted himself into the air and made a beeline for the moth. The supersonic queen  noticed the rapidly-approaching reptile too late, allowing him to slam into her and knock her clear from the downed god of destruction. The Queen of Monsters quickly stabilized herself and turned to face the instigating flyer, firing her antennae beams. The golden rays struck across the face and wings, causing the monster of the skies to cackle angrily and attack again, firing his heat ray at her as he approached. The Divine Moth cried out as the purple blast struck her, then flapped her wings, gaining altitude. Before the circling predator could mirror the tactic, the righteous creature unleashed golden lightning bolts from the undersides of her wings, zapping and shocking the reptile. The crimson bird shrieked as the mystic lightning assaulted his body, stopping his attack cold.

Before their fight could escalate any further, an atomic ray blasted through the conflict. The two flying beasts turned to see Godzilla roaring at them, his tail swinging angrily behind him. He was not about to let them forget he was there.

Not wishing to be struck by the divine monster’s lightning again, Rodan flew to meet the kaiju king’s challenge, rearing his head back and slamming the tip of his beak down against the top of his ridged head. The monster monarch shrieked as the pterosaur’s  beak slammed against his skull. Instantly, he unleashed another atomic blast, striking the crimson bird square in the chest. The pteranodon swerved away smoking, circling around behind the mutant dinosaur. As the King of The Monsters turned around to keep his eye on the speedy creature, Mothra flew in behind him, ramming her wing into the back of his head and sending him back to the ground. 

The monster of the skies flew past the monster queen, scraping his spiked chest against her back, eliciting a pained chirp from the Infant Island deity. The flying reptile turned around to attack again, only to have a burning blue atomic ray blast into his face, knocking him from the sky. The moth goddess flew in close, attacking the towering titan from behind with her lightning bolts. The Monster King shrieked as he tried to fight back, but the holy guardian was too far out of reach. Roaring angrily, Godzilla’s dorsal fins flashed bright blue, a light that soon enveloped his entire body as a nuclear pulse escaped it, blasting the defender of Earth out of the air in a burst of fire. The insect goddess groaned as she twitched in agony on the ground, with the looming champion fast approaching. 

The King of the Monsters raised his leg, ready to crush the insect’s thorax underfoot. Just when it seemed Mothra was done for, Rodan bodyslammed his rival, sending him crashing into and completely through a nearby mountain. Dazed by the blow, the irradiated reptile twitched on the ground, unable to do much else. With the biggest threat down, the goddess of peace was able to lift herself back into the air, hovering over the reptile. 

She knew this was her chance to subdue him, and she began to shed reflective scales from her wings, showering the charcoal beast with them. Godzilla snarled as they touched his skin, shocking him. Having regained his senses enough to defend himself, the monster of monsters rolled over onto his back and unleashed an atomic blast at the hovering moth, but the ray was instantly warped and deflected by her scales, sending it right back at him. Quickly understanding, the prehistoric beast fired his heat beam into the cloud of scales, bouncing it around and striking the radioactive reptile with it. The Monster King howled as his foes’ sizzling vortex assaulted his flesh, causing him far too much pain to be able to retaliate. With an agonized shriek, the Godzillasaur collapsed onto his back and lay there motionless, his skin smoking.

As she turned to face her aerial ally, Mothra was taken by surprise as the pterosaur lunged at her, his beak snapping wildly. She quickly fired her antennae beams, blasting Rodan in the face, but this only seemed to anger the flying reptile. Biting down on one of the fuzzy mandibles on either side of her mouth, the ruthless saurian bit the appendage off, causing the insect protector to reel back, wailing in pain. As she recoiled from his last attack, the flying battleship moved in again, plunging his beak into her side, drawing yellow blood. 

The divine goddess cried out again, but this time she quickly unleashed her reflective scales, dousing the marauding archosaur in the sparkly projectiles. The oversized pteranodon cackled in pain as the scales shocked his body and were soon accompanied by the same lightning bolts she had used before. The irradiated reptile fired his heat beam in desperation, only to have it bounce back into the side of his throat. Swinging her wings downward, the supersonic monster  struck the monster of the skies over the head, sending him back towards the ground. Weakly, the pterosaur landed on his talons, looking up at the circling insect and cackling in anger. Growling furiously, the concussed monster king rose back to feet, glaring at his foes. His entire body ached, but he wasn’t about to give in. Opening his jaws, he sent another blast of atomic power into the landed pterosaur, knocking him off his feet. Another blast hit the divine guardian square in the chest.

Mothra groaned as Godzilla’s blast struck. She knew she had to finish this fight before either of her opponents did. Gaining more altitude, she began to circle them as she came up with a plan. She watched as the pterosaur got back up and attacked the dinosaur. Good. This was the distraction she needed. She increased her speed as she continued to circle them overhead.

The monster monarch clawed at the nuclear reptile, eliciting a pained cry.

Slowly but surely, the goddess’s entire body became encased in a blinding golden glow.

The crimson monster pecked at his larger foe’s face, causing him to step back.

Still circling, the divine moth formed a golden ring of energy among the clouds.

The golden light finally caught the feuding radioactive reptiles’ attention, and they turned their heads towards the guardian of Earth, but it was too late. Walls of holy energy descended upon them, slamming downward with great force. Godzilla and Rodan cried out as the energy assaulted them, knocking them flat against the ground. Within the ring, the cross-like Symbol of Mothra appeared. The screams of the kaiju were quickly silenced. Moments later, the golden energy dissipated, and the glow around the defender faded away. Looking down, the lepidopteran noticed that her symbol was now scorched into the earth, as well as burnt archosaur flesh. Neither beast showed any signs of movement. Mothra chirped with relief. The battle was over. Turning away from her defeated foes, she began her journey back to Infant Island.

Winner: Mothra (Heisei)

Author: Eugene Tan | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

There was only silence.

Once a great tourist resort and place of geographical interest, Yellowstone National Park lay deserted. Not a soul walked within its valleys and forests. Even the animals were gone, and the birds feared to emerge from where they hid. A gigantic monster had arrived to call  this place home. And unlike most others, it simply stayed there, at the foot of the legendary Mount Yellowstone.

Baragon awoke to a new morning, roaring to announce his arrival. The crimson creature shook his head a little, waving his dog-like ears. The kaiju then began his futile search for food. While the subterranean predator  persistently stayed in this sanctuary, he starved constantly. All the large animals had long been consumed by his enormous appetite or killed in forest fires he set off, and the humans never seemed to come anymore.

As the saurian wandered aimlessly, he suddenly felt powerful vibrations. Something was here. At this moment, the dog-eared kaiju didn’t know exactly what. But he knew it was big. Very big…

The monstrous humanoid Gaira lumbered through the forest of Yellowstone Park, crushing trees in his nomadic expedition for sustenance. The titanic mutant growled as he surveyed the landscape before him. It was all lush and green, but it was useless to him when it came to satisfying his hunger. The Green Gargantua turned to leave, snarling in discontentment. As he stormed off, he was suddenly slammed off his feet.

The horned predator crashed into the huge newcomer, sending the big green humanoid flying into a lake not too far away. The prehistoric kaiju was highly territorial. He wouldn’t allow another kaiju to claim the park. Although this newcomer looked far more powerful than he was, and looked like the stuff of nightmares, the underground king would not back down.

The mutant beast shook himself off as he rose to his feet. In a show of power, the mighty humanoid punched the ancient earth of Yellowstone Park, forming a crater where it had impacted. He – unlike what the weakling reptile had imagined – had no plans of taking over this territory, but he was furious! This pest would pay for his sneak attack. Cracking his powerful fists as he looked down at the kaiju before him, the humanoid came to a horrific new decision: this scaly bastard would be his meal!

Baragon snarled stubbornly, refusing to back down even as the intimidating brute lumbered towards him. The spawn of Frankenstein took his time. After all, this creature probably was not going to retreat. The clever predator would use this time well. As the shaggy sea monster walked closer, the saurian suddenly charged, once again taking the humanoid by surprise. Gaira roared in anger as the subterranean monster clamped his jaws onto his arm, sinking his fangs into it. The mighty humanoid  struggled to get the persistent little reptile off, but he clung on! The ravenous menace stumbled back, gritting his teeth in pain, giving the ridged reptile the opening to slam his front legs into a green muscular chest, actually pushing the huge humanoid to the ground. He could win this! He could take down this new—

The plucky dinosaur’s  ideas of victory, along with the air in his lungs, were knocked out of him when an emerald fist connected with his lower jaw, causing the dog-like beast to spin into the air, crashing near his home at Mount Yellowstone!

Baragon struggled to his feet and shook his head in a daze, ignoring the nasty throb in his lower jaw. His jawbone must have been cracked by the impact of the punch. But the Green Garganuta was not a merciful opponent. The subterranean monster would get no opportunity to fully return to his senses. From behind the reptile, he raised a boulder and smashed it hard upon his foe’s skull. The burrowing beast  yelped in pain as he stumbled forward and fell onto his side, seeing stars from the force of the blow.

Gaira smirked as he watched the subterranean predator  groan in pain. This was going to be easier than he had initially thought. Perhaps he would bash this little pest up first before killing him. With that, Frankenstein’s son  tossed the boulder in his hand towards the writhing creature, snickering as he did so.

From beneath his glowing horn, eyes widened in surprise as the boulder flew towards the downed reptile. Swiftly, the ancient dragon lashed his tail out, deflecting the boulder back at the mutant, who quickly bashed it away with his arm, shattering the projectile. The man eater sneered. It looked like the lizard  still had some fight in him.

He would get rid of that spirit.

The digging dinosaur was wise to quickly leap to his feet as the sea monster went onto the attack. Baragon swiftly gave himself some distance from the raging menace, before charging on his hind legs! The two titans clashed next to the great dormant super volcano, the earth shuddering as they met.

The burrowing predator squealed in pain as Gaira’s sheer strength overwhelmed his. The bastard spawn of Frankenstein clobbered scales as he drove the reptile to the ground. Soon, the Green Gargantua’s fists were stained with blood as he kept smashing his foe’s face. But the determined hunter  refused to lose without a fight. As the malformed clone swung his fist down again, the subterranean monster suddenly spun around, lashing his powerful tail at his foe’s feet, knocking him over.

Before the ocean Gargantua could get up, the saurian leapt into the air and body slammed him. The humanoid snarled, knowing he would have to make sure his rival would lose this advantage. As the little beast moved in again, furred legs collided with his chest, throwing the horned hunter a good distance away. The sadistic predator smirked as the flung beast crashed onto a large rock, making the smaller creature cry out in pain.

As Gaira lumbered closer, something began to build up from behind the fanged maw of the burrowing dragon. The primal giant swore he saw a light glow as Baragon turned his attention back to his foe. Before the mutant could guess what was going on, a powerful stream of fire blasted from Baragon’s mouth and struck him in the chest. The mutant roared in pain while the intrepid beast kept firing his projectile weapon at his enemy.

The Gargantua backed off slowly as the flames licked at his chest and refused to die! He groaned, forced to his knees by the agony. But the human ingenuity within his deformed skull would not let him lose so easily. As the subterranean king confidently surged his fire forth, the ape-like monster suddenly uprooted a redwood and put it in the way of the heat ray, letting the tree catch fire.

Baragon blinked in surprise as the green giant  used it as a shield to the projectile weapon while swiping it like a mace. Within seconds, he had covered the distance between the two adversaries, striking the prehistoric predator  repeatedly with his new flaming weapon, causing the reptile to momentarily stop the release of his signature weapon. The humanoid continued striking the screeching saurian, using the redwood as one would a club. The cries of pain only encouraged Frankenstein’s son to further attack the beast that had so humiliated him!

The nimble kaiju quickly fired off his heat ray again, but this time, his enemy dodged it, instead placing his arms under the crimson reptile and lifting him into the air, before smashing him right back with an explosion of dirt and plant matter. Helpless, the canine-like reptile waved his stubby legs in the air as he launched forth another heat ray in self defense. Now, this one did hit matted hair, but the hominid  quickly jumped to the side once the blast hit him. Gaira grinned as his challenger began to panic, backing off slowly. To magnify his foe’s fears, the titan struck the ancient super volcano this park was named after, and picked up a large slab of volcanic rock, before tossing it right at his foe.

The horned beast’s  teeth chattered as the chunk loomed closer. Perhaps it was time to call it quits. He needed to recuperate. After this, he could plan how to defeat this monster. As Baragon finished his thoughts, the massive slab of rock hit the  location with deadly accuracy.

To the Green Gargaunta’s surprise, as the dust cleared, his enemy was nowhere to be seen. Shoving the slab aside, the sea beast  saw only a large hole in the ground. Cursing, Gaira began walking around his foe’s old home. He was still angry, and he still wanted his meal. The mossy giant lumbered across the landscape in fury, causing the ground to shake as he stormed across the area.

As he looked around, hoping his enemy would just emerge already and continue the battle, the ground beneath him began to tremble. It wasn’t from his massive  footsteps, and neither was it from Baragon.

Old Faithful, well, faithfully, shot its contents into the air, propelling the steaming liquid 20 meters into the air, striking right  between the legs…

The ape-man  roared in pain as the incredibly hot water struck. His cries of agony could be heard from miles away, continuing even as the great geyser went back to rest. Tears formed in his normally cold eyes and the great Gaira crashed to his knees.

He was in agony. Not even the inferno of the heat ray had brought him such pain. Breathing heavily and screaming in pain between intervals, those cries had attracted the attention of another… 

About a hundred yards away, a familiar head poked out of the earth. It grinned goofily. Then its upper body emerged as well. Baragon had returned just to laugh at his foe’s plight. And so he did. The plucky dinosaur shivered in hilarity, inciting the clone’s rage!

The mutant human got to his feet, grimacing in rage, his eyes like fire. He hobbled slowly towards the underground dragon, inciting further laughter from his adversary. As the saurian chuckled, the spawn’s  fury exploded! The beast’s eyes widened in horror as the green monster suddenly sprinted towards him, charging like a mad bull. The burrower  did not have time to retreat back under as the Green Gargantua grabbed his neck and tossed him against the side of Mount Yellowstone. The fierce king lay there stunned, his body racked with pain. But Gaira was now truly out to kill, and his foe would get no mercy.

Before Baragon could get up, the ocean borne kicked him hard, snapping one of his ribs upon impact. The saurian groaned in agony, spitting out blood, much to his tormentor’s satisfaction. As he moved to kick again, the subterranean kaiju managed to withstand his pain and roll out of the way, where the spawn of Frankenstein smashed a large chunk out of the mountain. The horned monster desperately thought of a plan to get out of his mess alive, quickly leaping back as his adversary stormed forth, kicking trees aside as he pursued the red dragon. As the Gargantua of the sea loomed ever closer, the deep dweller mustered up his courage and charged, leaping into the air! However, for his efforts, the savage brute simply bashed him away in mid-air with a powerful swipe of his arm, temporarily knocking the subterranean monster out cold.

As the dinosaur lay still on the ground, Gaira moved in slowly. It would give him no pleasure to kill the imbecile while it was still unconscious. So he took his time. And unfortunately for the digger, he woke up too soon.

Baragon’s eyes flashed open. He did not know how long he had been unconscious, but he was glad to be alive. The dog-like kaiju hoped the bully  had left while he had been unconscious. The side of his head still hurt from the brute’s strike. As the kaiju got to his stubby legs, he was suddenly grabbed by the neck by a powerful pair of arms, which quickly started work at strangling the screaming reptile to death!  The terror of the underground had, in reality, only been out for a minute or so. And the dirty fighter was glad for it, as he sadistically continued preventing air from entering his foe’s lungs. The reptile had to act fast if he was to survive this offense. Flames began to build up at the back of his throat.

Gaira grinned as he came face to face with his adversary. His hideous mug would be the last thing the reptile would ever see. The hominid stared coldly as the drake struggled in vain. He hoped to see fear in the pesky little dragon’s face, but now, he only saw a tenacious grimace on the horned kaiju’s face. The malicious predator did not take such stubbornness lightly and moved the monster’s face even closer to his own and squeezed ever harder. Unfortunately, that also put him in perfect position for the heat ray, which struck him point-blank!

The Gargantua roared in rage as he fell backwards momentarily, releasing the burrower as he patted out the flames on his face. Baragon landed on his feet, catching his breath. This turn of events had given him a mental boost. He no longer felt like running away. A new resolve burned within him.

He would finish this.

The ocean mutant rose to both legs, still in pain. The skin on his face had been burnt beyond recognition. One of his eyes had been destroyed and steam still rose from his face. However, he was laughing madly. It looked like a true fight could begin right now. The subterranean saurian showed no signs of fear as Gaira closed in. He did not take a step back. As the bigfoot-like beast lumbered forward, the underground monster charged and leapt into the air.

The Gargantua prepared to swipe the dinosaur aside again, but this time, a heat ray blasted him in the chest, stunning him for a second. The crimson dragon used that second well, knocking the hairy mutant to the ground while slashing him across the chest with his razor-sharp claws. As the larger monster prepared to knock the pesky beast off, Baragon snarled and lunged down, ripping onto the monster’s throat! The sea beast roared in rage, punching his adversary repeatedly on the sides. The tenacious hunter refused to relinquish his grip despite the force of the blows, until the most fearsome of Frankenstein’s monsters forcefully placed his foot onto the red dragon’s chest and forcefully kicked him, losing some of his neck in the process.

The burrowing saurian crashed onto his behind, the air knocked out of his lungs. As the canine hunter  prepared to continue fighting, his enemy leapt back to action and grabbed onto his foe’s red tail and with incredible strength, swung him like a mace of sorts, bashing him onto Mount Yellowstone again and again. The king of the earth roared in pain as he was smashed with such impact that a few of his teeth flew off and his lower jaw suffered a severe fracture. But the mad mutant really hoped he could just smash his foe’s skull in!

The subterranean monster would not let him do so easily.

As Gaira swung the reptile again, the small kaiju, instead of letting himself smash against the mountain once again, sank his claws into the geographical structure, gaining leverage. Much to the gargantua’s surprise, Baragon suddenly kicked with his back legs, knocking the giant back. It didn’t do much to hurt the humanoid, but it made him let go of the nimble reptile, who swiftly turned around and struck like a vicious cobra nipping onto his outstretched hand!

The humanoid roared in pain as the thin teeth sank in, and the red dragon began shaking his head from side to side. The larger beast quickly wrenched the reptile off, but not without a loss. He grimaced in horror as where once were three fingers, were, well, nothing. The undying clone’s limited regeneration would allow him to regain these appendages eventually, but it nonetheless filled him with rage and pain! The young drake swiftly swallowed the three fingers, his first meal in days. The conceited creature took the gesture as an insult. He was certainly stronger than this whelp, but the loss of his fingers had cost him massively. He was now without the use of one hand. But that did not matter. He swore that even if one of his hands was now useless, he would finish this bastard! He would finish him even if he had no hands at all!

As the two rivals continued grappling, the ancient of the two noticed something was wrong. He could not breathe. In fact, it seemed as though his throat was being clawed apart. Baragon gasped and gagged and even spat blood. Something was in his throat, and trying to claw out! Much to his horror, he realized there were three objects doing the job. Gaira’s body parts had a mysterious ability to take a life of their own, and they had, right where his claws could not reach them! The underground dragon suddenly stopped attacking, gagging and gasping.

The primal noted that soon enough. He did not know why the horned reptile  had suddenly ended his assault, but he was quick to take advantage of it. Swiftly, the Green Gargantua kicked the red lizard over and stomped onto his chest viciously, as the primitive reptile struggled against the forces both outside and inside him! The dragon blasted his heat ray in an attempt to get rid of the fingers inside his gullet, gagging as he did so. Simultaneously, he attempted to ward off the endless attacks, but to little avail. The sadistic glutton laughed as he tossed the underground king against Mount Yellowstone, the reptile weakly kicking back.

Finally, with one last blast of flame, the fingers shot out of the burrowing monster’s mouth. By then, Gaira already had too much of an upper hand. Before the subterranean monster could even return to combat, the clever scoundrel had already planned his next attack. He leapt into the air, and with this momentum smashed his foe’s horned head into the ground with his one good hand! The saurian groaned weakly. His lower jaw had been dislodged by the impact. He had to pull off a masterstroke to defeat his foe at this point.

For the mutant, it was time to end this little charade. It was fun while it lasted, but he really wanted to satisfy his appetite soon. The brawler readied his battle-lusting fist for one last blow.

Then, there was an explosion of earth. Gaira covered his eyes as sand and dust was thrown everywhere. When the dust cleared, the crimson dragon was gone.

The spawn of Frankenstein cursed in whatever way giant monsters do. That little creature had run away again! However, this time, he was wrong. The dinosaur had not run away. He was just getting a new vantage point.

In this case, the peak of Mount Yellowstone.

The malformed beast looked up. Baragon stood over three thousand meters above him. That was a great height, even by kaiju standards. He  rolled his eyes. It seemed the cloned human had to make the ascent up Mount Yellowstone to kill his enemy. With little choice, the Green Gargantua began to climb after his target.

But the king of the underground had other other plans.

Suddenly, the subterranean monster charged down the steep slopes of the legendary volcano, and after a brief charge, let himself plunge. The panicking hominid swiftly began backing down from the mountain, but it was too late. For the descending horned monster, it was exhilarating. He had never felt like this before. It felt as though the whole world was a blur. Everything was flowing around him and his foe was getting bigger and bigger and…

CRASH!

Baragon awoke in a massive crater. The impact had been larger than even he had conceived. And he hadn’t predicted that he himself would have been knocked out cold either. The sea beast, having been sent flying by the collision, lay about a hundred yards away, sprawled and broken. Unfortunately, the glutton, too, was stirring, and the green brute got up slowly, the dragon of the Earth’s depths quickly followed suit.

The two enemies glared at each other. Both were too weak to make another blow. They just locked their eyes, waiting for one to attack. They kept resolutely still for a whole minute.

Then, Gaira fell.

The once-great titan smashed the earth with an explosion of dust and dirt. The saurian soon saw why. Embedded deep into the humanoid’s skull was his own translucent horn which had dislodged from the impact. The hunter of the Earth crept slowly towards the sprawled mutant, and kicked him lightly to make sure he was down. True enough, the Green Gargantua lay motionless. He appeared to be dead, or at least unconscious.

The victorious dragon reared up on his hind legs, roaring in triumph despite his many wounds. He had won. He had saved his territory. The subterranean monster wanted the world to know about his victory against all odds. So he roared even louder. 

Battered, bruised and bleeding, Baragon had prevailed!

Winner: Baragon (Universal)

Author: Jacob Haas | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

Destruction.

It was the keizer’s only thought while he was resting inside of his meteor as it raced towards Earth. Monster X had once tried to conquer the planet but failed due to Godzilla’s intervention. Though he managed to escape with his life, his pride as a destroyer of worlds was crushed. The alien was coming back for his revenge. The vengeful drake would not stop until he had destroyed this planet or died trying. The meteor was traveling at incredible speeds towards the Earth, the planet’s atmosphere pulling the meteor closer and closer towards itself. The demon was about to awake.

* * * * *

It was a quiet, sunny day in the Okinawa prefecture. It had been nearly a year since a monster terrorized the area, the lack of kaiju attacks allowing the citizens to live in peace. That peace was about to end…

The meteor crash landed into a village, leaving a large crater in its wake. A large, skeletal figure rose up out of the crater, its eyes burning red with hatred. The agent of destruction was ready to annihilate the entire prefecture, then the rest of Japan, then finally, the world. The meteor devil planned to destroy any obstacles that stood in his way. His first one was about to appear.

Hidden within a nearby mountain was King Caesar. The deity was resting in case any evil should dare attempt to attack his homeland, and the arrival of Monster X had awakened the ancient guardian. The awakened shisa roared and burst from his resting place, ready to do battle with the evil alien.

The Xillien vanguard quickly turned around to see the living effigy appear from the mountain. The golem’s ruby-red eyes glinted brightly due to the sun reflecting off their surface. The extraterrestrial was ready to fight the stone guardian, opening his mouth and letting out a low growl. The mammalian protector roared back in retaliation, warning any surviving civilians to leave the area.

The two kaiju began to charge at each other. The living ward  leapt into the air and tried to kick the alien humanoid, but Monster X blocked the kick and grabbed hold of the deity’s leg. The stone hero had a moment to be shocked by the alien’s strength, before his foe began swinging him around like a rag doll. After an agonizing few seconds, the sinister skeleton finally let go,  sending the golem hurtling into a mountain. The impact was tremendous and the stone deity was buried underneath rubble.  The demonic alien let out a low, quiet laugh, he didn’t think that the guardian was very impressive as the first to challenge him.  The galactic terror began to walk away, believing his foe to be beaten, when he heard King Caesar break free from his tomb and roar at him.The living extinction turned to face the golem. He was impressed that his foe wanted to keep on fighting. He decided that he could spare having a little fun with this opponent before starting his destruction of Okinawa.

The alien’s eyes glowed gold for a brief moment before firing several golden rays at the shisa. The beams struck the beastly deity in the chest, explosions rippling throughout his body and scorching the fur on his chest. The attack was powerful enough to make the golem fall down to one knee. The space beast  began chuckling demonically and started advancing on his fallen enemy. King Caesar noticed the ground become dark just as he realized the proto-Ghidorah was right in front of him. Carved fangs smirked; the evil one had fallen for his trap. The prophecized savior sweep-kicked the bioweapon, causing the Xillien kaiju to lose his balance and fall with a ground-shaking thud. The legendary titan  leapt on top of the skeletal beast and began pummeling it with his fists. The demon from the stars  grunted in pain. He was angry at himself for falling into the primitive trap. He was going to have to make him suffer greatly for this.

The space monster’s crimson eyes began to glow again as he turned and fired his gravity beams at the awakened guardian. One of the beams blasted off part of King Caesar’s ear while the rest struck his chest again. The attack sent Okinawa’s guardian flying off of the emaciated body, the guard dog deity yelping in pain as he clutched at the missing part of his ear. Monster X got back up and stomped the severed portion of ear with tremendous malice. The ancient beast snarled at the skeletal demon. 

The stone defender charged recklessly, but the asteroid borne terror jumped into the air while spinning, smacking the deity  in the face with his tail. As his furred foe stumbled back a bit, stunned by the attack, the keizer quickly fired another barrage of gravity beams at the protector. The bony alien began chuckling, certain that this attack would destroy his foe. But unbeknownst to him, the ruby eyed hero had a trick up his sleeve. After the behemoth stopped laughing, the look on his face turned to shock as he saw two of his gravity beams were sent right back at him!

The beams struck Monster X’s chest, the force of the beams pushing the emaciated titan back a bit. The beams slightly burnt the demon’s hide, causing him to groan in pain. The genocidal beast was wondering how this could have happened, as he looked at his opponent. The remaining beam had struck King Caesar and caused him to kneel in pain. So how did two of his own beams come back to hurt him? The proto-Ghidorah was puzzled by this. Okinawa’s savior grunted and got back up, ready to fight once again. The meteor monster decided to fire another wave of gravity beams. This time, the alien invader was watching to see what caused his beams to come back at him.

As the beams came rushing at the stone guardian, he positioned himself so that the beams would hit him in the face. One of the beams went over the deity’s head while the other beams hit the golem in the eyes and were reflected right back at the skeleton kaiju! The humanoid jumped up into the air to avoid his redirected beams, but one of them struck his leg. Armored jaws  grunted in pain and once he landed on the ground, he moaned again. The attack was painful, but at least he knew his opponent’s secret now.

The prophesied savior charged and kicked the living extinction in the face, sending him flying into a mountain. Monster X continued his counterattack and tackled the stone guardian. The furred protector fell, letting out a loud grunt when he hit the ground. The drake of bone began pummeling the golem in the face with his fists. King Caesar grunted and retaliated by slashing his foe in the chest. The nimble villain  leapt off and stopped to inspect his wound. A foul, vile liquid started to ooze out of his chest. The terror of the stars turned and snarled at the magic guardian. The destroyer wasn’t going to let him go unpunished.

The Xillien masterpiece fired more gravity bolts at the mammalian defender, the fiend’s anger getting the best of him. The living statue repositioned itself, reflecting the gravity beams right back at the sinister being. The skeleton draconic dodged the beams, which ended up blasting several trees. The trees caught on fire almost instantly, and the fire slowly began to spread around the area. The invasion bioweapon began chuckling at King Caesar, as the guardian snarled back as he rushed and tackled him into a mountain. The ancient hero began punching Monster X in the face repeatedly. The vanguard grunted in pain as blood started to ooze from his lower jaw. The astro demon finally retaliated by head butting the legendary monster, sending him tumbling to the ground. The star beast was dizzy as he stood up, surprised at how hard his foe’s head was.

The mighty protector saw his skeletal foe pulling himself up off of the mountain and let out a ferocious roar at his opponent. The shisa ran up to the alien and kicked the athletic beast deep in the chest, sending him tumbling back into the mountain. Rubble and dirt poured over the fiend, burying him. Caesar looked around to see that the entire area was engulfed in flames. Though victory had come at a cost, it was well worth it for the deity. He knew that the forest could be brought back to life. The golem let out a victory roar. He had seemingly beaten the demon. That victory was short-lived.

Monster X erupted forth from his grave, roaring in anger at the protector. The titan shook the dirt from his body and coughed, the supernatural defender’s kick having knocked the wind out of him. The bony devil saw King Caesar charging at him, but the guardian abruptly stopped and leapt through the flames at the keizer. The Xillien dodged the leaping lion, causing him to collide with the mountain. The towering piece of Earth finally gave in and crumbled against the repeated assaults. The carved knight was stunned, allowing the demonic cadaver to continue his attack. Black claws grabbed Caesar by the legs and began swinging him around. The emaciated beast released King Caesar, sending him flying into another mountain, shrieking in pain.

The calcified alien continued his assault on the guardian by firing several gravity bolts. Explosions rippled throughout his stone body, causing him to shriek in agony from the attack. The gravity warrior started chuckling demonically as the giant advanced towards his opponent before lowering down as he punched King Caesar in the stomach with all his might. The punch managed to penetrate the golem’s gut, though he felt no blood, only metals and gems. This shocked Monster X, as the alien finally realized what his opponent truly was.

Unfortunately for him, this gave the loyal canine-cat the opportunity to retaliate. The guardian grabbed the extended arm and managed to pull it out of his stomach, then slammed it onto his knee. A bone chilling snap was heard, the meteor devils arm was broken! The drake of bone shrieked in pain and cradled his now broken appendage. Rage was the only thing in the evil beast’s mind now, and he started firing a barrage of gravity beams at the gaping stomach wound. The beams successfully hit their target, causing the wound to enlarge. The living shisa stumbled back, clutching his wounded stomach. Monster X then grabbed the leonine defender by the neck with one hand. The guardian instinctively grabbed the alien’s hand to try and force it to release as well as starting to desperately kick the fallen demon in the gut, but to no avail. The armored evil reached towards the patron of Okinawa’s eyes with his broken arm and managed to clumsily tear out one of the deity’s ruby-red eyes.

The Strongest Monster In The Universe released King Caesar, dropping the deity before he groaned in pain due to his broken arm. Nursing the wound, the skeletal titan turned to watch the spectacle before him. King Caesar rolled around on the ground, squealing in pain due to his missing eye. Some of the deity’s fur caught on fire from rolling dangerously close to some burning trees. It didn’t take long for Caesar’s body to be engulfed in flames. The ancient god shrieked in painful agony as the fire burned his body. Monster X turned around and began walking away from the inferno. Shortly after, the screams stopped. The deity was silenced. The draconic warrior paused to pick up the ruby eye. He was entranced by how shiny it was. It was as bright as his own eyes. He was amused by it. Suddenly, the emaciated beast felt a sharp pain in his back, causing him to drop the eye. The determined protector had gotten back up and slashed the alien titan in the back with his claws!

The skeleton emperor stumbled forward. His flesh wounds stung. The raging protector continued his attack by grabbing his foe from behind and the burning golem sunk his teeth into the black sinew of the neck. King Caesar’s body was still aflame, the fire soon traveled to the alien invader’s body. The keizer squealed in intolerable pain, before he started smashing his elbows into the golem’s stomach. Each pounding hit made the chest wound larger and larger, forcing the guardian to release his opponent. Monster X rolled around on the ground quickly to put out the flames on his body. Though the meteor alien’s attempt was successful, his skin was badly burned by the living statue’s attack. The athletic terror  sprung back up and fired several gravity bolts at the shisa. The beams blasted the stone deity in the chest and on his right arm, making him roar as rock and burning fur fell from his body.

The ignited protector charged at the draconic warrior and slowly began to extend his right arm. The devil from the stars responded and started to charge at the carved hero head-on to meet the assault. The legendary beast spread out his right arm even further. Soon Monster X realized what King Caesar was going to do, but it was too late. The stone beast clotheslined the charging invader, and the demon crashed to the ground with a sickening thud. Caesar’s flaming arm had boiled the flesh on the invader’s neck.  The Xillien titan noticed something flying in the air… 

It was the outstretched right arm!

The force of the attack must’ve been strong enough to break the arm off the protector’s body. The flying arm soon fell onto Monster X, shattering upon impact. The emaciated alien squealed in agony as the searing hot shards of terra-cotta burned his flesh. King Caesar then leapt at his fallen foe and kicked the bio-weapon in the ribs. The burning god’s foot shattered into bits, several pieces of it embedded in black flesh. The two kaiju roared in agony. Flames belched forth from the hole in the stomach. The fire was taking its toll on the protector. Okinawa’s defender had only one last chance if he wanted to defeat Monster X. 

It was all or nothing.

The flaming deity  lunged at the fallen devil, hoping to smother the beast in flames and burn it alive. Unfortunately for King Caesar, he had other plans. The devious invader fired his gravity beams at the  stomach wound, successfully hitting his target. The attack managed to blast the prophesied defender in half. The top half of the guardian flew into the air and crashed in front of Monster X, shattering into bits. The bottom half fell down shortly after the gravity tearing attack and crumbled into pieces. The ancient king’s  hopes, as well as his body, were shattered. He had failed to protect Okinawa from the terror of the proto-Ghidorah. The forest had became Hell itself and soon the prefecture would be in ruins at the hands of the destroyer.

The living extinction knelt down and picked up the gem he held earlier. He looked at what was once one of the carved monarch’s ruby-red eyes. The jewel fascinated the alien for a moment, but then he casually tossed the gem behind him, landing in the burning remains of King Caesar. The jewel no longer amused him. Though his opponent gave him some trouble, he wasn’t as strong as he thought, which disappointed the invader. He knew that he’d have a better trophy than the guardian’s eye… 

Godzilla’s head. 

Though the damage done to him was great, he had suffered worse and would recover from it eventually. Monster X left the burning forest behind and continued on his path of destruction in the hopes of not only conquering the Earth, but finally getting his revenge on Godzilla.

Winner: Monster X

Author: Joshua Reynolds | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

Millions of miles past the Earth, a great, meteor-like object approached. To a person looking through a telescope, it would look like any ordinary meteor, but inside the rock, a metallic weapon resided. The pilot inside turned, and even in the darkness of the room, the screen in front of it was clear. An orange square continued to zoom in until it saw what it was waiting to see… Earth. Another zoom and it could see Japan. One final zoom showed its target: Tokyo! The alien let out a grunt as its long tentacle reached out and pressed against the silver panel. The meteor then seemed to speed up, and in a blink of an eye, its velocity increased to nearly lightspeed!

Inside the ship, the alien leaned back in its pod. It looked exactly like the one that had awoken on Earth in 1999. Its mouth was a series of lines and its eyes glowed a bright blue. The body was almost squid-like, but the color was a grayish blue. An agent from its home world had failed to accomplish its mission in 1999, but now, this new one would make sure the Earth was his. His race had succeeded in creating an artificial Organizer G-1, allowing it to turn into Orga at will!

On Earth, telescopes didn’t have time to see the ship approaching, as it had already passed Mars. Miles away on an island in the Pacific, two fairies knew it was coming. Their great god had defeated the first many years ago in the age of dinosaurs, and was prepared to take on this new one. Their deity stretched in preparation, revealing she was a gigantic insect. Not frightening like many others, but rather quite beautiful. Its segmented body was covered in fur, ranging from white to black to red. Two large, bulbous eyes peered through the air. Its head was tipped with two antennas, with two mandible-like appendages below the mouth. Its body was like that of a giant moth and its wings were patterned with beautiful markings. The holy one was Mothra, the great Goddess of Infant Island and protector of the Earth. Already, she was alerted of the alien’s coming and was already gathering her energy for the showdown.

The Millenian looked on as his ship entered the atmosphere above Earth. The rocks that disguised the ship were melted away and vaporized by the intense temperatures. On the streets, people had begun to flee in every direction as the ship plummeted downward. Cries of terror could be heard, and soon, all was silent. A mushroom cloud of dust floated to the heavens as the ship crashed in the center of the metropolis. The buildings around it began to fall inward from the impact and windows of structures all around shattered. The ship was broken in two. The extraterrestrial inside, however, was uninjured. Already, the chemicals inside his body given to him by his superiors were taking effect. The creature began to morph, and soon, a lumbering giant towered over the buildings surrounding him.

Miles away, the divine moth’s gigantic wings flapped once, a storm of dust and dirt filling her cave. Another flap and she was above the ground, and with the next she was out of the opening above her and in the air, on her way to protect the Earth. Mothra’s mouth let out a chirp; it wouldn’t take long for her to get there.

Pillars of smoke filled the entire area. Tank and jet fire could be heard echoing in the entire city, but the Earthling weapons proved futile against the giant. As Orga’s massive bulk slammed against another building, the new maser-equipped battalion entered the fray. Bolt after bolt of blue energy slammed into his hide, but what damage was done was quickly healed. The mutant’s massive hands slammed down on the weapons, shattering them like glass.

 As the dust and smoke cleared, the mind of the alien within the beast  believed he could see something approaching in the air. His misshapen maw opened and closed once, staring at the oncoming object. Not a second later, the entire ground around the distorted creature erupted into showers of sparks and smoke as two beams of energy lashed from the foe’s antenna. Mothra lowered closer to the ground, gaining even more speed. The Queen of The Monsters rammed headfirst into the invader, knocking him back and causing him to tumble into a building behind him. A black cloud of smoke engulfed the area and the guardian pulled up, her wings releasing bolts of electricity into the rubble in hopes of frying the grotesque villian.

Her holy assault came to an end as the dust cleared. The moth beat her wings a hundred yards away from the heap of rubble, just waiting for movement. Seconds turned into minutes and it seemed the ogre was defeated. A antennaed head lowered, but just as it did so, the rubble exploded outward. The insect’s head reared back and Mothra tried to fly upward, but it was too late. The resplendent hero was blasted back as the invader’s shoulder cannon slammed her through building after building. The beam stopped and Orga lifted himself out of the rubble. The space monster’s body shook off the chunks of debris and snarled. Slowly but surely, the hybrid beast moved through the city and to the downed hero. Her left wing had a hole at the tip, but it was not damaged enough to remove her flying abilities. The Millenian monster’s  hands reached down and grabbed the Goddess of Peace by her wings. A crunching noise could be heard as his venomous mouth clamped down on two of her legs. The great deity screamed in agony and soon confusion as the alien’s head started to become furry and it seemed two antennas were growing from his head! His eyes became bigger and bluish and the fur that formed began to turn white.

The savior of Earth struggled and soon the moth screamed in pain, the third tug having broken both the legs that the ravenous beast held onto. Orga’s jaws clamped down even more and soon the appendages were in his maw entirely. The beast’s entire body was now covered in a thick lair of white and gray fuzz, and it seemed his back was forming wings! In a last ditch effort, Mothra flapped her wings and flew back. A snapping sound could be heard as the supersonic flyer  slammed herself backfirst into a building. The kaiju mimic leaned his head back, swallowing her legs whole, but the DNA was not enough to sustain his transformation, and the Mothra traits retreated back into his body.

Mothra chirped in pain as her stumps oozed a green goo, before she flapped her massive wings, taking back to the air. With a few flaps of the goddess’ beautiful wings, a storm of golden scales began to surround the area. The mutated monster’s shoulder began to glow and the cannon fired. The shimmering scales caught the beam and redirected it downward, blasting the shoulder that the cannon was housed in. Alien flesh rained to the ground but already it was healing. After a few seconds, the wound was healed, but the cannon was not. 

The wings of Infant Island’s protector  released more of their scales while her wings released dozens of lightning bolts. The beast’s flesh burst off in several areas as bolt after bolt impacted it. But it did not take long for Orga’s healing to take care of the damage done, and his massive hand reached up and gripped the lepidopteran by the abdomen. With a screech, the defender of Earth was body slammed against the rubble-covered ground. As one distorted  left hand held her down, the right raised up. The Queen of Monsters released a cry of pain as the fist slammed down on her thorax. Again it slammed down, and then again and again. Each slam caused the giant insect’s body to cave in slightly, forcing spurts of goo from her mandibles and severed legs.

The Millenian’s hand lifted up again and opened up, exposing the sharp claws on the ends of his massive fingers. The divine moth again cried out in pain as thick claws tore into her right wing, shredding it like a sheet. Green slime was slung about as Orga dragged his hand down from the tip of the wing. The massive appendage was shredded like paper and the hero of Earth screamed in agony as the grotesque invader repeated this process on her other wing. Her blue eyes seemed to become dimmer as death drew upon her. With his foe nearly dead, the ravenous hybrid gripped her by the abdomen once again, and hoisted her back towards his maw!

The DNA thief’s mouth seemed to unlatch like a snake’s. Slowly, the skin around it engulfed Mothra, hooking onto her and pulling her in. As he did so, Orga’s body morphed and started to become insectoid. His eyes once again became big, round and blue. A pair of antennae emerged from his skull and his body once again grew the white and gray fuzz. A pair of Mothra-like wings formed on his back and his back slimmed down. Soon, only the Goddess of Peace’s head could be seen in the giant maw. The alien’s maw clamped shut like a bear trap, and from a mile away, a large crack could be heard as her head exploded inside the demon’s mouth. The transformation was complete; the alien had become not only his Orga form, but had gained traits of Mothra as well!

Fuzzy massive hands slammed on the ground. Now was the time to track down the creature that defeated his brother in 1999…

Winner: Orga

Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

Grand King Ghidorah cackled as he flew over the city, casting down beams of yellow energy and sending plumes of fire and smoke high into the air. He was the antithesis of life, and his existence only had one meaning; to cause death and destruction wherever he went. The King of Terror was simply a cosmic force of destruction, nothing more, nothing less. Even he didn’t know where he’d come from, why he’d been created. But he didn’t care. He loved the destruction he left in his wake, the smell of burnt flesh and the screams of dying organisms as he flew over and destroyed all that dared laid eyes on his golden scales and horrific visage. The living reaper flew in low, allowing his passing to level buildings from the windstorms his massive form created merely by flying at high speeds… until a massive silver leg suddenly erupted from the earth and smashed into the tyrant, sending him crashing to the ground. Ghidorah cackled in fury, swiftly rising to his feet to see what being would dare assault the bane of the universe

The Queen Legion tore her gigantic frame free from the ground with an unearthly bellow, standing before her fellow space monster. As ironic as it may be, she was here to kill the world destroyer to save the Earth. Why? Because if the star devil destroyed the Earth, then her kind wouldn’t be able to colonize it. Truthfully, the extraterrestrial insect wasn’t evil, not some demonic destroyer or alien conqueror like other invaders. Only one thing drove her: To protect her colony. At their most basic purpose, she and her nemesis Gamera were the same, they were guardians of a certain kind of life; he, life on Earth, the monarch, the life of her colony. Certainly this put them at odds, made her predecessor and the Guardian of the Universe fight to the death, but at their most basic of motives, the two were identical, just the species they were guardians of were simply enemies. But that wasn’t her only motivation, no. While King Ghidorah certainly threatened her colony, that was another reason for her to attack him. Despite all life being very different, there was a universal constant in the universe. On an instinctive level, all life despised the tyrant, for as an antithesis of life, he was the enemy to all lifeforms in the entire universe. Any of them would, given the chance, attempt to kill King Ghidorah without hesitation. The towering arthropod was no different. Unluckily for her, the three headed devil felt the same way to all other life. 

The King of Terror screeched  in rage at this monster that dared assault his cosmic might, and reacted with a barrage of Gravity Bolts from his three mouths. To his shock, however, the queen’s  upper legs quickly weaved a web of electricity, catching the destructive rays and dissipating them into the air. The silicon invader bellowed as her horn suddenly split open down the middle, electricity crackling between the separated parts as she charged before letting loose a powerful electromagnetic beam. The golden demise stood his ground, only to be shocked  as he suffered  a devastating impact on his chest.

  The resulting explosion sent golden scales flying into the air and cries of agony from the space monster’s three mouths. He then realized his mistake, his scales deflected light-based attacks by manipulating the light composing them into a barrier. But this beam wasn’t light, it was electricity, something he wasn’t used to coming at him instead of the other way around. Grand King Ghidorah roared in fury and charged  before she could fire off another shot and sunk his jaws into her armor, pressurized air shooting out from the holes his powerful jaws poked in her armor, more following as he tore chunks of armor out.

The queen of the colony screeched in rage, quickly rearing up and swinging her still blazing hot horn down, slicing a gash along the nightmare of the cosmos’s chest, cauterizing the wound with the heat still present. The extinct dragon roared out in pain, then quickly replied by letting loose bolts of electricity from his wing spikes, getting an extremely satisfying roar of pain from Legion as the bolts tore into her form, ravaging her body. The queen wouldn’t let this go unpunished and brought her massive hind legs forwards, Ghidorah breaking off his attack to evade, only to have his right wing impaled on the sharp points. 

Grand King Ghidorah roared in fury, tearing his wing free, knowing he could still fly without it with his mastery of gravity. The void’s champion quickly let loose his Gravity Rays, the symbiotic alpha not having enough time to raise her shield and having a large chunk of her chest armor sent flying into the air. Roaring in fury, the alien arthropod opened her horn and charged, the super dragon taking flight to evade, allowing the ground he’d been standing on moments before to erupt into a tower of fire, smoke and debris as the deadly ray tore into it.

The Grand Ghidorah took to the sky, intending to use his flying ability to gain the upper hand. After all, this inferior life form hadn’t yet shown she could follow him. Unfortunately for the King of Terror, a set of insect-like wings emerged from her back, sending the queen of the Legion horde into the sky in hot pursuit. The malevolent drake was thankful, however, to find his foe was slower than him, letting him get ahead. She quickly responded to this by opening her horn and letting loose with her beam, Grand King Ghidorah wisely dodging this time and returning fire with his Gravity Rays. The protector of the colony, unable to use her shield very well while airborne, evaded the attack.  The two exchanged beams in a deadly dogfight, each narrowly avoiding getting hit by the other one, the missing attacks striking the ground below, blowing buildings to smoldering rubble as the conflict continued to rage. 

 The insectoid invader, realizing this was meaningless, managed to close the distance between them, attempting to gore Monster Zero on her horn. However, the galactic terror saw this coming and narrowly evaded a full impact, but gained a deep gash in his side. The three headed demon  took advantage of his position by firing his Gravity Beams, piercing the giant extraterrestrial’s  fluttering, but fragile wings. Roaring in rage, the Symbiotic Queen was cast from the sky and plummeted toward Earth, but managed to get off another shot of her horn beam, striking her foe in the chest with enough force to shoot him down as well.

The two space monsters crashed hard into the ground below, both leaving impact craters of a sizable sort in their wake and toppling several large buildings. However, the parasitic monarch, used to arriving unprotected from reentry, was quick to rise, her body having endured little damage. Grand King Ghidorah, while mostly unharmed from the crash, was still dazed from the impact, used to having a meteor protecting him from the reentry impact. Legion took advantage and stampeded towards the still-downed golden demise and reared up, attempting to crush him under her massive bulk. The awakening nightmare, however, had the clarity of mind to let loose his wing lightning, striking the multi legged monster’s silicon body and sending her back as she attempted to get away from the painful assault, giving the void god enough room to return to his feet. The space monster took flight and dove down, kicking her in the face and forcing her back. He continued and flew around behind her, blasting the Queen with his Gravity Rays, sending chunks of armored flesh flying with highly pressurized air escaping the holes. The massive monarch roared in pain, but before she could move her gigantic form around, she was buffeted with another onslaught of Gravity beams, blowing off more of her armored skin. Before the comic horror could fire another barrage, the Symbiotic Legion’s apex managed to get around and block his Gravity Beam with her energy field.

The Super Dragon Monster quickly realized this and flew up, trying to get around behind her again, but before he could, the Legion Queen dove underground disappearing beneath the surface. The King of Terror searched around for his foe, trying to locate her so he could resume his assault and retain the upper hand. He waited but got impatient and unleashed his Gravity Bolts on the ground, sending explosions of earth, rubble, and fire high into the sky. After a few moments of this onslaught, the mad monarch stopped and looked, seeing if he’d hit his rival. It didn’t take long for the horned alien  to reveal that she hadn’t been struck and her head to emerge from the ground, horn open and charging, the resulting electromagnetic ray hitting the triple threat  hard in the back, sending him falling hard to the ground. The Emperor of The Cosmos managed to catch himself and land on his feet, swiftly turning to face the looming arthropod  as she completely tore free of the earth, charging him as fast as she could.

 The draconic extinction dodged her deadly horn and sunk his fangs into her sides, ripping loose more chunks of silicon-based flesh. There was one thing the hateful drake was beginning to despise this insect for: not only would she not die already, she wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of seeing her bleed! Thirsting to see ichor spill, he sent his snaking heads into the wounds and tore out a larger hunk of armor from inside her, spitting it away. Before he could perform the attack again, sickle-like hind legs sprung forwards, one piercing his unhurt wing, the other into his stomach, driving a spurt of blood from the cosmic demon. Retreating quickly to avoid more damage, Grand King Ghidorah realized he couldn’t win like this, this armored beast was simply a superior melee fighter. He then decided to change tactics, he had to destroy her horn. 

The Space Terror took flight as the Symbiotic Legion  pressed her attack and attempted another horn thrust. The Super Dragon quickly caught sight of a ferris wheel nearby and got a nasty thought in his heads. He dove down and grabbed the structure in his talons, picking it up off the ground and flying straight at Legion. The titan of silicon turned slowly, in time to see this, but not in time to do anything about it. The ferris wheel was driven into her face, her horn stabbing through the center as it did so. She roared out in pain, staggering backwards, trying to open her horn, but how far the ferris wheel had gone prevented it from doing so. The living extinction took advantage by letting loose his wing lightning, the electricity using the metal structure as a conductor, intensifying the shock and causing the inorganic beast to roar out in agony. Grand King Ghidorah relished her howls of pain and finally let up. The Queen crashed to the ground hard, clearly hurt. The King of Terror saw her trying to rise and decided to take advantage of her weakness and destroy that infernal horn of hers and take out her most powerful weapon. The cosmo’s emperor took flight, sailing through the air and slamming his feet hard into her horn, earning a crack. He flew around again, repeating the act. The alien arthropod, in her weakened state and with her horn stuck shut, was unable to counterattack. Finally, one of the kicks snapped off the horn, sending it falling to the ground in two large chunks. The titanic creature  screeched in agony, rearing back as the now-free ferris wheel fell to the ground, and she soon followed, her eyes going black.

The dread demon examined the seemingly dead kaiju, approaching slowly, fairly certain victory was his. But suddenly, and to his shock, Legion’s eyes lit up a blazing and furious red. The alien queen surged back to her fighting stance. Destroying her horn had been a mistake, one she was certain to make his last. Her horn’s stump let loose a multitude of scarlet energy whips that tore through the air, hungry to taste alien  blood. Unfortunately for Legion, these were a light-based weapon, one which Ghidorah’s scales refracted, rendering it useless. The destroyer countered with his own Gravity Bolts, sending several of her upper legs flying into the air and a roar of agony from her mandibles. King Ghidorah let loose another volley, the silicon alien raising her shield, only for the weakened barrier to be unable to block it, her right eye exploding into a fireball as the beams slammed into it. The three headed terror watched his foe  slump over, weakened and hurt, pausing to relish her suffering. This was a mistake.

The invading monarch  launched up, the area behind her head glowing as well as the hive-like structure on the front of her. She unleashed her secret weapon, a swarm of Symbiotic Legion from her chest. The swarming army quickly covered the void god from head to toe, ripping and tearing into his flesh, blood quickly trickling from their mandibles. The living extinction screeched in agony, slamming his body against buildings and blasting himself with his own attacks, trying desperately to rid his body of the tiny terrors. 

The queen of the swarm took advantage as, once she regained her strength, she charged forwards, a cluster of Symbiotic Legion moving out of the way on their target’s chest as she relayed information to them. She planted her horn stump into the exposed area so his scales wouldn’t be able to protect him as the Legion on his back did the same as those on the front. Her energy whips erupted forth, directly into King Ghidorah’s chest, tearing out his back, going through his black heart in the process. The star beast roared in agony, trying to get free but Legion directed her whips into his spinal column, cutting it in two. The towering monster ended her whips, allowing the beast to collapse paralyzed to the ground. While he could move his heads, it didn’t do much good, as she was soon behind him where she couldn’t be reached. She merely stood silent, watching her offspring bite and claw into the enemy of all life, his roars of pain going unanswered.

Hours later, the titanic insect watched as her offspring crawled off what was left of the genocidal emperor. The once powerful King of Terror, destroyer of thousands of worlds, now was nothing but a pile of bloody bones laying in the city streets, and soon even that wouldn’t remain as his bones were broken down to make the nest. With this grave threat dead, she could now turn her focus on her nest. Perhaps this time none would be foolish enough to dare challenge her and her swarm after word spread that Legion had killed the mighty Grand King Ghidorah.

Winner: Legion

Author: Christian Salabert | Banner: Stephanie Hughes & Jackson Morris

Monster Island. Home to many of Earth’s giant monsters. The South Pacific isle was no stranger to epic battles between the titanic creatures, but today the island would experience something different. Something far greater. A battle beyond the scope of mankind’s imagination.

The King of the Monsters snarled as he glared at the beast standing before him. Unlike his other foes, Godzilla was infuriated by the mere fact that this creature existed. He thought he had slain the beast before, but he could plainly tell he had failed. Rearing his head back and roaring furiously, the monster monarch let it be known that he wouldn’t rest until the hideous monster in front of him was completely eradicated from the Earth.

The Super Monster staring back shared the radioactive reptile’s hatred. The two had clashed before, yet this newcomer still lived. This enraged Bagan. The fact that there was a beast capable of withstanding his awesome power was an insult to his very being. The forest god flexed his claws and bared his razor-sharp teeth. His powerful tail swung menacingly behind him. This time, he would be sure to reduce his rival to a pile of broken, bloody ashes.

Almost instantaneously, the two attacked.

Their bodies crashed together with a thunderous noise, their claws and teeth sinking into the other’s flesh. Barely even feeling the saurian’s attacks, the divine destroyer slashed at his neck with his snout horn, only for the Monster King to rear his head back and unleash a point-blank blast of his atomic ray into the horned face, scorching flesh. Bagan staggered back, clutching at his head. Jagged dorsal fins flashed as the titanic tyrant prepared to fire another blast, only for the corrupted god to spew a burst of his plasma breath, striking Godzilla hard in the chest and knocking him off his feet. The enhanced deity growled angrily and marched forward as his face healed. Raising his foot, he brought it down on the pebbly chest of his foe, doing his best to crush the mighty monster underfoot. The King of Monsters grabbed the ancient horror’s foot and struggled to shove it off his chest but had no such luck, groaning as he started to find it hard to breathe and felt his ribs begin to crack. The legendary evil let loose a sinister cry as he applied even more and more pressure to the chest and was rewarded by loud, sickening cracks.

Godzilla growled. Enough was enough. His dorsal fins flashed, followed by his entire body. In a powerful shockwave of nuclear energy, his tormentor was blasted off and onto his back some distance away. Roaring angrily, the Strongest Monster on Earth got to his feet and began making his way towards the downed forest god, his fins flaring with bluish-white energy.

But before the Monster King could unleash his wrath upon Bagan, a crimson energy blast struck him from behind, engulfing him in a series of explosions. Godzilla staggered, then turned to see what had dared to strike him with such a cheap shot.

He was greeted by Gigan landing and letting loose his high-pitched shriek, posing his scythe-arms as he struck a battle stance.

The irradiated Godzillasaur growled angrily. Not Gigan again. He charged up his atomic ray and let it loose, blasting the cyborg square in the chest and knocking him back. Digging his spiked feet into the ground, the cyborg assassin attacked again, two small compartments opening in his torso. Before the living atom bomb could react, two circular discs flew out of the compartments and sped towards him. They sliced into his chest and quickly emerged from his back, causing the saurian to cry out as they slashed through his flesh even though he was already healing the damage they inflicted. Suddenly, they cut him again, this time on each side of his neck, as they returned to whence they came.

The God of Darkness got back to his feet just in time to watch Godzilla crash to the ground, blood spurting from his neck. Bagan and Gigan glared at each other, each monster briefly considering attacking the other. But almost at the same time, they came to and agreed upon an even better idea, and returned their attention to the fallen king, who was just getting back onto his feet. Just as he did so, the spiked tail of the gold smashed into his face, sending him staggering towards the cybernetic relic.. The cyborg lashed out, smacking the sea monster across the face with his right scythe. As he stumbled back towards Bagan, the space dinosaur fired another blast of his Cluster Light Ray, surrounding the Monster King with explosions. Before he could recover from that, the ancient beast unleashed a powerful blast of his plasma breath, knocking the kaiju flat once more.

The sadistic alliance watched with glee as Godzilla writhed about in pain. The two were about to advance, when they noticed a bright light in the sky. It quickly came closer and closer, revealing itself to be a large, flaming meteorite. The two evil kaiju watched as it neared the island at an alarming speed. It slammed into a nearby mountain range, completely atomizing it in the explosion brought about by its crash landing. From amongst the burning debris emerged another monstrosity, its forked tail swished behind it as it approached the battle scene.

The Xillien beast chirped a welcome as he recognized his ally.

Bagan did not share the cyborg’s enthusiasm for the new arrival.

The four red eyes of Monster X narrowed in fury as they fell upon Bagan. He may have been sent to assist Gigan against Godzilla, but he had a new objective now.

Charging at top speed, the demon of the asteroid ran at the fallen god, leaping into the air and tackling him to the ground. Gigan watched in surprise as his partner slammed his bony fists against the side of the horned monster’s head over and over and over. The gray dragon tried to unleash his plasma breath into his foe’s face, but the skeletal kaiju grabbed the fanged mouth and tightly held it shut, as the drake growled angrily. Without his true strength, this beast was a much larger threat than it was before. Rolling onto his side, Bagan managed to throw Monster X off of him and climb back onto his feet. But the athletic alien was up even quicker, firing a flurry of Gravity Bolts from his eyes. The God of Darkness howled in pain as they exploded against his flesh, energy of his own building up within his jaws. Searing white energy flew from his mouth, slamming into a black torso and sending him skidding back across the ground.

Just as Gigan was about to intervene on his skeletal ally’s behalf, an atomic ray blasted him in the back, knocking him face-first into the dirt. He quickly returned to his feet and turned to face Godzilla, who by now was almost on top of him. The intergalactic terror swung his arm in retaliation, but the Monster King snatched it before its scythe could slash him. When the Xillien war machine brought his other arm forward, the unfazed monarch grabbed that one as well.

The two grappled like that for a moment until the cyborg activated his buzzsaw and thrust his body forward, letting the blades dig into and shred radioactive flesh. Stumbling back, the invincible king unleashed an atomic blast into Gigan’s face, causing the cyborg to shriek as the ray struck him square in the visor. Seconds later, a ridged tail swung around and struck the bladed legs, knocking the bird-like beast to the soil. The cyclopean ninja raised his head and fired his Cluster Light Ray again, but this time it only succeeded in angering Godzilla, who returned fire with another atomic ray to the face.

Monster X swung his fist at his foe’s face, only to howl in agony when the ancient beast bit down on it, his teeth sinking into the armored creature’s hand. The world destroyer kicked hard into a red gut, forcing the beast to release the Xilien monster’s hand and driving him back. Piercing red eyes fired another blast of his Gravity Bolts, searing prehistoric flesh. Just as Bagan was about to retaliate, the ground began to quake. The two evil beasts looked around, trying to find the source of the disturbance, and growled with what appeared to be annoyance when they finally did so. The King of Monsters, however, grunted with approval.

The cavalry had arrived.

Anguirus, Gorosaurus, Godzilla Junior, Daigoro, Varan, Titanosaurus and Zilla were quickly approaching the two demons. The ground began to buckle and split, revealing Gomora and Baragon. Rodan circled the area, letting loose his famous cackle. The residents of Monster Island had been jolted awake by Monster X’s explosive landing and had finally arrived, sensing the threat to their island home.

Anguirus and Gorosaurus were the first to attack. Flinging himself backward, the determined ankylosaur smashed his spiked shell into Bagan’s torso, sending the Super Monster careening to the ground. The allosaur reared up on his tail, slamming his feet into the Xillien weapon’s chest and sending him crashing onto his back. The Killer of the Living lunged in closer, clamping his jaws down onto the forest god’s throat. But the great gray dragon was not about to let such an insignificant insect harm him, especially not one he had killed so easily before. As the Angliasur shook his head back and forth, digging his fangs deeper into his foe’s neck, the evil god rose up onto his feet and placed his claws around the spiked neck, pulling his jaws off him.

Holding onto his neck, Bagan spun around and swung Anguirus through the air, sending him crashing into Gorosaurus and knocking them to the ground. Just as he was about to incinerate the two with his plasma breath, the crimson energy pulses of Gomora’s Super Oscillatory Wave slammed into him, driving him back in a burst of sparks. Before the prehistoric terror could recover, the burrowing dinosaur had moved in close, slamming his fists into the reptilian demon again and again. Monster X was back on his feet and prepared to attack, when Titanosaurus tackled him from behind, grabbing onto his arms. Zilla ran up, slashing at the Xillien with his claws. Unfortunately, the mutant lizard’s claws inflicted no damage to the bony armor. With a mighty heave, the final monster flipped the gentle giant over his back and brought him crashing down on top of the imitating reptile, stunning both creatures. Before he could strike them, Rodan slammed into him from behind, knocking him clear over both reptiles and to the ground.

Monster X was quickly back on his feet, his vision zeroing in on the terror of the skies. Golden Gravity Bolts flew through the air, blasting the massive Pteranodon and sending him spiraling out of the sky. Warily, Godzilla Junior and Daigoro did their best to look intimidating as they approached the cybernetic assassin. The cyborg opened his arms wide then clapped them onto their heads, striking them with the flat of his blades. As the two staggered, Gigan fired a burst of his Cluster Light Beam. The ensuing explosions caused the pudgy kaiju to leap back in surprise, toppling onto his back. The heir to the throne reacted with a blast of his atomic ray, scorching the buzzsaw on the chest.

The cyborg spun around, thrusting his tail towards the young monster. The claw at the end of the rigid tail clamped around Junior’s neck and, with a tug, he tossed the son of Godzilla to the ground. Gigan turned to face the fallen offspring and raised his right scythe, preparing to bring it down and cleave the reptile in two, when he suddenly found himself lifting into the air. Holding onto his tail, Godzilla pulled him down, slamming the bladed bully face-first into the dirt. Again he lifted, then smashed the avian alien downward. On the third time, he swung the cyborg around and sent him crashing into a nearby cliffside. The Xillien got back to his feet and prepared to strike when a powerful atomic ray pushed him back against the cliff. The Monster King roared angrily at the cyborg, a warning not to harm his son, before he turned to make sure Junior wasn’t seriously injured.

Gomora hit the ground hard, his chest smoking after a rather strong blast of plasma breath. Zilla leapt up onto the Super Monster’s back, but the dragon easily dislodged the lizard and snatched him in his claws. Slashing the reptile across the face, the ancient one sent the menace of New York crashing to the dirt. His snout bleeding, the imitator iguana pulled back. Varan attacked Bagan next, biting and clawing at him. The assault irritated the dragon more than anything else, and he responded by swinging around and slamming his tail into The Unbelivable’s midsection, sending him hurtling into the King of Monster’s side, spines-first. Godzilla shrieked as he was stabbed, then knocked to the ground, by the massive monitor, and the two reptiles struggled to separate themselves.

Baragon moved in next, snarling at the monstrosity that had turned his body into nothing more than a fleshy cocoon. Unleashing a blast of his fire at hir tormentor’s feet as a distraction, the burrowing beast leapt into the air, ready to tackle Bagan to the ground. Unfortunately, the forest god snatched him out of the air and tossed him away, sending him crashing onto his back. The horned hunter was quickly back on his feet, however, and fired a stronger blast of his heat ray, striking the legendary demon in the back. The hellacious beast turned to face the subterranean monster, but all he saw was the saurian getting knocked away by Monster X’s foot. The alien skeleton turned to face his arcane rival and charged him again. Bagan turned and swung his tail at the Keizer kaiu, but the creature skillfully caught it and began tugging on it. The God of Darkness growled in annoyance as he tried to pull his tail out of the alien’s grip, but that was not proving to be an easy task.

The forest god cried out when Gravity Bolt after Gravity Bolt exploded against his back. In front of him, Anguirus, Gorosaurus, Baragon, Titanosaurus and Gomora were regrouping and preparing to make a united strike. Gathering his energy, Bagan’s eyes and horns crackled with energy. Moments later, glowing diamonds rained down from the sky, crashing hard into each kaiju present and surrounding them with explosions. The five reptilian beasts in front of Bagan were felled and the Xillien vanguard was sent careening onto the dirt, having lost his grip on the tail. Godzilla and Varan were blasted apart when one of the projectiles crashed in between them.

The Diamond Storm complete, the Super Monster turned and faced the fallen creatures. He growled, his lips snarling, daring them to continue the fight.

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A few miles away, another battle was taking place.

Gamera shrieked as the golden ray of his ancient enemy lanced across his forehead, drawing green blood. Gyaos rasped evilly, happy it had inflicted another wound on the guardian. The eons-old foes were engaged in a dogfight amongst the clouds over the South Pacific and had been for some time now. Each fireball the terrapin had launched had missed its mark. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the reptilian chioptera’s sonic beam. Luckily, this particular ravenous flyer did not employ it as frequently as its brethren, preferring to rake its talons against its fellow Atlantean’s flesh. And it did so once again, slashing them across the tusked face as the titanic tortoise was distracted by the pain from the previous sonic blast. The Guardian of the Universe was quick to react, lashing out with his jaws and biting down hard on the taloned leg, just above the ankle. Gyaos screamed in pain as thick tusks and fangs pierced its flesh. The bird-like reptile responded by wildly firing beam after beam, trying to force the heroic reptile to release its leg. Most of the blasts bounced harmlessly off the thick shell, but three struck the ancient knight’s face and neck in rapid succession, causing him to open his mouth, crying out in agony as more of his blood was spilled.

Now free from their foe’s toothy grasp, the Shadow of Evil swerved away, putting some distance between the two. Gamera quickly belched forth a plasma fireball, which came dangerously close to detonating against its ridged chest. The crimson beast dove down, then came up behind the friend to children, preparing to fire its sonic beam into the turtle’s hind jets. But the seasoned defender was ready for the attack and quickly spun around, spewing another fireball in the sonic predator’s direction. The evil creature shrieked and moved to avoid the flaming projectile. For the most part, it succeeded, but the edge of its left wing was singed. Gyaos needed to get away from the armored guardian before the next fireball hit home.

Its bloodshot eyes spotted an island not too far away. Turning its back to their nemesis, the scourge of Atlantis made a beeline for the land mass.

Gamera called out after his foe and began to give chase. But at its full speed, the savage beast was too fast for only two jets. Withdrawing his arms and head into his shell, the terrapin began spinning with all four jets firing and quickly started to close the gap between the two. The Shadow of Evil would make it to the island, but it would have no time to hide.

As Gyaos, then Gamera, flew past Monster Island’s shores, neither of them noticed the water bubbling, something forming underneath.

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Godzilla, Gorosaurus and Gomora crashed to the ground one-by-one, each outmatched by the God of Darkness’ impressive strength. Monster X leapt in, pummeling the drake’s face with his fists. He grabbed the Super Monster’s nasal horn, pulling the titan’s head down and slammed his spiked elbow into the horn’s base. Bagan responded with a blast of plasma to Monster X’s gut, knocking him back. As the Ghidorah borne reeled from the blast, the tri-horned tyrant swung around and slammed his tail into the skeletal kaiju, knocking him to the ground. The Monster King’s ray struck the ancient devil square in the back, causing the gray beast to turn, screaming in rage. The Prince of Monsters was suddenly in front of him, stabbing his snout horn into the villain’s gut and pumping him full of his oscillatory wave. The demon growled as the explosive energies were unleashed into his body, but paid them no attention. Grabbing his attacker’s crescent head horns, he pulled the dinosaur’s horn out of his flesh, then tossed the beast away as if he were nothing but mere garbage. The resilient fighter rolled back onto his feet and slammed his fists together, then charged into battle again.

Anguirus howled in pain as Gigan smashed his spiked foot into the quadruped’s lower jaw, kicking him aside. Godzilla Junior fired his atomic blast, striking the sadistic superweapon in the chest and startling him more than anything else. The cyborg took a step towards Godzilla’s son, only to have the ground collapse underneath him. The space dinosaur shrieked in surprise as he fell into the ditch, the ground buckling on either side of him. Baragon and Zilla emerged and immediately began clawing and biting at his beaked face. The cycloptic alien thrust his scythes forward, gashing the two subterranean reptiles in their stomachs. The two stumbled away as the Xillien climbed out of the ditch, ready to slice the pair in two.

A moment later, the shriek of Gyaos was heard. The bird-like reptile landed in the middle of the carnage, having spotted it from the air and hoping to lose Gamera within it. Unfortunately, the Guardian of the Universe knew exactly where his foe was. The spinning shell came down and out popped his head and limbs, landing directly in front of his nemesis. The blood red reptile lashed out with its clawed fingers, trying to scratch the terrapin’s eyes out, but the turtle batted its wings away. Bringing his arm up, the ancient hero slashed his elbow claw across the ravenous killer’s chest. The evil beast reeled back, shrieking wildly. Just then, its flight was suddenly halted as it smashed into something. Turning around to see what it had struck, Gyaos found itself face-to-face with Bagan.

In a white hot blast, the Shadow of Evil was gone. Only its charred wings remained.

The Atlantean defender reared his head back in horror. Bagan?! Immediately, the shelled reptile belched forth a trio of plasma fireballs. The legendary demon batted the first two fireballs away with his hands, the third striking him square in the chest. Already, his regeneration was healing the damage the flames had done. The guardian’s hind legs were gone, replaced by roaring blue flames, sending the turtle rocketing towards the gray dragon. Gamera slammed into the Super Monster, grabbing and biting him. The God of Darkness reached up, sinking his claws into the protector’s throat. The mighty terrapin gurgled for a moment, then was suddenly back in spinning form. Bagan shrieked as the razor sharp shell sliced into him like a circular saw, gashing his chest open and sending his blood everywhere. The titanic turtle flew over the injured demon as he crashed to the ground, allowing The King and Prince of Monsters a clean shot. Just as the forest demon got back to his feet, their respective beam weapons slammed into his opened chest. He groaned as they burned into him, then fired his plasma breath again, blasting Gomora off his feet and knocking Godzilla to his knees. Just as the terrible divine began to grin at his foes’ pain, another of Gamera’s fireballs exploded against his face.

Gorosaurus cried out as Monster X’s Gravity Bolts scorched his torso. Anguirus rushed forward, snapping his fangs at the skeleton, only to receive a kick to the face, knocking him aside. With the space monster distracted, the teal theropod leaned up onto his tail, smashing his powerful legs into his chest, sending the Xilien creature spinning head over heels. Titanosaurus moved forward and kicked the downed devil in the side, sending him hurtling through the air once again. But this time, the red-eyed monster rolled as he landed, quickly getting back to his feet and launching a series of golden beams, instantly dropping the aquatic beast. Varan leapt onto X’s back, battering the alien’s head with his claws. As the Xillien vanguard tried to snatch Obaki, Daigoro flew through the air, slamming his feet into the evil monster’s chest. The draconic revenant crashed to the ground, knocking the varanid away, then got back to his feet, glaring at the young hero. The tubby monster shrunk back as Monster X charged and backhanded him across the face. But the strongest monster of the Xillien army wasn’t done yet, leaping into the air and whipping the hippo-like toddler with his tail, knocking him to the dirt. The mere Earth monsters taken care of, the Keizer turned his attention back to Bagan. .

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The seas just off of Monster Island’s shores continued to bubble as a large, hulking form raised up out of the waves. It waved its tendrils in the air and narrowed its dull yellow eyes, making its way onto shore and towards the sounds of battle.

A second creature rose up out of the water, having been watching the previous monster’s body form beneath the waves. Ebirah knew it was no match for the being that had just emerged from the water and had wisely decided to stay out of its way. Just as the colossal crustacean began to sink back under the waves, another creature made its presence known.

Manda’s green eyes fell upon the giant lobster in front of him. Like Ebirah, the massive snake had been disturbed by the large monster’s appearance and had emerged to watch it leave. But the sea snake was in no mood to battle now. He hissed at Ebirah, warning him to stay back.

Unfortunately for Manda, Ebirah was not a very good listener.

The mighty crustacean lunged forward, clamping his right pincer down on the Mu guardian’s body, just above his arms. Manda grunted in fury, then struck, biting down on the shrimp’s head. But the serpent’s teeth only harmlessly bounced off Ebirah’s shell, barely even scratching it. A second strike also failed to inflict any real damage, but came dangerously close to taking out an eye, causing the crustacean to release his foe and back away. Angry now, the undersea dragon quickly wrapped his coils around the shrimp’s body and began to squeeze. The sea monster screeched as he felt the pressure start to press down on his body, his shell beginning to crack.

Waving his arms wildly but unable to reach the snake, Ebirah dove down beneath the waves. The Mu serpent roared in his opponent’s face, biting down on the pointy crest jutting from the top of his head. The Red Bamboo weapon was quickly finding it hard to breathe as his shell split more and more. Coming upon a large, jagged rock, the mutant arthropod slammed into it, bashing his tormentor between the rock and his spiny shell. Manda cried out from the blow, but refused to let go, only tightening his grip on the lobster. Shrieking, the titanic shrimp smashed into the rock again, then again. His flesh gashed open, the royal reptile reluctantly loosened his coils, releasing the crustacean from his grasp as he pulled away from the rock. Able to breathe again, Ebirah lashed out, clamping his large pincer down on his foe’s webbed tail. The snake hissed in pain, but the crimson terror was not done. His other pincer lashed out, closing down on one of Manda’s hind legs. The snake decided to return the favor, bringing his head around and sinking his fangs into the fan tail of the mutant, eliciting a cry of pain from the clawed terror.

* * * * *

The demon of the forest swatted Gamera away, sending him careening into Gomora and knocking both reptilian defenders to the ground. Gorosaurus leapt up, planning on smashing his feet into the dragon’s face, only to be blasted through the air by his plasma breath. Rodan swooped in from behind, cracking his beak against Bagan’s skull, but a flick from the dragon’s powerful tail sent the mutant pteranodon crashing to the soil. Godzilla moved in, firing his ray directly into the devil’s face as he closed in. But the evil creature braced himself through the pain and lunged forward, biting down onto his radioactive rival’s snout, cutting off his ray and drawing blood. Releasing his bite, the Super Monster let Godzilla back away and kicked him in the gut, causing the Monster King to topple onto his back. The dark god charged his plasma breath and prepared to fire upon the fallen Godzilla, when he suddenly sensed something new and looked up to see what it was.

It was then that the less… heroic denizens of Monster Island made their presence known.

Rising up and out of the jungle, Kumonga chittered, flexing his mandibles. Kamacuras zoomed in and landed atop a nearby mountain, twitching her head. Gabara reared his arms back, cackling as he let his electric power surge through him. Goliath was next, swinging his massive, gorilla-like arms around, preparing to strike someone with them. And lastly, running headfirst into battle while beating his chest, was Red King, shrieking his arrival to the monsters gathered before him.

Unlike the other Monster Island residents, these beasts were not here to stop the insurmountable evil, or to defend their island home. They weren’t even here to help topple Godzilla from his throne. They just wanted to fight. To prove their dominance over the rest of the monsters. And maybe even make a meal out of their corpses.

As one, they attacked.

The warty bully advanced on Godzilla Junior, his horns crackling with energy. The son of Godzilla reared back, roaring at the ogre, but the mutant toad paid no attention, slamming his electrically-charged fist into the adolescent Godzillasaur’s face. The heir’s stubby dorsal fins flashed, signaling the arrival of his atomic ray, but Gabara quickly moved behind the young monster, grabbing his tail and unleashing hundreds of thousands of volts of electricity into him. Junior screeched as bolts of energy arced over and through his flesh. Kumonga began to spew his silken web at Anguirus and Gorosaurus, covering the two with the sticky threads. The spiked saurian managed to escape the webbing, so the Solgell super-predator focused his efforts on blanketing the Mondo meat-eater entirely. Unfortunately, with his attention now on the oversized allosaur, the giant spider didn’t see the Angilasaur coming up from behind, crunching his jaws down on one of his striped hind legs. The arachnid shrieked and stopped spraying his web, trying to get Anguirus to release his limb.

The Gimantis landed on Baragon’s back and began slamming her sickle-like claws down onto the subterranean reptile. After a few moments of trying to shake the mantis free, the subterranean hunter threw himself backwards, smashing Kamacuras between the ground and his ridged back. Getting back to his feet, the horned predator turned and prepared to assault the mantis with his heat ray, only to have her green claw smack him across the face. Spotting Daigoro, Goliath charged forward, his horn crackling with electricity. Suddenly, he found his path blocked by Varan and Zilla. The hulking blue beast narrowed his eyes at the two and unleashed a storm of lightning from his horn, stunning the two reptiles. Advancing once again, the towering tormentor plowed his powerful fists into the two, knocking the monitor and iguana out of the way as he advanced on his favorite punching bag. The younger monster charged, only to have the larger beast bat him away with ease. Red King pounced at Titanosaurus, immediately slamming his fists into the dinosaur’s chest over and over. The primeval giant cackled in response and reached out, wrapping his clawed hands around the bloodlust-fueled beast’s neck. The bumpy reptile responded in kind, only once he got a decent grip around his foe’s lengthy neck, he pulled the aquatic monster to the ground. Once the normally gentle dinosaur was down, the skull monster began kicking him hard, then climbed onto his chest, raining his fists down on his fanged face.

Out of the corner of his eye, the brutal bully spotted Bagan. In an instant, the greenish-white creature knew that if he was to be feared above all others, then it was this gray dragon before him he would have to slay. Climbing off of Titanosaurus and giving him one last kick for good measure, Red King turned to face the main threat and screeched into the air, slamming a fist into the ground as he snarled. The Lawless Monster Zone’s most feared sped towards the evil creature, and in an instant, he was upon him. The God of Darkness hadn’t even noticed the ancient terror’s display until the bumpy beast began smashing his fists into him. Roaring angrily, the mutated divine turned and stared the armored assailant directly in the eyes. For a moment, the reptile faltered, doubting his decision. But as soon as it came, the doubt was gone, and he reached up and grabbed the massive nasal horn. He began to pull it down so that he could start kicking this demonic upstart in the teeth. Unfortunately, the prehistoric terror had other plans. Heaving his head upward, the giant sent Red King flying clear over him, striking the ground with a thunderous crash. Bagan turned to face his would-be destroyer, who was struggling to regain his wits and get back to his feet.

Smoke began to come from the young Godzillasaur’s skin as it was sizzled by Gabara’s electric power. Just then, an atomic ray blasted the oni square in the chest, sending him flying away and bashing his head on a rock. Junior collapsed to the ground, weak and hurt from the electrical assault. Godzilla stepped forward, placing his hand on his son’s head, telling him that it was alright. Glaring angrily at the green, bumpy creature, the Monster King opened his jaws again, nailing the toxic troll with another atomic blast. Kamacuras quickly flew by, slashing the Godzillasaur’s shoulder with her claws. Blood spurted from his shoulder, and the radioactive reptile staggered, roaring furiously. He fired an atomic ray at the mantis, but she easily avoided the beam thanks to her supersonic speed.

Bagan growled, preparing to vaporize Red King’s skull with a plasma blast. Suddenly, the creature was back on his feet, slamming his fists into the dragon’s armored chest. The dark god almost laughed at the smaller creature’s attempts to harm him. When the rageful reptile pulled his right hand back, the Super Monster expected another pathetic punch. He was taken by surprise when flames erupted from the lumpy beast’s fist and he slammed it into the dark evil’s torso! The Super Monster staggered back, his chest smoking. The blow was nowhere near sufficient to destroy the mighty god, but it was a far more powerful move than was expected from this strange-looking reptile.

Before the Skull Monster could press his advantage, a purple energy beam struck him in the back, causing him to falter. The demon of the forest quickly spun around and slammed his tail into Red King’s side, sending him hurtling through the air. With that foe taken care of for the moment, Bagan turned to face the source of the purple blast.

The aggregate form of Destoroyah, this one a mere head shorter than the tri horned beast, flailed its tendrils around, screaming for the destruction of the God of Darkness. The tank-like beast charged forward and began smacking the enhanced god around with its spiked limbs. From its jaws came a blast of micro-oxygen, burning into the hybrid demon’s chest. Bagan responded in kind, using his plasma breath to blast off the colony creature’s tendrils one after the other. Shrieking in pain, the aggregate creature responded by lunging forward and unleashing its inner jaws, sinking them deep into his chest. Within seconds, the Oxygen Destroyer spawn was pumping the Super Monster full of micro-oxygen. Unlike before, the demon felt true pain this time. Reaching up, he snatched the cruel arthropod’s inner mouth with his claws and crushed it in his grasp. Before the crustacean-like beast could respond, Bagan tugged hard and ripped it out completely, spilling yellow blood from the fanged mouth. The man-made devil’s cry of agony was gurgled, but it still tried to fight back, snapping at the corrupted deity with its crab-like claws. The towering beast returned fire with another plasma blast, sending the aggregate skidding back a good distance away. The microbe beast narrowed its eyes at its foe, planning its next move.

Unfortunately, Destoroyah never got the chance.

A blinding light in the sky distracted every monster momentarily. It quickly became apparent that it was another meteor, though this one was not as large as the one Monster X had arrived in. Within seconds, it smashed down into the soil of Monster Island, exploding violently.

The living bioweapon was pulverized underneath it.

Seconds after the meteor hit, the ground began to shake. Crystals of all shape and size burst from the ground, crackling with lightning. A massive shape emerged from the smoke, unleashing its unearthly cry, letting every creature present know that their time had come.

SpaceGodzilla had arrived.

The crystalline terror immediately zeroed in on the more powerful kaiju present and opened fire with his Corona Beam. The orange bolt circled around the area, striking Godzilla, Bagan, Monster X, Gamera and Gomora. The creatures cried out as the Combat Creature’s blast tore into them. Another blast struck Gigan, Anguirus, Gorosaurus, Goliath and Red King. Energy poured from the crystals in the ground to those on the interstellar tyrant’s shoulders, giving the alien beast even greater strength. Pulling himself up off the ground, the God of Destruction hovered towards his Earthen counterpart. The irradiated reptile opened fire with his radioactive blast, but the telepathic alien’s crystalline shield instantly appeared, reflecting it back at the King of the Monsters. As the monster of monsters reeled back from his own weapon, the gemstone devil pulled a fly by, smashing one of his shoulder crystals into his “brother’s” face and knocking him flat to the ground.

The Guardian of the Universe and ancient hero stepped up, ready to fire their own projectiles at the space monster, but SpaceGodzilla unleashed another Corona Beam, blasting the two right in their faces. The two clutched at their burning eyes as the crystal creature plowed through them, knocking them onto their backs. Landing back near his crystals and absorbing more of their energy, the conqueror wailed at the forest devil, challenging the great beast to combat. Bagan flexed his claws and eagerly accepted, charging forward. The interstellar clone unleashed a Corona Beam at the gray beast, but the mighty monster advanced regardless, charging up a plasma blast. Once he was close enough, the enhanced destroyer fired it, blasting right between his neck and left shoulder crystal. With the space monster distracted, the evil giant’s claws raked the void borne monster’s flesh, who responded in kind, zapping the attacking tyrant with alien energy. The two traded blows for a moment until the nearby ground exploded, taking several of the crystals with it.

The final form of Destoroyah howled into the sky.

The God of Darkness shoved the Combat Creature away, then turned to face the ultimate form of the living Oxygen Destroyer. The monstrous entity flapped his wings and took to the air, speeding directly towards Bagan. Planting his enormous legs into his face, Destoroyah floored the Super Monster, then moved on towards SpaceGodzilla. In a blinding flash of light, the gemstone conqueror encased himself in a crystalline cocoon and took to the air, narrowly avoiding the demonic looking crustecan’s flying tackle. The microbe born kaiju began to turn and face the God of Destruction, but the alien creature immediately opened fire with his Corona Beam, scorching the back and wings of the colonial horror. The jagged bolt tore a hole in their right wing, forcing the massive beast to land.

As they did so, Godzilla’s atomic ray blasted him, exploding against his face and neck. Destoroyah shrieked and returned fire with his Micro-Oxygen Beam, the blast knocking the Monster King off his feet. The terrapin hero flew in to attack next, but another blast took him down as well. The Prince of Monsters followed, only for the perfect lifeform to swing around and lashed out with its tail, the claw at the end clamping around Gomora’s neck. The ancient burrower tugged at the tail, but had no time to pull it off before the towering devil swung around, sending the underground dinosaur crashing to the soil. Gigan eagerly moved in, ready to attack the downed beast, but the swept horn monster rolled onto his back and unleashed his Super Oscillatory Wave, blasting the cyborg in the face and knocking him back. Anguirus moved in and reared up onto his hind legs, but an almost lazy swing from the Micro Oxygen monster’s arm sent the quadruped reeling back. Roaring a challenge, Zilla moved in to attack, opening his jaws and holding his arms wide open. The sadistic devourer laughed at the mutant lizard’s effort and sent a Micro-Oxygen Beam into him, slamming him up against a cliffside. Crippled by the blast, the Godzilla imitator collapsed. Varan flew in next, but the Oxygen Destroyer’s spawn smacked the triphibian in the head, sending him spiraling out of the sky and crashing into Anguirus.

In another flash of light, SpaceGodzilla returned to his land form and once again opened fire with his Corona Beam, blasting Destoroyah. The Precambrian beast turned to face his attacker, unleashing a micro-oxygen blast at him. The purple ray struck square in the chest, eliciting a cry of pain from the intergalactic Godzilla. Bagan was about to move in when Monster X leapt onto him from behind, slamming his fists into his back and neck. The Super Monster growled. Hadn’t this beast had enough? Gathering his power, the tri horned summoned forth another Diamond Storm, the falling projectiles striking all three evil powerhouses. The skeletal kaiju fell from Bagan’s back, and the other two staggered as they were hit. Forgetting their battle, the two turned to face Bagan, their energy weapons building in their mouths.

Destructive power exploded all around the three monstrosities as gold, blue and purple energy beams rained down, hitting them hard. Godzilla looked up to the source of the blasts, instantly spotting what had fired them.

Mothra, Battra and Rainbow Mothra swooped down, joining in the fight!

Again the divine trio opened fire with their powerful rays, striking Bagan, then SpaceGodzilla, then Destoroyah, then Monster X. The evil entities cried out as the powerful energies blasted them, engulfing them in smoke and flame. Gigan swung his scythes around and rushed forward, ready to tear into the insects, but instead was blasted to the ground by their combined firepower. The other monsters joined in, the beam wielders all firing their blasts in a cavalcade of colors. Rainbow Mothra reared back, firing a massive blue beam from his abdomen. When the smoke cleared, the Xillien vanguard was laying unconscious on the ground. His cybernetic ally was in a similar position, except one of his wings had almost been burnt all the way off. A good deal of the ancient destroyer’s skin was gone and his eyes had been cooked away. The Combat Creature’s left shoulder crystal was cracked and chipped. Destoroyah was gone completely.

With the evil beasts noticeably weakened, the Earth monsters moved in. The King of the Monsters charged in, biting and clawing at his evil twin. Gomora spun around, bringing his whip-like tail across the God of Darkness’ sightless face. The Guardian of the Universe flew in, his shell spinning rapidly, but a Corona blast from SpaceGodzilla brought the giant turtle down. The Killer of The Living ran in and leapt up, biting down on the corrupted copy of his friend’s throat. A surge of galactic energy forced the spiked monster to let go, but this only allowed Gorosaurus to rear back and deliver a powerful kangaroo kick to the cosmic saurian, worsening the crack in his shoulder crystal and causing a shard to fall off. Junior moved in and fired an atomic ray, but his “uncle” reflected it with his shield, blasting the younger kaiju in the chest. Rodan flew in and attacked Bagan, pecking at the monster’s face, while Titanosaurus moved in, grabbing Bagan’s horns and cackling his warbling cry as he moved to knock down the devil.

Red King ran in, tackling the primeval aquatic and knocking him away, then slammed his fists into the forest devil’s chest and throat. Though blind, Bagan was far from defenseless. Rodan swerved away as he saw the mutant god charging his plasma breath, but the Skull Monster took the blast in the face, charring his flesh black and smashing him to the ground, unconscious. Gabara and Goliath moved in next, but a Corona Beam swirled around their feet and detonated the soil around them, bringing them crashing down. Kumonga and Kamacuras moved in on Gamera, preparing to take him down from behind. The titanic tarantula began to spray his web, but as soon as the sticky strands came into contact with the guardian’s shell, the defender of mana turned and launched a fireball that blew off one of the arachnid’s legs. Chittering wildly in agony, the super predator flipped over onto his back. The Atlantean defender unleashed another ball of fire, but this one exploded harmlessly against the dirt, the nimble insect having flown out of the way in plenty of time. The Xilien duo stirred and awoke at the same time, groggily getting back on their legs. Mothra and Battra were quick to react, blasting the two with antennae rays and Prism Beams. The two alien monsters turned to face the ancient moths, but that only set them up for the third member of their trio, who swooped down behind them and struck them with his wings, knocking the beasts flat on their faces.

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Manda hissed in rage as his foe’s right pincer slammed against his skull, his left claw shut around the serpent’s body. The Mu dragon grabbed at the vice like pincer with his arms, trying to pull it away. Unable to do so, the serpent whipped his head down and bit onto Ebirah’s pointed crest. Biting down harder, the dragon wrenched his head up and down. The colossal arthropod smacked his foe’s head with his pincer again, but the snake only growled in response. With a sickening snap, the royal reptile broke the crest off with a crack, eliciting a shriek of agony from the crustacean. Reeling back as blue blood dripped from where his crest once was, the Red Bamboo monster reached underneath the waves and plucked a boulder off the ocean floor. Pulling it up out of the water, he tossed it at Manda, bouncing it off the serpent’s cranium. The serpent growled angrily and moved in to attack, coiling around the lobster once more.

During the course of their battle, the two sea monsters soon realized that they were not the only creatures in the area. More beasts rose up out of the water, wading past them. Even more flew by overhead, casting their shadows upon the serpent and crustacean.

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The battle grew larger and larger as even more combatants joined the fray.

The alien heroes, Ultraman and Zone Fighter, flew in, landing next to each other and striking battle stances. Gaira shook the sea water out of his fur as he roared into the air. In a blur, Megaguirus appeared, screeching as she flexed her pincers. The ancient knight, Utsuno Ikusagami, appeared in a flash of light, ready to strike. Jet Jaguar landed, taking his place near Ultraman and Zone Fighter. King Caesar growled, folding his ears upward as he reared his arms back. With a loud rumble, Gororin rolled onto the scene, its yellow eyes narrowed. The soil burst as Megalon erupted from underground, clashing his drills together. From the shattered remains of SpaceGodzilla’s crystals rose Krystalak, roaring as he slashed his claws through the air. The ground exploded again, spilling flames into the air as Kumasogami was born into the Earth once more. Kiryu, Super Mechagodzilla and Moguera landed with a series of metallic thuds as their feet hit the earth. In a series of pink flashes, the final form of Hedorah appeared, the Smog Monster gurgling as she raised her arms. Golden spores fell from the heavens and into the soil, seeding it with Biollante’s essence. From within the crater left by Kumasogami’s arrival came Obsidius, smashing his rocky fists into his chest. In a blinding vortex of energy, Mecha-King Ghidorah appeared in the sky. The strange beast Wargilgar opened and shut his pincers, having been sent by his alien masters to destroy Zone Fighter. Cutting off his jets, Iris landed, waving his tentacles around. Pounding his chest, the thunderous roar of King Kong echoed across the island.

For a moment, nothing happened. No one made a move.

And then there was chaos.

The toxic alien fired a blob of sludge at Godzilla, striking the Monster King in the snout. The radioactive reptile shrieked as the slime began to eat away at his flesh and unleashed an atomic blast at the Smog Monster. Lightning sparked over her blackened slime, and the pollution monster responded by firing jagged red bolts out of her eyes, exploding against the saurian’s feet and bringing him to the ground.

The heroes from M78 and Peaceland charged Bagan, but Monster X leapt in their way, clutching his bony fingers around their throats. Before the skeletal draconic could do much damage, the two humanoid defenders lashed out, kicking the death emperor in the gut and driving him back.

Krystalak slashed his crystalline claws across Obsidious’ rocky chest, throwing sparks. The molten golem responded by raising his fists and slamming them down onto the frenzied being’s shoulders, knocking his counterpart flat to the ground.

SpaceGodzilla fired his Corona Beam into the air, striking the Dark Moth and the Goddess of Peace. The Guardian Beast hovered over Godzilla’s dopplegänger, firing his Mineral Chest Beam down onto the Combat Creature’s head.

Facing the sentient android, Kumasogami transformed his right hand into a sword and raised it high into the air. The demon brought it down, but the robot crossed his arms, catching the blade in between them. Throwing himself backward, Jet Jaguar planted his feet into the god of Kumaso’s gut, sending the blazing divine flying through the air and crashing onto his back. As the inferno got back to his feet, he found himself face to face with the Eighth Wonder of the World. The mighty gorilla lunged forward, grabbing Kumasogami’s face and doing his best to crush it.

The Seatopian defender stood next to his bladed brother and attacked Wargilgar, smacking the Terror-Beast with his drills. When the Destruction Beast returned fire with his flamethrower breath, Gigan moved in, firing his Cluster Light Ray at the Garogan monster and causing him to jump back. The cybernetic mercenary attacked again, slamming one of his scythes into the bizarre creature’s back and knocking him to the ground.

Monster Island’s two electric bullies resumed their rivalry, pounding each other with their fists. Goliath sent a burst of lightning into the toad, but Gabara ignored the attack, grasping at the blue monster’s neck with his claws. The Monster of the Skies flew by, knocking both electric ogres to the dirt.

Mecha-King Ghidorah fired a Triple Beam Laser, obliterating a boulder that had been sent sailing towards him by Red King. The bumpy beast charged the futuristic cyborg, slamming his fist into the cyborg’s chest plate and recoiling in pain, clutching his hand. A series of Triple Beam Lasers and Gravity Bolts blasted the Lawless Monster Zone’s champion to the ground.

Charging his sword with holy energies, Utsuno Ikusagami swung the blade at the Meganula Queen, but the prehistoric insect was far too fast, easily avoiding the attack. She was instantly behind the warrior, smashing her claws down on his shoulders, but found that they were unable to inflict any lasting damage to his holy armor.

Gororin fired his spines at Gorosaurus, Varan and Baragon, causing the beasts to shriek in pain as the needles embedded themselves into their skin. Roaring a challenge, King Caesar charged forward, ready to attack the Xillien plant. The cactus monster rolled towards him and leapt into the air, planning on stabbing into the feline beast with his spines, only to have Okinawa’s guardian leap into the air and spin around, kicking the bioweapon hard and sending him sailing into the God of Destruction.

Titanosaurus shrieked as the Green Gargantua sank his teeth into the reptile’s arm, drawing blood. The long-necked beast swung his head down, slamming it into Gaira’s and knocking him back. Quickly turning around, the massive dinosaur began to flap his tail, battering the ravenous spawn of Frankenstein with hurricane winds.

Daigoro screamed as the Solgell spider began to cover him with webbing, tangling his arms together. Before the web could become too thick, Godzilla Junior stepped up, blasting the spider with his atomic ray and forcing him to pull back. Before the heir of the monsters could help free his friend from his binds, Kamacuras landed on his back and began jabbing him with her scythe-like claws. The orphaned kaiju reared his head back and spewed flames from his mouth, scorching the mantis’ head and causing her to zoom off of Junior’s back and disappear.

Gamera crashed to the ground after Ryuseicho slammed into him, struggling to get back to his feet. The Prince of Monster ran up and swung his tail around, nailing Iris in his arrow-shaped face. The mutant Gyaos groaned angrily and responded by firing twin sonic beams. The golden energy lanced through the underground monster’s arm and neck, bringing him down with a cry of pain. Anguirus ran up and bit down hard on one of the moon god’s tentacles, but the ancient creature easily shook him free, whipping him across the face with one of his tentacles’ spear-like tips, gashing it open. The Angilasaur toppled to the ground, wailing in pain.

Fully healed, Bagan made his way into the heart of the war zone, looking for his next opponent. His quest was answered for him when Moguera rolled forward, followed by Kiryu and Super Mechagodzilla on either side. The God of Darkness stepped forward, ready to reduce the three mechs to scrap metal. But then they opened fire. Mega-Busters, Plasma Grenades, Eye Lasers, Garuda cannons, paralyzer missiles, Plasma Laser Cannons, chest masers, Spiral Grenade Missiles, Type 90 Maser Cannons and an endless array of rockets tore into the ancient horror, flesh and flame bursting from his body as weapon after weapon exploded against him.

Kong screamed as the demon god plunged his molten blade into the great ape’s flesh. With a roar of fury, the mighty primate snatched the sword in his hands and snapped it off, spilling lava from the stump. The demon shrieked as he backed away, turning his limb back into a hand. The thinking animal pulled the curved blade out of his body, then turned it back on its wielder, plunging it into a rocky shoulder. The hellish beast roared in even more agony when a metallic knee smashed into his back. He turned and received a karate chop to the neck from Jet Jaguar. The gigantic gorilla grunted at the machine, grappling the god of Kumaso from behind and holding the demon still, bracing the burning pain in his hands. The garish hero slammed his fist into the molten devil’s stomach, but the divine raised his foot and planted it into the robot’s abdomen, pushing him back. Wrenching his left arm from the lonely beast’s grasp, Kumasogami transformed his fingers into arrows and launched the fiery projectiles at Ibuki’s son, exploding against his armor. Turning around, the vengeful demon jammed the arrows into the hominid’s gut, letting them erupt against his skin. Faro Island’s god howled as the weapons burnt his flesh, then smashed the back of his fist across the demon’s face.

Mecha-King Ghidorah’s organic heads cackled as Gigan’s Cluster Light Ray exploded around them. The three-headed cyborg returned fire with his Gravity Bolts, blasting the bird-like beast and showering him with sparks. The cyborg dragon continued the assault with his Triple Beam Laser, but the Xillien assassin crossed his scythes in front of him, blocking the blast in a shower of sparks. The ninja monster lunged towards the future protector, hugging the cyborg with his scythes as he activated his buzzsaw. The reborn Monster Zero cackled as the alien’s blades sliced into his armored chestplate, throwing even more sparks around. The future born monster’s cybernetic head spat out a Triple Beam Laser, exploding against the cyclopean face. The alien beast staggered back, shrieking in agony as his visor burned. Soon the anger turned to rage and the space dinosaur attacked again, raising his right arm and bringing it down on the rebuilt terror’s left wing, his scythe hacking through the solar paneling and crumbling off the upper tip of the wing. The Futurian machine’s three heads turned, firing their energy bolts and knocking Gigan away. Stepping forward, the terror slammed his mass into Gigan and shoved him to the ground.

Red King pulled his fists back and slammed them into Daigoro’s head, pummeling the young monster again and again. The tubby beast tried to fight back, but the Skull Monster was too fast and too vicious. Grabbing the orphan’s neck, the brutal saurian shoved the creature down and slammed his knee up into his snout. The orange monster cried out as his torementor’s knee struck his face, toppling over onto his back. The ancient beast rubbed his hands together, ready to finish the little monster, when a surge of lightning burst into his back. Shrieking angrily, he turned around and found Goliath staring him down. The blue beast roared furiously. Daigoro was his to torment. The mad tyrant held his hand out and gestured for the storm alien to come and get him. Raising his arms into the air, the space monster charged, his horn crackling with energy. The two monsters crashed together, biting and clawing and slamming their fists into each other. The horned beast blasted the brutal bully with electricity, charring his skin. The bumpy monster reached up and grabbed the zapping horn, tugging on it. The electric monster roared in a panic and unleashed a powerful surge of electricity into Red King’s hands, blasting them off his horn. Angrily, the beast from the Lawless Monster Zone spun around, slamming his tail into the interstellar beast’s face. The blue bully stumbled back, tripping over Daigoro.

The Smog Monster let out gurgled laughter as Utsuno Ikusagami brought his energized sword down, slicing harmlessly through Hedorah’s body. The ancient warrior pulled back, glaring at his weapon in surprise. The blade was smoking and starting to corrode. He looked back at the mineral alien, who began to move towards him. Returning his sword to whence it came, the angelic hero struck a battle pose, then rushed the slimy beast, preparing to wrestle her to the ground. The toxic terror was ready for him, however, and leapt into the air and landed on top of the holy knight, tackling him to the ground. Utsuno clutched at strands of sludge dangling from the pollution beast’s arms and body, but the creature was nonplussed, as she began to unleash torrents of viscous, black slime onto the armored warrior. Smoke began to sizzle from the silver and gold plating as the slime coated the sun god. Unable to get a good hold on the monster, the sun-like medallion on his forehead began to glow. A golden beam of light shot out, punching through the nebula alien and searing her sludgy flesh. The triphibian screamed as the holy energy burned through her, truly harming the slimy beast. Flailing her arms, she fell off of the holy warrior, writhing about on the ground. His armor still smoking, Utsuno rose to his feet and brushed himself off.

Warping the air itself with their supersonic speeds, Kamacuras and Megaguirus were engaged in an epic dogfight amongst the clouds. The prehistoric dragonfly snapped at the smaller insect’s large compound eyes with her pincers, but the mutant mantis slapped her claw across her face. The Carboniferous creature tried to bring her deadly stinger into play, but her foe was too close to her body. Any attempts to use it on her would impale herself as well. The Meganula Queen shrieked in frustration as she and the massive mantid rocketed through the clouds, spinning around and around as they each tried to gain an advantage on the other. The Solgell scourge leaned in, sinking her tiny jaws into the dragonic flyer’s neck, eliciting a cry of pain from the purple creature. But the hybrid of Godzilla and Meganulon was not completely defenseless, stabbing the tip of her right pincer at the mutant bug’s head over and over. One of the jabs landed a successful hit, stabbing into one of the mantis’ bulbous orange eyes. Screaming wildly, the dual blade monster dislodged from the Super Dragon and, in a blur, was gone. Satisfied that she had driven the mantis away, Megaguirus shrieked victoriously, when she suddenly heard her foe’s familiar screech from behind and a huge weight land on her back. Suddenly, Kamacuras decloaked, becoming fully visible again. She slammed her scythe-like claws into the thick purple wings, causing the insect queen to screech in pain.

Gororin’s yellow eyes shifted back and forth. The cactus orb found itself between two ancient guardians – Gamera and King Caesar. The titanic turtle stepped forward, but the Xillien bioweapon responded by firing a wave of needles into his neck, causing the Atlantena to stagger back and scream in pain. The guardian golem roared and charged, forcing the malicous plant to launch another series of spines at him as well. Holding his arms up in front of his face, Caesar continued his charge, his tough, stone-like skin deflecting most of the sharp projectiles. Again and again the plant launched its spines at the approaching deity, but they struck with little effect. Before the malevolent ball could react, the shisa raised his foot and stomped it down onto the sphere. Despite the pointy spines, the leonine beast seemed completely unaffected and continued to jam his foot on top of the alien invader, driving him down into the soil. Unable to reach the spines stuck in his throat, the Guardian of the Universe shrieked angrily and launched a plasma fireball. Already feeling the heat from the rapidly-approaching ball of flame, Gororin quickly rolled out of the way, allowing it to explode against the ground directly in front of Okinawa’s defender, knocking the living statue to the ground. The terrapin spat fireball after fireball at the fleeing cacti, each blast barely missing the plant monster. Rolling up a mountainside like a ramp, the plant beast flung himself at the friend to children, ready to impale the reptile’s face with his spines, but the turtle reacted quickly, nailing the evil orb with a plasma fireball. The blast sent him hurtling towards King Caesar who, with another kick from his powerful legs, smashed him back into the mountain, dazing the cactus creature.

Elsewhere, the three mechanical defenders of humanity continued to unload their firepower into the demonic Super Monster. Takuya Sasaki, captain of the Mechagodzilla crew, spoke up, not only to his co-pilots, but to the pilots of the other two mechs as well.

“Alright now,” he announced over the radio. “Let’s ease up and see how much damage we’ve done.”

“Understood,” replied Koji Shinjo in Moguera. “Powering down weapons systems.”

“Deactivating weapons,” echoed Akane Yashiro within Kiryu.

The various pilots hit buttons and flipped switches. In an instant, Mechagodzilla, Kiryu and Moguera ceased firing and lowered their arms.

The grotesque remains of Bagan slumped. The God of Darkness’s entire front half had been incinerated, exposing his innards, which in turn had also been vaporized. Brain, lungs, stomach, even the beast’s black, immortal heart… All had been obliterated by the arsenal of the three mechanical marvels. Now only the burnt-out husk of Bagan’s backside remained.

Lifeless, it crashed to the ground.

“Hey, we did it!” Lt. Kiyoshi Sato declared, grinning.

In the cockpit of the Super Mechagodzilla, the mech’s crew wasn’t as celebratory.

“Sir!” cried Susan, the blonde American pilot. “We are detecting a large amount of micro-oxygen!”

“What? What’s that?” Takuya asked in shock.

Indeed, what was left of the demon’s corpse was beginning to be eaten away by the deadly chemical. Suddenly, the slain dragon was engulfed in a shockwave of energy and a puff of smoke as the final form of Destoroyah returned, having fully healed the wounds inflicted by the Mothras and Battra. Before any of the crews could react, the living extinction event reared back and spat out its Micro-Oxygen Beam. The purple bolt struck the UNGCC’s superweaspon in the chest and managed to topple the mighty machine, knocking it off its feet and onto its back.

Frankenstein’s sinister spawn shrieked in pain as Spacegodzilla’s spawn stabbed his long, crystalline claws into the sea monster’s flesh in rapid succession. The pinkish-white demon grinned evilly, pleased with himself as blood began to spill from Gaira’s wounds. The Green Gargantua raised his arms into the air, howling in fury, then lunged at the crystal beast. He tried to get his hands around this bejweled beast’s throat, but the creature’s beard of crystals made that an almost impossible task. After another failed attempt, the mossy hominid simply pulled his fist back and let it fly into the gemstone beast’s face. The crystal creature grinned again, having barely felt the blow. He flipped backwards, slamming his feet up into the primitive predator’s chin, sending him staggering back. Once back on his feet, Krystalak spun around, unleashing shards from his tail that flew through the air and exploded against the humanoid as they made contact with his flesh. Furiously, the cruel clone began kicking up dirt and rocks and trees, sending them sailing towards and bouncing off of the prismatic being. Not finding the attempt amusing, the pink creature inhaled deeply, then spewed forth his Prism Beam, nailing the Gargantua square in the chest and sending him crashing against a mountain.

Sparks flew as the Seatopian’s drills slammed down onto Spacegodzilla’s other spawn’s rocky hide. The insect deity attacked again and again, banging his metallic limbs against the lava golem over and over. Growling angrily, the magma-borne grabbed one of the burrowing beetle’s drills in his left hand, then the insect god’s throat in his right. Roaring intensely into his mandibled face, the crystal born revenant began to squeeze down on his throat. The subterranean deity was quick to respond, however, his horn firing a bolt of lightning into his flaming foe’s permanently-open mouth. Instantly releasing his grip on the horned beast’s throat, Obsidius staggered back, clutching at his mouth. Megalon chittered happily, clapping his drills together, just as the volcanic beast unleashed his Inferno attack, spraying the cruel guardian’s face and upper torso with a torrent of molten lava. The underground defender fell back, rolling around on the ground as the steaming liquid scorched his flesh.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake and split open, tendrils rising up out of the soil. The living eruption watched as Biollante pulled herself up out of the ground, shrieking into the sky. She immediately focused on the magma monster and charged, attacking him with her vines as well, but their spearing tips burst against the stone beast’s skin. The beast that was once Erika Shirigami lowered her head, biting her massive jaws onto a rocky shoulder, only for the molten creature to spew more lava into her face. The hybrid released her captive and howled into the air as the lava burned her face away. Satisfied with his attack, Obsidious wasn’t expecting it when one of Megalon’s drills clobbered him over the back of his head, knocking him to the ground. Turning his attention to the bigger foe, the drill beast spat out a napalm sphere. The red ball got stuck in the mutant plant’s body – just above her power core – and detonated, eliciting another cry of pain from her.

Gigan swung his scythes forward, slamming them against the necks of Ultraman and Zone Fighter. The twin heroes staggered and choked as the metal limbs struck their throats, but they quickly recovered and went on the attack. On either side of the cyborg, the two raised their legs, kicking at the cyclopean face, but the cyborg blocked the blows with his bladed arms. He brought his scythes down, trying to cleave the humanoids in half, but they flipped out of the way, dodging the attack. Leaping into the air and landing behind the alien creature, the man of Meteor Might grabbed hold of his bladed tail, tugging on it. The Ultra Brother, meanwhile, knocked bladed arms out of the way, then landed an uppercut on the cybernetic terror. The bladed beast fired his Cluster Light Ray, exploding against Man-Ni-San and knocking him to the ground. The Xillien lashed out with his tail, the claw at the end latching onto the Peacelander’s throat. Twirling around, the space dinosaur tossed Zone through the air, crashing down near the emissary of the Land of Light.

The two heroes rose up and prepared to strike, only to have Gigan hold out his arms and fire his capture cables. One set wrapped around Ultraman’s neck, the other around Zone Fighter’s. The two defenders clutched at the cables, trying to untangle them as they squeezed their throats. The sadistic alien shrieked, pleased with their predicament, as he reeled them in, firing up his buzzsaw as he did so. Closer and closer they got, the rotating blade coming even nearer. Finally, the hero from a distant star held up his hand and tossed a Cutting Halo at the cyborg. The energy saw swerved like a boomerang, slicing not only through the capture cables, but the modified alien’s arms as well. The fowl fiend shrieked as his scythes fell to the ground with a clang, sliced off cleanly at the base. As he staggered backwards, shrieking in agony, the Ultimate Hero and the Hero of Justice ripped the cables off from around their necks. The silver and red hero crossed his hands. His blue counterpart brought his to his head.

“Shuwatch!”

“Meteor Proton Beam!”

The twin blasts flew through the air and struck the cyborg square in the chest, throwing sparks upon impact. Gigan squeaked, then fell face-first to the ground. In a brilliant ball of fire, the ultimate weapon of Star Hunter Nebula M was destroyed.

Godzilla Junior shrieked as the Keizer’s tail whipped across his face, knocking the son of Godzilla to the ground. Daigoro flexed his arms, ready to come to his ally’s defense. Monster X turned just in time for the chubby juvenile to begin his assault, slamming his fists into the meteor borne beast’s bony chest. The Xilien monster sneered in amusement as the young kaiju continued his futile attack. Pulling his arm up, the draconic emperor backhanded the hippo kaiju across the face, sending him stumbling back. The skeletal creature then lashed out with a spinning kick to the obese beast’s gut, sending him rolling across the soil. The heir to the throne raised his head and fired a burst of his atomic ray, but the blast exploded harmlessly against the ultimate monster’s chest. His eyes glowing with power, the Ghidorah borne fired golden bolts of energy, detonating violently against the two young ones.

Junior pulled himself up onto his knees as the tubby beast stumbled back to his feet. The hippopotamus-like monster reared his head back, unleashing a sheet of flames from his mouth. The fire sparked against the final monster, causing him to growl in anger. Charging Daigoro, the relentless vanguard slammed his fists into the young creature’s face again and again, bloodying and bruising it. The young Godzilla got to his feet and started towards the two, but he was too late to intervene before the humanoid horror leapt up and kicked the determined orphan in the neck, breaking it and sending his body crashing to the ground. Roaring furiously, the radioactive reptile unleashed a powerful blast of his atomic ray, striking the calcified reaper in the chest and knocking him back. Monster X turned, glaring at the young Godzilla. He stepped forward, only to have something large smash into his chest, sending him hurtling through the air and to the ground. Rising back to his feet, the skeletal kaiju found himself facing a very angry Gamera. As X got back to his feet, the Friend of All Children looked down at the slain body of the innocent orphan, sadness in his eyes. The sadness was once again replaced by fury as the ancient hero returned his attention to the monstrous murderer.

The draconic emperor stumbled back as a trio of plasma fireballs exploded against his chest, sending fire everywhere. Before the alien monster knew it, the Guardian of the Universe was right in front of him, slamming his massive fists into Monster X’s sternum. The black and white creature backhanded the terrapin across the face, staggering the hero, but when he tried to punch him square in the jaw, the defender of Earth opened his mouth and bit down on the hand, drawing black blood. The Keizer squealed as he tried to pull his fist out of the tusked mouth, but only succeeded in shredding his own flesh even worse. Suddenly, a burst of flame erupted from the same maw and the Ghidorah borne staggered back screaming, his hand having been incinerated. Green eyes narrowed as the Atlantean planned his next move. He saw the flames at the end of the vanguard’s arm and the fires burning on the ground. Holding out his right arm, the commander of plasma called the flames to him. Junior watched as the flames wrapped around the arm like snakes, forming a large, burning glove around his limb. Monster X backed away, knowing his end was near. With a mighty heave, Gamera slammed his fiery fist into the alien monster’s chest, the skeletal beast screaming as the flames burned into his torso. In a massive explosion, the Xilien champion was destroyed, scattering bits of his bony armor across the battlefield.

Varan roared as he swooped down at Destoroyah’s head, swatting at his face. The Precambrian horror screamed in anger as he tried to snatch the triphibian with their claws, but the Obaki managed to avoid each of his foe’s attempts to grab him. Again and again, the Varnopede smacked the living extinction with his claws, then followed up by swinging his head down and stabbing one of his horns into the microbe monster’s right eye. The demonic kaiju reared back, crying in pain, and unleashed a powerful stream of his Micro-Oxygen Beam, blasting the massive monitor out of the sky and sending him crashing to the ground. His skin smoking, the Baradagi struggled to push himself up off the ground, when a powerful kick from a pillar-like leg sent him rolling across the dirt. The gliding lizard crashed into something cold and metallic, and looked up to see Moguera. The mole-like mech targeted the towering titan and opened fire with its Plasma Laser Cannons and chest maser, eliciting a cry from the beast. Destoroyah returned fire with his Micro-Oxygen Beam, throwing sparks as it collided with the superweapon’s armor, but the machine held steady. This time, its cone-shaped hands opened up and unleashed twin Spiral Grenade Missiles. The revolving projectiles smashed into the spawn of the Oxygen Destroyer hard, exploding with tremendous force and blowing their chest open.

The perfect lifeform roared furiously and unleashed another blast of his purple ray. The beam struck the UNGCC machine in its still-open left hand, detonating the Spiral Grenade Missiles still inside and blowing off the pointed arm in a burst of flame. As the machine stumbled back, Varan leapt towards the evolving horror, ready to rip the creature’s face off. Seconds before he could strike, however, the death-fueled kaiju’s head horn began emanating a bright yellow glow. Swinging his head down quickly, the devil kaiju sent a blade of energy through the divine reptile’s body. The triphibian lizard’s eyes went wide as he felt himself be cleaved in two by the Laser Horn. Moguera’s crew watched in horror as the sliced body of their ally fell to the ground at Project JMO7’s feet. With its remaining arm, the mobile weapon platform launched another Spiral Grenade Missile at the colony creature, blowing a large chunk out of their right thigh. Howling in pain, the beast made of billions unleashed his Laser Horn once again, slicing diagonally through Moguera’s upper torso. A moment later, the mighty machine’s head, neck, right shoulder and right arm slid off its body, crashing to the dirt. Marching up to the defeated mecha, Destoroyah shoved the headless, armless mecha to the ground.

King Kong crashed face-first into the dirt, having been bludgeoned over the head by Goliath’s powerful fist. Rising back to his feet, the mighty ape found himself surrounded on both sides, not only by the blue bully, but by Gabara as well. Thumping his fists against his chest, the Eighth Wonder lunged for the storm bringer, but the space monstrosity slammed his fist into the primate’s face once again, sending him stumbling towards the electric toad. The emerald ogre swung his head down, headbutting the Faro Islander in the mouth with his horned head, splitting a lip and drawing blood. The ferocious beast roared in fury at the toxic kaiju, but before he could attack, a massive tail smashed into his back. As the royal primate staggered and turned to face the beast, the oni attacked from behind, sinking his claws into hairy shoulders and unleashing torrents of electricity into the gorilla’s flesh.

This time, Gabara had no intention of ceasing his attack, of allowing the thunder god to use his enhanced strength against him. Nodding at his partner in crime, the Heinous Monster called him forward, letting him know to attack. Energy crackling from his horn, the star beast sent bolts of lightning surging into the royal savage’s chest. As more and more electricity poured into the ape from the amphibian, his ally blasted him again and again. Smoke began to rise from the hominid’s skin. The warty tormentor cackled with glee. His plan was working! Between him and Goliath, there was too much energy for the Eighth Wonder to absorb. He’d finally have his revenge on the big ape! However, fate was not on Gabara’s side before, and unfortunately for him, it wasn’t this time, either. Thick hands reached up and clutched their captor’s horned head. With a mighty tug, the mighty Kong pulled the heinous beast clean off the ground and over his head, tossing him forward and sending him hurtling into Daigoro’s rival, knocking both electric demons to the ground. As the two untangled from each other and got back to their feet, they realized in a panic that the king of the lost world was on top of them. Grabbing their heads in his hands, the fearsome gorilla smashed them together. Their impacting skulls let out a sickening crack and the two beasts were knocked out. The defender of Faro tossed them aside, discarding them like the trash they were.

Godzilla cried out as the Corona Beam swirled around his torso before finally exploding against his chest. He stumbled and fell to his knees before another jagged blast sent him crashing to the ground. The Monster King groaned as he tried to get back up. He was tired. Sore. Running low on strength. A battle of these proportions was wearing him down. SpaceGodzilla, Bagan, Destoroyah, Hedorah, Monster X… It was too much! Even the Strongest Monster On Earth had his limits. But even as it strained him to stand, he refused to give in.

Narrowing his eyes and snarling at his crystal copy, he got back to his feet. His dorsal fins flaring, he spat an atomic ray, aimed directly at SpaceGodzilla’s head. A mistake. The crystalline alien immediately brought his shield up, reflecting the radioactive blast and sending it back to explode against his twin’s face. With a shriek, the radioactive reptile was instantly floored. SpaceGodzilla roared, enjoying his Earthen counterpart’s suffering. He fired another Corona Beam, letting it spark and explode against the soil around his nemesis’ fallen form. Before he could attack again, he sensed two creatures heading towards him. Turning to face them, he quickly spotted Anguirus and Rodan coming at him. The Monster of the Skies reached him first, blasting the alien beast with his uranium heat ray. The purple blast sparked against void kissed flesh, allowing the mutant Pteranodon to get closer and begin clawing at the monster’s face with his talons. The primeval ankylosaur lunged in next, clamping his jaws down on the Combat Creature’s left arm. The space monster screamed as the two Earth kaiju attacked him with their teeth and claws, but they were still no match for him. Sending a charge of alien energy through his skin, he dislodged the Killer of the Living, who quickly backed away. Focusing his attention on the flying pest, the God of Destruction unleashed a Corona Beam that exploded against the pterosaur’s wings and torso. The Monster Bird swerved away, putting plenty of distance between him and the interstellar tyrant as the Fierce Dragon flung himself backwards, smashing his shell into the demon’s damaged shoulder crystal and breaking it apart in a shower of sparks and crystal shards. Crying out in fury, the conqueror of worlds scorched the determined Angilasaur with a corona blast, knocking the spiky quadruped to the ground. Before he could make another move, a blue atomic ray blasted into his side, catching him off guard. The crystal monster turned just in time to have Godzilla rake his face with his claws and bite into his neck.

Kumonga chittered as he backed away, waving his front two legs threateningly. But Wargilgar paid no heed to the warning, opening and closing his pincers as he advanced on the massive spider. The top predator of Monster Island had already tried to coat the Terror-Beast in his silken threads, but the creature’s breath was the hottest of flames, the perfect defense against the arachnid’s webbing. Screeching wildly, the Destruction Beast moved forward, ready to snap his pincers down on spindly legs. The giant arthropod spat out a stinger that lodged itself into the alien’s thigh. The bio weapon stopped and looked down at the needle sticking out of his flesh. Reaching down and taking hold of it in his claws, the Terror-Beast plucked it out and nonchalantly snapped it in half, resuming his advance on the spider. The titanic tarantula panicked as he realized his poison had no effect on the bizarre beast’s alien physiology. The ant beast reached up and clamped his pincers down on the extended front legs. The two grappled with each other like that for a while, each trying to get the other to fall.

Kumonga tried desperately to force his opponent down. If he could only get the Terror-Beast to the ground, then he could cover him with his web! Unfortunately, victory was not on Kumonga’s menu, for as the harder Wargilgar pushed against him, the harder he also tried to close his pincers. With a sickening, juicy crunch, the Garogan’s claws shut down on the spider’s legs, slicing off the ends and spilling yellow blood. Shrieking in pain, the eight legged monster backed away, finally admitting defeat. But the bioweapon was not a merciful foe. Throwing his arms open and opening his mandibles, the creature unleashed a searing torrent of flames that completely engulfed the spider. The arachnid tried to move away, but he was too badly hurt, and he wasn’t the fastest of monsters even when he was in perfect health. On and on the fires came, roasting Kumonga alive. Noticing that the spider had stopped moving, the mutant weapon cut off his flames and watched as the corpse burned. The alien monster screeched victoriously, snapping his claws open and shut, when he suddenly heard a high-pitched ring from behind him. Before the Garoga monster could turn and see what had created the noise, Megaguirus’ stinger burst from his chest, the prehistoric dragonfly having plunged it into his back. For a moment, the Destruction Terror-Beast struggled, trying to remove the chitinous spike. He failed, however, and his body soon went limp. Withdrawing her stinger, the Meganula Queen allowed the bizarre monster to fall to the ground. Hovering down and stabbing into the alien’s corpse once again, she began to drain him of his remaining fluids and energy.

His drill hand whirring rapidly, Kiryu backhanded Megalon across the face with it, sending the Seatopian deity sprawling to the ground, missing parts of his mandibles and right eye. Before the mechanical Godzilla could advance, the pained shriek of Gamera was heard. Akane swung Kiryu around just in time to see Destoroyah plunge his head horn down into the terrapin’s plastron. The guardian tried to grab the living death’s head crest, but before he had the chance, the Precambrian monster stood upright, tossing the Atlantean reptile clear overhead. With a thunderous crash, the defender of children slammed onto his back behind the evil beast. Stunned and bleeding, the ancient hero couldn’t move as the microbe monster turned around and unleashed a blast of his Micro-Oyxgen Beam, sending flames and sparks exploding around the titanic tortoise. Just as the Guardian of the Universe began to stir, the spawn of Serizawa’s regret marched forward, planning on crushing the reptile’s head underneath his massive foot. Akane’s eyes narrowed with determination. She would not let a fellow defender fall in battle, not when she could do something about it.

“Let’s go, Kiryu!”

The cyborg mecha lunged forward, plunging his rapidly-spinning drill into the towering monster’s gut. The Precambrian horror screamed in pain as the steel drill spilled his yellow blood, the mech using his jets to shove the devil kaiju far from the defenseless Gamera. Suddenly, a Micro-Oxygen blast escaped the monster’s jagged mouth, scorching the armor of the MFST3 and knocking him away, dislodging his drill. Before Destoroyah could attack again, the reborn original Godzilla swung around, slamming his tail into the beast’s torso and sending him stumbling back. The AMF’s pinnacle opened fire with the twin Type 90 Masers housed in his mouth and wrist-mounted laser cannons, blasting into the dripping open torso. The crustacean-like monstrosity cried out as the weapons exploded against them, waiting for an opening to attack. One such opening came, but it was not long enough for them to take advantage of. One of the purple shoulder pods of the Mechagodzilla shot off like a giant missile, smashing into the asphyxiation beast’s face and instantly flooring the monster in a burst of fire as the pod detonated upon impact. As Perfect Lifeform struggled to get his massive form upright once again, Akane began flipping switches and hitting buttons within the cockpit.

“Absolute Zero, stand by,” she announced.

Holding his arms out wide, Kiryu stood still as his chest plates opened. Golden energy began to coalesce as the cybernetic saurian’s ultimate weapon was brought to full power. Akane revealed the firing button and held her finger over it. At that moment, Destoroyah rose to his feet, turning to face the armor-plated machine.

“Absolute Zero!” Akane called out, pressing the button. “FIRE!”

Just as the destroyer devil had turned all the way towards the robotic dinosaur, a sphere of blinding, bluish-white energy shot out of the machine’s torso. The colony creature had no time to react as the chilling blast struck him directly in the chest, instantly freezing him solid. Akane smiled as she realized the Absolute Zero Cannon had successfully hit its target. She was about to have Kiryu raise his tail and shatter the Precambrian monstrosity, when she suddenly heard a rapid, whistling sound. She looked up in time to see the spinning shell of Gamera fly through the frozen terror, obliterating the beast in a burst of snow and ice.

Godzilla and Anguirus cried out as the latter, ensnared by SpaceGodzilla’s emerald Gravity Tornado, was sent careening into the former. Having raised another batch of crystals, the God of Destruction summoned more cosmic power from them into his one remaining shoulder crystal, blasting both Earth beasts with his Corona Beam. The defender duo groaned in pain as they struggled to return to their feet, only to be shoved back down by another jagged beam of star energy. Just as the crystalline terror prepared to finish them off, a mighty roar filled the sky, causing the Combat Creature to turn and see what had challenged him. He found himself facing the Eighth Wonder of the World. Roaring furiously, King Kong thumped his fists into his chest, sparks of electricity flying with each hit. Rushing the alien beast, the royal defender attacked with a ferocity that took the intergalactic Godzilla by surprise. The ape’s powerful fists smashed into the evil copy’s chest, neck and face, striking with Herculean force. The God of Destruction cried out as he was assaulted not only by the gorilla’s hands, but also the powerful surges of electricity emanating from them.

Stumbling back, SpaceGodzilla fired a Corona Beam directly into the primate’s torso, but the god of Faro Island barely even felt the blast. Again the gemstone beast fired, and again, the Ruler of the South Seas was oblivious to the bolt that seared and lacerated his flesh. The thunder god reached out and latched one hand around the void monster’s throat, the other his snout. The giant gorilla squeezed as hard as he could, trying to crush what he held in his hands. The crystal conqueror tried to fight back, but was no match for King Kong’s supercharged fury. The clone of Godzilla was shoved backwards by the ape, growling as he realized his throat and snout were charred from Kong’s electric grip. With his foe momentarily distracted, the thinking animal grabbed one of the creature’s energy crystals and wrenched it from the ground. Swinging it up, he uppercuts its creator with it, causing the space monster to stagger. Bringing it down on top of his crowned head, the crystal exploded into fragments, dazing the interstellar terror. Reaching behind him, the lonely beast ripped another crystal out of the dirt. With his opponent’s back turned, the cruel tyrant fired another Corona Beam, letting it travel up his foe’s furred back until it hit the back of his skull.

The primate’s eyes narrowed.

Turning around and raising his arms into the air, Kong quickly and forcefully brought them back down, plunging the energy crystal deep into SpaceGodzilla’s heart. The space monster’s eyes went wide. His shoulder and dorsal crystals flashed orange, then went dim. Crimson blood leaked from his mouth as the beast looked stunned, unable to believe what had just happened. The King of The Monster and his spikey commander watched in shock as the corona invader staggered, then toppled onto his back, finally slain. The god of Faro stepped forward, looking down at the void king. Only slight, subtle movements were made. Satisfied that his foe would soon be dead, the great ape smashed his fists against his chest, roaring victoriously. He glanced momentarily at his old rival, then ran back into battle, looking for a new opponent. Slowly, Godzilla got to his feet. He marched over to his crystal twin’s prone form, looking down at it. He watched as golden cosmic energy poured out of the extraterrestrial’s torso, swirling around the crystal jutting out of his chest as it went. The energy also circled around the irradiated Godzillasaur, who began to feel strange the more he was exposed to it. The saurian monarch stood over the corpse, watching the monster’s power leave him. The fierce dragon shook his head and howled, calling his friend away from his slain dopplegänger. It took a moment, but the Monster King finally responded, turning to join his ferocious ally and leaving SpaceGodzilla behind him. The Strongest Monster on Earth roared, ready to face his next challenger. As if in preparation, his dorsal fins flashed blue.

Then red.

Not too far away, Zilla began to stir from unconsciousness.

The mutant lizard woke up and rose to his feet. Having recovered enough from Destoroyah’s earlier attack, he was ready for more action. Lowering his head, he ran immediately into the battle zone, letting out his famous cry. He quickly came upon the demon Kumasogami, who soon caught sight of the Godzilla mimic as well. The two creatures watched each other silently for a moment before leaping forward. The inferno god grabbed the radioactive reptile by the throat and punched him in the snout, sending him staggering back. The New York monster groaned, his flesh burnt by the demon’s mere touch. As the intelligent sea monster dealt with that revelation, the divine overlord transformed his right hand into an axe and swung it at the mutant iguana’s head. If it weren’t for the slim kaiju’s superior speed, the best would’ve surely been decapitated. Running around to the molten creature’s backside, the atomic piscivore leapt onto his shoulders, knocking the molten demon to the ground. Getting back on his feet in an instant, The shifting villain got rid of the axe and instead morphed his hands into a bow and arrows. He quickly launched the flaming projectiles at the imitator king.

While most struck the ground, one stuck into the lizard’s leg. The marine mutant howled in pain as the arrow seared his flesh, reaching down and managing to dislodge it. Zilla dove behind a rather large boulder when the feudal deity fired another wave of arrows at him. As intelligent as he was fast, the clever reptile quickly came up with a plan and began to burrow into the ground. After a few moments of waiting for his foe to emerge from behind the boulder, Kumasogami got bored and returned his hands to bladed form – his right the sword, his left the axe. Just as he prepared to hack the boulder to pieces, the boxy head of the piscivore burst out of the soil behind him, calling out and getting the demon’s attention. The inferno god roared fiercely and took a step forward, swinging his weaponized hands around. But with a mighty roar of his own, the atomic squamate unleashed his powerful atomic ray at the molten nightmare.

The emerald blast hit the devil hard, sending him staggering back and crashing into the boulder the clever animal had used for cover. Upon hitting the rock, the Kumaso God crashed onto his back on the ground. Climbing up and leaping onto the fallen demon, the nimble burrower put his claws to the flaming warrior’s chest and began to dig. The lava monster screamed as the scaled speedster started burrowing into his chest, sending his molten blood everywhere. The mysterious monster ignored the unbelievable pain as the liquid scalded his hands, continuing to dig. Within moments, Kumasogami had stopped moving. Seconds later, concrete ripping claws hit dirt. The mutant lizard had burrowed all the way through the evil divine’s torso. Backing away, the tuna eater roared victoriously, then whimpered as he started to feel the loss of his skin and most of the flesh on his hands. It was then that some movements caught his attention.

Iris swatted two of his tentacles backward, smacking the Monster Prince and divine knight in the face, knocking both of them onto their backs. Spotting Godzilla, the mutant Gyaos raised his arm and fully extended its spear. Firing his jets, the Atlantean devil began moving towards the King of the Monsters, ready to stab and drain him of his radioactive power. Unfortunately, the Strongest Monster on Earth had no idea the sacred bird was even there, let alone that he was about to be impaled by the evil god.

The imitator knew he had to move fast. Charging at his top speed, he ran towards the beast he mimicked, lowering his head and bracing himself. Within seconds, he had reached him and slammed his head into his side, knocking the Monster King clean off his feet. Furiously, Godzilla raised his head to see who had attacked him, only to watch as Zilla was skewered by Ryuseicho’s spear, the appendage jutting all the way through the reptile’s body. Weakly, the mutant lizard cried out, then went limp. Iris looked down at the smaller body in disappointment. In an instant, the monster of monsters knew what had happened and pulled himself to his feet. He shoved hard against the vengeful ancient with his hands, red energy crackling from his claws into the chest plate, throwing sparks. The moon beast brought his tentacles up to retaliate, but the royal reptile opened his mouth and fired his Red Spiral Ray.

The revenge borne groaned as the crimson blast slammed into his chest, sending the evolved monster reeling back in a burst of flame and reducing his armor-plated chest to slag. Further and further back it slid, the body of the hero who sacrificed sliding off his spear and falling to the ground, until Godzilla’s ray delivered him back to his previous two foes. The sacred bird looked on each side of him, finding himself trapped between Gomora and Ikusagami. The Atlantean flexed his tentacles, ready to retaliate as Utsuno summoned his sword with blue energy. But before Ayana’s corrupter could attack, the Monster Prince spun around and slammed his tail into the creature’s spiked back, sending him stumbling towards the holy beast. The ancient warrior acted quickly, slicing his sword up and down. The ultrasonic beast reared his head back, moaning in pain as all four of his tentacles hit the ground and wriggled around before becoming completely lifeless. As their foe writhed in pain, the righteous duo stood side-by-side in front of the mutant Gyaos and opened fire – the sun god with his medallion ray, the burrowing beast with his Super Oscillatory Wave. The two powerful blasts slammed into the arrow-headed monster, busting through his armored torso. In a burst of flames, Iris was destroyed.

Anguirus honked in an attempt to warn his friend, but it was too late, as Krystalak leapt onto his back and began hacking and slashing away with his crystalline claws. Godzilla struggled, trying to dislodge the beast but with no effect. Rodan swooped down in an attempt to knock him away, but the vengeful son fired his Prism Beam, forcing the pterosaur to swerve away. Roaring angrily, the mighty monster’s dorsal fins and eyes flashed red. Seconds later, a completely red nuclear pulse blasted the crystal beast from his finned back, sending him crashing to the ground. The pinkish-white monster got back to his feet and was about to pounce on the copy of his father again, when he was blasted to the ground by a combination of the Mega-Buster, Eye Lasers and the Garuda’s cannons.

“Not so fast, buddy,” Takuya commented inside the cockpit of the Super Mechagodzilla. “Attacking Godzilla is our job!”

As the gemstone kaiju got back to his feet, he was blown off of them once again as he was struck in the chest by both the Mega-Buster and the Red Spiral Ray. His chest smoking, this time he attacked before they expected, lifting his head and spewing his Prism Beam at them. The blast knocked the organic saurian back, but his mechanical copy just absorbed it, feeding its energy to the Plasma Grenade. A second Prism blast and the weapon was fully charged. As the cosmic spawn got back to his feet, the port to the Plasma Grenade opened, the cannon extending. The feral foe spotted the emerging weapon, and though he had no idea what it was, it gave the crystalline beast an uneasy feeling. Spinning around, he unleashed a series of crystal shards from his tail. They not only stabbed the UNGCC weapon’s armor, but also the Plasma Grenade cannon.

“Fire the Plasma Grenade!” Takuya commanded. “Now!”

“We can’t! It’s damaged beyond use!” came the reply.

With nowhere else to go, the built-up energy within backfired. The Plasma Grenade cannon sparked, and then a moment later, the entire front of Super Mechagodzilla’s torso exploded, the force of the blast sending both the mech and the saurian crashing to the ground. With his foes downed, the cruel coward skittered away, the Killer of the Living giving chase. A moment later, the beast from Odo stirred, pulling himself back to his feet. Shaking his head clear, he looked down at the wreckage of his copy and saw that the robot’s entire chest had been blown open, revealing the machine’s inner circuitry. It was then that the energy eater’s eyes fell upon the superweappon’s nuclear power core. Its casing had been cracked, power leaking from within. The core was obviously unstable and was ready to go at any moment. But the monster monarch didn’t care about unstable power cores. All he knew was that the heart of his mechanical double was leaking the same power he thrived on, and despite the alien power he had absorbed from SpaceGodzilla, he still hungered for more, as this battle royale didn’t showing any signs of stopping any time soon. He bent down, extending his hand out to clutch the power core and wrench it from the machine’s shattered chest. If this strange device could power a juggernaut such as the Super Mechagodzilla, then surely it would return the King of Monsters to full strength.

As soon as his claws came into contact with it, the core exploded.

The other monsters paused mid-battle as the entire island shook and a miniature mushroom cloud of fire burst into the sky. For a brief moment, it seemed as though the war might end right then and there as they watched the flames rise and expand into the heavens.

That hope died, however, as Gaira lunged forward and sank his fangs into Red King’s arm, spilling blood. Chaos erupted on Monster Island once again. Kiryu swiped at the crystal berserer with his drill. The Xillien cacti’s spines bounced harmlessly off of Ikusagami’s armor. Obsidius spewed liquid magma at the Meteor Man. Mothra and Battra swooped down to attack the blue bully. Mecha-King Ghidorah unleashed his Godzilla Capture Cables at Hedorah, only for the Smog Monster to corrode and destroy them. Rainbow Mothra engaged Megaguirus amongst the clouds. The titanic theropod stumbled back as Kamacuras sliced him with her claws. Gabara attacked Titanosaurus with his electrical energies. The other heroic monsters did what they could to provide back-up for their fellow warriors.

The Goddess of Peace shrieked and swerved away as Goliath leapt up, plunging his horn into her thorax. The wound wasn’t too severe, but she needed to momentarily pull back and recuperate. With his sister down, the Battle Beast dove in, ready to attack. Seconds before the dark defender could reach him, the storm maker unleashed a burst of lightning from his horn, scorching one of the insect’s wings. His limb too burnt to use any further, the Black Mothra plummeted from the sky. Not too shortly thereafter, however, he was engulfed in a sizzling vortex of energy. Instead of his imago form crashing into the dirt, the demon insect landed feet-first in his larval form! Cackling angrily, Earth’s violent guardian unleashed Prism Bolt after Prism Bolt from his horn and eyes, blasting the tormentor across the face and torso. Advancing on the blue monster, the horned crusader slammed his head down, striking the star beast with it and zapping him with a charge of prism energy, knocking the bully to the ground

The peaceful sea monster cried out as the heinous monster’s electric bolts coursed through his body, but with a quick headbutt, the aquatic reptile sent the ogre stumbling backward. With a quick leap, Titanosaurus tackled Gabara to the ground and began smacking his powerful hands on either side of his horned head. The green, bumpy beast managed to pull his feet up and kick the towering dinosaur hard in the chest, sending the undersea dinosaur rolling across the ground. The two creatures got to their feet at almost the exact same time and growled at each other. The larger acted first, opening his tail and immediately stirring up powerful winds to batter the Monster Island bully with. The toxic toad roared in defiance as he tried to keep his footing. The oni’s attempts were for naught as Rodan flew by, striking the nightmare ogre in the head and slamming him into the dirt.

“Meteor Missile Might!”

Around Zone Fighter’s wrists appeared bracelets lined with miniature rocket launchers. Pointing his right hand outward, the Hero of Justice unleashed a torrent of missiles at the golem. The lava monster shrieked as the projectiles exploded against his rough hide, throwing chunks of rock everywhere. Holding his arms up, the living eruption managed to block most of the blasts, and curled himself up into a large boulder. Taken by surprise, the Peacelander had no chance to react before the volcanic creature rolled forth and slammed into him, instantly knocking him to the ground. The blue and silver hero managed to rise to his feet and aimed both his hands at the rolling beast of stone, firing more missiles at him, but this time they harmlessly exploded against the roaming boulder. The spawn of Spacegodzilla crashed into the henshin superhero’s legs, once again sending him crashing to the dirt. This time, the titan of stone unfurled himself and stood up at his full height, turning around to face the downed warrior. Before Hikaru could get back to his feet, Obsidius spewed lava onto the hero, causing him to cry out in pain.

Suddenly, a Red Spiral Ray washed over the crowd, blasting everyone with fire and sparks as it exploded all around them. Reeling back from the attack, the monsters all turned and looked up to see what had attacked them. Collectively, they gasped.

His body pulsing with power and wracked in agony, Burning Godzilla’s roar echoed across the island. Waves of nuclear energy were escaping his body in all directions.

Rearing back and charging his fins, The dying king unleashed a spiral blast at the battling duo of lava and Meteor Might. The humanoid hero backflipped out of the way, but the molten beast took the beam square in the chest, knocking him flat on his back. An involuntary shockwave burst from the kaiju in meltdown’s body, blasting even more of the creatures. Enemy and ally were hit alike. It didn’t matter to the monster monarch who he struck. He was going out of his mind from pain and his power level was off the charts. Even Bagan would be hard pressed to stop him now.

Shrieking a challenge, Gaira raised his arms into the air and charged the supercharged saurian. The Green Gargantua quickly felt the intense heat emanating from the creature as he got nearer, giving him pause. This was a mistake, as the Monster of Justice quickly slammed his fist into the hominid’s chest, punching through the gargantua’s torso and scorching everything within it touched. Godzilla withdrew his hand, then fired his spiral ray, blasting off the entire top of the Spawn of Frankenstein’s body. His flaming lower half crashed to the ground. The volcanic golem attacked next, using his Inferno attack to spray the Monster King with lava. But next to his body’s own raging temperature, the dying saurian barely even felt the liquid magma, turning around and blasting Spacegodzilla’s spawn off his feet. Before the lava golem could even get back to his feet, the invincible monarch looked down, his glowing eyes narrowing. With a burst of runaway radiation, the blazing beast fired a spiral blast directly into Obsidius’ permanently-open mouth, splattering molten lava everywhere as his head exploded into a massive ball of fire, along with a sizable chunk of his chest.

Kamacuras zoomed by, trying to take the mad king by surprise as she sliced at him with her claws, only for the King of the Monsters to snatch the insect’s arms, scorching and crushing them. Before the mantis could begin to defend herself, Godzilla fired a powerful beam, detonating the arthropod’s skull. Hearing a familiar cry behind him, the Strongest Monster on Earth turned just in time to have the Skull Monster slam one of his fiery fists into his chest. Taken by surprise, the kaiju champion staggered backwards, shrieking in rage and pain. As his dorsal fins unleashed a burst of energy, he fired forth a spiral ray that blasted completely through the lumpy monster’s torso, leaving a gaping hole in his chest. As the bumpy reptile gurgled out a death cry and began to fall, the apex beast unleashed another blast that completely destroyed the creature. Roaring a challenge, Goliath advanced on the king, swinging his fists around threateningly. The blue beast released a powerful burst of lightning from his horn, sparking and exploding against the blazing chest. Roaring angrily, the living nuclear reactor fired a blast aimed at his horned head. The spiral ray skimmed over the star beast’s skull, completely vaporizing his horn. Shrieking wildly and clutching at his head, the space monster toppled to the ground, unmoving. Another spiral ray and burst of flame, and he was gone too. The Xillien plant rolled in to attack, letting his thorns fly through the air, only for them to catch fire and dissipate as they came in contact with their target’s flesh. The Monster King turned to face the plant monster, just as the rolling orb leapt up towards his chest. His dorsal fins flaring, the immovable mountain unleashed a powerful spiral blast, striking the cactus beast and sending him slamming into a nearby hillside. After a moment, he ceased firing, letting the charred, lifeless Gororin crash to the ground. Megaguirus moved in from behind, slowly and quietly, preparing to jam her stinger into the supercharged kaiju’s back. Indeed, the master of destruction had no idea the Meganula Queen was there, and it seemed that her plan was about to succeed… Until a wave of nuclear energy burst from Godzilla’s dorsal fins, completely incinerating the Carboniferous beast.

Witnessing their king’s unparalleled power, the heinous oni, Smog Monster and crystal berserker backed away, not wanting to be atomized alongside their fellow evil kaiju.

It was then that the mad monarch turned his atomic fury onto his allies. A spiral ray blasted Anguirus to the ground. A scorching body slam knocked Gorosaurus into a mountain. Another crimson blast sent Rodan spiraling out of the sky. Baragon decided to vacate the premises to a safer locale and began to burrow into the ground, but was unfortunately obliterated when Godzilla unleashed a powerful blast into his backside, atomizing the subterranean beast in a burst of fire.

Ultraman and Zone Fighter looked at the meltdown tyrant, then to each other. Despite the fact that the King of the Monsters was their ally, and that he was not in his right mind, they still could not allow him to run rampant like this. They had to do something to subdue the glowing monster. The two heroes rushed in and grabbed Godzilla’s arms, trying to hold him still. But the burning beast was having none of it, twisting his body back and forth and shaking them off. They crashed to the ground, but were quickly back on their feet, ready for his next move. He fired a spiral ray at them, knocking them back in a ball of fire. The two humanoids quickly brought their hands up, firing their finishing beam attacks. Sparks and flame erupted from the Monster King’s chest as the Spacium Beam and Meteor Proton Beam slammed into his chest, but his advance remained unchanged. He returned fire with another red blast, but this time the Hero Of Justice reacted quickly, generating a Hyper-Barrier to reflect the attack. The spiral ray bounced off the shield, striking back at the stomach and knocking the dying king back. His eyes burning with rage, the radioactive saurian charged. As soon as the barrier was within reach, he began swinging his fists, easily breaking through the shield and slamming his clawed hands into the chests of both heroes, knocking them onto their backs in bursts of sparks.

Godzilla suddenly felt a tugging on his tail and turned his head around, discovering that Jet Jaguar had grabbed ahold of it. The heroic machine pulled with every ounce of his strength, trying to get the meltdown monster away from his fellow defenders. The hydrogen bomb monster flexed his tail, trying to shake Ibuki’s machine off of him, but the android’s grip was too strong, and he refused to let go. For a moment, their game of tug of war continued, until the garish hero went flying back, crashing onto the ground. The robot was confused, he hadn’t let go of Godzilla’s tail. But when he raised his arms to look at his hands, he found what was wrong with horror – the heat emanating from the inferno kaiju had melted his arms off all the way up to his elbows. Hearing an angry growl, the optimistic machine looked up just in time for his former friend to destroy the android with another spiral ray.

An unearthly wail caught the scalding saurian’s attention as the ground began to shake. The Monster King began to turn when several tendrils ensnared and bit into his arms, legs and neck. But the instant they did so, they caught fire and were immediately reduced to ashes. Burning Godzilla turned just in time to see Biollante reach him, shrieking wildly as she watched her vines burn away. As the hybrid plant reacted to her vines’ death, the dying beast reared back and unleashed a spiral blast that sheared off one of her large, root-like limbs in a burst of fire. Crying out in pain, the creature that was once Erika Shiragami sent a series of spear-tipped tendrils at her clone twin. Three stabbed into his legs and two into his arms, but they were instantly incinerated by the intense heat radiating from him, the wounds they inflicted already healed. The king inferno fired another crimson ray, burning a large chunk off of the plant monster’s shoulder area, but the Bio Beast already started to regenerate the damage. As the looming beast advanced, lightning traveled up the monster rose’s body, from her power sac to her throat.

Opening her massive maw, she spewed forth a pressurized stream of highly acidic sap, coating her “brother’s” face and torso. Normally Godzilla would have screamed in pain as the corrosive green liquid sizzled and ate away at his flesh, but now the sap was nothing compared to the burning agony that pulsated throughout his entire body. Letting out a cry of rage, the Strongest Monster on Earth fired another atomic blast, exploding against the ground near the plant’s stomach. The floral beast cried out as flames washed over her core, burning her plant-like form. Lunging forward, the massive amalgam opened her jaws wide, taking the mad monarch by surprise. With surprising force, Biollante snapped her jaws shut, sinking her many teeth down into the living reactor’s face. The saurian’s shriek was muffled as the giant plant monster began to shake her head back and forth, digging her fangs in deeper. The genetic horror ignored the searing pain growing in her mouth as she tried to worsen her attack, when suddenly a wave of atomic energy burst from the reptile’s body, blasting into her own. The Godzilla clone reeled back, wailing in agony as the nuclear energy burned through her. With the mountainous mutant howling in pain, the King of The Monsters opened his jaws and fired off a spiral ray that traveled directly into her crocodilian mouth and down her throat. The entire backside of the crossbreed’s torso erupted into a ball of fire, and with a gurgled whimper, the tragic being collapsed to the ground. The mighty plant was not dead, but she was in no condition to continue the fight.

The dying dinosaur screamed as Prism Bolts blasted into his side. Turning around, Godzilla swept his ray over the area, finally blasting the Battle Mothra with it. The armored caterpillar cackled as the beam exploded against him, then waddled towards the walking meltdown, firing more jagged bolts from his horn and eyes. The monster of monsters narrowed his eyes and fired a spiral blast, exploding against the insect’s torso, then face. The larva reeled back, but refused to give way, firing more and more energy from his eyes. The Guardian Beast flew overhead, nailing the burning beast in the head with his Mineral Chest Beam. The kaiju king shrieked and looked up, ready to blast the multicolored moth, when Gravity Bolts and Triple Beam Lasers blasted into his back. The dying kaiju turned and found himself facing Mecha-King Ghidorah.

Within the futuristic cyborg’s cockpit, Emmy Kano got ready to attack.

“Alright, M11,” she said. “Let’s move in.”

“Emmy, be careful!” came the voice of her android companion. “Godzilla’s current heat and power levels may be too much for Mecha-King Ghidorah!”

“Don’t worry, M11!” she snapped. “I know that!”

The Futurian cyborg assaulted the hydrogen bomb monster with more and more energy blasts, driving him back. The dark guardian joined in, adding his Prism Bolts to the fray. The combined blasts actually managed to topple Godzilla, knocking him over onto his back. As the guardian of Earth continued to attack Godzilla with his lightning-like blasts, Emmy began to activate the super machine’s ultimate weapon.

“Emmy, what are you doing?!” M11 demanded. “The Capture Cables have been destroyed and Godzilla will surely destroy the Machine Hand in his current condition!”

“I know what I’m doing,” Emmy snapped again, shutting off the radio.

Just as Godzilla got back to his feet, Emmy brought the Machine Hand to full power, the port on the rebuilt Ghidorah’s chest opening wide as the cyborg prepared to unleash it. Roaring furiously, the dying monster turned to attack, barely even feeling the dark moth’s blasts. It was then that the Machine Hand erupted from Mecha-King Ghidorah’s chest, speeding towards the irradiated kaiju. But seconds before the weapon could strike, Emmy closed the clamp. The monster monarch cried out as the Machine Hand punched into his torso, breaking nearly all of his ribs and sending him hurtling back. The Strongest Monster on Earth writhed about on the ground in agony as the cyborg super monster recalled the Machine Hand, though its port was kept open. Emmy had a feeling she’d need to deploy the weapon again. Rolling over so he could face the future superweapon, the Monster of Justice lifted his head and fired a Red Spiral Ray that burst through the cyborg’s right solar panel wing. Mechaghidorah stumbled back as another blast obliterated the top half of the same wing.

The Monster King got to his feet and marched towards the cyborg. Emmy quickly launched the Machine Hand again, once again closing the clamp. But Godzilla expected the strategy this time. Quickly grabbing Battra by the tusks, he tossed the armored larva in the way of the giant clamp. With a sickening crack, large chunks of the arthropod’s shell were shattered and the Black Mothra was slammed to the ground. As Emmy gasped in horror, The burning creature fired his ray, trailing it from the head of the Machine Head down to the weapon’s base at Mecha-King Ghidorah’s chest, reducing the mighty weapon to molten slag. Another blast blew a huge hole in the cyborg’s left wing. As Emmy panicked, trying to get the time traveling machine to escape, the King of Monsters reached down and grabbed hold of the weakened caterpillar’s tail. With a mighty heave, the inferno monster swung the dark divine around and slammed him into the future weapon, sending both crippled creatures crashing to the ground. Burning Godzilla reared back and unleashed another powerful red beam, destroying both protectors in a brilliant burst of fire.

The dying beast watched the two monsters burn as three more stepped up behind him. He turned to see who had approached.

Gamera and Gomora narrowed their eyes at the Monster King. Utsuno Ikusagami flexed his arms, holding them down at his sides.

They attacked together.

Godzilla immediately opened fire with his Spiral Beam. The Atlantean and burrower darted out of the way and the space god warrior instantly brought up his energy shield, blocking the deadly blast. The shield instantly shattered the moment the ray of hellfire hit it, but the divine was already on the move, having summoned his golden, bladed wings. As the holy warrior leapt into the sky, the Prince of Monsters slammed his fists into the blazing beast’s chest, driving him back. The walking meltdown was about to blast the horned dinosaur when he ducked down and swung his tail into him, knocking him further back. Before the King of Monsters could retaliate, the heroic terrapin launched a plasma fireball at him. The supercharged monarch roared as the sphere detonated against his chest, his dorsal fins letting out waves of nuclear energy as they melted. He channeled some of the energy into a spiral blast, blowing chunks from the shell covering the Friend to All Children’s shoulder as it knocked him clear onto his back. As the Guardian of the Universe struggled to get back up, The Monster Prince unleashed his Super Oscillatory Wave, blasting Godzilla in the throat.

With their target reeling in pain, Ikusagami hovered down near him, firing his golden ray. The two energies exploded against the dying superbeast, but they seemed to do nothing more than enrage him. Rainbow Mothra flew in, firing multicolored blasts from his head, chest and wings, covering the burning body with explosions, but they did little to slow him down. He fired a spiral blast at the insect deity, but the great moth managed to avoid the blast. He was not so lucky the second time, for the next blast forced him to the ground, his right wing having been ignited. The pain-stricken kaiju marched towards the downed Leo, but Yamato Takeru’s divine form held his hand out, summoning his sword to him in a burst of bluish energy. He rushed forward and brought the blade down, slicing through the saurian’s torso. Normally, the damage would have been severe, but with the radioactive destroyer’s powers in overload, so were his regenerative abilities.

The wound inflicted by Ikusagami’s sword was gone as soon as the blade left Godzilla’s body. His eyes burning with fury, the Strongest Monster on Earth unleashed a powerful radioactive blast from his mouth, exploding against Utsuno and sending him skidding back across the land. The ancient knight collapsed to his knees, his chest plate scorched completely black. As the living meltdown prepared to exterminate the mighty warrior, Gomora’s Super Oscillatory Wave smashed into his back. Swinging around at surprising speed, the monster of monsters was about to vaporize the burrowing dinosaur when his legs were struck by Rainbow Mothra’s Cross Heat Rainbow Lasers. Turning his attention to the still-grounded moth, the irradiated dragon didn’t see as the godly warrior generated an energy spear in his hand and hurled it into his spined back. The Monster King howled as the weapon pierced his burning flesh. As the beast screamed in pain, Gamera’s flying, spinning shell slammed into him, knocking him flat. Flapping his wings, Leo took to the air once again.

The King of The Monsters’ body was glowing brighter by the minute. The pulses of energy his body was releasing were becoming more and more frequent. Everyone present knew that he had to be stopped, and now, before he overloaded completely and exploded. King Kong and King Caesar began to move in, ready to join their fellow defenders, when they were suddenly stopped by a cry coming from behind them. The two giant kings turned to see who it was.

Godzilla Junior stepped forward.

Despite how much it pained him, the son of Godzilla also knew what had to be done. Ignoring the waves of radiation bursting from his doomed father, he marched up to him, to the anxiousness of everyone present. As the mad royal prepared to unleash a blast onto his former allies, the heir let out a loud cry, getting his father’s attention. Godzilla turned to face the younger creature, his dorsal fins flaring, light emanating from his mouth as he prepared to unleash his spiral ray. But as his eyes fell upon Junior, something resonated within the dying beast’s pain-addled mind. Realizing whom he was looking at, the father closed his mouth, letting his ray die away. The young Godzillasaur cried out at his parent, trying to get him to stop attacking their friends and fellow defenders of Earth. As hard as the living inferno tried to focus on his son, it was becoming increasingly difficult, due to the combination of the insufferable pain wracking his body, as well as the blinding light coming from the same. But as bad as it was, the future king called out to his father, trying to keep him focused.

Within Kiryu’s cockpit, Akane realized what the young Godzillasaur was doing.

You’re keeping him still, she gasped. Giving me a chance to stop him… Akane looked down at the energy gauge. Just enough power for one final shot remained. She quickly entered the necessary sequence of buttons and switches. “Absolute Zero, stand by.”

As the cybernetic saurian’s chest opened and the Absolute Zero Cannon was brought to full power, Junior did his best to keep his father’s attention on him. None of the other monsters dared to interfere.

“Absolute Zero! FIRE!”

But just as Akane’s finger pressed the button, destiny intervened. Megalon, still alive despite missing half his face, leapt in and plunged his right drill deep into the machine’s back. The rotating drill burst out of the superweapon’s open chest, striking the Absolute Zero Cannon and gashing it apart. The weapon ruined, the freezing sphere malfunctioned and instead burst out in all directions, instantly freezing both of them together, turning them into one massive block of ice. The momentum from the sudden attack tipped the two over, and with a massive crash, the cyborg and the Seatopian were reduced to billions of shards of shattered ice. The other monsters watched as the machine was destroyed, and with him, their last hope at stopping Godzilla, who was bathing them all in his frightening red glow. It was then that what could only be described as pure and utter panic began to overtake the minds of everyone present.

Looking cowardly for fleeing a fight…

Stopping heroic or villainous kaiju from accomplishing their goals…

None of these mattered to anyone anymore. All that mattered now was the most basic of instincts:

Survival.

Gamera withdrew into his shell and began to spin, speeding off into the sky. The divine moths flapped their wings as fast as they could and headed off in the same direction, Rodan close behind them. The henshin heroes raised their arms and blasted into the air. Hedorah transformed into her flying stage and flew away, leaving a trail of sulfuric acid mist behind her. Gomora thrust his claws into the dirt and hurriedly began to dig. Everyone else fled the area, hurriedly trying to reach the island’s shores. Only the dying kaiju’s sole relative remained, refusing to leave his father. Brighter and brighter the Monster King became, until the runaway nuclear power within finally became too much for even his mighty form to contain.

Godzilla exploded.

The King of the Monsters was instantly torn asunder by the blast, which rapidly expanded to destroy everything it touched. Its first victim was Godzilla Junior. The son of Godzilla was burned away completely, down to his bones, nanoseconds before they were atomized as well. Next were Kong and King Caesar, the blast entirely vaporizing the two mighty gods. Anguirus, Gorosaurus and Titanosaurus quickly followed. Ustuno’s powerful armor resisted the shockwave for only a mere second before being swallowed by the blast as well. Gabara and Krystalak were next. Biollante, finally stirring out of unconsciousness, was the last to be destroyed. But they were not to be the only victims of the explosion, as it was eating away downward at Monster Island itself. It quickly caught up with Gomora, who had made it nearly a mile underground, and reduced the subterranean dinosaur to nothingness. On the shores of the isle were Ebirah and Manda, the former resting on the sandy beach, the latter atop a seaside rock. They glared at each other, daring the other to resume their battle. They looked up and saw the initial explosion and quickly jumped into the sea, sensing danger, but it was not enough. As the blast hit the water, they were quickly boiled alive seconds before the shockwave vaporized both the monsters and the water they were in. The monsters in the air soared at their top speeds, but no matter how high or fast they flew, the ungodly burst of energy was just too much for them to escape. Gamera, Rodan, Mothra, Ultraman, Zone Fighter, Rainbow Mothra, Hedorah… One by one, they were engulfed by the shockwave and annihilated.

The damage was catastrophic. The entire world felt the explosion’s effects. Monster Island was gone, and most of the Pacific Ocean had been taken with it.

Even in his death, Godzilla had proven why he was King.

Draw: Anguirus (Universal), Biollante, Ebirah (Universal), Gabara (Showa), Gamera (Heisei), Godzilla (Heisei), Godzilla Junior, Gomora, Gorosaurus (Showa), Hedorah (Universal), King Caesar (Universal), King Kong (Showa), Krystalak, Manda (Universal), Mothra (Heisei), Mothra Leo, Rodan (Universal), Titanosaurus, Ultraman (Universal), Utsuno Ikusagami, Zone Fighter

Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Jackson Morris

A group of scientists examined the caldera of Mt. Fuji, taking measurements, seeing when, and if, the volcano would erupt once more. Suddenly, the Earth began to shake harshly. The scientists managed to avoid falling, and, realizing an earthquake on a volcano meant trouble, prepared to flee… only for another quake to occur as the ground split open in front of them.

The subterranean monster Baragon roared as he tore his way out of the earth’s crust, staring at his prey, eager to taste human flesh. The dinosaur lunged at the humans, only to find himself going nowhere as he stopped and crashed back down. The burrowing beast looked back to see what was going on, only to find his tail firmly in the grasp of another titan. The brown Gargantua known as Sanda held tightly onto the ridge covered tail, refusing to allow the prehistoric beast to dine on human flesh, much like his ‘father’ Frankenstein when pitted against the first of this ravenous species. Noticing his foe was stunned with shock, the gentle giant jerked back, pulling the horned predator down the slope into his grasp, wrapping one hand around his throat and the other around his horn. He looked to the humans, pulling the saurian out of their way and using his great strength to hold the creature so they could escape.

The humans, realizing the spawn of Frankestein was helping them, were quick to run past the two titans and reach their helicopter. As Baragon flailed madly, trying to break free, the kaijin watched the helicopter take off to safety. Now having saved the humans, the tan defender could deal with the man-eater in his grasp. Sanda took hold of the subterranean terror’s horn and ears and slammed him face first into the side of the volcano, getting a roar of pain from the kaiju. The fierce king of the underground, now enraged at the loss of his meal, used his strong front legs to tear into the rock, destabilizing it and causing the giant hominid to lose his footing and fall backwards, sliding down the slope. As the savage savior tried to regain his footing, the horned beast pounced down the side of the mountain and bit down on a furred shoulder, getting a roar of pain from the Brown Gargantua, as well as a trickle of blood.

Sanda tried to dislodge the powerful jaws from his shoulder by brute force but finding that ineffective, he fumbled around, grabbing a large boulder in his hand and slamming it hard into his cranium. The ravenous predator roared out in pain, but kept his jaws locked tenaciously into his foe’s shoulder, prompting a second smash of the boulder, then a third that both shattered the boulder and forced Baragon to retreat in a daze. The mountain monster looked at his wounded shoulder, but realized that, while not a minor wound, his healing factor could more than deal with that.

The cloned giant was quickly on his feet and charged, picking the ancient beast up and sending him crashing back to the ground with a smash of his powerful arms. Refusing to let up, Sanda sent a barrage of fists into Baragon’s face, bloodying the subterranean monster’s nose. As he prepared for another punch, the desperate dinosaur unleashed a torrent of heat from his maw, his heat ray lighting the primitive’s face aflame. The ape-like giant roared in pain, staggering and trying to put out his burning face, allowing the underground king to get back to his feet and leap at the Gargantua, plowing into him and sending him further down the side of the mountain.

As the tan giant was still stunned from the pounce, the ravenous reptile lunged forwards, clamping his maw around his throat, drawing blood with his predatory jaws. Sanda roared out in pain and surprise, quickly trying to pry the jaws open, but that quickly proved difficult. Looking around, the son of Frankenstein saw a large spire of volcanic rock nearby and grabbed it, tearing it from the earth. The monster giant quickly wielded it like a dagger, driving it into his tormentor’s eye.

Blood spurting from his eye socket, Baragon roared out in pain and recoiled, allowing the furred protector to get his legs up and plant both feet into the reeling beast’s chest, launching the dinosaur back to slam harshly against the rock. Sanda quickly returned to his feet and picked up another boulder, lifting it over his head and hurling it straight into his foe’s horned forehead, driving the dinosaur back. Liking this result, the mountain beast hoisted another boulder up and threw it, smashing against Baragon’s chest, getting a roar of pain from the predator and driving him even further back up the mountain.

The Brown Gargantua roared out in fury and charged, slamming full force into the great horned monster and sending him backwards up the mountain. The subterranean hunter, realizing they were nearing the volcano’s rim, bit down on the kaijin’s shoulder and tore out a chunk of flesh, forcing the mutant to relinquish his grip and roar in pain. Baragon lowered his head and charged, driving his glowing nasal horn into Sanda’s stomach, drawing a trickle of blood and a bellow of agony.

The giant hominid wrapped his massive arms around the reptile’s throat and pulled up, choking the dinosaur to try and force him down. The draconic predator was suddenly overcome with panic, struggling as Sanda threatened to kill him the very same way his father killed the original. Baragon pulled back, managing to use the uneven footing to overcome his furred foe’s leverage and relieve the pressure in his throat. No longer being choked, the underground king was then able to unleash his heat ray, burning the beast’s chest and sending the monster reeling and trying to put out the smoldering flames ignited on his body.

Not wanting to give up the advantage, the vicious burrower lunged for the giant’s throat, but the Gargantua had had enough of this tactic. Launching his hands up, he grabbed Baragon’s mouth and forced his jaws shut while catching his body with the other hand. Roaring in fury, Sanda drove the saurian back up the volcano to the edge of the caldera. The underground terror tried his best to get free, but was no match for the spawn of Frankenstein’s brute strength. The mountain protector hoisted the dinosaur up and hurled him into the caldera. But before Baragon got out of range, he managed to get his jaws around the mammal’s arm, his body weight dragging his foe in with him.

The two titans were sent sliding down the slope of the caldera, smashing into the ground and opening the dried rock over the magma chamber. The primeval foes both managed to narrowly escape the molten death below but the reptile’s primal mind refused to retreat. He wanted to make this gigantic humanoid his meal in retribution for stealing his planned feast. Baragon leapt straight at the Gargantua, crashing into the ape-like creature’s chest and slamming him hard into the side of the caldera before trying to latch his jaws around the brown beast’s throat once more. The gentle giant, however, saw this coming and caught the dinosaur’s jaws, holding them back. The underground king tried with all his might to overpower Sanda, the child of Frankenstein barely able to hold the man-eater back. The intelligent savage managed to get his feet on solid ground and forced himself up, lifting the dinosaur back until both were standing.

The spawn’s intelligent brain looked around for something to use, seeing the hole they’d smashed above the magma chamber. Sanda managed to twist his body around, getting the vicious dinosaur’s back to the hole and released his grip, dodging so that Baragon’s jaws snapped shut on air right next to his head.

With all his might, the Brown Gargantua planted his feet into the earth and thrust his hands forwards, shoving the underground king with all his might. Baragon roared out in pain as he was launched backwards, barely stopping at the edge of the hole. Realizing he was in desperate straits, the draconic dinosaur opened his maw and prepared to let loose another heat ray… only for Sanda to hurl a boulder right into his mouth, causing it to ignite and burn the horned creature’s face. Roaring in agony, the subterranean terror didn’t realize until too late that the tan giant was charging him until he made contact! The spawn of Frankenstein slammed his shoulder full force into the burrower’s chest, launching him backwards.

The Gargantua watched the reptile topple into the hole in the earth, the dinosaur roaring as he plummeted down into the volcano. Sanda jumped back as the creature’s body slammed into the molten lava, sending a geyser of magma launching upwards. The giant panted heavily as he looked down, seeing Baragon’s horn sink into the river of molten rock, and only then, did he rear back and roar in victory. He had slain the man-eating Baragon and destroyed another threat to mankind. With this battle won, the lonely protector turned from the battlefield and marched back into the mountains he called home.

Winner: Sanda (Showa)

Author: Christian Salabert | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

Megalon tumbled to the ground, having been struck by his foe. As the Seatopian deity attempted to return to his feet, his opponent shrieked with evil glee, smacking its clamp-like claws together.

Spyler attacked again, planting his spiked foot into the scarab’s gut.

Gigan swung his right scythe at the bizarre creature he was facing. Wargilgar managed to avoid the attack and lunged forward, snapping at his beaked face with his claws. The cyborg jumped back and fired off a blast of his crimson cluster beam. The Terror-Beast screeched as explosions went off around his head, driving him back. The alien assassin advanced, but the spiked creature opened his beak and a double-barreled cannon emerged from within, aiming directly at his foe. The Garoga bioweapon spat out a blast, striking his fowl-esque foe in the chest. The buzzsaw beast recoiled as his orange foe leapt forward, tackling him to the ground.

The two pairs of monsters had been warring for hours. The forces of Star Hunter Nebula M and Seatopia had once again united against mankind and sent their monsters – Gigan and Megalon – to destroy the Earth. But as the two titans marched across Japan, they came across another pair of creatures: the Terror-Beasts, Spyler and Wargilgar. Having been sent by the Garoga Empire for the same purpose, the alien beasts were on a rampage of their own. The creatures’ respective masters would not stand for this intrusion, and each gave their monsters the order to destroy the others!

Spyler shrieked as the burrowing brute assaulted him with his drills. Megalon wailed on the bulky creature with his metallic limbs again and again, intent on doing as much damage as possible. He had no intention of giving his opponent another opening to attack. In a move of desperation, the mutated Garoga threw open his arms and released a series of blinding flashes of light from the knobs on his chest. The ancient destroyer shrieked as the light burned his compound eyes, throwing his arms up to protect them and backing away. The Laser Terror-Beast charged, but the horned protector recovered soon enough and fired a bolt of yellow lightning from his horn, striking the Terror-Beast in the face and knocking him to the ground.

The space ninja cried out as his foe’s searing flames scorched his body. The cyborg quickly took to the sky, circling around and slamming into Wargilgar from behind. As the insect-like Terro-Beast stumbled forward, Gigan turned around and flew directly for him. The beast’s pincer mouth screeched as the space dinosaur’s buzzsaw gashed against his face, knocking him backward. But when the sadistic cyborg tried the tactic again, the Destruction Terror-Beast was quick to react, extending his mouth cannon and firing a blast that struck his cyclopean foe directly in his visor. Shrieking wildly, the Nebulan cyborg spun out of control and plummeted to the ground, crashing with a thud.

The lumpy rogue threw Megalon to the dirt, but the giant beetle was back on his feet in an instant. Spitting out a sphere of napalm, the godly destroyer struck Spyler in the chest with it, knocking him onto his back with the resulting explosion. Before the Garoga weapon could recover, the drilled devil strafed his body with another lightning blast, eliciting a shriek of pain. But just as he advanced on his foe, something exploded against the back of his skull, nearly knocking him off his feet. The Seatopian turned just in time to have Wargilgar’s claw smash into his face, as his beaked partner got to his feet. The alien was still down. Slowly getting to his feet, the underground arthropod realized he had to fight both Terror-Beasts alone.

The cruel crustacean charged, readying his pincers. The divine destroyer flexed his arms and did the same. The two crashed together, attacking each other with their weapon-tipped arms. Wargilgar bit down on the thick neck of his foes with his mandibles, causing the beetle god to wildly wave his arms around, battering his tormentor with his drills. The Terror-Beast was forced away, allowing Spyler to slam into the god of Seatopia from the side. Megalon was flung to the ground by the impact as his foes regrouped and attacked together. The Laser Terror-Beast slammed his clamp-like claws down on the carapace covered back as Wargilgar grabbed hold of his horn.

Charging the horn with electricity, the ancient defender dislodged his bug eyed foe in a burst of sparks and stood up, decking the former Garoga across the face with his right arm. The Destruction Terror-Beast attacked again, once again snatching the curved horn in his claws. Pulling Megalon down, Wargilgar set him up for a body slam from his partner.

With a sickening snap, Megalon’s horn broke away as Spyler crashed into him.

The agonized screech of his partner caught Gigan’s attention, getting him to focus and rejoin the battle. Aiming his arm at the blinding behemoth, he fired off his capture cables. They quickly wrapped around Spyler’s arm and, with an angry cry, the space dinosaur pulled the Terror-Beast away from his ally.

Blood continued to drip from the stump where the god’s horn once was as he and Wargilgar continued to struggle. The blue and orange beast dodged a blow from one of Megalon’s drills and shoved him away. The terror of the deep responded by spewing napalm at his foe, blasting him back.

The antennaed kaiju tried to pull himself away, but the cables of the ninja of the stars were wrapped too tightly. The cyborg began reeling his opponent in, starting up his chest-mounted buzzsaw as he did so. Spyler tugged, but couldn’t break free. The bulbous creature unleashed more flashes of light from his chest, blinding the fowl fiend momentarily. The Garoga monster snatched the cables and yanked on them, trying to pull his captor off his feet.

The flame throwing arthropod screamed as another of the scarab’s orbs exploded against his flesh. The Terror-Beast was ready for the next use of the tactic; when the divine destroyer’s mandibles opened next, he fired off his mouth cannon, blasting deep into the Seatopian’s throat. As the insect deity choked and gurgled, his drill-hands at his mouth, Wargilgar stepped forward and unleashed his hellish flames at his opponent, Megalon cried out as the fires scorched his skin.

Spyler tugged on the Nebulan’s cables, bringing him closer. The cyborg refused to fall, screeching in defiance at the Terror-Beast. The bio-weapon alien began to fire more bursts of light, but Gigan quickly fired a blast of his cluster beam, striking the Garoga in the face. With his foe distracted, the alien assassin yanked hard, causing the warty menace to stumble forward. Bringing his other arm up, the space dinosaur thrust it forward, sliding his blade into Spyler’s chest. The Terror-Beast shrieked as the scythe pierced his flesh. The buzzsaw bully withdrew his blade, and as the Laser Terror-Beast clutched at his injury, the cyborg fired a blast of his cluster beam into the wound. Seconds after the red energy entered his body, Spyler squawked in agony as the beam exploded within him, rupturing his internal organs. The burning energy wracking his body, the Garoga monster toppled face-first onto the pavement, erupting into a massive ball of fire.

Watching the flames burn, Gigan struck a victory pose, shrieking in triumph. He turned to face Wargilgar…

…Just in time to see the burnt, charred corpse of Megalon hit the ground.

Screeching angrily, the scythed hunter took to the air and landed directly in front of the arthropod Terror-Beast. The cyborg slashed at his friend’s killer, drawing blood. When he tried it again with his other arm, the Destruction-made beast grabbed it before it could hit him. The two creatures grappled with each other for a moment before the bug-like bioweapon managed to knock his avian foe to the ground. The visored creature tried to get back up, but his Garogan foe was upon him in seconds, raining his claws down on him again and again. The space dinosaur lifted his head and fired his cluster beam into Wargilgar’s face, knocking him away.

Gigan got back to his feet and flexed his arms. Shrieking angrily, the Terror-Beast leapt towards his foe, but his fleet footed foe managed to stay on his feet, shoving back. Wargilgar swung his arm up at the cyborg’s face, snapping his pincers at his beak, but the swift android pulled his head back and dodged the attack. The Nebulan sliced upward with his left scythe, slicing off the strange, wing-like extremity from the flame spitting insect’s corresponding shoulder. A clucking laugh sounded from his beak as Wargilgar clutched at his shoulder, screaming in pain. The Terror-Beast soon recovered and opened his mandibles, spewing out another stream of searing flames.

The space terror shrieked as the fire assaulted his body. He tried to back away from the heat, but the Terror-Beast advanced, keeping the flames on him, the bladed bully helpless as he felt Wargilgar’s fire burning him. He needed to finish this, and quickly. Two slits opened in his paneled chest, and out shot twin, razor-sharp discs. They made their way towards the draconic insect, twirling through the air.

The Destruction Terror-Beast paid the discs little attention, which would soon prove to be a grave mistake.

They sliced through the creature’s long neck, immediately cutting off the flames. The Garogan stood there for a moment, unmoving, before the upper half of his neck detached and fell to the ground with a thud. His body soon followed, crashing to the street.

For a moment, Gigan stared at the decapitated body of Wargilgar before rearing his head back and crying in victory. Though Megalon had fallen, the scythed terror had proven triumphant for his masters. Turning his attention back to the city, the Nebula M cyborg resumed his original mission: raining destruction down upon mankind.

Winner: Gigan (Universal)

Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Jackson Morris

The natives of the village were in turmoil, running for their lives. When the Kamacuras were created by a radioactive weather accident, they were not confined to their home island. Some had spread to new feeding grounds.

And now they were here.

The three giant mantises flew over the village, scooping up villagers and consuming them. The terrible creatures’ hunger knew no bounds, and their bloodshed seemed not to, either.

The village elder knew only one thing could save them. He called to his people and they listened, setting out drums and beating them, sending vibrations echoing through the island’s forest as others began chanting and dancing. They didn’t seem to care that some were being picked off by the monstrous insects… and their efforts were rewarded.

A thunderous roar echoed from the interior of the island, startling the Kamacuras. The sound of massive footfalls began to echo throughout the island and villagers opened the wall, allowing a massive figure to march out into the village. The villagers bowed to the massive gorilla they saw as a living god. King Kong roared and beat his chest, furious that these insects dare defile his territory.

The titanic mantids backpedaled, not suspected to be confronted by such a massive creature. They backpedaled further when Kong let loose a roar of challenge that rattled their exoskeletons. The trio seemed to converse among themselves, realizing the eighth wonder, while a large foe, was a larger meal. Finally, they decided to make their move.

They spread their wings and took flight, circling the huge primate, waiting for the chance to attack. Finally, one of them flew straight at the primate from behind… only for the great ape to swing around and backhand the bug, sending it flying into a hut, crushing it under its weight. Another Kamacuras flew at the king of Faro, only to be grabbed by the arms. Kong roared in its face and with great strength, tossed it halfway across the beach and crashing hard to the ground. The third tried its luck, only for the thunder god to once more expect the attack and grab it by the throat. The monster monarch pulled back his fist and punched the arthropod, sending it flying and crashing into it’s first comrade scrabbling itself upright.

The trio of bruised insects managed to rise and land on one of the mountain peaks overlooking the village in an attempt to catch their breath and regroup. But as they tried to recover, one screeched in surprise to see Kong climbing up the mountain with ease after them. The steep mountain was little challenge for the massive gorilla, who refused to allow the killer insects to escape his clutches.

The Kamacuras took off as their pursuer reached the top and circled. One attempted to dive-bomb the larger beast, but the king of Faro Island held onto the mountain top with one arm and swatted the bug out of the air and sent it crashing to the forest below. Another tried its luck, only for the ape to wrap his massive hand around its thorax and throw it into the remaining one, sending both falling to the ground. The great gorilla roared and beat his chest with one hand before leaping from the side of the mountain and attempting to crush one of the prone insects with his fists. Thankfully, the mantis saw this and managed to narrowly evade being squashed.

The bugs regrouped once more, knowing they had to be smarter about their assault. They decided to break out their secret weapon. They each settled around the village and in a rippling effect vanished into thin air, camouflaged perfectly. The monarch monster looked around, perplexed as to where his enemies had gone. He cautiously marched around the village, searching for his prey. However, when he got close, one of the massive insects came out of its cloak and latched onto his back, beating him with its hammer-like claws. As Kong roared in rage and tried to grasp his attacker, the other two emerged and latched onto his shoulders, clawing his head. The gorilla managed to toss one Kamacuras off, but when he reached to do the same to another, the one he’d tossed merely reattached. He tried this repeatedly, but to no effect other than the same. The blows to the head began to daze the mighty king and he finally fell over dizzily as the creatures moved in for the kill.

One slavering insect crawled its way onto the mammal’s chest and prepared to smash his throat with its claw… only for a large tree to smash into it like a baseball bat, sending it flying into a hut. The same tree greeted the other two mantids, sending them flying in both directions. The ape shook the haze from his vision and looked up, seeing a colossal human standing over him.

Frankenstein dropped the tree he’d used as a makeshift weapon. He’d last been seen falling into an abyss after killing the first Baragon, but his immortal heart refused to die and eventually regenerated into his body once again. But he’d wandered underground for a long time before finally emerging on Faro Island. And it couldn’t have been at a better time. He offered his hand to the gorilla, seeing he was protecting the villagers, like him.

Kong looked at the reanimated primitive’s hand in confusion. Both he and the immortal monster had one thing unique among most kaiju, with a few exceptions. They were thinking animals. Frankenstein was near human and the primate also highly intelligent. So, both were able to see they were more likely to win if they worked together. The ape took the scarred hand and was helped to his feet. The two stood back-to-back, realizing the ambush nature of the Kamacuras.

They waited… until finally a mantid lunged at Kong from out of nowhere, only to be grabbed by the massive ape. Tired of this fight, he threw the insect up and brought his arms down on its midsection, plowing it to the earth with enough force to splatter its blood and guts over himself and the surrounding area. The eighth wonder roared and beat his chest, triumphant. Frankenstein waited as well, seeing the brief appearance of a Kamacuras before it attacked. He grabbed its arm and neck and slammed it to the ground. He planted his foot in its chest and wrenched the arm, causing it to shriek in agony before its limb was torn from its body by the Herculean strength of the giant man. The unnatural-born human swiftly silenced the screaming bug by driving his own arm straight through its chest, nailing it to the ground and killing it.

The remaining Kamacuras didn’t like the odds of two against one and spread its wings to fly off. The two primate-like kaiju picked up large boulders and chucked them at the fleeing insect, Kong’s making the first hit and a second bolder thrown by Frankenstein striking and sending the giant bug falling to the ground. The camouflaging predator struggled and looked up, finding its wings smashed by the boulders. It conceded that it was crippled and at the mercy of its former prey, but knew at least they’d kill it quickly… but fate was more cruel.

The ground in front of it burst open as the massive body of Kumonga erupted from the earth, having been waiting for one of the Kamacuras to wander close to him. The sinister spider sprayed a large amount of webbing from his maw, quickly cocooning the thrashing mantid before he then extended his stinger into its back. Kamacuras screeched in pain before its eyes went out and it died. The apex predator of Solgell screeched in victory, then saw Frankenstein and Kong gaping. His hunger wouldn’t be vanquished by the smaller bug kaiju, but those two would keep him well-fed for a long time. The massive arachnid crawled forwards toward the duo.

The humanoid duo nodded to each other and charged, attempting to grab onto one of Kumonga’s legs but the arachnid leapt backwards, dodging them and spraying webbing at them, as they dodged as quickly as they could. Frankenstein picked up a boulder and threw it, smacking straight into the eight eyed head, but it bounced off his armored exoskeleton. Kong tried the same, with the same result. The titanic tarantula screeched and sprayed the immortal demon with webbing. The massive human struggled, but found the webbing slowing his movements. The South Seas terror tried to help his ally, but had to dodge when the giant arachnid turned the web towards him. The venomous villain continued wrapping the giant kaijin up until he was completely cocooned and fell over. The guardian rushed Kumonga while he was distracted, but the huge spider leapt into the air and landed on Frankenstein, driving his stinger into his back. While the immortal didn’t make a sound, he did stop moving, and that was enough for the predator.

The massive arachnid turned his attention towards Kong, who was enraged to see his new ally killed. The ape tossed boulders at the slinking spider, who charged through despite the rocks pelting his hide. He leapt into the air, slamming into the ape’s hairy chest and knocking him to the ground. The gorilla grabbed him and pushed back, but the ravenous invertebrate kept fighting the ape, keeping him on his back while trying to use his stinger on him, though he managed to keep the piercing blade just out of range.

The villagers realized their deity was in trouble and began pounding their drums and chanting once more. What happened next could never be scientifically explained. Lightning suddenly flashed in the sky and several bolts descended, hitting around the two monsters. Kong finally sustained several direct hits from the lightning bolts, but was unharmed. His eyes flashed and his muscles bulged. Kumonga screeched in surprise at this turn of events, then agony as thousands of volts coursed from thick primal hands into his body. The primal god picked up the spider and, with a massive show of strength, threw him hundreds of yards into the side of a mountain. The guardian god roared and beat his chest, now not only fully revitalized but stronger than ever.

However, the lightning had a second effect no one expected. Several bolts had struck the cocooned and seemingly dead Frankenstein. Within moments, the cocoon stirred and a twitching hand erupted out. While he didn’t draw strength from it as the king of Faro Island did, anyone knowing the story of Frankenstein knew what the mad doctor had originally used to bring him to life and what once gave him life had restored it in full. The raging giant tore himself free of his bindings and the humanoid titan charged back into the fray.

As the titanic tarantula attempted to right himself, the thunder ape was on him in a second, pummeling him with electrically-charged blows from his fists. Kumonga screeched in agony and tried to jump out of Kong’s way… only for the atomic gothic horror to pick up a huge tree and use it as a bat to knock him out of the air, slamming him hard on his back. As the massive spider flailed his legs, the energized ape charged and slammed his fists into the arachnid’s underside repeatedly, causing blood to gush from his mouth. He tried his stinger, only for the glowing gorilla to catch it. The ape seemed to smile as he tore the appendage out of the body, causing the spider to screech in immeasurable agony.

Frankenstein’s intelligence noticed the crackling electrical power of his ally and picked up a smaller tree. He looked to Kong and made a series of grunts, directing the ape’s attention to the tree. The thinking animal understood and grabbed the tip of the tree, the electricity lighting it aflame. The primitive immortal waited for Kumonga to right himself and screech in his continuing agony. He then drove the flaming tree into her maw, lighting the huge spider’s face on fire. The striped terror screeched louder as the flames scorched him, spreading over his flammable body until he was a walking conflagration. The thrashing arachnid grew weaker and his screeches less frequent until finally, he collapsed and died, the once proud hunter nothing but a blazing corpse.

The protector of Faro and the undying creation of man nodded to one another in respect, grateful for each other’s help. King Kong then headed back into his forest, Frankenstein turning to the smoking remains and beginning to feed on the very creature who once tried to make a meal of him, though in a more civilized manner.

On that day, the creature once known as the Modern Prometheus after the ancient one who stole fire from the gods became known on Faro Island as a god himself by the natives, for helping their living deity and coming to their aid in their time of need.

Winner: Frankenstein (Universal), King Kong (Showa)

Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

Minilla, the son of the Monster King himself, walked through the forests of Birth Island, simply enjoying the scenery. Life for the young kaiju was simple—until he got older, as there was no way his dad intended to take him out to fight. But that didn’t mean others on the island felt the same.

Minilla was startled to hear cackling behind him and turned to see Gabara towering over him. The young Godzilla jumped back, crying in fear, trying to avoid the bullying kaiju. Gabara cracked his knuckles and raised his fist to punch the little monster—only to suddenly stop, looking up and roaring before taking off in terror.

Minilla gave a small roar of relief and turned, expecting to see his father or brother—only to see a pair of Xilien ships floating in front of him. The tiny monster cocked his head, wondering what was going on and why that bully of his was so afraid of them. Suddenly, a pair of rainbow-colored beams descended from the ships. In the swirling light, two kaiju materialized: the hulking alien mutant Orga and the skeletal space monster Monster X.

Orga reared back with a bellowing roar that made Minilla cry out in terror and retreat, covering his ears. Orga had his own ship, naturally, but now he was too massive and his intellect too degraded to pilot it. Monster X looked at his partner, then at the tiny kaiju before him, cocking his head. Surely, both of them hadn’t been needed to kill this little thing. There had to be something they were missing.

Monster X looked around, seeing only Gabara in the distance, screaming in terror and trying to hide. Surely that wasn’t their target either. Finding nothing else, he decided to at least warm up on the little one while they waited—only to find the infant Godzilla missing. Monster X roared in surprise, looking to Orga and trying to get the dimwitted kaiju to tell him where Minilla had gone. The mutated behemoth merely pointed toward some nearby cliffs, not seeming to care—or even realize—that he’d let a target escape. That is, until Monster X smacked him over the head with his tail and roared at him to follow.

The two space monsters soon arrived at the bottom of the cliff, looking around for their prey. Monster X heard Minilla’s roar and looked up to see the little kaiju standing on top of the rather high cliff, waving. Monster X roared in anger and prepared to fire when he saw Minilla pointing behind him. The skeletal space monster turned just in time to be blasted in the face by an atomic ray, toppling him to the ground.

Orga turned to see what was happening, only for a slightly less developed atomic ray to hit him in the shoulder, blowing off a chunk of flesh and making him scream in agony. As his shoulder healed and Monster X stood up, they saw a very irritated Godzilla and Godzilla Junior glaring back at them.

Godzilla bellowed in rage, along with his elder son. How dare these two descend on his island home and push around his youngest child? They were going to pay. Junior looked up to his baby brother, roaring reassurances. Sure, he didn’t know Minilla that well yet, but no one messed with his family and got away with it.

Monster X flexed his claws and roared in fury—only to be staggered forward as a purple energy ray swept over his back. He looked up to see Rodan flying overhead with a screech, spinning around and hovering above his adoptive ‘brother’ and close ally. He didn’t like these intruders messing with his friends, and they would pay for it dearly.

Monster X and Orga roared, charging the trio of Earth’s protectors. Godzilla roared in response and swung around, bashing the alien mutant in the head, while Junior charged and headbutted Monster X in the chest. Rodan hung back for the time being.

The hulking behemoth was unfazed and roared, rearing up and lunging down to bite Godzilla’s shoulder, sinking his teeth into his genetic donor’s chest. But before he could begin absorbing genetic material, the monster king sank his claws deep into the thick neck of the abomination and bit down on Orga’s head, forcing the beast’s jaws off him. Keeping hold, Godzilla began pummeling the creature’s boxy head with his claws. Orga bellowed in surprise and wrapped his oversized claws around Godzilla’s ankles, heaving up and throwing him to the ground.

Orga reared back to slam Godzilla with his massive fists, only for maple-leaf dorsal spines to light up. The monster king fired a blue atomic ray that tore into his hunchback shoulder, blasting flesh and blood off as the beast howled in pain. Godzilla got to his feet, watching Orga’s wound regenerate at an outstanding rate.

The emerald green reptile swung around, smacking his tail into Monster X’s legs and toppling the space kaiju. Before the immature Godzilla could capitalize, the skeletal warrior threw his arms out, unleashing gravity bolts from his eyes and shoulder skulls, tearing into Junior’s flesh and causing him to retreat with a roar of pain. Monster X rose to his feet and leaped up, spinning around and backhanding Junior in the face. His tail followed, striking the green saurian again and sending the smaller Godzilla toppling to the ground. However, before the ghastly fighter could land, Rodan swooped in, slamming into his chest and knocking him hard onto his back.

Rodan did a loop and dove at the Xilien champion, bombarding him with his Uranium Heat Beam. As black-skinned monstrosity shrieked in pain, Rodan flew through the smoke of his own attack, landing on Monster X’s chest and repeatedly pecking at his enemy’s face. Reeling in surprise, the destructive warrior unleashed a barrage of Gravity Beams, blasting Rodan off and sending the mutated pteranodon crashing hard to the ground.

Before he could recover, another atomic ray from Junior struck him in the back, knocking him forward. As he turned around, Junior swung his tail, smashing it into Monster X’s cranium and sending him toppling to the ground.

Meanwhile, Godzilla clawed at Orga’s face, even gouging out the alien’s gleaming yellow eye, only for it to regenerate almost instantly. Having had enough, Orga pulled back his massive arm and slammed his fist into Godzilla, knocking the King of the Monsters off balance. The mutated alien seized the opportunity, swinging both huge fists and sandwiching Godzilla’s head between them, leaving the nuclear leviathan dazed.

Realizing he had a rare opening, the jaws of the mutant unhinged, splitting open wide as a grotesque membrane expanded outward like a demonic flower. Before Godzilla could recover, Orga lunged forward, engulfing his head and neck, the membrane constricting as it attempted to force him down his throat. Godzilla struggled, but Orga had him right where he wanted him, rapidly siphoning his DNA.

Orga would have smiled if he could—he felt his body changing, spines beginning to form on his back. But something was wrong. He suddenly realized that something wasn’t just being absorbed; something was leaving him.

Being a hybrid of an alien and Godzilla, Orga had radiation in his body, but to his shock, Godzilla was absorbing it.

Suddenly, Godzilla’s spines flashed red, and pulses of energy erupted from his body. A Spiral Ray burst forth, tearing through Orga’s back. The Millennian aberration bellowed in agony, releasing his target and stumbling away as his maimed body struggled to regenerate. But Godzilla didn’t give him the chance. Another Spiral Ray was unleashed, severing the entire left arm of the mammoth alien, sending the limb crashing to the ground. Orga howled, staggering backward. A third blast struck, reducing his left shoulder to a smoking ruin.

Godzilla roared and unleashed another devastating Spiral Ray. Orga’s chest exploded, his body convulsing violently. Finally, with one last, earth-shaking blast, Orga’s head and upper torso were obliterated, his form reduced to a burning husk.

Monster X managed to get back to his feet and turned to face Junior, throwing a punch into the young Godzilla’s gut, then another into his jaw, forcing him backward. Godzilla Junior snarled and swung his tail, sweeping Monster X’s legs out from under him. At that moment, Rodan dove down, smashing into the back of the bony beast’s head and sending him flipping head-over-heels, slamming face-first into a boulder.

The space monster groaned, slowly rising to his feet—only to be hit by twin energy blasts from Junior and Rodan. The combined attack struck Monster X’s chest, knocking him onto his back once again.

As Monster X tried to regain his footing, he saw Godzilla staring down at him. Junior stepped forward, followed by Rodan. He looked from one monster to the other, feeling something unfamiliar—terror.

He frantically searched for Orga, hoping for backup, but all he found was the burning remains of his former ally, now reduced to ash. Above, on the cliff, Minilla waved mockingly at him.

Monster X gulped. He was in trouble.

Godzilla, Junior, and Rodan unleashed their radioactive rays in unison. First, Monster X’s shoulder heads were blown off by the barrage. Then, his skeletal face was stripped of the flesh that had once covered it.

Godzilla motioned for his ‘family’ to step back as his body pulsed with crimson energy. Junior and Rodan wisely retreated. The suffering Monster X’s last sight was Godzilla’s Spiral Ray slamming into his skull, causing it to explode into a shower of bone fragments and flaming flesh.

Godzilla and his allies roared in victory. Minilla ran over and hugged his father’s leg. Godzilla placed a comforting hand on his son’s head, reassuring him.

Looking up, he saw the Xilien ships retreating. The Monster King knew this was far from over—his duty was far from finished.

He roared at Junior to protect his younger brother, then turned to Rodan, signaling for him to follow. His fierce roar echoed across the island, rousing a sleeping Anguirus—who had somehow managed to sleep through the entire battle. The armored kaiju awoke with a startled growl and hurried over.

As Junior led Minilla to safety, Godzilla noticed Gabara cowering nearby, praying that no one would attack him. Godzilla let out a sharp, commanding roar in his direction.

Gabara blinked and pointed to himself. Another fierce roar from Godzilla confirmed the order. The cat-like ogre yelped in surprise and quickly scrambled after the others as they dove into the ocean.

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Meanwhile, in the Xilien Mothership…

X stomped around, his face contorted in rage, throwing a tantrum. “That dumb mutant! We should’ve sent something smarter than him with Monster X! It’s all his fault!”

“Settle down, my friend,” a female voice said over a nearby monitor.

“Calm down?!” X shouted, storming over to the screen. “Your stupid plan just cost me my best monster! Why should I calm down?!”

“Because I’ve got something better for you,” the voice replied smoothly.

X immediately stopped his tantrum, his anger giving way to curiosity. The screen shifted, displaying something that made him grin.

“Well… I guess that’s a good reason.”

Winner: Godzilla (Heisei), Godzilla Junior, Rodan (Universal)

Author: Hayes A. Jones | Banner: Jackson Morris

Gamera was horrified.

It had been several weeks since his battle with Legion. The insectoid alien had been a deadly foe, her cold cunning and emotionless determination nearly slaying the Guardian of the Universe. It was only through the desperate, last minute use of his ultimate weapon – the Mana Beam – that he was able to save both himself and the planet. But it was a double-edged blade. Although the all-mighty attack had allowed the terrapin defender to prevail over Legion, it had also left the Earth in a weakened state, deprived of Mana, creating the perfect environment for his mortal enemy – Gyaos, the Shadow of Evil and the very creatures he had been created to wipe out.

But it appeared something far worse had arisen.

The corpses of countless Gyaos littered the plains of Africa. Gamera soared overhead, propelled by two columns of blue flames. The terrapin’s noble green eyes were grim with duty. Whatever had killed the flying demons had to be found and stopped immediately. What unnerved the ancient protector most was not simply that the Gyaos were dead or even how many of them had fallen. It was how they were killed. The reptilian vultures were… melted, their cadavers burnt and half-dissolved, coated with a vile slime. The landscape below the airborne turtle was just as ominous. The usually life-filled savannas were dead and brown, the pure white color of skeletonized animals dotting the dark earth. The same foul black sludge blanketed the ground, its eye-watering scent hanging loftily in the air and making him nauseous. The Atlantean champion wanted more than anything to turn back and soak himself in cold seawater, but he couldn’t. He had a mission – to protect the Earth. And that was something he had no intention of failing at.

Even against the horror that was waiting for him.

There. The guardian beast angled himself downward, roaring towards the thing that had decimated the Gyaos. The twin jets of azure fire that powered the shelled protector’s flight ceased with a sputter of smoke. The flaps of skin that transformed the reptile’s arms into organic rudders retracted. As the turtle dropped from the sky, his strong legs swiftly emerged from their sockets and broke his fall. Gamera grumbled in surprise, nearly slipping on the acidic muck on the ground. The poisonous sludge dully burned the soles of his feet, leaving a painful tingling seeping into his thick skin. Regaining his footing, the shelled hero stared ahead, eyes like two hard emeralds. From a heap of corrosive slime that composed its body, the glowing crimson eyes of his unearthly foe gazed back. The tusked titan threw back his head in a roar of challenge. A fit of croaking laughter ringing out from the tower of living minerals he faced.

At the end of a broad trail of death and destruction, the Guardian of the Universe prepared to do battle with Hedorah, the Smog Monster.

Gamera made the first move. Three fireballs erupted from the turtle’s mouth in quick succession. The unstable spheres of plasma detonated on contact with Hedorah, throwing sludge from the decomposing creature’s body. Gurgling, the pollution-based lifeform stumbled back, dripping arms flailing in distress. Encouraged, the Atlantean hero strode forward, more fireballs ripping from his throat. Several explosions bloomed from Hedorah’s torso in response, pushing the corrosive creature back further. With one final round of fireballs, the oozing horror disappeared behind a curtain of smoke, body sizzling as it was flash-dried. 

The seasoned fighter tensed, scanning the smoke for any sign of movement. Just how effective had his fireballs been? The sickening alien gave a bitter response in the form of a bolt of crimson energy that cut through the smoke and struck their foe’s neck. The terrapin clenched his jaws to hold pack a pained cry as pale green blood gushed from his unprotected skin. Croaking, Hedorah emerged from the smoke screen, arms stretched forward. Taking the reptile off-guard, the hideous giant grabbed the guardian’s armored shoulders in their acidic mitts. Gamera shrieked in pain as the deadly muck ate away at his shell, slowly revealing vulnerable flesh, struggling to find a way to take down his foe even in agony. 

The creature’s chest was dusty and cracked from the fireballs. But even as he writhed under its toxic grip, the defender of the innocent could see that the dried layer of sludge was flaking away, revealing the slime beneath was unharmed, still wet, oily and dangerous. The guardian gritted his teeth. That wasn’t good. Staring Hedorah directly in the face, the turtle launched a fireball, blowing the Smog Monster’s scalp open and pushing the horrible thing away from him. Leaping back, Gamera growled and suspiciously eyed the now mutilated Hedorah as it stumbled back. The filthy mottled brown behemoth’s head began to reform, the ooze stitching itself back together. Having no real brain – or many other organs for that matter – the demon from a distant nebula could recover from injuries that would undoubtedly be mortal to any other creature.

The terrapin was in shock at this discovery. How could he possibly defeat such a monstrosity? The guardian’s round eyes hardened, as he took a heated breath. Even if this was a losing battle, it was one he’d see through to the end.

Throat filling with plasma, the Mana empowered hero launched a fireball. But the burning sphere barely left his tusked maw before another red energy bolt detonated it. As the fire and smoke cleared, the turtle found himself glaring at a cackling Hedorah. The defender of Earth’s lip twitched in anger. The toxic creature’s laughter stopped when a fireball exploded into its body, toppling it. Gamera rushed forward, another fireball forming in his jaws. As the terrapin prepared to blast it again, a corrosive loogie flew from the triphibian. The deadly spitball plopped onto the giant reptillian’s plastron with a dull sizzle. Before the champion could stop himself, the turtle slapped his hand over the acidic sludge.

 Big mistake.

Gamera jerked his hand back with a wail, the white gleam of bones peaking out from underneath dark flesh. As the Atlantean relic gripped his wrist in agony, the Smog Monster got to his feet and fired a crimson streak of might from just above his eye. The potent bolt struck the ground at his taloned feet, throwing up a cloud of sulfuric gas. The reptile released his hand and began pawing desperately at his eyes with his good hand. Cackling, Hedorah spat another sludge ball at the choking guardian. The lethal slime spattered over his ridged forehead, immediately eating away at flesh. Acting swiftly, the noble giant used his already damaged hand to wipe the ooze from his head. Knowing he was in deep trouble, the Guardian of the Universe went on the offensive.

The turtle’s legs vanished beneath a curtain of azure fire. Roaring from the ground at an almost vertical trajectory, the champion made a wild charge at the space ninja. The polluted being reeled back in shock. Just before he careened into the monstrosity, Gamera launched a fireball directly into Hedorah’s face and pulled up sharply. As the guardian rocketed straight up, the flames that powered his flight seared Hedorah’s falling shape with a great burst of steam.

Fire erupted from Gamera’s arm socket as he leveled off to a hover. The turtle gazed intently down at the toxic titan’s still body. The alien beast was now just a dry husk. The tusked turtle nodded in satisfaction. Moisture seemed to be this thing’s lifeblood, so he had taken that away. This battle was over.

The husk stirred, causing him to narrow his eyes. Or was it?

The Smog Monster’s shriveled body split open, a dark form flying from the dusty shell. The protector of the innocent snarled in hate as he recognized the creature. Although in a different shape, there was no doubt to the airborne object’s identity – Hedorah. The alien had abandoned its vaguely humanoid form in favor of a UFO shape, led by his oblong red eyes and leaving behind a sulfuric trail. Withdrawing his head into his armored shell, Gamera launched into a fiery pinwheel and gave chase. The gluttonous villian tried desperately to shake the terrapin, pulling sharp turns, steep dives and sudden climbs, but his foe was constantly behind him. The vile being finally settled on allowing the turtle to stay in his wake, hoping that the sulfuric gas it emitted would knock the guardian from the sky. 

A wet hiss escaped from the general area that a mouth would usually be located. Gamera’s rapid rotation easily cut through the dangerous gas, dispersing it. The living flying saucer gave a warbling squawk of annoyance. Time for a change of plan. Banking, the foul creature spun around to rush at his foe head on. A bolt of crimson destruction shot from above an equally red eye. The attack simply bounced off the spinning carapace, Hedorah’s eyes widening in horror as it realized it was going to collide with the turtle and its dehydrating flames. The Smog Monster dropped quickly, trying to duck under the guardian. But the expert flyer did the same. The jagged edges of his shell acting as the teeth on a saw disk, the defending beast cleaved the flying rom in two, flames negating its acidic quality. With a gurgling howl, the two halves of the pollution beast’s body plummeted to the ground, landing with synchronized dull, wet thuds.

Spiraling downward, Gamera slowly spun to a halt, landing a safe distance from both the pieces of Hedorah. The reptilian protector was still suspicious. The monstrosity had proved extremely hard to kill before, so why should it be so easy now? His caution proved justified as the halves of Hedorah’s body disappeared in two bright flashes of pink light. As the light faded, identical frog-like beings were revealed – Hedorah’s initial terrestrial form. The two alien beasts were almost half of the giant terrapin’s size, but they proved just as full of surprises as their final form as one pounced with speed that defied its mass. The plasma powered hero quickly blasted it from the air with a fireball. The slimy quadruped fell with a shower of sparks and a wet squeal. The second creature also leapt, catching him off guard. It crashed into his chest, sending both giants sharply to the ground. The guardian took a moment to decide – and give thanks – that this form apparently wasn’t as toxic as the ones he had faced before,based on the fact that his flesh wasn’t burning from his bones.

At least for now.

The second Hedorah had recovered, ashes and soot falling from its body. It sprung forward with a croaking cry, meeting its twin with a pink flash that drove a blinding whiteness deep into emerald eyes. The weight on the turtle’s armored chest suddenly doubled. As the ancient reptile slowly regained his vision, he could make out the cackling shape of the vile alien’s final form towering above him. An agonizing tingle was spreading across his scaly skin from simple contact with the Smog Monster. As croaking laughter filled the air, corrosive sludge began to ooze from the pollution creature’s body. Gamera’s emerald eyes filled with fear. 

The deadly muck slowly slid down, small drips of it landing on the guardian’s shell with soft hisses. The Atlantean protector threw back his head with a scream as some of the acidic slime fell on his arm, eating through straight to the bone. Fiery energy boiled in his core from a spike of pure adrenaline. A fireball began forming in his tusked maw. But the sphere of unstable power exploded in the terrapin’s jaws, courtesy of a red energy bolt from Hedorah. Gamera grunted in pain as his head was slammed into the ground, flames washing over him. Licks of fire now clung to both the dueling giants. Both were unaffected, the toxic triphibian because of his great endurance and the heroic turtle, his status as a beast powered by heat and flames.

Heat…

Trapped under a titan of poisonous sludge threatening to skeletonize him, the Guardian of the Universe suddenly found himself staring at a small billow of steam as a tongue of flame dried Hedorah’s outermost layer of slime.

More acidic ooze dropped onto his shelled shoulder, dissolving flesh.

Heat was this monstrosity’s weakness. The last hope of humanity had known this very early on in the fight. But he had gone about dehydrating the alien creature in the wrong way.

Deadly slime drizzled over his neck, opening his throat to the dirty air.

He had targeted the Smog Monster’s exterior. What he should have gone for is the interior.

Burning muck spattered across the plastron, dangerously close to wearing away the armor and reaching soft flesh.

He had to dry out the pollution-fueled beast’s core.

Lethal sludge dripped onto Gamera’s head, revealing the turtle’s skull.

And he knew just how to do it.

Focusing what remained of his power, the hero of the innocent forced all his energy into a single raised fist. Willing the fire that dotted Hedorah’s body as well as his own around his closed hand, the noble champion compressed the flames, enveloping his fist in in a coating of pure, concentrated plasma. Eyes hardening, Gamera raised his fist – armed with a “plasma glove” of sorts – and plunged it into the alien’s noxious body. Plasma guarding his bare flesh, the turtle drove his arm into the very heart of the Smog Monster. Arms flailing in panic, the vile leviathan fired his energy beam frantically. The red barrage raked across his face, laying open his cheek and scalp, but he reptilian guardian gritted his teeth. The pain was intense.

But his determination was even more intense.

The gluttonous alien’s center was totally devoid of water. The terrapin forced the plasma outwards, his will now carrying him farther than his stamina ever could. The Smog Monster was thrashing madly, a pale brown dust spilling from around the flaming arm. The mineral born beast began to creak and crackle with every move, its body falling away in dry sheets. Finally, with one last warped scream, the polluted lifeform crumbled away, disintegrating into nothing more than a dusty, gritty gust of wind.

Hedorah was no more.

Gamera collapsed, totally drained. He was exhausted beyond all belief. He was struggling to even keep his eyes open. His foe was vanquished and his energy gone. All he could do now was rest. He would usually travel to the nearest body of rejuvenating water to sleep and regain his energy, but he didn’t have the strength to do so. So be it.

Under the warm African sun, the Guardian closed his eyes and entered a deep, deep, slumber.

Winner: Gamera (Heisei)

Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Dao Zang Moua

They’d been beaten back one by one, every single time they’d tried to take that pitiful blue planet. Yes, it seemed unbelievable that such an insignificant spec on a cosmic scale could defeat mighty conquerors such as them, but yet it had happened. The alien invaders had had enough. It wasn’t a simple matter of conquering the planet, now it was a matter of pride. 

And revenge. 

Even the forces of Seatopia had joined this coalition, contributing Megalon to their forces. But they had to come up with a new plan. Attacking all at once wouldn’t help. The Kilaaks had tried an all-out attack and it hadn’t worked. So instead, they’d divert the Earth defenders from their true goal with other attacks. And first up would be the team of the Star Hunter Nebula M and Black Hole Aliens.

In Osaka, the citizens went about their normal lives, knowing a kaiju attack was possible, as always, but that was the last thing on their minds. They had other things to do besides worry…

But perhaps they should have. 

Suddenly, the sound of rocket engines filled the air, the powerful Super Mechagodzilla descending from the sky with a mechanical screech. But this wasn’t the same one they knew. The Black Hole Aliens had seen the superiority of the Earth Mechagodzilla’s arsenal over their own when dealing with Earth kaiju and duplicated it. The only difference was that theirs was controlled remotely as their original had been. That, and Earth metals were easier for them to use, their supply of Space Titanium having fallen into the black hole along with their homeworld. What surprised the people of Earth more than their former mechanized savior assaulting a row of buildings with its Mega-Buster and Garuda cannons was Gigan descending from the sky with a screech, landing next to the mechanical dinosaur and obliterating a building with his cluster beam.

The twin terrors unleashed their combined weaponry on the surrounding area, sending plumes of smoke and fire high into the sky. It seemed nothing could stop the twin tyrants, until the cyclopian assassin noticed a man staring at him from a nearby building, instead of running. This surprised the giant, humans were normally much more panicky than this. His hesitation allowed the man to pull out a tiny object from his coat and point it skywards. Suddenly, Gigan was startled by a blinding flash of light. When the flash finally faded, the cyborg monster was even more surprised to be face to face with the heroic giant known as Ultraman!

The Monster Disposal Specialist was quickly on the offensive and delivered a karate chop to the side of the Nebulan’s cranium, staggering the space monster and allowing him to duck down, grabbing bladed legs and pulling them out from under his foe. Gigan crashed to the ground with a startled screech, screeching even louder as the Ultra grabbed him by the legs and spun around, lifting the cyborg off the ground and spinning him around several times before releasing him. The space dinosaur went flying and slammed hard into the ground, screeching in pain. Super Mechagodzilla noticed its ally had been attacked and quickly opened fire on Ultraman with its Mega-Buster and shoulder cannons. The giant hero noticed the impending assault and quickly raised his hands, putting up an energy barrier, allowing the cascade of energy to flow over the barrier and disperse harmlessly. Before another barrage could be fired, the silver savior leapt high into the air and delivered a flying kick to the machine’s chest, knocking the mecha backwards. The henshin hero followed up by charging forwards and grabbing the imitation king by the midsection, lifting him up and spinning around, driving the robot hard into the ground, sending sparks flying from its body.

Ultraman stood up to look over his opponent and see if enough damage had been done. This allowed the UNGCC designed destroyer to spin its head up and fire a blast of yellow energy from its eyes, striking the M78 visitor in the chest and causing him to stumble back, and then suddenly cry out in pain as a sharp hit landed on his back. Gigan had regained his senses and slashed across the back of the superhero with his scythe-like hands. Before the Ultra could recover, the bladed bully swung his tail around and clamped the claw-like object at its tip around a shining neck from behind. Mechagodzilla managed to rise to its feet and unleashed a blast of its Mega-Buster and shoulder cannons into the giant of light’s chest and gut, causing him to scream in agony. Once the cold machine was done, his sadistic ally  swung his tail, sending Japan’s champion flying through a building. As the hero tried to rise, the cybernetic creature blasted him with his Cluster Ray, sending a cascade of explosions over the hero’s body. The Ultra moaned, falling to the ground in pain. His Color Timer began to flash. He knew he didn’t have much time left but he needed a chance to recover from the assault.

Gigan lifted the Monster Disposal Specialist to his feet and held his weapons to the hero’s throat, preparing to execute him. But just as he got ready to behead the warrior from the Land of Light, a snaking blast of electrical energy collided with his enhanced spine, causing him to shriek in pain and fall to the ground. The compromised Godzilla destroyer turned to see Kiryu standing above his fallen ally. The cybernetic war machine roared at the duplicate of his predecessor, Akane Yashiro piloting the mecha from within. Before the alien robot could recover, the revenant machine’s missile pods sent an onslaught of rockets at it, colliding with diamond armor and sending the robot backpedaling. The Nebulan growled, standing back up. But before he could attack, Ultraman grabbed him by the tail, pulling him to the ground. The Ultra hero looked up and nodded to the MSF-3 weapon, grateful for the help. He then proceeded to lift the cybernetic chicken off the ground and throw him back down. Akane glared at the replica of the UN’s super weapon, growling. 

“Let’s show them what you can do, Kiryu,” she said, unleashing a barrage of lasers from her mechanical partner’s wrist mounted cannons, bombarding Super Mechagodzilla.

Akane realized her mistake too late, however, that the towering titan’s synthetic diamond coating absorbed the lasers as its Plasma Grenade port opened. Knowing what was coming next, Akane jerked Kiryu’s controls sharply, forcing him to dodge as the enhanced energy blast erupted forward. The DNA-powered savior managed to avoid a direct hit, but his left laser gauntlet was blown off. Realizing those weapons were useless, Yashiro detached the other one, causing it to fall to the ground and free up the multi-purpose fighting machine’s right hand more. As the anti-Godzilla super weapon opened fire with a Mega-Buster, the sleeker Mechagodzilla managed to evade it and fire another barrage of missiles, hammering the evil mech hard. This gave Super Mechagodzilla the chance to open fire with its shoulder cannons, blasting his doppelganger in the chest and sending the cyborg staggering back, before firing another volley of the Garuda cannons, slamming him further into the ground.

Ultraman dodged several slashes from the vicious mercenary, responding with a strong kick to the side, causing the space monster to stagger sideways. As the giant of light attempted another punch, the spiked sadist opened ports on his chest and fired his razor disks, slashing across silver sides, causing the alien hero to cry out in pain as light surged from his wounds. However, the seasoned Earth defender was smart enough to realize the blades were coming back around, quickly spinning around and crossing his arms in a plus shape, firing the Spacium Ray with expert precision, blowing both out of the air. The alien ninja suddenly took to the sky, his buzzsaw coming to life as he dove past the champion of M78, slashing his shoulder and toppling him to the ground. 

Gigan spun around and landed, raising his blade, once again preparing to behead the hero. The massive superhero realized his Color Timer was flashing rapidly. He had to finish this soon. Seeing the black armored demon coming, he formed an Ultra Cutter and threw it straight at the cyborg. The space dinosaur was taken off guard, allowing the blade to pass through his raised wrist… and then screeched in pain as his scythe fell off, clanging to the ground. The enhanced killer stared at his stump in surprise and pain, the exposed machinery sparking. Ultraman quickly closed the distance and grabbed the stunned space monster by the throat, flipping him over his shoulder and smashing into the ground.

Kiryu managed to recover from the barrage of energy blasts and regain his footing. Akane pressed several buttons in the cockpit, causing the mecha to fire his shoulder missile batteries like huge rockets. The gleaming copy’s rockets kicked in, allowing it to fly up and over the twin rockets, making them explode in the distance upon collision with a building. But they were merely a distraction. Super Mechagodzilla was suddenly caught off guard by his faster doppelganger leaping into the air and slamming into him, sending the mechanical Godzilla plummeting from the sky into the ground. The Battle Weapon landed and, unhinged from his heavy weapons, moved at high speeds and was on top of the End of Century Tyrant before the machine could recover, raining blows into his opponent. The hijacked machine’s systems began to flicker, forcing its masters to think quickly, managing to raise its Garuda cannons and blast the cyborg clone point blank in the face, blowing off part of the faceplate to reveal the machinery beneath. As Kiryu was forced back, the diamond coated destroyer got to its feet and fired its eye beams, shoulder cannons and Mega-Buster all at once, bombarding his foe in a storm of energy blasts, tearing sections of armor off and exposing circuitry. When the assault ended, the machine emitted a low, mechanical screech and fell over, crashing through a building.

The giant of light forced the cyborg to his feet and gave him another shoulder toss to the ground before jumping back as he started up his belly saw to momentarily drive him away. Gigan quickly regained his footing and slashed at the hero from a distant star, forcing him to jump backwards to avoid damage. This allowed the space dinosaur to fire his cables on his remaining arm, wrapping around Ultraman’s throat, choking him. He then began to pull him in, starting up his saw, preparing to slice the hero to ribbons with it. The Monster Disposal Expert struggled against the cable in an attempt to free himself. His life-force fading, he knew he had to do something. Inches from the saw, he suddenly crossed his arms and fired the Spacium Ray point blank in desperation. The beam hit Gigan in the face, engulfing his head in a large fireball. The saw stopped spinning and the cable stopped retracting, arms going limp as his decapitated corpse fell to the ground. The shining hero panted in exhaustion, untying himself from the now limp cable. It was then that he noticed what was going on with his ally.

Super Mechagodzilla lowered its arms, locking onto his fellow anti-Godzilla super weapon’s chest, preparing to unleash the G-Crusher and fry the cyborg’s systems. The cables launched from the mecha’s wrists, firing through the air… but they didn’t meet their intended target. Ultraman dashed into the path, puffing out his chest to allow the G-Crusher to collide with him, discharging electricity throughout his body until he easily yanked them out himself. The hero had a history of resisting electrical attacks. Many of his foes had tried before and the giant of light had simply ignored it. The G-Crusher was no different. Earth’s champion brushed his chest off and flexed, the act surprising both the mecha and its controllers.

Akane managed to redirect the controls, rerouting them and allowing Kiryu to reactivate, thanks to the savior of the planet taking the hit for them. The cyborg Godzilla rose to his feet and nodded to his ally, glad for the help. The mecha seemed to roar with a mind of his own, conversing with the hero, who nodded in reply. The copy of Earth’s greatest weapon suddenly let loose with its cannons, trying to catch them off guard, but the Ultra shielded both of them with an energy shield. After the attacks cascaded off, the Monster Disposal Specialist formed another Ultra Cutter and flung it, cutting the cannons to the Garuda unit off. Before the larger Mechagodzilla could react, Ultraman lowered his shield and fired the Spacium Ray. But even the hero’s most powerful attack was simply absorbed, allowing the Plasma Grenade port to open in preparation… and fall right into their trap.

Akane, despite being surprised that her partner had conversed with Ultraman on his own, followed the plan displayed on the monitor. While the alien hero unleashed the Spacium Ray, Kiryu had moved in closer, morphing his hand into a drill. The spinning appendage designed to cleave through Godzilla’s flesh tore through the more fragile piece of machinery and into its inner workings, destroying the weapon right as it was about to fire. Realizing this would leave the energy inside the metallic tyrant nowhere to go after having already pressed the firing switch, Akane had the multi-purpose fighting system fall back, right as a large explosion tore out the abdominal region of Super Mechagodzilla, sparks and small fires coming out of the gaping hole. The mecha’s eyes flashed and it roared randomly, flailing its limbs, malfunctioning from the massive amounts of damage it had taken.

Knowing they had to prevent the Black Hole Aliens from savaging their weapon, Akane armed their ultimate attack. 

“Fire Absolute Zero Cannon!” she ordered, pressing the fire button.

The cyborg Godzilla’s chest split open, blue energy collecting in the opening until finally, a surge of blue white light erupted out. The alien built mecha was struck with a powerful force, a huge flash of light occurring as a pillar of ice went up around it, trapping Super Mechagodzilla in a small glacier. Kiryu roared and stomped his foot, causing the pillar of ice to crumble, reducing the once proud war machine to nothing but frozen dust.

Ultraman turned to his victorious ally, the two both very low on power. The sentient cyborg and cosmic hero both nodded to one another in mutual respect. Kiryu’s eyes faded as his battery ran dry, but Akane stepped out on his shoulder, saluting the hero from the stars. M78’s finest nodded in reply, happy to have an ally, before he looked up at the sky and held his arms upwards. 

“SHUWATCH!” shouted the Ultra, taking off into the sky and flying off, heading off to recharge as Akane watched on.

Up in space, a saucer floated above Earth, looking on. 

“Well, well. They failed. Too bad. Still, that wasn’t our prime object,” announced a female voice. “Alright, time for our next target!” she said, letting out a laugh as a pair of ships flew past towards Earth.

Winner: Kiryu, Ultraman (Universal)

Author: Hayes A. Jones | Banner: Jackson Morris

A predator was stalking the jungles of Monster Island. Creeping through the thick forest with unnatural silence, eight great, spindly legs carried a killer high above the ground.

Kumonga.

Emotionless eyes scanned their surroundings for potential prey. The gigantic spider’s usual food source, a strain of giant mantis known as Kamacuras, had disappeared, already fallen victim to the hunter or migrated to a safer area. The island was also home to many other equally huge creatures, but most were many times more deadly than any giant insects. It could be extremely dangerous for the arachnid apex predator to try and take down one of these beasts, but that was a risk that the invertebrate would have to take. An intense hunger gnawed at the mammoth’s spider’s insides, threatening to completely consume the predator. He needed a good meal and soon, or it would surely perish. The sinister giant was desperate. It had to eat and it was willing to take on anything to do that. It would even attack Godzilla, King of the Monsters himself, if the chance presented itself.

Fortunately for the Solgell terror, it wasn’t the island’s leader that appeared, but the second-in-command.

As the titanic tarantula prowled through the jungle, the shuffling of rocks from somewhere above caught its attention. Four pairs of eyes turned upwards. Perched atop a mountain ledge was Anguirus, Godzilla’s most trusted ally and closest friend. The ankylosaur’s crocodilian jaws were split by an unfriendly snarl. Kumonga was in his territory and he wasn’t in a generous enough mood to share. To the ancient relic’s surprise, the goliath spider didn’t back down. Instead, it actually began scaling the rocky slope, stinger flashing from between the predator’s mandibles with a “choo-choo” sound. The Fierce Dragon’s hard eyes narrowed. The spider meant business. The dinosaur’s fierce grimace parted, unleashing a long, unearthly wail. As the cry ended with a sharp honk, the spiked saurian charged, barreling down towards his new foe.

As Anguirus thundered downward, the sinister spider lunged to meet the reptile, made fearless by his hunger. In a dull crash, flesh and bone clashed with a hard exoskeleton. A writhing mass of limbs and scales, the two giants tumbled to the forest floor below, flattening countless trees under their combined mass. With a cry of effort, the Angillasaur threw Kumonga from him, the invertebrate landing on its back several hundred yards away, legs flailing. Rolling to his feet, the horned hunter flashed his conical teeth and lunged. The massive spider was suddenly crushed into the ground as it cried out in distress, the radioactive reptile pushing down on its cephalothorax with powerful forelimbs. As the arachnid’s clawed legs batted pitifully at his carapace, the prehistoric throwback grabbed one of the thrashing limbs and bit down. Bone-white teeth scraped against the predator’s outer shell with a dry scratching. Anguirus growled and spat out the leg bitterly. Kumonga’s exoskeleton was almost impenetrable, like an organic suit of armor. The quadruped grumbled in thought. Maybe he could pry the leg off at the base…

But he would never get the chance to try. The very leg that he had just held in a bone-crushing bite snapped back, plunging its tip into his eye. The dinosaur fell back with a pained scream, a squirt of blood arcing from his eye socket. Unbeknownst to Anguirus, the squirming eight legs had not simply been trying to dislodge the spiked beast. They had been exploring his body, mapping it out, letting the spider know exactly where to strike. As the Killer of the Living pawed at his bloody face, Kumonga flipped himself upright.

Scuttling to face his fanged foe, the enormous invertebrate angled itself upwards and fired a stream of liquid web into the air. The white material gently rained down on a spiked shell, hardening on contact with the great reptile. As the webbing built up, the saurian brawler’s struggling began to weaken, his movements restrained. By the time Kumonga stopped, Anguirus was encased in a cocoon, the very same structure that served as a coffin for numerous creatures in the past. Clicking his pincers together in anticipation, the horrific hunter crept forward, stinger shining from its shaded maw. The ankylosaur gritted his teeth. He was in trouble. The spider’s web was monstrously strong and its venom even stronger.

Luckily for him, he was just as strong and had the willpower to match.

Pushing with all his might, the determined dinosaur broke free from the webbing, ivory spikes tearing through the white blanket that held him down. Seeing that its web had failed, Kumonga rushed forward, legs working with mechanical precision and stinger emerging from his hideous mouth. Before the deadly needle could be plunged into his flesh, the spiked beast hooked his nasal horn under the spider’s head and heaved upward with a wail. The eight legged terror could only “choo-choo” in a feeble argument as it was flipped over again.

The hulking arachnid swiftly righted itself and sprang backwards, landing a safe distance from his foe. One honking and snarling and the other unsettlingly quiet, the dinosaur and the spider circled each other. With a long, wispy stream of webbing still clinging to his carapace, Anguirus looked like a wandering, Mesozoic spirit. With a sudden burst of motion, Kumonga pounced. The great invertebrate soared across Monster Island’s skyline, legs flexing and mandible chattering. With a wailing battle cry, the prickly beast whipped around and caught the airborne tarantula like a world-class baseball batter, his spiny tail slamming into the spider with a wet crunch of a rupturing exoskeleton. A trail of foul liquid marking its path, the arachnid sailed from the ancient scraper’s tail and landed in a bleeding mess, legs curling against its broken body. Anguirus inspected the spider with a single narrowed eye. Any thoughts of the invertebrate being dead were dispelled when its mandible began to twitch.

With a long battle cry, Anguirus bound forward into an excited gallop, his remaining eye burning with the need to dismember his opponent. But before the ankylosaur’s outstretched claws could tear into the damaged outer shell of the downed creature, a stream of webs shot from between the spider’s pincers. The sticky liquid struck his horned face and hardened instantly, stealing the dinosaur’s already crippled vision. The titanic reptile jerked back with a yelp and began thrashing wildly. As the Fierce Dragon struggled to regain his sight, Kumonga weakly righted himself. With a small “choo-choo” of triumph, the spider reared up and launched more webbing. The spiked saurian managed to tear the webbing from his face and was immediately faced with a downpour of the white material.

He may have been strong enough to free himself from the webbing before, but a good deal of his strength was now gone. Realizing the gravity of his situation, the quadruped gave a hearty wail and charged through the rain of webbing in one last, desperate move. The titanic tarantula began crawling backwards in panic as the dinosaur closed in. The webbing began to hold the Angilasaur back, long strands of the stuff tethering the spiny reptile to the ground. Finally, the dinosaur collapsed, sprawled just before Kumonga. The arachnid ceased playing the part of an intimidated coward and resumed the role of predator, moving forward on his long, hairy legs. Anguirus closed his eyes in defeat.

He was done.

Or was he? Something similar to a plan had suddenly formed in his simple head. The ankylosaur did his best to look pathetic, which honestly wasn’t too hard by this point. As Kumonga drew closer, the seasoned fighter tried to judge the spider’s position based solely on the vibration of its movements. No… it was too much of a gamble to base such a critical move – literally life-or-death, in fact – on sound alone. The ancient beast risked cracking an eye open. He barely suppressed a honk of surprise as he stared into his own reflection on a venom droplet hanging from Kumonga’s stinger. In almost the same moment, Anguirus and Kumonga lunged, both intent on killing the other.

Unfortunately for the Solgell Spider, the Killer of the Living was a fraction of a second faster.

Twisting his head around the spider’s lethal stinger, the dinosaur snapped his jaws shut with a gush of foul goo. Fatigue overtaking his worn body, Anguirus collapsed and let the mashed remains of Kumonga’s head ooze from his mouth. Following the quadruped’s example, the late arachnid’s body fell as well, legs curled in death. And this time it was no trick. The ankylosaur struggled to keep his eyes open. He was tired, so very tired. The fight had drained all his energy. He needed to sleep. Sleeping too deeply on Monster Island could mean never waking up, but the determined saurian trusted both his reputation as Godzilla’s best friend and a few of his fellow giants to keep him safe. As the gentle hand of sleep slowly pushed down his eyelids, the spiked hero swore that the first thing he would do after regaining his strength was to drain the nearest stream and rid his mouth of these vile juices.

Nose to nose with the corpse of a giant spider, missing an eye, and covered in webbing, Anguirus slept…

Winner: Anguirus (Universal)

Author: Kristian Zatkoff & David Kunath | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

In Canada, the city of Toronto was all but empty, and for good reason. The creature known as SpaceGodzilla had converted it into his crystalline fortress. Arriving two nights before, the crystal menace wasted no time in turning the CN Tower into an energy conductor, a conduit for transferring plasma from the depths of space to its master. All attempts made by the army to kill or drive the monster away ended in disaster. Now the city was empty, save for some stubborn business owners, looters, the mentally insane, and of course, the monster himself, who was leaning heavily forward in a standing position, sleeping.

But tonight would be different.

The intergalactic conqueror awoke, sensing another nearby. Looking around, he noticed something wrong when he spotted activity in the bay. There was a red glow coming from the waves, which were boiling and steaming. Suddenly, Godzilla rose up from the water!

SpaceGodzilla had been waiting for this. At last he would have his revenge! He watched his twin approach him, waiting to strike. But even before the radioactive reptile reached him, the Combat Creature knew something was wrong with his “brother.” Patches of his skin, his eyes and his spines were glowing a bright red and steam was issuing from his body. The Monster King had become what scientists called Burning Godzilla. The saurian knew he had an advantage this time. Due to his massive increase in power, he was now as strong as his evil twin, if not stronger.

Sensing that his nemesis now possessed an unlimited supply of energy, the crystal demon changed his plans. He knew that if he could somehow get Godzilla’s power under control, he could become a powerful tool. SpaceGodzilla planned to trap his “other” in one of his crystal prisons. He would then get his power under his control, serving as a spare energy source to his fantastic tower. His crystals’ purpose was to absorb energy, so it was only fitting he turn the King of the Monsters into a battery. With him out of the way, the black hole behemoth would claim his rightful place as the king, and once the Earth was his, he would spread his crystals all throughout the universe, absorbing all the energy there was to absorb to become a god!

Godzilla remembered all too well how his clone had kidnapped and frightened his son. Determined to destroy his alien counterpart for good this time, the Earth’s defender charged forward. SpaceGodzilla opened fire with a Corona Beam that twisted and whirled before digging into his “brother’s” fanged face and exploding. Blinded for a few seconds, the saurian was not going to wait for his vision to return only to be shot at again and fired a powerful red blast, hoping it would find his foe. Reflexively, the supernova saurian generated an energy shield that reflected the beam right back at its user. The blast hit hard, sending Godzilla hurtling backwards and toppling onto his back. The crystal monster noted the increase of power in the blinding red ray, thankful for his quick reflexes. As he got to his feet, the mutated dinosaur unleashed another spiral blast, this time aimed at the CN Tower but the Bio Quartz monster formed another shield, this one around the tower, deflecting the ray harmlessly into the night sky.

The heinous alien floated into the air, hovering towards the Monster King, not wanting to give him an ounce of breathing space. The dying monster got to his feet, only to be smacked across the face with a long crystal tipped tail. SpaceGodzilla landed as the steaming creature rose again and charged, clawing at him. The crystal nightmare from the stars responded in kind, charging his hands with energy and clawing back, each slash causing red electricity to surge into the glowing body, which conducted its own energy through each touch, as Godzilla began clawing even harder . Each of the Earth born beast’s blows sent runaway power surging into the intergalactic interloper, drawing a shriek with each hit.

The hybrid evil lunged towards Godzilla and held him in a choke hold, striking the infamous hero in the face over and over with his free hand. The energy surging through crystal claws was now shocking the smoking king with each blow. Finally, after what felt like forever, the Monster of Justice managed to break free and strike SpaceGodzilla in the stomach, causing the megalomaniac to stumble back and let go. Godzilla delivered a powerful blow to his evil clone’s face, stunning the gemborn overlord as he felt his teeth get knocked out and tasted blood, falling to the ground. The Strongest Monster on Earth kicked him before he could recover, then as the space mutant tried to get up, he was slammed in the face by a powerful tail making him slide back several hundred meters. By the time the space monster was back on his feet, his terran progenitor had already reached him and was wailing on him with his fists, using his energy to shock with every punch. SpaceGodzilla had enough of this and unleashed a point-blank blast of his Corona Beam into Godzilla, sending him crashing onto his back. The crystal beast hovered back to his original spot near the CN Tower and decided it was time to release his puppets.

Not too long before arriving in Toronto, the Combat Creature had sensed two creatures giving off energy similar to that of his crystals. One had come to destroy the crystals, while the other sought to harness their power. The two attacked not only SpaceGodzilla, but each other as well. They had put up quite a struggle, but after a long fight, the world conqueror had managed to capture them, bending their will to his very own until he was sure that they would be loyal to him. Now they were completely under his control, serving as his personal protectors for fear of being toyed with and destroyed by one who was more powerful than themselves. The ground shook and two crystal clusters rose from the ground on either side of the God of Destruction. The crystals split apart, revealing two new kaiju within.

One of them looked like a strange ape that walked on its toes, while hunched over from the heavy crystals on its back. It had a spiked tail, similar to its master, and its face and biceps were made mostly out of purple crystals, with long crystals sticking out of its chin. A strange yellow crystal was sticking half way out of its chest. Krystalak slashed at the empty air in front of him before hissing. The other kaiju did not walk out of its crystalline container, but rather dug out. The ground shook violently, and before Godzilla could question what was happening, a huge, rocky mass raised out of the ground. Slamming its stone hands against its chest and roaring into the sky, Obsidius looked back at the monster monarch. Or was it looking? The King of Monsters couldn’t tell as he tilted his head and tried to understand how this thing could even be alive. It had no eyes and most of its body was made of rock, lava leaking out of its joints and mouth. A trio of horns tipped its head and its tail ended in a split, like a shark’s. The daikaiju dinosaur had fought many strange beasts and this thing was no exception.

Krystalak charged and tackled Godzilla to the ground, jumping on top of him and slashing at him with his razor-sharp claws. The glowing giant blasted Krystalak off of him, sending the strange creature flying. Before he could return to his feet, however, SpaceGodzilla landed on top of him, planting his feet into a blinding orange stomach. Molten hot blood splashed from the Monster King’s fanged mouth as the tusked terror let out an evil cackle. Roaring furiously, Godzilla unleashed a powerful blast of his heat ray at his tormentor, sending him toppling to the street. Just as Godzilla got back to his feet, the magma demon rushed him, slamming his powerful fists into the burning behemoth’s face and knocking a few teeth out.

The saurian responded with a blast of crimson energy, sending Obsidius to the ground, where the radioactive reptile stomped the stone creature several times, rocky chunks breaking away from his body. Slamming his powerful tail into the molten monster to be sure, the champion of Earth turned around and fired another beam at SpaceGodzilla, who again blocked it with his crystal shield. In a flash of light, the space monster transformed into his flying form, unleashing a barrage of Corona Beams. Godzilla roared in pain as the jagged bolts struck his body, one blasting him right in his face and nearly tearing out his eyes. The crystal conqueror let out an evil shriek as he enjoyed watching his “twin” suffer.

As his eyes healed, Godzilla saw that the overlord had landed near the tower again. He started to approach his intergalactic counterpart, only to be cut off by Krystalak. The mutated Godzillasaurus went to strike him, only to have the berserker turn around and let the charcoal black fist connect with his crystal spikes. The monster monarch howled out as he held his bleeding hand, just as the crystalline creation jumped up and drop-kicked him in the face, then did a forward flip, landing a second in the face with the club of spikes at the end of his tail. Enraged, the royal reptile slashed his claws across the fleshy parts of the mutant’s body, drawing blood. Roaring in rage, the spawn of the crystals shot a stream of energy from his mouth, which exploded on impact. Ignoring the pain, the monster in meltdown returned fire with his own heat ray while advancing towards the crystal creature. Krystalak gritted his teeth in pain before swinging around to stab his foe with his tail, but the seasoned brawler reacted quickly, snatching it in his claws. Krystalak yelped in surprise as he was lifted up into the air, then slammed against the ground. Godzilla repeated this maneuver several times when crystal shards shot off the tip of the tail club and exploded in his face. Caught off guard, the apex monster took a step back and let go, allowing the gemstone beast to recover.

Before he knew what was going on, Godzilla was lifted off his feet and into the air. Before he could react to his sudden flight, the levitating saurian fell from the sky, dumped onto his head. Darkness was all he saw as unconsciousness claimed him. SpaceGodzilla roared in triumph as green lightning crackled out of his shoulder crystals. Using his Gravity Tornado, he lifted the unconscious Godzilla into the air once again and carried him towards a newly-constructed crystalline prison. He could feel the energy radiating from the King of the Monsters. What power! Such an irony that the strongest monster on the planet would become nothing more than a mere battery for him.

Out of nowhere, several blasts of energy slammed into the thick black hide of Spacegodzilla, sending the crystal terror crashing into the ground. He flailed about as he regained his wits. Where did that come from? Using his telekinetic powers, he pulled himself to his feet. He was greeted by the silver, metallic form of the Super Mechagodzilla.

Inside the cockpit of Godzilla’s mechanical doppelgänger, to say that the crew of Super Mechagodzilla were not nervous about having to battle SpaceGodzilla would be a lie. Making matters worse was that even if they defeated the space monster, they would be freeing Godzilla, who threatened to cause damage far greater than any mere monster attack with his inevitable meltdown. Krystalak and Obsidius were the crew’s lowest priority, but they could still inflict serious damage to the mech if underestimated. Luckily, both Mechagodzilla and the Garuda had been refitted to withstand electromagnetic pulses, or else they wouldn’t even be able to stay in the same area as SpaceGodzilla, let alone fight him.

But before either side could initiate an attack, golden spores fell from the sky like snowflakes. Each monster present stopped what they were doing and watched the spores fall. The pilots of Super Mechagodzilla and SpaceGodzilla felt dread grow in their stomachs but couldn’t help but feel wonder as well. Despite their violent and simple minded nature, Obsidius and Krystalak seemed to admire the sight’s beauty as well. It wasn’t until they saw fear on their master’s face that they began to share his feeling of dread. A moment later, the spores stopped falling, disappearing into the ground. The conqueror’s eyes shifted, waiting for the horror that would surely attack him first. Sure enough, the ground quaked and split apart. Several vines shot out, heading directly for the Combat Creature. They missed their target by mere inches as he once again transformed and took to the sky. A cry of intense rage pierced the air, striking fear in all who heard it as a towering mass arose from the ground, her giant, crocodile-like head snarling at the soaring SpaceGodzilla. Biollante had come to rid the world of her “brothers” and the threat they presented.

Withdrawing his flight crystals, the God of Destruction landed not too far away from his “sister”, shrieking a challenge. Super Mechagodzilla wasted no time in firing its Shock Anchors at the space demon. One of them bounced off one of his shoulder crystals, but the other managed to plant itself into his chest and began pumping the corona creature with an ungodly amount of electricity. A howl of pain echoed as Spacegodzilla tried pulling and twisting the cable out of his flesh. Red electricity began to travel back up the cables towards Mechagodzilla as the alien assailant tried to short circuit the mighty machine, but the crew refused to give up when they were so close to killing him. Yellow eyes started to roll back into his skull as foam began forming within his mouth.

Seeing his master under attack, Obsidius charged, spewing molten lava all over the Shock Anchor’s cables. Within moments, the molten spray had melted through the cables, cutting off Mechagodzilla’s attack. With SpaceGodzilla down for the moment, the steel colossus turned its attention to the stone servant, firing its Eye Lasers. As the mineral monster fell back, Krystalak advanced, firing his prism-like beam at the mech, the tiny crystals exploding on contact. He would learn the hard way just what a mistake he had made, as shining diamond armor absorbed the energy and began to convert it into fuel for its ultimate weapon. A port slid open on the mecha’s stomach and after a quick blue flash, a yellow beam was fired. The Plasma Grenade slammed into the crystalline creature, sending the beast flying through the air. Super Mechagodzilla turned around and wasted no time in firing several blasts from its Eye Lasers and Garuda cannons at Obsidius as the golem attempted to get back to his feet, causing him to stagger. Man’s ultimate weapon turned on its rockets and boosted towards the Combat Creature, blasting him with its Mega-Buster. SpaceGodzilla staggered, this beam was nearly as strong as his “brother’s” red one.

The God of Destruction fired his Corona Beam at Mechagodzilla, who merely landed and started walking towards him, absorbing the blasts. The alien overlord started to panic just as the UNGCC creation unleashed an all-out assault at the crystal king. Eye Lasers, the Mega-Buster, Garuda laser cannons and Plasma Grenade blasts were fired over and over. SpaceGodzilla quickly raised a shield to defend himself, deflecting some of the beams and sending them back at the living weapon, hitting the machine with intense force, forcing it to dig its feet into the ground lest it be sent soaring. This only added more fuel to the Plasma Grenade, making it even more powerful. The crystal conqueror began to panic. He lacked sufficient energy to keep his shield up for very long.

Sure enough, it faded away and the Bio Quartz beast was helplessly bombarded by the impressive arsenal of the Super Mechagodzilla. Suddenly, a red spiral ray hit the saurian android in the chest, causing it to stagger back. The space monarch turned around to see Godzilla, his body glowing an even brighter red than before. His temperature had actually become high enough to melt through the crystals restraining him, huge chunks melted out of them, glowing a bright red and dripping like candle wax. Thinking SpaceGodzilla’s attention was focused on his “twin”, the combining mecha fired another Plasma Grenade at the space kaiju’s backside. The mech’s pilots couldn’t believe it when another shield was brought up behind the crystal plates, reflecting the beam back at them. The crew had no time to try and absorb the blast and its power sent Mechagodzilla crashing to the ground, unable to move. The pilots of the super robot were frantic as they tried to make quick repairs so they could get their steel hope working again.

Biollante, meanwhile, attacked Krystalak and his brother with her spear-like vines and massive jaws thrashing and gnashing. Before either one of them could launch a counterattack, several of the hybrid’s vines punched into Obsidius’ right arm at the shoulder. After the fourth vine struck, the boulder-like arm gave way and fell off, a fountain of hot magma gushing from its socket. The gemstone berserker rushed in, but the beast borne of Erika opened her gigantic mouth and bit down on the crystal beast, lifting him into the air with her fanged mouth. Unable to break free, the frenzied beast channeled a large amount of his energy into his heart. Time slowed as the lava golem pulled back, knowing what was about to happen. Suddenly, a shock wave of intense energy and light went everywhere and blasted Krystalak free of the massive maw, taking a good chunk of her head off in the process. The rose creature fell to the ground as her body slowly began the process of regenerating.

With Biollante momentarily taken out of the fight, SpaceGodzilla’s minions charged Godzilla. The King of the Monsters unleashed several powerful heat rays at the two, blasting their tough, mineral hides. Having recovered enough to continue her assault, the Bio Monster charged the Combat Creature, destroying several of his crystals as she stampeded towards her “little brother.” The megalomaniacal monsters tried slowing her down with his Corona Beam, but she just kept regenerating and charging forward. Several vines shot out of the ground and ensnared him. The space monster shrieked in agony as one of them punched through his right shoulder crystal, shattering it into thousands of tiny shards. Several more tendrils popped up, opening their pod-like mouths and spraying acid sap over his torso. The acid was eating away at his flesh, but the damage would not last thanks to regeneration. The crystal armor underneath his skin, however, was a different story altogether as the acid destroyed the armor in mere moments. Regenerating flesh was easy, but rebuilding his crystal armor took time and right now time wasn’t on his side.

SpaceGodzilla shot a flurry of Corona Beams at the vines of his “sister”, freeing himself. He was enraged! How could his plans go so wrong so quickly? He had Godzilla where he wanted him, he had his revenge but now it was ruined by a fellow clone, along with the humans and their machine. No! He controlled everything! Him! He would become a god and take over this universe and would start by playing these pawns against one another! He stared at Biollante, who stared back at him. If looks could kill, then the Combat Creature would have felt a million daggers stabbing him as she glared at him. He didn’t know how, but he knew that – just like Godzilla – they were somehow related. He knew this and he knew she did as well. Such a pity that she wanted to kill both of them.

The Bio Quartz demon fired his Gravity Tornadoes at Biollante. Both the plant monster and the world were stunned as SpaceGodzilla accomplished what was thought to be impossible: the towering plant monster was lifted high into the sky before SpaceGodzilla ceased feeding the tornadoes his energy and let the massive monster fall to the ground with an earth-shattering crash. Super Mechagodzilla was about to get back to its feet after the crew finally got it working again, when the God of Destruction dropped out of the sky and landed on top of it. The mutant plant-animal recovered from her fall and crawled out of the crater she had made on impact. Her “brother” taunted her as she drew near. The last creation of Dr. Shiragami glared at the bastard of the black hole as he approached. Did he think he was invincible? She would prove him wrong.

Dead wrong.

Red energy traveled up from her stomach to her mouth.

SpaceGodzilla waited a little while longer, he needed to time this just right.

The crystal terror took to the sky just as Biollante spit out her acid sap and sent several of her spear-tipped vines out. The UNGCC’s ultimate weapon got up, only to be hit by the acid, the machine’s NT-20 artificial diamond coating being slowly eaten away, joined by the metal underneath slowly melting and the vines punching through the armor leaking further acid blood into the internal wiring. The robot Godzilla began to steam. Mistaking this as a sign of hostility towards them, the crew opened fire with all of their weapons. Howling in agony, the vegetative clone retaliated by having more pod-tipped vines wrap around the machine and spray more acid. The Garuda on its back was wracked as the much-weaker NT-1 armor was being melted. With the diamond coating gone, Mechagodzilla could now be damaged by energy attacks, just what SpaceGodzilla intended as he shot several of his Corona beams. Mechagodzilla stumbled back, burn marks forming for the first time since the brawl began.

Godzilla slammed his fist into Krystalak’s chest. Again and again he struck, causing fractures to form. The gemstone monster summoned the energy in his heart and created an energy pulse that sent the saurian staggering back. Obsidius ran forward and with his only remaining arm, grabbed the Monster King by the throat and roared in his face before slamming him face-first into the ground. The surprisingly nimble titan grabbed him by the ankles and pulled, tripping the molten elemental at the same time he got back to his feet. The spiked beast jumped up, elbowing the Monster of Justice in the face, and landed with a series of hisses that sounded like mocking laughter. After recovering, Godzilla quickly advanced on Krystalak and thrust his face towards the crystal monster’s, headbutting him. The blow was so intense that the very crystal face of his foe had dozens of tiny spider web fractures across as he stumbled back. Obsidius had gotten up by this point and spewed a stream of lava from his mouth, but to his horror, the steaming monster just ignored the liquid magma as he swung his tail down onto Obsidius’ head, once again grounding him and this time knocking him out cold.

The radioactive reptile closed in on the berserker and slashed at him with his claws, while his foe slashed back, molten blood and sparks flying everywhere across the rubble. The crystal demon jumped up and slammed his tail into the dinosaur’s face like a club. Ignoring the blow, Godzilla punched the frenzied fighter several times, then grabbed him and tossed him through the air. Orange spines glowed an almost blood red before the dying tyrant unleashed another spiral heat ray. Krystalak let out a shrill scream of pain as he felt his flesh being burned and his crystals explode before colliding through a skyscraper. The crystal spawn crawled onto his hind legs and ran at the towering titan while summoning the strength for another energy pulse. If he was going to die, then he would take Godzilla with him!

Unmoving, the god incarnate punched the beast in his weakened chest again relentlessly as he had before. The “son” of Spacegodzilla panicked as he tried to fight back, trying to buy himself enough time to get one more pulse off. But with one more powerful punch, his foe’s hand was now inside his chest! Krystalak screamed in agony, a scream that was cut short as the burning beast withdrew his hand, ripping out the strange creature’s crystalline heart as he went. The crystal spiked demon fell to the ground, flailing around wildly before finally curling up into a ball.

The beast was dead.

Godzilla looked at the heart for a moment before he threw it aside. Obsidius regained consciousness and upon seeing his glowing foe standing over his ally’s body, let out a roar of rage to let his presence be known. He wanted to scare this beast, he wanted it to be afraid of him. But the radioactive reptile just stared back at him, unimpressed and more agitated that this beast thought it stood a chance against him. The lava golem was enraged.

Who did this monster think he was? King of the Monsters?

He unleashed a torrent of lava, but the monster monarch ignored the pain, the attack’s heat paling in comparison to that of his current state. Godzilla’s lips curled. He would show this beast true hellfire. His spines once again flashed as he unleashed a powerful spiral heat ray. The red beam with spiraling lighting slammed into Obsidius and forced him to backpedal. The rock born beast was in shock. The plasma was so intense it actually succeeded in melting part of his outer rock layer! He jumped in front of his foe and backhanded him with his remaining arm, then he threw a kick in the stomach, the blow causing the Monster King to stumble back. The golem wasn’t finished yet as he rammed his shoulder into the spiny creature, then slammed his fist down on his head, causing the atomic mutation to fall. Obsidius curb stomped the reptile several times before turning around and slamming his shark-like tail into him over and over.

Finally, the molten monster turned around to see his handiwork. He was satisfied to see the theropod lying on the ground, unmoving. That is, until a pair of burning crimson eyes opened. Obsidius looked on in fear and shock as he saw Godzilla rise with an almost bored look on his face. His attacks seemed to annoy more than it hurt him. In retaliation, the stone brutalist curled up into a ball and rolled towards the monster monarch and slammed into him. But to his horror, thick claws managed to grasp the rolling mass, slowing it down until it stopped moving completely, then threw him to the ground. The Strongest Monster on Earth stomped on the living inferno. Reverting back to humanoid form, the gaping maw of his foe glowed as he spat lava into his eyes. Godzilla screamed as his eyes burned. Obsidius moved to punch Godzilla, only to have every strike blocked, even as the monster thrashed blindly.

The magma behemoth shrieked in surprise. What was going on? Unbeknownst to him, Godzilla could not see, but he could still hear. He grabbed the swinging forked tail and spun the two of them around in circles before letting go. The towering stone beast tried to stop, but the momentum caused him to run himself into a building. The energy overloaded colossus fired another blast before his eyes even recovered and scored a direct hit, signified by his foe screaming out in anger and pain once again. Eyes finally regenerated with a wet snap and so, the angered monarch advanced on his rocky foe as he returned to his feet. The molten beast screamed in pain as Godzilla struck him again and again, breaking away chunks from his body. But despite the damage he was causing, the fuming monarch wasn’t satisfied. He decided to conduct energy into his claws, punching the golem again and again.

This time, red lighting traveled over Obsidius’ body and even larger chunks were torn from him. The monster screamed even louder before he vomited forth another stream of lava. Barely stopping the assault to sidestep, the Monster King snarled as he tried to come up with faster means of killing Obsidius. He pushed the kaiju to the ground to buy himself time to come up with a new plan. He spotted Krystalak’s heart not too far away, remembering how the heart would create an energy pulse if given enough power. He made his way over to the heart and picked it up, conducting even more energy from his hands to fuel the heart. The molten golem got back to his feet and ran at Godzilla, who had his back turned to him. The stone creature was about to strike when a thick tail knocked him back. The divine destroyer turned and before the lava beast could react, he shoved the crystal heart into his open mouth. Obsidius punched and kicked, trying to spit the heart back out, but the reptile held his hand over his mouth. The combined power of Godzilla’s runaway radiation and the magma borne’s burning hot insides charged the heart until it did what it always did when Krystalak gave it too much energy.

Bright light began to shine through from the cracks in the rocky skin. Moments later, the crystal heart exploded, destroying Obsidius in a powerful blast. As the smoke cleared, rocks and lava rained everywhere. His molten foe finally destroyed, Godzilla got back to his feet and looked on in the distance as his clones and the machine fought with a lip curling snarl.

Two down. Three more to go…

Super Mechagodzilla fired his Mega-Buster at Biollante as she impaled SpaceGodzilla’s right arm with her vines. The space saurian fired a barrage of his Corona Beams at both of them and severed the vines. Suddenly, there was a large explosion that echoed through their ears and audio receptors. Everyone stopped fighting and looked at where the blast had come from. The city was on fire and rising up, looking like the Devil himself, was Godzilla. He was getting closer and closer to reaching meltdown and growing more powerful by the minute. He turned around and spotted the others and walked towards them, steam rising off him as if he had walked out of Hell itself, the glowing red patches of skin were almost hypnotic due to the sharp contrast of night. The android theropod fired its Mega-Buster, but like reflex, a Spiral Ray met it in defense. The two incredibly powerful energy streams collided in midair. The machine poured more energy into its beam, pushing the monster back. Then, Godzilla fed more energy into his, forcing his beam closer and closer until the Mega-Buster and Spiral Ray were shoved into Mechagodzilla’s mouth, causing a massive explosion.

The superweapon fell over, just as several vines stabbed into the burning flesh of the living nuclear weapon, injecting acid into his flesh while a stream of acid rained down on him. Burning orange eyes winced in pain but the acid in his blood burned boiled and broke down against such high body temperatures. The vines and pods ignited just from touching his body for too long, the rose beast wincing in phantom agony. Godzilla fired a blast of blood-red energy from his mouth, right down Biollante’s open maw. She ceased using her acid and screamed, her inner workings igniting. Suddenly, the melting terror was lifted off his feet again as SpaceGodzilla used his Gravity Tornados to lift him high into the air. The crystal overlord morphed into his flying form and, like a wrecking ball from the cosmos, he scraped into the back of the plant monster’s head, making her face plant into the ground and ripping chunks of flesh from the back of her head. This was only a secondary intent, as the Combat Creature slammed into his flaming true target several times while firing his Corona Beams wildly. Godzilla could do nothing but fire his beam at his captor but his evil twin ignored the streams of nuclear plasma even as they took flesh from him with every blast. His nemesis’ suffering was more important to him than his own.

He was about to impale Godzilla on his tail spikes and deliver the killing blow when something crashed into him, causing him to lose his concentration and cut off the power being fed to his Gravity Tornados. SpaceGodzilla morphed into his bipedal form as soon he hit the ground, getting to his feet and looking around for his attacker while the entire city shook as Godzilla impacted into the ground. The God of Destruction spotted Super Mechagodzilla just as it used its boosters to bodyslam him. The machine, now rusty from Biollante’s acid, delivered a series of punches to the alien dominator. The super robot was in no way made for hand-to-hand combat. Its movements were slow and clumsy, but they were powerful enough to knock the breath out of SpaceGodzilla. The crew wasn’t planning on killing him in melee combat. Rather, they were keeping the evil beast distracted so he didn’t bring up his crystal shield. The Bio Quartz creature fired his Corona Beams in retaliation. Without its diamond coating, Mechagodzilla now took damage from the beams, though they still fueled its main weapon.

The UNGCC android fired a Plasma Grenade that sent SpaceGodzilla soaring before he crashed into a building and was buried under thousands of tons of steel and concrete. Godzilla had gotten back to his feet by this time and fired a powerful crimson beam at the robot. The blast danced across the mecha’s body, causing the left arm to explode, a Garuda cannon to break off, and popping one of the glass eyes like a dropped glass. In retaliation, the crew unleashed an all-out assault. The lone remaining Eye Laser and Garuda cannon, Mega-Buster, Plasma Grenade, the remaining Shock Anchor and several Paralysis Missiles slammed into the supercharged saurian’s body, knocking him down. Super Mechagodzilla turned around and fired another assault at SpaceGodzilla, who had just managed to get up from the rubble he was buried in only a few seconds ago, and was once again knocked down. The Shock Anchor kept zapping in the glowing chest of the Monster King until the cable burned and snapped away from contact with burning hot flesh. The mecha turned around and spotted Biollante, who was still trying to recover from being shot in the mouth by Godzilla.

The anti-kaiju weapon opened fire on the plant with everything it had, trying to even the odds by putting down at least one of the G-Cell creations tormenting it. The hybrid clone wailed out, in too much pain to fight back as the force of the Plasma Grenade was so intense that it knocked her back. The massive plant monster slid along the pavement as if on ice. Suddenly, a cluster of crystal spikes exploded forth from Mechagodzilla’s stomach. The crew was so focused on killing the plant beast that her “brother” had managed to sneak up from behind and impale the mechanical doppelgänger of Godzilla with his tail. SpaceGodzilla lifted the machine high into the air, then spun around and tossed the machine through the air. When the android hit the ground, the Garuda fell off its back, the locking mechanism failing after being eroded by Biollante’s acid. A malfunction caused its engines to roar to life and the super ship flew right into the open mouth of Biollante. The genetic monster bit down on the giant aircraft and shook it violently before throwing it aside, where it crashed head-first into the ground and exploded. The pilot died instantly. The mutated rose ensnared Mechagodzilla with her vines, lifting it up as she began to spray her acid. The machine couldn’t do anything. All the crew members were either dead or out cold, about to join their comrades. Biollante bit down on the head, tugging and pulling until it was ripped off. She spat it out and stabbed at the body with dozens of her spear-tipped vines. One of them hit Mechagodzilla’s reactor, causing a massive explosion.

The super robot was no more.

Biollante roared a cry of victory. She turned and looked at SpaceGodzilla. The crystal devil waited for her to attack. For a moment, neither moved. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of buildings burning and the remaining surviving civilians screaming.

Suddenly, the white veiny eyes of the towering flora widened, and SpaceGodzilla realized that she was looking behind him. He turned and saw a devil he had hoped was dead when Mechagodzilla attacked. Burning Godzilla pulled what remained of the Shock Anchor from his chest. It was now a war between the three Godzillas: Biollante, SpaceGodzilla and Godzilla himself.

The Monster King looked at his clones, his glowing red eyes burning with rage and hatred for them intruding on his territory. Biollante looked at her “brothers” with disgust. The two of them had defiled the Earth long enough. She was going to kill them and free the world from all the death and suffering they had caused over the years once and for all. SpaceGodzilla looked at his “siblings” with envy and hate. As long as they were alive, he could never be his own monster. He was feared, not for who he is, but for what he is. A clone of the most powerful monster on Earth. As far as everyone was concerned, he was just a clone with extra powers. He was stuck living in his shadow. He would never be free until he died. Even Biollante was looked at as her own monster because she managed to fight Godzilla to a standstill. SpaceGodzilla wouldn’t stop until had killed them both and finished his quest of taking over the universe.

Burning Godzilla roared, daring them to attack first. Daring them to defy his authority as the King. For the first time, both of his clones shook in fear and hesitated. The tables had turned. Before, they always had the upper hand and their “brother” was the underdog. Things had changed now. Godzilla had joined their ranks and become a super monster, just like they were! Now, nothing short of his own meltdown would kill him! There was no telling who would leave this fight alive, or if anyone would survive at all, but what was known was that this fight would go down in history.

The ground shook as if alive when the Bio Monster charged forward, her head low to the ground. Her “brothers” fired their beams but she just kept coming. Biollante lifted her head up, smacking it against SpaceGodzilla. The space monster was powerless as he went flying into the air and crashed down behind her, as the fanged maw of the plant-animal-human hybrid bit down on Godzilla and tried to wrench his head off. Rising back to his feet, the God of Destruction fired several Corona Beams that stabbed and exploded into her mossy flesh. Several vines stabbed back into SpaceGodzilla, leaking acid into his body while several pod-tipped vines bit down on his arms and legs, trying to restrain him while she finished his terran “twin”. Godzilla fired a beam into the towering plant’s mouth, forcing her to let go as he backpedaled. Biollante charged forward, slamming her enormous body into the thermonuclear tyrant and knocking him backwards.

SpaceGodzilla conducted energy through his body and his restraints exploded in a shower of acid. Some of it splattered on his remaining shoulder crystal, but it would last for a little while longer. He saw the other two in the distance. Biollante slammed her head down onto her “brother” who crumpled onto the ground, only to get back up again. The crystal saurian didn’t think his foe had suffered enough. Reaching out telekinetically, he lifted the rose colossus up with his Gravity Tornadoes once again and dropped her on top of the glowing giant, hoping he would die a slow and painful death, crushed underneath her ungodly weight.

Suddenly, there was a great flash of light as a nuclear pulse blasted the hybrid off. Godzilla rose up, his spines melting like candle wax. He was close to melting down, but he was also getting stronger the closer his death came. Maple spines charged with a blood red light, the heat from his spines so intense that any nearby buildings, trees and cars caught on fire. People who were too close to him were instantly atomized into nothing. The Strongest Monster on Earth fired his beam directly at Biollante who shrieked in utter agony. As the plant sizzled, he turned his attention to SpaceGodzilla, but before he could even move, the Combat Creature shot his beam into a building next to Godzilla which collapsed on top of him. Having bought himself some time, the star beast fired a barrage of Corona Beams at the slumping plant monster and flew right at her, striking her with energized claws. She cried out in pain and as much as the sadistic alien enjoyed her suffering, he knew it wasn’t enough. It was then that he noticed that her most recent wounds hadn’t healed.

SpaceGodzilla decided that she must be running low on energy if she was unable to regenerate her wounds anymore. As he tried to think of a way to kill her, Biollante – having had enough of the mutant – bit down on him, lifting him up and shaking her head violently before letting go and sending him careening into a building. An explosion shook the ground as the Monster King rose up, ready to finish the fight. The hybrid sent an army of vines at him, but because he was so near meltdown, the living reactor’s beam was now huge and the lighting that spiraled around it white. The vines couldn’t even get close and were completely incinerated as the beam just kept coming and slammed into her glowing orange core. Godzilla stopped and looked. Her stomach had exploded and half her face was on fire. He was going to finish her off when, suddenly, thousands of giant crystals rained down and pierced the mossy body. Some of them exploded once inside her but most just stayed in there, crucifying her enormous form. The suffering being that was once Erika lifted several of her stumps that used to be vines and stared at them in shock.

Biollante looked down at her body. Acidic blood was leaking out of her mouth. She might not recover from this. She had regenerated from what would normally kill other creatures, but this time, she wasn’t so sure. It felt different. She was starting to doubt her recovery for the first time in her life. It would be her last time as well. Biollante slumped forward, twitching a little, and then was stillness. Godzilla turned and spotted SpaceGodzilla near the CN Tower with several crystals floating nearby. They stared daggers at each other. When Biollante’s body morphed into spores and took to the sky, it acted as a bell for the next and final round to begin.

The waxy spines were nearly all gone now and his skin was starting to melt off his body, leaving puddles of melted flesh on the ground behind him as he charged forward. His crystal twin sent the crystalline missiles crashing into him, each one exploding on contact. But Burning Godzilla ignored the pain and advanced forward, firing his ray but SpaceGodzilla blocked it with his crystal shield, sending it right back at him. In an incredible display of endurance and willpower, the dying monarch kept moving forward. When he reached his mutant “brother,” it was a war between gods of death. The Terran bit down on the alien who blasted him in the gut, making him stumble back. SpaceGodzilla lowered his head and charged forward, hitting Godzilla in the face with his last shoulder crystal. It failed to impale his head but it did draw blood and make him scream. The imperial terror fired another Red Spiral Ray. The God of Destruction didn’t have enough time to react and cried out as he felt pain he never knew before.

The god incarnate needed to finish this fight now, before he perished from meltdown. But as long as the space demon’s crystal fortress was active, neither side would be able to gain an advantage. It would be an endless battle between two monsters with unlimited power…

Until meltdown, at least.

Godzilla marched towards SpaceGodzilla who tried to slow him down with Corona Beams, but the King would not be denied. He slammed into the Bio Quartz monster, the two titans clawing and biting each other. The melting saurian reached up and grabbed hold of his foe’s left shoulder crystal, his tusked twin shrieking as he saw smoke rising from his crystal. He realized his body was going to melt it if he stayed in contact with the dying giant for too long. Panic overcoming him, the Combat Creature started to pump energy from his claws into boiling flesh, who’s owner returned the favor in kind by conducting energy into his claws and slashing back. SpaceGodzilla felt blood seep out of the cuts inflicted on his neck as his skin sizzled. He opened his mouth, preparing to fire his Corona Beam, only to have flaming fangs bite down on his throat. Shrieking angrily, the God of Destruction broke free and bit down on the glowing neck of his foe, trying to return the pain.

He fell right into Godzilla’s trap.

Orange spines flashed, but with nowhere for the energy to go, his body released it in a different way. For a brief moment, Godzilla’s entire body glowed a bright red, when suddenly an unbelievably powerful nuclear pulse erupted from Godzilla’s body. The nuclear pulse not only sent the crystal overlord smashing into the CN Tower, thus cutting off his source of unlimited energy, but also shattered his remaining shoulder crystal. Now with no means to even store energy in his body, things had suddenly become very bad for SpaceGodzilla. The Monster King forced his body to increase in power, causing his spines to melt into nothing. Meltdown was inevitable now. The megalomaniac terror felt fear for the second time that night. This time would be the last.

A second pulse of nuclear energy slammed into SpaceGodzilla, burning away his skin and revealing a strange combination of crystals and internal organs. The alien shot as many Corona Beams as he could at his twin, who returned fire with a truly powerful Red Spiral Ray. The dying clone stopped firing and used the last of his energy to form a shield around him. The Spiral Ray was deflected right back at it’s sender, slowly burning away at his chest but he still kept firing, ignoring the agony. Godzilla dug his feet deep into the ground so as not to be pushed back by his own recoil or even his own beam. Eventually, the God of Destruction had used up all of his energy and his shield disappeared. His body was first stripped of its flesh, then the crystal armor beneath that, then the organs and bones under that until there was nothing left. A massive explosion rocked the city of Toronto that night. Small spheres of energy raised into the sky as a shriek was heard, SpaceGodzilla having transformed and retreated into the sky, just as his “sister” had.

Godzilla reared his head back and let out a cry of victory, one that soon turned into a howl of agony. This was it. His time had run out. The fires within him burned brighter and brighter. As the radioactive reptile writhed in agony, the sound of booster rockets filled the air. The Monster King opened his eyes and glared at the metallic being landing in front of him. As far as he was concerned, Kiryu was just another monster to fight before he died and the world burned with him in an inferno of hatred. The pilot was angry at himself for being so late. Had he been here sooner, then the pilots of Garuda and Mechagodzilla might not have died. For a split second, he noticed a rather strange sight in the middle of the burning city. Where Biollante and SpaceGodzilla had died, there was now a forest of crystals and flowers. It was strangely peaceful and beautiful, a sharp, calm contrast to the hell the city had become.

It was almost as if they were there to honor the dead, both monsters and humans. Shaking his head for thinking such a thing at a time like this, the pilot got ready to fight the monster of the inferno and brought the Absolute Zero Cannon online…

Winner: Godzilla (Heisei)

Author: Christian Salabert | Banner: Dao Zang Moua

With a low cackle, the mighty reptile known as Godzillasaurus trampled through his island home. The dinosaur was in search of a meal, and thanks to his voracious appetite, anything that moved would do. Smaller animals scattered as he approached, but they didn’t interest him anyway. He was after a true feast.

Unfortunately for Godzillasaurus, he was not the only predator on the island.

Rearing his head back and letting loose with a mighty roar, Gorosaurus charged the smaller reptile. Having been driven from his home by an enormous ape, the emerald allosaur was in an even fouler mood than usual. Perhaps killing this new creature would make him feel better. He came closer and closer to Godzillasaurus, his tooth-lined jaws agape.

The scute armored saurian reared up in surprise as the leaping lizard charged him, then stopped. If slain, this beast would make quite a nice feast indeed. Godzillasaurus answered Gorosaurus’ war cry with one of his own and went on the attack!

The reptilian titans crashed together, instantly biting and clawing at one another. Godzillasaurus managed to close his jaws on the red throat of his foe, biting down hard. The oversized allosaur cried out as he felt his foe’s teeth sink into his flesh. Bringing his arms up, Gorosaurus raked his claws across the stubby snout, forcing him to release his toothy grip. As the king of dinosaurs backed away, his snout bleeding, the Mondo Island apex reared onto his tail and lashed out with his legs, kicking the Lagos interloper to the ground. Before he could get back to his feet, Gorosaurus reached down and clamped his jaws down onto his leg. The proto-Godzilla thrashed and kicked as he tried to dislodge the larger reptile. Though at first unfazed by his foe’s kicks, the spiked backed carnosaur was eventually forced to let go, allowing the other saurian to return to his feet.

Gorosaurus charged again, but the prehistoric predator spun around, clubbing his tail across his opponent’s face. The teal terror staggered backward and Godzillasaurus lunged towards him, snapping his jaws at his neck once more. The allosaur snapped back, their toothy maws nearly closing on each other. Gorosaurus leapt up and lashed out with another kangaroo kick, but this one merely knocked the amphibious creature backward. Just as the bouncing beast landed back on his feet, the tripod creature turned and slammed his tail into thick legs, sweeping them out from under his foe and knocking him to the ground. As the larger dinosaur tried to get back to his feet, the underdog attacked again, biting down on torn neck flesh once again. Shaking his head back and forth, he sank his fangs deeper and deeper, tearing more and more gore.

Gorosaurus’ eyes burned with rage. How dare this creature try to make a meal out of him!

Clutching Godzillasaurus’ neck in his claws, the apex predator dropped to the ground, taking his foe with him. The Mondo allosaur was back on his feet in an instant, growling furiously as blood dripped from his neck. The mysterious theropod was soon at his feet as well, roaring loudly. The two reptiles slammed into each other again, attacking each other with all their might. Claws tore flesh, teeth pierced skin and the fearsome roars of predators filled the air. The two beasts battled across the entire island, tearing up the landscape as they went. Trees were uprooted and mountains crumbled.

Soon, their battle took them near a towering cliff overlooking the sea, but neither creature took notice, too engrossed in their struggle to the death.

Gorosaurus bent down, then slammed his head into a fanged face, driving the potential kaiju back and towards the cliff. Godzillasaurus held his arms open and roared furiously at his opponent. The primeval dragon attacked again, forcing his ancient foe even further back. The smaller predator managed to snatch around his foe’s teal body with his stubby arms and grappled with the beast, turning as they fought. The larger carcharodontosaur ended up on the side closest to the cliff as the two continued their battle.

The ground underneath the dueling dinosaurs began to crack, the cliff unable to withstand the stress of the two titans warring on top of it. The cliff split and fell away, leaving Gorosaurus with nothing to stand on. The mighty beast dropped, but refused to perish alone. Reaching out with his powerful jaws, Gorosaurus bit down on Godzillasaurus’ throat, dragging him off the cliff alongside his foe.

Plummeting through the sky, the two reptiles continued to snarl and snap at each other. Both beasts refused to admit defeat as they fell towards the sea, closer and closer to the rocks below…

Draw: Godzillasaurus, Gorosaurus (Showa)

Author: Kristian Zatkoff | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

Zone Fighter jumped out of the way just in time as a huge boulder nearly collided with him. Godzilla roared, then snorted before lowering his head and charging forward like a crazed bull ready to stamp the life out of his foe. There was no time to dodge. The silver superhero stood his ground as the massive mutant slammed his bulk into him, sending him flying. As soon as the giant got back to his feet, he saw the blue energy of death leaking out of Godzilla’s mouth. Hikaru brought up his arms and made a cross to block the beam just as the byproduct of nuclear testing parted the monster’s maw and let loose with a powerful blast more deadly than several atomic weapons!

The blast stabbed into his arms but he managed to still stand, digging his feet in the ground as he was pushed back. The pain was too intense to describe, so when the blast ceased, raining trees and dust everywhere, it was a relief. The Hero of Justice’s belt buckle had gone from light blue to yellow. He had to end this fight soon. He looked down at his hands which were burned even darker than the blackest coal. The glass of his belt buckle timer had actually cracked and melted in some places. He charged at the irradiated dinosaur before the smoke could clear and traded blows with him, dodging Godzilla’s the best he could. He may not be as powerful as the Monster King, but he was faster. Claws slashed his chest, sparks flying.

The saurian then bit down on his shoulder, the alien hero crying out before he slammed his fists into the back of Godzilla’s neck and head, forcing him to let go. Once free from the jaws of death, he delivered an uppercut to his foe’s scaly face. A loud crack could be heard for miles as some of the nuclear leviathan’s teeth were knocked out. Bone white spines flashed and the monster monarch’s mouth was just about to open when Zone Fighter wrapped his elbow around his neck, holding him in a choke hold as he held his head down and punched him several times in the head with his free hand. The trapped royal slashed at him with his claws but the giant hero refused to submit to his will.

Godzilla felt like his body was going to blow up. But it wouldn’t, for his body had mutated a fail safe just in case he could not release the atomic energy that was now trapped in his body. A bright flash freed the dinosaur from the choke hold, as a nuclear pulse struck the area, as he took in a much needed gasp for air. The Meteor Man got up, having been thrown at least a mile away, and with horror, realized his belt buckle was flashing red. His energy was running low and he only had one hundred and ten seconds left. He had to finish this fight and fast!

The dreaded god charged at full speed and collided once more with the alien, only this time the mighty warrior grabbed his shoulders, fell on his back, and used Godzilla’s momentum to do a back roll and throw him away. The thick body of the mutant slammed into the ground like a small comet, chunks of earth sent everywhere, birds flying out of their trees to escape the danger. With speed that defied his size, the towering titan got back back on his feet, his face bleeding and charged once again. But this time he skidded to a stop as soon as he was near and spun, lifting his tail in an attempt to whack the alien with the limb. Zone braced for the impact and caught the tail, sliding on his feet in a nearly complete circle before he finally slid to a stop.

With a yelp of surprised horror, the monster king was lifted off his feet as the Peaceland born demigod spun around in circles faster and faster and faster until he let go. Godzilla crashed head-first into the ground as Zone Fighter took to the sky, ready to finish this fight. The spined saurian got up but was too disoriented to know where his foe had gone, giving Hikaru plenty of time to build up his speed. The monster of monsters finally got his equilibrium back and looked up just in time to see the human comet nose diving at ungodly speeds. It was too late to react as the henshin hero crashed into him head-first and sent him falling back with a thud that echoed like thunder.

The silver and blue idol landed. Godzilla was struggling to get back to his feet when his foe offered a helping hand and pulled him back to a standing position, patting him on the shoulder. The radioactive reptile nodded his head and Zone Fighter took to the sky and flew off. He had won another one of their fights. The two had been sparring partners for a long time – years, in fact – practicing fighting often to better themselves. They had to stay in shape. There was no telling when another monster would threaten the world.

At least, that was half the reason…

Most people saw all monsters as nothing more than evil and foul creatures that would cause the apocalypse. Others said that you reap what you sow and that’s what the kaiju were. War, atomic weapons, genetic weapons, chemical weapons, sin, insanity and Man’s destructive ways in general have been given flesh in their ranks. The monsters, living incarnations of our mistakes, sent to punish us like a plague.

To some extent, they were all right. But there were some that protect the world, like Mothra, or even humans themselves, like King Caesar. Even monsters who originally started off as a menace, like Rodan, have helped save the world from the likes of things much worse than themselves, like King Ghidorah. Monsters like Godzilla still caused the deaths of many, many lives but even he has saved the world as much as he had threatened it. Naturally, because of this, views of Godzilla and his fellow mutants were mixed at best.

Zone couldn’t blame them. He tried to picture a beast like Gigan turning into a hero and just couldn’t do it. But in times when all seemed lost, it was the same monsters that man had tried countless times to destroy that ironically saved them after years of causing so much suffering and death. Hikaru knew that as much as the world hated to admit it, Godzilla and his fellow mutants were the lesser of two evils and were needed to fight off far worse monsters if the world was to live and see another day. If the likes of Godzilla were brought into this world by the fates to punish the human race, then the likes of Destoroyah were brought into this world to kill us all. Indeed, it seemed Earth’s monsters were trying to give the world a second chance. That was the other reason he had been training with Earth’s monsters.

Godzilla seemed to enjoy these friendly matches with his strange ally, just as much as the ones he held with Rodan, Anguirus or any other monster on the island. Zone Fighter had also practiced with the other kaiju of Monster Island, as well as other defenders, such as Gamera, King Kong and even – in his opinion – his greatest rival, Ultraman. Lately he had been giving himself handicaps such as in his fight with the terrifying pterosaur, in which he would only use his projectiles. Or a few days ago, he had to capture Baragon several times before he could dig underground. Today, he used only his melee and flight skills against Godzilla.

Just like his sparring partners, he felt himself getting stronger and faster. His aim improved, as well as his agility in flight. His fighting skills improved greatly, even inventing new fighting techniques and making far fewer mistakes. Sometimes he would win a match in mere seconds while his belt buckle was still blue. He felt great, like he could take on the whole world and come back for seconds.

He would need all this experience for his next encounter. For the next fight would not be practice…

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Hikari Sakamori was walking calmly down the rainy streets of Moscow while its panicked citizens ran past him, trying to flee the evil that had already leveled most of the city. He had originally planned on meeting Shin Hayata, secretly Ultraman, two days ago on one of Japan’s many islands for a friendly match. After losing the last fight, he was looking forward to a rematch. Being that they had so much in common, both being alien protectors having disguised themselves among the natives of earth and fought off countless invading monsters, it only made sense they would become close friends once they knew who each other really were. However, those plans were now canceled.

Monsters started popping up all over the world and seemed to have declared war on mankind. Kiryu was fighting Gigan in London, Ultraman had engaged King Ghidorah in Washington D.C., Rodan was dealing with an army of Gyaos in Paris, Gamera was battling Iris in Hong Kong and Mechagodzilla was sent to stop Desghidorah near San Francisco.

Everyone was already in a fight, leaving no one to smite the evil in Moscow but him. For some reason, Japan was not attacked yet. It might have been a trap to lure him – the last defense of Japan – away, but he couldn’t just sit around and do nothing while people needed him. The beast was spotted heading towards the city days ago, so he had hoped to get there before it did, but it seemed he arrived too late. He would end this beast before it could destroy another city. He stopped and looked up at the beast who stared back at him, its body a mixture of bones on both the inside and out.

Monster X saw the man who dared stand before him and reached for him, ready to crush him into dust.

“Zone Double Fight!”

Monster X reeled back in shock. Where had the human gone? And where did this giant come from? It reminded him much of the two who beat him back in Tokyo, the silver and red ones who could change their size, briefly making him seethe behind his armor. But he knew this couldn’t be one of them. This one was highlighted in blue. Nonetheless, he would find Ultraman and Jet Jaguar and have his revenge on them. Until then, he would kill this foolish being that dared get in his way of leveling this city.

The Meteor Man jumped up and delivered a kick to the space demon’s face. The emaciated evil staggered back as Zone Fighter then delivered several punches at a blinding speed to his stomach. Monster X slashed back at him with his claws, but the last protector of Peaceland jumped back before the space monster could hit him and responded in kind by striking a pose and aiming one of his arms at the skull like face of his foe. Suddenly, several arrow-shaped energy projectiles flew out of the silver sentinel’s hand and stabbed into the beast’s face before exploding. As the smoke cleared, Zone was disturbed to see that the beam had little effect,as the Keizer demon straightened up.

Not only had the beam bursts failed to cut through the creature’s bony armor, but had the premature Ghidorah not seen the beams with his own eyes, he probably wouldn’t have even known he had been shot. Zone charged forward, but the deep space devil suddenly jumped up and spun around, his tail and hand whacking the fighter of justice in the face. On his way down, Monster X grabbed him by the shoulders and swung his body so that both feet shot forward and slammed the giant hero in the stomach. The blow was so intense it sent the hero crashing face-first into the ground before he could regain his balance, all as the gravity god landed into a crouch with a snarl.

The Garogan Empire’s eternal foe got up first and grabbed his sinister foe by his legs and pulled. He started to spin faster and faster and faster before letting go. The vanguard of Planet X went flying head-first into some skyscrapers and was buried under tons of concrete and steel. Hikaru watched as Monster X exploded out of the rubble and fired several Gravity Bolts from his eyes. The blue comet hero screamed in pain as he was barraged by the golden beams, each time sliding back as he was hit. The hero of Japan struck several quick poses, summoning the power needed for his next attack.

“Meteor Proton Beam!”

His body glowed brightly before a thin blue beam fired from the gem on the tip of the crest sticking out of his head. The cadaver-esque terror howled as the beam hit him, vanishing in a cloud of fire as he slid back, claws gouging into the Earth. So it could be hurt, Zone realized. He just needed to weaken it in hand-to-hand combat before finishing it off. But the monster was too far away now, slinking like a cat, he needed to force it to fight him up close. Zone’s hands glowed as he moved them and formed a square in the air in front of him.

With the conflagration no longer blocking his vision, Monster X spotted his foe. A chunk of bone armor was missing from around his eye and blood was leaking out the corner to his mouth. He fired Gravity Bolts from his demonic red eyes, but they stopped and vanished mere meters away from hitting Hikaru directly in the face. What was going on? Six eyes blinked, then noticed that there was a square-shaped object made of colored light in front of Zone. The asteroid demon bared his teeth once he realized that his beams were being blocked by the Zone-Barrier. As the space monster rushed him, Zone Fighter fired another barrage of arrow-shaped energy blasts as soon as his shield vanished.

Monster X jumped over the beams, both feet landing on the superhero’s head before he kicked off, using it as a springboard. The blue meteor hero turned around and lashed out with his fists, but met only empty air. Zone looked everywhere but couldn’t spot the skeleton kaiju. Where was he? It was almost as if he never landed at all. That made no sense, but he didn’t recall hearing him land, but even still he should have felt the ground shake. A low rumbling growl that sounded like a mocking laugh reached his ears. The Meteor Man looked up to see The Strongest Monster In The Universe hovering in the sky with his arms crossed, slowly floating down as if gravity had less effect on him, as if he was on the moon. The ultimate monster fired a barrage of Gravity Bolts from his eyes as he used his levitation powers.

Zone’s cries filled the city with unholy dread as the Peacelander fell to his knees, his belt buckle timer turning from a light blue to yellow. The Ghidorah creature turned off whatever power source in his body allowed him to float slowly down and fell like a rock, kicking out with his feet, but Zone rolled out of the way as the space beast flew past him, grabbing his tail and pulling. Monster X staggered back and turned around only to have the kyodai hero elbowed him in the face, sending him face-first into the ground. The invincible hero pulled the forked tail with all his might and slammed the deadly demon into the ground over and over. The Xillien bioweapon lashed out with a kick from one of his legs, landing the blow right in a silver stomach, forcing his foe to let go and grab his gut in pain. The living extinction ran to Hikaru as soon as he was standing and slammed into him. Snarling, the terror of the galaxy lifted him up by the shoulder and midsection, holding him high in the air before getting one one knee and slamming Zone Fighter’s back on his sharp bony knee.

Hikaru screamed out in horrid pain as he felt bones crack. The bone demon let the blue giant fall off his knees and slam into the earth with a dull thud. Zone struggled to get up. Every time he moved he felt a burning, stabbing pain that felt like it would last forever. Monster X was ready to deliver the finishing blow when several rockets and lasers struck the beast. The alien beast looked up to see several F-15J jets fire their Sidewinder missiles and ASTOL-MB93’s fire their masers as they did a fly-by. He fired a quick burst of his Gravity Bolts, coming close but missing as the aircraft made a swift turn, the beams melting the paint off several of the aircraft and the pilots feeling their cockpits heat up. Several more rockets and masers hit the demon, causing him to lower his head in pain, looking down to see several tanks and maser tanks. He fired his beams. They were not as lucky as the jets and ASTOL’s as several were destroyed. Zone looked up and saw one lone tank was cornered on a street that was a dead end. That one was about to be crushed and suddenly the pain didn’t matter anymore as he ran forward, pushing the foul beast away with one hand and grabbing the maser tank with the other, setting it down gently on the road where it drove away.

Zone Fighter turned around and the two giants stared each other down, neither one willing to back down. They charged each other, the blinking timer acting as a signal for the two to fight to the death. The two traded punches and kicks, blocking each other’s attacks as best as they could. It felt like they had been at it for hours when in reality it had only been half a minute.

The Hero of Justice had to recharge before he ran out of energy. And fast!

Monster X grabbed his foe by the crested head and ran in circles before throwing him forward, crashing into a building. He got back to his feet and ran at the snarling monochrome horror. The beast raised his hands as if ready for anything…but he wasn’t for this. Zone Fighter jumped up and elbowed the monster in the jaw at an angle, putting all of his weight into the blow, breaking his bony fanged lower jaw with a crunch. The space terror howled in pain but Zone wasn’t done. He grabbed the evil extraterrestrial by his arms and pulled him forward while slamming one of his legs into the creature’s knee, the action causing this leg to be broken, bent in the opposite direction.

The Xillien beast lashed out with his right arm, but the Meteor Man grabbed it with one hand and punched the elbow with the other, bending it in the other direction before jumping back and firing several more arrow-shaped beams. His armor was much weaker now from the Meteor Proton Beam and beatdown earlier. The beams now stabbed into thick black sinew, causing blood to fly everywhere with each shot. Monster X tried to snap his arm back into place but the moment he did one of the stabbing rays hit him on the unarmored part of his arm and cut it clean in two at the elbow! The lower arm shook the earth as it hit the ground with a loud thud that could be heard for miles. Zone Fighter ran forward and spun the beast around, grabbing him by the forked tail before flying upward, higher into the clouds that have been dropping heavy rain on the city all night, lightning flashing in the sky before they slammed back into the earth, Hikaru forcing him into the ground after flying at his max speed, crushing the Keizer kaiju between the planet and his 55,000 ton mass.

Zone Fighter ripped his foe’s tail off with a scream before jumping some distance away, writing the shape of a shield with his glowing hands. Monster X turned around and fired his Gravity Beams. They crashed into the glowing energy barrier known as the Hyper-Barrier. Just like the Zone-Barrier he had used before, they blocked energy attacks. But unlike the Zone-Barrier, the Hyper-Barrier also sent them back. The creature borne of Gorath learned this the hard way as a split second after the Gravity Bolts hit the shield-shaped energy, they were fired back at him. The Super Space Monster bellowed as his own energy tore his already deep wounds, while the Peaceland protector struck some quick poses as he summoned the energy to his second strongest attack.

“Meteor Missile Might!”

Bracelets filled with giant, super-powered missiles appeared on his wrists in a bright flash. Unlike most missiles made on Earth, these could rip into kaiju like giant bullets. He fired a barrage of missiles which tore into Monster X’s body. The space demon screamed out as explosion after explosion rocked his body, blood and sinew spraying out of him. The heat was so intense that some of his wounds could not bleed for they were instantly cauterized. Zone Fighter made sure every shot counted, and once he used up all his ammo, he fired his strongest attack once again. The last time it had hurt the space monster badly, but didn’t kill him. This time it was so weak from the fight that it HAD to. He struck several short posses again, summoning energy for one more attack.

“Meteor Proton Beam!”

Once again a thin, dark blue beam fired from his crest and slammed into the demon beast who vanished in a huge explosion. When the fire and smoke cleared away, the somehow even more skeletal form of Monster X limped out towards him. Zone Fighter just stood there aghast as he stared at his foe. The warrior who slayed worlds was confused. Why wasn’t he fighting back? He limped even closer, charging up his energy, his eyes glowing yellow but quickly fading back to red. His vision began to blur. The ultimate Xillien monster was in shock as everything grew more and more dark. He just wanted to get away now. He limped past the blue giant and after what felt like forever, he toppled onto his side. His glowing red eyes went dim, then dark. He let one last breath of steam escape his mouth before bloody foam spilled out. Then he exploded with the force of a miniature nuclear device, shaking the city.

Monster X was gone. Zone Fighter had won.

Suddenly, twin red jagged beams hit the Hero of Justice in the back. He turned around to see Hedorah, the Smog Monster, staring back at him! Zone Fighter knew there was no way he could beat this creature. It was more than a monster, it was a super monster! Even Godzilla could not kill this thing on his own. He knew he would die, but he refused to leave. Godzilla, Gamera, Biollante, Mothra, Rodan and all his other monster brothers were too busy fighting other evil menaces in other parts of the world. Zone Fighter was the only one capable of defending Russia in its time of need. He just hoped Japan was still safe from any attacks and that one of the others got to it before something vile like a swarm of Gyaos or Legion did.

Suddenly, a series of tanks, helicopters, jets and maser tanks came out to join him in this fight. He had helped save their motherland when no one else could. He answered a cry of help that others couldn’t. They would do everything in their power to help this hero. Hikaru had thought about retreating, but decided not to. When Bagan had attacked, he was unable to join the fight. He had been in a car crash in his human form which left him in a hospital bed and cast for weeks. He could only sit and watch as the war with Bagan, King Ghidorah and all the other evil kaiju was broadcasted on every TV all over the world. He felt so useless. He never wanted to feel like that again.

He would stay and fight with these brave men and women in this suicide mission. His only regret was that he would never have that rematch with Ultraman.

His belt buckle turned from yellow to a flashing red. He had only one hundred and ten seconds left, but he would make sure to give Hedorah hell for every second. He fired his arrow beams before charging head-first into battle as the Russian army unleashed their payload of rockets, missiles and masers on the giant monster of pollution.

Zone Fighter was going to fight until he died.

And they would join him to the bitter end.

Winner: Zone Fighter

Author: Stephanie Hughes | Banner: Stephanie Hughes

It was two days before Christmas and a creature was stirring. To be exact, an Anguillasaurus that might very well be the last of his kind. Anguirus lumbered across the winter scene, barely feeling the bite of frost against his earth colored scales.

This humbug wanted nothing more than to rest his horned head for the rest of the winter. So with a heavy head, he raised his spiked nose towards the cloud covered sky. One place, that’s all he wanted, one place where he wouldn’t be disturbed. One place where he could escape the raging conflagration that he had been dragged into the past couple of months. One place untouched by man, and even more preferably, another monster.

Frustration. That’s the word that would have surfaced in the mind of the spiked horror right then and there if he had any knowledge of the English language.

He climbed over yet another mountain in this winter wonderland and behold! The ideal place! Not a structure in sight besides abandoned Shinto shrines, and not a single creature in this place that he could smell. This was a territory unmarked. And not only that – but it proved to him to be an ideal haven from the hostile cold, perfect for his hibernation. The wind came down in breezes rather than a crippling cold storm as had been the case in other lands. No obnoxious sounds – only whistling wind and the occasional winter song of wolves howling in the distance and calmly echoing through this valley. Other than these things, the place was still.

Anguirus entered the center of this place, giving a wail of satisfaction to the skies that watched over him. Surely, fortune had shined on him today.

Thinking too soon, it seemed – an unusually harsh wind blew past him, nearly moving him a few paces and almost tearing trees from their places. The trees stayed in place, because this wasn’t a creature of destruction that had just swept over, rather a creature of peace. One who went by the name of Mothra.

Silence filled the shrine, as there stood two creatures that had equally been allies as well as enemies to the King of the Monsters himself.

Now, this had been a sacred domain where souls rested and were now disturbed by another ancient beast. Mutely, they had summoned the Queen of Monsters to aid them in their rest. Winter was, in fact, a season of rest for most. Mothra was obliged to answer this call. And here she was, blocking what of the setting sun had slipped between the cracks of two clouds.

The divine goddess chirped a shrill warning.

The Fierce Dragon snarled back, he wasn’t going to surrender this long sought for sanctuary to the likes of this “Monster God.” The quadruped stood his ground with all four legs and let loose another wail followed by a hollow, guttural growl sounding off at the base of his throat. Infant Island’s matriarch immediately heeded this rebounded warning and immediately took defense to it. As she cast a shadow that put him in darkness, she flapped her great wings to produce winds that uprooted trees and dragged the dinosaur backwards. He held his ground as well as he could. It was going nowhere, and Mothra decided on a more physical approach at defeating this saurian beast – and she rushed in for an aerial tackle. Smack! She caught the unsuspecting creature in the chest and sent poor Anguirus on his back. The lepidopteran attempted to take advantage of this opportunity – But to no avail as a spiny, whip-like tail came crashing down on the giant moth.

With a surprised-sounding shriek, Mothra dropped faster than a sack of bricks, but made all the more impact as her spherical head cracked against the forest floor. Dazed and confused, without much else to do, she blindly flapped her wings to gain momentum. The ground was no place for a creature of the sky. A downed bird was a dead bird, and the same thing applied to insects like her. This shot in the dark managed to keep Anguirus at bay, for he had been blinded by excessively getting dirt and uprooted trees in his eyes. The divine moth was defending this land – and it seemed as though the land was defending her back. She thanked Mother Nature as she was able to return to the sky and the humming UFO sound of her hover returned to her. She chirped with relief as she backed away from the fire monster who had only now managed to get the trees out of his eyes.

Now, the defender of the Earth realized that Anguirus was a monster of close quarters – not of a distance battle. So this would be the advantage she would have. She decided to let loose golden beams from her antennae which left scorching black lines followed by a spew of sparks from the Anguillasaurus’s flesh. He cried out – the pain! But it was short lived, and he recovered. He ran as a start, leapt into the air, but missed.

Mothra chirped with an encore sensation of relief and she widely turned around to meet her adversary with more antenna beams. Once on his feet, the spiked reptile once again fell on his back, wailing, this time out of frustration – the same feeling he had gotten beforehand. Anguirus rolled over onto his feet, and lowered himself onto his haunches. Looking around suspiciously at the sky that had no longer done him any justice. If any fortune had shined on him then, it would not have been the sky that he would thank.

Where was Mothra? The question was rudely answered as more beams scorched the back of his head. She was swooping in from behind, he knew. A fatal mistake, for this Anguillasaurus came equipped with a carapace filled with spines. He pushed off the ground, and what a fatal mistake it was, for his mark had been hit. Not only was Anguirus able to knock Mothra out of the sky, but he was able to land on his opponent to boot. Ah! Surely, fortune was to shine on him! But not for Mothra, who struggled to defend this land as she may.

A crushed chest, wings drilled full of holes, blood spurting in various directions and flooding the forest below, The Killer of the Living saw that this had been a very, very fatal move indeed. And Mothra weakly chirped out to the heavens – the last thoughts and words of a Monster God had she any words at all. Her head went back, and her eyes dimmed out. Anguirus, with the blood of his opponent running down his back and his own blood running down his neck, chest and shoulders, had given room for this unfortunate creature. Various wailing sounds filled the sky in unison as he searched around.

The souls! It must have been! They were mourning the loss of their guardian. The area was once again still, and an unnerving feeling was rising in the throat and chest of Anguirus. Almost a feeling of remorse. This beautiful place had been defiled by his monstrous way of life. Despite the difficulty he had gone through to gain this place as his own, he decided it was not for him now – and he left this calm place behind in the whistling wind and flurries of snow. A good-bye was said to him by one long, last howl from one of the lupine greeters that he became more and more distant from. He held his head high. There just had to be another place to rest his head for the winter.

Winner: Anguirus (Universal)