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)