Chapter 46 – God Save the Queen
Chapter 46
“If no pain, then no love. If no darkness, no light. If no risk, then no reward. It’s all or nothing. In this damn world, it’s all or nothing.”
— Glennon Doyle Melton
Crystal Empire
There was no silence in the skies. The storms were howling, but the monsters raged within them. Breathtaking, illuminating glows of heavenly turquoise and fiery reds clashed and rolled and washed across the blizzard, transforming it into a firestorm of horrific proportions.
Breaking free from the clouds, Mothra and Rodan were wrapped in each other’s limbs and wings. Her cries meshed with his ferocious roars, the Fire Demon ripping and tearing at her skin. At her wings. Burning her coat to a crisp all while Mothra suffered. All while she could so very little in return. He was a bloodthirsty, rage-driven beast controlled by one who desired his rage above anything else. He was unrelenting.
T.I.T.A.N.’s fleet witnessed such brutality from high above. Yearning and praying for Mothra’s safety, rooting for the Titan that gave them another chance, they felt only their hope perish further and further from the light with every agonizing second that passed. They saw Rodan rip into her with his talons. They saw him scorch her body with his bio-volcanic skin. And now, they watched as they descended like a morphed fireball from the skies.
Rodan broke from her, being sure to rip his talons free and fling Mothra clear across the Crystal Empire. She made impact with a crystal building, the great moth drooping her wings and being completely unprepared for the dive-bombing Living Fire impacting her seconds later.
Mothra cried.
Shining Armor had enough. He couldn't rightfully witness the destruction of his Empire, the loss of his allies, and continue to do nothing. As long as they did something, anything, then that was enough. The damages the Radiance sustained were partially repaired. It would be risky sending it and their fleet in now, but what other choice did they have?
Leave their forces alone down there?
Leave Mothra to die?
Not a chance. “Is our fleet ready to reengage?!” Shining bellowed, his eyes unable to look anywhere else except down below.
Rodan howled in Mothra’s face, his beak intending for her head.
The confirmation came quickly. “Your Highness, all T.I.T.A.N. ships and royal fleets are on standby, waiting on your word!”
Letting the flames douse over her, Rodan reared forward, only to have Mothra slam her forelimbs down on his head and knock him off the building. He flew off, turning around shortly back to the tower. Mothra steadily climbed it, never taking her stare off the Fire Demon.
Shining held up his hoof. “Hold it… our target isn’t still…”
Spreading his wings, hovering in the fog of the storm, Rodan roared and quickly descended once again. And once again, he impacted the very same building and the very same Titan. The fires weren’t nearly as bad, but it still burned Mothra all the same.
“Hold it…!” Shining Armor warned, his eyes growing wide, his stare intensifying. His hoof trembled.
He snapped at her head, and Mothra dodged to the right. He snapped at it again, and she dodged to the left. Growing annoyed, Rodan lifted himself higher, the Golden Devil’s lightning erupting over his head, as he shrieked and drove his beak one last time for her head. One last killing strike.
Shining sliced his hoof to the floor.
“FIRE!”
An earth-shattering array of thundering blasts rocked the storms and devastated the clouds. Practically every airship available unloaded their armament onto the flaming Titan beneath them. Every last T.I.T.A.N. aircraft, royal ship, and even the remnants of Tempest Shadow’s fleet fired an astounding bombardment of explosive cannons rounds. And almost instantly, the rounds hit their target perfectly.
Rodan’s back erupted. The Titan reared back just as immediately as he reared forward, his beak howling in shocking pain as the explosive rounds and shrapnel tore across his back and wings. Mothra observed the grandiose sight with an awestruck look in her eyes, witnessing the diverse peoples of Equus uniting to come to her aid. But even then, they would have never defeated Rodan. She knew that. She understood that.
So, she took their attack as a distraction and readied herself.
Thankfully so, for Rodan instantly returned his focus onto her, driving his beak down and intending to sever her head clean from her body with a single bite.
But he didn’t.
He froze that time.
His howls, his roars, his ferocious battle cries… they all ceased. All he could formulate was a gasping, whimpering sound.
For when he bent down to kill, he drew himself close enough for Mothra to strike. And strike she did, her stinger driven directly through Rodan’s left shoulder and jutting free on the other side. Steam and embers flowed from the wound, joining the snow in the wind. Removing her stringer, Mothra pushed Rodan off of her and watched the howling creature descend into the pool of flames at the base of the tower. Back into the fires of hell in which he was conceived.
A thunderous round of cheers filled the Radiance and various other airships. Just the mere sight of it gave T.I.T.A.N. another victory, with another beast down and only one more to deal with. The celebration didn’t last long because of that, but Shining Armor celebrated even shorter. His eyes were locked with Mothra, the victory he felt in his heart now doused with an overbearing sense of dread.
She whimpered weakly. Her limbs trembled as she tried to rise up on the building, only to slip and let her torn and bloody form rest atop of its foundations. Her wings were scorched, the ends singed with holes spread across each. The more he stared at her, the more Shining came to understand the sacrifice not only Mothra went through, but what they all went through.
Right now, there were countless T.I.T.A.N. soldiers out there in the Crystal Empire rounding up and constraining the defeated Titans. The losses they suffered was probably insurmountable compared to how much the fleets lost. Celestia, Luna, his wife Cadance, they were nowhere to be seen ever since they faced off with Ghidorah, and that alone terrified Shining Armor to his core. Then there was his little sister and her friends, the Elements of Harmony going toe to toe with Sombra only have Godzilla come to their aid. He hoped for that, anyway. He hoped Godzilla got to them in time.
Godzilla… Mothra… here they were sacrificing their bodies, their wills, their lives just so they all could survive. Just so their world could have another day in which King Ghidorah did not rule. And now it appeared that Mothra was done, unable to go on a second more. She had done all she could, and now she needed to rest to dress her wounds. Which left Godzilla as their last hope…
Their last hope was failing.
King Ghidorah seemed unshaken, undeterred. He ignored his wounds and struck his foe while he could hardly recover from his own. Flapping his wings, Ghidorah took flight and charged toward Godzilla, pelting him furiously with seemingly unending streaks of gravity beams. The lightning tore across Godzilla’s chest and limbs, the Titan crying at each impact against him. He wasn’t ready when Ghidorah reached him, when the dragon spun in mid-air and slammed his club-like tails across his skull.
His senses dulled. His vision nearly went black. Godzilla felt the deafening thud and nothing more for several seconds. Not even the feeling of his body collapsing on top of various crystal houses, or the impact against the road and tattered earth in which he was partly responsible. He laid their unmoving, groaning while Ghidorah landed, wings extended as all six of his fiendish, yellow eyes fell to him.
Fortunately, he never gained another inch closer, because Discord made it so.
He wrapped himself like a serpent around Ghidorah’s towering necks, uniting all three and tightening himself into a knot around them. Ghidorah shrieked, glaring down at the face of the draconequus. But before he could tear Discord apart, a bombardment of epic proportions fell from the heavens and doused Ghidorah in fire and shrapnel.
T.I.T.A.N. engaged with the Devil, every last airship they had in the skies targeting Monster Zero and giving him everything they had. Shining Armor ordained it so, watching as their blasts shrouded Ghidorah in a fog of blackness, brightened by the constant explosions of the cannons erupting upon his body. Then, there was Discord, now constraining each head from snapping at him, rearing himself back and forcing Ghidorah to backpedal. The fleet followed. They fired. Discord fought on.
They did all they could to help, but it wasn’t enough. They were not enough.
Without the aid of his chaotic prowess, Discord was at a severe disadvantage against the hydra. And so, he lost his grip on the slithering, shrieking heads. In doing so, they reared up and unleashed three gravity beams directly into the sky. Right into the heart of the fleet. The beams severed the fleet in multiple halves, tearing and eviscerating entire airships into flaming ribbons. Each gravity beam kept on firing until Shining Armor had no choice.
“Everypony, back off! Retreat from the immediate vicinity!”
His order was followed through, and the fleet broke off. The royal ships were escorted by numerous T.I.T.A.N. aircraft to safety, while the T.I.T.A.N. airships and Tempest’s fleet broke off wherever they could, flames still licking at their hulls.
Seeing that, Ghidorah quickly turned back to the draconequus still wrapped around his necks. Having the absolute worst attempt at a brave face, instead performing an about face, Discord gave a nervous chuckle. Ghidorah snarled, cackling as all three heads reared down and sank their fangs into a piece of Discord’s body and tore himself free.
Achieving that, Ghidorah actually tore Discord apart, flinging his body parts to and fro. To his continued surprise, however, Ghidorah watched as the pieces came together and reforged the draconequus. Only, he was not entirely ready to fight. He struggled momentarily on the ground, finding his footing, his strength, whatever was needed to face Ghidorah once more.
The King of Terror had tasted this chaotic power once before. Now, he had seen it with his own eyes. The draconequus would not experience a natural death like the other creatures. Almost as if he was beyond the realm of life and death. Having had but a taste of Discord’s chaotic power, Ghidorah now craved for more. For all of it.
So, just before Discord could fully rise, Ghidorah slammed his feet onto the Spirit of Chaos’ back. He slithered around the draconequus' body, reared down and drove his teeth into Discord’s neck, absorbing as much of the chaos as he could. Discord’s howls of pain filled the Crystal Empire with turmoil and terror, all of which stemmed from the Golden Demise forcing his dominance upon him. His long, golden necks now were filled with the flowing forces of pure chaos magic, and he didn’t stop. He drank and drank his fill until he there would be nothing left in his victim.
Discord’s eyes popped open at the realization, at the sheer nightmare of a reality if Ghidorah managed to devour his chaos magic fully. The power to reshape reality, amplified by the will and evil of King Ghidorah, could spell certain catastrophe on a cosmic scale. Their galaxy, every galaxy, their entire universe and even beyond… nowhere would be safe from Ghidorah’s reach. Nothing would remain sacred. He could have it all…
Discord’s terror stemmed from that, and the fact that only he was able to understand that simply amplified his dread. But he wasn’t alone.
Someone else understood.
And fighting through the pain, through the fires, through the death that tried to consume her, Mothra tore through the storm and struck the back of Ghidorah.
The sudden attack took the tyrant by surprise, Ghidorah screeching as he was torn from his feet and throttled to the earth directly over Discord. As for the draconequus, he fell and rolled flat on his back, weakly gazing to the skies as unconsciousness slowly began to devour him. But before he went, he lazily turned to his lion paw, snapping his fingers and returning to normal size.
He snickered. Not all of his chaos magic was stolen. At least Ghidorah failed in that aspect.
He found comfort in that as the blackness overcame his mind.
Kicking off of the Demon, Mothra struggled to maintain her flight pattern with her wings so badly damaged. But she managed, turning to face Ghidorah head-on. Turning around brought her practically face to faces with the rising tyrant. He only kept on rising, all three necks rearing back and lighting up a haunting, terrifying gold.
Mothra knew what it was. She knew what would come. She even knew there was no time to escape it. Her body wouldn’t allow it.
Her mind, her heart, and her spirit… they were ready for it.
Ghidorah’s jaws opened with that blinding gold and she was ready.
Firing his gravity beams onto her was met with no resistance. Mothra took the full force of the triple gravity beam blast and cried out from the impact. She was blown back several hundred yards, crashing through various towers of crystal until the gravity beams ceased. By then, her body came crumbling down with the towers, with the crystals both infected and pure.
In the ruins, she laid. And she was ruined all the same. Her body, torn and broken. Her limbs and wings, burned and shredded. Weakly lifting her head, Mothra watched the Demon stampede her way, shrieking his horrific cry of a devil and nothing more. There was nothing more she could do. Nothing more that her body could act to retaliate, to defend, to survive.
All she did was watch.
Watch the Demon grow closer.
Watch all three heads open their jaws at her.
All she did was watch… and wait… to die.
But as the darkest night faced its eeriest hour, a brilliant light emerged to wash away the dark. Just as Godzilla emerged with a ferocious roar, tackling Ghidorah just as he was mere seconds from dealing the deathly final strike on the Queen of the Monsters. Godzilla knew who Ghidorah had targeted. He knew because he felt her pain, her fear, and forced himself to rise to save her… as she had saved him. That symbiotic relationship they shared hadn’t ended. It had only grown more powerful.
Pulling Ghidorah away, Godzilla forced every last will he had left in body to finish the fight. It hurt. It was a torment unlike any he had felt. But he knew losing Mothra would have been far worse. He roared. He bled. He fought his heart out just as Ghidorah did.
All while Mothra tried to stand, crying out and falling back to the ruins. Unable to help her king for the end to come.
Artwork by Shrekzilla
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Aw, I was wondering how Ghidorah would get his second wind. Nice touch using Discord in place of the powerlines. Even though Discord didn't use his chaos magic, his very presence still lowkey screwed everything. Hopefully, the G man can take the reigns from here.
Great work with the stand shining armor made to save Monthra, at least she’s okay, a little hurt but okay and wow, Monthra may be he queen of monsters and she may be pretty but she can take hits and pack a punch, and Discord playing along and almost got his chaos magic drain is shock and this is getting better and better, keep up the great work
You have a knack for capturing battle fatigue. It really shows in how long and drawn out your battles are.
We’ are nearly there folks. It won’t be too long now till Godzilla goes thermonuclear!!!!!!
Here's the boost that Ghidorah receives. Things are looking grim for the protagonists, but not hopeless just yet.
Something that most people fail to notice is just how freaking strong and durable Mothra is in the MV. The fact that she was able to wrestle with Rodan for so long when he's multiple times her size and is basically a flying volcano is no small feat. Mothra is probably the strongest Kaiju proportional to her size in the MV and that's amazing. A
nd in this story it's even more the case as she not only fights on almost equal grounds with Rodan, but she does so after having faced multiple other Kaiju in a row.
Some would say it's foolish to tempt fate after so many times being proven that interruption to the Kaiju only causes despair. However here it not only paid off but it also makes total sense as, even if you knew you couldn't bring down an enemy, wouldn't you at least try and help defeat it if you had the chance ? Especially when the fate of the world itself was on the line ? Because I feel like I'd at least think twice before leaving Mothra to die in that situation.
Now this makes me wonder if, after this, they'll try and develop some kind of "Anti-Titan" weapons that focus on "Armor Piercing" sedatives, because it's quite obvious that when a full volley from an entire fleet just manages to injure a Kaiju a bit, their weaponry just isn't on par. And trying to kill a Kaiju with conventional weaponry has always ended up in failure most of the time. So some kind of AP Sedative shot that doesn't focus on killing the Kaiju but in simply piercing its hide and, well, sedating it for capture or execution would be much more effective. At least I think.
Bonus points to them for being recognized by the absolute Kaiju MVP of this story. I mean, they did kinda save her life so yeah, I say they deserved it. Also a great addition to have the ponies actually save her instead of her doing the job by herself, gives a sense of importance to them and makes them not feel like background characters or just relevant when the plot demands it.
Let's be real here, everyone was waiting for that moment when reading. And it did not disappoint in how it was written. Almost as satisfying as seeing it happen on screen in the movie.
Also interesting to note that, even if it was more painful for Rodan, Mothra herself must have taken some heavy damage from that attack as it'd be similar to punching a hole into a flaming door except that door is more than a thousand degrees Celsius. But hey, at least Rodan's down.
And can anyone blame her ? She went though what is possibly hours fighting Kaiju after Kaiju and coming out on top of every single fight with barely any help from T.I.T.A.N., she's long overdue some rest at this point. Barely a few days old in this body of hers and she's already giving off massive "I'm too old for this crap" energy (Which is sensible as it was confirmed that every single Mothra in the MV shares the same consciousness so she technically really is freaking old.)
Gotta hand it to him, even with massive regenerative powers you've got to have some massive pain tolerance and endurance to still fight on after that long with such tenacity.
Nice teamplay on their part. Even if it ended "badly" for them, they ended up not only saving Gojira but also dealing at least some minor damage to Ghidorah and that's more than respectable.
He's got some strong nerves only being that scared when what is currently the closest living incarnation of the devil himself is starting him down.
Now that's a terrifying thought. Sounds weirdly close to Void Ghidorah's description (the one from the worst of the two animes, even if both are questionable in quality) too so it's interesting to think that in some alternate timeline, Ghidorah actually managed to drain Discord fully and became Void Ghidorah. One True King What If? confirmed ?
And yet again Mothra being the MVP here. Gosh, she really is getting all that spotlight she was missing from the movie, and I absolutely love it as Mothra's a Kaiju I quite like (even if there's a handful of Kaiju that I prefer to her) so it's only bonus points to the story.
Discord is definitely a "glass half full" kind of guy.
You know, I absolutely awaited her to die from the Gravity Beams there, so the fact that she survived them was a complete shocker and more proof that this Mothra is most definitely way stronger than her movie version.
And color me impressed as I absolutely did not expected her to survive this either. But I absolutely love the fact that she's still alive and will maybe have the occasion to fully fight side by side with Godzilla, at least for a moment before dying (if she dies.) This is taking a different turn than the movie for the finale and I'm really appreciating it as, at this point, really anything could happen and that's magnificent.
And what could very well be the final clash between them both starts now. Both are near their limit but one of them just got a massive power boost and unfortunately for the protagonists, it ain't Gojira. At this point with Ghidorah being at least partially powered by Chaos magic I'm wondering if he'll be able to put up some kind of fight against Thermomagical (this name is starting to grow on me) Gojira and if he does, it truly would be wonderful. Either way, what's to come is extremely promising.
You know what ? I'm not even mad or sad. It makes complete sense with everything that she went through that she'd simply be unable to continue on. Having characters be shown as not being completely immortal and infatigable aside from a direct kill shot is a great way to give them personality and to make them feel more alive and this here shows perfectly with Mothra.
She went through what would be the closest depiction of Hell itself on Equus and lived through it even if barely, so as I've said earlier, she's long overdue some rest.
Overall a really solid chapter that put quite a big emphasis on everyone's favorite moth and for all the right reasons even if it appears that she's out of commission at least for now, but now we're getting right back into the action with Ghidorah and Gozilla juking it out yet again even if Ghidorah has the clear advantage here. I'm truly curious as to what's going to happen next.
As for the art comment, well once again I am surprised as I definitely expected Rodan's fall or Ghidorah beaming Mothra to be chosen.
However choosing to put Discord's energy drain as an art piece actually fits much better than either of those scenes we've already seen in the movie, giving us a scene that we haven't seen instead which is much more efficient.
I also really like just how battered and bruised Ghidorah looks in that, really shows that he's definitely not unscathed from all that has happened to him in that fight and that draining Discord's energy is quite possibly what saved him, at least for now. Truly a good job at representing the scene along with the Kaiju itself.
PS: Congrats on yet another featuring ! This story really is just racking them up, and rightfully so as it completely deserves them.
God, I haven't kept track of this story for so long.
However, after catching up, I can indeed confirm I still very much enjoy this story
Ghidorah: “ Yummy!”
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Why would Godzilla quote a genocidal psychopath like Thanos?
Ooh, that's gotta...sting.
Ba-dum, ksh!
...I'll show myself out.
Dude, where have you been this whole time?!
Oooooooh, that's bad. So that's why they were so insistent on Discord staying away from the fight.
I knew it! I knew it! I knew Discord was practically advertising to Ghidorah, “Hey lookie here! Chaos magic is up for grabs you want the power to bend reality to your will and become a literal God!”
And like I ****ing knew it, Ghidorah started lusting for that power and tried to claim it for himself!
I knew it!
The next chapter will have two illustrations
11114782 The final battle looms overhead. Good vs evil. One given his second wind while the other struggles. Let's see how it plays out...
11114811 Thank you so much!
11114812 I try to make the battles feel real, especially for these Godzilla ones. There's a distinct size and scale to it all that just needs the time to breathe and flow properly. Considering the amount of kaiju used in this battle the length makes sense. Plus, I try to keep the final battles of my stories close to ten or so chapters.
11114870 Closer than you think...
11114882 Thanks for all the kind words (One True King What If would be dope!). Yeah, letting Mothra survive so far was a difficult choice to consider. I really mulled over it for days before finally coming to what I think is a satisfying enough conclusion. Hope you and everyone enjoy what's to come!
11115022 Glad you can catch up! You're gonna need it.
11115355 Their biggest fear has come to pass. Discord gave Ghidorah exactly what he wanted.
11115436 You called it!
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Exactly why I like them!
Why do I hear Boss music?
Well Discord got knocked out and powered up Ghidorah a little, but he saved Godzilla and Ghidorah didn’t get all of it, so I consider it a win.
And hey Mothra didn’t die for once. Good for her.
Haha I just love it when Mothra pulls the “Stings doesn’t it Bitch” move on that flaming rooster
Yeah figured from the start since there’s hardly any power grids in Equestria Ghidorah will have to get his power boost from something else and Discord has just the juice to suck from(ok that shit definitely sounded dirty).
Thank God Mothra stopped him from getting all of it otherwise it would be terrifying to imagine what a Chaos Ghidorah would do(though if Shrekzilla is interested maybe he can make a art piece of that what if) for all we know not only he would destroy or conquer every planet and galaxy in the universe but with the chaos magic’s reality warping abilities he could invade other universes like perhaps your past stories of MLP crossovers with the Transformers and the MCU, he would fuck all of them up without a single effort, King Ghidorah is already the King of Terror but with Chaos Magic he would be worse a God of Evil.(shit I wouldn’t want to be around the MC+MLPU if Ghidorah came across the Infinity Stones and eat them he would be worse than Infinity Ultron)
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I like the idea
, it reminds of me of Onomonopia‘s champion crossover stories. That massive crossover with DC, Marvel, Bioshock, and more. It contains 10 stories.
Off topic of the story, but I'm curious: I wonder how would equestria handle a Shin Godzilla.
11117025 Much worse than Japan haha
11116634 It would certainly be a massive undertaking. But exciting nonetheless.
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I know that guy. His stories are epic, featuring Hulk, Cap, Street Fighter, Deadpool, Sonic and so on.
A villain powerful enough to drain and overpower Discord is such a chilling idea. It was scary when Tirek was able to do it, and seeing Ghidorah drain Discord like a vampire is just (shuddering)
Of course, it'd be really funny if chaos magic gave Ghidorah wacky side effects.
Oh shit! Ghidorah recharged himself by feeding off of Discord! That's bad. Does that mean Ghidorah has Chaos magic now too? He was bad enough already! Though it would add to his foil of Godzilla, since Godzilla is currently charged with Harmony magic.
Meanwhile, Mothra is still alive thanks to a last minute save by Godzilla. Thank goodness for that. But she's out of commission and could be on death's door.