Eden

[Talon]

Daraku watched the lake curiously, then thought,

Might as well help out. These plants remind me of when I first came here. Besides, this new foliage may attract larger prey.

Daraku arched his back as his wings spread out, then began to emit a soft yellow glow as what looked like pollen began to drift off and into the forest, causing the dead plants to regenerate back to life, and the existing plant matter to grow just a bit faster. Daraku clicked happily as the pollen continued to fly off of his wings until it eventually ran out. Daraku then folded the wings back in and shifted to all fours, wiggling his antannae at the various plants.

((Didn't expect that, did ya?))

[lordnidhogg]

Erika looked at the insect. It seemed to be trying to help. Interesting, but unnecessary. And unfortunate that it was sticking around. She didn't mind that it was helping, but she wasn't going to stop her son from pummeling it into the ground either. She just cared about her growth, and she needed no help.

Soon she completely covered herself in plant matter, and began to assuming the form of a giant flower. However, as it continued to grow, it was becoming obvious that it was kaiju-like in nature.

And finally, to add the icing to the cake, her son had just breached the atmosphere in a flash of light.

[Talon]

Daraku's eyes flashed, and a gob of drool parted from his mandibles. He sensed a lot of energy. A lot more than he had sensed in a while. He began to revert to his animalistic senses, and burrowed under the ground. The beast kept clicking his mandibles and wiggling it's antannae in anticipation. This much energy... would keep him fed for a long time. But he knew getting it wouldn't be easy. He hoped the crustacean and the saurian showed up soon...

He paused, sensing another energy source. Daraku poked his head out of the ground, staring at the sky past Spacegodzilla. His eyes seemed to brighten, and Daraku started shrieking hideously.

THAT ENERGY... IT CANT BE... He thought.

The insect broke free of the ground and spread his wings, then launched into the air, flying past Spacegodzilla as he focused on a single point in the sky. What he was looking for, however, was unknown as the insect soon broke free of the stratosphere, and was still accelerating towards the asteroid belt. A pair of glowing red eyes awaited him in the dark of the ring of space rubble...

Meanwhile, off in the dormant volcano in the mountain range, something stirred below the surface of the crater. A bestial roar emanated throughout the mountains as the crater began to shake...

[lordnidhogg]

((Spacegodzilla is 124 feet tall))

Spacegodzilla let the insect fly past. A retreat was wise, and a battle would only distract him from serving his mother. He descended slowly, coming to a hover a few hundred feet above Erika.

I am sorry mother. Sorry I did not prevent these insects from damaging you. But do not worry. Your time has come, and nothing will stop its coming. Your rebirth and cleansing will be darker and more violent than you had wanted mother, for this I am sorry. But your beauty, your new life will shine more brightly from this deeper darkness. Spacegodzilla's booming telepathic voice echoed through everyone's minds. Then he rose a little higher and faced the city. I see the city still stands. Allow me to amend this inconvenience.

Extending an arm Spacegodzilla blasted every floor standing above 75 stories into oblivion, leaving little more than burning shrapnel behind. It didn't account for much of the city, but it was a frightening display of power. The elements themselves will bow to your will. This planet will be reborn, and you will be its mother. All life will come from you, and you will have your perfect garden; green, lush, and peaceful. I swear it. Then, twisting his body and extending his other arm, he blasted everything over 50 stories. Then 25.

"Stop. I can manage from here. Thank you son. You are forever my child." Erika said. Spacegodzilla floated back directly above his mother, content to hear her praise. Then she went to work, covering the rubble and the remainder of the city in vines and mutant plants and plant matter. "I wanted to make a Garden of Eden. You have forced me to start a war."

"So be it."

[Talon]

A war you have indeed started, Erika. A deep, booming voice shot through both of their minds.

A blast of searing flame enveloped multiple plants on the west side of the city. A low, menacing roar echoed through the area as the ground cracked and split open in a few places, blasting out scalding smoke and flames. A fireball sreaked out from nowhere and barely missed the top of the rose kaiju's 'head', instead impacting against another skyscraper and incinerating it, as well as any plants nearby. A lone saurian figure stood on the horizon, swishing a tail tipped by a large, spiked club. Two orange, baleful eyes glowed from the beast's shadow as the plants behind it began to wither and die.

The ground became alight with its every step, and the sky behind it was thick with smoke and sulfer.

Though I must agree, this world should be reborn, I'm afraid I can't let you create your 'Eden'. The voice continued.

The beast stopped roughly downtown, but was close enough for both plant and astral kaiju to get a good look at. The tail swayed again, smashing through another building and lighting the rubble on fire. The saurian glanced down at the spreading plant matter, and shook its head. It raised its head back towards the other two kaiju, and flexed its obsidian claws as another purt of flame issued forth from its back-vents.

[Azure_Ghidorah]

Cynder had long since taken off, staying at the outskirts of the city and beating her tiny wings to stay aloft.

"What the F*** was that!?" she asked, glancing at the obsidian colored crystalline saurian. The events that lead to her fleeing only started after he arrived, so she assumed he was the cause.

"I've gotta get out of here."

'No, land, NOW!' the Hollow ordered, and when she noticed another stream of clouds start rolling in, and see who was in front of them, the wyrmling didn't question those words and immediatly flew down to the ground.

Tyrant Godzilla bellowed as he approached the city. He had flown from half way across the world after terrorizing a city, explaining his late arrival, but now he was back here, where he made a temporary alliance with some other kaiju, none of which were here.

Good for them, he would have ripped them to shreds had they decided to rear their heads here as well... and stay here, for he noted that Daraku had come and gone. Tyrant Godzilla set down on a pair of buildings that so happened to be under his feet, and the storm clouds gathered behind him, waiting for the call to 'spew' their lightning upon any unlucky, or perhaps lucky in SpaceGodzilla's case, target.

Chiggar just glanced at all the giant monsters that were appearing, and her mind gave her one suggestion.

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!

Seeing no better alternative, she took it, and began running like hell away from the monsters.

[lordnidhogg]

((There are no more skyscrapers, there's nothing taller than 25 stories, SG blew them away))

Erika, now Biollante, looked at the newcomer. He had fire, which was only a minor nuisance: she could grow faster than he could burn. But he was still a problem for her to confront directly. But that's what her son was for.

"Hi, I'm Erika, and you're wrong: this whole world will soon be my garden. To illustrate how wrong you are, let me introduce you to my son."

Erika hadn't even finished speaking when a corona beam ripped across the new kaiju's hide, sending it reeling back in pain, and causing significant damage. Before it could recover a massive psychic blast hurled it across the city and through the rubble, before skidding to a halt carving a ditch in the ground. Then Spacegodzilla pressed him into the ground and held him there.

Bow mortal. Bow before my might and the glory of my mother. Know your limits and know that I surpass them. I am merciful. Flee now and I shall spare your life.

[Talon]

((To quote you, Nid: "If you powerplay, I powerplay." Remeber that.))

The beast scowled, replying mentally,

I bow but to one being.

The beast's left fist began to crackle with red-orange energy, which he then slammed into the ground, sending a trail of small explosions rushing towards Spacegodzilla. The trail then stopped directly bleow the crystalline abberation, and erupted into a large surge of fire rushing upwards from the ground, burning SG's hide and causing him to release his telekinetic Roldak. The fire-elemental promptly stood up and shook himself as smoke trickled from his back-vents.

If Gaia wishes you gone, then you must be removed. He stated.

Fire erupted from the cracks around him as the entity proclaimed,

I was the first being created on this planet, and I am the one to protect it from parasites such as yourselves. I am the physical manifestation of the Earth herself. I am Roldak.

The beast glanced off in Tyrant Godzilla's direction, then narrowed his eyes and turned his attention back to SG.

* * * * *

The pair of cloaked figures stopped directly behind Cinder, the smaller being on the larger figure's shoulder. A blue, scaly tail drooped out of the smaller figure's back-end, as both stared up to watch the titans battle. The bigger figure glanced down at Cinder, and smirked under the hood.

[lordnidhogg]

Spacegodzilla regenerated without too much effort or loss of ability, but what worried him was that his mother was caught directly in that blast. He looked down and saw her: she was burnt badly, but regenerating. It angered him that this creature, this Reldak, had dared attack his mother. He had crossed a line from which there was no return.

Spacegodzilla descended towards Reldak, and when he reached him extended his hand as if to pick him up by the throat, but instead picked him up with telekinetic force, holding his body rigid.

Fool servant of Gaia! You fight a battle you cannot win. You fight the stars, a force so infinite that mighty Gaia is nothing in comparison. You think you are mighty, yet how mighty will you be when I wrench you from Gaia's embrace, and thrust you into the void? Into my realm? You contend against the infinite. Your hand has been dealt, and your fate has been sealed.

Then he slammed Reldak into the ground hard enough to indent it.

But maybe not. Maybe I don't need to destroy you. Maybe your precious earth is enough. The cosmos are at my command, and I can replenish what I destroy after what you protect is dead and gone. Do you tempt me go that far? Do you want to watch me as I burn your world to ashes? The cosmos can give me the materials I need to build my mother a new earth. An earth where you will have no place.

Erika watched her son. Sometimes he scared her, but she loved him. They were the same; outsiders, even among their own. But now she knew what she had to do, and she had time. She began to extend her roots and concentrate her energy; she was growing again. And in this stage, she could help her son with the purge.

[Talon]

Roldak merely laughed. His eyes snapped open, and a surge of heat washed over everything in the area as Roldak's back-vents began pumping out A LOT of smoke.

It is not the planet I care for, but its life-force. Even if you were to destroy it, Gaia would simply claim another world for her own. But she wants you and your... weed, of a mother, GONE. He growled.

Roldak seemed to dissapear into the smoke as it wrapped around him, then a large beam of red-orange energy lanced out of the smoke and impacted against one of SG's many back-crystals, managing to shatter the structure before traveling forward and winging Erika, burning a good semi-cirlce out of her stem. The crystal shatter was enough of a distraction for Roldak to break free of SG's telekinetic grip, and the elemental construct lept into the air before whirling around and smashing his thick tail into SG's face. As Roldak began to land, he grabbed SG's ankles and smashed the space tyrant into the ground.

Your mother seems... flammable. Roldak stated.

He then fired a volley of fireballs, several at SG and two at Erika, for good measure.

I have no true quarrel with you two. If you were to leave now, you could leave with your lives and find a new planet. Lest the other show up... He stated as he patiently waited for SG to rise to his feet.

[lordnidhogg]

Spacegodzilla got up slowly, diverting energy to restore his his damaged crystal. He could sense Erika's pain. Suddenly the whole area began to glow dimly as he gathered energy from the surroundings.

Bad move. The energy, gathered to a single point, exploded outward, sending Reldak nearly a kilometer. Now watch as I use your Gaia's life force for her annihilation!

The ground began to rumble, and then the crystals appeared. They were few in the area of battle, and interspersed between Biollante's growth. But outside the city, in the desert, in the mountains, and elsewhere, the crystal fields were huge. The land became an ocean of crystal. And Spacegodzilla began to draw their power.

Now my foolish friend, witness your dismemberment! A dozen crystals were ripped from the air, and a cracking, hardening sound could be heard as they were hardened and became denser by Spacegodzilla's will to become stronger by far than any material earth had ever seen. Before Spacegodzilla struck with his crystals, or his beams, he sent a bolt of energy through his crystal field, amplifying it and hitting Reldak. He did this several more times from every side, every angle, softening him up, throwing him off balance. Spacegodzilla was going to kill him for touching Erika, for touching his mother.

[Talon]

Roldak growled, then slammed his fists into the ground, sending a shockwave outwards, dislodging each crystal within a 2000-foot radius. The ground caught on fire as the air itself began to waver from the heat, and Roldak glared at SG.

How DARE you use Gaia for your own DISGUSTING goals! He roared.

He belched out what appeared to be a sphere of compact magma, but the sphere wasn't aimed at Spacegodzilla. It struck Erika square in the flower-head, causing the pedals to catch on fire. As SG was distracted, Roldak fired off another Thermal Devastator square into SG's stomach, ripping a good crater into his flesh.

Hmph. Seems your crystalline structure is stronger than it seems. We'll fix that. Roldak rumbled.

He smashed his claws into the ground, causing the earth itself to rise up and wrap around SG's ankles, then his shins. Roldak then unleashed a barrage of fireballs and flame streams at SG before releasing his earthen grip on the astral fiend. He finished it by rushing forward and drop-kicking SG in the chest, sending him skidding backwards.

damnit, I may need Varan's assitance after all... He grumbled to himself.

[Azure_Ghidorah]

"EEP!" Chiggar shouted as the crystals suddenly grew...

Sh*t... No way out...

Just not her day...

Cynder glanced around, feeling she was being watched, she finally saw the larger cloaked figure, and arched an eyebrow that, as with Solranous, didn't really exist.

Tyrant Godzilla yawned.

"I'm bored with just standing around here watching. I like brutal slaughter as much as the next evil tyrant but... I just don't feel like letting this go on... Yet... I can't really find a reason to motivate myself to fight so... Whatever..." The saurian wave away from the battle with his hand, and actually layed down on his side while watching the two other saurians beat each other up.

(OOC: That TG is a lazy slob TG: I AM NOT LAZY!!! You are talking like a crazy person!)

[lordnidhogg]

Spacegodzilla's wounds began to heal once more, though he was beginning to tire of having to do do so. Once more he raised his crystal field, this time with deeper roots, going far deeper into earth's crust.

You're stronger than you look. But no matter, I am stronger still. Spacegodzilla rushed forward, slamming his fist into Reldak's chest, and his stength was great enough that the creature's stone-like armor cracked and cratered. Spacegodzilla brought his other fist down on Reldak's head, cracking the armor and sending him tumbling toward the ground. But before he fell far, he was blasted away with a concussive blast, and onto several crystals, damaging him further.

But Spacegodzilla still wasn't done. He couldn't stop against something that had harmed his mother. Not ever. His super-hardened crystal missiles were now his weapons of choice. The first hit Reldak as he was getting up at railgun speeds, taking a small chunk out of th edge of his shoulder. The second grazed his left thigh, the third his neck, and this continued for all twelve. Soon they were circling and whirling about in all directions, surrounding and bombarding the defender Gaia. Their structure and density was stronger than his armor, if not by much, but all Spacegodzilla needed was time to whittle Reldak down to burning rubble.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Thanatos landed behind the cloaked figure, and aimed his railgun directly at its cloaked head.

"Do you know how long it's taken me to find you?" He asked. "Hello Shive."

[Talon]

Roldak roared, slamming his foot into the ground. A wall of stone shot up around him, causing the crystals to stop as they were wedged throught the barrier. The wall lowered back into the ground, as well as the crystals. Roldak rumbled as his fiery aura flared, and he bounded into the air. He came crashing back down and slammed both fists into the top of SG's skull, sending him crashing into the crystal field below. Roldak's fist crackled as he landed on the ground, punching it as he landed and causing a pillar of fire to shoot out of the ground and send SG flying into the air, heavily burned. Roldak snorted another cloud of hot smoke as he grumbled,

damnit, this abomination refuses to die! Where the hell is that aerial b*stard when ya need him?!

* * * * *

The cloaked figure merely scowled under the hood, seemingly ignoring Thanatos as he watched Roldak get thrashed.

"Geez, this certainly is a sh*tty homecoming. I finally come back, only to get the planet destroyed. I told him not to bother." The cloaked figure growled.

He spun on his heel and walked right past Thanatos, but not before a flash of silver severed the cyborg's railgun clean off of his shoulder. The cloaked entity then dissapeared into the foliage.