Alex roared, the sound shaking buildings to their foundations as he led the charge. Godzilla thundered at his flank, Kong right behind them, the three titans storming headlong toward the artificial abominations that dared to mimic their kind.
Mecha-Wyvern's eyes blazed crimson as it fixed its target on Alex. Panels along its wings opened, launching a volley of missiles that streaked through the air. Alex's gravity field shimmered into place with a deep hum, and the projectiles twisted violently off course, their trajectories warped until they spiraled harmlessly away before detonation.
With a thunderous boom, Alex collided with the metallic beast midair. The impact sent shockwaves through the skyline. Mecha-Wyvern's jaws snapped shut on Alex's shoulder, serrated alloy teeth biting deep into flesh. Alex bellowed in pain, his wings thrashing violently as buildings crumbled under the downdraft.
Fury sparked. Electricity surged through Alex's body, his bio-electric pulse lashing outward in a blinding flash. Arcs of lightning crawled across Mecha-Wyvern's frame, frying delicate circuits and sending sparks bursting from its joints. The machine shrieked, jaws snapping open as its systems faltered.
Alex seized the opening. His chest swelled as he began charging his Crimson Resonance Core, the energy gathering with a low, ominous vibration that rattled the air itself—
—but then something slammed down on his back. Another artificial titan, smaller but vicious, clawed into his scales and dug in. Alex thrashed, twisting violently, but the distraction was enough.
Mecha-Wyvern's core lit crimson. Its maw split open, venting raw power, and then the Proton Beam unleashed—an incandescent torrent of energy that lanced across the city.
The blast slammed directly into Alex's chest, hurling him back through the skyline. Glass shattering steel warping, and Alex's roar of agony echoed like thunder. He crashed against a skyscraper, the building folding beneath his weight before toppling in a storm of dust and fire.
Smoke and searing pain radiated from his chest where the beam had struck, his armored scales glowing red-hot and blackened. Alex leaned against the ruined skeleton of the skyscraper, wings flared wide for balance, eyes burning with primal fury.
Across the battlefield, Mecha-Wyvern stalked forward, its mechanical jaws parting in a metallic hiss. Sparks still trailed from its frame, but the crimson light gathering in its throat told Alex one thing: it was far from finished.
Alex bared his fangs, smoke rising from his chest wound. His glare locked onto the machine as he then charged back
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Meanwhile
Godzilla was locked in a brutal struggle against the swarm of artificial titans. They moved with frightening coordination, surrounding him and attacking in waves. One of the hulking constructs lunged, claws extended, only for Godzilla to seize it mid-air. His massive hands wrapped around its throat, and with a bone-shaking roar he slammed the machine into the ground so hard the earth cracked beneath the impact.
Without hesitation, Godzilla raised his foot and brought it down in a thunderous stomp, crushing the creature's head like metal and flesh pulp, green fluid spraying outward. The other titans shrieked electronically, but Godzilla had no time to relish the kill. His spines began to glow blue, the light crawling up his back like fire racing through kindling. He unleashed his atomic breath in a blazing sweep, carving across the battlefield in a full circle.
The beam's sheer heat and force ripped through the air, sending several of the artificial titans tumbling back. Their armor plates sizzled, glowing red from the searing strike, but unlike organic foes, they endured.
Kong, quick to adapt, ducked low and rolled away just as the beam swept past him. The ground where he'd been crouching ignited, molten scars glowing with the aftermath of Godzilla's fury. When the light faded, Kong was already back on his feet, gripping his axe tightly, and moved to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Godzilla.
The battlefield shook again as Alex came crashing down from the sky again, his enormous form slamming into the ground hard enough to level a block of buildings. Mecha Wyvern descended after him, its mechanical roar splitting the air, red optics blazing with menace.
The nine remaining artificial titans stalked into formation, flanking their leader. Their glowing eyes locked on the trio of Earth's guardians, each step making the ground tremble.
Alex growled low, his scales sparking faintly with bioelectric charge. Mecha Wyvern's throat glowed, its core whirring ominously as energy built. One by one, the artificial titans' maws cracked open, golden lightning gathering inside as their internal reactors primed. The battlefield was bathed in an eerie glow—nine golden beams and one crimson, charging in unison.
Alex's massive form heaved upward as he forced himself to stand tall despite the scorched wound smoking on his chest. His own resonance core began to charge, crimson energy bleeding through the cracks in his body, his spines glowing with a furious rhythm.
Beside him, Godzilla's dorsal plates blazed bright blue, each pulse faster than the last as he charged his atomic breath once more. The King of the Monsters stood ready.
And between them, Kong tightened his grip on the axe, planting his feet firmly into the rubble, bracing himself for the coming storm. The weapon thrummed faintly with stored atomic energy, the glow crawling up its blade.
Across the battlefield, silence stretched for a fraction of a second—the calm before annihilation.
Then the titans roared in unison, and both sides unleashed their fury
Meanwhile, at Shao Industries
The evacuation alarms howled through the complex, red lights strobing against steel walls as chaos erupted. Scientists shouted over one another, papers scattered, and the thunder of distant explosions rattled the foundation. The Jaegers that had once stood as humanity's last defense had gone rogue—now rampaging through the facility, tearing through hangars where the manually piloted models were stored.
Two men pushed through the flood of panicked researchers, ducking into corridors as the ground shook again. Gottlieb's voice cracked with panic as he adjusted his glasses, trying to keep pace.
"Newton, they're tearing the base apart! What do we do—how do we stop this?"
Newt, sweating but oddly calm, shoved the control room door open and hurried to the main console. His fingers danced across the keys with an almost frantic precision, bypassing Shao's locks as though he had rehearsed this very moment countless times.
"There's a backdoor," he muttered. "I built it into the Jaegers years ago, just in case I wanted to… poke around."
Gottlieb frowned, bewildered. "What do you mean a backdoor? Newton—what exactly did you add?"
Newt's eyes gleamed as the console screens bled from blue to a menacing red. Warnings blared across every display, cascading in code. His grin stretched wide, manic.
"A subroutine. A little gift I tucked away, waiting for the right moment."
Gottlieb froze, his heart hammering in his chest. "And… and what's the purpose of this subroutine?"
Newt leaned close to the screen, fingers hovering above the final key as alarms escalated to a shrill pitch. His voice dropped low, twisted with satisfaction.
"The purpose?" he whispered, then slammed the enter key.
Every monitor in the room lit up with a crimson warning: OVERRIDE ENGAGED. NEURAL LINK PRIMED.
The building trembled as the Jaegers outside synchronized in unison, their movements suddenly sharper.
Newt turned to Gottlieb, his face bathed in red light, a crooked smile twisting his features.
"What I've been planning for the last three years…" His tone dripped with obsession. "I'm ending the world."
End of chapter
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