Godzilla: At Equestria's End
Chapter 8: A King's Arrival is Never Silenet
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Scarlet Blitz
Ratchet
Onyx
Colonel Obsidia
-Canterlot Castle-
Scarlet Blitz slowly tip-hoofed into the mechanic's shop. The stallion called Ratchet was snoring lightly. Scarlet couldn't see the one called Onyx.
Scarlet stopped to take a close look at Ratchet. The first thing she noticed was that his fur was covered with grimy, black splotches. She figure that it was oil. His front legs were covered with bruises. That was probably the result of fighting with the piece of metal.
His cutie mark was faded and covered with dirt. She could barely make out the hexagonal shape of two bolts. One was bigger than the other.
He wore a pair of shin guards similar to the ones Scarlet noticed Celestia wearing. Except his were a thick metal that had small rust patches. They were probably used to protect his legs while working.
Suddenly, Scarlet Blitz felt a hoof on her shoulder. She practically leapt out of her fur. Swinging around, Scarlet saw a near mirror image of Ratchet. But he was smaller.
"What are you doing in here?" he asked as he wiped his hooves with a greasy dish towel. A look of concern crossed his face. "Admiring ol' Ratchet, eh?"
"N-no! Not at all!" Scarlet stammered.
"Hey. It's not that big a deal 'till you make it one." he said, tossing the towel onto a workbench. "Oh, and, I never caught your name." he said.
"Sc-scarlet Blitz." she answered. "But my friends just called me Scarlet" she said looking down at the concrete floor sadly.
"CALLED you Scarlet? You used past tense. You mean to say that don't have any friends now?" he asked. Scarlet didn't answer. "Hey, I didn't mean any harm." he continued, noticing the mare's expression. "Anyhow. My name is Onyx." He then raised a hoof
"Nice to meet you, Onyx." Scarlet Blitz said, taking the hoof and shaking it.
-Coast of Manehattan-
Colonel Obsidia chased the giant lizard toward the coast, her feathered wings beating rapidly as she followed the creature. The shrieks of pain that came as a result of the bullet lodged in the beast's eye was a good sign for the colonel.
The creature thundered onto the beach, and with a tremendous leap, crashed into the ocean. Water splashed against Obsidia's wings, knocking her to the ground.
"Ow, dang it." she grumbled as she forced herself to her feet. Her left ankle was killing her. She assumed that it was broken. Her wing was bent in an odd shape. That was probably broken too. And blood ran down the side of her right back leg. A sharp piece of sea glass was lodged in her leg, causing it to bleed profusely.
It wasn't until Colonel Obsidia lifted her head that she noticed the low tide. The memory of the creature making the tides go out played in her mind like a recording.
-Why would the thing retreat, and then show back up in like 20 seconds flat?- she thought to herself. It soon became apparent that it wasn't the same monster that was making it's way to shore.
In the distance, an all too familiar sight to Obsidia and her family revealed itself. It was similar to the creature she had just been chasing. But is stood upright and it's spines were taller, more jagged. The creature also had a more muscular build.
It was the King of the Monsters: Godzilla.
Colonel Obsidia's eyes widened with horror as the smaller creature leapt from the water, onto the shore, and roared. Godzilla responded with a thunderous bellow that was ear splitting, even from several hundred meters away.
Colonel Obsidia then realized that the smaller one was the mutated lizard known as Zilla.
-Canterlot Castle-
"Is that tight enough?" Scarlet Blitz asked, handing the wrench back to the young stallion with a smile on her face. It was the best time that Scarlet had had in a long time.
"Almost but not quite yet. You gotta give it a bit of elbow muscle." Onyx replied, looking her in the eye. Scarlet looked right back at Onyx, her smile vanishing. The young stallion reminded her so much of Ash pelt that it was a little scary.
Onyx must have noticed her expression. "Hey. What's wrong?" he asked, lightly putting his hoof to her chin in almost the same manner as Ash Pelt used to do.
"Oh, it's nothing." she said, her voice dropping.
"It's nothing? I live with somepony who tries to hide his emotions all the time. I can tell when something's wrong. So, what's the problem." he said, looking at her with a concerned expression.
"You just remind me of somepony I knew. Somepony I loved." she replied. Onyx noticed tears begin to fill her eyes.
"It's gonna be okay." he said, wrapping her into his arms sympathetically. "Everything's gonna be okay."
"Well, well, well." Ratchet growled. "I must say, little brother, you know how to make friends." Onyx and Scarlet pulled away from each other with shocked expressions.
"Ratchet. It's not what you think." Onyx said, his eyebrows forming a scowl. Onyx then noticed Scarlet trying to hold back the urge to throw a hoof at Ratchet's thick head.
"Whatever. Just... get back to work, okay?" Ratchet said, walking towards the piece of metal that he had been fighting with. "Stupid piece of crap." he grumbled, staring hard at the metallic material.
"You know, Ratchet? It would be easier to work with if you heated it up!" Onyx yelled after him.
"I knew that!" Ratchet replied.
"You should get back to work." Scarlet Blitz told Onyx, turning so he couldn't see her expression. "I'll go now." she said, turning to the shop's door. Onyx watched silently as she exited.
"No! Wait!" he hollered after her. "Come back." he said. Realizing he made himself sound like a complete lunatic, he then said; "I mean, two heads are better than one, right?"
"What about Ratchet?"
"His head's nothin but air." Onyx replied with a grin
"Yeah. I guess your right. Two heads ARE better than one." Scarlet Blitz chuckled.
-Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia's Throne Room-
"Your Majesty!" Commander Hurricane yelled as he barged into the throne room, gasping for breath. "We found out what the monster is! Unfortunately, another monster has been spotted by Colonel Obsidia!"
"What monster?" Princess Celestia asked, confused.
"GODZILLA!" he roared fearfully.
-Coast of Manehattan-
Zilla thundered onto the shore, followed by the mighty Godzilla. Colonel Obsidia could only watch as Godzilla snatched Zilla by the tail and yanked him to the beach sand. Obsidia jumped into the air, barely dodging a wave of sand as the smaller monster fell.
"Jeez! HEY, WATCH WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! YOU ALMOST KILLED ME!!" the colonel screamed at the two. Godzilla was the only one that heard the hollering, for he turned his massive head to glare at Obsidia. His hot breath blew her mane and tail back as she smiled in fear. "Uhh. Heh, heh." she laughed nervously. "By!" She then rapidly flew away, her heart pounding in her chest as she took heavy breathes of air.
"Can anybody hear me?!" Colonel Obsidia yelled into her walkie talkie. All she heard for a few moments were the sound of Godzilla clashing with Zilla, and static.
"I read you." a voice said at last. "What's going on down there, Colonel?! We've been looking all over for you!"
"Our weapons ain't gonna do crap." she said, staring at the two behemoths.
"Why is that?"
"Godzilla showed up." she said hoarsely before losing consciousness, falling to the ground.
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