| Match 41: |
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| By: Christian Salabert |
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Gabara's eyes opened.
Groggily, he sat upward. He shook his head in
an attempt to regain his focus. He looked around. Megalon was
nowhere to be seen, having left ages ago. Gabara growled. It's
a good thing the cowardly beast had left, or else he would've
had to have smashed the insect's face in. With a mighty roar,
Gabara got to his feet.
The emerald ogre was furious now! Again he had
intended to unleash his electric fury upon mankind and once
again he had been foiled. First by Kong and then by Megalon.
Was he destined to never destroy humanity? Was fate itself against
him? Gabara cackled into the skies. He was determined to destroy
mankind no matter what. This time, he would let nothing stand
in his way! He began marching towards the shore.
Red King growled angrily.
He had once been the king of his island home,
an undefeated champion. And then that accursed quadruped appeared
and ruined everything. While the wounds inflicted by Anguirus
had long since healed, Red King's fury remained. He had wanted
to fight something to sate his anger. Not fight - kill. Slaughter.
Utterly obliterate!
He had been searching for such a victim for a
while now, swimming from island to island. He hoped he would
find one soon as he approached yet another mass of land. Sollgel
Island.
Gabara reached the shoreline from the jungle
just as Red King arrived from the sea. The two creatures went
still and silent as they stared each other down. Their eyes
locked. Within that moment, each knew of the other's fury.
The battle was on.
The two beasts charged each other, waving their
arms around and roaring wildly. Within moments, they had reached
each other, and in one swift movement, Red King flipped Gabara
right over his shoulder. The ogre's eyes widened as he went
flying through the air and crashed hard onto his back, his legs
landing in the water. As he reeled from the impact, Red King
spun around and swung his tail into the side of Gabara's head.
Gabara growled and rolled away, quickly getting to his feet.
He backed up into the water and howled at Red King, who returned
in kind.
Gabara charged his foe again, but Red King reached
out and grabbed his arm, yanking him around and sending him
crashing to the ground once again. Red King cackled at the green
creature and began kicking at his head. This beast may not be
much of a challenge, Red King thought, but at least it was fun!
Gabara got to his feet once again and lashed out at his foe,
shoving the bumpy beast away. Red King staggered briefly but
did not fall. Angrily, he went on the attack once again. Gabara
lashed out with his claws, slashing at Red King and momentarily
putting the mighty monster on the defensive.
Red King barked out in annoyance and spun around.
His tail instantly collided with Gabara's legs, once again bringing
the ogre to the ground. Before Gabara could make an effort to
get up, Red King was upon him. The brute's powerful fists rained
down upon Gabara's face and torso. Gabara cried out as he tried
to force Red King away to no avail. The fury burned in Red King's
eyes as he struck Gabara again and again. He swatted Gabara's
hands away as he tried to block the punches and, angry that
Gabara dare try to defend himself, he wrapped his hands around
the ogre's neck. He began to squeeze.
Panicking, Gabara grabbed Red King's arms and
tried to pull them away, but it was no use. The monster's grip
was too strong. Gabara was already beginning to black out and
knew he was finished unless he couldn't remove Red King's hands.
His head horns began to glow...
Too focused on the destruction of his opponent,
Red King didn't notice the energy crackling over Gabara's horns
until it was too late. Gabara quickly reached up and grabbed
his foe's arms. Suddenly, Red King felt the searing pain of
millions of volts of electricity surging into his body. He immediately
let go of Gabara's throat but the ogre kept up his electric
attack. Gabara slowly but surely managed to get to his feet,
never once letting go of Red King's arms. The bumpy monster
felt his skin being burned and cried out in agony. Gabara laughed
in his face.
A mistake.
Red King's tail swung around and smashed into
Gabara's leg. While it was not enough to topple him, it was
enough to force him to release Red King from his electric grip.
The vaguely dinosaur-like creature looked down at his smoking
limbs, then back up at Gabara.
Red King roared in fury!
Gabara reached out to try to shock him again,
but Red King grabbed his arm by the wrist and pulled Gabara
into him, planting his other fist into Gabara's gut. Gabara
coughed in pain from the blow, but Red King wasn't done. He
grabbed Gabara while he was bent over and, holding him in that
position, nailed the ogre's stomach with his knee again and
again. Then he pulled Gabara into a standing position and, grabbing
his neck once again, flipped him completely over his shoulder.
Gabara crashed to the ground with a thud and was immediately
descended upon by his foe. Grabbing handfuls of Gabara's warty
flesh, Red King hoisted the emerald beast high into the air.
With a mighty heave, Red King tossed Gabara into the shallow
waters just off the shore. Gabara landed face first in the water
with another thundering crash.
Weakly, Gabara tried to get to his feet but once
again Red King pounced on him. Grabbing the tuft of orange hair
atop Gabara's head, Red King submerged his head face-first into
the ocean, smashing it against the muddy ground underneath the
waves. The water bubbled as Gabara shrieked in defiance. He
clawed desperately at Red King's arms, but couldn't reach him
due to the position they were in.
With no other option available to him, Gabara's
horns began to glow... and he submerged his hands in the water.
The surrounding waters lit up like a Christmas tree as Gabara's
electric bolts surged everywhere. Red King felt the familiar
shock assault his legs but this time refused to release his
grip.
And unfortunately for Gabara, the water now made
him susceptible to the electricity's wrath as well.
Gabara tried again and again to escape his predicament
but Red King was determined to make him suffer. The electric
ogre had no idea how long he'd be able to hold out... it had
been quite some time since he'd been able to breathe, and his
skin was starting to scorch from his own weapon...
Red King squealed with evil glee as Gabara's
struggles got gradually weaker and weaker. Despite this, it
was taking too long for the reptilian creature's tastes and
he slammed his knee into the side of Gabara's head as hard as
he could.
Suddenly, Gabara stopped moving. His arms went
limp and floated in the water. His electricity stopped surging.
Red King realized he had won. He pressed Gabara's
face into the ground even harder for good measure, then pulled
Gabara's face up and dashed it back down into waves. Red King
reared his head back and roared victoriously into the skies,
beating his chest. Another had fallen to his all-powerful might.
Red King kicked Gabara's lifeless body away from
him, then glanced around the beach. He still wasn't satisfied.
He wanted to fight another. He turned to the ocean and began
wading out into the open sea once again. Yet another beast would
fall victim to Red King.
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