The battlefield was scorched. Smoke curled into the sky, ash drifting like snowfall across the ruined port. Burnt-out husks of cars smouldered, and the stench of vaporised concrete and holy vengeance lingered in the air.

Kai stood hunched beside a hulking, scaly mass, chest heaving. His skin was scorched, blood-crusted and raw in places, but he was alive.

The only reason?

"Lenny…" Kai breathed, still trying to believe his own eyes.

The mutant lizard stood proudly, or as proudly as a giant humanoid lizard that had just taken on the Messiah's Divine Retribution attack directly could.

"That stung a little," Lenny muttered again, flexing his claws as golden steam wafted off his back.

Kai wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, then burst out laughing. "You're actually serious, huh?"

Lenny blinked. "Serious about what?"

"That was an insane attack that could instantly level a small city! And you just tanked it like it was a warm shower."

Lenny scratched the back of his head, looking sheepish. He wasn't sure what to say. But he didn't need to say anything.

"With you, we might actually have a chance against this fucker," Kai thought aloud.

"But I haven't fought anyone since… middle school."

Kai laughed. "You're practically invincible, you'll be fine."

But while the two were casually catching up, their enemy remained hovering above the ruined port, glaring down like a wrathful deity.

The Messiah. Glowing wings of radiant light flared behind him, halo spinning in perfect stillness. But his divine glow… flickered.

Kai noticed it.

The Divine Retribution attack had taken its toll.

"His power's running low," Kai muttered. "But don't let that look fool you. He's still strong. If I'm being honest, I don't think I'll be able to land an attack on him, that'll be up to you."

Lenny took a step forward. "Well, I don't know how to fight. But I guess I could try whacking him?"

Kai's lips curved into a crooked grin. "That's the spirit. Just hit him as hard as you can."

Meanwhile, the Messiah raised a single hand and pointed down at them like a judge handing out a death sentence. "I know not what unholy creature shields you, devil's spawn… but know this! No abomination can escape the Lord's light!"

Light spears erupted from his fingertips, raining down in divine fury.

"Yup! Definitely still has power!" Kai shouted, leaping sideways.

But Lenny didn't even flinch.

The light beams hammered into him, over and over, and burst into harmless flares against his scaly hide. Smoke curled off his back, and for a moment, he looked like a demonic monster emerging from an explosion.

"Is… is it supposed to hurt?" Lenny asked, genuinely confused.

Kai peeked out from behind a melting wall. "Nope. You're doing great, Lizard Shield."

"Lizard shield?"

"You heard me."

With no technique, no strategy, and zero experience, Lenny did the only thing that made sense - he launched himself up with a boom, cracking the ground beneath his feet as he sailed through the air like an airborne crocodile.

"Take this!" he yelled.

The Messiah's eyes widened. "What-?"

He was already confused as to how the unusual humanoid creature seemed unfazed by his attacks. Now the giant lizard was bursting towards him incredibly quickly and was completely unaffected by his heat shield.

Wham!

A scaly fist the size of a car door smashed into the radiant mutant mid-sentence. The Messiah spiralled back, coughing up light, before catching himself mid-air with a flare of golden energy.

Kai grinned. "Yeah, that'll do it."

Lenny crash-landed nearby, creating a small crater. "Ow. That did sting."

Kai ran up beside him. "The punch or the landing?"

"Both," he responded, though he certainly didn't seem hurt.

The Messiah let out a growl, his radiant skin cracking at the edges as he steadied himself.

"You dare lay your unclean hands upon me?! I am chosen! I am the voice of the Lord!"

"Dude, just shut up and fight," Kai muttered.

He was running on fumes, every movement sending jolts of pain through his burned body. But with Lenny beside him? He had something he rarely did.

'A giant meat shield.'

Kai ducked behind Lenny as another blast of golden fire erupted toward them.

"Shield me, oh great lizard!"

"Can you stop calling me that?" Lenny muttered.

But he didn't move. He took the blast head-on, skin smoking slightly but otherwise unbothered. Even the Messiah started to look frustrated.

"Why won't you burn?! Why won't you fall?!"

Kai peeked out again, eyes gleaming. "You made the mistake of picking a fight with Godzilla's awkward cousin."

Lenny charged again, tumbling over by accident before leaping at the Messiah.

The two clashed in mid-air, but Lenny's attacks were wild - no technique, just brute force. The Messiah countered with light blades and radiant kicks, but none of them did much more than annoy the scaly titan.

Kai darted behind wreckage, manipulating scraps of blood into darts, spears, anything he could use. He wasn't much use offensively, but he could distract.

The fight turned chaotic, the already decimated port became a cratered warzone.

But in the end… it was a stalemate.

The Messiah floated back, breathing heavily, wings twitching with residual light. His skin was cracked. His halo dimmed.

He looked down at the two mutants who'd defied him - one a battered blood manipulator, the other a giant gecko with the durability of a tank and the coordination of a newborn giraffe.

"Blasphemers…" he hissed, trembling with fury. "Damnable pagans… You've ruined everything."

He glanced around at the charred remains of his followers. Their ashes danced in the wind, and his Divine Retribution had never failed to eliminate everything in his surroundings until now.

"…May their souls rest in peace with the Lord until I, too, return to His side as the Messiah," he said, voice heavy with grief - and hatred. "I swear… I will damn the souls of the pagans who have done this."

With a final glare, he turned and soared into the sky, the glow around his body flickering like dying embers.

Kai slowly slumped down, shoulders sagging.

"Whew… that was intense."

Lenny sat beside him. "Did I do okay?"

Kai looked at the trail of devastation. "You did great. You're like a tank with legs."

"…Thanks, I think."

Kai stared up at the sky, exhaling slowly. "I'm alive. That's more than I expected."

Then he smirked. "Now, to avoid that crazy sun mutant for the rest of my life."

"Agreed," Lenny nodded.

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