Kills Gaw

Gaw’s arms flailed. She tried to push away the frill, but her strength was not equal to Kong’s. Kong lifted his adversary completely off the ground, then smashed her to the earth. Gaw’s neck bent sharply, nearly breaking. The force of the impact shattered the frill, the two great horns breaking loose. Kong yanked one of them free. Gaw, on her back, raised her arms, attempting to fend off Kong’s downward thrust—but too late. Kong stabbed into Gaw’s neck, and the great creature’s mouth bubbled blood as an inhuman gurgling hiss burst from her.
Impossibly, Gaw clawed at the horn, reared to her feet. She shook her head, sending slavers of blood spraying through the air as she staggered wildly. Magwich, flushed from his hiding place to avoid the monster, was crushed as the beast collapsed.
Kong struck at Gaw’s chest with short, heavy blows, not retreating, not giving the wily creature a chance to recover. Kong snatched up another bone from the same skeleton, a heavy leg bone, and used it as a club, beating Gaw without mercy.
Ishara saw that Kong was hurt, that open wounds on his chest and shoulders spilled his own blood and wondered how he could relentlessly fight on. But then she understood that the memory of his parents’ death explained his deadly determination. It was, she realized, Kong’s great advantage: Like a human, he felt emotion, not just the deep, reptilian cunning of Gaw. Perhaps they were equals in intelligence, but their minds were of different orders. Gaw lacked the ultimate strength and determination born of spirit.
Gaw’s arm swung up to rake his chest. Kong intercepted it and Ishara could hear the crunching of bone as Kong’s enormous canine teeth bit into it. A horrifying, hissing scream escaped Gaw’s muzzled jaws. Gaw struggled to attack again, but her body was no longer able to respond as Kong pounded down with both enormous fists. The monster’s bloodshot eyes strained to focus, then slowly, shakily, rolled up into her skull. A moment later, Gaw was dead.


Kong: King of Skull Island, Chapter 13