An archeological expedition in India is attacked by a giant golden animated Oriental statue, and this incident prompts an investigation by the Calico crew. Arriving in the Indian city of Kali-Noor, the crew discover that several giant golden guardian statues are being animated and controlled by a xenophobic Indian high priest utilizing a supernatural power object called the dreamstone, who is determined to scare away any outsiders to the sub-continent, whom he believes will covet the city's ancient treasures. Godzilla is called upon to battle one of the Golden Guardians, only to be immobilized by mystical beams of energy from the living statue's eyes, which encase the King of the Monsters in a shell of gold, thereby placing him in suspended animation. Although the Calico crew manages to shatter the dreamstone, this doesn't simply cause the Golden Guardians to become immobile once more, but instead results in the statues running amok. When the crew realize that the energy beams
