Sea of Tranquility: The Great King Awakens!
Underneath Mount Asama, sometime earlier…
The King opened his eyes, his slumber disturbed by a rhythmic noise coming from above.
A noise that sounded eerily familiar to a heartbeat!
He swam upwards through the magma, at speed unusual for his size and build!
"I know this presence."
The King thought to himself.
"It is the same creature that uprooted me all those years ago!"
The King soon met the cause of his misfortunes.
"A baby? No, a monster!"
Indeed, the monster was still in its embryonic stage, hardly a threat to the King!
But he had already seen what an adult of its species was capable of!
"If this child is here, it's family should be close!"
The King opened his jaws, emitting a light!
"Sorry, little one. This will be over soon."
Suddenly, the volcano shook violently!
"What?!"
The creature's egg ruptured, and rushing magma quickly ended its short life!
Seizing his chance, the King swam with the current and broke free from his hellish prison!
AAAYEEEEEOOOOOOUUUUUUUGH!
The King roared triumphantly!
As we made his way out of the collapsing volcano, he saw a peculiar metal bird vanish from his sight!
He gave no thought to the fleeing foe and eyed his surroundings, now covered by a thin layer of ash.
"Yes! This will be the perfect arena for my triumphant return!"
The King looked up and saw what appeared to be a massive eye barrelling towards his position!
He opened his jaws again and let out a vibrant red beam!
The beam traveled upwards into space, condensing into a narrow violet beam that struck the eye dead center!
An explosion of red, and then rain.
Slightly amused by the anticlimactic victory, the King took a moment to reminisce about his old rival.
"I wonder how Ghidorah's doing?"
Nerv H.Q…
"We've lost contact with the Asama team!"
"Pattern Blue readings have disappeared! Massive Pattern Orange detected!"
"Projecting visual!"
The assembled Nerv staff stared in silence and panicked whispers at the sight of a 300-meter tall dinosaur walking out of a collapsing volcano!
"Dear God…"
Misato muttered under her breath.
"A creature of that size shouldn't even exist!"
Ritsuko thought to herself, trying to make sense out of this development.
Fuyutsuki and Gendo stared wordlessly at the screen.
At this point, nothing could shock them anymore.
The children, which had deployed to the fight the Angels, watched as their quarry ignored them and began moving towards Mount Asama.
"They ignored us?"
Asuka asked incredulously.
"Look at that."
Rei said stoically, pointing at the rising ash cloud at Mount Asama.
"Our job just got a lot harder, didn't it?"
Toji asked Shinji over the comms.
"It always does."
Shinji cynically replied.
Aokigahara, around the same timeframe…
"Intruder Alert! B-2 Spirit and F-117 Nighthawk approaching from Odawara!"
Omega Supreme announced.
Hardly a few minutes had passed since Sky Lynx departed with the others for Tokyo-2.
"Did Misato call for reinforcements?"
Wheeljack asked the old medic.
"No. If she did, she would have told us if they came our way."
"Decepticons?!"
"I'll take the Thermo Rocket Launchers! You finish that vaccine!"
As Ratchet armed himself and rushed to confront his foes, the bombers transformed!
"Megatron and Soundwave. Just my luck!"
The doctor cursed under his breath.
But instead of immediately attacking the Autobots, Megatron aimed his new railgun into the distance and fired!
"A warning shot?! No, he's never that lenient!"
It didn't take long for Ratchet to discover what Megatron was targeting.
"He's aiming at something else! But there's nothing in that direction except…
...Mount Asama. Oh, Vector Sigma!"
Ratchet gazed in horror at what Megatron had just done.
He readied the Launcher and aimed squarely at Megatron!
But before he could pull the trigger, the two Cons dodged as Sky Lynx warped in and tried to bite Megatron with his jaws!
Megatron delivered a swift kick to the Dinobot's face, only for Ratchet to fire homing missiles at him!
Soundwave moved quickly, shooting down the missiles mid-flight, and launching Laserbeak and Buzzsaw at Ratchet!
"MEGATROOOOONN!"
Prime bellowed as he jumped out of Sky Lynx, kicked Soundwave, and used the momentum to tackle Megatron in midair!
"Prime! Seele is the true enemy! Why sacrifice yourself for Functionists like them?!"
"And unleashing the most dangerous beings on this planet makes you better?!"
"How else do you expect me to fight them?! By enslaving myself to Gendo Ikari?!"
"I trust this Gendo about as much as I trust you, Megatron!"
"Enough!"
A loud, regal voice interrupted the battle.
Time seemed to stop as the combatants were suddenly encased in magical spheres!
Luna appeared from a portal, sporting a dark blue plugsuit with a crescent moon insignia!
Hovering behind her were the Seekers, also trapped in a magic bubble.
"Really, Starscream? You surrendered to Luna?!"
"Well, excuse me, your Lordship, I recall your orders were to surrender to the Autobots. Since they skedaddled to Mount Asama, we settled for the Princess."
Megatron's expression changed.
"You were at Mount Asama?"
Prime remained hostile but was surprised by Megatron's change of tone.
"I figured Masakado was a feint. Why would you continue with a mission that already failed? Then I figured you might move on the dormant Angel and make things harder for Nerv."
"You know me too well, Optimus."
Megatron smiled.
"But Nerv already has enough trouble on their end, seeing as there are four Angels left and they're down an Eva Unit. Though I suppose having three Godzillas on their side would make up for that."
Luna looked at Megatron with a shocked expression.
"Misato just told me about that. How did you know?!"
Megatron smirked.
"Discord told me."
Luna gritted her teeth and snarled.
"Somehow, I'm not surprised."
"Luna, what's he talking about? Are the children safe?"
Prime asked worriedly.
"There was an issue with Unit 04. Long story short, Kensuke and the Eva are back in our universe, with Tia and Monarch. It would have been worse if Discord hadn't intervened."
Despite Prime's interruption, Megatron continued.
"Did he tell you why I started this scheme in the first place?"
"Grand King Ghidorah, was it?"
Prime looked back at Megatron in disbelief.
"Grand King Ghidorah? Is he like-?"
"Yes, Prime. I released a gargantuan Godzilla to fight a gargantuan Ghidorah. A god to fight a devil. Compared to them, even the strongest Angels are a nuisance at best!"
"And the one we killed last week?"
"A newborn hatchling that lasted as long as you'd expect. At least Maki had that cloning ability."
"Why did you mutate Maki anyway?"
"Maki was an Odo Islander and a loyal worshipper of Gojira. He was the perfect candidate to draw Godzilla back to the surface!"
"So you poisoned his wife, stole his identity, turned him into a test subject, and made him kill all those soldiers and sailors?!"
"No sacrifice, no victory."
Prime glared coldly at Megatron as he corrupted the motto of his oldest human allies, the Witwicky family.
"I sincerely hoped that we could become allies again, Megatron. But now I see that you've gone too far for redemption."
Megatron turned solemn.
"I never asked for redemption, Prime. I just hoped that after nine million years, you would finally realize that sometimes, playing nice gets you an early grave!"
He turned to Luna.
"Allow me to restore peace to this world. Let me defeat Seele, the Angels, and Ghidorah, and you can have my spark on a plate. Until then, I'll need your cooperation in damage control."
"Deal."
Prime turned to Luna in surprise.
"Princess, do you realize-"
"I know, Prime. But thanks to Ghidorah, we no longer have other options. Is that clear?"
"Understood, Your Highness."
"If he endangers any more lives, you have my permission to shoot him yourself."
Megatron laughed.
"He already has."
To be continued...
A/N: "Grand King Ghidorah" here refers to the version seen in the Godzilla anime film trilogy, not the Rebirth of Mothra version.
