The particularly brave Baragon leaped at the oncoming Godzilla with a roar. That roar soon became a choked whimper as Godzilla had grabbed it by the throat. The King of the Monsters was squeezing as hard as it could. The Baragon tried to free itself, but in vain. Godzilla's grip was too strong for the lesser kaiju. The Baragon tried to breathe in and fire its flame breath. Godzilla could feel the creature attempting to attack in such a way, and if Godzilla were capable, he would smirk before delivering his next manuever. Moving its head in as far as it could, Godzilla opened his mouth as his dorsal plates began to glow blue.
Godzilla dropped the Baragon and walked on, leaving the melted flesh and flaming head of the Baragon lying on the street. Two more Baragons came around from behind and snarled. One began to leap but was caught from behind by the mammoth King Seesar. The larger mammalian kaiju pulled the smaller one into its grasp and bit down into the neck of the Baragon, spilling blood everywhere. The Baragon screeched for aid.
The other Baragon turned and prepared to open fire. However, Godzilla's sweeping tail knocked that Baragon blocks away. Godzilla then motioned for he and Seesar to move forward.
Godzilla then roared in pain. The sonic beam of a Gyaos fired down and cut his flesh. Red blood poured out. Godzilla roared to the sky and instantly plans were set into action. Rodan flew at the other avian kaiju at top speeds. Rodan cackled blowing by them and nearly knocking them from the sky with the great winds created by its wings. The Gyaos turned and fired their sonic beams at the giant pteranodon. There were two problems with that technique. Rodan was could fly faster than sound. He ducked and weaved in the air, almost cackling in glee as the beams missed him. Secondly, Rodan left them open to attack from behind.
Twin balls of plasma struck the Gyaos and they exploded. The giant turtle Gamera roared and flew by them. Knowing their ancient enemy by instinct, four Gyaos flew to every side of Gamera. The fired on him, cutting his head and front legs with their sonic beams. Gamera squealed in pain and pulled its head and legs into the shell. Instances later, flames issues forth from every leg hole causing the turtle to spin in mid-air. Each Gyaos was set on fire and fell from the sky.
One tried to rise but its head was stomped on by Godzilla. Godzilla roared and the four monsters continued on their course for the spire at the center of Neo Tokyo. With any luck they would be able to stop this darkness. With any luck.
The First had other plans. Sending off a mammoth blast of energy through the dark atmosphere it had plans for the Four Guardians. The energy raced for the island country of Japan at a high pace. The energy actually travelled above the monsters and then issued downward, striking the Mount Fuji area. Explosions rocked the land and something stirred. Immense golden energy erupted from the ground and swirled into the air. The energy spun and seemed to be coalescing into something solid. Something huge. A terrifying roar once again covered the landscape as the energy solidified into an immense, golden, three-headed dragon. King Ghidorah had returned. And he was angry.
Flying for Neo Tokyo, Ghidorah spotted two old enemies and two new ones. Gravity beams fired forth from the mouths of the dragon and struck Rodan. Rodan cackled in pain and crashed to the ground. Gamera spotted the new foe and instantly launched forward, firing plasma bursts. Each blast was dispersed by Ghidorah's gravity beams. Gamera was puzzled and then decided to take the more direct approach. He charged Ghidorah.
That was probably Gamera's mistake. Ghidorah slammed into the giant turtle and sent it falling into a building. Gravity beams fired out and struck King Seesar knocking the protector of the Azumi tribe over in a heap. Ghidorah landed and roared at the one creature it wanted. Godzilla roared in return.
Once again the two enemies faced one another. Godzilla roared loudly as his dorsal plates began to glow. Ghidorah snarled in anger as he issued forth gravity beams from each mouth. Atomic fire splashed against Ghidorah. Gravity beams rocked against Godzilla. Neither creature budged. They were once again testing their abilities on the other. Several more minutes passed as this ritual continued.
Eventually, Godzilla broke off and charged in a tackle. Twenty thousand tons of monster propelled itself against its arch foe. Godzilla slammed into Ghidorah with incredible force. Ghidorah held its ground. Three heads struck out, two biting into either arm and another into Godzilla's neck. Blood poured from the wounds as Godzilla's dorsal plates glow. Godzilla shut his mouth and energy issued forth from his body like a sort of pulse. Ghidorah was rocked backward, taking a few steps back and releasing Godzilla. Godzilla fired again on the dragon, this time with the atomic fire from his mouth. Ghidorah lurched a neck forward and headbutted Godzilla. Then with another head. Then another. Godzilla stumbled back, with gravity beams taking him off his feet. The golden dragon the leapt to the sky then came down upon Godzilla. Flapping its giant wings, Ghidorah rose again only to come back down upon Godzilla. Ghidorah was trying to crush him.
King Seesar roared from one monarch to another. Ghidorah roared and fired forth a gravity beam at the other monster. But that was what Seesar wanted. The gravity beams struck Seesar's eyes and were reflected back at the great demon. Ghidorah was genuinely shocked as it fell backwards off of Godzilla onto its back. Godzilla rose and roared in thanks to Seesar and gripped each of Ghidorah's tails. With a mighty grunt, Ghidorah was lifted into the air and thrown, crashing into several buildings. Ghidorah got up and prepared to fire his gravity beams. Rodan came from behind and swooped down attacking each of Ghidorah's heads, throwing his beams off target. Ghidorah roared and fired into the air after Rodan. Rodan managed to avoid the beams and the surprised Ghidorah with a beam of his own.
In all the years of contact with Godzilla, the radiation that the monster spewed must have somehow mutated Rodan too in effect giving him a nuclear pulse of his own. It was less powerful than Godzilla's but was still effective enough. Ghidorah was ready to give chase when Gamera swirled into Ghidorah from behind and sent him stumbling forward into Godzilla's grasp. Ghidorah was then gripped by the neck and flipped forward. Godzilla growled to Seesar and motioned to Gamera. Godzilla motioned to the spire. Gamera and Seesar nodded and began to move towards the spire. Godzilla and Rodan stayed behind to deal with Ghidorah.
Godzilla closed in and was thrown backwards into several buildings. Ghidorah was angry by now. Rodan flew forward only to be headbutted back into Godzilla by the space dragon. Godzilla and Rodan looked to one another and nodded. Rodan flew behind Godzilla and gripped him by the shoulders. Cackling loudly, Rodan lifted Godzilla into the air and flew towards Ghidorah with frightening pace.
If there was one thought that went through Ghidorah's heads as he saw this sight it would have been, "Oh no…not again!"
The two monsters slammed into Ghidorah and sent him sprawling backwards through the city, knocking over buildings as he went. Godzilla then barked an order to Rodan. Rodan dropped Godzilla onto the back of Ghidorah. Ghidorah screeched in anger as Rodan picked Godzilla up and dropped him again and again and again. It was payback. And payback was good. Ghidorah had had about enough of this. As Godzilla rose again, he turned over and fired his gravity beams, striking both Godzilla and Rodan and sending them flying backwards. Rodan crashed to the ground as Godzilla fell atop him.
Ghidorah was now feeling cruel and fired gravity beams down on them. The two monsters roared in pain as the beams hit them. Godzilla rolled off of Rodan and tried to draw Ghidorah's fire.
Ghidorah gripped Godzilla by the back of the neck with a pair of jaws and threw him across Neo Tokyo where he fell to the ground, unconscious. Baragons crawled forward and sniffed the fallen King of the Monsters in preparation for a meal. Ghidorah violently stepped onto Rodan and pressed his heel down hard onto Rodan's throat.
The Baragons began to dig in, biting and tearing at Godzilla. The monster lay still, no sign of life at all. A few Gyaos landed and waited for for the Baragons to finish, like vultures waiting for hyena to finish the carcass of a gazelle. Godzilla lay there, being bitten and chewed upon.
Then an eye opened, glowing bright blue.
Ghidorah's ears were drawn by the sounds of screeches of fear and pain, and the roar of a titan. Godzilla stood and was incinerating everything in its path be they monster of man-made structure. Nothing stood as the King of the Monsters strode forward. Ghidorah fired gravity beams at the mammoth, but he still strode forth. Nothing was stopping him. Godzilla roared loudly as it kept coming. Ghidorah fired more intensely than before, but Godzilla kept coming. Nothing would stop him. No weapon could destroy him. No enemy could defeat him. In this moment more than any other he was King of the Monsters!
His dorsal plates glowed blue, then started to turn bright red. Ghidorah cocked its heads in wonder. This was new. Godzilla roared again as red glowed from deep within his chest. Then Godzilla opened his mouth and Ghidorah felt the most intense pain of his life. Gigantic beams of red issued forth from Godzilla's mouth. Ghidorah squealed in pain. Scales melted and flesh burned as Godzilla fired. Ghidorah turned and tried to fly to the air. He was fired upon again and fell to earth. Ghidorah needed escape or his life would end. He leapt to the sky again and was again fired on again. On fire, Ghidorah crashed to earth again, crying out in pain. He only had one chance at this. Ghidorah leapt to the sky one last time and flew as fast as its wings would take it. He flew out over the ocean! He was making it! He was making it! He was….
Ghidorah fell to the ocean in another burst of flame, his wings on fire and torn, his flesh charred and blackened. He sunk beneath the waves with one dim thought still echoing in his brains. Escape. But instead he sunk beneath the waves. Resting at the sea floor, Ghidorah closed his eyes in rest. For now. On land,Godzilla roared in triumph and lifted Rodan to his feet and grunted. Godzilla began to march to the spire, with Rodan flying behind, albeit more slowly.
SunnydaleXander sat on the hood of his car in front of Buffy's house with his head in his hands. He was scared for Anya. He was scared for himself. He was scrared period and hoped to God that this would end soon. Spike saw this and sat beside him. He reached into his coat and produced a cigarette.
"Here. This'll calm your nerves." Spike said handing it to Xander.
"Thanks, I think." Xander said in reply.
"I know what you're going through mate. Going through it myself right now. But don't waste time worrying about it. You'll only give yourself a heart attack." Spike explained, lighting his own cigarette.
"Says the dead man." Xander laughed slightly, "What happens if the world ends?"
"We die I guess. Oh well, we've both had good runs. Longer than either of us deserved." Spike said.
"Comforting." Xander stated calmly as he took Spike's lighter and lit up, "I'm sorry man."
"For what?" Spike asked.
"For treating you like crap. Not that you didn't deserve it, but I'm just sorry." Xander explained.
"True. I did deserve it. And by the way, sorry for trying to hit you in the back of the head with a wrench." Spike said.
"That's oka………..WHAT?! When did you try that?" Xander asked.
"When you had me tied up in your basement. Your back was turned so I tried to kill you. Course the soddin' chip went off and that didn't happen." Spike smirked.
"You tried to kill me! AGAIN!!" Xander said.
"Oh like you hadn't tried to kill me before." Spike replied.
"Not back then! Just last year when you had sex with Anya!" Xander screamed, drawing attention to them from everyone around. Angel in particular was amused. Spike and Xander both merely flipped him off. The two then sat in silence.
"Kind of ruined the bonding moment here didn't we?" Spike asked.
"Yeah. Let us never speak of it again." Xander replied.
Tara smirked at the two, then lost her smirk as she saw something through Poe's eyes.
"OH shit!" she said.
Everyone looked at her, surprised she had cursed.
"Sorry its just…w-we got problems." Tara stated.
"What is it?" Giles asked.
"You know the Uber-Vamps that are all over the news? The kind you said Buffy fought before I came back?" Tara said.
"The Turok-Han? Yeah." Angel replied.
"Well we have a lot of them coming this way on all sides." Tara said afraid.
"How many's a lot?" Cordy asked.
Tara laughed nervously, "I can't count them all."
Caleb smiled as he watched the Turok-Han army march towards Revello Drive. His master would be very pleased.
Los AngelesThe First slammed his fists into the back of Thor's head. The Thunder god roared in pain and tried to fight back.
"You still struggle. Admirable. The Odinpower truly has increased your strength." The First said as it struck Thor again, "You lasted longer than your allies."
The Midnighter was pulling the Hulk to a Door. He was out cold and joining Power Girl in the Carrier's infirmary. Thor was on his own. There was no real way to help him. Just yet. The Midnighter looked up as Thor was put flat on his face.
"Beg Thor. Beg and you will be spared." The First smiled, "Beg and life will be yours."
Thor snarled and tried to rise as the First's foot slammed into the back of his head.
"I said to beg." The First smirked.
"I SAY THEE NAY!"
The First was thrown back by a huge energy blast, landing on his back. But Thor had not been the one who had said that or fired. No that bellow had come from another. Anya stood by Thor and helped him to his feet.
"I've got you sir…my lord….God….whatever." Anya said.
"My thanks fair one." Thor said, towering nearly a foot and a half over Anya, "But where did one such as thyself find such awesome power?"
The First stood and laughed, "A Vengeance Demon. Now the sole Vengeance Demon."
"No. I'm not a demon anymore. I am what I am and that's all that I am." Anya said laughing slightly, "Get it? Popeye says that and…."
She got strange lookes from both Thor and the First.
"You want me to be serious huh?" Anya asked.
"Aye."
"Preferably."
"Okay got it. Have at thee and forsooth and so on." Anya said nodding.
The First sighed before speaking, "Now that that is cleared up, both of you prepare for an eternity of torment!"
Then the First stopped and stared off into space. He seemed to begin to talk to himself.
"Well well well. Look what we have here." The First said, ignoring Thor and Anya.
On the astral plane, the First stared at Buffy, Faith, Kennedy, Rona, Amanda, and several other Potential Slayers all clad in psychic armor wielding weapons of psychic force. Images of Warlock and Thanos seemed to be miles behind them.
"Hey there. We'd like to have a conversation about you killing our world." Buffy said bringing the flat end of her sword down into the palm of her hand with a smirk.