AUTHOR'S NOTE: I apologize for this being inactive for a while, but to make up for it, we have the next three Spotlights ready to go for you guys and they'll be coming out one day at a time, starting with the first of two villain-centric Spotlights.
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Infinity Verse Spotlight
King Ghidorah: The One Who Is Many
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
-Peter 5:8
Those that foolishly remained on the Gem outpose located on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, despite learning of HIS impending arrival, never stood a chance. Amidst the rubble of decamated machinations of war and devastated kindergartens, one Amethyst soldier crawled through the graveyard of scrap and shards of her fellow Gems, barely able to keep her form due to the cracks her gemstone had sustained. She then noticed that a massive shadow loomed over her and looked up to see her soon-to-be harbinger of doom standing dominant a few miles away.
Even from this distance, the sheer size of the creature was not to be taken lightly. It stood at almost four hundred feet tall as lightning continued to strike in the skies above, putting fear in even the bravest and most courageous of hearts. The monster's three heads looked down at his now claimed territory, noticing the faint movements of the soldier as its impressive wingspan started to ignite with electricity. The Amethyst gasped in horror and derpirately tried to crawl to anything she could even remptely classify as shelter, only for her attempts to cease as she cried out in anguish. The result of another crack forming on her gem.
It was surely the end. Soon she would join her sisters in oblivion, and there was nothing she could do about it.
The three mouths of the beast began to spark as the soldier practically started to hyperventilate in fright. Three bolts of lightning then shot out, making their mark in a mere milisecond, obliterating her gemstone and causing her body to fade from existance. When the smoke cleared, dust was all that was left of the soldier's gem.
Victorious in his efforts to claim this moon as his own, the titanic terror let out a shreiking roar into the skies as lightning continuied to aggresively strike behind him. None could dare to oppose him. All that tried would eventually fall, revealing themselves as the fools they truly were. The monster was then about to depart back into the cosmos to claim more of this galaxy as his kingdom, when he stopped.
A disturbance.
One that emitted a great deal of cosmic energies.
And it was coming from the one planet he had yet to claim despite his efforts.
Earth.
He knew, however, that this could not have come from his accursed rival of that world. No. This was different. Perhaps new competition? A new challenger to his position as the Emperor of the Cosmos?
Unacceptable.
And with that, a new destination was made. The beast would go to Earth and slay this being he has sensed and any and all who dared to stand in his way.
They and this challenger would find themselves in the court of King Ghidorah.
As Optimus slowly struggled to get back on his feet, he looked upward at the now darkened skies of Angel Grove, as well as the nefarious force that threatened the home of the Power Rangers.
Thirty minutes ago, the leader of the Autobots had returned to Skyward Tower after a rather lengthy meeting with the Russian Prime Minister, hoping that he had defused any tensions after the Ninja of Norrisville's comments regarding the civil war in Ukraine. [1] A mere five minutes after stepping off the teleporter, however, he received a distress call from the Red Ranger, requesting reinforcements to assist in combating an old foe of their's. He agreed to head to Angel Grove at once, as well as forwarding the signal the Rangers had sent to Danny Phantom, XJ-9 and others for backup.
The instant they arrived, they were greeted by half of downtown Angel Grove in near ruins and the Thunder Megazord struggling to get back on its massive feet. However, it was what caused this devestation that shocked Optimus and the others the most. Before them was what could only be described as a giant, demonic, ethereal, floating blue head, laying waste to both the city and its mighty protectors.
"Okay, I'll bite, when did MODOK get into some kind of edgy, goth phase I wasn't aware of?" Danny mocked.
"Rangers, what are we dealing with?" a still visibly taken aback Optimus asked via his COMM-link.
"That would be Lokar," the Blue Ranger answered on the other side. "He's an intergalactic wizard that resides in the Talos Dimension."
"We've only fought this creep twice, but he's serious bad news," the Pink Ranger added. "We couldn't even destroy him with the Dino Ultrazord when we fought him the first time."
"Is the Megazord still functional?" Jenny asked.
"Barely," the Yellow Ranger answered. "We're struggling just to get it back on its feet."
"Do not worry, my friends," Optimus reassured. "Help is on the way."
Before any of the Rangers could question just what the leader of the Autobots meant by that, they suddenly heard the sounds of a powerful energy blast coming from the west.
"Take cover!" the Red Ranger commanded.
The Thunder Megazord instantly lowered itself to allow the blast to hit its true target: Lokar. It hit its mark as the wizard was far too busy demolishing all in his path and relishing in the tiny humans running for their lives like ants, causing him to cry out in pain and reel backwards. The interdimensional villain turned with a scowl to try and get a good look at his attacker while the Rangers' Megazord turned in the same direction to witness their savior: The massive Autobot superweapon known as Omega Supreme.
"TARGET: SIGHTED," the titanic Autobot bellowed as his giant arm cannon started to charge once more. "OFFENSIVE: RECCOMENCING."
"Do you believe your giant machine can be a match for me?" Lokar boasted. "I shall crush him as I did the Power Rangers!"
Omega Supreme unleashed a barrage of laser and rocket fire at the Lord of the Talos Dimension, however the Autobot's assault was proven ineffective as not a single shot touched Lokar, for he had placed a magical barrier in front of himself to protect him from such attacks. Attempting a different approach, the Autobot superweapon swung one of his mighty fists at the massive head, only for Lokar's eyes to fire a blast of energy at him, causing Omega Supreme to stumble backwards before collapsing onto some buildings.
"Omega!" Optimus exclaimed in shock.
"He just dropped Omega with one hit!" Danny shouted in disbelief .
The leader of the Autobots quickly rushed over to his giant comrade's side. Omega had been put into stasis from the hit, but thankfully he was alive. While this was going on, Jenny and Danny flew upwards to Lokar to face him themselves despite knowing that they had less chance of harming the dark wizard. Danny fired a series of Ecto blasts while Jenny unloaded her strongest lasers at the giant head, all the while they weaved about in the air as they evaded Lokar's energy attacks. However, much like Omega, their attacks proved ineffective against such an imposing opponent.
Seeing that their separate attacks were unable to do much harm to the cosmic cretin, the two teen heroes decided that it was time to combine their efforts. Danny flew behind Jenny, who was opening her back up while her arms combined into a massive cannon. With everything he had, the half-ghost hero fired an ecto-blast into the opening in XJ-9's back. The ghostly power was converting into a stronger energy that Jenny fired outward through the cannon she created as a more amplified form of Danny's ectoplasm at Lokar's face.
While the beam was powerful enough to bring down most opponents, Lokar was hardly fazed by the attack. Lokar let out an inhuman roar as wild bolts of black lightning shot out of his mouth, striking them both dead on. Jenny and Danny let out a cry of agony before they began to fall out of the sky. However, rather than die upon impact with the ground below, they were rescued by the timely intervention of Jetfire, who had managed to swoop in and snatch up the two heroes in his cargo bay.
"Ugh, thanks for the save, Jetfire," Danny said in a groggy tone.
"Yeah, I thought we'd end up as street pizza," Jenny added weakly.
"No problem, guys. I'm just glad you two are still breathing after taking a hit like that," the aerial Autobot replied. "This Lokar guy is some serious business!"
"I don't know what's going to stop him at this point," the half-ghost admitted.
"Maybe we can," came a voice.
Danny and Jenny turned to see that they weren't alone in the cargo bay. Standing before them were Garnet and the rest of the Crystal Gems, save for Steven, who was still benched from the League. [2] There weren't alone either, for alongside the Gems was the mighty android known as Jet Jaguar, who had recently returned alongside several heroes from an adventure across time. [3]
"You guys ready?" Jetfire asked the group.
"Ready" Garnet confirmed.
"Oh yeah, let's go kick this dude's fat head in!" Amethyst agreed.
Jetfire then opened the cargo bay door, allowing the Gems and Jet Jaguar to jump out of the Autobot and down toward the ground. As they fell, the android began to grow in size while the Crystal Gems began to fuse together to form the massive fusion known as Alexandrite. By the time they touched down with the ground, a pair of new titans stood before the Lord of the Talos Dimension. By this time, Omega Supreme had come out of stasis and stood back on his feet to once again face off with the dark lord.
"Fools!" Lokar proclaimed with a wicked cackle. "You think you three can stand against my power?"
"You miscounted, Lokar," Alexandrite corrected. "Because we have a friend who's a little late to the party."
As if on cue, another giant arrived on the scene. This was titan made of steel, but was not an Autobot like Omega Supreme. It was the Powerpuff Girls' Dynamic Nanotechtronic Monobot. AKA: The Powerpuff Dynamo. A massive mech that was designed by Professor Utonium to assist the Powerpuff Girls against foes as powerful as Lokar.
"Sorry we're late," Blossom said through the mech's intercom. "We had to dust off the Dynamo before taking her out again."
"It won't matter how many you send against me, you are all no match for my power!" Lokar proclaimed.
"I've had enough of this jerk!" Buttercup said. "Let's show this fat-head how we do things back in Townsville!"
Omega and the Dynamo unleashed a combined volley of missiles at the giant head, which were destroyed upon impact with another barrier Lokar created. However, while he was distracted by the the machines' attacks, Alexandrite and Jet Jaguar dashed to flank both sides of the warlock before reaching out with their fists at the ready. But before they could even touch him, Lokar unleashed a a magical sphere around himself that knocked the two giants back. Jet Jaguar was the first to correct himself and charged once more at the the the Lord of the Talos Dimension.
Acting quickly, Alexandrite summoned Sardoynx's warhammer before tossing it over to the android. With his weapon in hand, Jet Jaguar leaped into the air with the hammer raised high over his head. But when the android struck his weapon, he only hit the barrier once more which knocked him back with little effort. Alexandrite then created Opal's bow before taking aim at Lokar and letting loose a flurry of energy arrows. Lokar let out another energy wave that caused the arrows to dissipate before they could hit him.
Lokar then unleashed a blast from his eye beams that knocked the Fusion into a nearby building. Once Alexandrite was down, the warlock turned his attention toward Omega and the Dynamo. The girls activated the Dynamo's rockets and changed at the dark wizard with their weapons at the ready. But before they could even touch him, Lokar suddenly lifted both the Dynamo and Omega off of the ground with his mental abilities before throwing them both off across the city into a nearby factory. The force of the impact knocked the already weakened Omega back into stasis while the Powerpuff Girls were also knocked unconscious. With his enemies laid low before him, Lokar let out a deep cackle, knowing that he was victorious.
"Oh shit, what are we gonna do now?" Danny sad in total shock.
Back on Skyward Tower, the other heroes watched the monitors and holo-screens in horror as their friends and teammates were being beaten down by Lokar's onslaught. With most of the big guns already on the scene and seemingly useless against the otherworldly being, it left those who were told to stay behind left to wonder: if the first line of defense failed, then could they fair any better? There was already talk among the League members if they should try to teleport down to Angel Grove and assist their comrades in the battle against the Lord of Talos or if they should stay back and wait for further orders.
"We have to do something," Sashi said to the others.
"I'm afraid there's nothing we can do, Sashi," Duke reminded her.
"Duke's right, we'd just get slaughtered if we get set down there," Dipper added on.
"Are you not seeing what's happening down there?" Sashi said sharply. "They're getting killed!"
"And we'd be no different if we went to try and help them," Dipper said. "A lot of us don't have the powers like the Rangers and the others do, and even they aren't doing much to stop Lokar!"
"I always knew you were a pussy, Pines," Sashi sneered in his face. "I just didn't think you'd ditch your friends too."
Mason and Sashi stared down one another with anger in their eyes. Luckily, the leader of the Joes managed to step in before the situation could further escalate.
"Alright, take it easy guys," he advised the younger heroes. "We're all on edge right now, but Mason's right. We'd only get ourselves killed if we tried to assist."
"So, what do we do?" Tigre inquired.
"We wait, for now," Duke answered. "Unless we hear otherwise, we'd only be getting in the way."
Before anyone else could speak, Sheila appeared before the other heroes, which could only mean that the situation in Angel Grove had only become all the more dire.
"Please tell me you have good news, Sheila," Mason began.
"Actuality, it's more of a bad news/worse news kind of thing," the A.I. corrected. "The bad news is that the longer that Lokar remains in our dimension, the more of his cosmic energy will seep into our universe."
"I'm afraid to ask...but what's the worse news?" Duke inquired.
"The worse news is that the energy from Lokar's dimension is creating a sort of signal out into space," Sheila explained. "And someone just answered it!"
Just then, the alarms within the Tower starting to blare as red light flashed throughout the orbital station, alerting the other heroes within the Tower that something was approaching the earth from the depths of the cosmos. Dipper rushed over to the the station's scanners and saw a massive object hurtling through the vastness of space at an alarming speed. It was too fast for a meteor or even most spacecrafts that belong to the alien empires of galaxy, which meant it could be only one thing.
A Kaiju.
Once the data started coming in, a chill went through Mason's spine as he saw which Kaiju was heading toward Earth.
"Oh, God..." he gasped in horror. "It's Ghidorah!"
The other heroes gasped in horror at the very mention of the Kaiju's name. None of the heroes had ever experienced Ghidorah's wrath first hand, but they had seen what the golden terror was capable of from the aftermath of his attack. Since he first revealed himself to the world in 1964, every time he and Godzilla clashed, it left only a untold amount of destruction and death to those who were caught in the wake of their battles. The League was already in a dire situation against Lokar, but if the king of terror were to arrive on the scene, the team would surly perish.
"Sheila, engage the tower's defense system now!" Duke ordered. "That bastard isn't setting a single claw on Earth!"
"Wait!" a pair of tiny voices suddenly pleaded. "You must not battle Ghidorah!"
Everyone was surprise the sudden plea not to open fire on the three-headed monster. Everyone looked around the room to find who had spoken until Mason looked down back at the controls and saw a pair of tiny women dressed in bright, tribal clothing, to which the others soon saw as well. It was the Shobijin, the twin fairies who acted as emissaries to not only the people of the island they resided on, Infant Island, but also spoke on behalf of the benevolent Kaiju known as Mothra.
The heroes were in a collective stunned awe at the sight of the Shobijin. Some even bowed before the twins in respect. Sashi approached the fairies and lowered her hand to allow the twins to climb onto her hand and lift them up for the other League members to get a better view of them.
"Please, you must not fight Ghidorah!" they repeated. "He is the only one who can save the earth!"
"What are you talking about?" Duke questioned. "Ghidorah's tried to destroy the earth more times than I can count! Why would he wanna save the planet now?"
"You must understand, Ghidorah is still a being of great evil, but this is a time when evil can only be defeated by another kind of evil," the twins explained. "Lokar is a threat to Ghidorah as much as he is to the people of Earth."
"I think I get it," Tigre surmised.
"Good, because I don't," Mason noted.
"Ghidorah's like the neighborhood bully on the block, and Lokar is the bigger bully who's trying to move in on his turf," Manny elaborated. "Ghidorah isn't fighting for us, he's fighting to keep his rep."
"Okay, so? We just let Ghidorah and Lokar fight it out and then what?" Mason asked. "I doubt the winner of that fight is going to just up and leave us alone."
"We know it is a risk, but this must happen," the Shobijin pleaded. "If the world is to survive, then Ghidorah must face Lokar."
The League members looked at one another with concern in their eyes. If they let Ghidorah pass them by, they could be allowing an even greater evil set foot onto their world, but if they didn't, then they could condemning their teammates to a painful death at the hands of Lokar. So, difficult as it was, they made their choice.
"Sheila...lower the defenses," Duke ordered slowly. "Let him pass."
As instructed, the A.I. lowered Skyward Tower's defense systems. No sooner as she had done that did Ghidorah fly past the Tower, ignoring it completely as he headed straight toward Angel Grove. The onslaught of lightning bolts sparked around him as he did so, a stray one seemingly hitting the Tower as it rumbled slightly The others could only look on in silence, praying that they had made the right choice.
As the three-headed horror penetrated the Earth's atmosphere, lightning began to strike sporadically around him as the once white clouds started to turn grey the lower Ghidorah descended and the skies slowly started to turn an almost hellish shade of gold. It was almost as if the heavens above were announcing the king's arrival to this world.
Except it wasn't an announcement...It was a warning.
Optimus continued to desperately fire his Ion Blaster at Lokar, hoping in vain to find some kind of weak spot on the dark wizard's form, but the closer the cackling villain came to him, the more vain his efforts appeared to be. Behind him was the unconscious bodies of Danny and Jenny, who had taken the blunt of the Lord of Talos' eye beams, despite Jenny's efforts to shield her and her fellow League member. Omega was still in stasis lock, the Powerpuff Girls and Jet Jaguar were also unconscious, and Alexandrite's condition was unknown, as she still hadn't emerged from the pile of rubble she was currently buried under. The Rangers' Megazord was also down given its condition when Prime and the others arrived, and made even worse was that Lokar had telekinetically thrown both the Dynamo and Omega Supreme into the Thunder Megazord for good measure.
"Foolish machine!" Lokar mocked. "Do you really wish to die continuing this pathetic, huberistic attempt to destroy me?"
"You will never be able to claim victory, Lokar!" Optimus declared. "So long as there is one that continues to stand against you! This I am certainly willing to die for!"
"Then die you shall!" the Lord of the Talos Dimension retaliated as his eyes glowed once more, ready to end Prime's futile efforts.
The leader of the Autobots was not one to go down without fighting for the freedom of all sentient beings, so he continued to shoot at the evil wizard, not relenting for even a second...until he noticed something behind Lokar's massive form.
The skies above started to change. Before, they were black as night, but slowly but surely, they changed to a devilishly glowing shade of gold. Lightning ignited throughout the clouds, each crackle revealing a gargantuan silhouette that was approaching the wizard from behind. Optimus narrowed his optics to try and get a good look at said silhouette, and, with the latest crack of lightning revealing a large, three-headed form, he nearly gasped in pure horror.
"By Primus..." he muttered.
By now, Lokar was beginning to sense something was approaching him, so he turned around to see the developments that were currently transpiring up above. It was just in time to see a roaring Ghidorah practically exploding from the clouds, tackling Lokar and grasping him with his three jaws, dragging him through several buildings as he did so. It was at that point that Danny and XJ-9 had awakened, their eyes widening in terror as they briefly caught a glimpse of the three-headed monstrosity.
"Oh no..." was all Jenny could say.
It seemed, also, that most of the other heroes that joined the three leaders had awakened as well, as Prime's COMM-link ignited with the voices of the Crystal Gems, the Powerpuff Girls, the Power Rangers and Jetfire all basically asking the same question.
What is Ghidorah doing here?
It got so bad that Prime was forced to isolate their COMM devices so that he could get to the one on Skyward Tower.
"Mason, what is going on?" he asked, dread practically laced in his voice. "How was Ghidorah able to get past our defenses?"
"Oh, what do I do?" a pale-skinned Dipper whispered while placing his hand on his COMM-link so Optimus couldn't hear him. "How do I tell him that we just let King fucking Ghidorah past our defenses?"
"Maybe start by NOT ghosting Optimus Prime first of all, dumbass," Sashi answered.
"Bring your device to us," the Shobijin suggested. "We will speak to him."
"Optimus Prime, we know this situation is most dire, but you must listen to us!"
"Moll? Lora?" a perplexed Optimus questioned, referring to the twins by name, before focusing back on the situation at hand. "What is happening?"
"The energies from Lokar's dimension have attracted Ghidorah to him," the Shobijin explained. "He is going to challenge Lokar to try and prove his superiority to him."
"Wait a minute..." Danny slowly said as he started to put the pieces together. "Guys, please tell me you didn't just let Ghidorah through the front door."
"Hey, look, we all thought it was a bad idea too at first, but hear them out on this one," Manny answered on the other side.
"Lokar has proven to be a formidable foe against your forces," the fairies began. "If you continued to fight, you would have surely perished. The only hope in defeating him may very well lie in Ghidorah."
"Well, if he does beat him, what then?" the Pink Ranger questioned through her COMM-device. "Like, wouldn't he just start trying to burn the whole world to the ground like he always does?"
"We understand that this is a dangerous gamble, but as we have stated, he is the only one currently capable of stopping Lokar," the Shobijin answered.
"They...they might be right, Prime," Blossom suddenly stated, catching everyone else off guard.
"You sure you didn't tie that bow on too tight, Sis?" Buttercup asked.
"That last hit busted the hydrolics on the Dynamo's knees," the commander and leader stated. "We can't get her back on her feet even if we pushed it up. Not to mention, it really doesn't look like the others are in any shape to keep fighting."
"She's not wrong," the Blue Ranger added. "The Thunder Megazord can't take much more of this. Especially with the White Ranger, and by that extension the Tiger Megazord, currently benched for the moment." [2]
"Two of us could probably still fuse, but after that fight, I don't think we can assume Alexandrite's form again any time soon," Garnet added.
"LOSS OF POWER: CRITICAL," Omega Supreme bellowed. "DEACTIVATION: LIKELY. CANNOT CONTINUE."
Jet Jaguar then let out a series of mechanical grunts, indicating that his situation was much of the same.
The three leaders of the League reeled all of this in. It seems as though the Shobijin were correct in some way. If Ghidorah hadn't ambushed Lokar, he would have surely finished each and every one of them then and there. Then, not only would Angel Grove have been at his mercy, but, with sixteen League members lost, the world would have likely fallen by his non-existent hands as well. Still, even then, there was the problem of having to deal with the victor, whether that be the dark wizard of Talos or the three-headed terror of the cosmos.
It mostly came down to 'Who would we rather try and fend off?'
"I hate to say it, guys, but I think I like my odds with Ghidorah more than Lokar," Jenny admitted.
"Yeah, but it really wouldn't hurt if we had a bit of backup from G-Force," Danny stated.
"I believe I may be able to arrange that," Optimus said as he activated his COMM-device once more. "Sheila, try and patch me through to Director Yashiro back in Japan."
"Consider it done," the A.I. replied.
"In the meantime, we must put our focus on rescuing the inhabitants of Angel Grove from the impending devastation," Prime continued.
"You're...going through with this?" a shocked Pearl asked.
"We don't have much of a choice in this matter," the Autobot leader answered. "As the Shonijin said, we alone do not stand a chance against Lokar."
He then turned his attention back to the twin fairies on the other side of his COMM.
"Moll, Lora, as difficult of a decision this is, and as big of a risk this is...We will follow through with your advice. However, once I make it through with Director Yashiro, I will have no choice but to ask for assistance. Afterwards, Ghidorah will only have fifteen minutes at most to defeat Lokar."
"Very well then," the Shobijin responded. "We thank you for heeding our words, Optimus Prime."
'Primus, forgive me for what I may have brought upon this city,' Optimus thought to himself, fearing of what would likely happen to Angel Grove thanks to this call he had just made.
Meanwhile, Ghidorah had dragged Lokar halfway across the city at this point before hurdling him into a row of skyscrapers. The dark wizard had managed to correct himself before turning to face his new opponent dead in his six eyes.
"Who are you that would dare challenge the power of Lokar?!" the Lord of the Talow Dimension angrily asked.
In response, the middle head of Ghidorah let out an opposing shriek before the cosmic Kaiju proceeded to spread his wings all while lightning continued to strike in the distance and his necks started to glow, likely as a form of intimidation. However, Lokar simply started to cackle wickedly at this sight, obviously unimpressed.
"I do not know who you are or where you came from, mindless beast, but know this. I will ensure that you will spend your final moments screaming in agony before you die along with the rest of these so called 'heroes!'"
The dark wizard was the first to make a move, shooting an energy beam from his mouth aimed directly at the cosmic terror's middle head, only for all three of Ghidorah's necks to sway out of its path. In retaliation, all three of his mouths shot out three bolts of his dreaded Gravity Beams towards Lokar. Whilst the Lord of Talos managed to put up one of his barriers to protect himself as he had done before, the impact of the beams was clearly much stronger than his previous opponents' ill-faded offensives. He could feel his hold weakening by the second the longer Ghidorah continued his onslaught.
Not being one to relent to any foe, Lokar proceeded to dash quickly and harshly towards Ghidorah's stomach, the impact causing the three-headed monster to stumble into a group of nearby buildings, each of them collapsing in an instant. A sinister chuckle escaped the wizard's lips as his eyes began to light up with energy, only for Ghidorah's right head to swiftly grasp Lokar by his right cheek, followed by his left head biting into his left cheek, before the central head latched his fangs onto the interdimensional tyrant's forehead. The dark Lord of Talos cried out in pain before the cosmic Kaiju lifted him upwards and smashed him down into the ground. Ghidorah's left and center heads relented from Lokar's head, allowing the right head to lift him upwards once again prior to swinging him harshly onto the downtown pavement bellow yet again.
However, when Ghidorah attempted this tactic once more, Lokar suddenly vanished in a cloud of dark smoke. Perplexed, the central head hissed a command to his two conjoined brothers before all three heads observed their surroundings. Then, without warning, ten duplicates of the evil wizard reappeared, surrounding the Kaiju as he started to cackle mockingly once more. Snarling in contempt for his adversary's persistent annoyance, Ghidorah fired his Gravity Beams once more, each of his heads going for separate duplicates, only for them to vanish the second his attacks hit their mark. The three-headed horror then started to turn in a circular motion, intent on firing his beams at every one of them until he hits the real Lokar.
But once he reached the fifth duplicate, the one directly behind him fired his eye beams at his back, causing the Kaiju to screech in pain whilst stumbling forward, his heads, and by that extension his Gravity Beams, moving wildly out of control. One of them had managed to slice through one of the nearby skyscrapers, causing the support beams to instantly buckle as the building began to collapse with hundreds of occupants still inside, having been too frightened to evacuate and be a the mercy of these monsters in the streets bellow.
Fortunately, before the top portion of the building started to crumble, the Powerpuff Girls instantly flew up to it, pushing against the structure to prevent it from falling over. They were then joined by Jet Jaguar as he suddenly grew to around the skyscraper's height and grasped onto it. The stunned onlookers noticed at that moment that Jetfire had hovered upward towards the broken windows in his jet mode, opening a large door at the side of his cargo bay while a bridge extended towards the opening to allow the civilians to board inside him.
"All aboard!" he said.
"Folks, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this! In all the six months since we created Ranger Station, I can safely say that-"
The sentence spoken was suddenly cut off by two dinging sounds.
"...Skull?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you remember to charge your phone last night?"
"...Nope."
Farkas 'Bulk' Bulkmeier and Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch, two...less than ideal students from Angel Grove High, were currently on the streets of downtown Angel Grove, reporting live on their blog page 'Ranger Station' about the sudden arrival of King Ghidorah and his confrontation with Lokar...Or at least they were before Skull's phone suddenly died.
"Ugh, here, use mine," Bulk groaned before tossing his smartphone to his friend. "If we wanna get into the League's P.R. department, we can't keep doing stuff like that!"
"Hey, don't blame me!" Skull retorted. "There was a Stab marathon on. What did you want me to do?"
"...It literally takes five se-Never mind," Bulk answered. "Just try and get us live again as quickly as possible."
"Okay, okay!" Skull interjected as he tried to log back onto the Ranger Station. "Bossy, bossy, bo-"
His words were cut off, however, by Ghidorah's roar. He and Bulk turned around just in time to see Lokar headbutt against the space Kaiju's chest, causing the right head to spin to its right just as it let out another Gravity Beam. It then hit the center of the building Bulk and Skull were standing next to, blasting a giant hole right in the middle of it and causing falling concrete, metal and glass to rain down towards the duo. The both of them screamed in fright as they shielded the top of their heads, when a massive, black and purple arm suddenly positioned itself above them, protecting them from the falling debris. Confused, Bulk and Skull looked upward to see Sugilite glaring down at the two of them.
"What're you idiots waiting for?! A written invitation?!" the fusion shouted. "MOVE!"
"...Yes ma'am!" the frightened duo responded before quickly running towards a nearby crowd of civilians being guided towards the nearest shelters by Pearl and the Black, Yellow and Pink Rangers.
"Everybody, over here!" Kimberly directed. "Quickly! Quickly!"
As pandemonium continued to flood the streets, Pearl, Adam, Aisha and Kimberly noticed two children being separated from their parents. The three of them quickly made an attempt to reach them, only for them to notice Ghidorah swinging his left wing towards Lokar, smashing him across the face just as a beam of energy escaped his mouth. The beam made contact about a block away, sending an onslaught of concrete towards the children. Fortunately, right in the nick of time, Danny emerged from a nearby building and grabbed the children, turning the three of them intangible as he did so which caused the rocks to go right through them. The rest of the debris was then shot away from the other civilians by Jenny's arm cannons and Prime's Ion Blaster.
"C'mon, let's go find your parents," the Yellow Ranger said to the two frightened children as she quickly picked them up and dashed back into the crowd.
"Optimus, I've finally been able to make contact with Director Yashiro," Sheila said through Prime's COMM.
"Put her through," Optimus commanded.
"Optimus Prime," Director Akane Yashiro, the head of G-Force, said on the other line, speaking in her native language after her greeting. "We have already heard news of Ghidorah's arrival to Angel Grove."
"What are our options, Director?" Optimus questioned in Japanese.
"Unfortunately, we don't have many," Director Yashiro answered. "Kiryu's currently undergoing a series of upgrades to its piloting mechanisms. All I am allowed to inform you of is that it will soon operate via something we call 'Drifting.' As for our previous Mechagodzilla, the necessary requirements needed to bring it out of retirement would be far too time consuming."
"I see...What about M.O.G.U.E.R.A.?"
"That is where I do have some good news, Optimus. M.O.G.U.E.R.A. and the Super-X's have just recently finished warding Destoroyah away from the coast of Indonesia. I've already sent orders for them to make their way to California to offer you and your League assistance against Lokar and Ghidorah."
"How long?"
"The order was given about five minutes ago. I would give them about ten minutes for them to arrive."
"Thank you, Director Yashiro. We will continue with evacuation efforts until your forces arrive."
"Good luck, Optimus."
Back with Ghidorah and Lokar's brawl, the evil wizard had started to fire energy beams from both his eyes and his mouth, now desperately trying to find any means to harm this beast that was giving him so much trouble. However, Ghidorah had blocked the offensive by wrapping his massive wings around his body, utilizing it like a shield. Then, the three-headed monster proceeded to spread his wings instantly, creating a massive shockwave that caused the energies Lokar was using to attack Ghidorah to be sent right back at him. The interdimensional warlock yelled out in pain as he was sent crashing to the ground.
Wishing to end his adversary's pitiful efforts, Ghidorah swung his wings downward, launching him upwards into the skies above, the winds from this move exploding with the force of a hurricane, before looking down at his wounded opponent. His necks began to light up once more as electricity sparked from his three mouths, ready to provide the finishing move, when suddenly...
"ENOUGH!" Lokar yelled.
Dark energies practically exploded from the Lord of Talos, catching Ghidorah off guard as the shockwaves caused him to loose focus and fall back down to the ground bellow. As he got back on his feet, his heads turned to where Lokar was, only to see the energies forming something. Slowly, the darkness started to fade away, revealing a full-bodied Lokar that stood just as tall as the space Kaiju he faced against. This new form of Lokar had what appeared to be massive, light-blue spikes for hair, shoulders and knees and had red highlights all across his body.
"I refuse to be beaten by a simple-minded monstrosity like you!" he declared in a much deeper, almost demonic voice. "Now you will die at the hands of...DAI-LOKAR!"
Back on Skyward Tower, the developments of this confrontation did not go unnoticed by the other heroes of the Infinity League that were still watching this unfold. The number of heroes that were doing so had now grown substantially as more and more learned about what was transpiring on Angel Grove.
"What the hell just happened?!" a shocked Lady Jaye asked.
"I'd say something within the realms of 'shit just hit the fan,'" Dipper answered.
"It appears as though Lokar has emassed enough energy from the Talos Dimension to assume his most powerful form," the Shobijin stated.
"And we're STILL just gonna stand around and let all this happen?" Bismuth questioned. "My friends are still down there in the middle of all that destruction!"
"We understand that this is most distressing, but Ghidorah is still our only hope in stopping Lokar," the Shobijin answered.
"With all due respect...I'm honestly starting to wonder if Ghidorah can even win now," Sailor Mars replied.
"She's got a point," Sashi added. "I've never seen this creep in person, but the Rangers told me he means business, and I don't think even THEY knew he could do that."
"Still, there's really not much we can do," Donatello said as he and Peridot analyzed the teleporters. "Looks like when Ghidorah passed by the Tower, a bolt of lightning hit the mainframe and shut our teleporters down. Peridot and I can get them back up and running, but it'll take a couple of minutes."
"Then it looks like all we can do is hope for the best outcome," Cat Noir stated.
"...What even WOULD be the best outcome in all this?" Ibuki questioned.
"That Ghidorah beats Lokar and just decides to leave us alone," Adrien answered, only for a thought to cross his mind as he did so. "...I just realized that we're actually being forced to root for King Ghidorah here."
"God, it's like I'm watching the Giants go against the Patriots," El Tigre half-remarked. "Only time I'd ever root for the damn Giants."
"I heard that!" Jake suddenly cut in.
As Dai-Lokar cackled madly whilst black lightning struck around him, Ghidorah did not relent even in the slightest. He had come all this way to slay this challenger to his throne, and he was not going to allow it to be overtaken. So, as he stood tall once more, his wings spread upward, all three of his heads roared defiantly before swinging his wings down again, lifting him to the air before gliding towards his opponent. Dia-Lokar retaliated by charging straight towards him and grabbing Ghidorah's left and right heads. The central head rebutted by lunging towards the wizard's head, only for it to back just out of reach before he smashed the left and right heads into the central head. Disorienting the Kaiju slightly, Dia-Lokar took advantage of this by swinging the three-headed monster by his right head into a row of buildings before tossing him away.
The space Kaiju was able to fly upward to save himself from smashing into a large, nearby hill before snarling in contempt and shooting his Gravity Beams once more. The Lord of Talos reacted by crossing his arms together while shielding himself from this offensive with one of his barriers as dark energies started to build from within his mouth. He then lunged forward, a massive beam of energy detonating out of his mouth towards the multi-headed beast, who immediately strafed to the left to try and avoid it. However, the beam ended up grazing his side before landing its mark on a group of skyscrapers, completely obliterating them the instant it made contact.
Ghidorah's three heads screeched in pain before crashing into a nearby construction sight. Once the dust settled, the beast slowly got back on his feet and looked down to where the beam had grazed him, noticing something that made all six of his eyes widen in shock.
This being that he was fighting...had made him bleed.
A feat that only one other had managed to accomplish.
This blow to his wrathful pride, unfortunately for him, had managed to distract him long enough to allow Dia-Lokar to throw two energy orbs towards his enemy. One of them missed entirely, but the other managed to make its mark right into the right head's neck, decapitating it instantly. The cosmic monster howled in agony once more as the now deceased head smashed into the pavement bellow, allowing Dia-Lokar to tackle him into a skyscraper. As the structure collapsed around them, the Lord of the Talos Dimension forced Ghidorah onto the ground, smashing his now two heads repeatedly, blood splashing against the streets of Angel Grove with every impact.
"Did you really think you had any chance against me?!" the evil wizard boasted. "I am the supreme ruler of the Talos Dimension! You are but an animal!"
He then smashed the left head...
"Arrogant!"
...then the center head...
"Brainless!"
...then the left head again.
"And most of all..."
He then grasped the central head...
"WEAK!"
...and harshly forced it nose-first into the ground.
"And once I am finished with you, I shall lay waste to this entire universe!"
Dai-Lokar then got back on his feet as dark energies started to form inside his mouth once more.
"All will have no choice but to bow before their new king!"
'Their new king.'
Hearing those words...Ghidorah's center head began to growl loudly with unparalleled hatred. If anyone was to lay waste to the universe...if anyone was to become its unchallenged king...
It was going to be him.
The TRUE King of the Monsters.
And with the last ounce of his strength, Ghidorah's central head lunged towards a nearby power station, grasping his fangs into the generators.
"NONE SHALL STAND IN MY WAY!" Dai-Lokar shouted. "NONE SHALL-"
His gloating was interrupted, however, when a series of electrical bolts started to shoot out of Ghidorah's body, forcing him off of his body as every vein in the Kaiju's body started to glow a bright shade of gold.
Far off in the distance, Jenny and Bubbles were busy assisting several more civilians into a shelter (as well as a group of dogs and cats Bubbles rescued from a nearby animal shelter) when they saw Ghidorah slowly rise back onto his feet. They then noticed that all of the lights in the surrounding buildings and lamp posts started to turn off while the three-headed horrors veins glowed brighter and brighter with every second.
It appeared as though he was draining the electricity from the entire city of Angel Grove.
Then, without warning, Ghidorah's wings spread outward as lightning bolts shot out of his wings and into the skies above. The two female heroes noticed Jetfire, Blossom and Buttercup narrowly avoiding the bolts as they shot out. Bubbles could just barely hear Buttercup shouting something in the distance, likely sharing the same collective shock she and Jenny shared. Dai-Lokar was also caught in the crossfire of this surprise attack, only he wasn't quite as lucky as the heroes, as the lightning hit him square in the chest, sending him flying away from Ghidorah. One stray bolt managed to hit the ground nearby Bubbles and XJ-9 and the debris from the impact was sent hurdling towards the duo, only for Sugilite's wrecking ball to smash them before they got the chance.
The now three heroes then noticed something about Ghidorah's now headless right neck. Something appeared to be struggling to get out of the wound as a thick, slimy substance started to ooze from it. What appeared to be a tongue emerged from it, prompting the center head to grasp it by his jaws and pull out a now completely healed right head. The three heroines could only look in shock once more, only now it was joined by a feeling of disgust.
"Did...did you know he could do any of that?" Sugilite asked Jenny.
"Nope," was all the robotic protector of Tremorton could respond with.
"I think I'm going to puke," a nauseous Bubbles added before flying away from her fellow heroines.
Now more enraged and powerful than ever, Ghidorah turned to face Dai-Lokar once more, roaring as he took flight once more before gliding towards his rival. The wizard responded by letting out a roar of his own before unleashing a duo of dark energy blasts from the palms of his hands. The Kaiju reacted in time by swooping upward and narrowing his wings so that he could nose-dive his way to Dia-Lokar, tackling him into an industrial warehouse. The three heads of the beast lunged downward, biting chunks away from the warlock as he punched the heads off of him. The Lord of Talos then kicked Ghidorah off his person before getting back on his feet, grabbing the monster's spiked tail as he did so.
With a mighty swing, he sent the space monster hurdling against several skyscrapers, only for the three-headed terror to flap his wings downward, launching both him and Dai-Lokar to the skies above. This caused the interdimensional wizard to release his grip, however, rather than let him fall, Ghidorah grasped his body with his feet and continued to fly towards the lightning-infested, clouded skies above. The evil warlock desperately tried to free himself by punching the beast's legs, but with every blow he delivered, Ghidorah retaliated by grasping tighter and tighter, eventually causing his sharp toes to puncture through his enemy's skin.
Only once he was at the upper atmosphere did Ghidorah finally release Dai-Lokar, but not before his heads took aim at the falling wizard, his necks glowing a familiar tint. Not wishing to take this trip alone, dark lightning encompassed his palms and mouth before firing three beams of energy towards the cosmic monster, right as his three heads and the tips of his wings fired their Gravity Beams. Both attacks made their targets, causing Dai-Lokar to descend with even greater force than before and for Ghidorah to loose his focus and begin a descent of his own.
Back at the city bellow, Sugilite was busy preventing another building from collapsing as Jetfire finished loading the last of its inhabitants before flying off to the nearest shelter. But just as the fusion was about to allow the structure to collapse, a shadow started to loom around her. Confused, she looked upward and saw both Ghidorah and Dai-Lokar emerging from the clouds, burning a bright orange thanks to their rapid descent, heading right for her.
"...Oh, great," was all she could say.
Before she had any chance to run, the two powerful beings crashed into the ground, fortunately sparing the fusion from a direct hit, but the force of the impact was enough to send her flying into a, thankfully already evacuated, skyscraper, which then started to collapse on top of her.
A massive cloud of dust formed from where the two landed, the League members baring witness to it all, wondering just who managed to come out on top in that struggle. A deafening silence overtook the scene as second after agonizing second passed by with neither being emerging from the two craters they had created.
Then, just as they began to assume that both beings had perished, something started to emerge from where Dai-Lokar had landed. The heroes' hearts nearly stopped in horror as Lokar, in his normal form, floated upward from the crater, dark lightning surrounding him as he cackled madly. It appeared as though the worse of two evils had prevailed.
"Your champion has been slain!" the warlock boasted. "Now this universe belongs to the Lord of the Talos-"
Suddenly, as he continued to gloat, the left and right heads of Ghidorah emerged from the cloud of dust behind Lokar, grasping both of the wizard's massive eyes with their jaws. The League members all had a collective gasp of surprise whilst Lokar started to scream in agony. Blood started to pour from his eyes sockets as he struggled to free himself.
"ARUGH! RELEASE ME! RELEASE ME!" he pleaded.
In a twisted form of compliance, Ghidorah's left and right heads proceeded to pull both of Lokar's eyes from his sockets. They then started to chew on them before swallowing them, a sense of both horror and disgust overtaking the heroes as they observed this most repulsive scene. As the now blinded Lokar continued to scream and blood continued to seem from his empty eye sockets, a hissing Ghidorah started to encircle his opponent, like a predator circling around his prey.
Hearing his adversary's footsteps, Lokar angrily started to blindly fire energy beams from his mouth in the hopes that they will find their target. Unfortunately for him, it was all for not, as Ghidorah swiftly plunged his left and right heads into the wizard's sockets, penetrating deep through his skull and finding their way to his brain. The screaming and the struggling stopped suddenly as the three-headed Kaiju lifted his opponent upward, the middle head taking aim at Lokar's forehead as his necks slowly started to glow.
Then, he fired his Gravity Beams, the left and right beams frying Lokar's body from the inside while the third did do from the outside. The Lord of Talos' head started to crackle and burn as sparks exploded from inside his body. Lightning bolts began burst from within as his flesh had begun to melt. Finally, after several agonizing seconds, Lokar's body exploded into an array of electricity, the remains having been turned completely to ashes. The mortified heroes stood speechless as the dust slowly began to settle, revealing Ghidorah roaring triumphantly into the skies, his wings spread out completely as fire surrounded him and a blitzkrieg of lightning struck all around him.
One could almost compare the sight to Satan himself literally crawling out of the bowels of Hell.
Back on the Tower, the other League members could only observe in frightened awe. Most had assumed that Ghidorah was going to meet his end at the non-existent hands of Lokar, only for the destroyer of worlds to overcome him, which left one very important question:
Ghidorah has won...so what now?
The Shobijin, thankful that their advice was not in vain though still concerned as to what the aftermath of this was, were about to impart more words of wisdom to the League, when they suddenly clutched their tiny foreheads, hearing the cries of despair from Mothra herself.
But it was NOT in relation to what was transpiring now.
When Ghidorah finally ceased roaring, he then proceeded to fall forward slightly, breathing heavily as his wings offered support, something Prime instantly took notice of.
"The fight appears to have weakened him," he commented. "If we just leave him alone, he may decide to leave-"
Suddenly, without warning, Sugilite punched her way through the mound of rubble she was previously buried underneath.
"Screw that!" she shouted. "I say we start clobbering him while he's down!"
She then started charging towards the three-headed terror, wrecking ball in hand.
"Oh no," was all Pearl could say as she placed her fingers on her forehead.
"Sugilite, wait!" Optimus shouted.
His words fell upon deaf ears though, as Sugilite launched herself towards the exhausted Kaiju, swinging her wrecking ball and ready to start bashing Ghidorah's three skulls in.
"Hey, ugly!" she shouted. "Get ready to have all three of your faces sma-"
He threat was then suddenly interrupted when Ghidorah's left head swiftly chomped on Sugilite's hair, causing all five of her eyes to widen as she only now realized the mistake she had made.
"...Ah crap."
No sooner had she said that did Ghidorah's left head pull her upward before smashing her onto the pavement bellow. He then proceeded to swing the fusion into a row of small buildings, toppling them over like dominos.
"Okay, I give, I give! Uncle! UNCLE!" Sugilite cried out.
The left head didn't listen to her surrender as it started to drag her through the ground, only for the middle head to roar angrily at his face. Only then did the left head finally relent and toss the fusion away, causing her to land in front of the other heroes.
"Sugilite!" Danny cried out.
He and the others instantly rushed towards the resulting cloud of dust, only to wind a weakened Garnet and Amethyst lying face-first on the ground.
"That...that one might've been my fault...My bad, G," Amethyst groaned as she and Garnet were assisted back onto their feet by Pearl and Danny.
"Guys, look!" the Black Ranger suddenly shouted.
They and the rest of the League members turned towards where Ghidorah stood to see the three-headed terror narrowing his six eyes right at them before roaring angrily, his necks beginning to charge once again. Seeing this caused the heroes' eyes to widen in fright.
Back on Skyward Tower, the sight of Ghidorah about to lay waste to their friends caused most of the other League members to gasp out in horror.
"By God, they won't stand a chance!" Duke shouted.
"Somebody teleport them back here!" Sailor Jupiter yelled.
"We can't!" Peridot replied. "The teleporters are still down!"
"Everyone, fall back!" Optimus commanded. "FALL BACK!"
Ghidorah's mouths began to spark, ready to end the lives of these insignificant creatures...when something caused the sparks to fade and his six eyes to widen slightly. The middle head slowly turned towards Angel Grove Bay, the other two heads and the perplexed heroes following suit.
Out in the bay, one specific spot within the waters slowly started to glow a bright shade of blue, the waters boiling and steam rising as it did so. It did not take long for Ghidorah to process just what, or rather, who this was. His multiple rows of fangs flared as he snarled in contempt at seemingly nothing.
For he knew...HE had finally arrived.
The waters then practically exploded upwards, forming a liquid wall that surrounded a gargantuan shape as it slowly rose from the depths. First came the distinguishable dorsal spines, then a large, reptilian tail rising from behind them, and finally, a sound that brought a chill down all who bore witness to this creature's presence.
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOONGK!
The waters finally withdrew from hiding the beast within, revealing Godzilla himself, snarling in pure, unbridled detestment, as he slowly approached the one being he truly despised more than the humans he regularly terrorized.
Ghidorah attempted to approach his most hated of enemies as well, only for him to stumble slightly. It was clear that the fight with Lokar had taken its toll on him, and even he knew that if he confronted Godzilla now, it would only result in his demise. And though he knew that the day would come when their rivalry must come to an end...
...it was not this day.
So, as the dorsal spines of Godzilla slowly started to glow from his tail upward, his infamous atomic breath beginning to charge up, Ghidorah's center head hissed a command to his right and left brethren before taking to the skies for the final time. He had done so right on time, as Godzilla then fired a powerful blast of atomic radiation from his mouth, missing its target completely. He looked up as Ghidorah disappeared into the clouds, roaring in contempt once more.
The other heroes on Skyward Tower observed as Ghidorah left the atmosphere, ignoring the Infinity League's base once more before turning their attention back on the screen. The good news was that both Ghidorah and Lokar were out of the way...but the bad news was that now Godzilla may set his sights on the already devastated city.
"Please leave, please leave," some of them muttered.
"Nobody...move...a muscle," a petrified Danny instructed.
None of the other League members would dare defy that and foolishly try to attack the King of the Monsters as he slowly observed the city before him. The thought did cross his mind of finishing the job Lokar had started, but he eventually decided not to as he noticed no resistance dared to come his way. These creatures that hated his very existence hadn't done anything to provoke him...yet. Besides, Ghidorah was the only reason he had swam from Monster Island to California, and with him gone, there really wasn't much point to waste more of his time.
So, with a decision reached, Godzilla slowly turned back towards the Pacific Ocean, marching his way through the waters before submerging back into the depths bellow as he started to make his way back home.
The heroes inside Skyward Tower all collectively breathed a sigh of relief, some of them placing their hands on their chests, when Sashi suddenly noticed something...the Shobijin were gone.
Back on Angel Grove, Optimus, Danny, Jenny and the other heroes also expressed their relief that Godzilla had spared Angel Grove.
"Alright, now that the threat has passed, we can begin recovery efforts," Optimus stated. "We should start scanning the city immediately. There may still be civilians trapped from within those buildings."
"Allow us to be of assistance," the voice of Director Yashiro added from the other side of Prime's COMM-link.
The heroes turned back to the shores and noticed the secondary mechanical enforcer of G-Force, M.O.G.U.E.R.A., as well as a fleet of Super-X's, approaching the city. G-Force's reinforcements had finally arrived.
"We'd be happy to have it, Director," Optimus replied.
With that, the Autobot leader transformed into his semi-truck mode and drove off into the city while Danny and Jenny started to scan the downtown area from the skies in search of survivors, when the duo of League leaders noticed something that caused their eyes to widen in surprise.
"Hey, Optimus, didn't Lokar manage to cut one of Ghidorah's heads off around here?" Danny asked through his COMM.
"...Yes, he did," Optimus answered, clearly wondering why Danny asked that. "Why?"
"...It's gone," Jenny answered for Danny.
Far away on Infant Island, the Shobijin wasted no time returning to their home and rushing to Mothra's shrine, where the benevolent Kaiju continued to cry out in despair.
"Do...do you believe that..." Moll questioned to her twin, afraid to know the answer.
"There is only one being that can cause such great despair to Mothra," Lora answered. "It seems as though Optimus and his Illuminati's immoral actions were for nothing after all."
"But why now?" Moll asked on the verge of tears. "Mothra will soon give birth to her offspring. Once she's done so...she won't stand a chance."
"I wish there was another way too, sister, but I'm afraid that destiny has already been written," an equally saddened Lora replied. "If the Phoenix has indeed returned...Mothra must face it once again."
Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, Black Hat continued to stare at his prize with the same ear-to-ear, sharp-toothed grin on his face. It was most fortunate for him that Dimentia and Flugg didn't manage to screw this one up. For now, he and his Society had surely gained the upper hand on the Infinity League and it's ever growing army of superheroes.
For now, he had one of the heads of the mighty King Ghidorah and several samples of his blood.
Once he had been given his prize, he immediately had Flugg get to work on finding a way to clone the three-headed horror of the cosmos. But this wasn't to be a simple duplicate of Ghidorah. Oh no. For this Ghidorah would also have the benefit of being bonded with some of his DNA. And once life was given to this new monstrosity, he will have a demonic attack dog at his beckon to destroy all that he pleases.
The mere thought of that caused Black Hat to chuckle deviously in delight as he turned to leave the room which contained a massive tube that held Ghidorah's head.
A tube that read 'Desghidorah.'
[1] - As seen in Spotlight #7
[2] - As seen in Chapter 3 of The Dark Phoenix
[3] - Stay tuned to Infinity League: No Road Home to witness this time traveling excusrion.
