Celestia was in her human form, sitting at the corner of the desk of Mercury, she ignored everyone yelling as they searched for Val's location. Celestia was hugging Val's scarf that was left behind, she was so worried. She couldn't stop thinking of her sister being abducted by those Monstrums. Who knows what Thanatos is going to wish for? If she was there, she would wish to save Val from their clutches. And that she should never suffer like that ever again. Her Uncle Owen came in after hearing that Val was kidnapped by the Monstrum and was all worried, fearing that they would use her as a weapon just like Renaldo Mortem did.
"Do you know where they will go?" Owen asked Foxtrot, hoping that she might have the answer.
"Honestly, I am not sure where they will go to get their wish." Foxtrot said as she looked at the map on the screen. "We can't pinpoint their location nor where they went. Their technology is mixed with magic that we have yet to know of."
"Did you at least try to track her signal from her phone?" Archie suggested.
"We tried, Owen, but her signal is blocked due to the Monstrum's signal blockers." Nightscar saw with a growl. "We still aren't sure in which location the ship is going, only Thanatos controls that ship."
Damien groans in fear, "This is bad! What wish does that mad alien want!"
"To release his master."
"AH!" Damien screamed as jumps away when a beautiful female with golden hair, tied to a bun, and amethyst eyes came in. She speaks in an Eastern European accent. "...Who are you?"
"Lady Avira!" Both Rain and Soren both said in surprise. "You're awake!" Rain added to the shock.
"Lady who?" Dark asked in confusion.
"Lady Avira, she's one of the council members, she knows everything about the Monstrums and our history." Rain explained to everyone.
"You mentioned his master...who is the 'master'? Isn't Thanatos the big honcho of everything and doesn't take shit from anyone?" Dark questions Avira.
"...I am not sure what those words mean, but to answer your question, Thanatos is a follower for a bigger threat... Malumore."
The rogue Monstrums and the Galatrias gasped in shock, the others also knew about Malumore since Xander told them about their gods. "Malumore? The God of Darkness and Power? What does Thanatos want from him?" Meygana asked.
"He is going to free him." Avira answered them seriously. "He wants to free his master from the imprisonment by his sister, our Goddess Crystalia. He wants his master to rule the entire galaxy as his own, making the Monstrum the only dominate species to turn everyone into slaves."
"Slaves?!" Megatron growled, "I will not be a slave to his control again!"
"And that is why we must go to Laas." Avira answered them.
"Laas? Our home planet?" Soren asked her.
"I thought your planet was destroyed after the Monstrum took over?" Damien questioned, remembering some stories that he heard from where he grew up.
"Not really, Laas is a living planet, when the people were taken, it disappeared before it could get destroyed. It is hidden within the cold space." Avira explains to everyone.
"But why go there?" Arcee asked her, "Why not go now?"
"Laas is a bridge to the Gate of Beginning. It is the only way to enter the celestial world, and only then can Thanatos come to make his wish." Avira explained to them.
"Then we must go find your home planet." Predaking said to Avira. "How can we find it?
Avira shook her head. "That may be a problem, we lost our connection to Laas after we were placed in the Omegas. Only the royal blood can find it."
"Great! Just fuckin' great! Not only did we lose kiddo, but the Monstrums have the advantage with the head start in finding your home planet, and possibly open the gate of beginning!" Dark yells angrily.
"Calm down, Dark. Thanatos does not make his wish until he reaches Laas. For now, we must focus our magic in creating a tracking spell to find Laas." Avira said to them.
"By the way, where's Xander? He should know about this too." Owen said.
"He's at the medic bay, recovering from his injuries." Quinn responded worriedly. "He didn't look so good when he got hit..."
"Don't worry, his healing factor will keep him alive, we just helped patch his wounds to quicken the process. Angel is taking care of him as we speak." Leonidas informs them, "We must prepare ourselves for war."
"I'll contact Spidey to get Agent Fury's help along with the Avengers." Dark said to them.
"And we will start with the search. Rain, Soren, come with me, we must begin to locate our planet before it is too late." Avira said to the two Galatrias.
"Yes, Lady Avira." Both Galatrias bowed at her.
"Diamond Silk, can you contact Lady Zosia to help us?" Optimus asked the Insecticon scientist.
Diamond Silk nodded her head, "Understood. We need her and her brother's help in fighting the Monstrums." She said as she went to the communicators.
As everyone prepared for battle and to save Val, Celestia decided to go to the medical bay to check on Xander. She needs to know if he's strong enough to fight to save Val. She got up and went towards Cliffjumper since he was closest to the counter. He saw her coming his way and made a comforting smile.
"Hey, C, how are you holding up?" Cliff asked kindly.
Celestia clutches Val's scarf. "I...I don't know...I'm just worried about Val." She whispers softly, which Cliffjumper heard.
Cliff's optics soften, "We all are, but don't lose faith. They're gonna find Little V before you know it, all right?" This earned a small smile and a nod from Celestia, feeling a little better by his words. "So? Do you want me to drop you off somewhere?"
Celestia nodded her head, "Can you take me to the medic bay? I need to check on Xander, please?" She asked him kindly, which Cliff responded with a nod as he offered a servo. Allowing her to get on and carrying her to the medic bay. Where both Xander and Angel are.
Speaking of Xander, the Monstrum/Galatria hybrid was recovering from his injuries from the blast. He tries to get up and go search for Val, but he isn't complete with his healing and ends up almost falling face to the ground. Luckily, Angel was there and stopped him from moving too much. Xander's mind was filled with dread, anger, and regret. He needed to get up and save Val from the Monstrums before it was too late. He can't stay here and rest, he needs to move, NOW!
"Xander, stop straining yourself." Angel ordered him with a glare. "Your injuries will worsen if you don't rest."
"I cannot rest!" Xander exclaimed in a fit of rage, eyes turning demonically. "Princess is now in the hands of the Monstrums! They will get what they want and destroy anything in their path! We must stop them now!"
"Not when you're injured!" Angel exclaims back, getting Xander to bed, "In your state, you won't be able to fight back if you keep forcing your body to fight."
"I have to! Her life is in danger! I cannot fail her like I failed both Aretha and King Andreous!" Xander tries to get up, but Angel stops him again.
"You're going to get yourself killed!"
"I don't care! Even if it kills me, I must go after them!"
SLAP!
Xander was stunned by the sudden slap from Angel, she was giving him a look that shows signs of anger and sadness. "Listen to what you are saying! I get that you wish to save her, but you can't if you are badly injured. How will Val react when she discovers you died saving her? She will never forgive herself if something happens to you."
"It is my duty as a knight to sacrifice myself for the royal family." Xander said seriously.
Angel then took both his hands gently, "Your duty is to serve and protect, you cannot let your anger and vengeance blind you. You will not just hurt yourself, but Val will also get hurt by this. You must think this thoroughly." She spoke to him softly, "I lost someone that I cared about...I can't let my temper cloud my judgment. Otherwise, the ones that I wish to protect, will face the consequences...I do not wish anything bad happened to you nor Val. Just be more careful and think before you act."
Hearing her words, Xander slowly realizes that she was right. If he goes there head on without recovering, he will still end up dead and Val will get hurt in the process. It was going to be hard for them to save Val, if he wasn't fully recovered, they would both suffer the consequences. Suddenly, he felt Angel embracing him gently, causing his eyes to widen in shock as he felt a familiarity. He remembered being hugged like this by Aretha so many years ago, feeling safe and comforted at the same time. He missed those times. And without thinking, Xander returned the embrace, feeling the burden and anger washed away.
"Thank you...Angel." Xander said softly, earning a soft smile from Angel.
"Knock-Knock!" They heard Cliffjumper say through the other side of the door. The two let go as they turned to the door that automatically opened to reveal Cliff carrying Celestia on his servo. "Hey-o!"
"Cliff, what brings you here?" Angel asked the Autobot kindly as he made his way inside.
"C here wants to check on you, Xander." Cliff said as he lowered his servo and allowed Celestia to go over to the Monstrum/Galatria hybrid, carrying Val's scarf.
Xander watches her come near him as she comes face to face. "Is there something you need, little one?" He asked Celestia.
"I...I just want to see if you're okay." Celestia said softly as she looked at him. "You looked really in bad shape..."
"I am fine, don't worry." Xander said in assurance, patting her head gently.
Celestia smiles shyly before looking at the scarf in her hands. She then hands it over to Xander, earning a surprise look from the warrior, "Here. To make you feel better."
Xander watches her as she got on to the bed and wrapped the scarf around his neck, he could smell the faint scent of Val in it. Clutching the scarf, Xander felt a little better as he thought of saving Val. Looking back to Celestia, Xander gently pats her head again, making her smile.
"Thank you, Celestia." Xander said to her.
"You're welcome." Celestia responds with a smile before slowly vanishing as she remembers Val. "...Do you think...Do you think we can find her?"
Xander was silent for a while before placing a hand on her shoulder, "We will, Celestia. We will find her and bring her home safe. I promise."
Val was huddled in her cage, arms wrapped around her legs as the cage was hanging next to Thanatos's throne. Apparently, he wanted to keep a close eye on her. Like she's some kind of prize that couldn't escape. I mean, she is the key to a powerful source of magic that can grant him immense power. She really wishes that she could leave. All she wanted was to live with her uncle and friends in peace. But she can't as she's being watched by Thanatos, who was amused by Val's scared state. He enjoys fear, it feeds him and his army well. Val just ignores him and thinks about her family.
"You're awfully quiet for a half-blood." Thanatos spoke, looking at her, but she didn't respond. "Aw...don't be like that, little one. Think of this as your grand moment, making the Monstrums the greatest species by freeing our god, Malumore." Val mentally gasped in shock and her eyes widened, she remembered from Rain that Malumore is the God of All Monstrums. He cares nothing more but control and power. Seeing her shocked state, Thanatos couldn't help but grin. "Oh, so you do know about him. Well, I'm glad that you do, for you will be the one that will free our master from his imprisonment and bring forth a new era."
Thanatos gets up and walks over to a holographic map, revealing planets from different galaxies, "And this era will only be filled with darkness!"
With a wave of his claw, all the planets turned pitch black, not a single sign of life was seen. Val's eyes even widen further at the sight before her. He's going to wish for eternal darkness and chaos! Thanatos didn't stop there as he picked up an obsidian piece that looks like a human. He grins at it darkly as many evil thoughts come to his mind.
"And all those beings living will be nothing but mindless slaves." He said as he crushes the obsidian into tiny little pieces, scaring Val even further. "But not you, little one. You will be a prize possession to me and my master, for you are the key to our victory."
And with that, he lets out a dark laugh, scaring Val in the process as she begins to think of her friends and family back home. Hoping they could save her before it is too late. Her mind came to a halt when she and Thanatos heard a loud explosion somewhere. That causes the ship to shake uncontrollably.
"WHAT IS HAPPENING!?" Thanatos demanded.
A holographic screen appeared, revealing a Rhino Monstrum. :Master, the thrusters of the ship have been damaged.:
"HOW?!" Thanatos yelled at his soldier.
:We are not certain, but we cannot go to hyper jump with the thrusters' damage.:
"Aurgh! Keep our destination steady! I will see what damage has been." Thanatos ordered, which the Monstrum's rhino responded with a bow before logging off. Thanatos storms off the room, leaving a terrified Val in her cage.
Val wonders what could have caused the explosion. Could it be Xander? Maybe he cast a spell that caused the explosion. Before she could think further, she heard scurrying footsteps. It was small and it wasn't a Monstrum. She looked around through her cage and saw nothing or no one, and thought she was hearing things until a Scraplet's head peek beneath the cage, surprising Val in the process.
"Kirit?" Val whispers in shock and surprise, happy to see a familiar face.
The Scraplet gets in the cage and scurries over to Val, jumping in her arms as she hugs him happily, overjoyed that she wasn't alone. As she lets go, Val asks Kirit how he got her, which earns her an explanation from the small Scraplet. Turns out, Kirit snuck aboard after he spotted the mothership when they tried to rescue her. And due to his small size, he was undetected, easily slipping through Monstrum's security. This also gave him the opportunity to sabotage their thrusters, eating through the metaling structures, preventing them from going into hyperspace, thus giving their friends enough time to locate them.
"Whoa! Good job, Kirit!" Val praised quietly, causing Kirit to puff himself up proudly. "Listen, can you try and break more? Like breaking there...um...oh! Cloaking device. So, the others can find us. Can you do that?" Val instructed, remembering the lectures Foxtrot gave her and her friends.
Kirit nodded his head, he will do that to get his friends to come as fast as they can. "And make sure you stay hidden, the Monstrums can't know you're here."
Saddened by this, Kirit didn't want to leave Val's side, but he knows that if he gets caught. The Monstrums will know that he was the one that was sabotaging their ship. Making their plan go in vain. So, without a choice, Kirit agrees with the plan. He saluted Val and quickly left the cage, heading towards a crack that he used to get in, so he can get to work. Val watches him leave, hoping that he will be alright.
"Stay safe, Kirit." Val whispers as she lies down in her cage, hoping to get some rest. "I hope you guys find me soon." She prayed as she closed her eyes, entering a dreamless sleep.
But as she slumbers, she wasn't aware that Unicron was still connected to her. After all, the Lord of Chaos is still friends with Crystalia. He sensed Val was in danger, so he sends a private homing signal for those who are his descendants. And he knows one descendant has the strong use of his Dark Energon. He made sure that the signal was hidden from Monstrum's radar and reached his descendant secretly. And this descendant was none other than Tempest Blackstone.
The Techno-Organic was with Smokescreen, training him in some advanced combat practice, so he could face the Monstrums with more strength. But after Tempest knocks him down, she feels a powerful force that causes her to stop and looks up with wide optics. Smokescreen got up from his feet and noticed Tempest's alarmed state.
"Tempest? Are you okay?" He asked in concern, looking at Tempest as she was looking at the sky. "What's wrong?"
"Unicron." Tempest answered, earning a shock look from Smokescreen. "He is sending me a message..."
"What is it?"
"..." Tempest turned to Smokescreen with wide optics and answered, "He's sending me the coordinates of Val's location."
"WHAT!? How?!" Smokescreen asked in shock.
"It appears that he is still linked with Val, allowing me to find her location." Tempest explains to Smokescreen. "Unicron is still connected to Val since he is friends with the Galatria's goddess, Crystalia. He vowed to her that he will not harm her creation and thus he is helping us find Val's location."
"That's great! We have to tell the others!" Smokescreen said and without thinking, grabs Tempest's servo and brings her to Mercury. Tempest was mildly surprised by this, but didn't do anything as they reached Mercury, where they saw the Galatrias, who have awoken after being freed, are searching for their planet. Tech gave them a massive stellar map of different galaxies. Xander was there, bandaged up and slowly healing, as he watched the Galatrias search for their planet. That way, they can get to it first before the Monstrum does and ambush them.
"Find anything?" Owen asked in concern.
"None so far, Laas has been hiding itself for many years, preventing us even from locating it."
"GUYS!" Smokescreen calls out to them, running towards them while holding Tempest's servo. "We found out where Val is!"
"What?" Xander asked in shock.
"How?" Angel asked next.
"That was fast." Dark said with a grin.
"Why are you holding Tempest's hand?" Damien suddenly asked.
Realizing what he meant, Smokescreen looks down at his servo and notices that he was still holding Tempest's servo. His optics widen as he looks up to face with Tempest's blank expression. Smokescreen quickly lets go of Tempest's servo and apologizes and walks away, not wanting to anger Tempest. But she wasn't and decided to tell everyone what just happened about the situation.
"Unicron has sent me the coordinates of where they are talking to Val." Tempest answered, earning shock looks from everyone.
"How is this possible?!" Starscream screamed, "How can Unicron send you such information and why is he helping you?!"
"For your information, Dipshit." Tempest glares at Starscream, scaring him in the process, "I am a descendant of Unicron and he happens to be friends with Crystalia, the Galatrias' Goddess, and he will do anything to keep her children safe."
"Huh, how come he never helps us?" Breakdown questions out.
"You all are Primus's creation, not Unicron's nor Crystalia. He only will help Crystalia's children and his descendants." Xander explained in realization, "And because of this, we can use this to our advantage."
"Then what are we waiting for? Do your thing, Tempest!" Owen said to Tempest.
Nodding her head, Tempest asked Tech to let her take control of the stellar map, which she did. And Tempest began searching through the map the location of Val is. Searching through star charts to star charts, until she came to a map with no stars. She points at the chart with no stars or suns, as a dark energon signal was seen within the darkness.
"There, that's where Val is heading." Tempest said to the group.
Avira inspects the solar system and gasps in shock, "But that's Dunkelheit!"
"Dunkelheit? Isn't that a no-man's galaxy?" Damien said, going over to them.
"What is this Dunkelheit?" Skyquake asked curiously.
"Dunkelheit is a dangerous place, a vast emptiness with no stars to guide you out of there. Anyone that gets in there, ends up getting lost and insane, or worst." Damien gulps in fear. "Get eaten by the beast of the abyss."
"The beast of what?" Knockout asked fearfully.
"The beast of the abyss is a mysterious creature that haunts Dunkelheit. Many ships never turn because of it. And some say it a colossal beast that can swallow an entire solar system!" Damien explains dramatically in fear, causing those who are easily scared to be frightened.
"That-That could be just a legend!" Starscream said, trying not to be scared.
"Real or not, we must not let fear take over us." Silvereyes said to them, "We have to venture Dunkelheit in order to reach Laas before them."
"Silvereyes is right, we have to prepare for this war. It is our last chance in defeating Thanatos." Natrix said to them as he slithered towards the map and pointed at Val's signal, "We must ambush them and retrieve the ship before they could open the passageway to the gate of beginning."
"Agreed. We must find a way to get to the planet." Optimus said to them.
"Hmm...I wonder." Foxtrot walks towards Tech. "Tech, can the island connect with the planet? Like some sort of homing beacon?"
:Uncertain, but I will try if it does work.: Tech said as she did some data research, scanning for possible info. Soon, the island was sending a tracking signal to the planet of Laas, and by some miracle, a small dot appeared, shocking everyone. :...It is done.:
"We have a location!" Owen said in relief.
"So, let's get ready." Dark said to them. "Z and her brothers are coming as we speak."
"When will they arrive?" Smokescreen asked Dark.
Soon, the magical door appeared beside Starscream, and soon was slammed open by Keizer, crushing Starscream in the process. "We're here as fast we can!" Keizer exclaimed, coming in with Xenthos and Zosia.
"Just give us the signal to go." Xenthos said to them.
"We're about too, just get the weapons loaded and ready." Tempest said to her uncles and aunt. "We have to get ready before the Monstrums can reach Laas."
"Then...let's get ready." Xander said in a serious tone.
And with that, everyone got ready for war. Everyone prepared up for the battle, checking their weapons and ammunition. They made sure that the Sparklings are kept safe, leaving some Predacons to take care of them if something happens to them. Zosia heals Xander's injuries, making sure that he won't suffer major blows. Just then, Mystica and Tempest came over to both Optimus and Megatron, who were ready for battle.
"Before we head out, there's something we need to do first." Tempest said to both leaders.
"And that is?" Megatron questions her.
"We need to upgrade you both." Mystica said before summoning the Forge of Solus Prime, much to everyone's shock.
"How?! We thought the Forge of Solus Prime was destroyed?" Crosshair said in shock. "And I thought only Primes could use it?"
"It was, but we found and repaired it, giving it twice the energy and using it to upgrade everything." Mystica explains to everyone, "And I can use it very well considering that it can only work for me now."
"How?" Smokescreen asked.
"Long story short, Val fixed it and it only works on Mystica. Now..." Tempest's eyes glowed as dark energon flames escaped from them. "Let's give you two an upgrade."
With that said, Mystica charges up the Forge of Solus Prime and uses it on Optimus while Tempest uses her Dark Energon power to engulf Megatron in flames, who screamed at the sudden transformation. Before anyone could do anything, both leaders began to get their bodies upgraded. This shocked everyone, including Starscream, as both femmes upgraded both leaders into newer forms.
Optimus's upgrade has similarities to his old form but includes his windows in his chest, blue helmet, and red color scheme all over his body, with the exception of his legs being gray like his face and hands. His overall appearance also became bulkier and beefier. Optimus's helmet had thicker antennas, his arms had noticeable grills and the upgrade included a jet pack.
Megatron's upgrade is different from Optimus's. Due to Dark Energon flowing through his veins, he grew to even greater heights (both literally and figuratively), being the tallest of all Robot Mode Cybetronians (hence the Predacons). The new upgrade added several spikes to his knees, forearms, shoulders, chest, and head. His fingers also became longer. The legs now had one simple long toe and was less slim.
Both of them were shocked by their upgrades, checking themselves if it was real, which it is.
"Now, you guys are ready for battle." Tempest said.
"Amazing..." Ultra Magnus said in awe.
"Does Optimus have a vehicle form?" Owen asked her.
"He does, I added a newly developed and experimental all-terrain expeditionary fighting vehicle which was designed and built by the finest engineers in the US army division." Mystica explains to Optimus.
"Wait a second, that was classified! How did you-" Fowler was cut off by Marco, who was a former spy and assassin of Mortem.
"You have terrible security at your base." Marco said to Fowler, shocking the agent in the process.
"We must hurry now. We have to get this timing right." Zosia said.
"Let's use the island's portal abilities, it takes us to the destination faster, be ready." Foxtrot ordered as they all leave to the outside, going to open the portal to Laas's location.
But as Megatron was about to leave, Starscream stopped him. "Master? Why are we still helping them?" He questions his leader, "You have a new form now! We don't need their help; we can just get the girl and make the wish for Decepticons to rule over them! And your new battle armor will take things to the next level, my liege. Together we will reunite all Decepticons and once again grind Cybertron under your mighty heel!"
"No!" Megatron suddenly yelled at Starscream, shutting the seeker in the process.
"What? Why?" He questions his master in confusion and shock.
Megatron stared at him for a while before turning back to the entrance, to see everyone getting ready to leave. "Because I now know the true meaning of oppression...and have thus lost my taste for inflicting it."
"Uh, you've clearly been traumatized, master." Starscream said, trying to convince his master to change his mind. "A good power-down and a stroll around the land will put you back in touch with your inner warlord."
"Enough! The Decepticons are no more when the battle is over, and that is final." Megatron said as he left the ship, towards the others, ready to depart.
"B-But master! Think of the opportunity you're wasting!" Starscream called out to Megatron, trying to convince him to change his mind.
"Ooo, Screamy~" Lusha's singing voice brought shivers to Starscream's spine as he slowly turned around to see the Third Heir of the Scorpio family was sitting on top of a crate, grinning at him madly. He yelped in fear as Lusha spoke again, "Are you trying to betray us? Aww...That won't do. And you know what happens when people betray us. They get punished...PAINFULLY!" Lusha summons a battle axe and attacks with a craze laugh that was mixed with Starscream's screams of terror while the rest went off to save Val.
When Yunna, in her human form, was heading out to contact her master and clan until Leonidas stopped her by grabbing her wrist gently.
"Yunna-san, we need to talk." He said to her calmly, causing Yunna to look at him in confusion.
"Hai?"
"I need to talk to you about our engagement." Yunna knew very well what he meant until something he said shocked her, "I wish to cancel it."
"Nani?" Yunna spoke in shock, couldn't believe what she was hearing, "Leonidas-san, if you cancel our engagement...the clans will never unite, they'll be furious by this. They'll banish you!"
"It doesn't matter, they can ban me if they want, threaten to kill me if they will. But I know very well that you love the one known as Soundwave-san." Leonidas said, earning silence from Yunna, "We both have been through so much, but when we stayed with our new friends, I slowly came to terms that you and I should forge our new path."
"Even if it means being banished by our clans?" Yunna said to him.
"We have our own clan that accepted us, and we must help them save our member." He said, referring to Val, "And I promise you, Yunna-san, I will find a way to break our bond and let you be with Soundwave-san."
Yunna couldn't help but smile at him gratefully, feeling a swell of joy in her heart, "Arigatōgo, Leonidas-san."
Leonidas nodded his head, "Now, come, the others are waiting." Yunna agrees and follows him to the others, ready to face off the Monstrums. They walked past Owen, who leads Celestia away from the group,
"C. I think it's best that you stay here." He said to his adopted niece.
"But I wanna help!" Celestia protested.
"I know you do, but I don't want anything bad to happen to you. So, you have to stay here to be safe."
"But-"
"No, buts, C. We can handle this. You stay here where it's safe. Claire, June, and Wu will be here with the others staying behind. Okay? Promise me this." Owen said to her, trying to make her understand.
Luckily, Celestia understood and nodded her head. "Okay, Uncle Owen." She said, earning a smile from Owen and a kiss on the forehead.
"Good, girl. We'll be back, I promise." Owen vowed.
Soon, everyone was ready for the final battle, weapons and magic were ready to go. Tech prepared a giant portal that only could access Laas. Everyone went through the portal while Celestia prayed for their safety.
Meanwhile, Val was inside her cage, humming her mother's lullaby softly, trying to calm herself, and think of her friends and family back home. She missed them dearly; she wishes she never had this gift. No one should fight over her for a wish. She wonders how things would be if she was just a regular girl living with her friends and family. That's all she wanted. But she can't because she is trapped here. Kirit is doing his best to find which part of the ship shuts down their cloaking device, so they could reunite with the others. Thanatos hasn't arrived yet, still probably checking the thrusters to see if they are salvageable to fix. She just hopes that Thanatos doesn't find Kirit, the Scraplet must find a way to disable the ship's cloaking before it is too late.
Soon, she heard someone coming in. Looking up, she saw a Leopard Monstrum coming in the room, going towards her. Val becomes scared as he grabs her cage and carries her out of the room, which startles the little girl.
"W-What's going on? Where are you taking me?" Val dared as she was taken away from the room.
"Master Thanatos ordered me to take you to him unharmed." He answered with a growl, making Val gulped in fear.
The Leopard Monstrum carries Val to a control room, where Thanatos was waiting for them. He grins at the sight of Val as his servant hands her over to him. "Comfy, my dear? Good. For you will be a good key and grant us our wishes." Thanatos said darkly before turning towards a planet that shines like gold.
"We're here." Thanatos said with a grin, "Prepare for landing and bring the Terraformer as well."
"Yes, my liege." The Monstrums said as some left the room to the Terraformer.
Val watched as the Monstrums left while Thanatos waited with excitement. Knowing that he is close to fulfilling his goal and freeing their god. When the ship came to the planet Laas, some of Thanatos's soldiers were placed down by their tractor beam, investigating where they should open the passageway. Val was inside her cage, being carried by Thanatos. She could see between bars that they landed part of the planet with golden rocks. And outside was the Terraformer, a massive, spear/hourglass shaped ship that was made of gold and silver.
"Get ready, my dear. You will bring a new era to the Monstrum and our Lord Malumore shall be the new ruler of this world." Thanatos said to Val with a dark grin, scaring her in the process. Thanatos looks at the screen and contacts one of his soldiers, "Report!"
:Sire, we have yet to locate the passageway.:
"Keep searching! We must find it now!" Thanatos ordered.
:Understood, mas-*Static!*:
"What? What is happening?" Thanatos demanded after losing the signal from the scouts.
"Master, we have lost contact with the squadron." Reported a panther Monstrum. "We also lost the north and west squadrons."
Thanatos growled in annoyance, thinking that there might be creatures that found themselves in Laas and made it their home. He decided to deal with the matter on his own. "Keep an eye on the girl, I will see to it that this problem will be resolve upon my return."
With that, Thanatos leaves with some Monstrums following him from behind, leaving Val behind with some Monstrums. Unaware that the whole thing was set up by her friends.
Thanatos and some of his soldiers inspected the south area of the Laas, where they discovered a huge fill of golden grass. Thanatos orders his soldiers to scout for any hostiles and eliminate them at all costs. He needs to find the passageway that will lead them to the Gate of Beginning. But when he got there, he couldn't sense the presence of his soldiers. As he searched further, he heard loud yells and fighting. After figuring that it was trapped, he summons his Zahkrii Do Suleyk and blocks a fireball. Growling, Thanatos releases a wave of energy in the direction of his Zahkrii Do Suleyk. Only for the certain individual to dodge and attack Thanatos with a massive back sword. Revealing to be Xander in his Monstrum form.
Both Monstrums growled at each other. Soon, Xander pushes him away and delivers heavy blows, which Thanatos blocked. The leader of the Monstrums will not lose against his own son. He will get his wish and bring forth darkness to the land. Soon, the two separated and are on opposite sides, ready to strike.
"So...you have survived." Thanatos said with a growl, glaring at his Xander's Monstrum form.
"Indeed, I have. And this time, I will end you for what you have done to me and to my people." Xander threatens.
Thanatos laughed, "Your people? Your people are the Monstrums, never the Galatrias!"
"They are my people, and I will free them from the likes of you!"
"We shall see! Monstrums! To me!" Thanatos ordered.
Soon, other Monstrums came from different directions, ready to serve their master. Thanatos grinned at his army as he pointed his Zahkrii Do Suleyk at Xander, "Any last words?" He mocked his son.
Xander glares back at them. "I do." He said and suddenly, streams of fire came out of nowhere, attacking the Monstrums, causing them to explode or be blown away. Thanatos was able to dodge a land few feet away from the fire while some Monstrums were not so lucky as they were burned or turned into dust. The Omegas survived due to their healing factors, coming out from the flames unharmed. Thanatos glares at Xander with allies, Predacons, Dracons, Autobots, and Decepticons, working together as one. Natrix, Silvereyes, and Nightscar were there too along with Jack, Miko (wearing the Apex Armor), Raf and his Thunderbird, and Trickster (who was in his Monstrum form). All were ready to battle.
"I am not alone." Xander said with a growl.
"So, it would've seemed. You brought allies to this battle...but this will also be their graves." Thanatos looked at them calmly, "I'll make this simple. Surrender now, and I'll spare your lives."
"As if, Asshole." Dark said with a growl, pointing her guns at him.
"What she said." Owen said, readying his animal powers.
Megatron steps forward, glaring at Thanatos for ruining him and his planet, "Surrender now, Thanatos. You are outnumbered." Megatron ordered, his voice filled with vengeance.
Thanatos burst into a fist of laughter, "It is not me who is outnumbered, it is you!"
With that, thousands of ships appeared out of thin air, revealing to be cloaked all this time. Those ships then brought forth more and more Monstrums, who were ready for battle. The kids, minus Kendall, were shocked to see so many Monstrum fleet, they could've destroyed them in a second. Their Predacon friends roared at the ships, ready to protect their friends. Thanatos was grinning at them madly, finding this very entertaining to watch.
"You see now?! The Monstrums are the ultimate superiors to you all! And once Malumore is free, you will all be nothing but slaves!" He exclaimed in blissful joy, knowing that he will end them all.
"Get ready!" Xander orders, summoning his sword and the rest follows.
When Dark summons her guns, she receives a message from Spider-Man :Dark! You there?:
"Kind of busy here, Spidey. You did what I told you?" Dark asked, ready to fire.
:You bet I did! Look behind you.:
"Look behind me?" Dark mutters before she notices a portal opening behind them.
She and the others turned around to see six figures coming out of there. Those figures are Lex (in her knight armor), Vida, Devlin, and the three Yautja Brothers (Ahraan/Scar, Celtic, and Chopper). The others were surprised to see them but became more surprised when the portal grew wider to reveal an army of knights, Venandis, witches, and Yautjas that were coming from behind. But that's not all, multiple portals opened to reveal more allies. Zilla Jr., Kaila the Komodithrax, and two Levitans, Aquamarine and her daughter, Cymopoleia, Yuki and Sombra the two mutant wolves, and Jakal the Joka Wolf named Jakal. With them was Hydrus, the giant Predacon Hydra, coming through the portal with a mighty roar. The Xenomorphs, Rexy the T. Rex, Broken Sail the Spinosaurus, the Hybrid Dinosaurs, and the Raptor Squad came as well, letting out powerful roars. Leonidas and Yunna's clans came to aid them. With Eirin Harada, the leader of both Date and Yashida clan and the Grand Leader of the Mikadzuki, Isao Yasahiro.
Followed by ships from S.H.I.E.L.D., Galaxy Knights, Yautjas, and the Nova Core (yeah, Nova called for backup as they know very well Monstrums are going to cause destruction to the entire galaxy), along with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Spider-Man came with Young Heroes and the Avengers, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Masters of the Mystic Arts, Wakandan forces (who started chanting), Thor has brought Asgardians to the fight, and the Inhumans. And there was one army that Dark was not familiar with. They brought a massive army that was going great lengths to protect the innocent lives of entire galaxies. Spider-Man swings over to Dark and lands beside her.
"Sorry if we're late." Spider-Man said.
"Nope, just in time for the party." Dark said, grinning as they are ready to battle.
"You're not the only species that are superior." Xander said, glaring at his father, who glares back.
Thanatos growled savagely and pointed his Zahkrii Do Suleyk at them, "KILL THEM!" He roared and the Monstrums roared with their own battle cry.
"ATTACK!" Xander yelled and everyone did their own battle cries and charged.
Both sides collide, battling against Thanatos's army. The Cybertronians, Predacons, and Dracons fought the Monstrum Beta and Alphas. Wanting them to pay for the damage they cause to their home world. Destiny turned into a hydra and released a stream of fire at incoming Mosntrums while the others fired rains of bullets or lasers. Going forward, a teenage male with brown hair, green eyes, pale skin, a black shirt, blue jeans, and a green jacket with white stripes on his left sleeve and the number 10 on the right, white socks, and black and white Converse-style shoes. Went charging forward, activating an alien looking watch and showing a holographic alien as he shouted.
"It's Hero Time!" Before pressing the watch, turning into Methanosian, a humanoid plant that controls fire. "Swampfire!" And started releasing a stream of fire.
"Who the hell is that guy!?" Dark asked Spider-Man, shooting down an incoming Monstrum.
"His name is Ben Tennyson. He has this alien watch called the Omnitrix that could turn him into any aliens from different galaxies, and Agent Fury is friends with the Plumbers." Spider-man explains to Dark.
"Eh?" Was all could Dark said, confused on why they are called the 'Plumbers'.
"I'll explain later after we win this war!" Spider-Man said as he dodged an incoming Monstrum Omega while Dark's shot at it.
Jack was flying through the sky with the wings of Kuroi, dodging incoming Monstrum Flyers and bird-like Monstrums. He uses his sickles to cut through the Monstrums, as well as cutting openings for the Galatrias to escape from the Omegas' necks. Nina the Dragon came with Lex and Ahraan on her back, working together to free the Galatrias from the Omegas by using magical whips to pull them out, as it awakens them in an instant. Thor lets out a battle cry as he uses Mjollnir to create a storm, electrocuting the Omegas after losing their Galatria hosts, turning them into ashes.
Below, Yunna, Leonidas, and their Clans worked together to slice open the Monstrum Omgeas, allowing Cornelia to use her psychic ability to free them from their prison. Battleships fought against the Monstrum's ships, evening the battle of the sky, taking them down with explosions or blasts. Natrix, Silvereyes, and Nightscar faced their own brethren in combat. The Hybrid Dinosaurs and the Raptor Squad
The three Monstrum adults fought valiantly, taking them down in an instant. Spider-Man and the Web Warriors worked together to trip the Monstrums, allowing the Wakanda forces to stab or freeing the Galatrias from the Omegas.
Meanwhile, Xander is face to face with his father once again, each delivering powerful blows that send shockwaves that cause the ground to shake. The two titans will not stand down until one of them falls. And they will not allow this. Suddenly, Thanatos kicked Xander away before firing an energy beam at Xander, but the young Monstrum/Galatria hybrid dodged his father's attack and dived, sliding under the energy beam and towards Thanatos, delivering a powerful blow to the face that sent him flying. Silvereyes came from behind and did a roundhouse kick that sent Thanatos crashing to the ground.
Growling, Thanatos got up and roared at Silvereyes, who readied both his khopesh weapon and both individuals clashed, blades blocking each other's attacks. Thanatos growled at him in rage, knowing very well that Silvereyes became deserter after falling in love with a human female that ruined the name of the Monstrums.
"You were once a great warrior in my army!" Thanatos roared at him.
"I was but not anymore." Silvereyes dodged the Zahkrii Do Suleyk.
"All because you fell in love with a pathetic human!" Thanatos kicked Silvereyes before pinning him to the ground. "Such emotion made you WEAK!" Thanatos lifted his Zahkrii Do Suleyk at Silvereyes.
Silvereyes glares back at him, "No, it made me stronger!"
Thanatos was about to end his life when Jack came zooming towards them, eyes glowing like a star as he saw his dad was about to kill in the battlefield.
"DAD! NOOOO!" Jack howled before his whole body was consumed by a silver light.
Before Thanatos could kill Silvereyes, something kicked him away from Silvereyes. Skidding to a halt, Thanatos roared towards an unknown wolf Monstrum with silver eyes. He wasn't Silvereyes. No, this one was younger and has feathered wings. That's when he realizes that it was Silvereyes's son. Turning into his Mosntrum form.
"Impossible!" Thanatos growled in shock.
Jack observed his Monstrum form and was amazed how big he was. "Woah! Guess I do have strong Monstrum blood in me." He said before helping his dad up, who was proud how Jack was able to activate his Monstrum form.
"No, Jack, you have more humans than Monstrum." Silvereyes said proudly before both father and son face Thanatos, who was glaring at them both. "You see, Thanatos? Humans are not inferior beings. They are more than meets the eye."
"And they will help us defeat you and your plans." Xander added, appearing beside them.
Thanatos growled at them, "I will never lose to you!"
As Thanatos was about to attack them, a powerful force, sending him crashing to debris. Getting up, Thanatos saw Cornelia landing a few feet in front of him. She is filled with anger after he kidnaped Val and tried to make her do things that she doesn't want to.
"You took her from us." Cornelia said coldly, eyes glowing with her power.
Thanatos glares at her, "I don't even know who you are." He growls at Cornelia dangerously.
"You will."
With her powers, Cornelia picks up some debris on the ground and tries to crush Thanatos with it. Thanatos uses his weapon to cut through the debris as Cornelia uses her psychic powers to summon lightning and fires at him, which he dodged.
"Monstrums! Take the key to the Terraformer!" Thanatos ordered loudly, dodging an electrical ball from Cornelia.
An Alpha Monstrum heard his command at the mothership and obeyed. "Understood, my lord. Get ready to face your destiny, chi-" He was cut off when he noticed that Val was no longer in her cage. "What? Where did she go?!"
The other Monstrums in the room tried to find her, but they heard a small beeping sound. Looking under the monitor, the Monstrum gasped in shock when he found a bomb underneath it. But before he or the others could stop or escape, it exploded, killing every Monstrum in the room. Turns out, Val was being carried by the black panther Monstrum, who was the one who brought her out secretly and was now running through the ship to escape.
"W-What are you doing?" Val asked fearfully as the panther Monsrtum was heading towards a particular destination.
"I'm getting you out of here." He answered, scanning the hall for any signs of Monstrums.
"Wh-Why?" Val asked him as he reached an escape-shoot.
"Because I have seen enough bloodshed." He informed her as he was about to get in until...
"Shadowstrike!" Shrieked a rat like Monstrum.
The panther Monstrum known as Shadowstrike turned towards the Rat Monstrum and with him were Insect Monstrums and lizard looking ones. They were ganging up on Shadowstrike, realizing that he was trying to escape.
"You dare betray our master, Thanatos?! Have these lowlifes made you soft!?" The Rat Monstrum shrieked at them.
"Quite the opposite, actually." Shadowstrike holds Val close, "They made me see what is true. You saw the son of Silvereyes, he said that humans are lowlifes, and yet one was able to give birth to a living and breathing proof that we are equals."
"FOOL! We are Monstrums! Warriors of Malumore! We cannot live among those inferior humans!" The Rat Monstrum said, unaware that a praying mantis Monstrum was raising his blade at the rat.
Shadowstrike just looked at him blankly, "Then don't."
With that said, Shadowstrike covers Val's eyes as the praying mantis Monstrum stabbed the Rat Monstrum, right through his chest, causing the Rat Monstrum to choke in pain, before decapitating him. As the rat turned into ash, the Monstrums that were with him looked at Shadowstrike, who was giving them grateful looks.
"Thank you, my friends." He said to them while withdrawing his claw from Val, who was confused.
A scorpion Monstrum nodded his head, "Don't mention it. Now, go to the Terraformer, we will cover you."
"Understood." Shadowstrike said as he quickly got into the escape-shoot, but not before he said to Val, "Hold on."
Before Val could say anything, she releases a scream of terror as they were fired out of the ship, towards the ground. Tears escaped from the eyes as the wind blew at them, she didn't like this at all! Just then, Shadowstrike took out a chain whip with a hook blade at the end, using it to grab the ledge of a canyon and swing himself down, preventing from crashing. As he safely lands to the ground, Val was clinging to his hand with all her might, tears all have left due to the long fall.
"That was scary!" Val exclaimed to the Monstrum.
"We didn't have much time." Shadowstrike said before sending a private message to Nightscar, "Nightscar, I have retrieved the girl. We will rendezvous at the Terraformer."
Nightscar heard the transmitter and nodded, "Got it." He turns towards Xander, who kicks an incoming Monstrum away, "Shadowstrike has the girl! We rendezvous at the Terraformer!"
"Understood." Xander turned towards Owen, who shot a Monstrum Omega, "OWEN!"
"I heard! Let's go!" Yelled Owen as he, Xander, and Nightscar headed towards the Terraformer's direction.
Meanwhile, Thanatos was still facing Cornelia, as tries to kill her with his Zahkrii Do Suleyk, but Cornelia uses her psychic to push it away. She then uses her powers to try and crushes Thanatos with great force, breaking all his bones in his body. Letting out a savage growl, he gave an order to his armada.
"Fire the cannons!"
"But sire, our troops!" Yelled a Cheetah Monstrum.
"Just do it! That is an order!" Thanatos yelled in anger.
Soon, the Monstrum ships' cannons appear and start to fire at everyone, including the Monstrums. Seeing this, Tempest, Xenthos, and Keizer used their magic to create shields and hold them up. Some of the blast sends some groups flying, injuring, or killing them in the process. Val screamed at the sight as Shadwostrike took shelter at a hidden cavern of the canyon as a plasma blast fell down the sky. Cornelia was forced to let Thanatos go as she made a shield to protect herself from the explosion. The blast was so great that it created a huge opening on the ground, releasing lava from the earth's crust. Spider-Man was the first to notice as he saw lava flowing towards the battlefield.
"Uh, is anyone else seeing this?!" Spider-Man said in panic.
"SHIT! Incoming lava!" Dark yelled out.
Dr. Strange heard this and looked at the lava. He quickly uses his magic to stop the lava from flooding the battlefield and burning everyone alive. Meanwhile, Owen, Xander, and Nightscar were running through the battlefield, fighting off the Monstrums that were getting in their way. Optimus and Megatron were also there, helping them get across the field. But they soon took cover when the cannons started firing even further.
"Crap! We're cut off!" Owen yelled from the blast.
"We have to find another way to get through!" Optimus yelled, firing an incoming Monstrum.
Just then the cannons turn to face something in the sky as all the cannons start shooting at something. This confused everyone as they looked up to the sky to see dark clouds forming above that had violet lighting within it.
"Um...what is that?" Agent Venom asked in a scared tone.
Lusha hums as she rubs her chin while looking at the sky, "Hmm...I dunno, let's ask the giant scary looking dragon guy up." She points at the figure that was in the clouds.
"Giant...scary...Oh...my..." Dark slowly cuts herself off when she and the others see something entering the upper atmosphere or better yet, towering over them from the atmosphere! It was a colossal dragon that could crush Laas with its enormous claws!
"What is that thing?!" Breakdown yelled in shock.
"The stories are true!" Damien exclaims in fear as he looks at the giant dragon. "It's the Beast of Abyss!"
"It's real?!" Gem exclaimed in shock, staring at the giant dragon with wide eyes.
Avira, on the other hand, looked at the beast with wide and shocked eyes, "It can't be..."
"Can't be what?! It's standing right above us!" Nova screamed, hearing stories of the Beast of the Abyss as a child.
"It's not that, but the Beast of the Abyss is more than that." Avira said in shock.
"What do you mean?! Explain this quickly!" Dark said, readying her shotgun.
Avira points at the dragon and answered, "That is not just a beast of legends, but a god, and he is Tahrovin, the Dragon God of Death, Darkness, and Apocalypse."
"Tahrovin!? He is here?!" Iron Fist said in shock.
"Great! Not only we have to deal with the Monstrums but fucking world destroying dragon god!" Dark yelled in anger until suddenly, Tahrovin lifted his massive claw and swatted some Monstrum ships, causing them to explode in an instant. His action shocked everyone, including Dark. "Huh...never mind."
"Why is he helping us?! I thought you said he's an evil dragon or something?" Nova asked.
"He's not evil, he keeps the balance between life and death." Iron Fist said to him and the others, "Legend says that he will help the one that earns his respect."
"Then who won his respect? It ain't me." Dark said before shooting a Monstrum.
"Well, neither of us know him until now." Spider-Man added.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them shook, forcing everyone to stop. They didn't know what's going on until something erupted from the ground, revealing to be a giant woman that was the size of a mountain and made of all kinds of plants. It is revealed to be nonother than Avani, the Spirit of Nature and Earth.
"Avani?!" Gem yelled in shock, seeing her guardian here.
"The Spirit of Nature and Earth?! The hell she's doing here?" Dark yelled.
To answer her question, Avani slams her massive hand to the ground, creating giant vines that erupted from the ground, grabbing all the Monstrums in the process, either to crush or stab them as well as freeing the Galatrias within the Omegas.
"She's helping us!" Spider-Man said in awe.
Just then, the lava that Dr. Strange was trying to stop suddenly moved on its own, forming into a giant pillar and revealing Safara, the Spirit of Fire. This again shocks the group as they see her. Safara begins moving the lava away and uses her fire to attack the Monstrums. Soon, the sky formed into thunder clouds, followed by a heavy rainfall. And with that rainfall, Kaimana the Spirit of Water and Mistral the Spirit of Wind come together and create a hurricane of water to grab the Monstrums within. But that's not all, other spirits came. Zosia recognize them, Metallia the Spirit of Metal, Electra the Spirit of Lighting, Shada the Spirit of Shadows, Zehir the Spirit of poison, Amari the Spirit of Time, Dime the Spirit of Dimension, Melodia the Spirit of Sound and Music, Animalia the Spirit of Animals, Mysteria the Spirit of Psychic, Galaxia the Spirit of space and galaxy, Solaria Spirit of Light, and Glacia the Spirit of Ice and Snow. They all came to help them, giving them the upper hand as they all fought the Monstrums back.
"Whooo! Now that's what I call a cavalry!" Hound cheered, watching Metallia summon metal pillars from the ground, allowing her sister Electra to summon her lightning to electrocute any nearby Monstrums.
"But how did they get here?" White Tiger asked, still shocked to see the spirit sisters.
Before anyone could do anything, Glacia flew down towards them, which surprised the group, until they saw someone being carried there. It was none other than Celestia!
"C!? What the hell are you doing here?! Owen said to stay at the island!" Dark said to the baby dragon who was in her human form.
"I know! But I wanna help!" Celestia said to her. "I went to the snowy mountains on the island and got Glacia to help with her sisters and their brother."
"Brother? What brother? I only see girls." Kid Arachnid pointed out.
"He is here." Glacia answered coldly, sending shivers to the heroes, minus Dark, as her element was freezing. They were confused until they slowly realized that Tahrovin, the dark dragon god, must be their brother. And maybe the reason why he is here, to help his sisters.
"That's interesting." Power Man commented.
"Admire it later, right now, this is our chance to get through! We have to take Xander, Owen, and Nightscar to the Terraformer."
"Are you sure? I don't know how we're gonna get through all that!" Spider-Man gestures to the massive army of Thanatos.
Then Cornelia arrives along with Lex, riding on Nina's dragon form, Vida, Angel, Devlin, Meygana, and Lusha. Kaila, Rexy, Blue and her sister, Snow the Mortiferous Raptor, the Indominus Rex Sisters, Queenie the Xenomorph Queen, Destiny came from behind, roaring at Thanatos's army.
"Don't worry." Cornelia assured him.
"You got help." Zosia appeared beside them.
Saphira, Aquarius, and Nightdeath landed next to them, followed by Yunna, Mystica, Tempest, Arcee and her sisters, Quinn in her new advance armor, Miko in the Apex Armor, Aggie, Gem, Kendall with a giant sword, and the other female heroes with them. Thanatos's army charges while the females help both Dark and Spider-Man go through them. She-Hulk and Black Widow took incoming Monstrums, and White Tiger and the rest of the young female heroes took down Monstrums as well.
Saphira takes out a gorilla Monstrum, while Devlin takes out some Omegas. Ivy and Iris bite off the head of some Monstrum Alphas while Snow and the raptor squad take down an Omega to free a wind Galatria from inside. Cornelia uses her psychic powers to lift up two ships coming their way allowing Nina to swoop over while Lex cuts them down with her sword, destroying them instantly. Yunna and the Acree Sisters took down many Monstrums while Kaila and Destiny released deadly flames at the Monstrums, while Queenie stabbed them with her tail. Zosia, in her Cybertronian form, uses her staff to stab and take down a Mosntrum Beta. Mystia and Tempest fly past the enemies, going through enemy blockades that are in their way with ease. Making a pathway for Xander and his group to get to Val.
"Xander! Go now!" Angel yelled, dodging a Monstrum Omega before kicking it in the face.
Hearing this, Xander nodded as he picked up Owen as he, Nightscar, and two Cybertronian leaders ran to the clear path. Thanatos was facing off Predaking before pushing him away and let him face his Betas and Alpha, which he took down. He then sees them heading towards the Terraformer's direction and releases a growl, and starts running to them, but is stopped by Acree and her sister, who blast him backwards. Thanatos became even more angry as he used his Zahkrii Do Suleyk and stabbed it on the ground, creating a powerful earthquake that shook the earth. They couldn't make it due to the ground shaking but Mystica and Tempest lifted Xander and Nightscar up while Optimus and Megatron followed them. They quickly made their way to the Terraformer. Dark and Spider-Man were able to keep up as Nina gave them a ride while Lex stayed behind to help them.
They were heading towards the Terraformer when a bright light appeared from above, revealing a woman with long golden hair and eyes, wearing an elegant dress that is made of gold and silver. Zosia instantly recognizes her as a spirit. And she is powerful.
"Who's that?" Iron Man asked, shooting down incoming Monstrum.
"Legendaria..." Zosia answered, looking at the great spirit, "The Spirit of Magic and the Queen of all Magical Beings."
With that said, Legendaria summons a vast army of mystical warriors of all magic, who join in the battle, giving more strength and power to the heroes. This shocked everyone as they saw a massive army. As the battle rages on, the mothership suddenly moved and began firing its cannons at the Monstrums, which shocked everyone. Turns out, within the mothership are rogue Monstrums, changing sides to help Xander and the others for freedom. With them was Kirit the Scraplet, who was cheering at this after rewiring on the ship, only they have full control on the ship. This only angry Thanatos as more of his army was depleting. Meanwhile, Xander and his group made their way to the canyons. There, they saw Val with Shadowstrike, waiting for them. Seeing Val, Owen cried out in relief to see Val was okay.
"VAL!" Owen ran over to her.
Val gasped as Shadowstrike puts her down, allowing her to run over to her uncle, who picks her up happily and embraces her. "Thank God, you're okay." He said in relief as he looked at Val, checking if she was injured. "Did he hurt you?"
Val shook her head, "No. I'm okay." She said with a happy smile, which Owen smiles back.
Nightscar went over to Shadowstrike and clapped each other's claws, "Good to see you, Shadowstrike."
"Likewise, Nightscar." Shadowstrike said as they let go. "Sorry it took so long; the ship had a malfunction with the thrusters."
"That was Kirit, he snuck aboard and sabotaged it." Val told them.
"Huh, I was wondering where that little guy went." Owen mutters before quickly changing the subject, "Okay, let's go to the Terraformer and make that wish."
"Go, me and Shadowstrike will stay here and assist the others." Nightscar said and Shadowstrike nodded in agreement.
"Tempest and I should stay as well; they need all the help they could get." Mystica said.
"Yeah, so Dark, Spider-Man, Nina, you should go with them, just in case there's something up." Tempest said blankly.
"And take Celestia with you." Glacia said, appearing out of nowhere, surprising everyone, as she carries Celestia in her arms. "She cannot be here."
"That's a good idea." Owen said as Galacia handed Celestia to Owen, shivering at the sudden cold.
"Now go, time is wasting." Glacia ordered before turning into an icy wind to help the others.
"You heard the spirit, let's move!" Xander said as he, Dark, Spider-Man, Nina, Megatron, Optimus, and Owen (who was carrying both of his nieces) headed towards the Terraformer. Dark uses her magic to lift them up on the main deck and Xander leads them to a platform that was near the tip of the ship.
"This is where the princess shall stand, the passageway can only be opened by her." Xander said to them.
They understood and let Val go to the platform. When she steps on it, the platform emitted a powerful glow that it formed into a space compass, causing golden dragon markings to appear in her body. And her short brown hair became long that it reached to the ground, turning gold in the process. The Terraformer began to emit a glow, activating its power as it moved to another direction. Val's eyes were closed as one her hands automatically pointed at an empty space of the canyon. There, the Terraformer created a beam of light that opened a golden passageway. Allowing them to enter the Gate of Beginning.
"This is it! Hang on everybody!" Spider-Man yelled as the ship began to move.
Soon, the ship entered the passageway into hyper speed, sending them to the Gate of Beginning while the rest held the line of battle. However, as the passageway closes, Thanatos is no longer on the battlefield.
A passageway opens to a world of stars and a colorful aurora. This place was the Gate of Beginning's entrance. A place that exists both inside and outside of time and space. There was a golden port dock that led to a hall filled with golden columns. And below it was an abyss that was so deep that they didn't know if there was even a ground there. Spider-Man couldn't help but to bring up his cellphone and took a pic to this place, finding it so beautiful.
"So...this is the way to the beginning?" Megatron asked Xander.
Xander nodded, "Yes and we must hurry before the battle will destroy both sides." He said as the Terraformer headed towards the port dock.
And as it landed, Val suddenly flew off from the Terraformer, ignoring Owen and Celestia's calls. She was heading towards the gate of beginning on her own, indicating that the key within her was taking her there. The group quickly gets off as Xander tells them to follow Val to the hallway, where the Gate of Beginning is. But as they headed towards it, they were not aware that Thanatos stowed away and was now in the entrance, growling in pure anger and joy as he was so close to make his wish.
As the group continued onwards, following the light Val was creating as she was being carried away to the gate of beginning, they soon found themselves to a circular clearing at the center of which there was a circular water basin with a large stone in its middle. Within the water were sparkling jewels that were emitting their own glow.
"Pretty!" Celestia said.
"It is, but we can't admire too long, we must hurry before-" Xander was cut off when Dark yelled out.
"-LOOK OUT!" Dark quickly grabbed Val and Spider-Man just in time as she and Xander dodged an incoming energy ball that exploded, sending them all flying a few feet away. As they landed, it revealed that it was Thanatos who did it. He surrounded himself with an energy ball to get here, so he could fight and end them, before making his wish.
"YOU!?" Xander roared in anger. "How did you get here?!"
Thanatos laughed at him darkly, "You think I didn't notice your little plan? I knew very well that you all have been trying to get here with the key. But no matter what, I will send you here and now and make my wish!"
"NEVER!" Xander roared as he summoned his sword to fight his father, who blocked his attack with his Zahkrii Do Suleyk. "Go to the Gate of Beginning! I'll hold him off!"
"Let's move!" Owen ordered as they made towards the gate.
"NO!" Thanatos yelled as he pushes son away and slammed his Zahkrii Do Suleyk to the ground, creating a massive explosion that sent everyone flying. Giving him the opportunity to go to the gate. Xander, Optimus, and Megatron crashed to the pillars. A screaming Celestia was caught by Dragon Nina as she skids to a halt at the floor. But Spider-Man, Dark, and Owen weren't so lucky as they fall off the ledge, yelling in panic.
"Spider-Man, Dark, Uncle Owen!" Celestia screamed in horror.
Luckily, Spider-Man uses his webs to grab hold on to a pillar before grabbing Dark's arm while she grabs Owen's leg. "We're okay! Just go after Thanatos!" Spider-Man yelled out.
"What about you guys?!" Celestia called out in panic.
"We'll be okay, C! Just stop that bastard!" Dark yelled out.
"We'll catch up! I promise! Now go!" Owen yelled out as well.
Without a choice, they quickly chased after Thanatos, who was heading towards a long bridge-like structure with a round platform on the edge. Facing an abyss of space between stars and aurora. Val was seen floating towards the platform and when her feet made contact, her eyes snapped open, revealing golden lights. The floor beneath her brought glowing symbols of the unknown, and the. And because of this, the stars in the night sky started to glow brightly and created a giant golden gate with two dragon statues on both sides. It was massive as it stood right in front of Val. Thanatos grins at the sight, knowing that if he stood there, he would gain his wish. But as he was about to, Megatron came out of nowhere and tackled him, beating him up mercilessly.
"Optimus! Get to the child, now!" Megatron ordered as Thanatos stopped him from punching him.
Optimus rushed over to Val, who wasn't moving as she continued to stand there. But before he could reach her, Thanatos headbutts Megatron before kicking him off and then releases shadow tentacles to grab Optimus, causing him to fall to the ground. Preventing him from reaching Val. Thanatos was going to kill him until Xander showed up and tackled him from behind. Both Monstrums fought with aggression as they tried to reach Val. Nina shows up and releases a stream of lightning at Thanatos, injuring him and sending him crashing. Before anyone could get to Val, Thanatos summoned his Zahkrii Do Suleyk and created a powerful energy wave that pushed them all away, sending them hurdling off the edge. Xander was able to grab the ledge and was lucky enough to grab Optimus. Nina crashed into a pillar that fell on top of her, trapping her in the process. While Megatron crashed into the ground, close to the pillar that Celestia was hiding. Megatron slowly got up, feeling immense pain in his body, before adjusting his vision to see Thanatos was getting up and heading toward Xander, dangling on the ledge while holding Optimus. Megatron knows that he has to stop him, but they will lose their chance in getting to Val. He then spotted Celestia, who was looking at him in concern, before an idea struck him. And it is their last chance.
When Thanatos reaches Xander and Optimus, he points his Zahkrii Do Suleyk at them. Xander glares at him as Thanatos gives a wicked smile, "Goodbye...Son!" He said darkly as he was about to end them-
Megatron suddenly tackles Thanatos away from them. They crashed into the side and brawl to the death. Both leaders give heavy blows, Thanatos punched him so hard some energon spilled from his mouth, but Megatron didn't stop as he brought out his Dark Star Saber that Tempest gave and uses it to attack Thanatos, who blocked it with his Zahkrii Do Suleyk. Both powerful weapons created a shockwave that created powerful force that blew away the debris trapping Nina, allowing her to be free. As they clashed, Thanatos blocked the Dark Star Saber attack before pushing it away and kicked Megatron down. He kicked the Dark Star Saber away and pins Megatron with his foot, raising his Zahkrii Do Suleyk to end Megatron's life.
"Any last words, Megatron?!" Thanatos yelled, anger in eyes as he readied to end him.
Megatron glares back with a blank expression before saying something that confuses Thanatos, "Be careful what you wish for."
Thanatos stared at him in confusion before realizing something. Turning towards the gate quickly, Thanatos's eyes widened to see Human Celestia running towards Val in full speed. This was Megatron's plan all along. He was distracting Thanatos, giving Celestia time to run, and due to her small size. She was not able to be spotted by Thanatos as she made a run for it to the gate.
"NO!" Thanatos roared in anger as chases after her, but Thanatos soon fell to the ground when Megatron grabbed his ankle, giving Celestia time to reach Val at the platform. But Thanatos kicks Megatron hard, forcing him to let go. Thanatos quickly gets up and picks up the Zahkrii Do Suleyk and chases after Celestia.
When Celestia made it to the platform, Val turned towards her, her long golden hair flowing by mysterious force, looking at her with glowing eyes, "What is your wish?" Her voice was deep and encompassed a combination of several different voices at once.
Celestia panted as she tried to catch her breath but didn't have time when she heard Thanatos roar, she quickly made her wish to save her and her friends from this battle. "I WISH FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THANATOS AND HIS FOLLOWERS! AND NEVER LET MALUMORE ESCAPE FROM HIS PRISON FOREVER!"
"NOOO!" Thanatos yelled as he threw his Zahkrii Do Suleyk at Celestia, trying to end her.
Celestia screamed as quickly hugged Val to shield her from the Zahkrii Do Suleyk, but it never came. Opening an eye, Celestia saw the Zahkrii Do Suleyk was in midair, pointing close to both Celestia and Val, but it didn't come any further. Celestia opens her eyes fully to see Val raising a single hand and realize that she stopped the Zahkrii Do Suleyk from coming to them.
"Your wish is granted." Val responded and turned her hand into a fist.
The Zahkrii Do Suleyk shattered into millions of pieces, shocking Thanatos and Celestia in the process. And due to the weapon being broken, it freed the trapped Royal Kings of Galatria from imprisonment. And soon, the Gate of Beginning opened, releasing a bright light that grants Celestia's wish. Thanatos, for the first time became afraid, at the sight of the opened gate. The souls of royal kings soon surrounded Thanatos, circling around him like sharks. Thanatos tried to get them away, but they were too quick as they consumed him with a blind light. Megatron helped Xander and Optimus up while Nina stood up, shaking the pain away. Owen, Dark, and Spider-Man soon came after as they all witnessed Thanatos being consumed by the light.
"NO! This can't be happening! No!" Thanatos yelled in panic.
"What's going on?! What's happening to him?!" Spider-Man asked in shock, watching as the light was consuming Thanatos.
Xander glares at his father, who was being consumed by the souls of the kings, "Retribution." He answered, knowing very well the crimes Thanatos did for all these years.
Thanatos was then lifted to the air, his body being consumed by the golden light, and soon evaporated into nothingness. Celestia gasped in shock, never knowing how powerful her wish was. And boy was it powerful. Because she wished for Thanatos and his followers' destruction. When the Monstrums on the battlefield were facing the Earth's Army with some rogue Monstrums joining them, they were not aware that the wish was happening after a Monstrum Omega Runner was charging towards Yunna and Soundwave, who were about to strike at it, until it turned to sudden ash. Shocking both of them in the process. Yunna quickly grabs the Earth Galatria that was trapped inside of it.
"Nani?" Yunna asked in confusion.
Soundwave wanted to know what just happened as well until all of the Monstrums that follow Thanatos started to turn into dark dust or ash, shocking everyone. The rogue Monstrums were not affected as they left their leader to join the good guys. The Monstrums became terrified as one by one they all turned to dust or ash. The Galatrias have been freed by the Monstrums, soon awakened in confusion and surprised as they were free from their prison. This is when they all realize that Xander and the others finally made their way to the Gate of Beginning and made their wish. As all of Thanatos's army, except the rogues. Everyone just stared in shock, unsure of what just happened.
"Did...did we just win?" Damien asked in shock, after seeing all the Monstrums have disappeared.
"I...I think so..." Gem, still shocked at what just happened. "They must've done it...they must've wished for Thanatos and his followers to be destroyed! We won!"
Everyone then slowly comes to realization as they now realize that they won the battle, they stopped the war of the Monstrums. Predaking couldn't help but release a powerful roar, followed by Saphira and the rest of the Predacons, dinosaurs, hybrid dinosaurs, and the giant mutants. And everyone cheered, joining on the victory.
"Wait...what about Val and the others? They made a wish, shouldn't they come back?" Aggie asked loudly, getting her friends' attention.
"We have to wait and see, my dear." Avira said to her gently.
At the Gate of Beginning, Celestia and the others stared in full shock at the sight before them. They just witnessed the destruction of Thanatos. Proving that the power of the Gate of Beginning was so great, that it can do anything when wished for.
"Wow..." Was all Celestia could say.
"What is your next wish?" Val asked of her, even though it was the gate speaking.
"My next wish?" Celestia questions out. "What do you mean?"
"You can wish for anything you desire." The gate said through Val.
"Anything?" Celestia asked, feeling her heart beating rapidly as if it was good to be true.
Val nodded her head as the gate's response, making Celestia's eyes widen in awe. She realizes that she can wish for anything, she can wish her mother back, she could wish to meet her father, she could wish to be with her kind. Her dragon kind. It will be the greatest thing that could happen to her but...her eyes shifted towards the group, she saw how beaten and tired they were after facing Thanatos and his army. She remembered how the Cybertornians and the Predacons lost their home because of the Monstrums. She then remembered how Val was taken from her. She knows that there are others who wish to use the Gate of Beginning's power. And they'll come after Val over and over again...she can't let this happen. She can't let her sister suffer anymore. Turning back to Val, Celestia made her final decision.
"All I ever wish for was to see my parents for the first time but...I know I can't abuse the power of bringing my mother back from the dead or finding out where my father is...so, instead of that, I wish for the restoration of both planets of Laas and Cybertron in their full glory, and free Val from her connection as the key wielder, so no one, not even me or her, can use you ever again." Celestia said to the Gate of Beginning, shocking everyone, including Xander.
"If that is your wish, then she will no longer be the key wielder and the gate shall forever close, as well as losing her Galatria heritage and her royal lineage as the princess. Someone else shall take the place at the throne." The Gate said through Val.
"I do...he knows more about the Galatrias than anyone and cares about them..." Celestia turns to Xander with a kind smile, "I decided that Xande shall be the new king of all Galatrias, that way, they would a real ruler to take Val's place."
"What?" Xander asked in shock, "Celestia. You can't wish for that! I am not pure blood. I am not even related to Princess Aretha nor King Andreous, I am their-"
Celestia cuts him off as she says to him, "-friend, you are their friend." Finishing Xander's words, "You know more of them and their people when King Andreous took you in."
"She's right, you know." Dark said, backing up Celestia. "Xan, Kiddo is still young, she can't rule over the Galatrias at such a young age, even if you train, she'll never get a normal childhood. And besides, everyone knows that you make a great leader."
"Dark's right, Xander. You know the mantle of responsibility when you see one." Spider-Man said, agreeing with Dark, "Like my uncle always says: With great power-"
"Comes with great responsibility...I know that." Xander said, remembering the same words that King Andreous said to him before his death. "Taking this mantle would be a challenge, even for me."
"You will be a great leader to you people, Xander." Megatron said to him.
Hearing this, Xander had to agree with him and the others, his people need a leader to depend on, and he will do anything in his power to help them. Xander looks at Celestia and gives her a nod as a signal that he will do it, Celestia turns towards Val, who is still connected to the gate.
"Is that your final wish?" They asked gently.
Celestia nodded her head, "Yes, that's my final wish."
And with that, Val spreads her arms wide and floats from the ground, allowing the gate to grant Celestia's wish. Opening her mouth, it releases a bright light as the gate grants Celestia's request. The Gate of Beginning then releases its magic. Heading towards the Laas. Everyone was recovering from the attack, but soon saw small balls of golden lights appearing out of nowhere. This surprised everyone, especially the Monstrums. Aggie looks at the small balls of light before it forms into a small fairy, surprising her in the process. The small fairy giggled at her before fluttering around. She wasn't alone. Other fairies, pixies, sprites, and small dragons all transformed from the balls of light as they all fluttered around them.
"Wow! This is new." Iron Spider said in shock.
"What's going on?" Quinn asked as a male pixie appeared in her face with a smile.
"The Gate of Beginning has granted the one known as Celestia's wish." He said happily, spinning around the air, "The restoration of both planets of Laas and Cybertron. A glorious day for both planets. A new beginning for all!"
And with that, all the little magical beings flew across Laas, bringing back life from what was gone. Trees, flowers, plants, buildings, and everything was restored by them from the power of the Gate of Beginning. Everyone just stared in shock with jaws dropped, watching everything around them return.
"Beautiful." Was Squirrel Girl's response.
"You can say that again." Power Man agreed in awe.
"Yeah...wait, didn't that small pixie say Laas and Cybertron?" Quinn suddenly asked in realization.
The Cybertronains all realize as well, knowing that Celestia made that wish, their planet is being restored as they speak. Which it is. The magic reaches to their planet, restoring roads, buildings, bridges, machines, and getting rid of the bad things that were left behind. Soon, the magical beings flew towards the core of Cybertron. There, they form into a magical dragon of pure energy and enter the core, bringing the planet back to life. And somewhere at the Theta-Scorpio, one of the most hazardous star systems in the galaxy, lies a vessel that contains pure energy, the AllSpark.
It wasn't at Cybertron nor has it been, not for thousands of years. When the war for Cybertron reached a tipping point and the Decepticon army appeared to be unstoppable, Optimus opted to safeguard the AllSpark from Megatron by covertly sending it to a distant sector of the galaxy. And only the Matrix of Leadership knows its present location. But now, it was going back to Cybertron, due to the magic of the Gate of Beginning, it has returned to its rightful place, bringing back life as we know it.
Suddenly, Xander was turned back to his Galatria form as the souls of the late kings appeared, surrounding him. It wasn't like how they did it to Thanatos, instead, they just looked at him, calmly and not in a threatening way. One of the souls Xander easily recognized. It was King Andreous. The spirit of the former king was smiling gently towards Xander, indicating that he was so proud of him for doing what's right. And leaning behind him was Aretha's smiling spirit, shocking Xander, as the former princess giggles at him, finding it amusing. Xander just stared in utter shock as he watched as his mentor bowed at him, followed by the other kings. Xander soon bows back at them, indicating that he has accepted his responsibility as the new king.
Soon, the kings all turned into light and consumed Xander. His old clothing was replaced by regal ones along with an armor and a crown with a red gem on the center. Once it was over, Xander is now the king of all Galatria. After this, Aretha's spirit came towards Xander, looking at her with sad eyes, as she gave him a kiss on the forehead. After she did, she smiled at him before turning into sparkling stardust, disappearing forever. As she did, Val's dragon markings started to remove themselves off her body and surround her, gently placing her down as her golden hair shrinks back to normal. That's when the gate was shut itself, closing forever, and never being allowed to be used again. Celestia quickly went over to Val and held her close, she could feel her sister was all right and no sudden injuries. Val soon opens her eyes, revealing them to be back to normal, as she looks over to Celestia.
"Celestia?" Val whispers out tiredly, "Did we win?"
Celestia smiles and nodded her head, "We did, we won the battle."
"That's good." Val said, smiling back. She then notices Xander wearing royal clothing, indicating that something must've happened. "Xander? What happened to you?"
"It's a long story, but I don't think you should worry about the Monstrums anymore." Xander said, assuring her.
"What do you mean?" Val asked in confusion.
"After you became one with the gate, Celestia wished that you would no longer be the key wielder, meaning you are no longer Galatria." Spider-Man explains to her.
"Does that mean I am a regular girl now?" Val asked, looking at them with wide eyes.
"Looks that way, Kiddo. Since you're no longer a Galatria, that means you can be free to do whatever you want." Dark said with a grin, "You choose your own fate."
Val couldn't help but smile at her guardian, knowing that she may no longer have powers, she is happy to be with her family. Owen went over to his niece and hugged her, who hugs him in return, along with Celestia, knowing that they are safe from the battle. Even though it was beautiful, Spider-Man just realizes something, without Val as the key, how are they gonna get home?
"Crud! I forgot! If Val's no longer the key, how are we gonna get back home?" Spider-Man asked in realization.
"You no need to worry." A beautiful voice came.
Everyone turned back to the gate and watched as it suddenly opened again. Coming out from the gate was none other than the goddess herself, Crystalia. She came as soon as she felt that they needed her help. She smiles at them kindly as they quickly get on their knees to bow at her.
"Great Goddess Crystalia, it is an honor to meet you." Xander greeted the goddess with great respect.
"Likewise, King Xander, but no need for formality. I am here to assist you all and take you back to Laas." Crystalia said to them kindly.
"That's great! I mean, thank you, your greatness...I mean...your goddess-ness?" Spider-Man tries his best to show his great respect to Crystalia, who laughs at her amusingly.
"No need for that, Spider-Man. I am happy to help for what all did to save my children and the whole universe. At least I could show my appreciation."
"Thank you, Goddess Crystalia." Dark saind respectfully before remembering something, "But can you do us one little favor before you drop us off?"
Aggie was checking the injured fighters and warriors, helping the healers patch them. Nightscar and Natrix were consulting with the other rogue Monstrums, after joining their side and thus saving themselves from a terrible fate. They will have to return to their home planet Tenebris. To start a new and better life than beings of war. But then something happened that made everyone stop. The passageway reopens and allows the Terraformer to return to the others.
"They're back!" Damien cheered happily, along with everyone else.
When the ship landed, something happened to both Yunna and Leonidas. The golden thread that binds both Yunna and Leonidas in the engagement appeared, showing both ends tied together on their wrists. Everyone, beside the three clans, stared in awe and confusion on why there was a golden thread on their wrist but was cut off when the thread suddenly snapped in half, shocking Yunna and Leonidas's clans in the process.
"Nani?! How is this possible?" Ask a male Mikadzuki member.
"What does this mean?" A male Date clan asked, shocked at what just happened.
"It means the engagement is off." Dark answered, coming off from the ship with the others while Owen carried both Celestia and Val.
"How? The golden thread never breaks unless-" Eirin was cut off when Crystalia appears from the light, shocking everyone.
Crystalia smiles down at them gently as everyone, including the Monstrums, bowed to the great goddess, knowing very well that she has all the power. "Great Goddess Crystalia, mother of our people, why are you here?" Avira asked respectfully.
"I came to assist Dark Twilight's request, ending the engagement of Yunna of the Mikadzuki and Leonidas of the Date and Yashida clans." Crystalia explained to them all.
"By goddess, why would you break this engagement?" Yasahiro asked, confused by why she had to break it, "It was supposed to unite our clans."
"This engagement was with your friend, Hibiki Ayaka, and the former leader of the Date and Yashida clan, Kenuichio Harada, but they know very well that force engagement cannot mend this unity. You must do it by trusting one another and becoming one. As you did, when you were all fighting alongside the Monstrums."
The clans looked at each other, whispering about as if they were slowly agreeing. Eirin and Yasahiro both looked at each other, thinking that their uniting their clans had gone in vain. However, when they battle side by side against Thanatos's army, and don't need this arranged marriage...maybe, just maybe, they can allow this to happen.
"Yunna, Leonidas, do you agree to this?" Eirin asked her son and Yunna.
"Okāsan, I want to bring honor to our clan, I really do. But upon my stay with my rescuers...my friends, they taught me the value of understanding, loyalty, and...morality. You know very well that this marriage cannot continue. It is time to break tradition and let us choose our own fate." Leonidas said, trying to convince his mother to let Yunna off the marriage.
As Eirin was left speechless, Yasahiro looked over to Yunna, who was looking nervous, "And you? Dear Yunna, what do you choose?"
Yunna sighs gently, knowing very well that she needs to face her guardian and her fellow clan the truth. Then Soundwave came over to her, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder, supporting her along the way. Yunna smiles at him, giving her the courage to face them, "I never forget how you and the clan raised me to become a well-known ninja, and that you all work so hard to prepare me for this engagement. But...my heart belongs to another, and I know the consequences if I ever did, so I kept it away. To keep him safe. However, it is killing me...I would never betray you all, but my heart wants to be with the one I call I love." Yunna said, looking at Soundwave longingly, who looked back at her.
Eirin and Yasahiro looked at each other, as if they were silently discussing this. The clans were also doing the same thing, likely that breaking the engagement would lead to one clan blaming another. However, instead of an angry reply, Eirin and Yasahiro turned back to the former betrotheds. And did something that no one dared to do , they accepted their request.
"Very well." Yasahiro finally spoke, surprising Yunna and Leonidas. "For once, we agree with each other."
"Indeed, we have." Eirin said in agreement as she looked both at Yunna and Leonidas. "As of now, you and Yunna are no longer betrothed, the engagement is no longer needed to unite our clans. Instead, this battle has proven to be our way of uniting our clan."
"Yunna and Leonidas, you are free and can choose whom you wish to be with." Yasahiro announced with a kind smile, earning cheers from the clan. While Yunna smiles and hugs Soundwave, who returns the hug. And Leonidas smiles at them softly.
Upon hearing this, Nova grins as he is about to step forward, but Dark stops him, "Uh-uh. Not gonna happen, Bucket Head." She said seriously, earning a groan from Nova. She then turns to Sunstreak, Sideswipe, Mudflap, and Skids, "Same goes for you, idiots." Earning groans from the individual.
As Yunna and Soundwave let go, Raf went over to Xander, looking all regal. "Xander...what happened to you? You look like a...a..."
"A king? Yeah." Dark said, going over to Xander with a grin. "Celestia's wish was not only to restore the planets, but also wishing Val was no longer the Key Wielder, thus removing her Galatria heritage and power, and passing the throne...to Xander, the King of all Galatrias."
"King?! You made him king?!" Bumblebee asked Celestia in shock and amazement.
Celestia nodded her head, "Yup! He knows his people and will care for them like how King Andreous did."
Xander nodded, "Indeed. And I will do anything in my power to make things right, if you all accept me as you king, even if I have to earn it."
Avira, who came from the crowd, walked over to him and shook his head, "There is no need for that. You have proven your worth time after time. You have earned our trust by risking your life in finding and protecting Aretha's descendant...that is more than enough to win our trust." With that she bowed, followed by the other Galatrias, showing that they accept Xander as their king.
Xander nodded his head in acknowledgment as the king turned towards the rogue Monstrums, "What about you all? What will you do now that Thanatos is gone?"
"We move one." Answered Shadowstrike, "We will locate our fellow brethren who left the army so many years ago and bring them home, back to Tenebris and rebuild."
"So then...who's your new king?" Miko asked, still in the Apex Armor.
Shadwostrike looked over to Xander and said, "We all agreed that Xander will be our king, for he may be the son of Thanatos, but he is also the dominant of us all." And with that, he and the other Monstrums bowed at Xander with great respect.
Angel comes over to the new king and smiles, "Well...it seems someone is now a king of two most powerful species in the entire known universe." She said in a joking tone.
"It appears so...then, I will do my best to unite them as one. For even though they are enemies, they can learn to be at peace with one another." Xander answered calmly. "But for now, I think it is time for us to go and rest."
Just then, Val holds his hand gently, looking at him innocently, "Does that mean we can go home now?"
Xander looks at her and gently pats her head, and for the first time in millennia, he makes a small and gentle smile towards her. "Yes...yes, we are." He then looks at the goddess, "Thank you, Goddess Crystalia, for everything."
Crystalia smiles at him gently, "Dear King, I should be one thanking you for everything and everyone that fought valiantly and bravely through this battle. And bless you all with great fortune and peace, may it last forever!" And with that, Crystalia turned into a golden dragon-like phoenix, letting out a loud yet gentle shriek before flying off with the spirit sisters following and Tahrovin, who disappeared into nothing.
And everyone erupted into cheers of their victory.
Finally! I am almost done! Two more chapters and I will be done with this story. I need a lot of time to think for this chapter and I recently rewatched Avengers: Endgame to get inspiration. Sorry if it was long, I needed to finish it. I hope you guys like it and the next chapter will be soon. Peace!
