Both Kengo Manaka and the imposter were quivering in their skin. She could tell that much by looking at them. It was only natural, after all. She had devoured Hudram moments before, so she could claim his power, along with that of Darrgon's, bringing their three powers into her holy body. Now, Megalothor merely had to crack the two in front of her open like eggs, and suck out the power of Trigger, brining the two together once again. And she was smiling at the prospect of doing so.


She remembered how this opportunity had been presented to her, back when she was still Carmeara. After she had been buried under rubble by Hudram's betrayal, she had managed to survive, and dig her own way into the cavern. , discovering a glowing ball of energy she knew all too well. "The Eternity Core." She was nervous approaching it. When she had allowed her beloved Trigger to touch it, it had allowed Kengo Manaka to corrupt him. But then she remembered she was alone, in several ways. Darrgon had been turned against her by that treacherous Hudram. All she had to rely on was herself. So she touched the Core, taking its energy in and allowing it to enter her body. "Yes, yes!", she declared. "Fill me with power, turn me into a powerful monster so that I can passionately destroy everyone I despise." Her body began to change shape as more rocks fell down.

But then she found that the power was resisting her, as was the human she had absorbed, Kengo's mother Reina. "It won't accept you.", Reina warned. "The power of the Eternity Core is meant to preserve the balance of the universe, not to wreck it, as you seek to do. It will only grant its power to those with good intentions. It won't let you twist your body this way."

"Is that so?", Carmeara asked, reading in and taking something out with her distorted fingers, which more resembled claws by now. It was the ultimate Hyper Key she had taken from Hudram, the one for Ultroid Zero, a robot that had the ability to absorb monsters to gain their traits. "In that case, then I'll just have to find the power from another source." She also took out another Hyper Key she had taken from Hudram, that of the Evil God Gatanothor. She threw it into the air, before inserting the Ultroid Zero Key into her own Sparklence. Boot Up! D4! "Now then, fill me with energy. The energy of the Great Dark One!" As she pressed the trigger, she absorbed the Gatanothor Key into herself, allowing herself to create a large wave of dark energy. Darkness! Carmeara's body began convulsing as her appearance began to change, taking the form of a large, dragon-like creature, who devoured the Eternity Core in one fell swoop.


And now, she stood in front of both versions of her beloved Trigger in her new form as Megalothor, laughing after having eaten Hudram. "He tastes disgusting.", she remarked. "But I'm sure you two will be very tasty indeed."

"I won't go down that easily.", Trigger Dark growled as he picked up the Circle Arms again, placing one of his Hyper Keys into it. Maximum Boot Up! Zaigorg! The blade grew spikes on it as he swung it at Megalothor. Impact Sword Finish! But when the blow made contact, it failed to achieve much in the way of damage, with the damage being healed shortly afterwards. "What the-?"

"Ha! My body is immortal.", Megalothor laughed as she moved in, launching several tentacles at Trigger Dark, that pierced his skin. "And now, I'll add your power to it, to make myself invincible." As he tried to struggle, she could see the impostor throw something out of himself at Kengo Manaka, which hit him on the chest, causing him to react briefly, before he disintegrated. "A worthless move. His futile attempt to destroy you won't stand in the way of my more successful attempt."

But that didn't deter Kengo Manaka at all. "I have to defeat you.", he stated. "For Darrgon, for Hudram, for Yuzare, for all the people you've made suffer, for the future of everyone's smiles!" He then prepped his Glitter Blade for an attack as the light on his chest began to blink. Violet! Eternity Zerades! He surrounded himself in energy, before delivering a giant violet-coloured slash to her, which managed to make her stagger, but not fall. He then charged himself with energy before firing his Glitter Zeperion Beam.

But Megalothor was quick to react, firing her own beam of dark energy, that locked together with Trigger's. "You won't defeat me! Kengo Manaka!", she growled, as her beam hit Trigger, causing him to revert to his Multi Type. Only now, his chest was turning black and beginning to become deformed in the area he had been hit in by Trigger Dark's attack. But he ignored this, instead standing up and aiming at Megalothor again, before firing. "Hah! It will do you no good to keep resisting." She generated a tornado to protect herself using Hudram's power. But the blast briefly changed colour, breaking through the tornado and causing Megalothor to cry out in pain, briefly reverting her to the shape of Carmeara, albeit with blue and red auras surrounding her. "That power, what is it?", she cried out before flying off.

Now left alone, Trigger collapsed to the ground, his light stopping its blinking as he reverted to normal. "Kengo!", Akito and Yuna called out as they ran over to him, as they realised that the entirety of GUTS-Select's attack team, plus a good number of the archaeologists they had been sent to rescue, were watching the whole scene.

"Well now.", Capt. Tatsumi commented. "I can't say I'm entirely surprised."


Elsewhere in the city, Carmeara landed, now reverting to her normal human form. But she felt her skin convulsing, twisting into new shapes. "This energy.", she wheezed as she staggered forward. "It's too much for my body." But she resisted. "I will simply adapt to handle it. And the next time I face Kengo Manaka, I will avenge Trigger. And then, I shall eradicate the entire pathetic planet Earth, for all the trouble it's caused me."

As Carmeara continued onwards, continuing to hold off against the mutations, Asuka watched her go, a look of concern forming on his face.