Kengo came to, finding himself in a hospital bed. "So, you're awake.", Chairman Shizuma said as Kengo's eyes caught him. "Everyone was worried about you. You've been asleep for a day." Sure enough, Kengo saw that the entire crew of the Nursedessei was present.
His reaction to this was to sigh. "You all know, don't you? About my secret."
"Don't worry, the truth of your identity as Ultraman Trigger is a complete secret.", Captain Tatsumi assured him. "So naturally, the whole of GUTS-Select knows."
Akito was the next to speak. "Kengo, what happened out there? You seemed to be infected with something towards the end."
"I don't know.", was all Kengo had to offer. "I got hit with something from Trigger Dark before he was absorbed and then I found that one of my attacks managed to scratch Carmeara."
"I can answer that." This came from one of the nurses on site, who was carrying something in a plastic bag. "We pulled this out of Mr. Manaka's body when treating his wounds. It didn't seem to be causing any damage, but we felt it better safe than sorry."
When Kengo looked at the object in the bag, he noted that it was a Hyper Key. In particular, he recognised who exactly was on said Hyper Key. "Trigger Dark." He then had a realisation. "He was trying to tell me to combine our powers. That's the only way we can defeat Carmeara with her current power level."
"You might be a match for her, yes.", Akito said in response. "But I doubt you could defeat her outright. She has access to the power of the Eternity Core."
"So has Kengo.", Yuna realised. "Yuzare's power called forth a portion of it to create Glitter Trigger Eternity. If Kengo can get close enough, I can use that power to empower Kengo enough to defeat her."
"Meanwhile, I'll have the rest of us provide ground support by getting everyone to safety.", Captain Tatsumi added.
Akito thought about it, before taking the Trigger Dark Hyper Key. "Alright, but I'll need some time to work on it."
Out in the streets of Tokyo, Carmeara was still stumbling through the streets, as she convulsed in pain. "Why?", she asked. "Why is this happening to me? My body is perfect!"
"Perfectly falling apart.", another voice commented. Carmeara turned around to the source, namely Asuka. "You can't handle the power of that woman, the Eternity Core and your three comrades. They're all rejecting you, trying to break free."
"I will control them!", Carmeara insisted. "And then the universe will bow before the will of Megalothor!" She took out her personal Hyper Key, inserting it into her Sparklence and transforming. She re-emerged in the middle of the city, which was blown apart to reveal a more monstrous version of the creature she had become before. Not only was her head now less humanoid, it had also turned upside down. Her upper body had now been deformed to gain a pair of shells and several tentacles, while her arms had turned into crustacean-like pincers. "This planet will be the first to fall!"
As the people began running, Asuka looked around, finding that GUTS-Select had yet to show up. "I guess it's up to me." He opened his Lieflasher, transforming. "Dyna!" And then, Ultraman Dyna stood before Megalothor in his Flash Type. "The real fight begins now!" Megalothor fired bolts of dark energy at her new prey, but Dyna used his Flash Light Bullet to nullify these. He then ran forward and charged energy into the Dyna Tector on his chest, before firing his Spiral Burst. But this failed to buffet the creature, who merely pushed him down to the ground with her tentacles.
At GUTS-Select's headquarters, Marulu noticed the entire fight taking place on the monitor. "Bad news. Megalothor's reappeared in the city. And she seems to be fighting that Dyna guy from earlier."
"At least he's buying us some time, since the GUTS Falcon still needs repairing.", Himari noted, before calling out to the lab. "Hey, Akito! How are you doing?"
"We're almost done.", Akito called back, as he observed the new Hyper Key being created. "Now then, Kengo. You just need to hold off Carmeara long enough for Yuna to call on Yuzare's power to remove the Eternity Core."
"I've got it.", Kengo nodded. He then spoke into a communcator. "Yuna, are you ready?"
"Almost.", was Yuna's reply from her end, as she began to charge up the ring she had inherited from her mother's family, passing through ten millions of generations. "What about you? What's the progress report on your end?"
As she asked this, Akito's machine dinged. "It's ready!", Akito stated as he presented Kengo with a new Hyper Key. This one was a similar shape to the Glitter Eternity Key, but was gold on cream instead of black on gold. It also had a differently shaped central image, which depicted Trigger Multi Type and Trigger Dark facing each other. "Since this embodies both the light and the dark, both vital facets of existence, I'm calling it 'Trigger Truth'.", he explained.
"Good to know.", Kengo commented as he picked it up, before running out of the room and proceeding to the roof, where he activated his new Hyper Key. Trigger Truth! He then inserted it into his Sparklence. Boot Up! True Zeperion! "Let's go, Carmeara!", Kengo announced as he opened his Sparklence's barrel, before doing his usual transformation sequence. "Ultraman Trigger!" He leapt into the air, being subsumed in a flash of light.
And at the site of the battle, as Dyna was being beaten down by Megalothor, he was saved from what would've been almost certain death by the arrival of a new figure. It resembled Trigger's Multi Type, but now bore black stripes on his body, along with the facial markings of his Dark counterpart. "Thanks for joining the fight.", Dyna said to him. "I was almost done for."
"It's alright.", Trigger nodded. "Let's just hope I can carry out my plan."
Megalothor didn't seem put out by this development. Instead, she started laughing. "So, you took back part of your darkness to be with me again, Trigger.", she growled, as she fired more dark energy bolts at the pair, scattering them. She hen launched her tentacles forward.
But then Dyna leapt forward, karate chopping the tentacles. "Trigger, whatever you're going to do, you'd better do it now."
"Got it.", Trigger said in response as he ran towards Megalothor, grabbing onto her chest, and charging energy into the light on his chest, before firing energy at the creature, causing a hole to develop in her chest. "Yuna, do it now!"
From her safe spot, Yuna held up Yuzare's ring, charging energy into it, which she sent into Megalothor's body. Then the spirit of Yuzare took over once more. "Kengo Manaka, as before, the power of the Eternity Core will be yours to wield. And this time, you will inherit proctorship of that power." Golden energy flowed out of Megalothor and into Trigger's body, causing it to change again. Now, it sported Glitter Trigger Eternity's body markings mixed with those of Multi Type's. It also now had a fusion of the different lights on both their chests. He also bore golden armour, with a jewel in the centre, on his head.
"Carmeara!", Trigger declared as he reached into the hole he had made, pulling the body of Megalothor apart to reveal Carmeara, who he pulled out. "I'm going to free you from your turmoil. You can't destroy the universe with your own power." He then reached in and removed his mother, Reina Manaka, from her body, placing her on a nearby building, where she collapsed into unconsciousness.
"Maybe not.", Carmeara responded, summoning her whip to knock Trigger back, before revealing two coloured spheres in her hand, one red, one blue. "But maybe the powers of my servants can help me, just like yours have helped you." She then devoured them, transforming again, though in a more subdued manner. This time, she gained armour on her head, shoulders, arms, legs and chest, in addition to a skirt, all resembling Darrgon's. She also now had additional armour and shoulder pads that bore a resemblance to Hudram's. "Now then, I will use the power of all three Dark Giants to crush this planet." She then launched one of her whips, which now had Hudram's arm-blade on the end towards Trigger, who dodged it, before summoning his two weapons. Circle Arms! Glitter Blade! He set the latter so that the crimson crystal was on the bottom, before transforming the former into the Sky Arrow and using both for an energy attack. Power Photon! The shot hit Carmeara, sending her reeling. "Curse you, Kengo Manaka!" She leapt up into the air, taking flight as she launched a dark fireball at Trigger, who likewise jumped into the air, going in close using his Power Claw with the Key for Sky Type. Runboldt Claw Impact! This made contact, knocking Carmeara down to Earth.
And back down at the original battlefield, Dyna was observing the remains of Megalothor's shell. "I'd better destroy this thing.", he decided. But before he could hit it, a familiar glowing, cylindrical object drifted downwards. "Sphere! So they exist here too?" The Sphere merged with the larger half of the Megalothor shell, causing the missing piece on top and the damaged tentacles to regrow, albeit with translucent, glowing eyes, as the entire body turned pearl white, with some blue segments. Dyna tried to launch his Solgent Beam, only for the creature to erect a barrier. "It seems that even in this universe, Synthetic Beasts are annoying." The revived Megalothor moved closer, knocking Dyna down with this tentacles as his colour timer began to glow.
Ultra Dimension! But then a new Ultraman appeared from the sky, crashing to Earth and knocking both opponents back. When the smoke cleared, it revealed a new warrior who looked similar to Dyna, were it not for the different shape of the armour, the blue star pattern on his chest and the Colour Timer being on the left pec of his body. Ultraman Decker: Flash Type! As the revived Megalothor attacked, the new Ultraman, Decker, ran forward and chopped at the tentacles, before delivering a kick, that ended up being blocked. "Looks like I'll have to try this.", the newcomer stated as he pulled out a device, inserting cards into it. Mons Dimension! He raised the device up, pressing a trigger to summon three monsters Dyna recognised from the time he worked with Ultraseven during the Belial Revolt. Windom! Miclas! Agira! Miclas charged at Megalothor's barrier, before Windom jumped onto the same spot, causing it to crack. Agira then moved at high speed towards the same spot, causing the entire barrier to be surrounded with cracks. Then Decker inserted a new card into his device. Ultra Dimension! "Burst Forth! Strong! Ultraman Decker!" He shifted into a mostly red body, with golden armour on his left arm and right leg. Ultraman Decker: Strong Type!
"I like this guy's style.", Dyna commented as he initiated his own Triple Change, shifting into his Miracle Type. "Go for it, rookie."
"Got it.", Decker nodded as he delivered a punch with his right hand. "Dolnade Breaker!" He energy of this blow shattered the shield, sending Megalothor reeling. Dyna then attacked with his Revolium Wave, banishing the creature into a wormhole that swiftly closed. With that done, both Ultras gave each other a thumbs up, before leaping into the air and flying off.
Meanwhile, back with Trigger and Carmeara, their fight had now been taken into outer space. "Good. Now we can't cause any more damage.", Trigger stated. "It's time we finished this."
"I couldn't agree more.", Carmeara nodded as both posed themselves, firing beams of energy from the lights on their chests. Eventually the two beams grew greater in ferocity, as the light of the two blinded both of them.
Within the light, both combatants saw each other's entire lives flashing before their eyes. Trigger saw Carmeara's entire life, how her parents had been killed in an accident of which she was the only survivor. How everyone, from the social group that helped her out, to the children she had once considered friends, had ostracised and treated her like an outsider for this. How Trigger was the only friend she had known since then, how she had only wanted the Eternity Core so that she could remake her own planet into one where no-one would suffer as she had. Meanwhile, Carmeara saw Kengo's whole life, from his initial incarnation from the light within Trigger, to his rebirth on Mars 20 years ago, to his childhood, seeing that he had managed to be a positive influence on those around him, helping bullies see the error of their ways and bringing joy to people in depression. "Kengo Manaka.", she stated, her voice void of emotion. "If only I'd had someone like you. I might have turned out differently. All this death, Darrgon, Hudram, the Lishurian people, my Trigger… it could've been avoided. And now, I've lost everything in the name of destruction."
"You don't have to keep destroying things.", Trigger said, as his visage changed to that of Kengo. "You could be at peace with yourself. Don't you want that?"
"Yes.", the voice of Darrgon echoed from within Carmeara.
Hudram's voice came next. "We all want a chance to be free."
"Free of the pain of this vicious cycle.", Ignis added.
Carmeara thought for a moment and then nodded. "I'll accept that chance. All you need to do now is defeat me."
"Alright then.", Kengo nodded as he inserted his Trigger Truth Key into the Circle Arms. Maximum Boot Up! Truth! "Let's go, Carmeara!" He ran forward delivering a slash to his foe's chest. True Zeperion Sword Finish!
As Carmeara took the blow, her eyes started to blur as she saw Kengo's face transform into that of her lover. "So this is… the light…", she wheezed out as her vision began to fade. "It feels… warm. If only… I'd felt this… sooner." And with that, she lost all awareness, her body lying prone on the floor.
