Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of either Dragon Ball Super or Kong: Skull Island, only how the story goes. Dragon Ball Super belongs to Akira Toriyama and Kong: Skull Island belongs to Legendary Studios. I apologize for any errors in grammar and/or if I was not accurate in reference to something.
A/N: And I'm back! Hope you all didn't miss me too much. And here we are with another chapter to Defenders vs Monsters- History. A lot of crazy things are gonna go down in this chapter.
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Chapter Four: The Worst Timing
Broly and the Skullcrawler clashed together and it created a shockwave that shattered windows around the two. Broly growled as he backed up and unleashed multiple orbs of energy at the monster. The Skullcrawler was able to form a shield around its body right before they impacted. The resulting explosions engulfed the same buildings. Piccolo could still hear the screams of people as they were close by. Looking to the other Z Fighters he said, "Some of us need to do crowd control. There are still people in the line of fire."
"Me, Yamcha and Chiaotzu will go and help them." Tien offered. The two mentioned nodded and said, "Right."
"I'll keep an ear out and let you all know telepathically." Piccolo told them as they ignited their auras and flew from the battle. Piccolo stayed at the back of the group and looked to where he could see Beerus and Whis. He wondered what they were doing, but couldn't think of it now as he was needed between helping fight the monster and helping listen out for stragglers.
Broly grunted as he was stomped into the ground by the Skullcrawler's foot. Goku and Vegeta came to their friend's rescue with a punch to the monster's torso. The Skullcrawler tumbled backwards and crashed into a building. It let out a shriek of pain as it slid to the ground.
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As they drove closer to the battle, Mark's group soon parked just a few blocks from the battle. Looking up they could see Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha all flying overhead in different directions. Mark then asked, "Why aren't they with the others?"
"There must still be more civilians close by. They're keeping a look out." Colonel Foster deduced before opening the door. The entire group exited from their vehicles and looked about. Cars were driving from the battle zone, people ran on the side walks. Stenz then radioed, "Get troops into the city on the east side to help with the evacuations. And once all civilians have been cleared, ready missile strikes on my mark."
"Yes, sir!" A soldier on the other end responded. Looking to the group he said, "Help out anyone you should see, but keep clear of the battle. More air support is on its way."
"All right, sir." Foster nodded as the team started to move out. Goten and Trunks took to the air and looked into the windows of some buildings for any people still in them. Goten came to a window and thought he saw a woman standing in the darkness of a room. But when he backed up, the figure appeared to have vanished into thin air. Goten was about to start searching for the person's energy when another explosion rocked the city. He looked back to see part of a building crumbling and gasped when he saw a little girl on her knees crying right as a few large stones fell from a building. Igniting his aura, the half-Saiyan quickly rocketed to the little girl and pulled her out of the way just as the debris landed on the ground. The little girl cheered as Goten flew through the air and landed close to the vehicles. Setting her down, Goten then pointed to the evacuating crowd and said, "You should head that way. You'll be safer there."
The girl smiled and watched as Goten took off again. As he flew higher Trunks flew up to him and said, "I see you've found yourself a girlfriend there, Goten."
"Huh?" Goten said while quirking a brow to his best friend. Trunks had a grin as he pointed his thumb to the girl. Goten then furrowed his brow as he said, "She's not my girlfriend, Trunks."
"Then why is she looking at you all swoon-y like?" Trunks questioned and looked back. Goten looked back too and saw that the girl was indeed looking to him, but it wasn't like it was head-over-heels. Goten looked to Trunks with an annoyed look as the older half-Saiyan then joked, "Made you look."
Goten just groaned in annoyance while they kept flying.
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The battle continued as the Skullcrawler was knocked deeper into the city. It stood back up and shrieked at Godzilla and the Z Fighters. Broly was the first to break away from the group with a shout and flew at the Skullcrawler like a madman. He dodged a swipe from one of the monster's feet and began landing blows left and right to the odd creature's face. The Skullcrawler ducked under one punch and lashed out its long tongue at Broly. The tongue wrapped itself around Legendary Super Saiyan and yanked Broly around. Broly grunted in pain when he was smashed into a building and cried out when it pulled him along again. With a circling motion of its head, the Legendary Skullcrawler smashed Broly into the street. Broly groaned in pain as he laid there and the Skullcrawler sought to take advantage of this. Leaning down, it opened its jaws wide to take a bite out of Broly but he was once again saved when Godzilla's tail knocked the Skullcrawler back. Goku, Vegeta, Buu and Android 17 flew in front of the King of the Monsters before they all prepared their signature attacks. They all fired as they shouted, "Kamehameha/Galick Gun/Photon Flash!"
Even Godzilla unleashed an Atomic Breath attack. All five beams collided against the Legendary Skullcrawler and they pushed the creature back. The Skullcrawler braced its legs against the ground as it slid back and created giant grooves in the street. It roared as it shook off the attacks and a green light built up from within its body. It unleashed a large beam attack from its mouth towards the group. Goku and Godzilla were prepared to meet the incoming attack head on, but a shape quickly moved in front of them. Broly was once again in the fight and used a backhand to knock the attack away.
The green energy beam flew over the city and was about to land midst Seattle's streets when a purple energy sphere flew in. Both attacks collided and the resulting explosion rocked the city. All seven combatants looked up to see Beerus holding his hand out. Whis looked to the Destroyer and said, "Nice shot, sir."
"Thank you, Whis." Beerus said as a smirk formed on his face. Whis then asked, "Shall we aid them?"
"I suppose so." The feline Destroyer said before they quickly flew to the battle. The Legendary Skullcrawler then unleashed multiple green orbs of energy at the two. Both Beerus and Whis either blasted or swatted at the energy spheres, taking great care not to cause any more damage to the city.
Jumping onto a roof, Geras surveyed the situation. He could tell that even with the Skullcrawler's immense power, the beast would soon be overwhelmed by the numbers against it. Looking down at the Chrono-modulator in his hands he said, "I think this test run has run its course."
Gathering his energy, he channeled it into the Chrono-modulator. He knew he had to hurry as he chanced a glance to see the Destroyer, the Angel Guide, the Titan and the Z Fighters starting to surround the Legendary Skullcrawler. Deciding to create a little cover as well, he threw his arm out and unleashed a twister made of sand as a distraction. Beerus, Whis, Godzilla and the Z Fighters all saw the large tornado of sand coming at them. Broly on the other hand had his focus on the Skullcrawler beast. With a yell he shot towards it once again.
(Cue Bardock Falls from DBS Broly)
But as Broly came within a few inches from landing a punch on the beast, his wound acted up once again and he fell to the ground. He writhed in pain as his Super Saiyan Form faded and his hair turned back to normal. When the pain stopped he looked up and gasped when the Skullcrawler raised its foot to crush him one more time. Broly tried to move out of the way, but his leg wouldn't move. A laser blast collided with the beasts face and both it and Broly looked to see Cheelai standing there with a blaster. She glared at the Legendary Skullcrawler and shouted, "Get away from him, you two-legged, skull faced freak!"
"NO! Cheelai!" Broly called out. The Skullcrawler started to move towards his friend and Broly struggled to get up and stop it from hurting her.
Back over with the others, the Z Fighters were shielding their eyes as the sand twister passed over them. Godzilla was quick to act by using his tail to try and disperse it. The sands from the twister were slightly dispersed until Whis came in and with a wave of his staff sent another blast of air that finished the job. They all looked back to the Skullcrawler as it was about to attack Cheelai.
The Skullcrawler stopped its advance to look to see the fighters once again coming at it. The creature hunched over as it built up its energy again and released an Explosive Wave attack. Cheelai braced herself for the incoming attack, but a green and purple blur was quick to pull her out of the way. Cheelai opened her eyes to find herself being carried by Piccolo. The attack spread out and pushed all buildings, fighters and Titan back away from it.
Geras knew that this was the perfect moment to get on to the next phase of the plan. Pointing the Chrono-modulator at the Legendary Skullcrawler, he fired an orange beam at it. The orange beam hit the building to the left of the Skullcrawler and a large portal opened up. The Legendary Skullcrawler's programming quickly kicked in and it knew to step towards the portal. Everyone looked to see the Skullcrawler stepping into the portal. Even the rest of Mark's group arrived to see the Skullcrawler's tail disappearing into the vortex. Android 17 noticed a shape quickly jumping off a building and disappearing after the monster. Then he saw another shape run to the portal before jumping in and vanishing. The portal quickly closed before a small orb remained and then it turned into a shockwave that traveled quickly from the portal site with a loud boom. When it was over, the group looked around the destroyed area. Goku then asked, "Uh, what just happened?"
"I don't know." Piccolo said as he descended next to him. But he sounded worried as he said, "But this is giving me a bad feeling."
"We need to find out where that thing went." Beerus said as most of the group started to regroup. Lemo and Cheelai were helping Broly to his feet. Goten and Trunks landed next to the non-fighters of the group as they all came together. Goku suddenly noticed that both Mark and Brody were looking odd. Turning to them he asked, "Mark, Ford? You guys okay?"
Everyone looked to them and noticed how they had become silent. They then looked up to see that even Godzilla was standing very still, and it didn't look like he was moving at all. Another loud bang, but this one came from far away was heard. A sudden wind passed over the entire group. Both Mark and Ford suddenly looked to the group just as Mark said, "Son Goku."
Both men instantly dissolved like sand in the wind and something fell from Mark's pocket. Goku cried out, "Mark! Ford!"
They all looked up to see Godzilla giving a weak growl before he too crumbled from the wind. The sand particles of all three of their friends were carried off by the breeze. Chi-Chi then looked to the others and questioned, "What just happened?"
"I'm not sure." Stenz said as he clutched his head. They looked to him as he looked frantic about something. Then with wide eyes he said, "I'm getting new memories. Memories from five years ago. The Battle of San Francisco."
Everyone looked up to the sky in confusion as they worried about what came next.
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Up in the atmosphere, Berry Blue was speaking with her master via her medallion about the events. She had a smile as she said, "Geras and your monster have successfully entered the past, my lord."
"Excellent, Berry Blue." Her master said, sounding pleased about the results. She then informed him, "But there was an odd occurrence."
"Explain." Her master commanded. She then said, "According the planetary scans, a few of the life signatures, including the Earth Titan that destroyed Ghidorah and Frieza, have disappeared."
"Hmm." Her master said as she knew that he was pondering this. Then they questioned, "My beast was sent to the specific point in time to target the young Titan, yes?"
"As per your instructions, my lord." Berry Blue nodded. They then questioned, "By this point in time, should the creature have lived long enough, the data showed that it inherited the Saiyan's life-span. It would not have lived long enough, or even if it did, it would have been slowed by age."
"Then what do you suppose, my lord?" Berry Blue asked. Her master then theorized, "Perhaps there is another party at play here. And no doubt that the forces of both Earth's will try to undo it."
"Shall I continue to carry out your orders, Master?" Berry Blue asked. The master thought for a moment before giving her their answer, "Yes, but keep an eye out for anymore suspicious activity."
"And I shall, my lord." Berry Blue nodded. Then she added, "I will report when the next few tasks are done."
"Excellent." Her master said before the transmission cut out. Berry Blue activated the medallion to open a rift through universes before disappearing through it.
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Back on the ground, the Z Fighters hadn't moved an inch as they were still in shock from what just happened. Rick then asked, "Did we just lose?"
"Lose the battle?" Vegeta questioned. He shook his head as he said, "I'm not sure. But lost something we definitely have."
"Let's head back to Washington." Chen suggested. Then she added, "We can compare notes on what happened."
"Right." Everyone agreed. They all headed for the Argo to make the trip back. Goku was the last to join them as he saw Serizawa's notebook sitting where Mark once stood. Leaning down, he picked it up and carried it with him.
(End of track)
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Elsewhere, in time, over the South Pacific…
It was a sunny day somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, though the sky was covered by a few clouds. But it was not a good day as it was a battle during the Second World War.
(Cue South Pacific track from Kong: Skull Island)
Machine gunfire filled the air as two planes whooshed and fought through the air. Both planes flew through the sky as one plane tried to rain machine gun fire on its enemy. The one trying to evade his enemy was from the Allies army and the one shooting the machine guns connected to his plane was from the Axis army. The Allies pilot, Hank Marlow, was trying to evade the bullets from the Axis pilot, Gunpei Ikari. Though he had been able to get a few shots in, Marlow's foe was able to turn the tables on him. With one hand, Marlow was able to keep the plane flying while trying to reach for his radio. But as his hand was just inches away from grabbing it, he had to duck his head as bullets became littered in the body of his plane. Warning lights suddenly blared to life as the plane took too much damage. He looked down to see if there was a spot in the ocean to land. Marlow was about to roll his plane around to where he could plan his escape before he crashed, when a bang of thunder came out of nowhere. Though while both pilots were confused, Marlow yelled as he went through with his role and slipped out of his seat.
(End of track)
Marlow yelled as he tumbled through the air and inwardly wished that it would end soon. His plane fell faster than he did and crashed down a beach. It exploded from the impact. As he was a few yards from the ground, Marlow let loose his parachute. He safely landed on the ground and panted as he removed his helmet while looking around. Looking up, he could see the other plane coming down. But when he looked back, he could see his enemy's parachute drifting down. Thinking that he could maybe end their battle he ran across the beach to engage the enemy.
(Cue The Beach from Kong: Skull Island)
He ran right past the plane but stopped and gasped when he saw the enemy pilot land and getting back to his feet under the parachute. Gunpei threw the parachute off of him and looked to the Ally soldier. Marlow quickly drew a 1945 Colt revolver pistol and fired the bullets in it. But his aim was off so he ended up hitting the sand around his Japanese foe. When the gun only clicked, he grew worried as his weapon was empty. Gunpei looked to see that he was unharmed and looked to Marlow. Then unhooking himself, Gunpei drew his own unique pistol and opened fire as Marlow ran from him. Gunpei fired a bullet that hit the sand a few feet behind the running Marlow. Gunpei held the gun in front of him as he chased after the Ally soldier.
Both men panted as they ran back across the beach and past Marlow's no longer burning plane. Gunpei fired another shot at Marlow, but it clicked, indicating that it was empty. The Japanese fighter cursed in his native tongue while throwing his weapon to the ground. Marlow and Gunpei ran deeper inland and crashed through the foliage as they went. Marlow tripped as he fell into a creek, but quickly picked himself back up to keep running. Gunpei had the same problem, but was able to keep up with Marlow. They ran along another section of the creek and Gunpei unsheathed the sword tied to his hip. Soon Marlow broke through the tree line and looked back to see if Gunpei was still behind him, and unfortunately, he was. Marlow gasped as he slid to a stop when he came to the edge of a cliff.
Taking deep breaths, Marlow turned around to see Gunpei standing there with his sword in his right hand. The blade gleamed in the sun light. Both men prepared themselves for whatever the other was planning to do.
A smile crept on Gunpei's face as he placed the sword in both hands. Marlow had an idea. He knew that it wasn't much, but it was an idea nonetheless. Running forward, Gunpei moved to intercept him when Marlow moved to the left and tried to escape. Gunpei tried to slash at Marlow, but he ducked under the swipe of the sword. Gunpei tried another swing, but Marlow jumped backwards. The Japanese pilot then stabbed his sword forward and Marlow caught it between his hands. Gunpei's smile grew as he slowly pushed the blade forward through a screaming Marlow's hands. But Marlow's hold on the blade allowed him to move it out of the way as he then swung a back handed fist to Gunpei's face. Gunpei grunted in pain and then again when Marlow socked him in the face. Gunpei's sword clattered against the ground while both men fell to the ground. Gunpei kicked Marlow in the side and as the Ally fell to the ground he rose to his knees while pulling out a knife. Gunpei tried to drive the knife into Marlow's heart, but the American soldier caught it with one hand. Gunpei moved to where Marlow couldn't escape from under him and tried to use both hands to finish Marlow. Marlow fought to keep the knife away from him but it was a losing battle as the knife drew closer.
Marlow gulped in fear that he would die on this day. But a giant furry hand rose from over the cliff side and grasped the surface, causing both men to stop fighting. They both looked to the hand when the right hand rose up and grasped the cliff side. Both Marlow and Gunpei gasped while looking to the cliff just as a large head rose next and blocked out most of the sun. The creature let out a puff of air as it breathed through its nostrils. Gunpei dropped his blade as he stared in wonder to the giant creature. Marlow was both scared and awed by the creature let loose a roar. It made both men got up from where they were and backed away.
(End of track)
Gunpei quietly picked up his weapons before he and Marlow quickly ran back into the jungle. The creature watched them go before pounding his chest and then letting loose another roar.
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Author's Note: And I'm gonna stop it here. Don't worry, we'll be going to the past soon. And all will be explained in the next chapter. I do apologize to the Godzilla fans reading this. I didn't want to do this exactly, but as I have said, I will explain and give you hope. I look forward to reading your reviews. Be sure to leave a comment either about if I've done something wrong or if you want something specifically to happen. See you next time.
