January 23rd, 2016
Outpost 54, Bermuda

Tony narrowed his eyes as he read Vivianne's report from over Ishiro's shoulder, taking in every word that she had typed about her expedition to the Antarctic and this new super species she and her team had discovered. She had included every detail about it as she could, though it was almost impossible until they would be able to get an outpost there up and running. What really caught his attention though, was a foot note she had left in the report. He didn't know how he should feel once he read those five words that should be meaningless but somehow, made a shiver of dread crawl down his spine.

'The Devil has three heads.'

"I really, really hope that's just me rubbing off on her." Tony murmured as he finished reading, straightening up.

"I hope not." Ishiro stated, trying his best to make a joke. It fell flat on its face, though Tony had to give the other props for trying.

Tony stretched before he rolled his shoulders. "You need me for anything in the next few days?"

"No. I should be good. Thank you for you're help."

Tony grinned at him. "Well, someone needs to while Vivienne was away. God knows how you'd survive without her."

Ishiro did not dignify that with a verbal response. He simply waved the younger off and adjusted his glasses before he began to type. Tony took this as a sign of dismissal and as such, walked out of Ishiro's private rooms and went straight for the control room and poke his head in.

"Hey, Rickster?"

"Yeah, Tony?" Rick looked over at him.

"Can you get the Hydrophone ready and call the big guy out while I wheel my piano up top?"

"Of course." Rick grinned. "I'll give you a ten second head start."

"You are my favorite desk person."

"Shut up and get your ass up there."

"Aye, Rickers." With a mock solute, he went out of the control room and straight to his private rooms.

Bucky was not ready when the entire room rumbled and shook slightly while he was changing into more comfortable clothes after having just worked out in the workout room.

He quickly pulled his jeans the rest of the way up, hastily buttoning them before tugging on his shirt and jacket and slipped on his cap, hiding as much of the mess he called his hair as he could. His hair grew out past his chin and he had been meaning to cut it soon- as well as shave the scruff that had started to grow on his face.

He flew out of his room and into the elevator, and tapped the top repeatedly until the door finally closed and the elevator started to climb upwards. He waited anxiously, bouncing on his feet. He gripped onto the elevator railing when the outpost shook once more and he could feel his heart in his throat. It felt like forever when the elevator finally dinged and the automatic doors opened and he flung himself out of it, into the setting sun's rays and onto the railing. He was standing up on the higher up platforms, above the main one but there was still at least one that was higher than the one he's one at the moment.

He peered down and he could see Tony standing there close to the edge next to a...piano? Why Tony was outside with a piano and acting like everything was fine, he had no idea. All he knew was that something was happening and that Tony should not be as calm as he was. It didn't make any sense to Bucky.

Then, something in the water caught his attention, and he tried to peer more to see what it was.

It was a dark shape that seemed to glide effortlessly around the outpost before dorsal plates rose up and cutting through the surface of the water, clearly still healing. It stopped in front of where Tony was standing and the dorsal plates began to raise, revealing dark scale covered back. The torso lifted fully from the surface, water cascading down the massive shoulders and arms. The creatures tail appeared out of the water behind the massive body before it splashed back down harshly.

Bucky could feel throat close up at the sight of the beast that haunted his dreams since San Francisco. He watched as Godzilla looked down at Tony and Bucky could only imagine what kind of bloodthirsty look that the Titan was giving the shorter man. He took a deep breath in, intending to call out to Tony as loudly as he could, to tell the idiot to move away, but he had to pause when something reached him. Something he was not prepared to hear in this situation. He could hear Tony letting out a...laugh? Why was that crazy jackass laughing?!

"Hey, big guy!" Tony greeted loudly and Bucky just about had an heart attack when Godzilla seemed to respond back with a sound that he had never heard before. It was like a deep, rumbling sound within his neck and Tony seemed to recognize the noise as a good thing since he laughed once more. "The usual?!"

Godzilla snorted at the other before lifting a clawed hand and setting it on the platform, claws digging into the cement that made up the platform, making cracks spiderweb out from them, leaning more towards Tony.

"As the king commands!" joked Tony before taking his seat at the piano and it was obvious that Godzilla was following his every move. Bucky watched as Tony got situated, fingers splayed across the keys and he pressed down and the first note filled the air. Soon, more notes followed and Bucky could only watch in shock and confusion as Tony continued to play the piano and Godzilla just seemed to be watching and listening intently.

"He's playing Clair De Lune, if you're interested in knowing what Tones' playing." He heard Rhodey stated from behind, making him look over his shoulder and at the other. "It's Godzilla's favorite."

Bucky stared at the other blankly. "...What?"

"This song is Godzilla's favorite. Tony always plays it for him when we call him out."

"You call him out...so Stark can play a random song for him?"

"Yep, more or less." Rhodey walked up beside Bucky, leaning against the railing as the notes continued to come and go. "I know, hard to believe that something like him could be into our human music. First time I saw this happen, I just about freaked. I wanted to run out, grab Tony and drag him back in. It took a bit to get use to this, but I eventually did."

"This is a stupid idea."

"Yep."

"And yet you still will let this happen?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because Tony, somehow, made himself Godzilla's favorite human."

"This is no time for jokes." growled Bucky and Rhodey gave him a look.

"Man, I'm not joking. I'm being very serious. Come on, follow me." Rhodey went to the ladder and began to climb down it, Bucky following after some hesitation. Once they reached the bottom, Rhodey took a few steps forward and waited for Bucky to walk up beside him. "Now, look into the big guy's eyes and tell me you don't see what I see."

Bucky frowned, eyeing Rhodey before looking at Godzilla, at his eyes, and what he saw there shook everything he thought he knew about the creature before him.

He had always thought of Godzilla's usual facial expression would be like that of a bloodthirsty being with the destruction of whatever's around him. The way the behemoth is looking at Tony was certainly not that. No, Godzilla was giving Tony a rather soft look and his head seemed to be swaying to the music that Tony was producing. Bucky didn't want to believe it, he really didn't, but he couldn't deny what he was seeing right in front of him, no matter how much he wanted to.

He watched as Godzilla rumbled when the notes finally came to an end before warbling at Tony, causing the human to laugh. Tony stood up, taking a step closer the the large behemoth without any fear. Godzilla sank down until his snout was at the same height as the platform and just his eyes was visible, still staring at Tony.

"Come on." Rhodey nudged him back. "Tony's gonna be out here until Godzilla decides to go back to his home."

Bucky let Rhode lead him into the elevator when the automatic doors opened and then, they shut, cutting Tony out of his sight. He looked at Rhodey, mouth opening and closing, trying to find any words to say after what he had just witnessed. Rhodey beat him to it.

"You only see black and white when there's so much more that that to life."

"And Stark sees this."

"Yes, he does."