30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce, Episode XXVI: "Echoes, Awakenings and Fates"

CHAPTER THREE

Gavan's Glory angled down towards Aytolis Castle as the A.I.C. began a fresh assault on the Royal Guard positions. "Sofia, take over piloting. I'll take over weapons," William said. Sofia tapped a few keys and smiled when she saw the piloting controls appear on her display.

William then tapped a few keys on his own panel. "Activating ablative armor," William said. Sheets of armor slid into place over the viewports, while a tactical eyepiece-or "eye-comm"-appeared on William's head.

On the eye-comm's display, targeting crosshairs appeared over an A.I.C. catapult. "Allons-y!" William said before he squeezed the fire control on his joystick. Twin flares of yellow light erupted from the torpedo launcher on the top of Gavan's Glory's hull.

The flares then slammed into the catapault, causing it to explode into a shower of wood, stone, fire and other debris. "Direct hit, William!" Sofia said. "I can see that, Sofia," William said. "How can you see with that armor over your viewports?" Marth asked.

William tapped a finger on the eye-comm's display before turning his attention back to the assault. "Sofia, turn us onto trajectory 34 degrees starboard," William said. "Got you," Sofia said. Sofia turned Gavan's Glory onto the ordered trajectory while William let phaser fire loose onto the A.I.C. stragglers.

One by one, under William's expert hand and eye, the A.I.C. soldiers fell, stunned, to the ground. This allowed the Aytolisian Royal Guard to advance from where the A.I.C. had them pinned down. "William, another A.I.C. catapult 20 degrees port of our present position," Sofia said. "On it," William said.

William made a Megaforce Change Key appear in his hand. In one fluid motion, William folded the legs of the Key back and put it into the lock on the control panel in front of him. "Megaforce Change!" William said before turning the Key. "Minilla!" the control panel called out.

The phaser emitters began to belch out smoke rings. But the smoke rings caused the remaining A.I.C. catapult to fall apart. "All A.I.C. weapons emplacements destroyed," William said. "Deactivating ablative armor and raising shields."

As soon as the armor plates were clear of the viewports, Marth could see that the Aytolisian Royal Guard advance towards the A.I.C. troops that were more deeply entrenched on the battlefield. Suddenly, the cabin shook as something struck Gavan's Glory from behind.

"We're going down! I can't control her!" Sofia cried out. "All hands, brace for impact!" William cried out. That was the last thing William remembered before Gavan's Glory struck the ground.

A few hours later, William heard a vaguely-familiar voice. "I see you're finally awake, King William," the voice said in Japanese. William's eyes fluttered open to find a strange monkey-like creature standing before him. A humanoid male stepped out from behind the monkey.

"Basco tal Jolokia?!" William said. "But you're dead!" "The dead can be reborn," Basco said in English. "I see you recognize Sally, as well." William looked at the monkey, whose name, apparently, was Sally.

"The A.I.C. resurrected me after Captain Marvelous defeated me in our final duel," Basco continued. "They even gave me new toys." Basco held up an object that resembled a trumpet. "You may recognize this device as the device I used to project the shadows of the Ranger Keys during my fights with Marvey-chan and the Gokaigers."

Basco held out his hand. Sally put a strange object in it. William recognized it as a Kaiju Key, but one he had never seen before. "Now, look upon the force that destroyed your beloved Gavan's Glory and which will also help the A.I.C. take over the multi-verse!"

Basco put the mysterious Kaiju Key in the trumpet and began to play. A flare of golden light shot out of the trumpet and resolved into a monster unlike that which William had ever seen before.

"Meet Gyaos!" Basco said. "I have many more just like it, but this creature of darkness alone will be sufficient to defeat the mighty Scarlett Warrior once and for all!"

William took a deep breath and closed his eyes, preparing for the end. But before Gyaos' killing blow struck home, a familiar wheezing sound began to echo throughout the battlefield. The sounds of the battlefield began to fade in volume, however, before disappearing completely.

William opened his eyes to find that Sofia, Mal, Chad, Sito, Lennier, Marth, Celica, Chrom, Ike, Roy, Azura and himself had been scooped up from certain doom into the newly-regenerated TARDIS! The Doctor stood at the control pedestal.

"Doctor!" William screamed in delight before running to hug The Doctor. "Thank you!" "You're welcome, but our business down here is not yet complete," The Doctor said. "We've still got an A.I.C. action commander to defeat."

"True, but something's a little off," William said. "What do you mean?" Sofia said. "I mean, that monkey-like creature—Sally," William said. Gesturing to one of the monitors that ringed the control pedestal, on which rested an image of Basco and Sally, William continued: "Just prior to the final duel Basco mentioned between himself and Captain Marvelous of the Gokaigers, Basco put a bomb in Sally in an attempt to take out all six Gokaigers—a bomb which eventually exploded, killing Sally."

"Right," Sofia said, slowly realizing what William was getting at. "Then, why is Sally still there with Basco? Basco betrayed Sally by using her as a weapon in his vendetta against the Gokaigers!"

Sofia's question was answered when Sally kicked Basco in the knees. Basco doubled over in pain as if he were kicked in a human's genitals. "Not everyone keeps their genitals in the same place, Your Majesty," The Doctor said with a wry smile.

A column of red mist formed in the TARDIS control room, revealing Sally. Sally then became... "ROSE!" William said. "Well played. Well played." Rose smiled at William. "Sorry about Gavan's Glory, though," Rose said.

"It's just a ship, Aunt Rose. We-" William gestured to everyone in the TARDIS control room. "-are what really matters."

Rose walked over to the control pedestal and began to look around. She smiled when she found what she was looking for: a Mobilates-like ignition lock. "William, would you care to do the honors?" she said, handing William a Kaiju Key that looked familiar. "If you have Gyaos on the A.I.C.'s side, you need the Guardian of the Universe on ours," Rose said.

William smiled, then took the Key and inserted it into the lock. "Hold on to something," William said before turning the Key. "Gamera!" the Key lock called out.

To the world outside the TARDIS, the familiar image of a British police telephone box morphed into a giant flying turtle. Fire streamed from "Gamera's" mouth and down to the ground, sending the A.I.C.'s forces scampering in all directions. One A.I.C. soldier helped the prone form of Basco to his feet in order to escape the flames.

"Doctor, get us back to the Enterprise before the A.I.C. can regroup!" William yelled over the raucous laughter of the other members of the away team. "On it!" The Doctor said.

Down on the ground, Basco watched in anger and frustration as "Gamera's" appearance reverted to the traditional TARDIS appearance and flew out of the atmosphere. "There will be another time!" Basco said before slapping the A.I.C. officer helping him on the back of the head. "I can move by myself, thank you!" he said.

Ship's Log, supplemental, Princess Consort Mal recording.

The Enterprise is en route to the World of Sofia the First to drop off Queen Sofia, before heading to Challenger Base for rest and resupply. I wish to read into the record a message delivered to the Scarlett Army by Prince Rowan and Princess Lianna of Aytolis. It reads as follows:

"Thanks to the actions of King William and his people, the A.I.C. forces have departed from this world, allowing Aytolisian forces to resume the much-needed work of rebuilding our kingdom from the actions of the Chaos Dragon Velezark. We owe the Scarlett Army a debt which we may never be able to repay. But we shall try, for that is the way of Aytolis."

As for King William, Princess Rose and The Doctor, however, a different destination awaits them.

On the TARDIS, William watched on a display as The Doctor and Rose maneuvered the ship towards a nearby planetoid. "Fortunately, I still can access this place, owing to my brief tenure as President of the Time Lords," The Doctor said.

"What is this place, Doctor?" William said. "Welcome to the Gallifreyian Black Hole Shipyards. This is where my people used to grow and test new TARDISes," The Doctor said. "You need a replacement for Gavan's Glory, after all." William rubbed his hands with anticipation and glee as The Doctor maneuvered the TARDIS for a landing.

::TBC::