Chapter 52: When Fire Meets the Deep

The sky was gray with tension. Heavy clouds hung low, rumbling with distant thunder. Below, the Monarch fleet carved through the waves, carrying Kong—chained but calm—toward whatever destination the humans had decided for him. I flew high above the ships with my five elders spread out around me like sentries. None of us spoke. We didn't need to. The unease in the air said everything.

And I remembered this moment.From my past life.From the world before I became a dragon.

This was the moment Godzilla came.

I didn't know why he attacked the ships—not fully—but I remembered it clearly. The blast. The chaos. The near-drowning of the titan who had become our ally. In that life, I was just a man watching a movie.Now, I was here.Alive.Watching it unfold.

A deep rumble echoed from the sea.

I looked down. The waves had shifted. The water was moving—wrong. Pulling inward like it was scared of something beneath it. Then… a flash.

Blue.

Bright, radiant blue pulsing beneath the surface.

Godzilla.

"He's coming!" I shouted through the sky, my voice rippling like thunder.

All five elders snapped to attention. Below, Monarch's alarms went off. Lights flickered. Humans scrambled. Kong stood up, towering over the deck of the ship, his chains clinking ominously.

I dived fast, fire gathering in my throat.

The sea exploded as Godzilla erupted from below, roaring louder than the wind itself. His body crashed into the ships, scattering them like toys. His dorsal fins glowed with searing energy. Kong roared back, straining against the chains.

Godzilla's atomic breath lit up the stormy sky.

I reacted on instinct—diving straight into its path and releasing a stream of flame. Fire met radiation, and the explosion of steam nearly blinded me mid-air. Water boiled. Metal screamed.

The second elder dove beside me, spitting flame at Godzilla's side. The fifth circled wide and rained fire from above. We weren't trying to destroy him. Just stop him. Just remind him that Kong wasn't alone.

Below, humans yelled. Systems sparked. But I didn't care.

This was between Titans.

Godzilla roared and turned his glowing eyes toward me. I hovered in the rain, wings wide, staring down the King of the Monsters.

He didn't fire again.

Instead, he paused. Looked around. Looked at Kong.

Who had broken his chains.

The great ape surged forward, launching himself off the ship with a roar of fury. The ocean buckled as he landed with a thunderous crash. Water surged upward like an explosion.

I held position.

We all did.

But Kong didn't attack immediately. Neither did Godzilla.

They stared at each other across the sea, chest heaving, thunder cracking above.

Then—all the lights on the ships went out. Instantly. Every hum of technology silenced. The humans turned off everything. Just like in my memories.

And for a moment…

Everything was still.

No noise.

No motion.

Just titans breathing in the storm.

Godzilla lowered his head slightly, looking not at Kong, but at us—at the dragons hovering like shadows in the clouds. His glowing eyes flickered. He didn't seem angry anymore. Just… confused. Maybe curious. Maybe wary.

I held his gaze, then dipped my wings.

A sign.

Not of surrender.

But of respect.

Godzilla watched for a second longer… then turned. Slowly. Deliberately. And dove back into the sea, the water closing around him like a silent curtain. The waves stilled. The thunder passed. And he was gone.

The second elder flew to my side, smoke trailing from his mouth. "He's testing us."

I nodded. "He'll be back. That wasn't war. That was a warning."

Kong climbed back onto the ruined ship and looked at us. We hovered above him. Allies. Not enemies. The rain fell quietly around us now, the chaos behind us. He didn't roar. Didn't beat his chest. He just looked up…

…and nodded.

Not as a king.

But as a friend.

And I nodded back.

Then we flew off, silent shadows in the storm, leaving the humans and their fleets behind.

The war hadn't started yet.

But it would.

And when it came…

We'd be ready.