TITANS 2150.4 - The Last Empire (Disney Monster Universe Phase 2)

Chapter 1 - The Black Scourge

Following the disappearance of Hydra and the discovery of their secret base on the moon, and having been destroyed by Destoroyah, Monarch wasted no time in sending a team there to inspect the remains of the installation and recover everything what the terrorists were planning, especially regarding the ruins of the extraterrestrial civilization that created the cyborg Gigan and which they seemed to be studying carefully. Three of the four astronauts sent by Monarch on this recovery mission had entered the silent remains of the base, a veritable dismal graveyard now while the pilot stayed in the cockpit of the spaceship, remaining aware about the communications with the earth. Locked in their high-performance spacesuits, the three agents crossed certain corridors, lighting with their head flashlights, and headed towards the room that interested them the most: the laboratory.

_"This place gives me goosebumps. It feels like Alien." Agent Ash commented.

_"Shut up Ash, this is not the time with your remarks." Agent Ellen, head of the expedition, replied sternly.

Suddenly, the third agent, Dallas, gasped in fear as the corpse of a Hydra man, floating in zero gravity, appeared right in front of him in the beam of his flashlight. His scream of fear made Ellen and Ash turn around and also noticed, seeing Dallas leaning against a wall, heart racing and trying to calm down.

_"Don't give us a heart attack, Dallas. You'll do that when we get back to Earth." Ellen then said.

_"I'm... ok, ma'am. I'm fine, no problem" Dallas stammered a little, starting to follow the other two again.

The three agents finally reached the base's main laboratory, which like the rest had suffered a significant amount of damage following Destoroyah's attack. However, some of the alien artifacts and records recovered from the ruins had been spared, and Monarch's agents wasted no time in beginning to recover them for careful study on earth. While Dallas and Ash were busy storing the first alien artifacts in a containment box, Ellen focused on a Hydra holo-tablet, still functional and which contained several photos of extraterrestrial texts collected from the ruins' archives and which , visibly, Hydra, seemed to have succeeded in translating most. Ash, noticing that Ellen was immersed in reading these holo-files, joined her.

_"Something interesting?" Ash asked.

_"Rather yes." Ellen commented. "According to this text, this civilization was called the Xiliens and they were not from the Moon. Apparently, thousands of years ago, they planned to conquer and colonize Earth with their supreme weapon, Gigan, killing the planet's protector, Godzilla. But they didn't have time as a giant three-headed dragon, which they named Ghidorah, arrived and wiped them all out before they could activate their new weapon... and this text ends there."

Although never having seen him in real life, Monarch agents knew who this titan Ghidorah was, the latter having been killed by Godzilla in Arendelle several centuries ago during a battle. According to ancient engravings found in ruins or caves around the world, Ghidorah was described as a dragon who fell from the stars a long time ago, a usurping king who tried to impose his power on planet Earth and establish a new natural order. With the discovery of the existence of Ghidorah, then Gigan and SpaceGodzilla, it was now obvious that other similar forces to the titans existed among the vastness of the universe, which was not the most reassuring. Who knows what monstrosities could have been generated in this endless space?

_"And... if these guys, the Xiliens, don't come from the moon, then where?" Ash then asked.

Ellen looked at the other translated texts one by one and ended up discovering something else that was both very interesting and frightening.

_"Apparently, they came from a very distant galaxy, and had fled their home planet to... escape something..."

_"Escape from what?" Ash then asked, a little worried.