RT Ep.6-10: The Rise of Golus
Final Battle!! Golus Angers!!!
Previous Chapter
Previously on the Review Team,
The orbs have been destroyed. The group has been sent back to the Headquaters. Everything seems to be going fine...until Golus started to stir. That's really all you need to know right now.
BZIT!
The group were now back in front of Sir. They were relieved to be here except...
"Aw, c'mon! I know Nicole would probably have my head if I tried to keep the stuff, but...but..." Meta-Ridley sobbed.
"Get over yourself." Starscream said. "Besides, that substance, according to the interweb, is nothing but Dark Energon in miniature white form."
"Dark Energon? Sounds like a desperate metal band." Squidward said. Cerberus barked in agreement.
"Now, I shall send you to New York. You shall be hailed as heroes by the team, I promise you." Sir said gladly, interrupting them in the process.
Starscream smirked. "Well, I suppose Megatron might give me a little more respect this time. Alright. Time to end this journey."
"Can we get paid now?" Meta-Ridley asked.
-_-: I have a bad feeling about where this is all gonna go.
^-^: Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy! I hope we blow more things up!
-_-: It's the same routine, day in and day out, isn't it?
"The quest nears an end! Our tasks may not be remembered in our respective home-worlds, but the feeling of helping someone should make your hearts swell with joy!" Gwonam exclaimed. "We will go! With many blessings!"
Fofo spread her wings in agreement. Aslan and Cerberus just kept sniffing the floor.
"The important thing is that we go home in the end." Squidward said. "I mean, recognition is nice, but I've got a date with two lovely ladies and their names are Laura and clarinet." He let out a note on his instrument to make a point.
"Allow me to send you the closest I can get you to the designated location." Sir began to teleport them to New York. "The final battle begins!"
"I wanted to say that." Meta-Ridley sighed.
"Oh, well. How bad can one giant hunk of debris be?" Starscream shrugged.
BZIT!
Meanwhile in New York,
"Got any elevens?"
"Nope. Go fish."
Godzilla and Basil, in their boredom and possible delirium, were playing invisible Go-Fish. Everyone else was just taking in their situation.
"This sucks." Finn said.
"You've been saying that for the past few days." Marceline remarked.
"Well, it does." Discord angrily said. "I'm a physical god and yet THIS titanic baby puts us in a cage."
Z-Squared nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah. And the worst part is that he may not be totally a bad guy. Flattened people, notwithstanding."
Mothra was sleeping at the moment while Mr. Freeze used an icicle to carve another mark on the 'days in prison' side of the prism.
Fluttershy just continued to stare at the spaceship the golem made. For some reason, it unnerved her. The way he kept reaching up to the sky, the nights he would spend staring into space, the obvious sadness in his actions...what did he want?!
"Wait! What's that?" Twilight motioned to the other side of the force-field. They had yet to look above and see the top fading away.
"Well, I'll be an actual Prime..." Megatron raised an eyebrow. "I'd recognize that Seeker jet anyday."
The Review Team members looked up and, to their joy, the force-field was waning. They also noticed that, on the jet, there was a squid-man, a Pug, and a Great Pyrenees riding on it. A freakish metal dragon holding on to it with its teeth while a Harpy Eagle and an old man on a carpte flew alongside them.
When they landed and Starscream transformed, the group headed towards the prism.
"MASTER!" Starscream said. "Thank goodness you are in one piece."
"Ah, Starscream. I thought I noticed you. What brings you here?" Megatron groaned. "Are you going to shove it into my face that you have taken over the Nemesis?"
"Primus, no! I have done nothing of the sort! I have come here to rescue you!" Starscream countered.
"Dude, is that a high-heeled robot?" Finn asked.
"ENOUGH WITH THE HEELS!" Starscream yelled.
"Hey, don't we get a thank you?" Meta-Ridley screeched. "RUDE!"
"WHAT THE F&@* IS THAT?!" Godzilla screamed at the sight of the dragon.
"It looks like what happens when you cross a monkey with your childhood nightmares." Marceline said.
"M-monkey?!" Meta-Ridley gritted his teeth. "I'M META-RIDLEY! EMPEROR OF HELL!!!"
-_-: Did you just make that up? Because it sounds like you made that up.
"You're in my head. You should know." Meta-Ridley scolded to no-one.
"Somebody crazier than me? Huh. How about that?" Discord said.
"Pardon the introduction. We are here to free you." Gwonam said.
"What he said." Squidward pointed to the wizard.
"Hey, Squids!" Z-Squared said. "How's it hanging?"
"Good, but better once we get you people out." Squidward responded.
"Hold on..." Z-Squared noticed 3 animals get up to his level. "GUYS?! Fofo? Cerberus? Aslan?! What are you doing here?"
All he got was an assortment of barks and caws.
"Are those your pets?" Fluttershy said before gawking at the pug. "That one looks so adorable!"
"I know, right? The other 2 are no slouches either." Z-Squared said. Fofo gave a glare at that statement.
"Talk is cheap!" Mr. Freeze yelled. "Just free us already!"
Starscream grumbled. "Normally, I'd find a way to vaporize you off the face of this planet, but your interest coincides with mine."
"Well, what would MacGuyver do?" Meta-Ridley asked himself.
-_-: I'm guessing he would wait for some coincidence or instructions from the director.
^-^: F' waiting! Let's blast the thing!
Suddenly, the prism began to flicker and Twilight, who had been lying on the front side, fell out before the Prism could reform.
"I-I'm free!" Twilight exclaimed. She then turned to the rest of the stunned team. "Don't worry, guys! We'll find a way to get you out!"
"Please do!" Godzilla shouted. "I can't stand another minute with Basil's B.O!
"I heard that!" Basil interjected.
"Uh, not to complain, but how did that just happen?" Squidward asked, puzzled at yet another plot contrivance.
"Best not to overthink it." Gwonam patted his shoulder. "At least it wasn't some convoluted quest for the Wand of Gamelon people keep telling me about."
THOOM! That was the sound that Golus was about to rise again. He was a pile of rubble now, but that would change soon.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!" Meta-Ridley shouted to the narrator.
"What are we supposed to do!?" Squidward panicked. "He's much bigger than anything we faced before!"
"I think the only way to set our friends free is to destroy Golus!" Twilight said.
"Please be gentle with him!" Fluttershy said. "He's only a child!"
"A very apocalyptic and destructive child." Godzilla said.
"Like you when you were a kid?" Finn asked.
"Yeah..." Godzilla said with uncertainty. "I was..."
Meanwhile in 1995...
"THIS WAS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE IDEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Godzilla Jr. screamed as Destroyah dragged him across the city.
Back in the Present...
"...Unstoppable." He finished, putting his head down.
"Taking down that behemoth shouldn't be a problem." Starscream smirked as he transformed and headed towards to the forming mass...
...only to be shot down by Golus's purple eye bolts. He was sent back where the trio was.
"Blast! My cog is damaged!" Starscream complained.
"Well, I guess we're doomed!" Squidward despaired.
"No! There is always hope!" Gwonam said as he stood, poised for battle. "Brace yourselves."
The pets stood their ground as well. They weren't going down without a fight.
"Please don't die...please don't die..." Z-Squared prayed.
"I sure wish I could fly now! I wanna go back to my wife! There's a treasure lying in wait for me!" Meta Ridley wailed, although he licked his lips at that last bit.
"First of all, ew." Twilight remarked, although she felt like she could relate in an opposite gender kind of way. "Second, I remember that it gets its power from the core in its chest! If we can somehow destroy the wall protecting it, we can destroy it with a clear shot."
"I've got a few more missiles on stand-by, so that should do the trick." Starscream said.
"That's nothing! You've got two of those, while I've got 30 of these babies!" Meta-Ridley opened up his chest compartment.
"Even better, we can combine our power to destroy it if we could just get high enough!" Twilight motioned to the entrance to the Empire State Building. "There! We have to travel all the way to the rooftop! It's the perfect vantage point, provided we can get there in time."
"Excellent idea, unicorn!" Gwonam said.
"Guys...I think we'd better hurry." Squidward pointed to the massive creature.
"Terror aside, let's a-go!" Meta-Ridley struck a dramatic pose.
^-^: No WAY this could go wrong!
A few moments later,
"AHHHHHH!!!!" That was the noise that the group was letting out as the Golem chased them and frequently tried to smash them to oblivion. A few bolts were shot and they almost hit them, but the team hid behind pieces of large rubble just in time during said moments. Finally, they reached the doors.
Squidward tried twisting the knob, but it was locked. "I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!"
The door was soon blasted open by one of Aslan's volt attacks and Fofo cleared away any rubble with her spin attack. Once there, they headed to the elevator. They started to frantically press the top floor button until the doors closed.
A few seconds later,
"Hey, my favorite tune is up!" Meta-Ridley piped. "I sang this with my wife on the day we fell in love!"
"Please tell me you're not going to sing." Starscream groaned.
"You betcha'!" Meta-Ridely started to sing:
Meta Ridley: Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars.
Let me see what spring is like on...a-Jupiter and Mars.
-_-: You still can't sing.
In other words...hold my hand. In other words...baby, kiss me.
^-^: He's an angel, isn't he?
Even the others had to admit. He was trying his best, especially when he sang the upcoming lyrics.
Fill my heart with song and let me sing forever more.
You are all I ever long for, all I worship...and adore.
In other words...please be true. In other words...I love you.
When the instrumental came on, the other guys started to bob their heads in sync.
'Huh. Never thought a hideous dragon could have a sense of culture.' Squidward thought as his tentacles shuffled.
'This actually works as a good stress relief, now that I think about it.' Twilight thought.
'I feel...younger all the sudden.' Gwonam thought as his body swayed back and forth.
'I might get used to this. It's as almost if the music is...controlling me to have a good time.' Starscream thought. He was even snapping his fingers.
Eventually, they all decided to pitch in.
All: Fill my heart with song! Let me sing forever more!
You are all I long for, all I worship...and adore.
In other words, please be truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue!
IN OTHER WORDS....IN OTHER WORDS...
I love...y-
BZITHOOM! The room went dark.
"I take it this is our stop." Meta-Ridley said nonchalantly.
"It was a nice change of pace, all things considered." Squidward said.
"You know...this is reminding me of my family back at home. Rick...Hope..." Twilight now had a worried expression on her face. "They're probably worried sick about me."
"Our quest is almost over. They will be seeing you very soon." Gwonam assured.
"For now, it is time to restore my master's honor." Starscream said. "And get a boatload of credit." He whispered.
The Decepticon Seeker burst through the doors to find some stairs leading to the top. They could already feel a rumbling echoing through the building.
"We probably don't want to know what's causing that." Twilight said.
"We do. We just don't like it!" Squidward yelped as Fofo got ahead, flying above them as the rest scrambled up the stairs.
When they reached the top, they gazed at the rising sun.
"It's as if Celestia is giving us her blessing in this battle." Twilight smiled.
Everyone looked at her weirdly. "Some worlds are simply too...odd for my taste." Starscream groaned.
"Reminds me of a little escapade with Sponge-brat." Squidward remarked.
THOOM! THOOM!
They turned and saw the Golem, torso, head and arms visible, looming over them. Apparently, it climbed all this way to end their lives. It stared at them with its headlights.
"The battle begins now!" Gwonam said as everyone prepared to fight.
"IT ENDS HERE!" Meta-Ridley screeched, attempting to sound epic.
-_-: We're still doomed, you know.
^-^: There can be ONLY ONE!
Golus, however, had revealed that he didn't climb. He floated, discarding his legs in the process. All that was left of the legs was even more rubble to protect the core. He spread out his arms and let out a bellow.
Suddenly, pieces of rubble came from below at outrageous speeds and were flung at the group. Starscream, Twilight, and Aslan shot at those pieces, while Meta-Ridley shot at the chest of the behemoth with his laser fire. Cerberus was whiping away particularly large peices of rubble, while Fofo flew towards the chest-piece.
Nothing was working, though, especially when Golus shot some purple eye beams at the dragon. Fofo continued to claw at the armor, but a surge of purple energy blasted her back to the roof. Squidward was just spending his time running away from stray pieces of rubble, while Gwonam tried to seek any other sources of water.
"How embarrassing." The wizard said. "The only water I can receive and it's all the way in the ocean."
"Why not just use the toilet water here?" Squidward suggested as Cerberus was flung across the roof by a mailbox.
"...I have STANDARDS, my friend." Gwonam muttered.
When the pieces of rubble ran out, the golem struck his concrete fist onto the tower, knocking a good chunk of building off, but missing the group by an inch. Then, it raised its shrapnel arm and swiped at Starscream and Twilight. Some pieces scraped and cut the 2 as they ran for it, but they lived. Aslan got a lighting bolt to the face and he spent a good moment sneezing in irritation. Yeah. That's how he reacted. I'm not sure why either.
"None of this is working!" Starscream yelled as it brought down more rubble on them. "I never thought I'd say this, but we need a better strategy!"
"I'm thinking about that!" Twilight yelled while avoiding half a street sign.
Meta-Ridley, however, was already thinking of something. He looked at Squidward, who was cowering in fear, and leapt over to him.
"Hey, Squids! Have I got a plan for you!" Meta-Ridley smiled.
"Please, tell me it doesn't involve me trying to sing to it! The last time one of my ancestors tried it with a monster, he ended up as well as you would expect." Squidward interjected.
"Exposition, exposition, exposition, LET ME GRAB YOU!" Meta-Ridley lost his patience and grabbed the squid by the head and tentacles.
"Be gentle with him!" Gwonam exclaimed. "We're like bosum buddies from the classical age!"
Aiming him like an arrow, the dragon let go and the Bikini Bottom resident was sent flying in the air.
"I really hope that dragon knows what he's doing." Twilight said as he watched the squid fly.
Golus was too distracted to notice, for he was too busy swiping his shrapnel near the roof like a blade rather than a shrapnel-thrower. The rest of the group (sans Squidward) ducked just in time.
"Can't we just land a hit already?!" Starscream shouted as he narrowly avoided another swipe.
As for Squidward, he entered a hole in the 'neck' as he fell and he landed on a piece of rubble inside. In front of him was the core itself, pulsating purple as usual.
"Alright. What would the tacticians of old think?" He said to himself. "Retreat? No, that's too obvious. How do I get myself in these messes?" He suddenly got an idea when he looked at some support cables on the behind of the chest compartment. "Actually, I have a statement to make..." He raised his foot...
"I JUST!" He stomped on the first few cables. "WANT!" Then some more. "TO GO!" One more batch. "HOME!!!"
After that was done, the chest compartment fell down, much to the surprise of the golem. Squidward looked out of the hole and waved to this comrades. He was starting to get giddy with all the excitement.
"See! I had faith in you, squids!" Meta-Ridley waved.
"Well done!" Gwonam said.
-_-: That plan was so dumb that it worked. I like that.
^-^: Improbability for the win!
"Thank you all!" Squidward bowed. "Now how do I get out of here?"
"JUMP!" Twilight shouted as a purple electricity bolt (coming from the core) was about to fry Squidward.
He did so and Meta-Ridley managed to get to the edge of the building. His tail did him well as Squidward caught it and was pulled back up. Golus roared with fury and he decided to use that lightning-sword-hand trick again.
Starscream smirked. "HEAR THIS, CREATURE!" The beast seemed to stop as it looked down. Twilight was starting to charge her horn to the peak, Meta-Ridley was ready to fire a whole missile barrage, Gwonam had his arms crossed, Fofo stood cooly, Cerberus was reading his whips for a whiplash effect, Aslan was preparing a volt volley, and Starscream was readying his final arm-missile. "REMEMBER US AS THE STARSCREAM BRIGADE!"
"Wait, what?" Squidward questioned.
"Don't ruin the moment." Starscream reminded.
"FIRE!" Twilight shouted.
"ALLAHU AKBAR!!!" Meta-Ridley shouted, his expression totally crazed.
Before Golus could react, all the weapons were shot at him, hitting him straight in the core. As it blew up, the headlights blew out and a bunch of mini-explosions spread across the body. The creature, before finally falling apart, thrust its fists sideways, knocking the group off.
It seemed like it would be the end for our heroes, but before they hit the ground, Twilight used whatever remained of her magic to create a large float for them to land on. They bounced on it and it sent them back to where the rest of the team was.
"We did it!" Twilight shouted in victory. Starscream raised his hands in celebration and Squidward and Gwonam high-fived. Meta-Ridley and the pets let out their roars/caws/barks to the sky.
"I may never want to do that again." Squidward still had a goofy grin on his face. "But it was worth it!"
"I am glad to hear that! Come!" He said as the rest of the Review Team came in.
"YES!" Z-Squared and several other members shouted. The man, however, was then tackled by his pets. "Aw, gee! I missed you guys too!" He said as Cerberus licked his face.
"Free at last!" Megatron shouted to the heavens.
"The nightmare is finally over." Mothra beamed. "Right everyone?"
"You betcha!" Finn jumped up.
"We wouldn't be free if it weren't for them" Basil pointed to the, ahem, Starscream brigade.
"I really wish I got that all on camera." Discord chuckled. "You seem like my type of guy." He eyed Meta-Ridley.
"Simple. This is what awesome looks like!" Meta-Ridley posed.
"Though you had to rely on such allies," Megatron told Starscream. "I'm grateful that you made amends for the wrongs you committed against me."
"Why, yes! It just goes to show you I have really changed for the better of the Decepticon cause." Starscream nodded.
"I saw the blast, Twilight." Marceline said. "Must have been something, alright."
"Thanks, Marceline." Twilight smiled.
"Wait, what about all this crap?" Godzilla pointed to all the havoc lying around. "Not that I care, but some people are going to have some questions."
"Uh...." Everybody went.
"Yeah, this city's f&@#ed." Meta-Ridley sighed.
"There's also another thing we're forgetting." Z-Squared remarked.
BZIT!
"Congratulations, team! You truly are gifted warriors!" Sir had now arrived at the scene. "Oh, and brother! I am so happy that you are alive!" He then gave Z-Squared a hug that he awkwardly returned.
Sir turned to the Review Team. "How can I ever apologize for not being there the first time? I could not bear the suffering that you all went through! So, I shall give you each a smiley sticker I found at a yard sale!"
"Thanks...we guess." Mothra said.
"I expected nothing and yet I'm still disappointed." Basil said.
He then turned to the foursome. "As for you 4, I shall give you your rewards."
"For you, Twilight, the medal of ingenuity!" He placed the purple medal on Twilight's horn.
"For you, Squidward, the medal of survival!" He placed the silver medal around Squidward's neck.
"For you, Starscream, the medal of loyalty!" He placed the green medal around Starscream's horn.
"And for you, Meta-Ridley, I give you the medal of power!" He placed the red medal around Meta-Ridley's tail. "Oh, and a sum of 2,000 dollars."
Sir flew up the air. "However, it's not over yet."
Any good feeling in the air was immediately quelled.
"Y...you're kidding, right?" Finn's eyes bore several bags under them.
"After all that, there's more?!" Megatron shouted.
"I knew it was going to be a long few orbital cycles, but this ridiculous!" Starscream threw up his hands. "We killed the main reason behind all this chaos!"
"Actually, you didn't." Sir said as he pointed to a mound of rubble.
"I see now." Gwonam said as he examined it. "He clings to life."
"Resilient one, ain't he?" Meta-Ridley inquired. "Tougher than my foot fungus."
"Too much information, Ridley." Twilight said. "Too much."
Everyone got closer and there was the orb, fizzing and spazzing out on the ground. The taxi-car head and a few telephone poll arms were the only limbs left. It looked at them all.
"It all ends here, Golus." Sir said.
"He's right, you know." Godzilla said. "We've had it up to here!"
"Wait!" Fluttershy flew closer to the being. "Surely, after all of this, you're sorry. Right?"
"Give it up, Flutters." Marceline said after she levitated to where she was. "It's about time we put him down. I had to be imprisoned with a guy obsessed with ice puns more than the Ice King!"
"Do you ever plan to stop doing that?" Basil asked Mr. Freeze.
"NEVER!" The villain shouted.
Just then, the beast his face into his arms and started to cry. It was an odd sort of cry, as it sounded like "Shu, shu, shuuuu, shu, shu.." but it was crying nonetheless.
"Alright." Sir turned to Z-Squared. "Finish the job, brother."
"Dang nepotism." Discord rolled his eyes. Literally.
"Sir...I don't think I can do it." The warrior said. "I mean...just look at that."
Golus continued to cry. He just wouldn't stop.
"Please don't feel sad." Fluttershy said as she rubbed one of his arms. "It'll be better. We'll make a new New York and find you a place to play in."
"Uh...there, there?" Marceline awkwardly said as she patted the taxi-cab head. Suddenly, the beast wrapped its arms around her and hugged the vampiress as he sobbed softly.
"Should we just turn tail and leave him here?" Finn asked the group.
"I say we put him out of his misery." Megatron said. "He insulted my honor my striking me down."
"We should move him to a more suitable area." Mothra said. "Kind of like Monster Island."
"Sorry. No vacancies." Godzilla remarked before he was silenced by a death-moth-glare.
"And I say, he needs more incentive." Sir said right before blasting apart the golem's spaceship toy in the distance with a lightning bolt.
"What was that for?!" Basil shouted incredulously.
"Okay, seriously? Dick move!" Marceline screeched.
"That REALLY doesn't bode well." Gwonam said.
"You think?!" Squidward said as the Brigade backed away.
For, you see, Golus had gone silent after seeing that. Something had apparently snapped in the creature...

"Say, Z-Squared, do you mind killing the thing before he realizes what I just did?" Sir asked, a bit nervous.
"You did NOT just do what I thought you did." Fluttershy glared at the knight.
"Take a kid, make him 300 times bigger, and unleash him upon the world after you broke his toys. That's what we're about to get." Z-Squared said.
"GUYS...we're in deep trouble." Finn said as the beast started to rumble.
"You think we don't already know that?!" Squidward screamed.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Golus was engulfed in a blinding white light as they panicked. The whole place lit up like a christmas light.
Soon, the golem was gone. Nobody knew where he went.
"Okay. I guess he went home to cry to his mommy. I know I would." Meta-Ridley said.
-_-: Am I the only one here feeling a massive tone shift?
"I...guess that works." Sir said.
"I can still sense his energy." Twilight said. "In fact, it's off the charts! Wherever he is, he must be overflowing with power! And I'm only sensing him from a distance."
"Sad to say, but I feel it too." Discord said before conjuring a coffin. "You guys have fun with that. I'm writing my will."
"Get out, coward! Lest we give you the cold shoulder." Mr. Freeze said.
"Settle down, everyone." Gwonam said. "We all have faced impossible odds at some point in our lives. There's no need to panic now. We can get through this just like we have many times before."
"Hey. When you think about it, he's right." Basil said.
"I figured." Finn said.
"You're right! We're not gonna let some mindless monstrosity take us to the grave!" Marceline flicked her tongue in agreement. "No offense, Dis."
"Gwonam's got the right idea!" Squidward said, his face filled with bravery. "I've seen too much and experienced too much to give up now! We're settling this like the warriors of old! And yes. The pioneers count, but only because I'm a bit desperate."
"That's the spirit." Gwonam said. "We shall go...with many-"
SMAAAASH!!!
A massive fist had crashed down upon the wizard, causing everyone to freeze up. Their expressions were the same (joyous and hopeful), but their eyes were pinpricks.
"I...did not see that coming." Sir said.
"At least he knows how it feels." Discord said.
"Please refrain from talking. Please." Megatron grasped his face in annoyance.
"Gwo...nam?" Squidward uneasily said.
"We're fragged." Starscream said as they looked up.

(0:00-0:05)
Gone was the assembled being of rubble. Now, there was a titan of the same size, but different physique. His skin was like a reptile's, only coated with purple electricity. 4 massive stalactite appendages held him up. A massive club tail swung back and forth. Massive clawed hands stretched out of his mighty arms. His head was like a bloated Stegosaurus mixed with rock-like armor. In fact, rock-like armor adorned the entire creature.
And it looked at them with extreme hate. Even as that music ended for the moment.
"We'll...get you a new one?" Fluttershy asked.
His expression seemed to soften.
"And it'll have explosions painted on the side!" Marceline chimed in.
Now, he was looking a bit more calm.
"WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" Sir shouted as he fired some lightning bolts at the creature's face, inciting a truly angered roar.
(0:06-0:19)
"SIR!!! YOU RETARD!!!" Godzilla shouted as the beast threw down his fists upon the Earth, forcing the others to scatter.
The monster began to fire concentrated lightning bolts from his maw, vaporizing sections of the city. The Team got a respectable distance away before their instincts kicked in.
"Okay. He's organic for some reason." Twilight said. "Maybe he doesn't have a specific weak-point now."
"So, let's hit him with all we've got!" Meta-Ridley agreed.
"What about Gwonam?!" Squidward panicked. "He got-"
"Enough talk! The dragon's right!" Megatron said. "I've had enough of being this abberation's plaything."
"I suggest we go all-out!" Mr. Freeze said. "It worked the last time."
"Good idea, Victor!" Z-Squared said as the titan advanced on them. "Because f*#&ed if I have any better ones."
(0:20-0:33)
"Fire everything!" Meta-Ridley screeched. Every character with a projectile attack/beam weapon opened fired. Fluttershy closed her eyes as the scene unfolded. Sir just shrugged when she looked at him.
Golus covered the attacks with his hand before he started to glow violet. He spread out his arms and lifted them up.
(0:34-0:47)
He roared so loud that the sky shook. Waves of red-hot boulders emerged from the ground the monster stood upon. He pointed at the group, causing the boulders to head straight for the team.
"Scatter!" Starscream shouted as the rocks rained down upon them like an unholy plague.
"SERPENTINE!" Finn shouted. "OR WHATEVER!"
(0:48-1:00)
Those who could fly took the air while the ones on the ground did their best to avoid the onslaught. The boulders were falling so hard that they shattered, making it much more difficult for the heroes to get closer to the behemoth. Said monster just kept roaring in rage.
"Make for the head!" Basil shouted to the others.
"Let's crack this baby open!" Meta-Ridley screeched.
(1:01-1:14)
"You think pissing off the mentally unstable monster was a BAD idea, bro?!" Z-Squared shouted as he cut several boulders in half.
"Be silent and keep track of the score." Sir reprimanded as he cut 5 boulders with one swipe of his sword.
"Just when I thought this day couldn't get any more stressful." Squidward sighed as the cataclysm happened around him.
(1:15-1:28)
The boulders soon stopped when the beast was slashed upside the head by Marceline. He was dumbfounded by the blow and several more of the Team and the Brigade had gotten closer.
"Alright. Ready to unleash Hell?" Godzilla said, his fists clenched.
"I was BORN ready!" Meta-Ridley prepared his missiles.
"Show them what true heroes are made of!" Sir shouted as the attack commenced.
(1:29-1:43)
And thus, the area lit up with beams and blasts from every single character (barring Z-Squared, Fluttershy, Finn, Marceline, and Squidward). In stark contrast to last time, the beast was actually taking pain. He was being pushed back into several buildings, no less.
"And I was so afraid of him! What a cheap joke!" Discord said as he unloaded pure chaos into the monster.
"I'd aim for the eyes if I were you." Megatron said.
"Sir, how does lightning kill something like that?" Starscream asked the knight, who was unleashing his volts against Golus's skin.
"REASONS!" The knight shouted back.
The beast finally fell backwards...
(1:44-1:57)
...Only to get back up, madder than before. However, tears seemed to be streaming down the monster's face as he roared with fury. Despite all the pain he was recieving, he started to barrel his way through the beams. His club tail accidentally swatted away Starscream, Meta-Ridley, and Twilight from the premises back to where Squidward was.
"Too bad that didn't kill me." Squidward said.
"Shut up, will you?" Starscream grumbled.
(1:58-2:11)
"Hold on a minute..." Marceline looked at the creature closely now. There seemed to be some kind of...dark energy building up inside the beast. Golus was powering up something while taking the power of various indivisuals to the face/chest/legs/whatever.
"Something wrong?" Basil asked as he breathed another stream of flames. Golus's mouth opened wide and the dark energy grew stronger.
"Hold on!" The vampire got an idea as to what the thing was planning. "GET OUT OF THE WAY! IT'S A TRA-"
(2:12-2:24)
In what appeared to be Golus's ultimate ability, the beast shot out a beam of white and grey. It was so sudden, that the members didn't even know what hit them. Inside the beam, they were slowly turned to stone. The whole ground shook with the sheer intensity of the attack.
"NOT AGAIN!" Discord shouted as he was given such a fate. The rest of the members just screamed as they were turned into lifeless statures that fell upon the floor.
(2:25-2:38)
As the beast continued to spread the beam across the area, the only ones who weren't turned to stone were the Brigade and Sir.
"What have you done?!" Twilight shouted at Sir. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
"What have I done? I tried to end the threat of the golem!" Sir shouted incredulously.
"By striking a nerve in him?! None of us were prepared for that!" Squidward shouted. There was some wetness in his eyes now. "And that's why Gwonam can't be with us now!"
"INCOMING ROCKS!" Meta-Ridley shouted as less boulders than last time tried to crush them. They managed to dodge, thankfully.
^-^: It's rainin' granite! Hallelujah!
(2:39-2:52)
Out of some rubble, the pets rushed to their teammates sides.
"Where were you during the coming of this abomination?" Starscream asked. "I mean, you're not stone, yes, but still."
"You'd think they were put on a bus." Meta-Ridley inquired.
"We have to do something! There's still hope!" Twilight said. "We just need a little more power! And to stay away from that attack as long as possible!"
"No...without the rest, we are indeed doomed." Sir said. "Thanks to that monster."
He got barked at by Aslan for that remark.
"He knows what you did!" Starscream shouted. "I can't believe I'm siding with a Terra-bound hound."
Now, Squidward could just stare at the devastation.
(2:53-Any time you please)
The beast just rampaged through the city like an angry child. No building was spared. No street was cracked to Hell. Nothing was left to chance. The mosnter was hellbent on destroying everything in his rage.
Squidward felt like an ant compared to the monster. An insignificant ant. Gone was the bravado that had built up over this adventure. Now, he was his cowardly, useless self again. The fire...the rubble...the monster...the petrified teammates...it was too much. He collapsed to his knees.
"W-w-wait. There's still something I can do..."
That voice got his attention. It was Gwonam! However, the wizard was worse for wear. His clothes were tattered, he was covered in blood, and some bones were sticking out.
"Gwonam! This is terrible! We need to skip town! Get a doctor! Anything!" Squidward panicked.
"Whoa! You got f&@^ed, man!" Meta-Ridley said.
"I'm surprised he managed to crawl all this way with those injuries." Twilight winced at the sight of the bloody mess.
"Impossible if you overthink it!" Sir remarked.
"Surely, there's some trick you have in order to stop this, magic user!" Starscream pleaded. "And was that a rock beat I heard?" (lyrics correspond with text above)
"Squidward...now's not the time for dying..." Gwonam reached up to the squid's chest. "I give you..." The hand started to glow.
"Anime power-up time incoming!" Meta-Ridley shouted before retreating.
The hand glowed even brighter. "AQUA UNLOCK!!!!!!" The wizard finished.
My breath has stopped at 5 in the morning. A calm that spreads before the storming.
Biting my nails at emergency exits, tell me where is tomorrow?
The day...has COOOOOOOOOOOME!!!
A mighty instrumental rang as a powerful blue light engulfed the squid. He let out a scream that echoed through the land before he and the rest vanished in the ensuing smoke explosion. THE lyrics soon began again, much to the duress of the writer.
Golus looked curiously at the cloud that formed because of that display. There appeared to be occasional blue bursts of light.
The ground started to rumble, alerting the titan. He braced himself for a new opponent as this happened. Suddenly, 3 pairs of red eyes lit up in the smoke.
The night won't let us see the sun...The rain will last till the next millennium.
I hate to say both are here to stay in this world we shaaaare!
The shape appeared to be a bit smaller than Golus. This only intrigued the Golem a bit more. The shadow also looked like it had several appendages hanging from the back.
The shape made a finger gesture to come closer. The golem stuck out his face...and a fist headed straight for it.
Still it's not odd in the slightest. You're walking half-asleep and you're tripping like this.
I'm not one to criticize it, even if I caaaaare!
It hit it's mark and Golus was sent back into a building. He got up and looked upon the one who would bring him this pain.
It was a massive light brown armored crab-like monster with 2 pairs of massive hook-ended tentacles hanging out from the back. 6 spider-like legs held it up. Its head as smooth and it had a mouth filled with razor sharp teeth.
This was Squidward given new life...and he was readying a charge with a mighty roar.
Play alone...in your fantasy...
Ashamed to show...the things that you're imagining!
What do you see?!

Before Golus knew it, he was punched again, but this time, more rapid punches came. Squidward's new form may have been huge, but it was so fast. He was even running and pushing Golus back even further as he rapidly punched the golem.
Said Golem managed to block one punch and attempt to club his foe's head with his tail. Squidward just bit into it and swung him up to the sky.
The maze is twisting, ever twisting! Do you plan to see what you're missing?!
The sound of a bell from a tiny adventurer signals a new beginning!
The tentacles began to rapidly slam against Golus, keeping the monster in the air. Then, they combined into one tentacle and whacked him out near the sea.
The Golem landed, his back sliding against the ground. Squidward made his way over there to deal with him now.
However, Golus immediately got up and roared to the sky as a electrical aura surrounded him. He then slammed his fists against the ground.
Are you sure that you're not shaking?! Such uncertain roads you're taking!
Every step that you take it is changing you. Where is tomorrow?
The day...has COOOOOOOOOOOME!!!
As the instrumental came back on, the beast was surrounded in a massive expanding force-field that obliterated anything in its path. Golus roared again as the field dispersed and only smoke was left. However, a missile slammed into the back of his head right as the lyrics started again.
"Let's handle this quicker!" Starscream shouted as he continued his assault. Meta-Ridley, his wings fully charged and with Twilight riding on him, followed as well. He fired a heat laser for good measure.
Golus just growled and tried to swat them away, only to miss and get several magic blasts to the face. He raised a volley of boulders and prepared to take care of these pests.
Some of them will never really get it...some of them will say they do but they're pretending!
I hate to say both are here to stay in this world we shaaaare!
Unbeknownst to him, the pets were running/flying up his tail. Fofo was quickly flying her way right through the flesh of the tail while Cerberus was whipping his way through the many boulders that tried to hurt his teammates.
Aslan just jumped off the tail after delivering several lightning strikes to the legs. This caused the beast to notice as he knelt down and roared in pain and anger.
The world has not been heaven-sent! The world is not in hell just yet!
Existing in between, a silver lining theeeeere!
He then took several more missiles to the face thanks to the dragon. He still got a good look at Squidward preparing a building to throw.
The transformed squid threw it indeed, but Golus just fired his Medusa Ray and turned it to stone, making it easier to punch it and powderise it...
Unfortunately, it provided a surprise attack for the brigade, as evidenced by them quickly emerging from the powder and charging towards him.
The cards will show...what tomorrow brings...
The wind will blow...the future it is carrying!
What will it be?!
Twilight fired a mighty laser that blinded Golus, while Squidward stabbed his tentacles into the body just so he could slam his foe down on the ground.
As he was pinned down, Golus began to have his mouth filled with laser blasts and gunfire from the other two members. They maneuvered their way out of the quick boulder wave the golem conjured.
The maze is twisting, ever twisting! Do you plan to see what you're missing?!
The sound of a bell from a tiny adventurer signals a new beginning!
Fofo carried both of the other pets as she dive-bombed the creature, who was struggling to get out of this, even smashing the ground so hard with his fists that it left sizable cracks in it. This actually managed to free the behemoth.
Golus spun around before clocking Squidward in the face, disorienting the hero.
In his rage, Golus unleashed waves of boulders his size around him while roaring up a storm.
Are you sure that you're not shaking?! Such uncertain roads you're taking!
Every step that you take it is changing you. Where is tomorrow?
The day...has COOOOOOOOOOOME!!!
The rocks pounded against Squidward's soft head and made the flying all the more harder for the others.
"Do you really think this will deter us, you mindless monstrosity?!" Starscream shouted as he shot his way through a boulder.
You know you want to keep on believing what your open eyes have been seeing
As you cower long befooooore the dawn!
Golus just roared as he increased the intensity of the waves. Now, it was Squidward who was being pushed back. Everyone else started to retreat.
The golem roared to the sky in victory as he saw this unfold. Nothing could get past the massive field of boulders he made for himself.
All your darkest nightmares have been coming true!
So crrrry on, crrrr oooon!
The instrumentals once again took over as Golus started to get impatient inside his field of boulders. All he could think of was rage and destruction. Nothing else mattered.
So, when the guitars went wild, he naturally decided to just fling them all over the place and fire his Medusa Ray at every conceivable turn. It was pure chaos. He was even throwing buildings into the sky just because. However, the Brigade was...uh...
"Yoo hoo! Mister enemy!" Meta-Ridley shouted, grabbing the Golem's attention. They were right behind him at a faraway distance. The dragon cheekily waved his hand.
The monster let out a rage of unbridled hate as he prepared to fire his beam. In fact, he spent a few good seconds trying to make it the most powerful of his rays. He suddenly felt a shadow loom over him. The lyrics came back as he slowly turned his head to what was causing that.
It was a massive tidal wave, almost as big as a skyscraper. The sight was so mighty, it even caught the golem off guard. He shook with fear as the wave grew only bigger.
On the top was Squidward. "In the words...of Gwonam..." He began as the water grew only bigger and Golus's eyes grew only wider. "SQUADALA!" He thrust his hands down.
Real survivors, strength undying. Stabbing backs and always lying.
Those who survive till the end are the winners. Fairness is just an illusion!
The wave started to come down as Golus ran for his life. The Brigade was faraway enough to witness this spectacle, thankfully. Soon, it was right above the giant's head.
Violently, the wave crashed onto top of the monster, pinning him down again. He madly fired his Medusa Ray in the air, hopeing for a good shot. When the wave stopped, he was greeted with...
...Squidward's fist slamming through his chest after jumping into the air and having said fist land on said chest. Purple electricity began to burst out. Golus screamed in pure pain as his eyes and eventually his body lit up.
Secret hunter, creeping toward you! Worldly whispers, tries to warn you!
Sharpening claws on emergency exits! Tell me, where is tomorrow?
The day...has COOOOOOOOOOOME!!!
Golus was engulfed in a mighty purple pillar that shook the ground and caused a wave of pure energy to radiate through the town. The city was being rebuilt. The humans were being resurrected (and sent to Kansas for some reason), and the other heroes were being restored to flesh and bone.
It all ended with a puff of purple and blue sparkles in the sky.
"Gwonam...please be okay. We did it. We actually did it."
That was Squidward, now reverted to normal, doing his best to comfort Gwonam, as well as a little bit of himself. He and the Brigade looked over the dying man.
"It's no use." Starscream said. "The man is breathing his last."
"He survived all that damage just to give us a chance to defeat Golus." Twilight said. "He lived a wizard and died a hero."
"No! He's not dead! He's just resting!" Squidward angrily shouted.
"Kid, I know when the mortal coil has finally bellied up. I'd know because I lived through it." Meta-Ridley said. The Pets just stared and sniffed at the dying man.
"Sq...Squidward..." Gwonam breathed. "Just because the body rots, doesn't mean the soul withers away as well. I'm sure the next life will provide much reprieve for the lot of us. We have finished our quest. And look right now."
He pointed to the rebuilt city and all the other heroes, who were waking up.
"Well done, everyone." Gwonam continued. "Golus is...well, I don't know what happens to someone after a punch like that, but the point is...look. Already, New York is returning to harmony. The birds are singing. Isn't it beautiful?"
"Golly." Twilight said. Fofo just shook her head at that.
"As it is written, you, all of you, are the heroes of New York." The wizard coughed. "We...are the heroes...of New York..."
With that, his eyes closed. His life had ended.
They all just stood there over the dead body. They didn't even move even when Sir and the other heroes came up to them.
"Hold on." Discord interrupted. "Hate to ruin the moment, but what happened to that monstrosity?"
"Dunno." Finn replied. "He probably got vaporized."
"Good riddance." Sir crossed his arms. "The devastation thankfully went away."
"Hooray for plot connivance." Meta-Ridley sighed.
"Is he going to be okay?" Mothra asked about Gwonam.
"No. Does anybody have kindling?" Squidward stood up. "He deserves a pyre."
"Fit for a warrior." Z-Squared said. "God rest his soul."
"You mean Primus." Megatron said.
"Don't make this complicated." Marceline said.
Out of the dust, a massive body dragged itself towards them. They all turned to it. It was Golus, now just a torso with an arm and a head. He stopped when he got close to the team.
Then he started to weep. His own life was starting to fade. He covered his eyes with his one hand as he felt his end coming.
"I say we strike him do-" Sir was interrupted by a tackle by Aslan and Cerberus.
"Thanks." Z-Squared gave them a thumbs up.
"What do you suppose we do with him now?" Mr. Freeze asked.
They all thought for a moment. Even Squidward was having a hard time deciding. Sure, he was the one responsible for Gwonam's death, but he was just a child through and through. Attacking him now would be too cruel.
"Golus...please don't cry." Fluttershy flew up to the poor thing. "What you have done has been reversed. We all forgive you. We know you meant no wrong."
"Petrification aside, that was a pretty cool final form." Marceline admitted.
"Really showed that killer instinct." Godzilla shrugged.
"You gave us one heck of a high! Or at least, myself." Meta-Ridley said.
"Um...have fun in the afterlife." Starscream said, not being used to kind words.
Twilight and the other Team members just stared at the display. Here was a titan of unimaginable destruction and it had to be comforted like this. It brought a smile to her face to see this level of forgiveness.
Squidward walked up to the monster. "...Be good." He said.
Golus had stopped crying a while ago. Now, all he did was lower his head. Not in sadness, but as if he were about to sleep. However, before that, he gave the sky one last meaningful look. He reached out for it...
...and started to fade away in a shower of purple sparks.
"That's...rather beautiful..." Megatron said. "In a ironic sort of way."
"Farewell..." Z-Squared said.
The sparks, for some reason, made the shape of a man running. It ran past them and it was starting to run all the way into the sky. Spreading out its arms, it dispersed at last. Golus...was no more.
He had gone home. Wherever that was.
"Wait." Godzilla interrupted. "Look, props for you guys saving us and for this nightmare being over, but I think we need to address the elephant in the room."
They all gave a very nervous Sir Cinemacus a look. "Ummm...." Sir stammered. "I have to finish my...pizza bagels now. I mean, we won! That's all that matters now. Right?"
"Hey, I don't know about you all, but I hope there's a whole chapter in which we just BEAT UP ON SIR!" Meta-Ridley shouted.
-_-: I'm in!
^-^: RIP HIM APART!
The scream that Sir let out, before an whole enraged cast descended upon him, would make the littlest girl feel embarrassed.
"And that's how me and the guys saved the world." Meta-Ridley said as he finished his pork-chops. He was back at his home in Elmore with his whole family to welcome him. He had just got finished telling his tale. Wait, not really.
"Well, then what happened?" Gumball asked.
"After Sir was beaten to a pulp, I had him beam us back to the headquarters (At least what was left of that immortal bling-pop sent us back that is). The guy was totaled, kid! Anyway, we threw a little celebration and I got to mingle with some of the locals. That Discord guy I talked about was the best second to the vampire. Squidward got sent back to his house but not before I gave him a little something for whoever that 'Sponge-brat' was. It was just a little something that goes boom, boom, boom. Also, I'm pretty sure that funeral pyre and power-up boosted his confidence and honor or something. Starscream and Megatron left at the same time and, judging by that email he gave me a few minutes before dinner started, he's doing better than fine! As for Twilight, well, I don't know. Also, those pets loved on Z-Squared until the whole room tasted like diabetes." Meta-Ridley finished with a sigh.
"Either way, it's good to be back."
"Well, next time this 'Sir' person brings you on these 'missions', tell him he needs my permission. And to not send men on carpets into the house as well." Nicole stated.
"Anything you say, my dearest. Anything." Meta-Ridley smiled. "Now, we're done here. Roll credits!"
With that, his tail lifted up and brought down a very large, very huge:
THE END
"New York city nearly got leveled?" said a distant voice deep within the Earth's core. "Not exactly what I had in mind, but hey. All's well ends well."
The distorted laughter that rang out would have drove any sane man into madness...
Author's Note
Cast:
Sir, Z-Squared, and the Great Evil-Themselves
Godzilla 2000-Patrick Siez
Twilight Sparkle-Tara Strong
Finn-Jeremy Shada
Megatron-Frank Welker
Discord-John De Lancie
Mr. Freeze-Arnold Schwarzenegger
Marceline-Olivia Olsen
Fluttershy-Andrea Libman
Basil-Billy Zane
Mothra-Christina Valenzuela
Squidward-Rodger Bumpass
Meta Ridley and his voices-Nolan North
Starscream/Random Vehicons-Steve Blume
Gwonam-Paul Wann
Gumball Watterson-Jacob Hopkins
Nicole Watterson-Teresa Gallagher
Music:
Headquaters-Wii Shop Theme
The Brigade meets the Review Team-Superman Theme from John Williams
Golus Appears-The Opened Way from Shadow of the Colossus
Elevator Music-Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra
Golus (Semi) Final Battle-Red Sun Remix from gvgkid
Reunited-Onett from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Poor Golus-The Farthest Land from Shadow of the Colossus
Golus Phase 2-The Opened Way Metal/Rock Remix from TheOnlyDeerAlive
Final Battle For Real-The Day from Jonathan Young
Gwonam's Death-Fi's Farewell from Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Golus's Death-It's Over (7:56-11:30) from Intruders
Epilogue Theme-Busted Bayou from Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
The Great Evil-Prison from Slender
Credits-Night Falls from Tekken Tag Tournament
Nothing expect the OCs and alterations belong to me. The awesome artwork in the final battle belongs to the extremely good artist known as Daigokun. Kudos!
The Soundtrack for all to see (apologies for the shoddy production values):

See you soon!
