Reunions and Nightmares

-Ponyville-

The Element of Kindness stopped dead in her tracks, almost bumping into the back of Godzilla's leg in the process. The heavily built kirin only stood almost lifelessly, staring down his opponent.

The opposing creature was a thin, and slightly mangy, Pegasus with long, pulsing red eyes that made her shudder. Its wings didn't help in making it look any friendlier. They were a glossy black, like its fur, and formed a triangular shape when unfolded, very similar to a fighter jet. It's mane and tail flickered and pulsed with growing static and its long arms tapered down to backwards facing claws that it wildly thrashed about, hissing and shrieking in displeasure at the sight of its opponent.

"What is THAT??" Fluttershy asked nervously, glancing up at the seemingly unresponsive kaiju stallion.

But respond, he eventually did. "A monster who would kill me just to lay its filthy eggs inside my radioactive carcass," he growled, eyes remaining locked onto the spluttering male MUTO.

"E-eggs?!" the Pegasus mare spluttered, wide eyed as Lucky Dragon inhaled a deep breath of air.

"You might want to plug your ears," he replied, letting loose a tremendous bellow from his maw.

-Canterlot-

Godzilla Junior lifted his skull at the sound of a distant bellow. A variety of backyard birds such as finches, mourning doves, and robins frantically flew in the opposite direction. Lowering his head back down, Junior spotted a plume of smoke rising from Ponyville. It was at that time that a panic stricken Rodan swooped above him. "Chief! The male MUTO is in Ponyville! Lucky is down there!"

At the name of his cousin's now favored name among his fellow kaiju, Junior's pupils constricted. The realization that Lucky would not be accustomed to being on all fours, and therefore lead to his possible death worried the former kaiju mightily. "Go tell Luna and the others!" he ordered, already galloping toward the burning city, his mane faintly humming with radiation.

-Ponyville-

The heavily built kirin lunged forward, slamming his jaws down on the male MUTO's glossy wing and feeling warm blood seep into his jaws. The Pegasus shrieked in pain, and despite its efforts, it couldn't break free of his vice grasp. Lucky Dragon swung around, throwing the mangy Pegasus into the air. The male MUTO spread his long wings, re-stabilizing his flight path before swooping back down toward the kirin, claws aimed for his throat.

Without warning, a spiny brown mass slammed into the Pegasus, quill-like protrusions shredding across glossy black fur with sparks and loud thunderclaps and throwing the MUTO into the dirt with a thud. Anguirus uncoiled, landing on all fours with a poof of road dust and a stern expression crossing his face.

Seriousness morphed into joy at the sight of Godzilla Junior's Earth-Defender cousin, recognizable by his deep green fur and black mane and tail. His Cutie Mark though, was the main giveaway.

"Anguirus, you spiky little ball of doom!" Lucky exclaimed with a grin, recognizing the quills in his tail and spiked gauntlets as what used to be rigid spines. "You are shorter than last we met," the tall kirin continued, giving the Earth-Pony a light punch to the shoulder.

"Can't say the same to you..." Anguirus replied. "Still on all fours though," he chuckled before a jet black Pegasus hurled into the deep green kirin stallion, throwing him off of his hooves and into a pile of burning rubble.

"Looks like his luck has run out!" the winged MUTO hissed in a ghostly voice, baring his teeth at Anguirus as he haphazardly struck the ground with a dust cloud. His red eyes flickered with hatred for every damn kaiju who ever tried to stop him from reproducing... Especially the one his enemies called Lucky.

"So has yours," Godzilla Junior's voice said with a stern confidence, advancing upon the parasitic stallion.

The male MUTO spat in fury, his eyes boiling and body temperature rocketing as he turned to face Lucky's cousin, Rodan, Mothra, and a deep blue alicorn clad in royal armor.

Before the kaiju Pegasus could do anything more, a searing pain pounded against his side, forcing the jet-winged creature down. The MUTO's nemesis, a heavily built kirin covered from head to tail in painful burns, bites, and scratches, let his atomic flame burn short, one last wisp of blue, radioactive smoke snaking from his flaring nostrils.

Godzilla Junior turned to face Monarch's primary target of study with a slight grin.

Lucky heaved for breath, teeth clenched, as the King of the Monsters same to his side. Wincing, the stallion splayed his legs to steady himself.

"We really could've used that on Solgell," Junior told him with a quiet chuckle.

"Busy chasing off these things," he coughed, wincing at his burns as he pointed at the unconscious male MUTO. His new fur was matted and in some spots, singed, revealing tender pink skin, his black mane was a tangled mess, covered, it was, with a fine layer of soot, and a painful pair of long gashes ran up the right side of his body. It didn't help any that he still wasn't used to the prospect of being on four feet, er, hooves, which lead to a great deal of cuts and bruises out of sheer clumsiness.

Lucky's eyelids dropped slightly, his joints and muscles weak with exhaustion.

Mothra rushed to his aid, breaking the stallion's fall with a gentle wing. "He needs a doctor, Junior," she told the crooked horned stallion. "Lucky doesn't have the healing capabilities that you do... Or we wouldn't even call him Lucky," the changeling stated.

"Agreed," Godzilla replied, watching Mothra as she gently wrapped the kirin stallion with her magic, lifting him into the air. Junior watched as Lucky slowly slipped from consciousness.

Princess Luna followed in the moth kaiju's actions, the burnt body of a glossy black Pegasus rising from the roadway, muscles still twitching and jerking with built up static.

Fluttershy walked alongside the group, gazing at the kirin with a soft smile etched across her muzzle. The name Lucky hung heavy at the forefront of her mind.

-Canterlot Medical Wing-

Lucky Dragon once again woke, this time noticing himself surrounded by friends and what he assumed were doctors by the red cross that they wore on thin white coats. Shifting his gaze down at a stiffness around his waist, the kaiju-convert noticed layers of white bandaging covering his belly. Lucky lifted a confused brow, unused to the treatment.

"It's a cast," Mothra assured the stallion, noticing the look of confusion crossing his scarred face. "It will help you to heal at a faster pace than normal.

"Oh," he muttered with a painful wince as he laid his head back onto the pillow. "What happened to the MUTO?" he proceeded with a coughed and a grimace, squeezing his eyes shut in pain.

"As is Equestrian customs, the Pegasus was healed and placed in prison until further notice. You would've been too, without your relation to Goji," Princess Luna acknowledged.

"Goji?" Lucky asked, propping himself up and turning to his cousin with a wide grin.

Luna grimaced and sucked in a breath.

"Awkwaaard," Anguirus muttered under his breath, rolling his violet eyes before a long pause in the conversation. Godzilla shifted his weight to his left side, putting some slack on his right.

"News of your arrival shouldn't spread yet," Mothra stated, breaking the period of silence. "Xenilla will know sooner than we want him to if this hits the press."

"Xenilla?" Lucky questioned.

"Oh, right... You didn't here. SpaceGodzilla goes by the name Xenilla now." Mothra explained. "Guess he thought that there was too much of Senior in the name."

"And we all know why this shouldn't reach THAT kaiju," Anguirus interjected with wide eyes.

Rodan shuddered, a look of disgust stretching across the gryphon's face. "Ugh... It was so freaking bloody!" he muttered to himself.

"I still have the scar to prove it!" Lucky agreed, lifting his chin to reveal a deep indent in his bottom jaw.

"I wasn't aware of that!" Mothra scolded, lifting a brow.

"Lele, you're too worrisome, sometimes. But yeah. Spaceslime thought that it would be funny to shove a crystal through my face. Miracle I survived," Lucky told the changeling, lifting a claw to the gash and rubbing it.

"That's one of the reasons that we call you Lucky," Junior chuckled. The event really was marvelous. For a kaiju without the healing abilities that he possessed, it was quite impressive that his cousin survived the ordeal.

"I don't feel so lucky right now, though," Lucky coughed, his eyelids dropping slightly.

"We should let him rest," Mothra told Junior, nudging his shoulder. The feeling Godzilla Senior's eldest son already knew about Lucky's arrival hung heavy on her mind.

-That Evening-

"AAW!! He's so CUTE!!" Pinkie Pie gushed, staring starry eyed at the dozing kirin. His soft snores resonated within the hospital room.

"SHH!" Rainbow Dash scolded, a hoof to her lips. "Ya don't wanna wake him?!"

"Yeah. He might be, gee, I dunno, DANGEROUS?" Rarity agreed, not overly enthusiastic about yet another kaiju having entered into Equestria.

"He's only dangerous when provoked," Fluttershy murmured, not receiving the bad vibes that the other Elements of Harmony were.

The kirin shifted on the hospital bed, his muscles jerking. Twilight Sparkle looked down at the stallion, concern etched across her face. "He's having a nightmare," she whispered, noticing the sweat on his forehead.

Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, Lucky jerked up with a yell. "NOOO!" he shouted, heaving for breath before noticing the ponies at the foot of his bed. "AHH!" the kirin gasped in shock, jerking back. His breath raced his heavy, rapid heartbeat, and pupils the size of a water droplet.

Slowly, Fluttershy lifted a wet washcloth to his forehead, ignoring her friend's attempts to pull the Pegasus back. She could feel Lucky's heartbeat slow to a steady thump as a wisp of blue smoke rose from his snout. She smiled softly, reassuringly, as Lucky flinched.

"Lie back, the Element of Compassion whispered to him, laying a gentle hoof on the cast around his waist.

Twilight and the other four watched with a mix of awe and amazement as the kaiju rested his head against the pillow, his breath now a comfortable pace.

"Everything's gonna be okay, Bud," Fluttershy assured the kirin, a hoof to his arm.

"Please..." he murmured. "Call me Lucky."

"It's nice to meet you.. I'm Fluttershy," she replied, with a soft smile. Lucky cracked a slight grin, gazing into the mare's turquoise eyes.

There was a long silence to be heard.

"Alrighty, then!" Twilight Sparkle beamed, catching on to what was happening faster than the others. "We've go some work to do! Lucky's brawl with that Pegasus didn't go without damage!" The rest of the Mane Six groaned in unison. All but Fluttershy, who backed away from Lucky as he slipped into a sound sleep, a smile still etched across his face.

"Sweet Dreams, Lucky."