Vilgax VS Captain

The scythe sawed through Vilgax's shoulder.

His arm--watch still attached--fell to the ground.

His body spasmed.

"YOU--- WHAT HAVE YOU--!?"

His words faded into screams. Flesh rippled outwards. Scales, chitin, teeth, claws, muscle. He lost shape the more mutated mass he piled on.

"Uwah! Barrier!!" Kumoko's spell spared them all from being flattened by the titan Vilgax. The castle burst to eggshell fragments as the monster hatched.

Vilgax towered over Atlantis. His vast back hunched under the city dome like an aquarium specimen grown too large for its enclosure.

The unbreakable dome cracked.

Crocodile shook his head. His body was still glass in places, and the slight movement made him wince. "Told him not to play with that thing."

"He's gonna flood the city!" Viral's voice edged tense with panic. "Good fucking going, spider."

Kumoko flushed. "How was I supposed to know he'd do that?!"

Arguing wasn't gonna save them. Gura didn't know if anybody could. But she did know someone who would try no matter what.

"CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS!"

Captain Underpants heard the cry. He could see the monstrous creature, cracked dome, and panicked citizens bracing to be drowned.

But miles of deep blue water separated him from them.

Tatsumaki groaned. Captain Underpants felt her stir in his arms. Without Enerjak forcing her brain to overtax her powers, she was stabilising quickly.

"Miss Tornado---"

She avoided his gaze. "What do you want? To gloat? You beat him, and I couldn't?!"

"Actually, I need your help."

"You do?"

"There's something I can't do."

"There is?"

He explained what he needed from her.

"Damn, is that all? You really can't handle this one by yourself?"

He shook his head.

"You're pathetic, baldy." Tatsumaki grinned from ear to ear. "Watch a real hero at work."

Deep beneath the Great Bay Atlantis broke from its foundations.

The dome crested the waves right as Vilgax shattered free of it. The city breathed a collective sigh of relief--the first fresh air it'd ever tasted.

The Vilgax-creature reared up to crush the city underneath its bulk. But it halted.

Captain Underpants was a tiny speck against its silhouette. He braced his back, and with a cry of "Tra La Laa!" he heaved it up onto his shoulders.

- Proletlariet