Kong (MonsterVerse)/Synopsis

The story of the heroic King Kong from the MonsterVerse series.
==Kong: Skull Island==
After crash-landing on Skull Island in 1944, American fighter pilot Hank Marlow and Japanese pilot Gunpei Ikari engaged in a fight to the death. After Ikari gained the upper hand and prepared to fatally stab Marlow with a dagger, Kong appeared over a cliff, leading the two shocked men to end their struggle.
In 1973, the scientific organization Monarch organized an expedition to Skull Island, escorted by the Sky Devils helicopter squadron led by Lt. Colonel Preston Packard. One the helicopters carrying the expedition members cleared the storm cell surrounding the island and began flying over land, they immediately began dropping seismic charges onto the ground below, allegedly to map the island. The explosions drew out Kong, who responded by throwing a tree through one of the choppers. The remaining choppers formed a perimeter around Kong and opened fire on him. The bullets did little more than irritate Kong, who proceeded to rip the helicopters out of the sky and smash them. After downing all of the choppers, Kong wandered back off into the jungle. Kong eventually reached a river, where he noticed his wounds he had sustained from the choppers' rotor blades. Kong winced in pain briefly before beginning to drink from the lake. However, Kong sensed that a Mire Squid was lurking in the water and grabbed one of the creature's tentacles. The Mire Squid then attacked Kong with all of its tentacles, trying to strangle him to death, but Kong was able to crush the creature's head under his foot and kill it, then proceeded to eat several of its tentacles. Kong then grabbed the squid's carcass and dragged it away, presumably back to his lair.
After meeting Marlow, some of the surviving expedition members were brought back to the village of the island's indigenous tribe, the Iwis. There, Marlow explained that Kong was perceived as a god by the islanders, and generally acted as a guardian on the island that kept the most dangerous creatures there under control. He stated that the reason Kong attacked the helicopters was because the seismic charges they dropped had drawn creatures he called "Skullcrawlers" to the surface. According to Marlow, the Skullcrawlers were the most vicious and dangerous animals on the island, and were responsible for killing Kong's family. At this time, Kong was being attacked by two Skullcrawlers, but was able to easily dispatch the two smaller creatures. One of the expedition members, Mason Weaver, found a Sker Buffalo pinned underneath a downed helicopter and tried to free it, only for Kong to arrive and free the animal himself. Kong gave Weaver an indifferent glance and simply wandered off.
After surviving an encounter with another Skullcrawler and several Leafwings, Weaver and James Conrad stood atop a cliff and looked out over the island, only to witness Kong approaching them. To their surprise, Kong didn't act violent or aggressive to them at all, and allowed Weaver to gently touch his face. Suddenly, explosions appeared over the distance, and Kong immediately raced toward them. Weaver and Conrad knew that Packard and his men were setting a trap for Kong, intending to kill him. The two of them, joined by Marlow, rushed to the scene to try and save Kong from danger. When Kong arrived at the scene of the explosions, he encountered Packard and his men in the distance. As Kong crossed a lake to attack them, Packard ignited the napalm he had dumped into the water, causing the entire lake to erupt into flames. Kong swung his arm angrily at the water, causing the flaming napalm to hit some of the soldiers, before collapsing onto the ground unconscious. Packard placed leftover seismic charges around Kong, preparing to finish him, but Weaver, Conrad and Marlow arrived and confronted him, demanding for Packard to stop. Packard refused, and was prepared to detonate the charges and blow them all sky high, when suddenly a gigantic Skullcrawler, Skull Devil, erupted from the lake. The group except Packard fled, while Kong regained consciousness and promptly smashed Packard under his fist. Skull Devil attacked Kong, and the humans were forced to leave the giant ape to his fate.
The following morning, as the surviving expedition members neared the extraction point on the north side of the island, they were confronted by Skull Devil. One of the expedition members, Earl Cole, stays to sacrifice himself by blowing himself and Skull Devil up with grenades strapped to him. However, Skull Devil sees this and whips Cole away with his tail into the side of a mountain which causes the grenades to explode, killing him. Before Skull Devil can proceed to kill the survivors, it was revealed that Cole's sacrifice had given enough time for Kong to appear and smashed the monster in the face with a boulder. Kong engaged in battle with Skull Devil, buying time for the humans to get to safety. The weakened Kong simply was no match for Skull Devil, and was knocked into an old shipwreck, causing him to get entangled in its anchor chain. Before Skull Devil can kill his prey, he is distracted by Houston Brooks and Lin San with gunfire from Marlow's boat armed with mounted guns.
Distracted, Skull Devil turns his attention to the boat until the guns cut off, leaving them defenseless to the Skullcrawler. Weaver had managed to reach a vantage point and fired a flare into Skull Devil's eye, blinding him and allowing Conrad to lure him away from Brooks and San on the boat. This distraction gives Kong enough time to free himself and uses a propeller attached to a chain like a flail to land a vicious blow on Skull Devil's back. He then uses the chain to drag the Skullcrawler toward him, pulls the propeller out and uses it as a shuriken to slice Skull Devil's throat open, apparently killing him. However, Weaver was knocked off the cliff during the battle and had caused her to fall into the water below, but Kong pulled her out of the water and took a second to inspect her in his hand, only for Skull Devil to get back up and clamp his jaws onto his arm. Kong battled Skull Devil again, trying to keep Weaver away from his mouth, but the beast used his prehensile tongue to pull Kong's hand, with Weaver held in it, down his throat. Mustering all his strength, Kong pulled his hand free of the Skullcrawler's gullet, ripping out Skull Devil's innards and killing him instantly, thus finally avenging Kong's family. Kong gently set Weaver down on the ground, while Conrad immediately ran to her to check if she was okay. As Weaver regained consciousness and embraced Conrad, Kong briefly looked back at the two of them and thanks them for supporting him before walking away. Once the survivors were finally rescued from the island, Kong stood triumphantly in his domain. As he watches the survivors leave, Kong beats his chest and lets out a mighty roar of victory, declaring himself as the king of Skull Island.
==Skull Island==
At some point after the events of Kong: Skull Island, it is revealed that Kong had befriended a young tribeswoman that inhabited near the sea. He first saves her life by killing a Skullcrawler with a tree trunk fashioned into a spear before taking her to a mountain, where she tells him of machines that could do work in their stead. Later on, the duo, accompanied by a giant red hawk that served as Kong's companion, stumble upon a pack of monstrous chameleons. Kong charges into battle, despite the island woman telling him to wait until she warns her tribesmates. Though he is mortally wounded in the fight, Kong ultimately emerges victorious, but ends up being berated by his human friend, who calls him a stupid animal which hurt his feelings, leading to him roaring in anger. Offended, Kong departs with the giant bird and goes to the sea in order to wash the blood off his bleeding shoulder, unknowingly awakening the Kraken, a large aquatic creature, from its slumber.
The next day, Kong attempts to apologise to the island woman by giving the village an entire tree with fruits, only for the woman to rudely tell him she doesn't want to see him for the day, much to his frustration. Later, upon hearing the girl screaming and sensing that she is in danger, Kong rushes back to the village to help, only to discover that he had arrived too late when he finds the village has already been destroyed and its inhabitants killed before witnessing the Kraken waving its tentacles, almost as if issuing Kong with a challenge. Among the wreckage, Kong finds the young woman, who is severely wounded, and rushes her to his temple. However, the woman manages to have enough time to call Kong her king before eventually succumbing to her injuries. Grieving over his friend, a heartbroken Kong takes her necklace as a reminder before holding a funeral for her atop the mountain where they used to hang out before tearfully and vengefully roaring at the sea.
Years later, in 1993, shortly after having trouble with giant crabs that attempted to eat them upon arriving on Skull Island, two teenage boys named Charlie and Mike suddenly hear Kong's roar in the distance while it is also heard by Charlie's father Cap and a woman named Irene seeking her daughter Annie on the island. When Charlie and Mike are attacked by a crocodile-like creature, Kong suddenly appears, snatches up the reptile and swallows it whole, inadvertently saving the two boys before patrolling around the island to ensure everything is in check. After being captured by Kong's hawk sometime later, Charlie finds Dog, a large canine-like beast that served as Annie's companion, and sees they have been brought to Kong's temple. As they escape, they witness Kong swinging around the area before the teenager notices him glancing at his fallen friend's necklace with a visibly saddened expression. The same night, Kong becomes enraged when he witnesses a sperm whale being hurled into his temple, soon suspecting that the Kraken is trying to provoke him.
Later, Annie and Charlie ride on Dog's back to Kong's temple and steal the necklace, enraging Kong as they planned. As they escape the temple with Kong in pursuit, they lure him to the seaside, though Charlie gets off Dog to allow his friends to carry out the plan with the angered Kong following them until Annie hands out the tribeswoman's necklace to him. Before he can react, Kong is suddenly ambushed by the Kraken and proceeds to fight it. Though he gains the upper hand by ripping some of the Kraken's tentacles off, Kong is quickly overpowered and dragged underwater by his aquatic nemesis, who intends to drown him, even pinning him to the bottom of the sea. Fortunately, Kong grabs the wreckage of Cap's ship and jams it into the Kraken's head, damaging two of its eyes and momentarily distracting it before surfacing for air, only for the sea monster to attack him again and slam the simian Titan into some boulders. But before the beast could attack any further, the enraged Kong proceeds to corner his opponent and brutally beat it to the brink of death with his fists out of rage before rescuing Dog, who was being swept away by the riptides that was caused by the fight.
Just as he looks on at Dog and Annie, Kong is attacked one more time by the mortally wounded Kraken, who had survived its injuries. Now having had enough, Kong angrily lifts the weakened monster over his head and, mustering all his strength, rips it in half, killing the Kraken for good and finally avenging the deaths of his friend and Mike's father Hiro in the process. With the Kraken finally dead, Kong throws its bisected corpse in the water, accidentally causing a gargantuan tidal wave that sweeps both Dog and Annie further inland, with the latter breaking her leg as a result.
==Skull Island: The Birth of Kong==
In 1995, Aaron Brooks, the son of Houston Brooks and Lin San, learned that Monarch had chosen to leave the massive MUTO ecosystem on Skull Island under the sole protection of Kong. Aaron was outraged at the concept of trusting a Titan to keep the island's volatile ecosystem under control and organized a covert mission to the island with other team members of Monarch, under the guise of traveling to study a MUTO fossil bed in Antarctica. When the Osprey carrying the team was attacked and struck down by a flock of Psychovultures almost immediately upon entering the island's airspace, Aaron and the others found themselves stranded on the island. They were set upon by a pack of vicious Death Jackals and retreated into a cave, only for Kong to reappear and crush the smaller beasts under his gigantic fist. The party was then greeted by Ato, a member of the native Iwi tribe, who welcomed them and stated that their arrival was foreseen.
In the Iwi village, Ato explained the significance of Kong for his people to Aaron and his comrades. He maintained that Kong was a benevolent god as his goal was to defend the Iwi and other vulnerable creatures on the island from more violent predators. Many of the party were skeptical, but mythographer Walter R. Riccio claimed to witness visions of the island's past after consuming large amounts of an Iwi shamic beverage. He saw members of Kong's species at war with the Skullcrawlers on the island millions of years ago, as well as the arrival of the Iwi on the island, where they encountered the last two surviving members of the species. Ato showed the Monarch team members some of the Iwi holy sites related to Kong, promising to ultimately grant them communion with Kong himself. However, they were attacked by a Sirenjaw, though the beast's attention was subsequently captured by a distant roar from Kong.
After salvaging weapons left behind by the Monarch expedition to the island in 1973, Aaron's party followed the Sirenjaw to Kong's location, only to discover the Sirenjaw's corpse. As the smaller predators of the island descended to feed on the dead body, Ato expressed the urgency of getting away now. Aaron and his team wanted to reach the downed Osprey located on the other side of the huge boneyard containing the skeletons of Kong's deceased parents. Ato referred to this location as the "Valley of the Fallen Gods," and warned that the immature Skullcrawlers still dwelt under the thermal vents in this area. The group traveled through a cave system to evade the Skullcrawlers, where Riccio experienced a powerful vision of Kong's birth. He saw Kong's parents locked in battle with the Skullcrawlers as his mother went into labor. Kong's father tried to fend off the Skullcrawlers long enough for his mate to give birth to their newborn son. Knowing she and her mate were doomed, Kong's mother placed Kong within a cave, where the infant was subjected to the brutal slaughter of his parents by the Skullcrawlers, sparking the hatred, the rage and the fury inside of him. When the young Kong finally emerged from the cave, he found the lifeless dead bodies of his parents lying together, their hands held together in death. Kong knelt before and wept for his parents he had never known, vowing to avenge them for the rest of his life. When Riccio's vision ceased, he understood that this same cave in which they were hiding was Kong's "womb," the cave his mother had sealed him in many years ago. With the Skullcrawlers apparently gone, Aaron, Ato, and all the others exited the cave and encountered their pilot Cejudo with the Osprey, which was still airworthy. However, Riccio's overconsumption of the Iwi's "Monkey Juice" and repeated hallucinations had driven him insane, and he proceeded to destroy the Osprey with a rocket launcher, also killing Cejudo in the process. He then held the others at gunpoint, promising to test their worthiness of Kong's protection. When Evelyn Matemavi tried to stop Riccio, he responded by shooting her dead in cold blood.
Riccio's insane tirade toward his hostages was interrupted by the arrival of another pack of Death Jackals, buying time for Aaron and the others to escape. By the time they reached the Iwi village, they discovered that Riccio had arrived first and blown open the protective wall with explosives he had salvaged. This caused a trio of Mother Longlegs to pour into the village and terrorize the innocent populace. Riccio, clad in a makeshift ceremonial robe, called forth to Kong, asking him to come and save his people if they were actually worthy of his protection. Kong soon arrived and easily slaughtered the Mother Longlegs, prompting Riccio to approach the giant ape and rejoice at his mercifulness. Realizing Riccio was the one responsible for the attack, Kong smashed him under his fist. Kong approached Aaron, the last survivor of the Monarch expedition, and the two shared a brief moment of communion between man and beast. At this moment, Aaron truly understood that Kong's intentions were noble and that he had taken it upon himself to defend this island and those who inhabit it. Content knowing Kong was capable of keeping the island under control as his father had believed, Aaron chose to stay on the island and live among the Iwi, helping them rebuild the damage to their village. Aaron recorded a record of the events that had transpired and set it adrift on the off chance his father would find it one day. It was recovered by Monarch in 2012 and given to Houston, who was on the eve of retirement.
==Monarch: Legacy of Monsters==
In the first episode, Kong briefly reappeared as a stock footage recorded by William Randa during the events of 1973. in 2017, Kong stumbles upon an Apex Cybernetics research facility on Skull Island after Cate Randa, Keiko Randa, and May Olowe-Hewitt returned to the surface from the world above the Hollow Earth and found by Kentaro Randa, Hiroshi Randa, Tim, and Brenda Holland. He proceedes to beat his chest and roar against the thunderstorm.
==Godzilla: King of the Monsters==
In 2019, Kong was on Skull Island, now the site of Monarch Outpost 33, when Ghidorah emitted an alpha call which awakened the planet's dormant Titans and bent them to his will. While Kong, along with Mothra and Godzilla, is the only one not to respond to Ghidorah's call, he was shown to be leaving Skull Island on one of Monarch's computer monitors. After Godzilla defeated Ghidorah, humanity began uncovering many secrets from the ancient world regarding the Titans, including a cave painting of what appeared to be another member of Kong's species fighting Godzilla.
==Kingdom Kong==
After discovering a sealed Vile Vortex leading to the Hollow Earth on Skull Island in 2012, Monarch established a base on the island. By 2021, the organization was on the verge of unearthing the Vortex, and brought a team of pilots on-site to train for the expedition. At the same time, a perpetual superstorm that appeared in the Pacific Ocean after Ghidorah left Mexico in 2019 began to move towards the island. Kong, now fully-grown, continued to defend the helpless against Skull Island's deadliest creatures. As an earthquake struck the island, a Holy Tiger attacked two Monarch guards, killing one. Kong seized it before it could kill the other man, snapping its neck after it bit his hand. Watching from a helicopter, Dr. Houston Brooks mused that Kong was the only being on the island who could survive the merging of the oncoming storm with the storm already surrounding Skull Island. Soon after, Brooks watched Kong eat a Mire Squid and rescue a Sker Buffalo pinned under a fallen tree. A swarm of Psychovultures suddenly attacked him, one trying to gouge out his eye. Kong fended them off with the tree, only to find that the Sker Buffalo had been killed during the battle.
Brooks realized that both the earthquakes and merging storms were the result of one of the Titans Ghidorah summoned, Camazotz, trying to enter Skull Island through the Vile Vortex. His realization came too late to stop Monarch's excavation of the Vortex, and a supersonic scream burst from the cavern. As Kong entered a cave beneath an ancient tree and was about to pull back some roots to reveal a painting, the scream reached him, leaving him in agony. He reached the excavation site as Camazotz and his hell swarm burst out of the earth. The bat Titan's sonic attacks and aerial prowess quickly gave him the advantage, and with the storms now merged, the nocturnal creature could operate without fear of the sun. Kong briefly turned the tide by grabbing Camazotz's horns and slamming him into the ground, but he grabbed Kong's arm with his prehensile tail and dragged him across the ground. Monarch's pilots, led by Captain Audrey Burns, distracted Camazotz with a barrage of missiles. Kong put the Titan into a chokehold; Camazotz retaliated with another sonic scream, causing his ears to bleed. As the hell swarm descended on Kong, Camazotz prepared to dive bomb him. Burns steered her F-35 in front of Camazotz, generating a sonic boom which sent him crashing to the ground. Kong saw his chance, battering Camazotz with his fists and hurling him back into the Vile Vortex. Her plane damaged, Burns ejected, and Kong caught her. He gave a snort as she promised to have his back.
With no end to the storm in sight, Monarch began evacuating the Iwi from Skull Island. Brooks decided to retire from Monarch for good, leaving Dr. Ilene Andrews to monitor Kong in his place. She shared a theory with him that Camazotz challenged Kong to cement himself as an alpha Titan. If Kong ever left Skull Island, he would have to face the only other alpha on Earth, Godzilla.
==Godzilla vs. Kong==
In 2024, a storm generated by Ghidorah had combined with the storm cell perpetually surrounding Skull Island, causing the island to be consumed by a neverending storm. Monarch constructed Outpost #236, a large dome-like structure with an artificial recreation of Skull Island's original environment, to contain Kong. One morning, Kong woke up as a flock of Leafwings flew overhead. He wandered into a nearby lake and stood under a waterfall, then uprooted a tree. Jia, a young orphaned Iwi girl with whom Kong shared a bond, approached him and showed him her doll of him. Kong leaned forward and inspected it, then reared back and threw the tree into the false sky over the containment unit. Dr. Ilene Andrews, an anthropological linguist who was assigned to watch over Kong, discussed the current situation with Ben, another Monarch member. It was clear that Kong was becoming too large for his surroundings, and that the containment unit wouldn't be able to hold him forever. Ben suggested they look into relocating the Titan, but Andrews believed this would be a death sentence. There could not be two alpha Titans, she said, and the moment Kong left the island, Godzilla would come for him.
Meanwhile, Godzilla unexpectedly attacked an Apex Cybernetics facility in Pensacola, Florida, causing mankind to turn against him. Apex CEO Walter Simmons and Chief Technology Officer Ren Serizawa approached ex-Monarch geologist Nathan Lind and proposed a joing Apex-Monarch expedition to the Hollow Earth in order to find an energy source which would allow Apex to create a weapon capable of standing up to Godzilla. Lind was convinced, but further explained that due to all Titans sharing genetic memory which instinctively led them to their evolutionary source, a Titan could lead the way. Lind traveled to Outpost #236 and explained the plan to Andrews, who rejected it again on the basis that Godzilla would come for Kong as soon as he left the island. Lind stated that they needed to find this energy source in order to stop Godzilla, and that in the process they could find Kong a new home. Andrews was finally convinced, but accepted on the condition that she was in charge of Kong. Kong was sedated and placed on a ship, which was escorted by a naval fleet en route to Antarctica. One night, Kong became restless and began tugging at the chains restraining him. Jia came onto the deck and held out her finger to Kong, who responded by touching it with his finger. Andrews rushed onto the deck and asked Jia what she was doing, and Jia responded by signing to her that Kong was sad and angry. Andrews signed that Kong didn't understand that they were trying to help him, but Jia signed back that Kong didn't believe that. Andrews asked how she knew, and Jia signed that Kong told her. To Andrews' amazement, Kong proceeded to sign the word "home."
The next day, Andrews and Lind discussed what happened the night before. Andrews explained that she had spent years trying to establish communication with Kong, teaching him the alphabet and basic commands. Though Kong showed signs of recognition, he had never openly communicated with her. Lind asked if it was possible for Jia to give commands to Kong, but Andrews rejected the idea, saying Jia was just a child. When the storm wiped out most of the Iwi people, Jia's parents were killed, and she and Kong both took up the responsibility to protect her. Jia, meanwhile, felt something approaching the ship and ran to warn Andrews. Lind asked what was going on, and Andrews responded that Godzilla was coming. Battleships and fighter jets opened fire on Godzilla, but did nothing to slow his approach. As Godzilla submerged near his ship, Kong roared into the sea below, only for Godzilla to burst up from underwater and capsize the ship. As the ship filled with water, Lind released Kong's chains, allowing him to fight back. He held back Godzilla as he snapped at him with his jaws, then freed himself as the ship righted itself. Kong stood on the ship and watched as Godzilla circled around the fleet. He then jumped on a destroyer then onto an aircraft carrier. As Godzilla approached, Kong grabbed a jet and threw it at him. Godzilla climbed aboard the carrier, and was promptly greeted by a punch from Kong. Godzilla retaliated by slashing at Kong's face with his claws, knocking him down. Godzilla charged his atomic breath, but a fighter jet managed to interrupt him before he could fire it. Kong punched Godzilla, then got back to his feet and shoved him off the carrier. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at the carrier from underwater, with Kong leaping off just in time to avoid the blast. Godzilla grabbed Kong in the water and tried to pull him down, but Kong kicked himself free and tried to surface. Godzilla wrapped his tail around Kong and began pulling him down again. Andrews told the commander that they had to disorient Godzilla somehow before he drowned Kong, and suggested depth charges. The ships fired depth charges into the sea, which exploded. After a few moments, Kong pulled himself back onto the ship, coughing up water before falling onto his back. Lind told the commander to shut down all of the fleet's power in order to make Godzilla think he had won. The commander obliged, and Godzilla soon surfaced amidst the burning remnants of several ships. Kong scowled at Godzilla, who finally departed the area. Andrews told Lind that Godzilla would return the second they started moving again, so Lind suggested airlifting Kong instead.
Kong was transported in a net carried by numerous helicopters and Ospreys, then deposited in Antarctica. Kong inspected the snow surrounding him, then looked to see Jia and the others standing on a nearby ledge. Jia signed to Kong that his home was through the entrance to the Hollow Earth behind him, but Kong did not go through. Lind told Andrews to tell Kong there could be others like him down there, so Andrews asked Jia to sign this to Kong. Jia signed to Kong that his family could be down there, and Kong immediately charged through. Everyone else boarded Apex's Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles and followed Kong. Kong swung himself along the pipes on the ceiling of the tunnel before losing his grip and falling through a crater. Kong and the HEAVs passed through a vortex that eventually spit them out into the Hollow Earth. Kong ran across the terrain with the HEAVs in pursuit. Suddenly, one HEAV was destroyed by a Warbat. Before the creature could attack another HEAV, Kong grabbed it by its tail and slammed it on the ground, killing it. A second Warbat flew toward Kong, who swung the other's corpse into it. The Warbat recovered and roared at Kong, then proceeded to constrict its body around him. It pulled its wing over Kong's face in an attempt to suffocate him, but a HEAV interrupted it by firing missiles at it. Kong freed himself and began pummeling the Warbat into the dirt before tearing off its head and drinking the contents of its skull. Kong continued moving across the Hollow Earth before reaching a cliff. Kong jumped off the cliff and floated through the air onto another surface. Kong eventually reached a gigantic temple, with the imprint of his species' hand on the door. Kong placed his hand over the imprint and pushed the door open, opening it into a huge chamber. Kong roared loudly, but his roar echoed through the temple unanswered. Kong began walking through the temple and picked up an axe he found lodged in the skull of a fallen Titan, beating his chest triumphantly as he wielded it. He then sat on a giant throne as the expedition members disembarked from the HEAVs. Apex's Maia Simmons asked where the energy source was, while the blade of Kong's axe began to glow blue. Kong found an indentation in the ground in the shape of the axe, and placed the axe into it. The ground around him began glowing blue; they had found the energy source. Apex deployed a drone to harvest the material and scan it, sending the data to Apex HQ in Hong Kong. The Monarch members objected to Apex mining the energy source, so Maia had her guards aim their weapons at them. Kong roared angrily at the guards. Suddenly, the temple began to shake, causing the Hellhawks roosting on the ceiling to become active and attack. Maia and her guards boarded a HEAV and tried to escape, while a Hellhawk cornered the Monarch members. Just then, Godzilla's atomic breath burst into the temple, opening up a tunnel directly to Hong Kong. As her HEAV tried to escape, Maia ordered it to fire on Kong, who grabbed it in his hand and crushed it. Kong then grabbed his axe and leaped through the tunnel and climbed his way into Hong Kong.
Kong surfaced in Hong Kong to confront Godzilla. Both Titans exchanged roars before beginning to fight. Kong swung his axe at Godzilla, but it became lodged in a building. Kong then tried to fight Godzilla hand-to-hand. Godzilla tried to fire his atomic breath, but Kong stopped him. Godzilla freed himself from Kong's grip, only for Kong to bring down both of his fists onto Godzilla's head. Kong then jumped and kicked Godzilla to the ground, after which Godzilla tried to fire his atomic breath again. Thinking quickly, Kong grabbed his axe and shoved it into Godzilla's mouth, stopping him from firing it. Godzilla fired his atomic breath again, but Kong blocked it with the blade of his axe. Godzilla then tackled Kong, who stabbed his axe into Godzilla's leg. Godzilla retaliated by pushing Kong into the water, then tore the axe out of his leg with his mouth. Godzilla fired his atomic breath, forcing Kong to run through the city to avoid it. One blast did eventually hit Kong in the back, burning him and knocking him down. Kong got back up, only for Godzilla to fire his atomic breath again. Kong once more avoided the blast and climbed onto a skyscraper, which Godzilla knocked over with his atomic breath. The surviving HEAV, with Lind, Andrews, and Jia in tow, flew through the tunnel from the Hollow Earth and narrowly avoided crashing into Kong and then Godzilla's atomic breath. Kong grabbed his axe and jumped off the skyscraper, with Godzilla firing his atomic breath. Kong used the axe to block the blast and absorb its energy, then brought it down on Godzilla, creating a massive shockwave that blew both Titans back. The axe lost its charge as Lind remarked that it appeared Kong won the second round.
Both Titans got back to their feet, with Godzilla dropping onto all fours and hunting for Kong. Kong climbed a building and threw a crane to distract Godzilla, then jumped off the building and pushed Godzilla headfirst through another building. The Titans exchanged blows again before Godzilla threw Kong into a building, dislocating his shoulder. Godzilla dropped onto all fours again and aggressively pursued Kong, who kicked at his face as Godzilla snapped his jaws at his feet. Godzilla then jumped onto Kong, clawing into his chest repeatedly before stomping on it. Kong punched at Godzilla's leg, who roared in pain before bringing his foot down on Kong's chest again. Kong weakly tried to pull Godzilla's foot off of him, but to no avail. Godzilla then roared in Kong's face, but Kong answered with a roar of his own. Godzilla finally took his foot off of Kong and began to walk away. Kong weakly got back to his feet and tried to pursue him, only to fall backward and pass out.
Meanwhile, Apex's ultimate weapon, Mechagodzilla, had gone out of control after being infused with the energy source from the Hollow Earth, killing its creators and freeing itself from under Victoria Peak with its proton scream. Godzilla tried to battle Mechagodzilla, but was severely outmatched. The HEAV landed near the fallen Kong as Godzilla and his mechanical duplicate fought. Jia placed her hand on the ground, and reported that she could feel Kong's heart slowing down. Andrews said there was nothing they could do, as restarting his heart would require a huge electrical charge. Lind remembered that Maia told him earlier that the HEAVs possessed enough power to "light up Las Vegas for a week," and decided to use the HEAV to revive Kong. Lind flew the HEAV onto Kong's chest, then set it to self-destruct. He quickly escaped the craft and ran to safety just as the HEAV exploded. The electrical charge released by the explosion instantly revived Kong. Jia got Kong's attention and signed to him that Godzilla was not the enemy. Kong roared angrily, but Jia pointed to Mechagodzilla and signed that that was the enemy. Kong finally accepted this and got back to his feet. He then rammed his shoulder into a building, resetting his arm. As Mechagodzilla pried apart Godzilla's jaws and prepared to fire its proton scream down his throat, Kong leaped onto Mechagodzilla's back and forced it to fire the beam into the sky. Mechagodzilla threw Kong off of it, but Godzilla recovered and grabbed it by the arm. Kong grabbed the other arm, and both Titans proceeded to pull Mechagodzilla through a building. The mechanical Titan got back up and tried to punch the Titans, who interrupted its punches. Finally, Mechagodzilla overpowered Kong and Godzilla and knocked both aside. Kong saw his axe and ran to get it as the mecha focused its wrath on Godzilla. Kong reentered the battle and swung his axe into Mechagodzilla repeatedly. Mechagodzilla pinned Kong against a building and began spinning the blades on its tail and trying to shove them into Kong's face. Kong held back the spinning blades with all of his might, but couldn't hold on for long. When Josh Valentine, Madison Russell, and Bernie Hayes failed to stop Mechagodzilla from its control room, Bernie suggested they have one last drink before they died. This gave Josh an idea, as he grabbed Bernie's flask and poured its contents all over Mechagodzilla's control monitor. This caused Mechagodzilla to briefly stall, allowing Godzilla to fire his atomic breath at Kong's axe and charge it. Kong immediately hacked off Mechagodzilla's tail with the axe, then cut off both of its arms and one of its legs. Mechagodzilla fell to the ground, but defiantly charged one last proton scream. Kong did not hesitate to bring the axe down on the mecha's neck, then proceeded to grab its head and tear it off. Kong held Mechagodzilla's head into the air and roared triumphantly before slumping down from exhaustion.
Godzilla roared and began approaching Kong, who weakly got back to his feet and picked up his axe again. The two Titans stared each other down before Kong finally dropped his axe. Godzilla roared in acknowledgement and turned to return to the sea. Kong and the gathered humans watched as Godzilla dove below the waves. Some time later, Andrews, Lind, and Jia watched from a monitoring station inside the Hollow Earth as Kong passed by on his morning walk. Kong signed "home" to Jia, who smiled back at him. Kong then swung from vines onto a cliff, then pounded his chest and roared triumphantly.
==Kong: Survivor Instinct==
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==Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted==
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==Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire==
In 2027, three years after helping Godzilla defeat Mechagodzilla under Ghidorah's influence, Kong is first seen being chased by a pack of Wart Dogs and leads them into traps of his own making, with at least one of the canid titans falling in a pit with spikes at the bottom and many others are buried in another trap. The Great Ape then convinces the three surviving pack members to back away by grabbing one of the Wart Dog corpses and tearing it in half, showering in its blood. Soon showering under a waterfall after the hunt, Kong drags two Wart Dog carcasses and tries to eat one, only to growl in pain as he now broke a tooth before briefly engaging in a tug-of-war with a giant lizard that tries stealing his kill.
Kong eventually relents upon hearing what he believes to be the roar of another member of his kind and rushes to the source of the sound, only for said source to reveal itself to be a Parrot Frog, much to his disappointment. Ilene Andrews, now working at Monarch's Head of Kong Research, states that while he enjoys his new home, the Great Ape is futilely looking for a family he will probably never see, and that as long as he doesn't come to the surface, now established to be Godzilla's territory, there is no reason to worry about any more confrontation between the two.
Driven by the pain from his now infected tooth, Kong reaches the surface in Barbados, causing both Ilene and Jia to worry and wonder how long it will take until the newly-reawakened Godzilla takes notice of the primate's presence, though the timing proves enough for Titan veterinarian Trapper to sedate the Titan, yank the infected canine out of Kong's upper jaw and replace it with a metallic one. Upon waking up, Kong then proceeds to jump back into the Hollow Earth, closely followed by a HEAV with Jia, Andrews, Trapper and Bernie Hayes aboard.
Retrieving his battle axe, Kong then goes to explore the sinkhole that opened under the trap he used earlier to bury the Wart Dogs and finds a cave with remains of other, long-deceased Great Apes, causing him to almost mourn until his attention is drawn to a previously-unexplored layer of the Hollow Earth, where he is met with a large simian silhouette. Preparing for a challenge, he eventually relents upon finding out the silhouette actually turns out to be a young ape with orange fur named Suko, whom he attempts to befriend, only to get bitten by the young Great Ape before being ambushed by a trio of adult apes that briefly restrain him before a fight breaks out.
Kong eventually gains the upper hand, even using Suko as a weapon against the three apes, and manages to kill two of them, but lets the only survivor retreat, and then throws a rock at him as it runs away. Kong then confronts Suko, and forces him to guide him back to the young ape's home. When they stop by a lake to drink, Kong is attacked by a Drownviper. Suko tries to run away, but Kong throws his axe at his direction and causes Suko to trip over it, revealing that Kong successfully killed the eel-like monster. Taking a snack break, Kong then shares some of the meat with the young ape. They then continue their journey as they cross a giant skeleton bridge. When they arrive in Suko's home, Kong is aghast by how his kind were treated as slaves.
As they walk among the slaves, Kong notices one of the Great Apes being abused by a guard and, dispite Suko's protests, extends and a hand to help him up. The Great Ape was confused by the stranger's kindness but accepts Kong's hand but when the Guard attempted to tell Kong off, Kong punches him in the face, knocking him out and roars out, getting the attention of the other Great Apes who were amazed by Kong's strength and bravery. However, this also gets the attention of their leader Skar King, who comes out from his throne room and jumps down to see what was the disturbence about. As his captives bow before him, the Skar King walks up to the unfamiliar Ape, observing his muscular and healthier build, and upon seeing Kong's metal tooth, he laughs mockingly at him as the other apes join him, by their own will or out of fear. But seeing Suko is only half mocking Kong, the Skar King attempts to attack the infant only to be stopped by Suko's guardian. The Skar King then turns back to Kong and then, in an act of pure cruelty, kicks Suko's guardian into a lava, burning her alive, as Suko watches helplessly.
Now seeing the Skar King was nothing short of a heartless tyrant, Kong angrily roars and challenges him, intending to overthrow the Skar King and free his kind. The tyrant gladly accepts, and they fight, with the Skar King appearing to be winning for a while before Kong gets the upper hand. But then, the evil Ape plays dirty, unleashing his most powerful weapon on the King of Skull Island: The Great Ice Titan Shimo. Using a crystal on his Whipslash, the Skar King forces Shimo to fire her ice breath at Kong, causing him to lose his axe and deliver a devastating frost bite on his right arm. With the help of Suko, Kong barely escapes with his life as the Skar King claims his axe in victory while sending 4 Red Stripes to finish Kong. Kong uses his traps to escape and is later saved once again by Suko who crushes the Ape minions under a rockslide. Suko then mimics Kong's roar, and chest pounding before taking Kong to safety, not realizing One-Eye, one of the Red Stripes and Skar King's second-in-command, had survived.
Kong and Suko later arrived at the Iwi city of Malenka, where Jia, Ilene, Trapper and Bernie are waiting. Jia worriedly asked Kong about his condition using sign language, while Bernie also asked whether Suko is a Mini Kong. Fortunately to Kong, Trapper just happened to know the vital piece needed to restore Kong condition, which is the B.E.A.S.T Glove located in the ruins of Outpost 1. Upon wielding the B.E.A.S.T Glove, Kong roared in delight, now that his right arm is fully functional once more.
Seeing that Jia and the others needed help, Kong decides to go to the surface to call Godzilla. Using one of the portals, Kong emerges into Cairo, Egypt tearing through the crust and frightening the local population. Godzilla, who was in Gibraltar, climbs a rock and stands on the edge of it. Kong roars to get the attention of his old rival who, upon noticing the primate, wastes no time and jumps into the sea below. He emerges in Egypt and runs towards Kong, who tries to signal him to enter through the portal. However, Godzilla was interested in finishing off Kong, viewing the ape's presence a threat to the natural order.
Kong tries to protest by raising his arms, but Godzilla runs over him, breaking a pyramid in the process. Kong falls and throws sand in Godzilla's eye, briefly depriving him of his vision. Advancing against the ape again, Kong is thrown against the pyramid and thrown over his head, resembling a suplex. Kong becomes dizzy but realizes the enemy's intention of wanting to step on his head and crush him. he eventually dodges and punches the Alpha Titan, causing him to fall. Now angry, Kong begins to brutally punch him without stopping and without giving him time to release atomic breath. He throws a punch that knocks Godzilla out and pulls him by his tail towards the portal. However, Godzilla begins to charge atomic breath, but seeing this, Kong releases him and runs, using a pyramid to defend himself. He jumps, dragging himself across the Cairo sands, raising a cloud of dust. Kong, as he cannot see anything around him, is surprised by Godzilla, who knocks him down and steps on his chest, sinking him to the ground. Kong futilely and desperately tries to free himself but is unable to do so. He could do nothing more than watch Godzilla almost fire his atomic breath, only to be saved at the last moment by a revived Mothra. The latter managed to convince them that they both need to join forces against a common enemy, with both roaring to signal an alliance.
They both return to Malenka, and run towards Skar King. Seeing that the tyrant is riding Shimo, Kong jumps on Godzilla's back, when Kong was about to collide with the Skar King, the anti-gravity was activated and everyone present began to float. Kong has a certain difficulty fighting the Skar King, only managing to land a few hits. He is ambushed from behind by One-Eye, who is dispatched by Suko who in turn was thanked by Kong. With gravity restored and everyone falling, Skar struggles to get to one of the portals, which Kong tries to stop. The four Titans enter the portal emerging in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When gravity is restored, the four Titans fall into a portal, with Kong trying to hold on to the edge with his axe, but ends up falling anyway.
They crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with then the Skar King ordering Shimo to start a new ice age. Kong arrives and punches him in the face, knocking him down and making him spit out a tooth, which he mocks. Both continue the fight and use the buildings as support. Kong uses a building to kick the Skar King down, which forces Shimo to hit him with his tail, knocking him backwards and colliding against the Petrobras Headquarters Building. Kong briefly looks inside the building before noticing Shimo charging towards him. He is narrowly saved by Godzilla who is quickly subdued. The Skar King picks up a building and throws it at Kong, who destroys it with his glove. Taking advantage of this, however, he is instantly dominated by the Skar King and Shimo when the former kicks him towards the ice Titan who grabs him by the arm and drags him, throwing him into the same building now breaking him. She uses her ice breath and Kong defends herself with the Beast Glove that slowly freezes her arms. Godzilla, after destroying the Skar King's Whipslash and consequently releasing the crystal, saves him again by fighting Shimo again. Kong gets involved in a fight for possession of the crystal against the tyrant, and is almost hanged. He bites the Skar king's arm making him roar in pain, while Suko arrives with the axe and destroys the crystal sending everyone flying. Seeing him hanging Suko for destroying his main source of power, Kong knocks him down with a punch to the face and throws at Godzilla, who hits Kong again with his tail. Holding Skar King high, Shimo freezes him and Kong gives him a brief look before throwing him against the ground, breaking him into millions of pieces, killing the tyrant. He retrieves the axe and smiles at Godzilla who smiles back, and watches Godzilla end the weather with his atomic breath along with Suko and Shimo.
The three return with Kong and Suko riding Shimo to where the enslaved Great Apes were with Kong roaring with the others proclaiming victory over the Skar King and the freedom of their kind.
==Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong (Non-Canon)==
Kong appears in the MonsterVerse/DC Universe crossover comic. He first appears in Issue 1 where he attacks and fights a large Skullcrawler while the Legion of Doom takes cover in a Monarch Outpost on Skull Island, except for Gorilla Grodd who worships Kong as a deity. He is one of the Titans transported to the DC Universe due to a wish made by Toyman using the Dreamstone. In Issue 3, Kong battles and kills a Warbat on Skull Island before he turns his attention to Green Arrow. However, Supergirl arrives and starts to punch Kong in the face to protect her friend. Kong is about to fight back when a strange noise starts to irritate him.
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