Fallen World: Wrath of Shin Godzilla

Ambiguous Aftershocks

The blue blaze reached to the skies, with billowing smoke endlessly drifting upward. For the world, the threat of Shin Orga—or perhaps, Shin Gojira—had perished. Even long after the legendary apex predator ceased discharging his atomic ray, the body continued to burn, unmoving and alone.

Godzilla and the M.U.T.O. gasped for air after the endless combat. Exhaustion gradually took hold as both monsters felt their respective adrenaline fade with their victory achieved. The parasite screeched in surprise as Godzilla staggered forward, swaying with every step until it crashed to the ground at the water's edge. A plume of ash rose around the pair from the thunderous impact. With one last chirp, the lights along the M.U.T.O.'s optic nerve dimmed as exhaustion overtook him. Godzilla too took rest, taking one last look at the burning blue flames, the rising smoke, and the stars that lit the night sky before unconsciousness took hold.

Unsure if it had been minutes, hours, or even days, Godzilla awoke. The stars he saw had been mostly vanquished; the flames long since ceased, with only the husk of Shin Orga remaining; and the black sky now radiating with a violet hue. His internal instincts told him that it was morning, but the sun had yet to peak over the horizon. He turned his head to see the M.U.T.O. still resting where he last was, its wing still shattered from the battle. For the first time, Godzilla contemplated and reflected.

He and the M.U.T.O. were nemesis species, and for eons he carried out their execution. A right held as the last of his kind after the species wiped out all that Godzilla had once held dear. He had not forgotten the agony of that loss, and for that he held contempt, even if it was his duty to keep a balance to the world he resided upon.

But there was a key, solitary difference between the parasites from millions of years ago and the one that rested upon him.

This one saved his life and pushed on, even when all seemed lost. He would not leave it die, stranded in the frozen landscape around him, and he would not forget the parasite's actions.

Godzilla could feel his strength return to him, and knew full well he had the ability to move on his own accord. Crawling on his stomach, Godzilla made its way to the ocean, keeping his backside above water to protect his ally from the frozen waters. Gradually, the two victorious creatures left the ruins of Vladivostok. Disappearing into light of the rising sun.

*****

Hours thereafter, through the ash of Vladivostok and Shin Orga's husk, humanoid forms began to take shape. In the radiation soaked landscape, the creature's used the energy to fuel their growth. Like young children, they crawled forth from the black earth before taking steps to rise and stare at the golden star that illuminated them and the wasteland around them.

Charcoal skin glowed from red veins that swirled beneath their skin. From their maws, jagged teeth protruded as the one-eyed beasts continued to stare with their jaws held open in amazement. Their arms and tentacle like appendages extended toward the warmth which basked over them.

Through hell the Millennian traveled to gain a body, and now it felt it's conscious fully in control. The influences of Shin Gojira were gone and now the alien possessed a race which could spread its influence across the globe. Humanity would counter its movements, but the Millennian let those thoughts sink into the back of its mind. For the moment, it and the hundreds of others were still rising, continuing to stare at the sun, and enjoying the warmth from its glow.

At last, its eon old mission, finally accomplished.

*****

Nick scanned through the epilogue with a sense of dread as he read the world fall before him. Nuclear fire washed across the globe while an alien horde descended across the continent. Asia, Europe and Africa fell beneath the heels of the Millennian horde while the weapons mankind used cracked open the earth, unleashing hordes of creatures humanity once thought nothing but legend. Clips revealed the humanoids battling a pterosaur in Moscow, an emerald leviathan in Rio De Janeiro, a monolithic moth in Beijing, an orange titanosaur in the Sea of Japan, and a three-headed dragon in Cairo. The report lacked details on the victors, though considering the apocalyptic state of the world around him, Nick could only assume it was not humanity.

Nick rose from his computer, his eyes glowing with a new-found fire. One human with a lust for power and a weapon he could never truly control plummeted the world into chaos, and the same could always happen to his own. Almost instinctively, Nick pressed his hand against his forehead, feeling the deep gash of the gun shot that nearly killed him beneath the bandage which covered it.

As he slowly removed his hand, a sudden tremor shook Nick off his feet. A pained cry echoed from Nick as he hit the floor, dust falling upon him from the quake. Nick gradually shook off the fall and grabbed his energy rifle, slowly walking back through the death encompassed hallways to discover the cause.

The red atmospheres illuminated the hallway of the military outpost's entrance, revealing Nick from the darkness as he turned the corner. Cautiously, he moved toward the broken windows that exposed the parking lot. His hands gripped the trigger, ready to engage the threat merely for a mass to fall upon a rusted car.

Metal crunched and Nick brought his weapon to engage yet as a monstrous mass overtook the light, he yielded his weapon. A long tongue descended from out of view, encircling the fallen Skullcrawler before yanking it upward. A mist of red fell from the monstrous creature, keeping Nick on his guard until a large heel smashed into the parking lot, creating another tremor.

Nick glanced at the scarred leg, recognizing its features and confirming the monster's identity as its maw moved close to the ground to find its next prey's scent. The monstrous creature's maw opened as the beast turned toward the outpost. Nick ducked beneath the window, ceasing his breathing and movement as a shadow enveloped the room.

Off a broken shard on the floor, Nick watched the creature move its left eye parallel to the entrance. Three deep scars peppered the beast's skull-like face while old battle scars covered the rest of its body. Easily dwarfing that of Zilla, this monstrosity echoed a deep roar as if to notify its prey it knew of its existence. To halt all hope of surviving in its domain any longer.

A Skullcrawler; the big one.

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