The Lone Male Mutation (Human Zilla x MGE)

Chapter 3: His Backstory

Zilla sits curled up in the sun, small surges traveling through his spines. He raises his head and yawns, before he hears someone approaching. He turns and sees the dragon he saved a year ago, Erica. She smiles at him.

"Oi! Get down here you lazy lizard!"

Zilla rolls his eyes before hopping down and landing in front of her.

"What's up, my winged reptile?"

"Sasha's back! I wanted to get you."

Zilla smiles before picking up pace.

"I'm going to get there first!"

He zips through the trees, expertly dodging around roots and grooves in the ground. He then stops at the orphanage and knocks. The door opens and he's rugby tackled by his younger adoptive hell hound sister, Evius.

"You were gone for so long big bro! Sasha's been here for five minutes already!"

"I was gone for fifteen."

She pouts.

"But it was long for meee!"

"I know little miss Impatient."

"Don't clam me that! I may be impatient, but I hate that nickname!"

He ruffles her hair, lightening her mood. He then enters the orphanage. He sees Sasha sitting on a chair in the dining room cradling a bundle of blankets. He sniffs the air, and dread suddenly starts to fill his heart.

"Oh, Zilla! You're here. Say hello to the new addition to our family."

She moves the blankets aside slightly. And reveals a baby Demon. Zilla's eyes widen, and he leaps back, slamming against the wall, his spines and claws carving grooves in the wood.

Several images and sounds flash through his mind. A cruel, sadistic laugh. Eyes with blood red irises and black scleras. Blue skin that was permanently burned into his memory. He slowly calms down, and notices the concerned looks of everybody. He puts on a fake smile and waves it off.

"It's fine. I'll be... on the roof... if anyone needs me."

      He scrambles out of the room and exits through a window in the hallway. He crawl onto the roof and curls up, sighing. He hopes that this wouldn't happen. He had tired to talk to demons many times in the past. But he was always overcome by his fear. He takes a shaky breath as he buried his face in his hands.

"Zilla?"

He looks up to see Sasha.

"Sasha? How did you get on the roof?"

"I'm more athletic than I look. But I'm more concerned on why you reacted that way."

"It's... a problem. That involves my childhood."

"I see. I won't pry, but it involves Demons, that I can say for certain. I do hope you can grow attaché stop this new sibling and not feel afraid of her.

"I know... it's just whenever I see a demon, no matter the age... I'm always reminded... of how shitty my life was before it came here. Can I... let it off my chest? Can you listen to it?"

"I would like to, but I won't force you."

Zilla sighs, staring absentmindedly at the setting sun.

"I was born... to a normal lizard man and human couple. My parents for very... conservative, and so didn't care much about me. When suddenly, this Demon appeared, and offered to buy me."

"Buy you? But why?"

"She was a extremist Demon Lord agent. She... she... did so many things to me. She didn't even see me worth raping. She only took blood, made me do things that nearly killed me, just to turn me into a superweapon or a mass breeding tool. The reason behind me massive strength, my abilities. Is not only due to my torture. But... also... my previous life."

"You are a reincarnated soul?"

"Yes. That's why I look like this, but no one believed me. So I suffered for nearly 3 years. I didn't have my fire breath in my previous life. Only my son did. I was fighting back when I used it, before I fled that damnable village and came here."

Sasha stays quiet for a moment. Then she pulls him into a warm hug.

"I hope we can all help you you overcome your trauma. You may be alone species wise, but we're forever going to be your family. People often say you can't choose family, but that's nothing but nonsense. You free to choose who your family is, but I think I know the answer."

She kisses his head, before she stands up and heads back down into the orphanage, and Zilla sits down, a small smile on his face has tears trickle down his cheeks.

"This is my family. And I won't let that bitch take me away from them."

He clenches his scaled fist, before pumping it into the air.