Kaiju Uprising: Chapter 15

Chapter 15:
Godzilla ‘54

In 1954, the first kaiju of all time rose from the ocean depths and embarked on a rampage of destruction across the Japanese city of Tokyo. Hundreds died in his wake. Eventually, a powerful weapon known as the Oxygen Destroyer killed Godzilla by depriving him of air to breathe.

But Godzilla’s tail ends not there. He sank into the ocean depths as he died, and his body decomposed instantly. So fast was the decomposition, in fact, that his very soul was shot out of the body. He floated upward into space, where his spirit stayed, for years. 46 years to be precise.

In that time, the bodiless Godzilla learned to look down and view the Earth from space. He learned to visit it and travel across it in his non-corporeal form. And he found another of his kind, sleeping peacefully in the ocean as he once had.

Godzilla was content to let this beast sleep…until he discovered that the bones of his body had been taken from their resting place, and man, that same disgusting creature that had woken him from his own slumber, and then killed him in a most agonizing fashion, had done it. To further add insult, they were using his remains like a puppet to do their bidding. Godzilla could not let this stand!

He traveled back to the other of his kind that he’d found and woke it up. The new Godzilla rose up and attacked the same city his predecessor had nearly 50 years prior. Godzilla’s old body was sent to fight the new Godzilla off, just as he’d hoped. Godzilla forced his way back into his body and took it back over, joining the new Godzilla in a rampage that left the city decimated.

But inhabiting his old body took a great toll on Godzilla, and once he had to abandon it, he floated back into space to rest. But he wasn’t allowed to rest very long. The humans sent their machine against the new Godzilla again. The machine and Godzilla fought, and in the end, the new Godzilla lay hurt and vulnerable.

Godzilla saw his body about to be used to kill his successor, and used every ounce of strength he could muster to once again take it back over. He knew he couldn’t hold on very long, and had to act fast. He picked up the new Godzilla and flew out to sea, plunging in where he knew the depths would allow it to be left alone and recuperate.

He hoped that doing this would somehow allow him to pass on to the next world, but to no avail. He once again floated out into space, even weaker then he was before.

That was over 15 years ago. Godzilla has recovered his strength, but he sees no point in returning to Earth. The other Godzilla long ago recovered, and is sleeping in the sea. The mechanical parts of his old body that made it possible to move were wrecked.

But opportunities can come in strange situations. The spirit of Godzilla had been floating in space just above Earth as always when he noticed something heading toward him, something alive, and large. It had a round, bulbous body, with one large eye in the middle. It had no limbs, instead long tentacles waved around its body.

The thing that was coming toward him was a Spirit Eater, a beast that devoured souls before they crossed over to the after life and fed on them, keeping them in constant misery. It was, in fact, Godzilla’s spirit that attracted this wretched creature.

It moved in to devour his soul, and Godzilla instinctively knew something wasn’t right. Whatever this beast was, it meant him harm. He rushed in and attacked the only way he knew how: by trying to take over the creature’s body.

The Spirit Eater didn’t expect this, and was taken off-guard. A struggle ensued, a battle of the minds, of wills. While both were strong, the outcome was inevitable. The Spirit Eater was fighting for a meal; Godzilla was fighting for his life.

Godzilla overwhelmed his enemy and crushed its mind, occupying its body permanently. With a new body at last, Godzilla quickly made his way toward Earth…and payback.