Godzilla: King of the Monsters

A Fan-Rewrite of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture

Written by JurassicKaiju14

Prologue

In 1954, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched. With its advanced power systems, the craft traversed the furthest depths reachable at its time.

But something took notice. Something awoke, and followed the submarine to the surface, into the unsuspecting world of Man. A prehistoric apex predator, of a size and power unheard of in the animal kingdom. A monster that seemed to defy the laws of science. In the wake of this discovery, a top secret multinational organization, codenamed Monarch, was founded with the sole goal of finding, researching, and, if necessary, destroying this new superspecies.

Ancient Japanese and Pacific Island legends referred to the creature as 'Gojira'. But through various garbled radio messages and mispronunciations by American military personnel, the creature gained a new name.

Godzilla.

The beast was quickly labelled as a threat by the governments of the major superpowers. What would happen if such a creature made landfall in a populated area? Almost all involved agreed that something needed to be done, and the sooner the better.

Monarch operatives soon discovered an unusual aspect of Godzilla's biology; his species apparently took in nuclear radiation as a means of sustenance, absorbing it from deep sea vents trailing down to the Earth's core. Armed with this information, a trap was laid out for the great beast.

On March 1, 1954, a nuclear warhead was placed at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. As predicted, the beast took the bait. The warhead was detonated and Godzilla…disappeared. Although many believed–or more accurately, prayed–that he had been killed in that fiery inferno, many more at Monarch believed that the creature had simply retreated back into the depths of the ocean from wence he came. In order to prevent a mass panic and keep whatever fragile peace the world had achieved after World War II, the creature's existence was covered up, and the strike was reported as "merely" a weapons test.

As the years went on, Monarch discovered that Godzilla was far from the only monster on the planet. From ancient texts previously thought to be mere myths, to more live specimens in deep hibernation or active in remote regions of the planet, it soon became clear that there was more to this world of monsters than previously imagined. Monarch began doubling their efforts, building containment sites and research facilities wherever they found a new creature, sometimes right over these slumbering Titans, all in the hopes that, should the worst happen, they would be ready for whatever came.

But despite their best efforts, there was always that lingering fear of what could happen if the secret got out. How would the world react to the knowledge that humans are not the complete lords of the Earth? What havoc could these Titans wreak upon our civilizations?

And what would happen if he came back?

And then came 2014…

Author's Note: And so it begins. The first installment of my fan-rewrite of Legendary Picture's Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

For the record, I absolutely loved the movie. I had some nitpicks and problems with it, and I won't say that the critics are completely wrong, but at the end of it all I walked out of my local theater a happy customer and, more importantly, an ecstatic fan.

The purpose of this rewrite is to fix up the problems that I did have with the movie, and generally try to improve the overall experience. Character motivations will be better explained and given more development, certain elements will have more foreshadowing or go in different directions, and the monster fights will be extended and improved upon. Just to name a few things that I'm gonna try to do here.

To put it simply, I'm attempting to strengthen what was weak and make greater what was already good.

I don't know when I'll be back with an update. I'm currently worming my way through my second semester of college, and I'm generally inconsistent with story updates on other sites, but I'll do my best to update as soon as I can manage. Believe me, this is not something I want to leave idle.

Thank you for taking the time to read, and I hope I can deliver a satisfying product.

-JurassicKaiju14