Quick Authors Note: Hello readers, this is Immortal Drake, or just Drake if you wish. My first ever fiction, and now a disclaimer, I do not own the universe of Godzilla, which belongs to Toho, I only own my OCs and story concepts.
The Birth of Dragulus
By: Immortal Drake
Dr. Joanna Smith walked down one of the sterile steel hallways of the island complex where she worked. Today, all the work she and her fellow biologists, and other scientists who worked there with them, would culminate in the birth of a new being. The island that hosted the private complex was situated in the Pacific, in a location known only to her employers. Thinking back, she remembered how the two burly men in business suits and sunglasses had come to pick her up from her house when she had replied to the anonymous e-mail offering her a job opportunity that was "once in a lifetime." Once there, she found out that she and the other scientists had been hired to use their skills in biology and science to create new kaiju, giant monsters like Godzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, and Mothra; for their employers to hire out as mercenaries. That was five years ago now, and she had to admit that her job was pretty exciting.
Dr. Smith's employers, she knew, were a small group of businessmen who had pooled together their resources in order to bring together the necessary talent to intentionally bring forth what they wanted. Their little circle was led by a man called Mr. Savage, who always wore a navy blue suit and kept his black hair slicked back. Thinking about Mr. Savage, however, always distracted Joanna, because he made her blood boil. In fact, he distracted her thoughts so much, that she almost missed her turn to the room called colloquially by the scientists "The Birthing Chamber," and nearly bumped into one of the security guards who patrolled this particular area. "If only my sister knew what I was doing right now," she thought to herself as she apologized to the guard and went on her way. Joanna's sister, May, was a member of G-Force, a special task force of the Earth Defense Force that specifically fought Godzilla. But May also had a vendetta against the giant lizard, Joanna remembered, as Godzilla had crushed the tank in which May's husband had commanded under his scaly foot. Joanna personally didn't blame Godzilla for what he did, as he was only acting on instinct and in anger at being attacked, most of the time. Joanna knew she probably shouldn't have, but she would have admitted to having become personally attached to the many creations that she and the others had brought forth into this world. In fact, she thought of them as her own children, almost.
As Joanna entered the control room of the Birthing Chamber, she instantly had a bad feeling; Mr. Savage and his circle were there to oversee the creation of this one, as if she hadn't had enough bad feelings about it already. This particular creature, if this worked, was going to be created by combining DNA from Godzilla, the giant mantis Kamacuras, the giant spider Kumonga, the burrowing dinosaur Baragon, a black scorpion, and a mystery donor that only the head scientist knew about. The DNA samples were going to be brought together in the chamber, then subjected to a small blast of atomic energy, "like a mini atom bomb," she was told on her first day. Joanna took her seat, and decided to only look up from her monitor to see what the new beast looked like, completely ignoring Mr. Savage.
Despite herself, Joanna couldn't help but look up into the chamber as the DNA samples were brought in, and what she saw made her and the others gape in awe. They watched as a small container that held small flakes of scaly skin was brought into the chamber by two men wearing hazmat suits, they were skin flakes from Godzilla; but that wasn't what shocked the scientists, skin samples were some of the primary things they worked with, but what really caught their attention was another container that held about a dozen golden scales! "How…How did you get those?" Joanna asked, her question directed at the head scientist, Dr. Riley. Dr. Riley swallowed and said cryptically, "Very carefully, the EDF was almost swarming us about them." But Joanna could tell that his attention was directed in the chamber, "Begin energizing sequence," he said to almost no one in particular. One of the scientists, over at one of the consoles that directed the atomic blast into the chamber, nodded her head, and moved a switch until it was at the maximum. Joanna's turn wouldn't come until the creature was born or not, she was just a biologist, but mixing this kind of DNA gave her the jitters, Godzilla and King Ghidorah were sworn enemies. But before she could give it another thought, a light so bright it was almost blinding erupted in the chamber.
This was it, Joanna thought, whether or not the DNA would mix and make a new kaiju was up to chance now, and she hoped against hope that this would fail. When the light finally died, everyone seemed surprised, including Mr. Savage. Inside the chamber was an amorphous blob, almost in the shape of an egg, which was a slimy pinkish color. If she could touch it, Joanna was sure that it would have been quite slimy just by looking at it. The blob didn't even seem to have a skin on it, as the surface roiled with whatever energies were inside. Watching the blob had an almost hypnotic quality, until the beeping from her console jolted Joanna back to reality. "Sir, you better have a look at this, we have life signs from that thing," she said, and Dr. Riley came over, took one look; and with an expression that seemed half amazed and half horrified, he said, "We did it." And then something moved inside.
This environment, it was warm, murky, almost lulling him to sleep; but he didn't want to be in here, it was too constricted for him. In addition, he had the sense that there were other beings on the other side of his little world, watching him. He moved his head, closer to the surface, and he could almost see through it; the world outside seeming to have a pinkish tinge to it. Strange, how had he come up with that word, but it didn't matter, he was in here with no room to move and the others were out there. In answer, he came up with the solution; he had to get out.
He pushed against the barrier with his head, until finally it parted with almost no sound at all, dragging lightly against him until his head was free. And what a head it was, a head on a medium length neck topped by a crescent-shaped horn, and two smaller horns on the sides that jutted forward. His face was a terrible thing to behold; two baleful red eyes stared out of their sockets on either side of his main horn, and his mouth sported a row of diamond-shaped teeth, but no lips to cover them. His head was mainly covered in what looked like a bright white exoskeleton, except around the eye sockets, which had dark black flesh around them, and his mouth, which was blood-red, including his teeth. As his body slid loose of his former prison he found it was armored similarly, with small black patches around his joints. As his arms were revealed he found that they were muscular, with black spikes on the forearms and his shoulders had taller spikes on them as well. His hands had five fingers; they were black as well, and ended in points. Below them he found that he had a second pair of arms as well, but they were different. These arms were all black, even at the joints, but ended in a pair of pincers, with the top digit a little bigger than the other, like a scorpion's. His legs were similarly armored and muscled as the rest of him, and he had four toes on his feet. Then he felt some part of him twitch, and a scorpion tail jerked free of the remains of his womb.
He breathed in the air of the new place he now found himself in, and released it as a roar that shook the entire chamber, he had been born, and now the world would tremble at his feet! What drew his attention now was the presence of those he had sensed earlier, and what was more, he could sense their fear.
It was complete pandemonium in the control room, some people were screaming, others sat in a frozen trance, and others were yelling and clutching their heads. Joanna was one of those in a trance, but not from fear, but in awe of what they had created. She had watched him emerge from that blob, not a blob, but a womb; and not only that, he had emerged fully formed at a staggering 110 meters tall! Everyone had been in a trance like her until the beast had looked their way, and then a blistering invisible attack had seemed to come out of nowhere, causing the chaos that she now saw around her. She herself felt the presence that their new creature had, a constant pressure in her head and a voice that could only be saying, "SUBMIT," over and over again. The woman who had thrown the switch was holding her head as she hit it against her console over and over again screaming, "NO!" repeatedly. Dr. Riley was screaming his head off at seemingly no one. Mr. Savage was like her, caught in the gaze of the beast looking at them through the observation window, sweating and making half-choked sounds every so often. Joanna could only guess that the psychic power from the scales that were used had manifested in this power. Then, just as suddenly as it had started, the attack stopped. Looking around in confusion, Joanna finally spotted Mr. Savage with his hand on a switch, the switch that controlled the psychic barriers.
Yeah, I know it's short, but this is just getting started, next chapter will be here soon.