This is the fourth story in my "Kaiju Wars" series, which takes heavy inspiration from "Godzilla: The Series". There's no real need to have read the first three, but you can if you want. All you need to know is that Miki is 15 and has a psychic link to Godzilla, who imprinted on her at birth, and she is now part of a research team dubbed G-Force.

Godzilla is © Toho


INFANT ISLAND

The small craft moved forward lazily through the waves, its sign emblazoned with a red letter 'M' with a gold painted shadow, and the words 'Marutomo Corporation' printed in smaller letters underneath.

One of the two workers aboard heaved over the side, the contents of his stomach emptying from another bout of seasickness.

"Told you," He groaned, "I hate the sea."

"Yeah, well lucky for you we ain't gonna be on it much longer," The other replied, "See?"

The small, tropical atol before them was like an Oasis of paradise; thick walls of jungle behind golden beaches.

"More pennies in Marutomo's pocket, that's all I see," The seasick man muttered darkly, "Since when does the dude care if there's somebody living somewhere? He normally just has the whole thing bulldozed, so why check it out when he's after a stinkin' big oil deposit?"

"Since the government started watching him, that's since when," The other answered. "Just get up here and…"

Suddenly, the boat beneath them shook violently to the side, as if it had collided with something massive beneath the surface.

"We hit a reef or something?" The ill man groaned as he vomited over the side of the ship again.

"Must have. Hold on…"

The boat suddenly shook again, this time lifting out of the water and being hurled backwards. Before the men's disbelieving eyes, a huge, ridged, dull-brown shape, with bony gold growths around dark-green glands, arced in the water behind them, ending in a massive, black stinger with one more on each side.

"Get us outta here!" The one on deck started as his associate gunned the engine, the force of the colliding object spinning the ship around.

As the craft shot away, water spraying behind it from its speed, the two men watched in shock as the massive shape reared up behind them. A few black clusters of spikes were even visible along its back, and, protected by a "hood" of a hollowed-out front of the foremost ridge, the enormous larva's dark face, with tusk-like pincers beside insect jaws and sunken-in, large blue eyes that seemed to almost shine, rose into the air, facing down and splashing into the water.

The momentum kicked up a veritable wall of water, pushing the ship away with awesome force.

The creature turned under the waves, moving clumsily away from the boat and back towards the Island.


I've been dying to write this story. So, everybody give a big 'hello' to our favourite giant sweater-muncher… MOTHRA!!! And I promise, you won't have to wait until the end to see a Kaiju brawl this time. Also, in terms of personality, this universe's Mothra won't be too far removed from her Toho self, so yes, you can expect an appearance by the Cosmos as well.

All reviews welcome!