Love can't Be Shattered
Authors Note- I know that to many people this story will be strange and weird, but the reason I wrote this was because when I saw the MUTO's in Godzilla, I wept when the mother lost her babies. I realised how different and improved (in my opinion) the film would have been if it was from the view of the mother- heck, even the whole genre of the movie would be different- a romantic tragedy instead of a sci-fi monster movie. So I decided to write this fan fiction. Please comment what you think and if it was sad- I am dying to know what others think of this. Also I have changed things so it is not exactly like the film. Ok, so here it is:
Looks like you found me in my hiding place… well… I want to tell you something. As you are a human, I won't be surprised if you hate this fact and try to kill me, but… I am a female MUTO. Yes, I am the one from the 2014 Godzilla film. If you have seen it, I will tell you now, that film does not represent a glorious victory for humanity, or one's will to survive. It is only seen that way because it is told from the eyes of a human. But, before you leave and get the military to blast me with a cannon, please, listen to the story from my eyes. I will warn you now, there is no happy ending in this story- only my heart being torn apart into a million pieces, and my will to survive which was almost broken. I know what you're thinking… 'Parasites like you don't have feelings'… well, I'm not the one slowly ripping the planet of her resources simply because of the illusion that I'm 'superior'.
It all started whilst I was hibernating in my dark, safe cocoon. It was a bit damp inside, but nonetheless, I slept. I had been in there for millions of years, undisturbed for a long time. My eyes were sealed shut, and I didn't open them until, one day, I heard something. It was very familiar, and even if it was from far away, I recognised it immediately. Was it just another dream? Or was this all real. Had I just heard him?
Oops! I'm so sorry, I forgot to explain something. When a male of my species is awoken, they emit a sound which only another MUTO could hear. Even if all MUTO's could notice it, it grabs the attention of only one female- the one who is your true love (May I note that this 'true love' business is serious, and is nothing like the ones in fairy tales).
Although, this sound which I heard was not from any old male- I had known him before I put myself in the cocoon.
Flashback
It was one day before I decided to hibernate in a cocoon. He was my mate, and we loved each other. We knew we were meant to be together, and were inseparable from one another.
We were watching the calm, blue ocean, near the edge of a cliff. We were laying down, next to each other. My head rested against his shoulder, and he looked around in a protective manner. He had his wing around me, and he began nudging me, affectionately.
Suddenly, an older, larger MUTO appeared. He wanted me, even if we weren't meant to be together, he lusted for intercourse. He was willing to kill my mate for it. He roared at him, snarling, with saliva dribbled out of his mouth. My mate got up, and walked towards the opposition, growling. I knew my mate wouldn't win this fight- his opponent was huge compared to him- so I ran in front of him, and bellowed at the giant male MUTO. He simply lifted his front limb, and slammed it against my face. I was thrown across the ground, and so stunned and terrified, I could not get back up. I only watched, helplessly.
My mate was intimidated, and knew his chances were slim, but he would never let any creatures harm me in any way, so he ran in front of my body, lowered his head, and snarled as loud as he could. The enemy MUTO walked towards my mate, assuming he was not much of a threat. He lifted up his front limb, and was going to hit it against my mate's thick neck. But he had underestimated him.
My mate, quick as a flash, head butted his adversary against a tree. The MUTO fell to the ground, creating a huge thump as he hit the floor. My mate roared triumphantly. But it was not the end. The rival MUTO got up, and grabbed my mate in his mouth, by his wings. He held him in the air. My mate screeched in pain, and struggled to get out of his rivals grip. But it was all for nothing. His wings broke. His opponent threw him away.
My heart stopped beating.
My mate was thrown at the very edge of the cliff. He lay there, completely still, but I could still see that he was breathing. The edge of the cliff started cracking, unable to support my mate. I tried to come towards him and get him out of there, but his rival would always block my way. I roared at my mate in horror.
He weakly lifted his head and watched me with eyes filled with tears. He was sorry. The cliff then collapsed, taking my mate down with it.
The large male MUTO turned his head to see what happened to my mate, and when he did, I ran away from him, as fast as I could, weeping in sadness.
I didn't want to eat. I didn't want to breathe. I didn't want to live, or exist in any way, and yet, at the same time… I didn't want to die. That's how I ended up building a cocoon and remaining inside for all this time. I didn't want to believe that the one I loved so much was gone, and that no matter what I did, I would never get him back.
End of flashback
But now, I was hearing his voice. After millions and millions of years, I heard him! Happiness and hope levels grew dangerously inside me. He was not dead! He was not gone forever! He was alive! And on this very Earth! He must have survived the fall and built a cocoon to heal himself, and he was now ready! Happily, I created the same sort of sound so he knew that I was here as well, and that we must find each other.
I used my front limbs to tear a hole in my cocoon. I ripped through its thin, paper-like skin easily, and clambered out. The sun was shining, and the sky was cloudless, and the day was beautiful. But I noticed one major difference. The trees were tiny! And there were so little of them around! In their place were huge metal things called 'buildings'. Instead of fresh, crisp air flowing against my body in the wind, it was a dirty, polluted air entering my nostrils. Plus, I was surrounded by tiny little creatures with strange hands, squashed faces with the weirdest of noses, and had four limbs, only walking on two! They were your species, known as humans
They gawped at me, terrified and awe-stricken. I simply watched them, curious. Why were they so afraid of me? I consumed nuclear energy, not flesh, and my size would only be a problem if they got in my way without me seeing them first. Even if they had never seen anything like me before, I was not a threat. But why were they so tiny?
A few seconds later, when I came to my senses, I understood. I couldn't feel the amount of nuclear energy there had been before. In fact, it was ten times weaker. That must've been why everything was so miniscule!
I then heard another sound. It instantly grabbed my attention, and released a surge of adrenaline within my body. I nervously took a step back, and accidentally stepped on a human. I couldn't believe that killer was alive. Godzilla was his name.
In the film, he is shown to be some sort of hero by coming and 'restoring nature'. But, I can tell you for certainty that he is no hero to us MUTO's, in fact, he is the opposite of one. He kills our kind.
I ran forward, galloping through the city, unintentionally stepping on a few more humans, even though I tried not to. Happiness had morphed into tension as I ran onwards. I was quite far from my mate- he was on the other side of the planet, and Godzilla was close to him. We had to find each other, and I could only pray Godzilla didn't find one of us. We needed to be reunited, as I couldn't afford to lose my mate. Not again. And certainly not to Godzilla.
I ran, and I ran, and I ran. I must have covered about fifty miles in a mere 5 minutes, until I came across a huge crowd of people. They had strange, greenish clothes, with large black guns, each one pointing at me. I think those were people from what you call the military. I didn't stop running. I couldn't afford losing any time. I roared at them to see if I could scare them away, but they held their ground. I ran faster, picking up speed, so they knew I wasn't going to stop, but they didn't even budge. Instead, they screamed 'fire!' and began shooting tiny metal capsules at me, which are called bullets from what I remember. They didn't hurt much, only stinging a little. I reached the people, and tried to jump over them. I landed, accidentally crushing a few, but I kept on going, not stopping, not looking back.
I was starving, as there wasn't as much nuclear energy as before. A few hours later, when the sun was setting, I saw a power plant. The energy there attracted me like a moth is attracted to light, and I rushed towards it, destroying everything in my way. I stood over the power plant, towering above it. All that energy was driving me crazy, it took over my mind. I was starving. I lifted up my front limb, and smashed it, tearing a large hole in the building. I dug my head inside, vigorously searching for the energy. Paranoid humans dashed away from the area, screaming in terror. I found the nuclear energy and consumed it all, devouring it, absorbing it into my large body. After millions of years, the feeling of nuclear energy was great! As I gobbled up all the nuclear energy, a small flying mechanical object hovered in front of me. I lifted up my head, and looked at what was called a helicopter, its blades quickly whirring around.
I leaned forward, slightly, to get a closer look, but less than a moment, it began to shoot at me. I growled in annoyance. I used my small forearms to nudge it away. It reeled out of control, and crashed somewhere, creating a tiny explosion.
I then ran away, until about an hour later, I was exhausted. I knew Godzilla would also need rest, so I lay down, sleeping next to a few large skyscrapers.
I dreamt of finding my mate that day. But we weren't in a city- we were back in the forest we used to live in. We nuzzled one another, and chased each other like immature MUTO chicks. We snuggled each other. Suddenly, the sky turned red. Whenever this happens in my dream, it meant danger. We looked around, terrified. I turned my head, and saw Godzilla standing on a large hill, like a bloodthirsty black demon waiting for the best moment to attack. I tried to screech in shock, but it only came out as a mere whisper. Godzilla's small yellow eyes glowed like tiny light bulbs, giving me a glare which a murderer gives to his victim just before he kills her. He began moving towards me, flexing his razor sharp claws. Lightning struck, and I awoke. I was surrounded by the military- there were even more than in my previous encounter. But I couldn't care less. That stare Godzilla had given me seemed so familiar- I could swear I had seen it before. It was the equivalent of the look of a mentally unstable psychopath.
I watched the humans. They were all pointing a gun at me. There was no way around them- I had to go forward. I roared, trying to scatter them, but once again, they stubbornly stayed in their position, and began shooting at me. I lifted up my limb, and it began to glow red. I thrust it onto the ground.
It threw everything backwards. All the cars stopped moving, and the lights turned off. I had used an electromagnetic pulse as my defence.
I then ran towards them, and as I tried to get away from the circle of humans around me, I crushed a few.
In my last encounter, the bullets only hurt a little, but this time, there were far more, and they were bigger. The pain burned me like a fire devouring flesh, slowly burning the charred skin.
But I refused to stop.
For the sake of my mate.
For the sake of life.
I ran onwards, towards the horizon, galloping like a horse.
Later, when it was night time, I slept near a bridge, under the cool blue moonlight. But, I was awoken by soft chirping noises. I looked around, scanning for any nearby movement. It could be something harmless, like a little bird, or something dangerous, like some sort of weapon made by humans to destroy me once and for all.
I then realised it was coming from inside me. I peered at my belly, as it was coming from there, and saw eggs!
They glowed a warm, orange colour, and you could see all my little babies floating inside. My abdomen had swelled up so the eggs could have space. Happiness filled up my heart. It gave me hope, hope for the future. It made me see the beauty in life. A mere twenty four hours ago, they didn't exist, but now they were all here. The thought that my offspring were all here made me thrilled.
The sound emitted by my mate had caused an instinctive chemical reaction- the fertilisation of my eggs. All of those eggs, every single one, was an individual life, each with a different personality. I dreamily pictured how touching it would be to watch them all grow and prosper under my motherly gaze. Many will be lost in the way, which is very sad for a mother like me, but I'll do everything I can to ensure their survival in this new world.
I then heard shuffling noises coming from the bridge. I got up, and curiously moved towards it. Two puny humans were there. Once they saw me, the two quickly lay down on the bridge, laying completely still in the hope that I hadn't seen them. But I had. I moved towards them, and they seemed very unsettled, even though I was only inspecting them. A small machine (called a walkie-talkie) was working, and fuzzy, muffled voices could be heard. The paranoid humans turned it off. I moved my head closer to them. I was so close, that I was breathing on them, and you could tell that they felt the cool air be expelled out of my nostrils, as they would look at each other uneasily whenever I did. It was the closest I had gotten to a human up to that point in time. I was so close, I could see all their facial features- even their strange eyes and teeny eyelashes.
I then heard the horn of a train. I turned my head, as it had caught my attention, and I could feel there were nuclear weapons on it, and I needed energy.
As I left, I heard the humans talking quietly in insignificant whispers. I had no idea what they were talking about, but I hoped that they understood that I am only a simple mother trying to survive, and that I would only attack if I was provoked. And I prayed that they told as many humans as possible about this encounter, so they know I am not dangerous unless I'm attacked.
After destroying that train and devouring every single source of energy inside, I moved on. I was very close to my mate, but so was Godzilla.
It was mid-afternoon, and I found another city. It had huge buildings, and was the edge of the big city known as San Francisco. I heard my mates' roar- he was on the other side of the city. I roared back, so he knew my location. We would probably meet around the centre.
I saw some planes flying around me, with missiles. Again, they were from the military. They were tiny, and began to shoot me with them. They created a small explosion on my body. I tried to ignore them, even though they hurt a little. I carried on moving, and heard Godzilla's roar…he was here too. My mate and I had to find each other as fast as possible, otherwise Godzilla would get him. I began to move faster, tearing through any large buildings in my way, and crushing the small houses. I snorted as I went through the city, sometimes checking to see if my babies were all right. I saw people running away, while others were frozen, stiff with fear. I stepped over the petrified humans, and they watched in fear and awe. I saw another power plant, and destroyed it, gobbling up all the energy inside. I needed it, as fighting Godzilla wouldn't be easy.