Chapter 1

I don't know what all happened out there with the humans, but what I did know is that I was currently trapped in a tunnel my mate had dug that had collapsed when the humans attacked our nest. I could hear the humans above me, most likely looking for survivors. Out of nowhere, one of them fell through an entrance that had opened with all the shaking. He was out for second but came to rather quickly.

"Are you okay?" I said helping him up.

"I think so. But who are you and what are you doing down here?"

"No time to explain, you have to go now." I said trying to get him to go back the way he came, but suddenly, there was a sharp crack from my surviving egg. My only child was hatching.

The human pushed me behind him and backed us up to a wall. "Let's not do anything hasty here, 'kay little fella." He said softly to my son.

My newborn son sniffed us both and gave each of us a small lick before getting spooked by a broken pipe and tunneling out to the river. I tried to follow him but lost him in the murky water. I had a long search ahead of me, but I had to find my son. He was the only family I had left.

I kept searching for several days calling out for him, but I only found him when he finally came to the surface again. But it wasn't just anywhere, but it was where that human had found us. There were other with him, but all my focus was on my son. I had to get back in the water and get us back to our island. But he wasn't paying attention to me. Kids, what can you do? At one point, I tried to keep the humans from panicking, but the man from before pulled me to hide with him and a woman behind a shed. My son destroyed the shed and got ahold of the man. Just as it looked like he was about to eat him, he let him go. He and I were able to lead my son away from the others and as the man and his friends went inside, I got my son to settle down for a little bit.

I took the time to take in his scent and run my hands along his rough hide. He looked so much like his father. I was so proud of him. What had me confused was his behavior to the man from the tunnel. Why did he let him go? Then it dawned on me, my son thought the human was one of us, he might have even thought he was his father. While it did break my heart to think that, at least it meant that my son could to follow the old ways just like my mate had. But as far as me trusting a human, I think it was going to be a while before I was willing to trust any human after everything the human had done to me.

(Nick)

"Intense? I think so." Randy said as we rode the elevator up to the lab.

"Okay, what just happened?" Elsie asked confusion written on her face.

"Who cares?" Mendel said as we arrived. "Let's get Hicks on the line before it decides to eat Brooklyn for lunch."

"No, the creature's not going anywhere." I answered them.

"What makes you so sure?" Elsie asked as I looked out the window at Godzilla and the woman from the tunnel. I still wasn't sure about her, but one thing certain, she must have had no fear to get as close to Godzilla as she was right now.

"When it hatched, that woman and I were the only ones there. We had this gunk from the eggs all over us. The creature must have picked up on that scent and imprinted on us, like a baby with its parents." I explained watching the young woman working her hands along Godzilla's hide.

"So you think, it thinks you're its daddy?"

"How do you explain why it didn't hurt me?" I asked her. "This Godzilla is different from the first one."

"You're insane, I'm calling Hicks." Elsie said walking out the balcony door.

"You're a paleontologist, Elsie." I said following her. "Why the rush to destroy your only living specimen.

"Common sense?"

"Past experience?" Mendel joined in.

"23 billion in property damage from his old man?" Randy said.

"I've been right about this creature so far. Just trust me on this." I said looking at Godzilla again.

"If it looks at me wrong even once, I'm reuniting it with the rest of its family." Elsie answered.

I looked down at the woman as she sent us an untrusting glare. Who was she? Why she not afraid of Godzilla? And where did she come from?

(Brown Eyes)

I wasn't sure about to feel about this, but the human, whom I learned was named Nick, convinced me to let him and his friends study my son. I soon learned that they had named him Godzilla. Not the name I would have chosen for my son, but it was name that gave him an aura of power and I can't say it was a terrible name. So, I guess, Godzilla it was. In the time that followed my son and I meeting Nick and his friends, I had already told them what I was, a half-human kaiju hybrid, created by humans that went by the name COBRA who made their living off those like me that they created. Seeing their reactions when they saw me morph was so priceless. But what made their reactions to seem like a shrug was seeing their reactions when I allowed Nick to compare my blood to Godzilla's and he found that I was his mother.

"So, the first Godzilla didn't reproduce asexually at all? He had a mate all along?" the blonde-haired male asked confused.

"No, he could, he just wasn't the one who laid our eggs." I answered. "I laid the eggs."

"Forgive me, but I just can't see eggs that big coming out of you." The red-head said gesturing to me.

"You can believe what you want, but it's the truth." I sneered at her.

In the weeks that followed, though I wouldn't say it to him directly, I was beginning to really trust Nick. He was the only one out of all them, out of all the humans I had ever dealt with, that didn't treat or even look at me like I was a monster. Strange and an anomaly of the laws of nature, maybe, but he didn't treat me like I didn't belong anywhere or like a monster. And if I was being honest, all this time we were here with him, I was beginning to become attached to him. Not like in a romantic way, no, but more like a friend that I was willing to fight and do anything for. Maybe it was the instinct of kaiju loyalty to someone they perceive to be part of their pack, or maybe it was just the kindness that he had shown me and my son since we came to him, but he had really made himself a friend to me. Maybe he was the best choice to be my son's surrogate father.

One night, I had just gotten my son to go to sleep for the night and was helping Nick get a better understanding of my biology when a scream from outside got our attention. Nick and I ran out and Godzilla had a woman I recognized from earlier that day cornered with her friend. Nick got Godzilla to back off and I tried to get him to stay calm. But not even a minute later, the military that had killed my mate arrived and started to shoot at my son. I had already failed my mate, I was going to fail my son too. I morphed and opened my wings then flew up to protect my son. No sooner had I flew in and drew away a chopper's fire, they started firing at me too. Nick got Godzilla to head for the water, but before he disappeared under the water, my son grabbed me and narrowly dodged a missile that was heading for us.

I'm not sure how long we were under the water, but we couldn't show ourselves back there again, not with the military still there. We past the time by finding a place for my son to build his lair. It wasn't that far from where Nick stayed. As much as I would have preferred to keep my son where I could keep an eye on him, he was getting big and couldn't stay out in the open where he would be an easy target for those who would hunt us. At least I knew where his lair was so he was never from away. When it got dark, Godzilla and I kept an eye on Nick, staying just out of sight.

The next day, Nick and his friend, whom I learned was called Randy, along with some woman I hadn't seen until then, started heading out to sea. Where I wasn't sure, but my son started hauling tail to follow his adopted father. I wasn't as fast as my son in the water, so to keep up, I had to hitch a ride on his back. When we finally stopped, we had reached the warm waters of Jamaica. I still wasn't sure about Godzilla and I showing ourselves yet, but Nick and his friends were being attacked by giant squids. My son pulled the squids off and I propelled myself out of the water to see if Nick was okay.

"You're alive." He breathed as I helped him up.

"Don't look so surprised, we don't go down that easy." I laughed.

We watched as my son burned the squids and headed back to the sea. We went ashore to get a closer look at the squids. No sooner had Nick's friend, Audrey arrived, then a Crustaceous, a kaiju that feeds on tar, erupted from the sea and went a destructive spree looking for food. Nick and the French woman managed to draw him away from the town, but ultimately, it was my son that had the upper hand on him. But as my son was fighting to protect us, the military arrived again. Nick begged them not to hurt Godzilla, but it was my son's actions that seemed to win the leader's trust.

Godzilla was able to defeat the Crustaceous by burying him under a collapsed cliff side, and then dove under the water to save the people and vessels that the squid had dragged under the water. The military backed off and we were finally able to head home. After I managed to get my son asleep for the night in his new lair, I met up with Nick again at his lab.

"Can I ask you something?" Nick asked me as I stood out looking at the river on the balcony.

"About what?" I asked.

"Why did you stay?" Nick asked. "I could tell that you already don't like us, but you stayed for Godzilla. I get it, he's your son, and you didn't want to leave him. But after what happened with the ambush by the military, you and Godzilla could have left us. What made you stay and come to help us?"

"You already know the answer." I answered him. "The kaiju are loyal to their packs. If we accept you into our pack, you have our loyalty. But if I'm being honest, that's only part of the reason why I stayed. The main reason is, you have been my friend. You're the only human I have ever met that hasn't looked or even treated me like I was a monster. That's more than anyone ever did for me."

Nick had a confused look on his face, but I just smiled. "It's a long story, and I'll explain it all to you later, I promise."

After a long day, Nick offered me a room but I wasn't ready to sleep in doors yet. Instead, I slept out on the balcony where I could see the stars. I still wasn't sure about staying here, but my son needed someone to play the role of his father, and he saw Nick as part of our pack, and so did I. As long as he was part of our pack, he had our loyalty. So I guess this place was our home now. And if I was being honest with myself, Nick was probably the only human who was going to ever understand me and my son. And I was grateful for him. I wasn't sure I was ready to trust the other yet, but as long as humans like Nick did exist, then I was willing to try.