Chapter 1: A Legend Returns

The sun was clear and it was comfortably warm, but there was a sorrow that hung over the small patch of land known as Monster Island. At one time, this small deserted island once held the world's greatest monsters, now it held only two. It was on this day though that the Island's population decreased to one.

The only sounds were birds and other land creatures going about their lives and all was quiet until a great roar surrounded the entire island. Godzilla had begun his day just like any other day. He had woke up and started his daily routine of getting a supply of dolphins to feed his ailing friend Rodan.

Godzilla was now a shell of his former self. His charcoal black scales were now grey with age, his muscles ached every time he moved, and he was easily exhausted. The Creature once known as the "King of the Monsters" now stood old, run down, and depressed.

He went out into the ocean as far as he could go and waited for a pod of dolphins to appear. When one did he spit his radioactive flames towards them. On the average day he would get at least six dolphins to feed Rodan for the day. After he was done, he gathered up his supply and walked across the island, but to his surprise he didn't find Rodan at his cave.

Godzilla roared loud enough to call for Rodan. Then below him about sixteen hundred feet below he heard his friend. For the past year Rodan had been ailing. Much like Godzilla, Rodan suffered from old age. He was unable to fly anymore and was unable to care for himself.

Godzilla took it upon himself to care for his remaining friend. Godzilla had thought to himself about how at one time this empty island once flourished. Godzilla could still hear the sound of his friends. Friends like Manda, Mothra, Gorosaurus, and Baragon, but now they were gone.

Each of them had succumbed to the ravages of age themselves and one by one they all perished. Well all of them but Mothra, whom decided to venture back to Infant Island where she was most comfortable. Of course, that didn't mean she didn't come and visit from time to time, but the Island just wasn't the same without her.

But out of all the monsters that Godzilla remembered, it was Anguirus that he didn't wish to remember. Because Anguirus was the only monster that hadn't perished of age and Godzilla felt it was his fault. Godzilla had remembered a time where they weren't on the best of terms, they even went so far as fighting each other, leaving Tokyo in ruins.

However, over the years the two monsters became friends and even fought together on two different occasions defeating King Ghidorah on both occasions and the mighty Gigan during their second battle. Godzilla then remembered when the beginning of the end was decided for Anguirus.

A new monster had appeared, a giant robot created by spacemen from the black hole. Godzilla (not realizing how serious the problem was) sent Anguirus out to patrol the area. A short battle ensued and Anguirus was on the losing end. When Anguirus returned to the island, he had suffered a broken jaw.

Over the course of the next few months, Anguirus had trouble with his jaw. It refused to heal up and Anguirus had difficulty eating. Soon after that his jaw developed an infection that spread throughout his body, leaving him sick beyond all imagination. Finally, three days after Godzilla's second victory over the robot, Anguirus died. Godzilla never forgave himself for sending Anguirus out on the mission which ultimately led to his death.

After that, one by one his friends left the world, and now Godzilla viewed down at his last one. Rodan that morning had thought of how he had once been a very powerful beast. He could wipe out an entire town with one swoop of his wings and could reach the highest point of the earth at supersonic speed.

Now being cared for by Godzilla everyday, Rodan grew tired of it and was determined to fly once more. Rodan crawled to the edge of his cave, spread his wings and jumped, only to find his wings were far too weak to hold his weight, sending him falling all the way down the mountain.

He had tried to soften the blow but his foot had hit a rock on the way down spinning him upside down, causing him to fall on his head, snapping his neck. Godzilla hurried as fast as his elderly body would permit and reached Rodan just in time for the great bird to breath his last.

Tears started to flow out of Godzilla's eyes as he started to roar and spit flames out of his mouth in grievance of his fallen friend. Godzilla was now alone. His friends all gone and his son disappearing eight years prior, Godzilla felt there was nothing left for him to live for.