6 months later…

The commander of Grando Imperium sat in his chair overseeing the last adjustments made to Project: Legacy. On the main monitor in the command center, an image was being observed from the labs. In five enormous tanks were the cataleptic clones of the project, all were nearly full grown and had breathing masks on their faces. The team of scientists responsible for them was making the last detail checks, before they awoke.

"Order confirmed, now connecting electronic compliance device to duplicates of PL." A computer in the labs spoke. Soon five metallic crescent shaped objects were lowered and attached to the base of the neck of each sleeping kaiju. Only seen from the back the devices embedded themselves into skin with small needles. They caused no discomfort the large monsters barely twitched when it happened.

"Sir, Dr. Hakari says that the clones are ready, the final measures have been made." The robotic bird beast known as Gigan said to the commander. "What do you want to do next?" The commander pondered for a moment, scratched his head. "Tell Hakari to decrease the amount of sedatives every hour. Allow the creatures the awake up on their own without any problems." The commander said. "Understood commander we'll reduce the dosage until it reaches zero." Dr. Hakari answers.

On the rims of the tanks, the computers began to change the dosage in seconds. After that, the commander told Gigan very specific instructions. "I want you on standby then when their ready escort to the center." Gigan bowed his head and walked to the outside of the arena theater. He calmly paced to the labs on the bottom level even through in his mind he was excited.

The hours of the morning waned into noon and the evening. The scientists observed the tanks tracking the effects on the clones as the drugs wore off. Voluntary movement and increased heartbeats and respiration, it was clear their bodies were attentive of modification before their minds. "There, that's the last dose in the next few hours we should see our new guests." Hakari advised the commander. The wait was essentially done, just mere hours separated the commander from mission to saving the Earth could start.

Godzilla's POV

I've been asleep for a while now, I'm sleeping in a place I'm not used to its very unfamiliar. I'm in water or I assume every time I move there's a slushing sound. I can breathe but I don't usually do that, I come up to get air. Then I realize there's something on my snout, when I tug on it my air follow constricts. As I reach out beyond my body I feel a layer of glass confine me to this tight space.

I need to figure out where I am, I open my eyes I'm floating a bright orange liquid. I rip the plastic tube off my face and try to break the glass, the water is making me sluggish. Finally I scrape at it the small fractures forces the enclosure to leak, with one good punch it shatters. I pour onto the cold ground, I look around at what's in front of me. Nothing much but some stair cases and doors led to who knows where.

I cough up the loose fluid that got down my throat and shake off the mess I made. The questions continue to plague my mind as to where I am and how I got here. The questions are gonna have to wait, because when I turn around I see my closest comrades slumber in tanks I was in. Panicked I rush to tanks and bang on them in attempts to wake them. It takes a while for them to hear the vibrations, eventually through they do.

Anguirus is the first, he sees me clearly then starts to freak out I try to calm him down. "Don't worry I'll get you out quick!" I shout to him. I bash my tail against the glass and Anguirus spills soaking like I was, I quickly pull off the tube from his mouth. "Godzilla! Hey where are…? Anguirus stammers. "Don't know gotta get you two safe." I interrupt. Rodan is wide awake, must have heard the crashing.

I break Rodan from the watery prison, he's slightly lumbering on his feet. He hangs over my shoulder coughing and as confused as we are.

"Thanks." Rodan hacks. "Don't mention it, you've saved me plenty of times." I try to steady him. "So where are we?" Rodan asks. "No idea, still trying to solve that problem." I answer. "Who's that?" Anguirus asks randomly. "Who's who?" I twist around.

He points his claw at the last two untouched tanks, weird I didn't notice them earlier. I stomp pass the shattered glass and warily glare at the tanks and their occupants. I'm horrified by what I see, my most perilous and chilling foes I ever faced. I'm stopped by the first one I see, crimson skin, yellow protrusions, demon wings, and a forked tail. "Destroyah…" His names escapes my lips, it's not possible. The quivering tone of my voice was enough, saying his name because now he's awake.

I'm stared down by his soulless golden eyes, next thing I know the glass flies and the devil pins me down. "Fancy meeting you here your highness. Now let's resume our business shall we?" He screeches psychotically. He's not the last one to join the party, in last tank we see a tail covered in crystals crushes the glass. Massive sinister look alike steps onto the floor behind Destroyah, my evil twin that fell from the stars. Spacegodzilla. "Save a piece for me red." He chuckles sadistically.

Destroyah looks at me then back at Spacegodzilla, "You a friend of his?" Destroyah scowls. "Not really." Spacegodzilla smiles. "But hey save some for me, we have a score to settle. You had him first so by all means, I'll keep his pals away. But remember I want my share." He insists. Why am I not fighting back, I'm frozen unable to move. Not out of fear, I'm not afraid of them, the fact that I'm in a chokehold no. It's pure shock this doesn't make any sense. They're dead!

I watched them die, Spacegodzilla at my hands and Destroyah at the military's, but that's nonsense because I died with him. What's happening?! "Oh come now gentlemen must we ruff house like children?" Another familiar voice appears I manage to revolve my head to see whose talking. To my ascending shock I see Gigan one of my more lethal foes. "Gigan?!" Anguirus and I recognize him immediately, but he looks different taller and more sleek. "Oh good you remember me, pleased to see memories intact." He laughs.

Destroyah lifts a brow then down at me, "You know this freak?" He hisses wanting me to answer correctly. "Yeah, way back when." I croak. "Hey, can you tell us we are exactly?" Rodan dares to question. "Of course, although I'd like to take you to my commander." Gigan says. "Your commander?" Spacegodzilla asks. "Yes, yes you'll meet him, now come along all of you." Gigan persists waving his hook to the door. Anguirus and Rodan follow Destroyah glances up at my cosmic copy on what they should do. "Well, do we listen to him or what?" Destroyah inquires. "Hmmm, think of it like this, if there's more like him or maybe even people…" Spacegodzilla speculates.

"Yeah, I get it good idea Spacey." They turn their eyes on me. "Until then your highness." He hisses then releasing my neck from his grasp. The two walk after the others, I get to my feet and hurry pass them to reach my friends. "Where are we Gigan?" I ask catching up them. "Hmmm you wouldn't believe me if told you." He laughs. I'm becoming frustrated, I grab him by one of his spikes and spin him around. "Sing for me nightingale or else." I warn. "Heh ha very well." He smiles nervously.

"You are aboard a space colony on the brim of Earth's atmosphere called Grando Imperium, happy?" He retorts pushing my hand away. This definitely throws me spiraling further into confusion. "We're in space?!" I repeat myself, Gigan nods his head. I'm not the only one stuck in disbelief, "Really?!" I hear Destroyah say. "See for yourself." Gigan walks to a wall and presses a button, and then a huge panel opens showing the vacuum of space. "Out of your league I presume?" Gigan teases. "Anyway moving on."

We continue to trail Gigan for about thirty minutes, it wouldn't bother me if my worse enemies weren't breathing down my neck. I ask Gigan numerous questions to stay distracted, "So why are we here?" I recap what Rodan said preciously. "Well, you're not here for the best of reasons sadly." Gigan replies. "Unfortunately there's a war going on down below." WAR?! The words rattles my head just thinking about it. "When did it happen?" Rodan asks. "Many years ago, suddenly kaiju started popping up all over. One hypothesis was that do to human disruption such as pollution and nuclear waste."

"In the beginning it really wasn't that bad." That one sentence sends me into a rage. "It wasn't that BAD?!" I roar. Gigan is so scared he jumps a few feet in the air. "No, I swear they were quite accepting with each other, I've seen it!" He shouts. "But it took one incident and BOOM the war unfolded faster than a bad origami model. Some who had the means and time escaped to colony, but the main populace remain on Earth. So many families slip apart, its gut wrenching to say the least." He finishes. I had enough of his theatrics I grab him by the neck and pull him to my face.

"I'm sick of your pretending tell us what's really going on!" I growl. "Look snarl and howl at me all you want but this is what's happening! I can't change what's occurred, I'm merely the historian. I just write things down and follow the orders my commander gives me!" He squirms. "Come on Godzy put the songbird down." Destroyah protests. "For crying out loud, goodie too shoes leave him alone." Spacey agrees. I loosen my fingers and Gigan falls to the ground. "It's okay G he wasn't worth it." Anguirus says.

He stands up and dusts himself off, "Messy brute." He mutters to himself. Then a voice abruptly speaks up. "Gigan is everything alright I hear screaming." He raises his hooked hand to his temple and talks. "No everything's fine Sergeant, just some short tempers flaring. Tell the commander we're on route, Gigan out." Angry I glue myself in place while the others pass, "Rude much?" Destroyah whispers then hitting me in the arm. I can't stay put for long I'll track of them, feeling indifferent I clump after them.

He leads us into a tunnel that's completely transparent, Gigan has gotten back in a good mood because he begins explaining more about the colony. "This is the starry night tunnel passage, it gives any spectator a prefect view of the stars. My own curiosity gets the best of me and I gaze out at the darkness. "Oh gentlemen if peek out this direction you'll see three factories vessels, like us they're in the orbital path of the Earth. So we have twenty four hour days, expect there is the curfew for the passengers. Now as for the factories vessels, they're really the things keeping us up and running day in and day out."

The three vessels he's talking are far away in the distance, but I can make out there shapes, strange rectangular objects just floating there. "The one on the right is the factory that creates all the basic living need such as, clothing, beds, and electronics. The middle factory grows food entirely organic and cultivates faster in the zero gravity. And then the factory on the left manufactures medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, everything from vitamins and eardrops to surgical tools." He concludes.

We exit the tunnel and enter a wide corridor, when I see it I don't believe my eyes. Around us people and kaiju smaller then Anguirus, walk side by side through the halls. They resemble countless animals, bear, millipede, rhino, and even things that appear undead. Some human children ride on their backs and others leash them like pets. One in particular catches my eye, a bird like kaiju a narrow head, barbed teeth, long thin tail, and wings similar to Rodan's. Its perched on a human's back then the human raises a hand and scratches its miniscule head.

"So Gigan when do we meet your commander?" Destroyah asks impatiently. "Don't worry we're almost there, we just need to take a trip up the elevator. You see the colony is divided in two, bottom level is for the colonists and the top for the military." Gigan responds. We go into a large cavity separate from the colonist area, extensive ropes lifts the square metal box up and down. We march to a shaft it opens and then a voice randomly emanates, "Elevator 2:5 location directive." It says. "Command center, computer." Gigan grins. "Area is for authorized staff only, verification needed." The voice mandates.

Gigan goes to a post he bends forward and a red light runs across his face. "Retinal scan verified." The shaft door opens and Gigan gestures for us to go inside. As we move up swiftly Anguirus is tensed, "Are you sure it can carry all of us?" He whimpers. "These convoys were built to hold up much more than this, we're safe I guarantee it." Gigan tries to convince him. We stop and the door slides open to a bigger room, this one has tons of human troops apparently working.

Gigan halts and stoops in front of an elevated platform, "Sergeant Yusuki, commander I have our guests as you asked. We've would've been here sooner if it wasn't for some uncalled for delays." He darts a dirty look at me. The Yusuki he referring to is probably this female on the platform in army clothing. Then the supposed commander starts speaking. "No need to apologize Gigan, everything takes time I've learn that over the years." The oversized chair he's sitting in spins around I go from confused to being more confound then when I woke up. It's clear that everyone is just as lost as I am.

What appears before us is no man, but a mech that seems familiar yet different to me. It's not the one that Rodan and I fought, that one had red eyes this one has yellow eyes with red streaks running down the side. And the prods on this are facing back not forward. It has a long tail not stubby, and there are black wires to where the joints are. "Welcome my friends, I am commander Kiryu in charge of this whole colony and the war effort." When I look at him closely I see an uncanny likeness between me and him.

It's so unusual Destroyah and Spacey see it, "Is it me or does he look like you." Spacey murmurs. "No he looks like me for sure." I whisper back. The real question is he a kaiju or a human in a mech suit? Thankfully I'm not the one asking. "Uh… C-commander Kiryu I have to ask…what are you?" Rodan asks cautiously. Kiryu laughs then circles around to us, he steps away from his chair and down to our level. "As you might have already guessed I'm in fact a mech, but once before I was a man and later my mind was transferred in the mech's. Now I permanently pilot the robot's body." Kiryu explains.

After that something weird happens he starts walking and looking over us, it almost feels violating. "Hakari and his team did a remarkable job, not a flaw I can find on any of them." Kiryu says as if we're not standing right in front of him. Remarkable job on what? The questions continue to cloud my thoughts. I won't be able to hold in my perplexing suspicions for much longer. "Why are we here?" I demand abruptly. The expression on Kiryu's face changes to a grimacing frown. "That's not going to be an easy thing to describe." He heavily sighs and my suspicions grow.

"You must be asking questions ones you're asking yourselves." He begins. "Godzilla you wonder how your comrade Rodan is alive, if you clearly saw him die in your fight against Mechagodzilla." I turn to Rodan who obviously next to me alive and well as he said, but he did die they both can't be true. Can they? "Or when Spacegodzilla attacked Earth, the army sent M.O.G.U.E.R.A and you two fought together to stop him and you killed him with your red spiral beam." He adds. I see Spacey face he feels the same the confounding awareness as me. "And I think the most condemning evidence is your fight with Destroyah." He wasn't even paying attention, now he hears his name and his cocky attitude vanishes.

"That day you were dying the nuclear fire in your heart was burning out, and Destroyah was your last opponent. I remember watching all those years ago, the ice lasers terminated Destroyah and then your heart blow and your physical essences melted away." The whole time he tells us this Destroyah and I have unblinked eye contact. The memories flashed by my eyes, I remember it all the heat, the dark night, and watching my son's life slip to silence. "No that's not possible it's not!" I cry out denying the truth I know.

"I'm sorry Godzilla but it is and not to add to the madness you're not how you think you are." No, please don't say it can't be true! I scream in my head. His head sinks down into his palm he inhales an unsteady breath, "You're clones." He releases. I sense my extremities go numb and my heart pounding in my head. I want to keep denying it, but what good will it do? I seize my head and tumble to the floor and let an agonizing roar of misery and sorrow. Anguirus and Rodan hurry to my side to comfort me, Gigan surprisingly has a look of empathy for me.

"Why…" It's the only thing I'm able to muster, and of course Destroyah and Spacey aren't bothered by it in the least. "Because the world you and I know is coming very close to becoming extinct. You're the only ones capable of doing the task." Kiryu replies. "For such a time no one could do what you did while you have devastated millions of dollars in damage. It was nothing compare to the good you establish. Stopping monster after monster every time they came around." He's right through any monsters that dare challenge me would meet a grim fate.

I pull myself together and listen to what he has to say. "Okay, what do you need me to do?" I groan. "As I said, the world is being overrun by kaiju, we need you all to stop them and return peace to the world." Kiryu repeats. Rodan, Angurius, and I were ready to for trials ahead but Destroyah has other ideas. "Whoa, whoa, whoa tin man I'm not ordered around by some…" He complains. Before he can say more Kiryu taps a single button on his chair and Destroyah is doubled over in pain. A loud static noise rings from something on his neck. I get a good kick outta that. "That was high voltage pulse wave, or in other words negative reinforcement. That's what happens when you disrespect me or fail to corroborate." Kiryu says severely.

"Grrrr… Whatever." Destroyah moans. Spacey helps him up and then I find the same device on my neck. "Obedience collars?" I inquire. "More of an insurance policy and there are a few perks." Gigan peps up. "Such as?" Destroyah growls attempting to pull his off. "They act as communication and translation instruments and trackers if you were to get lost." Kiryu answers pleasantly. "Any chance we can take them off?" Spacey asks. "Not likely they're implanted in your flesh." The female known as Yusuki says finally. Oh lovely! I turn back to Kiryu. "So what do you wants to do now." I say rather excited about fighting.

"Actually, I can't just send you off willie nillie it's against military protocol, and the attacks are unpredictable. Wait for an attack seems stupid but that's just how it is. "I can also choose when you can use your powers. This means no atomic breath, no corona beam, and absolutely no oxygen destroyer." He glares down at Destroyah. "Is that understood?" Destroyah's face tightens and his eyes narrow. "Yes sir." He grunts.

Also you woke up only this evening, your bodies still need to acclimate. Then we need to see how your strength and skills will hold contrary to the new kaiju on earth. So for now rest, get your mind in order. It's been one day and you've been bombarded with information." Kiryu explains. Slightly disappointed I understand what he means and for the short time we were here it's overwhelming, sleeps is a really good idea. Kiryu has Gigan lead us to our quarters, this place will be our home for the next for weeks or months I assume. We walk down a hallway from the command center and gigantic door opens to very interesting room.

We're rendered dumbstruck at the room, because instead of metal or advance architecture. Its pieces of land and forest all put in one place, "I hope you find the chambers to your liking. What makes this one unique to the others is that is made up from different biomes. Every environment imaginable except perhaps a scolding desert and a freezing tundra." Gigan tells. "Remember if you need anything just ask. Oh one more thing, to your Godzilla you'll see an artificial ocean that's about nine hundred feet deep. Good night." He wasn't kidding I see every type of environment on earth, soft dirt, a rainforest, a rocky canyon, grassy plains, and small scale beach.

I approach the tranquil waves pushing the sand I notice the others get settled the night mainly when we hear. "It is now nine o'clock, all minors please retire to sleeping quarters." The room becomes dim alerting us it's nighttime. Rodan roosts in a tall oak tree, Angurius lays down underneath. Spacey constructs a fort from his crystals to sleep in and Destroyah rests on a rocky out cropping not far from me. He stretches his wings out then wraps himself in them. I quietly slide into the warm water, I taste the salt as it splashes my face.

I curl up on the smooth sand and close my eyes, still the remaining questions linger in my mind. What's happened on Earth? How powerful are these new kaiju? And will I be able to get along with my "team mates"?