Chapter 2: Rebirth of the Queen

The darkness behind the curtain concealed much of the room. The only thing stopping the encroaching abyss was the lights from exit signs and cameras. Marcus Smith, the CEO of the rising organization, Apex, enters the room. Almost immediately he is swarmed by assistants and various other people. He is offered a bottle of water and he snatches it and takes a few sips. His nice navy blue suit and red tie states his importance to the others in the room. One of his many assistants speed walks up to him.

"Mr. Smith, the crowd is already ready. The stage is set and you are live in 5 minutes. Is there anything you need before you go on?"

Marcus checks his watch. 5:25. He glances up and removes his glasses.

"Nothing really. Thanks anyways."

The assistant nods her head and walks off behind him. Marcus sits down on a chair and remembers why he is here. He is here to give a TED talk on just what his organization is doing. He remembers the countless UN meetings he was brought too. The large amounts of resources and funding he received afterwards as well as the support of almost every nation. His watch beeps. 5:30. Time to go.

Marcus stands up, fixes his suit, slicks his hair and then takes a sip of water. The curtains lift and he walks out on stage. Thousands of people cheer at the sight of him. Hundreds of bright lights and cameras flash around him. He smiles and waves at the people and cameras alike. After around 20 seconds or so the crowd settles down. A camera drone circles him. He steps up to the center platform and begins to speak.

"My grandfather arrived in this country from Germany shortly after WW2 began. And ever since then my family has been pursuing the same career. My grandfather was an engineer, my father was an engineer, and so am I."

The crowd listens in on his words. The camera drone still circles him.

"My father used to tell us a story whenever we were scared of the monsters under our bed. It was about a dragon that attacked a village where the people lived. The people were scared so they sought out the legendary Jaegers."

Marcus steps forward again. He twists to the side slightly.

"The Jaegers came forth. They banded together and, using teamwork and bravery, they beat the dragon back to it's home. And for those who don't recall, Jaeger is a German word for hunter. The reason why I bring up this story is that it mimics just what is happening now. These "Mutos" and Godzilla are attacking our towns and cities. Just last week my organization discovered a new element. This new material, named Unobtainium, is the strongest material on Earth. It is virtually indestructible. It cannot be bent, broken, frozen, melted, or warped in any way. It is able to withstand almost unlimited amounts of pressure and still be strong."

The crowd claps ferociously. Marcus settles them down.

"Using this new material, I feel that it is about time that we call in our Jaegers."

Marcus turns around and pushes a button on a small remote. A large TV lowers down from the ceiling behind him and flashes images of a prototype jaeger. Roughly 100 meters in height, the large metal robot is covered in workers and robotic arms attaching metal panels. The head of the jaeger is triangle in shape and resembles that of a Muto's head. Large thrusters jet out from the back. The chest has a muscular build to it and has a large reactor fan in the middle. The crowd claps loudly for almost a minute. Marcus silences them with a wave of his hands. The camera's focus on him.

"This jaeger, nicknamed Alpha Criterion, is our first unit. It's sight may be small but don't let that fool you. It has three main weapons. The first is a powerful plasma cannon that activates on the right arm. The second is two prototype chain swords that shoot out of either arm. These swords come out in a chain like manner and then straighten out into two regular double-edged swords. And the last are Anti-Kaiju missile batteries that pop out of the shoulders. These missile designs are just like bunker-buster bombs and they burrow into the flesh of anything before exploding. This jaeger is scheduled to be completed in less than four months. Our pilot, an American by the name Oscar Philips, is going to use it to defend the nation, and then eventually, the world."

An uproar of applause fills the room. The crowd, along with the world, are just as excited as Marcus. Finally they can defend themselves from Godzilla and the Mutos.

"These are our salvation. With your support, I can begin the construction of dozens, if not hundreds more of these. The only way these attacks can stop is if we make them stop. Our organization, Apex, has made this our mission. My name is Marcus Smith, and I thank you for your time."

The crowd gives a standing ovation. The camera drone follows Marcus back to the curtain room. It won't be long before two Mutos emerge from right beneath the ground.

Just as Macus enters his Audi and begins to drive back to the airport, he feels the ground begin to shake. The buildings around him begin to crumble as two large black legs burst out of the ground. The asphalt cracks and crumbles beneath his feet and. He swerves to avoid a chunk of concrete and then slams into another car. His car is sent flying and then slams into the ground on it's back. After several rolls the car stops. Marcus is hurt badly. His right leg is broken, several ribs are broke or bruised, and he gets a concussion. He breaks open his window and looks out.

The large black body of the female Muto emerges from the hole. Seconds later the male burrows out of another patch of ground next to her. Before Marcus can crawl out of his car he passes out from his wounds.

He never wakes up.

Godzilla felt the Mutos presence shortly after they emerged. Within a few minutes he walks up onto the shore of Texas and begins to walk towards the Houston nuclear plant.

By the time Godzilla arrives the two Mutos have met and began to destroy the reactor. The four cores are extracted just as Godzilla shows up. The male Muto screeches and goes in for a dive. Godzilla simply swings his tail and breaks the Muto's spine. The female Muto drops the nuclear core and charges towards Godzilla. The two exchange punches before Godzilla feels it again.

The arrival of more Mutos.

He spins around and two more Mutos have crawled up out of the holes and begin to fight Godzilla. The double event he was fearing has finally happened. After what seemed like hours he finally slays the final Muto with help from the humans. Godzilla drops the carcass and looks around. Most of Houston is in fiery rubble. Two female bodies lie in the rubble along with another male one. He doesn't know who or what is causing the Mutos to once again re-emerge but he knows he can't do his alone.

Godzilla stands utop the body of the male Muto he just killed and raises his head. He lets out the loudest, most powerful roar he has ever made before. It is not only a roar, but a wake up call. It is time to assemble the Kaiju Court. The soundwaves pierce through rock and dirt to every remaining Kaiju in the world. Within minutes, the soundwaves circle the globe. Beneath the grounds of almost every country various Kaiju re-emerge. Anguirus crawls out of Berlin, Rodan causes a volcanic eruption in the Philippines, and others like Scylla emerge in Greece. But one other Kaiju feels the call as well.

First, flashes of images stir in it's mind. Godzilla fighting Ghidorah fills it's mind in a sort of dream sequence. Roars of pain, the crumble of Ghidorah's obsidian walls, and finally the deafening sound of Godzilla's roar finally wake her up.

At first, she opens her small eyes and looks around. It's dark. Very dark. She looks down at her legs and sees nothing. She feels for her wings but feels nothing. She gets afraid. She hasn't felt anything like this ever. She feels the wall of her egg. It's soft. She begins to tear apart the walls with her many legs. After a few agonizing minutes she finally tears open a seam.

The cold air hits her immediately. The larva tears open the egg and crawls onto the ground. The metal walls of the room are cold to the touch. The larva turns around to see just what this room is when she spots 12 humans looking at her.

The Monarch scientists fearfully look at the larva. Behind their thick glass panels they have nothing to stop this thing from killing them. The larva raises itself and looks down at the tiny humans. It begins to move forward. One scientist presses a button and dozens of bright blue lasers shoot upwards into the air.

Memories begin to flood back to her. First her name. Then just what she is. Then what she did with herself in the war. She remembers the Mutos, all her friends, Ghidorah, and then finally, Him.

She blushes slightly as she remembers Godzilla. His buff build, his charming personality, and everything he has done for her. The she remembers! She isn't dead! She must get back to him right now! She quickly glances around the metal room. Mothra spots it. A weakness. One end of the room has thinner metal than the others. Escaping will be easy once she can get rid of the lasers. She looks towards the emitters. Then, after rising upwards, she shoots several webs of silk on top of the emitters. Her silk is strong enough to block the lasers. Mothra looks towards the humans and sees many of them begin to panic. They don't want her to escape. After 4 more emitters are covered in silk Mothra notices 4 humans enter the room. Large panels of armor cover them and they are holding large rifles. They shoot large blue bolts of electricity at her.

Mothra screeches in pain and shoots silk at the soldiers. Two of them are thrown backwards and the others are smacked by Mothra's tail. Mothra shoots more silk at the last couple lasers and then charges full speed at the wall behind her. It cracks. Mothra crawls backwards and charges again. Another large crack. More soldiers enter the room. Mothra charges again and this time the wall cracks open. A wall of dirt and concrete crumble inside as Mothra begins to dig out of the hole. After two minutes of digging upwards Mothra breaks free of the ground.

The sun hits her in the eyes as she crawls out of the ground. Mothra screeches and then looks around. She spots a large forest just north of her. She begins to crawl as fast as she can but she hears a sound. She turns her head around and sees three helicopters fly up out of the distance. The large A logo of the Apex organization is painted on their sides. Missiles begin to be hurled at the young moth larva. She dodges three of them but one hits her right on her neck. Good thing she has thick armor panels there.

The helicopters fly over her and then go in for another pass. Mothra shoots silk at one and it spirals out of control. It slams into the ground and explodes. Mothra looks forward again and crawls as fast as she can towards the cover of the trees. Dodging missiles left and right, she finally makes it to the trees. More missiles whiz through the trees and hit the ground near her. She must find some sort of cave. She glances over her shoulder one last time and then sees one. Just 60 yards from her is the mouth of a large cave. She turns around and charges towards the cave. Just as she crawls into it a missile hits the ground next to her. She cries out in pain as one of her stubby larva legs are blown right off. She scuttles deep into the cave and spits out a wall of silk. Then, after 3 hours, the sound of the helicopters leave.

Mothra moans in pain as she rolls over onto her back. One of her frontal legs are gone. She just got reborn less than 30 minutes ago and she already has to heal herself. After curling into a ball and letting her leg regenerate she stops to think and make a plan. She can't just seek out Godzilla like this, after all she almost got killed by these "humans." She needs her stronger form. Her Imago form. As much as it aches her heart to not seek out her mate, she needs to put herself first.

The world mourns the loss of Marcus Smith. He had just announced his Jaeger Core when he fell victim to the Mutos and Godzilla. Marcus's second in command, a man by the name of Alexander Wells, takes the mantle as CEO. He promises to avenge the death of his friend and mentor by finding a way to not only kill the Mutos, but Godzilla as well. And he has just the plan. In his office in LA he opens a file that he is about to send to the rest of his team. It's a new project. This project will change the world forever.

Project Mechagodzilla is formed.