Chapter 5: Canon Update 1

Before we start, I need to clarify something. This chapter, and the others that I will make at some point, are not chapters that advance the story. These chapters only help solidify and clarify events in the story that already transpired. Think of this as the nutrition label of my story. I wrote one of these back in the prequel to this story and I plan to write a few more before I end this story. You do not have to read these kinds of chapters but if you would like some more information about what you have previously read then these are made just for you. Now that this is out of the way, let's begin.

Monarch origins: For those of you who read "A Kaiju Story" then you already know where Mothra laid her egg. For those of you who haven't or just can't remember, she laid it deep in a cave in the rocky mountain range in Colorado. The discovery of this egg in 1953 began the formation of Monarch. A hiker in the mountain range in 1953 got lost and wandered into a cave. Upon venturing into it he found solidified silk strands and, as he got closer to the egg, a dizzy like feeling and then began to taste metal. These are symptoms of radiation poisoning. After the hiker's body was found 4 months later, the egg was discovered. Soon after it's discovery the US government kept the egg a closely guarded secret. A team of 12 scientists were called together to study and find ways to use this egg. Since the DNA sampled from the egg were closely related to moths and butterflies the group named themselves "Monarch." they made it their mission to find and study more of these ancient entities. The egg was stored deep in the New Mexico desert ever since it's discovery. When Mothra hatched out of the egg she was being stored in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository. This facility houses all of the United States' nuclear waste and retired missiles. Although this facility does not exist in our world, in mine it was built to house Mothra's egg and some Muto cocoons that were discovered deep in hibernation.

Dagon's skeleton: For some context, I suggest you read my first fanfiction. I say this a lot because you really need to if you want to understand what is happening. Dagon, who was Godzilla's dad and the former Alpha of the Kaiju Royal Court, was fighting for the Kaiju against the Muto army that was being led by Battra. During the battle, Dagon watched his mate, Maregon, get killed by Battra. Dagon then began to battle Battra for the crown. During this fight Battra was hurt badly and before he could be killed his friend and ally Dex, who was a male Muto, delivered the fatal blow to Dagon. Dagon was killed when Battra sliced off several of his dorsal plates and was then stabbed with one by Dex. After the battle, and the asteroid impact, Dagon's body was thrown into the ocean by a tsunami caused by the impact. His body drifted in the current until he washed up onto the newly formed beach of an island in the Philippines. There his body became covered over time by sand, rock, and ash. As he decomposed, he slowly began to turn the soil he rested on into unobtainium. Because his bones were so irradiated, they didn't fossilize. The skeleton would have been left buried underground if not for the collapse of the uranium mine that was built on top of him. The Apex corporation bought the skeleton from the mining company and excavated the skeleton. They brought it to one of their massive Jaeger assembly plants to be used as the frame for Project Mechagodzilla.

Battra and Mothra's physical changes: After Godzilla defeated King Ghidorah, he ordered the remaining Kaiju to go into hibernation to survive the coming Ice Age. Battra went into hiding with the remaining Mutos and began to rebuild his army. Battra's species, the Divine Moths, could not hibernate like every other Kaiju. Because of this he spent all 65 million years awake. During these long years huddled near a radioactive pocket of air, his body began to change. He got significantly larger in size. His coloration changed slightly to allow more of his yellow to come out. His antennae began to solidify and form sharp yellow horns that curved backwards over his black head. His front two legs went from being a sharp scythe like blade to more of a jagged edged one. His pinchers became longer and sharper. They were also significantly stronger and could now crush the bones of anything between them. His wings transformed from smooth, round edge wings like Mothra's into jagged, roughly edged wings that resemble torn pieces of paper. They are black in color and have various red and yellow stripes and accents. His large horn on the front of his head not only got larger but had a more sturdy base. It also was razor sharp on the edges and could function as a sword. His eyes still had their signature red color. Overall Battra transformed from a darker version of Mothra into sick and twisted demon spawn.

Mothra, on the other hand, has also transformed. She also got a larger body mass and is now able to take on Kaiju like Rodan and Mutos without being thrown around. Her wings got larger as well as getting longer. She also has a new weapon: a stinger. On her abdomen, near the end of it, a sharp stinger has formed. It can retract back inside of her and is able to pierce through bone, flesh, and metal. It also has trace amounts of venom in it to deliver a powerful punch to it. Another Divine Moth that had this weapon was her mother, Vothra. She had a stinger like Mothra's but she rarely used it since it became increasingly harder for her to deploy because of how old she was. The last time she used it was 10 years before the events of "A Kaiju Story."

Other random facts and events: Godzilla spent the entire 65 million years of hibernation deep underwater in the Pacific Ocean. He would wake up every 100 years and check on the planet's condition. After around 70 of these checks he gave up and decided to wake up whenever he felt like it.

Mothra's egg was reactivated because of Godzilla's alpha call.

Battra heard the alpha call and began to ramp up the production of his Muto army. He began to send out more Mutos in an attempt to kill Godzilla before the rest of the Kaiju Court could reassemble itself.

Mankind is not evenly split about the existence of the Kaiju. Almost 96 percent of mankind wants these Kaiju to stop their attacks and return to the depths of the Earth. Monarch does want the Kaiju to stop but they don't want them to die. Apex wants them to not only stop but for them to be wiped out. This causes a rivet to form that we will explore later in the story.

Godzilla had no idea about Mothra's egg. He was kept out of the dark by Mothra in case he became mind controlled or decided that Mothra was an enemy. She didn't tell anyone, not even Battra, about her egg. She thought that the egg she laid was for her children so when she woke up 65 million years later she was extremely surprised.

The inspiration for my Mechagodzilla was from the Anime one and from the Mk 2 Iron man suit. More descriptions and abilities for Mechagodzilla will be revealed as the story progresses.

Humanity decided that the Jaeger Initiative was the best option to kill Godzilla and the Mutos when everything else didn't work. Jets, tanks, and missiles did nothing but anger them and even a direct nuclear strike was ineffective. In order for humanity to fight these monsters, they needed to build their own.

And lastly Alexander Wells has many other tricks up his sleeve and has many other ideas for Anti-Kaiju weaponry and one of them will be revealed in the next chapter. Trust me you will like this one.

And that concludes the first Canon update of this story. After another 5 or 6 chapters I will write another one. Once again you don't have to read these but I write them for those of you who crave more information about a certain event, character, etc. Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. Make sure to share it to others who would enjoy it and I'll see you guys soon.

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Random: At some point in the story I wanted to write about how the Muto Prime reproduces. I wanted the parasitic embryos of the Mutos to not slowly drain the life force of their host, but for them to get just enough to grow and then burst out of their chest like a xenomorph. I cut it out because I'm not sure if you guys would have liked that but I thought it was cool.