Chapter 6: The Prototype
It all happened so fast.
Oryx didn't know what happened. He had heard the call of a pair of Mutos and began to search them out. Soon he felt immeasurable pain and what felt like red hot needles entered his body. He blacked out almost instantly. Now he is here, in this dark room, fastened to a wall. He can't see anything but he can hear. He tries to wiggle his arms. Nothing. He begins to panic. He tries to wiggle his legs. Nothing. Why doesn't he have any limbs? He tugs and yanks against his chains, desperate to feel anything, but to no avail. He is trapped, blind, and with no arms or legs. Suddenly he jolts his head to the left as he hears movement. Alexander Wells and some of his researchers enter the room through the observation bridge. Wells moves towards the window to gaze upon his work.
Oryx was in awful shape. Those Anti-Kaiju missiles did too good of a job. All of his arms up to his elbow were blown apart. Huge sections of his legs were destroyed. Oryx's face was messed up. His jaw was blown to pieces, his eyes were burned off, and several patches of his green scales were missing. His tail was torn in half and his dorsal sail fins were ripped or missing. Oryx had seen better days. He now lies upright and chained to a large metal wall. Large cables ran into the stumps of his limbs and into the back of his head. Dim white lights above make the atmosphere of the room feel uneasy. Wells connects his mike to the speakers and begins to talk to the wounded Kaiju.
"Mission report."
Oryx tilts his head upwards to the sound.
"What? What mission?"
A few seconds pass before large amounts of electricity pulse through his body. He convulses in pain as he is electrocuted. Oryx moans in agony. Then the electricity stops. Oryx sags in his chains. He doesn't understand what is happening.
"Mission report. Now."
Oryx's head faces the ground.
"I DON'T KNOW ANY MISSION! WHO ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?"
Another round of electricity courses through his body. Oryx roars in agony. Wells speaks into the mike again.
"What is your name."
"ORYX! MY NAME IS...ORYX!"
More electricity lights up inside him. The large cables that ran into his body are connected to the power grid. Every time Oryx answers a question incorrectly he gets electrocuted.
"That is not your name. What is your name."
Oryx hesitates for a second. What is my name? It's Oryx, right? Of course I'm right.
"My name is Oryx. I don't have any other name."
"Yes you do. You were sent on a mission to kill Godzilla and he must have wiped your memory. You have another name."
"I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER NAME! LET ME OUT OF THESE CHAINS YOU MONSTER! WHY WOULD I ATTACK GODZILLA HE IS MY FRIEND AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Oryx's body convulses in pain. Wells is enjoying this torture.
"Godzilla is not your friend. He made you like this. You hate him. You want to kill him and his mate. You are not Oryx, you are Gigan."
More electricity is sent through Oryx's body. He doesn't know what to do. They are trying to make him think he is someone else. After this round of agonizing pain, Wells leaves the room to let Oryx recover. The lights remain on in the room but Oryx is trying to sleep. But every time he thinks of Godzilla or the Kaiju as friends in his thoughts he is given a round of electricity. For the next three days, Oryx is subjected to the worst pain and torture sessions ever conceived. After these three days, he begins to question just who he really is. But now the real test begins.
While Oryx was being brainwashed, his new body was being built. Using prototype parts that are for Mechagodzilla, Oryx has a new set of arms and legs made. His arms now resemble two long scythes. His new legs have three claws on the end and are razor sharp. His back dorsal fins are rebuilt and he now has a red visor to go over his damaged face. His jaw has been rebuilt and resembles a beak with two smaller mandibles. An armor panel goes over his chest and it has a row of small spikes that start from his neck that run down to his waist. His tail is more mechanical now and has a sharp point on the end for stabbing. However, his new body has an evil twist. Inside each of his mechanical parts are electroshock generators. This means he can be electrocuted whenever Wells wants him to.
Oryx is suited up in his new armor but is kept in his chains until he is deployed. Godzilla is currently on his way towards Las Vegas to stop a Muto pair that emerged. Oryx is flown in by helicopters and is dropped outside the city. With the flip of a switch, he is powered on.
Oryx looks around. His world is now a shade of red. He scans the landscape. He must be near Las Vegas. He looks down at his body and a gasp escapes his beak. His arms, his muscular green arms are no more. Replaced by these sinister looking scythes. His legs! His big strong legs are now mechanical abominations. He begins to turn around before a terrible shock of electricity racks his body. He collapses to the ground. Why is he being treated this way? What did he do?
Maybe they are right… Godzilla did this to me… If I kill him this might end...
NO? Godzilla is your friend! Kill the humans, they are doing this to you!
Another shock of electricity hits him. His vision gets blurry. He stands up. He must find Godzilla, he might know what to do.
Oryx begins to walk forward weakly. Moving around in this new body is difficult. These humans haven't figured out how to build mechanical limbs very well. Oryx then spots Godzilla taking on the Mutos. After a couple seconds of watching he sees Godzilla throw the female one into a building and smack the male one with his tail. Both fall to the ground limp. Godzilla then stomps over to the female one and breaks her neck. He roars and then spots Oryx watching him. He squints his eyes and starts to walk over. Oryx stands still, his heart racing. Godzilla steps back to observe this mechanical being. He tilts his head and asks;
"Do I know you? I feel like I do but I'm not sure…"
Oryx moves his arms to his sides.
"Yes, my name is OryAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOO!"
He begins to convulse on the ground. That isn't his name.
"AHHH! MY NAME IS GIGAN! AND I AM HERE TO KILL YOU!"
The electricity stops and he lunges for Godzilla. Godzilla jolts to the side just in time. Oryx slams into the ground. He sits back up and slashes his arms. He lets out a mechanical screech and charges towards Godzilla. Godzilla gives a powerful left hook and causes Oryx to slam onto the ground again. Pain from the punch and from the electricity shoots into him. That's it. He is done with the pain. He doesn't care who he is, or who he thinks he is, he wants to stop being electrocuted. He gets back up and slashes his right arm. A deep cut is left in Godzilla's chest. He roars in pain and pushes Oryx back. Godzilla steps back some and begins to charge up his atomic breath. Oryx steadies himself but he feels his eyes getting hot. He clutches his visor in his arms while roaring. It begins to glow bright red. Godzilla stops and takes a step back. Oryx then screeches while a crimson beam of energy shoots from his visor. Like Cyclops's beam from the X-Men, this red beam cuts through anything. Oryx moves his head towards Godzilla as the beam hits him right in the chest.
Godzilla is thrown backwards and he slams into a hillside. That's it. No playing around anymore. Oryx's heat ray stops and his visor is smoking.
Wow… that was powerful.
Oryx screeches and sprints towards Godzilla. Godzilla fires his atomic breath and it causes Oryx to collapse onto the ground. He raises his head and fires his heat vision again. Godzilla is hit again and it leaves a terrible burn wound on his chest. Godzilla is beginning to collapse because of this attack. Just as he is about to fall to the ground, Mothra jumps in front of the beam and uses her new reflective wings to shoot the beam back at Oryx. Oryx roars in agony as the beam hits him. Mothra turns to her wounded mate.
"He's down, lets run before he can recover!"
"Sounds good."
The two leave the scene while Oryx is left smoldering in a crater. He stands up and roars. Then, massive amounts of electricity are sent into him again. He then blacks out.
He awakens back in the dark room, chained to the wall. He tries to look around, nothing. He hangs his head just as the speaker blares in his ears.
"Mission report."
Oryx sighs.
"I couldn't. I couldn't kill him. He's… too powerful... "
He is hit with another round of electricity. He screeches in agony. Well's angry voice shakes him back to reality.
"SPEAK TO ME ONLY IN THIRD PERSON. DO NOT USE I OR ME. Now, mission report."
"Oryx couldn't kill Godzilla. He AHHHHHHH!"
Pain flows through him again. Every time he uses or thinks of his old name he gets electrocuted.
"GIGAN! GIGAN COULDN'T KILL… COULDN'T KILL GODZILLA."
Oryx breathes heavily. His body is smoking. He can't take it anymore.
You are weak… Gigan isn't weak. Gigan is strong...
I AM NOT WEAK! I AM NOT GIGAN! I AM ORYX!
Can't you remember? Your name is Gigan, not Oryx. Godzilla did this to you. You want to kill him.
Well's voice booms through the dark room.
"Because of your failure, you will be subjected to pain for the next 6 hours. Remember Gigan, don't fail next time."
Almost at once, pain shoots up Oryx's body, but in his mind is where the real damage is being done. Because of the pain, his mind has begun to treat anything involving Oryx as bad and evil and has made an attempt to sever it from his mind. But Oryx is holding strong. Gigan's personality and presence in his mind has begun to take over. So while his physical body is being torn apart by pain, his mind is being torn apart as well. For those 6 hours, he battles his own mind. Wells and his team are watching his brain's activity on several computer screens several rooms over, desperately waiting for the split to happen. And then, 4 hours in, it happens.
Oryx can't take it. His own body is rejecting him. And so, after a long and hard fought battle in his mind, he succumbs to his own fate. Gigan's identity has won and Oryx, with all of his memories, thoughts, and ideas, are destroyed. Gigan has won.
After the 6 hours are over, the pain stops. Wells enters the room and connects to the speaker system again. He only asks one question.
"What is your name?"
And, from the darkness, a rough and scraggly voice calls out.
"Gigan. My name is Gigan."
"Good. and what about Oryx?"
Gigan raises his head, a sinister grin sprawls across his scarred face.
"Destroyed."
Wells and his team smile. Finally, their work has paid off. They now have their own Kaiju to command. Soon, when Mechagodzilla's development is finished, they will have many more.
The war has just begun.
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Author's note: And now Gigan is here, but this won't be the last we see our cyborg friend. Sorry if this chapter came out a little bit late I had to get myself adjusted to online classes because of the virus. Anyway I hope y'all are staying healthy and indoors. See you guys soon.
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Random: I watched Batman vs Superman recently and I thought it would be cool to give Gigan a heat vision ability to attempt to justify why he has a huge red visor. Plus I think it makes his fights with Godzilla fairer.