Enemies of Humanity's Past

by Random Crossovers

Humans had always feared the Titans, but they begin to learn that they are nothing compared to what was coming. As Humanity learned more about its past, they begin to face the aftermath of an ancient war between humans and a species that could control massive monsters. Humanity must fix its broken pieces and fight alongside the Earth's remaining monsters to save their world.

16. Serizawa's Journey through Time

Chapter 16: Serizawa's Journey Through Time

"Eeehhh ?! 2000 years ago ?! Are you some kind of immortal ?!" Hange asks Serizawa.

"What ? No, I'm not," he answers.

"Come on, Doc. There's no way your story started back that far," Oruo states, "Are we supposed to believe that you somehow lived through that many years ?"

"Just let him explain his story. I'm sure he'll tell us everything we need to know," Levi adds as everyone lets Serizawa continue.

"This is the first time ever that I would have to explain my past to everyone, so I apologize if I'm not exactly clear on certain things. However, I would appreciate it if you all hold your questions until the end."

"Wait ! Hold on, I want to write this stuff down !" Hange says as she struggles to get her notes together before giving Serizawa the thumbs up.

"As I said….my story began in the year 1954, or rather around that time. From what the Earth Defense Force and I know, it's approximately 2000 years from your current year. The technology at the time was a bit more advanced than yours, but nothing like what the Earth Defense Force currently possesses."

"So when exactly did you meet Grisha Jaeger ? Is he also a so-called Immortal like you or did you happen to meet him some time later ?" Nile asks with curiosity.

Serizawa pauses before answering, "I nearly forgot about that. Meeting Grisha was the worst mistake of my life….and I chose to rid my memory of our first encounter. I guess it can't be helped, someone would be bound to ask me that anyway."

"What was so bad about your first encounter with Grisha ?" Carla asks him, "What did he do to you ?"

Serizawa rubs his eyepatch before replying to Carla, "Grisha….became one of my closest friends…..and I made the mistake of trusting him."

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1945 AD

About nine years prior before the day that would change my life, I was a mere, naive soldier in a war beyond any imaginative horror that I could've thought of. It was perhaps the most frightening moment of my time as I was only of the only few survivors out of thousands of people. A land that was once filled with beautiful architecture and scenery, destroyed in seconds by a weapon developed by the enemy. At one point during the war, I was on my way to invade some land with other soldiers. I can't remember the details because I got shot in my eye, resulting in a scar. Because of that, I went unconscious and was taken back home where I spent the remainder of the war patrolling my homeland, Nagasaki. One day, I was with my group while we were on patrol around my homeland, but I never really got along with any of them. They often teased me for being booksmart and for looking like a cyclops with only one eye, but I would usually ignore them. I was walking around with my group until I noticed something in the sky across the ocean. While I was distracted by that strange object in the sky, my group decided to mess with me and caused me to trip on the floor. The Squad Leader told them to stop messing around until loud noises were heard and we all turned to see a majority of our military in panic. I looked back at the object in the sky and I finally realized that it was nothing more than an enemy aircraft. Because everyone started panicking, people were being pushed around and I was one of the unlucky ones. I was pushed against the mass amount of people, who threw away all the morals they possessed in order to save their own lives. I even witnessed some of my commanding officers committing suicide until I eventually got pushed over a railing. The next thing I knew, I hit my head upon some rocks and sank into water before hearing nothing except the muffled screaming of my allies. I could see a glimpse of some of them swimming on the water away from the land until….a bright light appeared.

Feeling myself drowning, I quickly swam towards the surface. After finally getting air, I floated on the water as I looked around to see the aftermath of what happened. The land where thousands of people once resided was burned to the ground and the sky became gray with ashes falling from the sky. My former comrades were nothing but burnt corpses and those that were swimming in the water were either laying lifeless, or alive with burn marks on their bodies. It was luck that I survived with them, but I never saw it as a good thing. Not only was my home lost, but I knew that I lost my family as well and I no longer could say goodbye to them. Nowhere to go and no reason to live, I wanted to end my life. With no hesitation, I grabbed a nearby rifle and proceeded to aim the barrel at my head. At the moment, I was shaking and hesitating when I was so close to end it all, but I surprisingly stopped. I dropped the weapon and began thinking. The enemy managed to make a weapon as strong as the one that decimated my home and I figured….what if I were to make something to benefit the world ? Something that could bring prosperity rather than genocide. It was a good reason to give my people a second chance and the opportunity to use my skills in science to create something better than the enemy. In order to honor my family and my people, I found a new reason to live and began my pursuit of knowledge in science.

A few days after the destruction of my home, I, along with other survivors, sought refuge among other cities far from our home. I knew that in order for me to pursue the necessary knowledge to create something significant, I had to work with someone who had a good reputation in science. With no other family to stay with, I headed for a place known as Tokyo and met with a long time colleague of mine, Kyohei Yamane. Ever since my childhood, my parents have been associated with Kyohei in the science community and I was acquainted with his daughter, Emiko Yamane, for many years. She was perhaps the only girl that I ever got to know intimately and I knew that I could trust her on certain things in life. When I arrived at their home, they gave their condolences and allowed me to stay with them for as long as I needed. Afterwards, I began to fill with hope once more.

After getting comfortable in the Yamane household, I started to make certain requests with Kyohei and as I expected for a man devoted to science, he agreed to assist me.

"So…what is it that you plan on researching, Serizawa ?" Kyohei asked me.

"Um…I was thinking of something related to….elements of the periodic table. I believe that I could show those Americans that we can create something to benefit humanity rather than those bombs that decimated our home."

"I see. Well, I could provide you with the necessary materials and equipment, but considering that chemical elements is not my field of expertise, you might have to find a partner to assist you."

"With all due respect, I don't need anyone's help. This is something that I need to do on my own. I'm doing this for my family and all of humanity. Besides, I doubt that there's someone out there who would understand my goals."

"Very well, Serizawa. I'll set you up a…lab or something while I'm at it. If you need anything else, my dear boy, feel free to inform me. I must get to a meeting."

Kyohei left while I smiled and began listing a variety of things that I required for my own lab. I was unaware that Emiko was in another room, eavesdropping on our conversation, until she decided to talk to me about it.

"You and my father are always so devoted to science. I just hope that you don't focus so much on it like him," Emiko warned me.

"I need to focus on this project, though. Emiko, I have nothing else and this project of mine has given me a reason to live. A new purpose in life. Once I complete it, the world will definitely be a better place."

"Just don't overwork yourself, Serizawa. I don't want you to end up losing sleep over something like this. I'll be at work today, but I'll be home later tonight to gather groceries and cook dinner. Did you want anything specific to eat ?"

"No, I'm fine with anything, but thank you, Emiko."

"Oh ! I almost forgot," Emiko said as she went to retrieve something and handed me a small box before sitting beside me, "I heard about your injury during the war, so I decided to get you this."

Once I opened the small box, all I found was an eyepatch.

"Uh…um…thank you, Emiko. I don't know…what to say."

"Well, it was difficult, but I actually made this eyepatch by hand. I was worried about some eyepatches being too uncomfortable for you, so I decided to make one from scratch."

"How do you know that this would be comfortable for me ?"

"I examined the texture of your bandages before analyzing the materials needed to replicate that same comfortable sensation that you felt wearing those bandages on your scar. I believe that it's the perfect eyepatch for you."

Knowing how much effort Emiko put into making something for me, I wore the eyepatch she gave me. She smiled at me as I easily accepted her gift. I was happy with Emiko in life and she was more than just a friend to me. Without my family from back home, she and Kyohei were the only ones that I have left and the only reason for me to keep on living.

A couple of weeks later, I had completely set up my new laboratory and began collecting samples of elements throughout Tokyo. I had to call in a favor with an old friend of mine from the military, Hideo Ogata, who assisted me in collecting certain samples in the water near Nagasaki. If it weren't for him, it would have taken me a longer time to collect specific samples for my project. Of course, he was always questioning me about it and wondered why I spent so much time working instead of relaxing after the war, due to my injury.

"It baffles me that you chose to pursue this kind of work. Although, it seems better than my job in comparison," Ogata told me.

"I wouldn't mind salvaging ships, but this work is important to me. It's my way to benefit humanity. Some day, you would be known as the one that helped the man bring peace to the world."

"No one would care about that guy. They would obviously care more about the one that actually did something to better the world."

"You never know, Ogata. The world's changing and people's interests will change in the next generation."

I finished collecting samples and Ogata took me back to Tokyo afterwards. He accompanied me back to my laboratory because he was curious to see my place of work. What we didn't expect once we headed there was Emiko standing in front of the entrance, trying to find a way in. Emiko finally noticed our presence when we began to approach her.

"Oh, Serizawa. I'm sorry for my sudden appearance, but I wanted to see the lab my father had set up for you. He told me that you had just finished moving in and everything."

"Yeah, I uh…managed to organize the equipment and stored my belongings in there. I guess you don't have to look after me anymore now that I've moved out of your house."

"Well, you're welcome there anytime, of course. Just make sure to visit us often," Emiko said until she turned her attention over to Ogata, "Who is this gentleman ?"

"Oh ! This is my friend from the military, Hideo Ogata. He's here to check out my laboratory as well."

Hideo reached his hand out to Emiko and shook her hand, "It's uh…very nice to meet you, Miss. I didn't expect Serizawa to have such a beautiful lady as an acquaintance."

Emiko softly smiled before replying to him, "Why, thank you, Mr. Ogata. I assumed that he would have told you about me considering that we are childhood friends."

"Childhood friends ? So you're Emiko Yamane ? That definitely explains things. He always talked about you two having similar interests in science."

"Odd. He never mentioned anything about you to me and my father. Then again, Serizawa was too busy working on his personal project."

"Speaking of which, I need to get working on these samples while they're still fresh. Let me get the door open for you two," I proceeded to lead them inside my lab where I gave them a small tour. After both Emiko and Ogata finished checking out my lab, I escorted them out as Ogata returned back to his home and Emiko remained to inform me of something.

"Serizawa, my father wants to meet you at our house tomorrow morning at around nine. He said that he has something important to discuss with you."

I nodded before saying, "I'll be there if I manage to examine these samples thoroughly by then. If not, then I'll inform your father that I cannot make it."

Emiko looked disappointed before saying her goodbyes, "Well, just get some rest tonight. You only have one good eye left. You shouldn't put so much stress on it."

She left as I returned to my research, examining the samples I collected and experimenting their effects on certain objects. When I heard news of Nagasaki being filled with radiation from the bomb attack, I knew that it could lead to some interesting developments on the local life. By seeing how small traces of radiation could affect the chemical elements, I finally found a goal for my research. In order to benefit humanity, I could create a new kind of chemical that could improve life in terms of health, food growth, and much more. I spent untold hours working on the effects of radiation and tried to copy its molecule breaking ability in order to manipulate the structure of elements, effectively changing them for the better rather than destroying them completely. Of course, I repeatedly failed each experiment that I conducted that night and I became more frustrated at each attempt.

"This is going to take longer than I anticipated," I thought to myself until I heard a ringing noise. Once I realized that it was my wall phone, I went to pick it up and answered it.

"Hello ?"

"Serizawa ! Where have you been ?! You're two hours late !" I heard Emiko's raised voice through the phone, startling me, "My father is coming over to your lab with an acquaintance !"

"What ?!" I checked the time to see that I really was two hours late and began to clean up my laboratory. I didn't realize that I made such a mess with all of my experiments, so I rushed to clean everything up.

It wasn't long until Kyohei arrived at my lab and I had no choice but to answer, despite my mess not being fully cleaned. That was the moment that I regretted opening that door and meeting the one person that ultimately ruined my life. Once I opened that door, I saw Kyohei and standing next to him was Grisha. They both entered my lab as Grisha examined the contents of my lab while Kyohei pulled me into a conversation.

"You're quite lucky he decided to give you a chance despite you being late," Kyohei told me.

"Who is he supposed to be ?" I asked as Kyohei placed his arm around my shoulders.

"Remember how you told me that there wouldn't be anyone that would understand your goal ? Well, during one of my meetings, I came across him and discussed some scientific topics. Turns out he is just as dedicated to science as we are."

"But I already told you that I don't need help. Besides, this guy might get in my way."

"At least give him a chance, Serizawa. I even informed him of how important your goal is and he understands completely. Who knows, he might even be a worthy partner."

"Fine. If he does anything to ruin my work, I won't hesitate to remove him from my property by force."

Kyohei and I approached Grisha as he finished checking out my equipment before proceeding to ask me about my experiments, "I'm quite curious about the samples you've collected. Are they by any chance of significance to you ?"

"I'm going to get straight to the point. Uhm…"

"Apologies, my name is Grisha."

"Okay, Grisha. As I was saying, I'm going to be the lead in this project and you'll be working as my assistant and nothing else. Because of the importance of this project, I expect you to not ask questions that don't concern my work. And especially, don't waste my time. If you can't handle the equipment, then leave."

"You really are devoted to this, Mr. Serizawa. If anything, I wouldn't want to disappoint a person who's willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal."

"Good. Let's get started as soon as possible then."

"Well, I'll leave you two to work. Be sure to give me any updates on your progress, Serizawa," Kyohei informed me before leaving the laboratory.

A week later, I didn't get any closer in my new relationship with Grisha, mainly because I didn't feel like getting to know him at all and he strangely never blinks. Granted, he was a lot more experienced than I expected and he knows ways in science that even I could not. There are times when I would reach a roadblock in my experiments and Grisha would be able to figure it out much quicker than I could. You could say that I was even a bit jealous of his superior skills. Nevertheless, he can't always solve everything and it would be up to me to step up. At least we had our strengths in certain things and even weaknesses too. Despite all we accomplished in that one week, we barely talked to each other. Until something had happened with Grisha that made me become closer to him.

As I was deciding on what element that I wanted to work on, I overheard Grisha speaking with a family member or something by the entrance. I wanted to ignore his conversation, but I heard that his family had serious issues that required his attention and he was stressing out on what to do. After he ended the conversation and the person left, Grisha became hesitant on continuing our work. Although I was worried that he was slowing us down, I decided to finally speak with him on a more personal level. He noticed me approaching him and wondered what was happening.

As I sat next to Grisha, I gathered my words and spoke to him in a casual manner, "You know, you could take the day off if you're not feeling well. You seem like you're unable to work at the moment."

"I'm fine, Mr. Serizawa. I just need to continue working to get my mind off of distracting things."

"Family matter isn't a distracting thing. Well, to me at least. If I had known that you were putting this over your family, I would never have appointed you as my assistant."

"It's okay. My uh…family is dealing with it as best as they could. I wish that I could help them, but I was hoping that I would be able to use my scientific skills to save our home."

"Why don't you ? I'm sure that with your skills, you could help save your home."

"I doubt that I would be able to use science to save my home from a severe drought. I predict that it's going to get worse after each year, but there seems to be no possible way for us to stay there any longer."

"I…didn't think that it would be that serious. How long do you think it'll be until your home completely runs out of water ?"

"I estimate about 20 years from now. Around 1965. We might have to resort to extreme methods to get more water."

"Maybe not, Grisha. I know that we both could do something about that."

He perked up at my declaration as I continued, "We're both after the same goal. The benefit of our people and our families. I've already lost my home and my family, but there's still a chance to help yours. With this project, we can create something that could deal with this drought and potentially…"

That's when I first made a choice on what would be the main subject of my future experiments.

"Oxygen ! Of course ! It's one of the most vital elements of our own well-being. Not to mention that it's part of the water molecule. If we can somehow manipulate oxygen and reconfigure its structure, we could potentially solve the drought problem. Or even better. Because of oxygen's use for medicinal purposes in hospitals and even in…"

"Um…I think it's best if we focus on one thing at a time, Mr. Serizawa. We don't want to make any empty promises towards hypothetical goals."

"Yeah, you're right. I'm just getting a bit excited about this."

"You're right about one thing, though. We both are working on this project for the sake of our people. I don't think that it's something most people wouldn't understand."

"Well, I'm glad that Kyohei introduced us. I guess he made the right choice picking you as my partner."

"Partner ?"

"….yeah. Partner," I reached my hand out to Grisha, who grabbed it back. We then shook hands and officially began our partnership from then on out.

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1954 AD

Over the years, Grisha and I grew close to the point where I even considered him a brother to me. Besides the project, Grisha and I would often spend some time with Emiko and Ogata during our free time. Life was getting better for me after the war and I went on to conduct various experiments on the element, Oxygen, in an effort to produce something benevolent. Only to end up creating something worse than I expected. As Grisha returned home for a while to deal with the drought situation, I somewhat discovered something that would lead to the creation of my most horrible invention, the Oxygen Destroyer.

Once Grisha had come back, I didn't hesitate to show him my findings and presented him with a demonstration of the dangerous new chemical I had created from Oxygen. The new chemical certainly did have the DNA breaking ability of radiation, but at a more lethal level as it was able to disintegrate life forms down to the skeleton. It was a horrifying sight for the both of us, but at least Grisha took it better than I thought.

"How was this possible, Serizawa ? If this chemical were to be released in public, many people could get hurt."

"I know, I know. I'm trying to work around this and try to make something out of it. This is only a temporary setback in our research."

"You're right. Maybe we can focus on some properties of the chemical and improve them. Any lethal or dangerous, we definitely should get rid of."

"Grisha, I need you to do me a favor about this."

"What is it ?"

"If people were to find out about the dangerous potential of this….Oxygen Destroyer, then we'll surely be forced against our will to recreate it. Whatever happens, we absolutely need to keep this a secret from everyone else."

"Even Kyohei ? Even Emiko and Ogata ?"

"Yes. I don't want them to be involved with this, so it's best that we leave them out of it."

Grisha nodded, "Of course, I understand. However, that means we must try to find a good use for this Oxygen Destroyer quickly before we accidentally spend too much time on it."

I completely agreed with Grisha and we worked day and night on fixing the Oxygen Destroyer. Because we worked tirelessly on it, Grisha and I barely had time to eat, or sleep, or even leave the laboratory. Emiko and the others were also concerned for us and wondered why we were working harder than usual. No matter how much we tried to change the properties of the Oxygen Destroyer, Grisha and I always ended up with the same results, the disintegration of living organisms. I wasn't sure if it was because of the limited technology, or the idea that Grisha and I weren't seeing something close enough, but we were sure that it would take longer to finish our research.

Continuing our efforts to find something beneficial from the Oxygen Destroyer, Grisha and I were barely close to any new discoveries on the Oxygen Destroyer. Despite letting Grisha know that he didn't have to stay with me all the time, he refused to leave my side and worked just as tirelessly as I did. There were times when Emiko would even come and visit from time to time, but we made sure not to reveal our research. One night, when Grisha went out to visit his family once more, I went and had dinner at the Yamane household after Kyohei invited me. Apparently, he had something important to discuss with Emiko and I, so I decided to see what news he had for me and her.

As we were finishing up dinner, Kyohei began to tell us his news, "Emiko, Serizawa. Seeing the two of you reunite together again after the war….has made me very happy to know that your relationship is still strong. Even since childhood."

"What're you trying to say, Father ? Of course we would still retain our relationship through these years, but why are you bringing something like that up ?"

"Because I am getting older. And I'm afraid that I might not live to see any grandchildren. Which is why….I have decided to arrange a marriage between you and Serizawa."

"F-father, how are you sure that Serizawa and I would agree to marrying each other ?"

"Because you've known each other for a long time. It makes sense that you two would understand each other the most."

"But…what if we can't make the relationship work ? We would only disappoint you then."

"Every marriage has issues and fights between two lovers. I know that you both are smart enough to overcome those obstacles in your relationship," Kyohei stated as he turned to me, "What do you think about this, Serizawa ? Do you agree to marry Emiko ?"

I hesitated and looked over at Emiko's worried expression. Emiko was just as surprised as I was. In fact, I had never intended to ask for Emiko's hand in marriage. However, I didn't feel like refusing Kyohei's idea and I felt somewhat content with marrying Emiko. She was my friend from childhood and I've always seen her as family, but knowing that her father set me up to be her husband, I wasn't really sure on what to do. At the moment, I knew that I can't be a good husband to her due to my work, so I decided that in order to appeal to Emiko, I considered letting her in on the secret of the Oxygen Destroyer. By doing this, I can show her that I value trust in our relationship and prove to her that I would never lie to her. It was an odd thing to consider, I admit, but it was all I could think of to make our marriage work. Or so I thought.

"Yes. I agree to marry her, but I have one condition."

"Name it."

"I don't wish to let work interfere with our marriage. So I would like to hold off on it until I manage to get my work done at the laboratory."

"Very well, Serizawa. I shall hold off the wedding until you are ready. From this point on, you two are engaged."

"I uh…..I…I…" Emiko stuttered her words before deciding to stop entirely. She seemed troubled at the idea of marrying me, but I didn't focus too much on it as I hurried to return to the lab as soon as possible.

A week after news of our engagement was given to me and Emiko, she returned to normal and I believed that she was getting used to the idea of marriage. As for me, I was still considering telling her about the Oxygen Destroyer. It was on my mind everyday and it stressed me out on what I should do. Until Grisha returned from his trip, I had to figure out how I should tell him about revealing our secret to Emiko. Although, what happened during the next few days would eventually lead to the public learning about the Oxygen Destroyer. And also, Grisha's true intentions with the invention.

Kyohei informed me of a trip that he and Emiko were planning on taking after news of several ships being attacked. Even though I couldn't go because of the Oxygen Destroyer, I was confident that Ogata would look after them during their trip to Odo Island. I stood at the docks as a large crowd surrounded me and watched as my new fiancé waved goodbye towards me. I would have waved back, but I kept thinking about our marriage. Was it a good thing or something that would soon be a failure ? Surprisingly, my worries began distracting me from my research and I decided to take a break for a while from the Oxygen Destroyer. Instead, I decided to wait for Grisha to return so that we could continue.

This next part of my story marks an important event in human history. This was the event where humanity had first encountered Godzilla. Or at least, the first known member of his species. News of his appearance spread through the public and I sat alone in my laboratory watching the news through my television set. I wasn't sure how, but a reporter by the name of Hagiwara visited my lab around that time and requested an interview. I refused him and he later returned with Emiko, which caught me by surprise and I had no choice but to let Hagiwara conduct his interview. I became even more surprised when he mentioned that I knew some German scientist and told him about my research being the ultimate Anti-Godzilla weapon. I denied his claims and Hagiwara left while Emiko stayed behind.

Hagiwara soon made me realize that the Oxygen Destroyer was close to being discovered if someone knew that I had something that could defeat Godzilla. I didn't know who told him about my research, but I suspected that there was some sort of spy sneaking around my home. Nevertheless, I knew that I had to take action soon. As I looked out my window for any potential stalkers, Emiko began questioning me on my work and showed worry over me. That's when I decided not to keep the Oxygen Destroyer a secret from her anymore.

I brought down to the basement towards my lab, which was the first time in years that she had last visited, and started to show her the dangerous effects of the Oxygen Destroyer. I demonstrated the chemical through a spherical capsule and dropped it within a fish tank where the capsule opened up and released the chemical, killing all of the fish inside. As I expected, Emiko was terrified and I did my best to calm her. I explained that I only wanted to make something good out of the Oxygen Destroyer by analyzing every part of the Oxygen molecule. I even describe the severity of the situation by describing the damage a small piece of the chemical could do. Emiko continues to question me about the dangerous possibilities that might occur, but I told her that I would gladly sacrifice myself to prevent the knowledge of the chemical from reaching into the wrong hands. Unlike those that used the bomb on Nagasaki, I would never intend to do the same with the Oxygen Destroyer. Afterwards, Emiko promised to keep the existence of the device a secret, even from Ogata and her father.

Another few days passed and Godzilla continued to rampage. I decided to continue working on the Oxygen Destroyer in order to shift my attention away from the Kaiju. I then left the lab to get some water until I encountered Emiko, Ogata, and even Grisha. I learned that Grisha returned and was approached by Emiko and Ogata, who revealed that they knew about the Oxygen Destroyer. To my shock, they all wanted me to use it in order to defeat Godzilla. Not only was I betrayed by Emiko, but I was also betrayed by Grisha as well. I kept on refusing their request and went so far as to get caught in a scuffle with Ogata while trying to destroy my research. Grisha broke up our fight before trying to convince me.

"Serizawa. We've worked on this for years. I understand if you want to get rid of everything we worked on to prevent others from getting it, but we always talked about making something good out of it."

"We have yet to create something beneficial from the Oxygen Destroyer, Grisha. Who knows what'll happen if we use it in front of the public."

"Do you remember what you told me when we first met ? That we have the same goal of benefitting our people and family ? This is our chance to prevent many others from facing the same fate as those who died from the Hydrogen Bomb."

"And then what ? Who's to say that the Oxygen Destroyer won't be as bad as the Hydrogen Bomb ? Hell, it could even be worse !"

"You don't know that for sure, Serizawa," Ogata argued, "You're our only hope in defeating Godzilla !"

"If we destroy all of our research, then it can never be replicated. We can safely use it without anyone trying to figure out our methods," Grisha added.

"You two don't realize. It's my….it's my role as a human being to ensure that something like this can never happen. Even so, we human beings are still weak. There's no reason that only burning our research would be the end. There's a possibility that someone might hold me and Grisha hostage and force us to recreate the Oxygen Destroyer. And then what ?"

Neither Emiko, Ogata, or even Grisha continued to pressure me as I shook my head in disappointment. However, we all began listening to the television set as they started broadcasting something that caused me to have a change of heart. The result of Godzilla's destruction was more horrifying than I could imagine, even worse than the H-Bomb as numerous people were suffering rather than immediately killed. As I listened to the singing voices of the young women, I began tearing up and realized that I was letting more people suffer when I knew that I could have helped them. Finally succumbing to the requests of my closest friends and to the cries of the victims, I knew what I had to do to save humanity.

As I gathered all of my notes and even Grisha's, I turned to them and declared "You three win. If I use the Oxygen Destroyer, then I have some conditions."

Emiko, Grisha, and Ogata listened as I stated my conditions to them, "This shall be the only time that I would ever use the chemical. Another thing, since Grisha is the only other person than me that knows how to recreate the Oxygen Destroyer, I don't want him to be seen near me once I reveal it to the public."

They didn't say a thing as I began to burn all of my notes. The three of them watched me as I placed my research notes in the fire one by one as I did my best to let go. Emiko began to cry in front of us, but I expected that she knew what would happen to me. I reassured her that everything would be alright as I continued burning everything and destroyed my lab in the process.

Right outside of my home, I said my goodbyes to Grisha as he planned on moving back home to his family and continue the Oxygen Destroyer research in my honor.

"It was nice to work alongside someone who understood my motivations and goals, Grisha. I only wished to be there when you managed to save your home."

"So do I, Serizawa. I never….had a friend, but I'm glad to have you as one. I promise to make something good out of the Oxygen Destroyer one day…for my people."

We shook hands before parting ways and I went with Emiko and Ogata towards Godzilla's pinpointed location in the ocean. Once there, I was surrounded by many people, who watched me prepare the capsule containing the Oxygen Destroyer chemicals. However, I was also looking over to see Ogata and Emiko sharing a sort of embrace, similar to that of lovers. That was when I quickly realized how in love they were.

I never suspected that Ogata and Emiko would fall into a romantic relationship with each other, but it made complete sense on why Emiko was so hesitant to marry me and why she revealed my secret to him first. I began to understand that I was not worthy enough to be a husband for Emiko, despite our history together. I guess she never saw me as more than just family and I was perfectly fine with that. Believing that Ogata would be able to look after her, I knew that there was no other reason for me to live. Even if I never made anything beneficial to humanity, I was at least glad to finally make something useful out of the Oxygen Destroyer. Only thing left that I had to do….was sacrifice myself.

Despite Ogata's concerns, I decided to dive into the water with him and activate the Oxygen Destroyer manually. As we both went deeper towards Godzilla's location, we witnessed firsthand Godzilla's imposing figure approaching us. Although the Kaiju was unaware of us, I forced Ogata to be pulled back up to the surface as I set up the Oxygen Destroyer before activating it. As the chemicals were released into the water, Godzilla began feeling the effects and I watched him suffer. Using a radio transmission to the surface, I made one last goodbye to both Ogata and Emiko.

"The Oxygen Destroyer is working, Ogata. My work here is finally done. I wish for you and Emiko a long, happy life. Goodbye, my friend."

As I heard Ogata and Emiko's cries, I took out a pocket knife and began cutting the oxygen tube from my diving suit. At that moment, I began to drown while feeling the Oxygen Destroyer's effects at the same time. Although the diving suit managed to protect me from the chemical to some extent, it was the worst pain that I've ever felt in my life, but at least I've managed to prevent further suffering among my people. While the Oxygen Destroyer was slowly liquefying my body, I was suddenly losing consciousness as I closed my eye. For a while, I was dreaming about Emiko and our childhood together one last time.

"AAARRRGGHHH !" I immediately woke up as my body was suddenly in great pain.

While conscious, I rapidly looked around to see my body still being liquefied and my skeleton was visible. I turned my attention to my surroundings and saw that I was strapped inside some sort of small vertical chamber that began filling with frost. I was so confused and afraid of what was happening, knowing that it was too real to be a dream. Then, I looked in front of me to see odd and unusual figures staring right at me past the glass. They appear to be humanoid, wearing black glasses and grey suits. However, what was the most shocking thing to me was the sight of Grisha standing among them, wearing a similar suit to them without the glasses, and slowly walking towards me.

He placed his hand on the glass before saying in a monotone voice, "What a noble sacrifice that you did for your people. Even when you considered them weak. Even when they destroyed your home. Yet, you decided not to spread your knowledge to the world and hoped to put your legacy onto me. I must say that my people are honored to learn about the Oxygen Destroyer and being the only species to know how to recreate it."

I widened my eye as I learned more about Grisha's true intentions, "However, I cannot let you die yet. You could serve as more of a…backup. In case, I do fail to recreate your invention. After all, you are the one who ultimately invented it, but I am the one that knows more about the characteristics it has. Like its weakness, for example. I managed to learn that the Oxygen Destroyer can be counteracted by extremely low temperatures."

As ice began to surround me, I mustered enough strength to try and question Grisha, "W….what….the hell…is all of this….Grisha ? Who….are these people ? Who…are you…really ?"

"I am an Xilien, an extraterrestrial from Planet X. I am part of the latest generation of researchers surveying this planet and conducting various experiments using Earth as a testing site for thousands of years. Recently, water is becoming very rare on our planet and we plan on invading your planet for your resource."

Grisha headed over to a table where I was shocked to see another version of the Oxygen Destroyer being built by him.

He then continues once more, "However, some of us proposed another solution to our Controller that would not affect the human population so that we could conduct further experiments. Which leads me to you. After learning about humanity's potential in developing inventions more dangerous than our own, such as the Hydrogen Bomb, I, along with many others, were tasked with searching for any scientists with inventions that could potentially save our planet. We nearly gave up when we searched your entire planet and found disappointing results until Kyohei introduced me to you."

"Y-y-you…used me ?! W-w-we're n-nothing b-b-ut labs rats to you ?!"

"It's as you said, isn't it ? Human beings are nothing but weak. That's why you're all so easy to exploit. So easy to manipulate. I honestly must say…if I were to possess any emotions, I would be disappointed in you, Serizawa. Compared to all other scientists we've encountered on Earth, you're the only one who truly wants to help your people. Just like me. The only difference is….I wouldn't have hesitated to use the Oxygen Destroyer."

I could tell by his monotone voice that Grisha was serious. For all this time, I never would have expected that he was an alien, let alone look exactly like a human. What made it worse was his true intentions. We talked about helping our people, but it became obvious now that he was not referring to humanity. How foolish it was for me to work alongside someone without checking more into their background. That's when I came to a realization about something Hagiwara asked me during our interview.

"So…you were…that German scientist that Hagiwara….talked about…and you wanted….to coerce me…into using it….when you sided with Emiko and Ogata."

"That's right. When Godzilla first appeared, I knew that humanity would be finished off. We Xiliens also tried to eliminate him without the humans seeing us, but even we were defeated. So the next best thing was to force you into using the Oxygen Destroyer. I gave an anonymous tip to Hagiwara in order to spread publicity about your 'Anti-Godzilla Weapon' while Emiko and Ogata just happened to be at your lab when I decided to convince you to use the device. As I expected, you ended up using it. And it was more effective than I imagined."

"Y-y-you…b-bastard ! I won't…let you use it again !"

"Technically, it's not up to you anymore," Grisha said as he picked up the Oxygen Destroyer prototype, "We Xiliens now carry on your legacy and it starts by perfecting your Oxygen Destroyer for the benefit of Planet X. We will soon return to Earth once more when we are ready. In the meantime, you best hope that you survive during our experiments. With the chemical currently fighting within your body, it will be a good opportunity for me to research many different ways for the chemical to affect organic matter."

Grisha turned to one of his associates and ordered them, "Lower the cryogenic temperature of the chamber and try not to kill him, or eliminate the chemical. We want it to continue thriving on his body."

"G-G-GRIISSHAA ! NNNNOOOOOOOO !" I yelled with all my might as my body was soon completely frozen and my vision became blurred. After that, I barely remembered anything.

Days, weeks, months, and even years didn't matter anymore. I was just a tool in the Xiliens' scientific advancements and I can't do anything else about it. I was helpless, I was in pain, and most of all….I was alone. It was just like the war all over again, only this time, I was in constant pain as Grisha and his people tore me apart and put me back together again. Or that's how it felt like to me. I wanted to give up. I wanted to die so badly. I was nothing but a broken man now. Forced to continue living eternally within the cryogenic chamber they always put me in, like a test sample within a refrigerated storage unit. I thought that my life could not have gotten worse than this, but I would soon find out that I'm wrong.

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1995 AD

For what seemed like an eternity, I was suddenly thawed out from the cryogenic chamber as the ice began to melt around me, slowly filling the chamber with water. Then, the hatch opened and released me from my prison as I began to gather my thoughts. My breathing was extremely erratic to the point where I felt like having a panic attack. I slowly tried to regain my composure until I noticed two Xiliens enter the room to check on me.

"Serizawa is loose ! Restrain him !" one of them said as they both tried to run towards me.

However, my pent up rage at Grisha's betrayal slowly consumed me as I quickly grabbed a nearby object and tried to fight back against them. I smacked one of the Xiliens, but the other tackled me down to the floor. I was too weak to fight back, but I couldn't give up. I continued struggling as they both grabbed a hold of me. Just as they tried to sedate me, a loud roar was heard as the room began shaking excessively until a loud explosive sound was heard and an alarm of some sort rang. I took the opportunity to stab one of the Xiliens in the head before grabbing the sedative and jamming it into the other Xilien's neck. Once they were both down, I quickly ran out of the room and started to search for a way out of here.

I didn't know where I was, but I was quick to assume that I was still on Earth and thought that their ship was a building. I learned the truth when I found a window and looked out to see the vastness of space for the first time. I immediately learned that the Xiliens had put me on a vessel into outer space, next to an asteroid field. Another thing that I've noticed and was honestly surprised about was the image of Earth. It was beautiful and I never expected to see Earth from this perspective in my life. It was a once in a lifetime chance for a human being to experience this feeling, but it was short lived for me as I turned my attention to something else.

After killing Godzilla with the Oxygen Destroyer and watching him wither to a skeleton, you can believe that it was shocking to me when I saw another creature that looked similar to him. Only this time, this Godzilla-like creature, Space-Godzilla, possessed a large cluster of crystals around it and it seemed to be battling with some kind of unusual looking machine, which I would later learn to be Moguera. I stepped away from the window as the fight between those two got too close to the vessel and began to run away. After a while of navigating through the ship of a maze, I came upon a large room of miniature ships and believed that it was my only escape. However, I quickly went into hiding as I quickly noticed Grisha and other Xiliens in the room, planning on leaving the ship behind.

"That crystal based creature has managed to damage our electrical systems with some kind of wave and disabled the controls to our ship," Grisha explained to the others, "We must regroup on Earth and contact the Controller on Planet X."

"What about Serizawa ? He is an important asset to our research. We cannot leave him here and have him killed."

"Do not worry. I have dispatched two soldiers to retrieve him and bring him here. They shall be here soon. Just make sure the escape pods are functional from the energy wave."

I knew that I couldn't just stand by and wait for something to happen, so I decided to sneak my way towards one of the small ships. Using what I remembered from the military, I did my best to use my more athletic side, but I was sore from the experiments conducted on me that I couldn't move very swiftly. At the same time, I was caught between wanting to return to Earth and my desire to get revenge on Grisha. Because I had the element of surprise, I could easily kill him, but then I would have been surrounded by the others. The only logical option was to escape in one of the small ships and try to warn Earth of the Xiliens.

I managed to sneak into one of the ships that was fixed and quickly closed the hatch, causing Grisha and the Xiliens to notice. They approached me and tried to get me out, but I randomly activated several controls and started the ship's engine. However, I realized that the hangar door was not open and that the ship would crash into it. I tried to see what I could do until I took one look at the angered Xiliens, but saw that Grisha was the only one who remained calm. He pushed something on a nearby panel and the hangar doors finally opened.

"We will find you again, Serizawa. No matter where you are," Grisha told me as I was quickly launched into space.

I witnessed my journey through the asteroid field just as the battle between the Godzilla creature and the machine ended. As I was entering through the atmosphere, I tried my best to pilot the small ship towards Japan and ended up landing in the water instead. Luckily, I was still close to the shores and swam over there with the ship, hoping to use it as evidence of the Xiliens' existence.

As I felt the sands of the shores, I immediately dropped myself to the ground and felt myself warming up. It was the best feeling I've had after years of being frozen and I couldn't help but fall asleep and embrace the surroundings around me. However, the scar on my former eye began giving me some pain as I lifted my eyepatch and rubbed it. It quickly became night as I got up and panicked upon realizing that the ship was drifting away in the distance. I tried to swim after it, but the cold of the water reminded me of my frozen prison, causing me to stay away from it as I watched my only evidence of the Xiliens disappear.

With no one to turn to and no knowledge of the new world around me, I wandered through my country as a man out of time. I didn't know what year I was in until I looked through newspapers and saw that the year was 1995. It was overwhelming for me to learn that I have lived for nearly half a century and ended up trying to cope with this situation on my own. The only thing that I could think of was Emiko and everyone else from my time and believing that they have all passed away at some point. I sat against a wall and fell into a depressive state as the thought of all of my loved ones dying before I did had broke my heart. Even if I managed to kill Godzilla and allowed everyone to live, I knew that I would never get to see how everyone turned out. It became worse knowing that I would actually have to live with it because Grisha took away my sacrifice. My long-awaited death that I deserved. I despised him so much after that and I could never forgive him for using us humans as nothing more than experiments.

Despite recent events, I spent some time in this new world, or rather new generation, and experienced new things that somewhat amazed me, hoping to improve my morale. I saw tall buildings at every corner, along with new technological advancements that included vehicles and communication devices. I do have to say that it was certainly much better looking than back then, but I wondered how I could fit in with society now that it has drastically changed.

After a few hours of sightseeing, I decided that it was time for me to head towards the Japanese government and inform them of the Xilien threat. It became more difficult when that SpaceGodzilla creature arrived and started wreaking havoc among the city, forcing me and other civilians to flee towards shelters. I assumed that this was how people felt running away from Godzilla in 1954, but only this time, the Kaiju was flying all around and attacking multiple places at once. It got me thinking about whether Japan has been experiencing monster attacks ever since Godzilla first appeared and if more members of his kind had mutated just like this crystal variant of Godzilla. I continued these thoughts within one of the shelters and speculated whether the world really did need the Oxygen Destroyer more than once. Would it have been better off if I spread the knowledge of my research and allowed the world to use the device to combat monsters or risk another war caused by my invention ?

After waiting for hours in the shelter, I knew I would be wasting time while the Xiliens were planning their next move. I left the shelter in a hurry and made my way through the now ruined city of Fukuoka where another member of Godzilla's species appeared and battled SpaceGodzilla with the aid of Moguera. It was a dangerous sight to see as I stood too close to the battle, but it was hard for me to imagine that another Godzilla would appear after the death of the original. In the end, I watched the battle in its entirety and watched as this new Godzilla defeated its crystal variant. As for Moguera, it was the first time that I ever witnessed a massive robot being piloted by humans. I stood on the sidelines as I watched several people around the destroyed Mech and followed them in curiosity.

I was confused on why these people were not afraid of Godzilla as they all watched him swim away into the ocean, but I did hear some of them talking about how Godzilla wasn't that bad. Sure, it was years since I returned to society, but to see that the one thing that humanity feared in 1954 becoming a savior in the future was something that I never thought was possible.

Until I met Miki.

However, I actually didn't meet her officially until later on, but I did see her on that beach that day. She was holding hands with a soldier of sorts as they watched Godzilla disappear in the horizon, but I thought nothing of it and proceeded to make my way towards the government.

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1996 AD

Throughout the year, my efforts to warn humanity of Grisha and the Xiliens proved to be a waste of time. I continuously tried to make my way to the government leaders, but I was usually kicked out by soldiers who didn't believe my claims. Even my credibility didn't matter because no one knew who I was anymore and it would have been unbelievable for someone who died years ago to have suddenly risen back from the dead. Eventually, those soldiers began spreading rumors about me and my so-called delusions, calling me out to be a crazy man. Seeing as there was nothing I could do without help, I decided to give up on warning the government and the public. You think that they would believe in the existence of aliens because of Godzilla and other Kaijus, but they certainly did not.

I truly had no home to go back to and I don't know anyone that could help me in my time of need. I ended up scrounging for food and materials to make a temporary shelter out in the streets like that of a homeless person. Well, I technically was. I slowly became malnourished with the lack of food and the cold nights kept reminding me of the Xiliens, causing me to lose sleep at the same time. I knew my health wasn't getting better, but I tried my best to keep my mind sharp in order to endure the next day.

I remembered sleeping next to a shopping center that was near my old laboratory and I planned on stealing food. However, I hesitated and didn't want to resort to thievery. I decided to look for food elsewhere and left the shopping center, but I somewhat felt like someone was following me from behind. I assumed that it was Grisha, or another Xilien, so I immediately hid in an alley and waited for them to get ahead. I grabbed a broken wooden plank in the trash and prepared myself. As soon as I saw the silhouette of the person, I quickly swung the wooden plank. Only to stop just in time when I realized who was actually following me. I dropped the plank and placed my hands on my head as I learned that Emiko was the person following me, afraid that I almost hurt her out of suspicion.

"S…S-serizawa ?" Emiko stuttered as she placed her hands on my body to ensure that I was real before tearing up, "Is it really you ?"

"Y-y-yes !"

Emiko began to hug me tightly and I returned the embrace, "All those years…I thought you were gone for good. To see you here right now….it's just so…..what happened to you ?"

"It's….I…." I was too hungry to speak any further and fell to my knees.

Emiko helped me all the way over to the Yamane household, which still looks the same to me after all those years. She then cooked a variety of dishes as I waited in her living room. I looked around and noticed a few changes from the last time I came here, most notably a framed picture of myself on a bookshelf. It was nice to know that Emiko has never forgotten about me, but it must certainly be weird for her to see me the same after forty years. Emiko brought out the dishes and I proceeded to eat without hesitation. I have never eaten fresh food in such a long time that it made me regret not eating anything when I was doing my research back then. After I finished, I thanked Emiko for the meal before she started to question me about what had happened.

I explained to Emiko about Grisha's true identity and how he and his people abducted me. I told her about the torture and experimentations that I went through as a host for the Oxygen Destroyer while also being put into a cryogenic chamber that froze my body for years. I continued on to tell her how I escaped and how I spent a whole year in the modern world. I noticed some reactions from Emiko, ranging from horrified to worrisome after hearing all of the things I did.

"It breaks my heart to know that you've been through all those things and yet…no one has been there for you after you've escaped. If only I had found you sooner."

"I didn't know that you were still living here, Emiko. I figured that after all these years, you and Ogata would have lived elsewhere. Speaking of which, where is he ?"

Emiko let out a sigh as she told me, "Our relationship….became complicated, Serizawa. We did marry at one point, but it didn't last long as you'd expected. Ever since then, I've lived alone here without bearing any children to look after me. I know you told us to live happily, but so much has happened that…we just couldn't fulfill your wish for us."

"I'm….I'm sorry for the both of you. I thought for certain that you two would have had a family of sorts. I guess I was wrong."

"Nevertheless, I wasn't alone at times. I remember how my niece and nephew would help take care of me from time to time."

"Niece and nephew ?"

"Do you remember that young man, Shinkichi ? Father adopted him as his own and I accepted him as a brother. He grew up to be a scientist and had two children, Yukari and Kenichi."

"Yes, I do recall him. I didn't think that Kyohei would adopt someone, but considering Shinkichi became a scientist, I can see why. What exactly did he study ?"

"Well, he had a strong passion for studying Godzilla and other Kaijus if possible. He wanted his children to share his passion, but they went on to live different lives than he did. I can't say that I blame them for not wanting to be like their father."

"Emiko…what happened over the years while I was gone ? How did another Godzilla appear and…what other Kaijus are you talking about ?"

I listened as Emiko described various events that occurred over the last forty years. She starts off with the appearance of another Godzilla in 1955 that fought against another Kaiju before talking more about the increasing sightings of many other Kaijus. From a giant moth to a three headed dragon, it appeared that the world was constantly under attack by Kaijus and Godzilla was on the side of humanity most of the time until he disappeared for nearly ten years. However, Emiko did explain how recent years made humans afraid of Godzilla again to the point where the military developed Mech units to combat Godzilla and failed numerous times. There were other new Kaijus that appeared, but even they were defeated. Once Emiko finished, I took a minute to comprehend the Kaiju situation and how common it had become in modern society.

"It looks like I wasn't the only one that suffered. While I was held captive, the world suffered under the attacks of monsters for years and…the Oxygen Destroyer could have helped."

"Are you sure you would want to use it again ?"

"No. Honestly, I'm afraid of Grisha utilizing the device for the Xiliens. He doesn't seem to have used it yet, which means that he is still experimenting with it. We've always had problems when we researched it together, but the technology he is currently using may help him get further."

"How do you plan on stopping him, Serizawa ? If the government won't help you, then it'll be impossible for you to fight them alone."

"Damn, if only your father was still here, his credibility would have helped me convince the government about the Xiliens."

I noticed that Emiko was looking at the time before turning to me and suggesting, "I think one of Shinkichi's children could help you convince the government and the public. She should be currently working on her job."

Emiko turned on her television set and we both saw the image of Yukari at a studio, sitting at a table. As we watched the newscast together, Emiko and I focused our attention on a scientist called Kensaku Ijuin. We both became shocked to hear his invention, the Micro-Oxygen, having the potential to become a weapon despite the benefits that it provided. I widened my eye and realized how his invention closely resembles the Oxygen Destroyer, but the only difference is that the Micro-Oxygen seems more effective in solving solutions. However, I was somewhat jealous of someone being able to create something so similar to my invention and not having any drawbacks like disintegrating living organisms while being able to publicly display it instead of keeping it a secret.

Although this Ijuin guy managed to make an invention for beneficial purposes, I immediately hypothesized that Grisha would target him and steal his invention, just like he did with me. I told Emiko that I needed to get in contact with Yukari and try to get to Ijuin before Grisha does. She nodded and left a message for her niece once she was done with the interview. As we waited for Yukari's arrival, I walked around the house impatiently and became nervous about not getting to the scientist in time. It was entirely possible that Grisha might have already met up with Ijuin and created the Micro-Oxygen with him, but I didn't know that for sure.

After a few hours of waiting, Yukari arrived at theYamane household while Emiko prepared tea. Emiko and I sat across from Yukari as she was confused about who I was. While I was calming myself by drinking Emiko's tea, she explained to her niece about my situation on my behalf and the possibility of Dr. Ijuin's Micro-Oxygen being targeted by suspicious characters. After Emiko explained everything, Yukari was speechless as she turned to me.

"So…you believe that aliens are going to steal the Micro-Oxygen and use it to benefit their own species ?"

"Yes. They did the same to me when they stole my research of the Oxygen Destroyer. I assume that they will do the same with Dr. Ijuin."

"I'm sorry, Sir, but this is a lot to take in. You were dead. You sacrificed yourself to save Tokyo from Godzilla years ago and then you just show up. I don't know how anyone else might take it."

"I don't care what other people may think. As long as I can warn them about the Xilien threat before it happens. Can you help me get to Dr. Ijuin ?"

"Y-yes, I can. We'll go tomorrow when his lab opens. Hopefully, he'll be available."

"Thank you, Yukari. I hope you understand the severity of this situation."

"I do now, Sir."

The next day, I said goodbye to Emiko as I went with Yukari to Ijuin's main lab. After witnessing the massive scale of the building, I never would have imagined that Ijuin would own a lab that large. It was a lot better compared to my basement lab and much more fancier with all of the new technology like the computers. Everything was neat and organized and there was a lot of staff. I could understand just how popular this Ijuin person was and the amazing credibility he must have accumulated. This is what I imagined what my life would have been like, or somewhat close to it, but I can see that my dream can no longer happen. It looks as if someone else had already achieved what I couldn't, but I didn't want to let Grisha take it all away just like mine. We managed to find Ijuin as he was busy at his desk, but our first interaction was not what I expected it to be.

"Hmm ? What is it ?" Ijuin asked after Yukari tapped his shoulder.

"It's me, Yukari Yamane. I was the one that interviewed you recently on the newscast."

"Oh, right. You're Dr. Shinkichi's daughter. Yeah, I know you. Did you need something ?"

"I just want to introduce you to someone. I believe you know Dr. Serizawa."

As I walked up to Dr. Ijuin and presented myself, he paused for a moment before chuckling, "Hahaha ! What a good-looking costume ! You're the exact image of Dr. Serizawa."

"What ?! No, he is Serizawa ! In the flesh."

"You really expect me to believe that a man that died in 1954 is alive ? I would probably believe you if he showed signs of old age, but this guy here is pretty young looking."

"If you just let us explain, then you would understand…"

"Look, I don't have time for games, Ms. Yamane. I would really appreciate it if you didn't do something like this. And you," Ijuin turned to me, "You better take off that costume. You're just disrespecting the guy that saved Japan from Godzilla. Why don't you go and find something to do with your life instead ?"

Unbeknownst to him, he was the one that was actually showing disrespect. However, Yukari drove me back to the Yamane household and decided to talk to Ijuin on her own. She promised me that she would try to warn him about Grisha and about the Micro-Oxygen before driving back to the lab.

During the next few days, I decided to spend some time to tend to Emiko's needs. Apparently, she had nightmares from time to time about the day I "died" and also about the Oxygen Destroyer. I didn't know how badly my sacrifice and my invention had affected her mental health. Even Emiko had told me that she wasn't sure if I was just a dream to her. Although I kept reassuring her, I just couldn't help but feel sorry for Emiko. As we continued waiting for Yukari to deal with Ijuin, Emiko received a call from her nephew, Kenichi, and told me that he was coming over. I hate to say it, but it turns out that Kenichi was more of a help than Ijuin was when I met him. The only catch was….

"This is Dr. Serizawa ?!" Kenichi was stunned to meet me in person as we shook hands, "This is unbelievable ! Auntie, how come you didn't let me know sooner ?"

"I thought you would have found it hard to believe unless you met him in person first, Ken," Emiko explained, "It was hard for anyone to believe that Serizawa was alive anyway."

"Yeah, I think I can understand," Kenichi turned to me, "But what luck ! You may not believe this, Dr. Serizawa, but now that you're actually alive, you're just the person that I needed to see."

"What for ?"

"From the stories my Auntie told me, I know that you don't want to use the Oxygen Destroyer again, but….I really need you to make another one."

"What ?" Emiko and I said together.

"I-I know that it's a big favor to ask, but it's really important. I need the Oxygen Destroyer to defeat Godzilla before he destroys the Earth."

"Destroy the Earth ? What do you mean by that ?" I asked him.

"Well, you see. I don't know if you two have seen the news lately, but…Godzilla is undergoing some kind of nuclear reaction that will cause him to explode and eliminate all life on Earth. As of right now, the Military can't launch any kind of physical attack or else they'll risk igniting Godzilla's explosion sooner. That's why we're going with another method of killing Godzilla…by killing him chemically with the Oxygen Destroyer."

It was just like 1954 all over again. I was asked to make another weapon of destruction in an effort to defeat Godzilla once more. Only this time, aliens are involved. Before I could warn the Earth of the Xiliens, I had to save it once more from Godzilla.

"There's no possible way Serizawa would be up to that task. He's been through too much to develop that weapon again."

"But Auntie, it's the only way to defeat Godzilla in this state. There's just no other way."

"It's okay, Emiko. I'll do it."

They were both surprised at my response, but I explained my reasoning, "Everyone is going to die if I don't do something. I learned that now. The Oxygen Destroyer worked the first time, so it will work again. With the new technology of this generation, I can recreate the device to make it so that we can detonate it from afar."

"But Serizawa….what about the Xiliens ?"

"Who ?" Ken asked, but we ignored his question.

"In terms of priority, Godzilla potentially ending the world is more important. Besides, we can deal with the Xiliens afterwards. I just don't want people to suffer again, Emiko."

She sighed and nodded in agreement, "If you're okay with it, then I'm okay with it. Just don't stress yourself too much like how you used to. If you can, come back safely."

I kneeled down and I held onto Emiko's hand before declaring to her, "I will be back, Emiko. Unlike last time, I won't be sacrificing myself again. Once everything is done. Once Godzilla and the Xiliens are defeated, I will come back and care for you until you live your life to the fullest. I promise you that."

"I know you will, Serizawa. And I'll be waiting."

"Let's go, Ken," I said as we both went out of the Yamane household.

As we got into his automobile, he asked me, "So…what do we need to make the Oxygen Destroyer ?"

"Well, I went to Dr. Ijuin's lab earlier with your sister and I believe that he might have everything we need. The only problem is that he doesn't believe that I am Serizawa."

"I think that I know the person that could help. She can convince Dr. Ijuin that you are….well, you. I just hope that she's not too busy working."

Kenichi then drove me to a place known as G-Force, where the government monitors every activity caused by Godzilla. Some of the soldiers guarding the area recognize me as the crazy man, but Kenichi managed to vouch for me. It made sense because he was an important asset in the analysis of Godzilla's nuclear reaction.

Eventually, we managed to reach the division where Kenichi's help was at. At that moment was when I officially met Miki for the first time ever. For what was supposed to be a temporary interaction, Miki and I would never expect that we would be a part of each others' lives.

"Hello, Miki," Kenichi greeted her, "I have a favor to ask of you. I hope you're not too busy looking for Junior right now."

"Well, I'm onto something, but what's the favor ?" She asked as she turned to see me, "Oh, you must be that crazy man I've been hearing all about."

"He's uh…not actually crazy. I know it's hard to believe, but this is the real Dr. Serizawa."

Miki proceeded to close her eyes and at first I was confused until I soon learned about her psychic powers.

Once she opened them again, Miki rubbed her head like she had a headache, "You really are Serizawa….I'm sorry for everything you've been through."

"Oh, don't worry about the rumors from those soldiers. I don't really care."

"No, I mean with the Xiliens. They've tortured you for so long, but you managed to endure and keep on going. I wish I could have met you sooner so I could have shown your memories to my superiors."

"Excuse me ? How do you know about that ? And what do you mean show my memories ?"

"Oh, right. I assumed that you knew 'that' part about me. I'm basically what people refer to as a Psychic. I can read the minds of living organisms as well as move objects and such."

"A Psychic ? I always thought they were nothing but frauds that pretended to know your future."

"Well, I'm the real deal. Or at least I was years prior. Lately, I can feel my powers fading, so I won't be much use to the G-Force any longer. At least I'll be able to live a normal life afterwards."

"I'm sure you will. A normal life is something I could never have anymore. I envy you, Miki. Once you do live a normal life, that is."

"Yeah. Before I do, though. Let me help you with your situation first."

I nodded as Miki joined Kenichi and I on our way towards Ijuin's lab. I asked Kenichi to contact his sister in an effort to know what Dr. Ijuin has been doing and seeing his schedule. After learning about how Ijuin actually referenced my work and took soil samples from the same place that I used the Oxygen Destroyer, it was clear to me that Grisha would most definitely be after the Micro-Oxygen and might consider Ijuin a valuable asset like me. I told Yukari to continue keeping an eye on Ijuin and make sure that no one suspicious could get near him.

Once we arrived at the lab, Miki, Kenichi, and I hurried to reach Ijuin and Yukari. Luckily, they have not been compromised yet, but Ijuin saw me and became annoyed that he almost called security on me. However, Miki managed to show him my memories from my supposed death to my torture at the hands of the Xiliens. After witnessing all I experienced, Ijuin took a moment to sit down and placed his hands on his head as his eyes widened in shock.

He then turned to me before bowing repeatedly, "I'm so very sorry for my disrespectfulness towards you, Dr. Serizawa, and I'm sorry for not believing what you and Yukari told me !"

"It's alright, Ijuin. I probably wouldn't have believed myself either, but now we must get to important business. I need your assistance in helping me recreate the Oxygen Destroyer."

"Oxygen Destroyer ? You want me to help you make one ?"

I nodded, but Ijuin just shook his head slowly, "I'm sorry, Dr. Serizawa, but even if I could help you make another one, there's just one problem with that."

Before Ijuin could elaborate, Yukari received a call from an aquarium and learned of something of interest. As Miki decided to return to G-Force in order to continue looking for someone called Junior, I went with everyone else towards the aquarium. Seeing law enforcement at an aquarium was another first for me, seeing as I can't understand why police would be there in the first place. Until I learned of something horrific.

I, along with a crowd of people, watched security footage through a monitor and became shocked to see that fish in the aquarium were disintegrating. Exactly like the fish in my lab when I placed the Oxygen Destroyer in their tanks. At first, I thought that it was Grisha that managed to use his own Oxygen Destroyer, but Ijuin explained that it was something else entirely. Apparently, the disintegration of the fish was caused by mutated Precambrian crustaceans after Ijuin analyzed more of the footage back at his lab. He said that they originated from the soil samples that he experimented on, which meant only one thing.

"My…Oxygen Destroyer made them ? So…it's my fault ?"

"Yes, I believe that your fear of the Oxygen Destroyer becoming something dangerous has come true. Not only that, but my Micro-Oxygen has been combined with them. That could mean…they would evolve further beyond anything we've ever seen."

He even showed me a glass bottle, which had a small hole on it, as proof of the creatures' existence. I thought that the worst thing the Oxygen Destroyer could do was be turned into a weapon, but mutating prehistoric life forms was just as bad.

As night fell, news of the creatures spread as they began their assault, forcing many law enforcement personnel to combat them. While Kenichi returned to G-Force, I went with Yukari and Ijuin to the place of the attack in order to see for myself what horrors I have unleashed into the world.

With a huge crowd gathering around the area and news reporters capturing every perspective of the area, I watched the entire scene take place. After a while, the people trying to fight back against the creatures were losing greatly until one of the creatures appeared in front of the crowd, causing all of the civilians to leave. The red demonic form of those creatures were much more frightening than that of Godzilla and the gaseous beams that they fired from their mouths closely resembled the Oxygen Destroyer chemical. My invention was a weapon and a monster combined into one. It was definitely my nightmare in physical form.

Then, for a split second, I saw Grisha in the corner of my eye as I turned and saw him standing with the fleeing crowd. I had to know for sure that it was him, but I couldn't after seeing Yukari in danger. She was being pursued by one of the creatures and became trapped within a police car. Before I could do anything, I turned back and saw that Grisha was gone. I wasn't sure whether it was a hallucination caused by the stress in my body after seeing something horrific, or if that was actually him observing the creatures like I was, but my eye scar began hurting again. Nevertheless, I went and tried to rescue Emiko's niece. With the help of Ijuin, we both managed to help Yukari out of the police car and helped her escape. Afterwards, the law enforcement managed to hold back the creatures and managed to kill one of them, effectively giving us a sample of its DNA.

Ijuin and I began conducting experiments with the creature's DNA, along with various others as well. Remembering what I could from Grisha's experiments on me when I had the Oxygen Destroyer in my body, I gave Ijuin some tips of the experiments and we managed to learn that the Micro-Oxygen in the creature's DNA had the same weakness. This led to the development of freezer weapons being utilized not only for Godzilla, but also the creatures when they arise once more.

I continued being with Ijuin and the military as they started to use the freezer weapons against the creatures. However, the situation became bigger. Literally. The creatures merged and became one larger being, causing Ijuin to give it the name "Destoroyah". The creature continued showing other abilities, such as a transformation to a flying form and DNA absorption when it encountered Godzilla Junior for the first time. I had thought that Junior was a person, but learning that it was actually a juvenile member of Godzilla's species, it made me wonder if Godzilla had reproduced at some point during my capture. After Destoroyah disappeared, I went on a helicopter with Ijuin and Yukari as we followed Godzilla Junior from the air for several hours.

From my experience, Godzilla was a force of destruction that needed to be stopped before all of humanity was eliminated. I managed to kill the original back in 1954 and I didn't feel any regret in killing a creature like him. However, once I saw Junior reuniting with his father, it was a side of Godzilla that I never saw. A sentient creature with complex emotions. I didn't know how to feel about it, but it was an emotional sight. Was it wrong for us humans to kill something without understanding it first ? Even if it posed a huge threat to our survival ?

Regardless, the reunion was cut short as Destoroyah made his return. Except this time, he's achieved another form that made him even bigger than Godzilla and much more demonic looking than his previous forms. Destoroyah quickly caught the two Godzillas off guard before picking Junior up and bringing him into the air. We all wondered where Destoroyah was taking Junior until he suddenly dropped him onto a building, resulting in a small explosion that could possibly have killed the juvenile Kaiju.

Then, Godzilla proceeded to get into the fight of his life as he and Destoroyah brutally attacked each other to the point where they both drew blood. The fight shifted from a one on one to a group attack on Godzilla when Destoroyah broke into numerous smaller copies of himself. During the fight, however, we received a call from Kenichi about Miki and another lady, Meru Ozama, being stranded in the battlefield near Junior's body. We quickly flew over and managed to rescue them both in time before Godzilla made it over to his child.

I…saw something that brought more insight on Godzilla's emotional side. He looked like he was grieving over Junior's dying body and it was a side of Godzilla that I probably never would have seen under different circumstances. I noticed next to me that Miki was softly crying at the scene, causing me to wonder what her story was with Godzilla.

"Miki…are you okay ? You're tearing up a lot," I told her.

"Sorry, I just…I just…." Miki begins crying harder as she wipes her tears away, "I feel sorry for Godzilla…after everything he did for us, despite everything we did to him."

"You….really care about Godzilla, don't you ?"

"I do. Possibly more than any human should," Miki stated as she continues explaining, "When I first read Godzilla's mind with my psychic abilities, I learned that he possesses similar feelings like we humans do. But all people cared about was killing him and not seeing the bigger picture. He's not a wild animal like some say he is. Godzilla is….more smarter than we believed him to be."

"I don't think I could ever understand Godzilla the way you do, but if I did, I don't know how things would have changed in 1954. I don't know if I would have used the Oxygen Destroyer on Godzilla if I was more sympathetic towards him."

"Well, you did what you had to do back then. I don't blame you. That Godzilla from 1954 is different from this current one, so there was no way to tell if they both would end up the same. Maybe they would, but like I said. There was no way to tell."

She was right. I wasn't sure how things would have changed in the past if Godzilla was understood more by humans, but that opportunity has passed now. Miki might be the only human in history that will ever understand Godzilla's emotions, mostly because we believed that with Junior dead, Godzilla is truly the last of his kind. And he was going to die very soon.

Before he did, Godzilla became angry and continued his battle with Destoroyah. At first, Godzilla appeared losing until we witnessed his power increasing exponentially to the point where his dorsal plates were melting. It was a clear sign that Godzilla was close to ending the world, which prompted the Military to intervene in the battle. Godzilla proceeds to brutally attack Destoroyah with his Atomic Breath, causing the latter to flee the battle in the air. However, Destoroyah soon gets attacked by the Military's freezer weapons, preventing it from getting away.

"This is it ! Destoroyah will succumb to his weakness !" Ijuin pointed out.

However, I saw that Miki, along with Meru, were closing their eyes, indicating that they were using their powers. Miki widened her eyes in shock as she told us, "There's something else out there !"

I looked and watched closely at Destoroyah as he was at the brink of death. Until a bright light engulfed the Kaiju and slowly disintegrated him. The bright light was gone, but Ijuin and Yukari were cheering at Destoroyah's supposed defeat. However, Miki, Meru, and I knew that Destoroyah was taken away by a mysterious force. I knew, for certain, that it was none other than Grisha, who took the Kaiju just like he took me. It was odd that he didn't take Godzilla as well, but it made sense since Godzilla was reaching dangerously high temperatures and would soon create armageddon.

Just in time, the Military managed to stop the impending doom after firing multiple freezer weapons at Godzilla. Although they prevented the end of the world, we all watched as Godzilla was melting down, revealing his skeleton in the process. Miki was crying once more at the sight of Godzilla's horrifying and painful death. I placed my hand on her shoulder as I reassured her, but even I felt bad for Godzilla, despite my initial views. Who would have expected that I would have seen three Godzillas die in my life, but I would end up feeling pity for the last two. As Godzilla slowly melted away into nothing, radiation was seen expanding throughout Tokyo, effectively rendering the city inhabitable.

"Looks like Godzilla turned this place into a ghost town now," Ijuin said.

"This is what I feared when I first made the Oxygen Destroyer. Seeing it in front of me now. It's certainly frightening."

"If only humanity had never developed nuclear weapons, this would never have happened. It seems that we paid for it now," Yukari stated.

I looked over to Miki as she was sniffling, "My work here is done, Godzilla. Farewell, old friend."

We all flew away from the area before the radiation could get to us, but it appears that the radiation was dissipating for some reason. Eventually, a small roar was heard, causing Miki to perk up and everyone else to look outside. We saw a silhouette of Junior, but he appeared much larger and was very alive. Miki began to fill with hope as she wipes her tears and smiles as Junior was roaring louder and moving about. Junior had finally become the Next Godzilla.

As Junior….no, Godzilla returned to the ocean, we all returned to G-Force where the Military leaders discussed their next move. In the meantime, Miki officially gets replaced by Meru and decides on what she wants to do with her life now that her powers are fading away. With the end of the world prevented and my involvement no longer needed in an attempt to kill Godzilla, I decided to bring my attention back to the Xiliens. Before I could tell the government what I knew, I decided to help Ijuin destroy his research on Micro-Oxygen, along with helping Miki find a new purpose in life by bringing her to the Yamane household.

Yukari drove Kenichi, Miki and I to Emiko's house as I was discussing some things with Miki.

"Have you given any thought about what you wanted to do ?" I asked her.

"Well, after using my powers to understand Godzilla, I want others to be able to do the same. Maybe….I could open a school for psychics and help them harness their powers to communicate with Kaijus."

"That seems like a really good idea, Miki. Maybe I can help you with publicity stuff on the newscast that I work at. It'll help send a message to other psychics around the world," Yukari suggested.

"If anything, I would also like to help out with the school," Kenichi offered.

"That would be nice, Ken. I would really appreciate the help," Miki nodded.

"Do you think that you'll be able to see Junior again ?" I asked.

"I don't know. I hope so one day. Now that he's alive again, I want to be able to see him too."

"Maybe instead of killing this time, I could take the chance to understand him. Like you."

"Yeah, that sounds good."

We arrived at Emiko's house and left the automobile while my eye scar continued hurting. Once we went inside, I expected to turn my life around and not focus so much on science anymore. Still, I want to continue my efforts in benefiting humanity in any way I can, starting with taking down Grisha and the Xiliens. However, what I didn't expect was Grisha making the next move so suddenly.

As I, along with Miki, Kenichi, and Yukari, stood in the living room of the Yamane household, we all were in shock to see Grisha and five Xiliens sitting besides Emiko, who was held at gunpoint by one of the Xiliens. We couldn't do anything except stand still and not make any sudden moves that could get Emiko hurt. Grisha was the first to break the silence as he stood up and approached me.

"I told you that we would find you again. I just didn't think that you would go to the most obvious place. Then again, you are human. Sentimentality is a part of your nature. Instead of going into hiding, you returned to someone familiar and disregarded your safety with your feelings."

"At least I have feelings, Grisha. Did you ever have any or were you just faking it all ?"

"Feelings are unnecessary for my race. The computers on Planet X dictated our lives and the computers themselves are controlled by the Controller of our race. It makes for a more efficient production of results when dealing with our experiments, which prevents us from feeling any sympathy for other living beings. Like you."

"You son of a bitch ! Who gives a shit about efficiency ?! I'd rather throw away science and progress if it means not being able to love and care for someone else !"

"That's why we Xiliens will succeed where you have failed. You couldn't improve the Oxygen Destroyer, but Dr. Ijuin did. It's a shame that he had to give up as well. Regardless, if he hadn't used reference to your work, we would have taken him too. Instead, he only used your work as a basis for his, which means there is no reason for us to take him anymore. We would've killed you and have Ijuin replace you as our main test subject, but it seems you got lucky."

"Then just go ahead and take me, Grisha ! Just leave everyone alone !"

"What makes you think you're the only one we're taking ?"

"What do you mean ?"

Then, I realized that there was only one person in the room that stood out than everyone else. I slowly turned to Miki, who was the only living being that actually has natural powers.

"That's right, Serizawa. Did you actually think that we spent all of our time experimenting on you ? No. We took some time to look over the Earth and came across her. We saw her abilities in action and how it was strong enough to communicate with a Kaiju mind. Something that we Xiliens need after our failure to control them with magnetic waves back in 1965."

Emiko widened her eyes, "So…you were the ones that sent that dragon. That….King Ghidorah to attack Earth years ago."

"Yes. Everything else about me may have been fake, but my people's drought problem is real. Since it took my scientists and I too long to utilize the Oxygen Destroyer to its potential, the Controller decided to take a more direct approach and sent King Ghidorah to your planet so that we could take your water. However, you humans managed to counteract our mind control on the Kaiju, forcing us to look for an alternative method of mind control. Which leads us to her. Miki Saegusa."

Miki shook her head, "You don't want me. My powers are almost gone. I'll be completely useless to you."

"Then we'll find a replacement. Maybe we can take Meru Ozawa with us."

"No ! No….fine. I'll come with you. Just don't take her."

"Miki, what are you doing ?!" I said to her, "If you can't use your powers properly, then they'll surely kill you and take Meru !"

"I'll just have to endure it. For her sake. The G-Force needs her now, not me. I can't let them take her away when the world needs psychics."

"Then it's decided. The Xiliens will claim the both of you as our property. Take them !"

The Xiliens proceeded to grab both Miki and I while Emiko, Yukari, and Kenichi tried to fight back against them, only to fail as the Xiliens pushed them away. Before the Xiliens could carry us out of the house, Ijuin suddenly arrived at the front door and let himself in.

"Hey, everyone. I brought some wine over to celebrate. I hope you won't mind…"

Ijuin was stunned to see the Xiliens that one of them pulled out a gun and aimed at him immediately. Yukari quickly grabbed the Xilien's arm and caused him to miss Ijuin, who quickly reacted and threw the wine bottle. I punched one of the Xiliens holding him before pushing the other. Miki even tried to fight back with the help of Kenichi while Ijuin went and tackled the Xilien struggling against Yukari. I then set my sights upon Grisha and ran over to him in a fit of rage. Next thing I knew, Grisha and I went into a fist fight. We repeatedly threw hooks at each other to the point where Grisha slowly gained the upper hand. With his superior strength, Grisha managed to beat me and knocked me to the ground.

As I began coughing blood, I looked up to see the Xiliens standing over my allies triumphantly. They were beaten except for Emiko, who went over and checked on Kenichi and Yukari. Miki was being carried again and Ijuin was breathing heavily as he sat against a wall. Seeing them hurt made me realize that I could have helped them escape. I should have taken the opportunity of the Xiliens' distraction and helped everyone escape, but my rage towards Grisha led me to the wrong choice. Grisha then picked me up and carried me out of the house with Miki and the other Xiliens. The beating I received from Grisha slowly forced me into an unconscious state, but I managed to see Emiko crying while holding Yukari and Kenichi in her arms as they were unconscious. She turned to look at me while crying as if she didn't want me to go. As if she was saying that I just came back to her and now I'm gone again. I reached my hand out to her and tried to crawl to her, but Grisha kept on pulling me away. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse….

"No witnesses. Kill them all," Grisha ordered his men as one of the Xiliens prepared an explosive device and threw it into the Yamane household.

I widened my eye as the device landed right in front of Emiko and her niece and nephew just seconds before it exploded in a fiery blast. I screamed at the top of my lungs and I struggled to get over to them, but Grisha's firm grip on me prevented me from saving them. Ijuin, Yukari, Kenichi, and Emiko. They were all dead because of me. What was wrong with me ? Why was I fated to lose those closest to me ? And why must I always be the only one to survive instead of them ? Why couldn't it have been me ?

I thought I was never going back to that frozen prison after I escaped the first time, but it was even worse the second time. With Miki being the new test subject on mind control, Grisha conducted the same torture on her that he did with me. It hurt me so much that I had to watch Miki receive the same fate I did. Luckily, she didn't seem to have it just as bad as I did, but still. I saw Grisha removing blood from her and injecting her with some kind of serum that would have helped her regain her powers, but it never really worked as Miki's psychic powers were getting weaker. Eventually, they decided to freeze her alongside me after getting whatever results they needed from Miki, saving us for later. It would only take a miracle for me and Miki to escape, which surprisingly came in the form of the Earth Defense Force.

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20XX AD

Miki and I never got to know what year we were in, but we knew it was far into the future. We were still frozen within one of the Xiliens cargo ships, but it wasn't until the Earth Defense Force shot that ship down by accident that we were thawed from our cold prison. I was the first to wake up and caught a glimpse of several soldiers coming towards me with bright lights shone on my face. They broke apart the chamber and carried me out, along with Miki in the other chamber. However, I didn't see any sign of the Xiliens nearby and noticed that a majority of the ship was missing, indicating that Miki and I were the only ones found in the ship. I became unconscious once more after the cryogenic process took the stamina out of me, causing me to become severely exhausted.

I took a deep breath as I was suddenly woken up after feeling somewhat rejuvenated. I looked around my surroundings and saw that Miki and I were in some kind of futuristic medical room. I looked over on Miki's side and saw that she was still asleep, which gave me relief to know that she was okay. I proceeded to remove the IV connected to my arm and went to look for someone nearby to know where we were, but it appeared that two people already saw me. You all would already know them to be Ozaki and Miyuki. They both approached me as I slowly walked towards them.

"Looks like one of them is finally awake. About time," Ozaki said.

"Considering the reports say that they've been in some kind of cryogenic chamber, I'm surprised that he's still not asleep. Then again, better than to be in a coma," Miyuki said as she wrote something down on her notepad.

"Who are you people ? Where am I ?"

"Well, Sir, you're currently in the medical room of the Defense Force Museum. The EDF managed to find you and this lady here upon a crashed vessel in the middle of the ocean."

"We thought you guys were aliens for a second, but when we took a closer look, we were surprised to see two normal humans," Ozaki scratched his head.

"You Mutants were lucky that you didn't blow them up," Miyuki said as she looked through some notes by Miki's bed, "But it seems like this lady might not be entirely human."

"What do you mean Miki isn't entirely human ?" I asked Miyuki, "That doesn't make sense."

"Well, I mean she is still a human, but…she has traces of M-Base within her DNA. Low amounts, though."

"So you're saying that she's a Mutant ?" Ozaki asked.

"A Mutant ? M-Base ? What are you two talking about ?"

Miyuki completely ignored me as she continued taking notes, "Hmm…Doesn't seem to have knowledge of the M-Organization. Maybe they're both possibly from the early 21st century."

As Miyuki continued to take notes, Ozaki placed me back down on my bed and decided to explain things to me, "Listen, man. I get that you're confused and shit, but let me try to break it down for you everything you've missed after you tell me what you remember. Good ?"

"Um…fine. The last year that I remember is….19….96…." I was suddenly hit with a mental flashback of Emiko and her family's death as I thought more about what happened before I was frozen a second time.

As I was tearing up, Ozaki patted me on the back, confused about my emotional breakdown, "Hey, hey, hey, man. Don't cry. Sure, you missed like….a whole lot of years, but at least you're still here. Unless…you had a family or something like that."

"I did have a family, but….I lost them before I got frozen," I said while hardening my fists until I remembered that the ship crashed, "Hold on, was there anyone else in the crash along with us ?"

"Nah. You and this chick were the only ones we found. You know who froze you guys ?"

"I do…and I'm going to be the one to kill him," I got up from the bed until Ozaki forced me down with one hand, surprising me with his immense strength.

"Look, I don't know what's going on, but you really should tell us everything you know right now. If this guy put you two on ice and you seem to really hate the fucking guy, then we should know exactly how big of a threat he is. So…tell us everything."

Seeing as I couldn't do anything against him, I decided to tell Ozaki and Miyuki everything that happened. From 1954 to 1996, from the Oxygen Destroyer to the Xiliens. All that I could remember before being frozen each time. From the looks on their faces, I could tell that they were compelled by my story, yet emotional at the same time.

Miyuki placed down her notes before turning to me, "So….you're 'the' Serizawa. The one that created the Oxygen Destroyer many years ago. I did hear some rumors about you from the 90's about how you were still possibly alive, but it seems that they're true."

"Damn, I can't imagine what it must have been like to live that kind of life," Ozaki stated, "That guy you mentioned, Grisha, seems like a real asshole."

"You two believe me ? That's a first. Everyone other than the people I knew never would have believed such a thing."

"Well, you're in a generation where there are people with superpowers now. Basically, anyone would believe anything. Other than that, I wonder what her powers are," Ozaki said as we all turned to see Miki.

"Oh, uh…I believe that she has some sort of mind powers. Like a Psychic."

"A Psychic ? Amazing !" Miyuki perked up, "Finally, something related to the power of the mind rather than the muscle. This could prove that there are more than one variation of the Mutant species, along with different powers."

"There's nothing wrong with muscle. Did you forget that Mutants managed to defeat Kaijus with pure strength ? What the hell do we need Psychics for ? To tell our fortunes ?"

"Not like you would understand, Ozaki. Psychics were basically the first superhumans to exist and were used to repel Kaijus from populated cities long before the M-Organization was founded. Now that we have this lady with M-Base in her DNA and possibly proof of her powers, she and that petrified monster, Gigan, are evidence that Mutants might have existed for thousands of years."

"What about Doc over here ? What are we going to do about him ?"

"Just let me go. I've told you everything and now I have nothing else except for getting back at the bastard that took everything from me. Besides, it's not like you all would take the time to help someone like me anyway."

I quickly decided to leave as Ozaki and Miyuki attempted to stop me, but surprisingly, Miki was the one that did. She woke up and called out my name as I turned over to see her sitting up on her bed.

"Serizawa. I want to come with you too."

"No, Miki. You've been through a lot of torture from Grisha and the Xiliens. You need to stay and rest."

"I'm not going to sit back and do nothing. You're not alone this time. You have help."

"Not that I think that you're crazy or anything, Doc, but….if all this talk about aliens is true, then you might wanna need some help from the Mutants," Ozaki added.

"Not just the Mutants, but possibly from the UN if you tell them your story. We can support you along the way," Miyuki also supported Ozaki and Miki.

"I don't know why, but it doesn't make sense for you three to help me. You all barely know me."

"Maybe so, but who's to say that we don't have goals of our own ? I'm hoping to see these 'aliens' and create a thesis on extraterrestrial lifeforms and how they relate to the origins of Mutants."

"As for me," Ozaki sighs, thinking of what he gains from helping me, "I honestly don't know. Maybe I just want to see what it's like to fight some aliens."

Miki even tried to get up from bed and said to me, "You have another chance to stop them, Serizawa. We can get help this time. And we can stop Grisha from hurting more people."

At that point, Miyuki and Ozaki did not know how dangerous the Xiliens were, but I was glad that they offered their help despite having different motivations than me. As for Miki, she was the only one who could understand my pain and what I've been through, along with what I've lost. However, I didn't know exactly what Miki lost back in her time, but I figured that she was just like me now. I nodded as I thought back to my days of isolation when working on the Oxygen Destroyer. Even to the times when Grisha was once my friend and partner. I didn't fully trust Miyuki and Ozaki yet, but I also didn't want to isolate myself anymore.

I calmed myself down and stayed with Miki in the medical room for a while as Ozaki got called into action. Apparently, there were multiple sightings of Kaijus around the world at the same time, forcing Ozaki and other soldiers to combat them. That was the first time that Miki and I learned of the Earth Defense Force and their sub-group, the M-Organization, in detail. Miyuki, Miki, and I were watching the news reports of the Mutants and the EDF fighting back the numerous Kaijus. Aside from Godzilla, SpaceGodzilla, Junior, and Destoroyah, I have never seen so many species of Kaiju at once and was shocked to know how easily they could take over the world if given the chance.

As Miki and I were instructed to remain in the medical room by Miyuki as she went to deal with the Kaiju situation, Miki and I took the chance to get to know more about each other while we waited. I learned more about her adventures during the 90s as she dealt with various interesting, and extremely risky, events. I was amazed at her stories of meeting these tiny women known as the Shobijins, being captured by the Japanese Mafia, and even meeting people from the future. Despite the possibility of time travel existing, Miki quickly dismissed using that method to defeat the Xiliens since the technology was long destroyed. In all honesty, it was relaxing to hear her stories as they distracted me from my grudge on Grisha.

"You've certainly been through a lot yourself, Miki. I'm surprised that you managed to keep yourself together all that time."

"It was certainly very stressful for me over the years, but it eventually came naturally to me like my powers. However, that part of my life is gone now. Just like my powers will be."

"Why do you think your powers are disappearing so suddenly ? Is it because you've overused them or something else ?"

"I don't know, really. It could be for a variety of reasons, but….there's no point in me trying to get it back. Not even Grisha's experiments on me worked on bringing them back. Besides, it seems that the world doesn't need Psychics anymore."

"Maybe it does. The world probably just needs to be reminded of that. Compared to me, you're a lot more useful. In fact, I wish I had killed myself the day my home was lost to the Americans. Maybe Emiko and everyone else would be better off without me, Grisha would have never learned about the Oxygen Destroyer, and Destoroyah would never have been created."

"Think about the better things that came of it like…like…."

"Like nothing. There was absolutely no benefit of me creating the Oxygen Destroyer. It only brought more problems. In regards to the first Godzilla in 1954, you showed me that there could have been alternatives to dealing with him instead of killing him right away with a weapon that could destroy the world in an instant."

My head was down as I sat next to Miki on her bed and continued my rant, "Even if we did manage to warn the world of the Xiliens this time, I know for a fact that this all could have been avoided if I simply didn't exist. I got you involved in this situation and you paid the price for it. You didn't deserve what Grisha did to you, but I did."

"You didn't deserve it either. From what I saw in your mind, you always had good intentions. There were times when you had flaws in your efforts, but you never lost sight of what you desired. No matter how much Grisha did to try and break you, you endured everything and continued to fight for humanity."

I wanted to believe her words. I wanted to believe that everything wasn't my fault and that I didn't deserve the fate that fell upon me. I just couldn't. I admit that her involvement with me was my fault, but I hoped to never let this happen to anyone else again. In order to ensure that, I knew that if I were to stop the Xilien threat, I would have to die trying. At that point on, I wasn't afraid of death anymore.

We decided to continue watching the news of the Kaiju attacks just as Ozaki and his squad of Mutants defeated a massive crustacean Kaiju. However, there were multiple reports of Kaijus suddenly disappearing from each city, creating confusion among the public and the military. Miki and I were then presented with footage of an odd looking ship, which was obviously extraterrestrial in origin due to the markings on the exterior and its bizarre design. A nearby news helicopter managed to get an above view of a building near the EDF base where Miki and I saw Namikawa and Kunikida, along with other soldiers that were aiming their weapons at the massive vessel. Ozaki and Miyuki shortly arrived on the scene as Muasaka was there as well until Naotaro appeared from a bright light in front of everyone. Some conversation happened between Naotaro and Namikawa, but it quickly ended as they and Kunikida disappeared. The bright light emanating from the ship was something I was too familiar with. I knew for sure that the Xiliens had returned once more.

I was right as Naotaro reveals the Xiliens, not as enemies, but as allies. Despite my frustration, I was shocked to see how the public easily accepted the Xiliens as saviors, which further angered me. It got worse as I saw Naotaro and the Controller of the Xiliens warn the Earth of incoming danger from a planet called Gorath, but I knew that it had to be some sort of hoax created by the Xiliens. I wasn't sure, however, if Naotaro was held against his will at the time, but I disliked him for supporting the Xiliens without hesitation. After the Xiliens integrated themselves into our society, I decided to head over to Miyuki's office with Miki in order to act fast before Grisha and the Xiliens do something dangerous. Although I had not seen Grisha yet, I knew that he must have some knowledge about me and Miki being alive from the crash and warned his people about us.

Miki and I finally reached Miyuki's office where she and Ozaki were watching a news cast about several people talking about the Xiliens.

Ozaki turned to me and asked, "Hey, Doc. This whole thing with the Xiliens is definitely bullshit, huh ?"

"No doubt about it. They are trying to compromise our higher-ups and our military forces in order to take us out or something. We just need some kind of proof to show their true intentions."

"Why don't you just show yourself to the public ? If the people knew that you had first-hand experience with the Xiliens, then they'll listen to what you have to say," Miyuki suggested.

"I've already tried that in the 90s. It didn't really work out. Besides, I don't think that it is a good idea for me to reveal myself and attract the attention of the Xiliens towards me."

"If only we had some other proof, something not related to us, Serizawa," Miki told me.

"I can't believe it !"

We all turned to the door and saw a young lady, who was revealed to be Miyuki's sister, Anna. The two sisters hugged before turning back to us, with Anna approaching me and Miki in fascination.

"Amazing. You're….Daisuke Serizawa…..and you're….Miki Saegusa," Anna pointed out before turning to her sister, "You were right, Miyuki. They are the real deal. It is nice to meet such historical figures from the past right in front of me. Then again, you're both in the present now, so…."

"I'm surprised that you and your sister here know about us," Miki stated, "I understand Serizawa, but how is it possible for people to know me ?"

"Well, once Mutants were exposed to the world, there used to be talks about Psychics being Mutants and you were one of the main people in the discussion. Sadly, Psychics were no longer needed as the Military decided to use the Mutants for physical combat against Kaijus, creating for more effective solutions and leaving the existence of Psychics lost in history."

"Oh, I see."

"Anyways, I didn't come here just to see you two in the flesh. I came here because I believe that I have proof that the Secretary General isn't himself."

Anna pulled up footage of Naotaro on a monitor and slowed it down for us to examine what exactly looked off. At first, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary until something about Naotaro reminded me of Grisha back when we worked together. I created a connection between the two and finally noticed that they both didn't blink at all. I thought it was a strange habit of Grisha's, but now I realized with the help of Miyuki and Anna, there was a huge possibility that Naotaro was an Xilien in disguise.

"We need to go talk to him. Maybe we can learn something from him," Anna suggested.

"You three go, Miki and I will stay behind. We can't reveal ourselves just yet," I told them before turning to Miyuki, "Do you think that you could get some kind of sample from the Secretary General ? Like his hair or anything while you're at it ?"

"I'll try my best to get some hair samples. It'll be better if we could get blood from him. Although, it's highly unlikely."

Ozaki, Miyuki, and Anna left as Miki and I remained in the office. After a while, Miyuki somehow did get some blood from Naotaro, much to my surprise. I wanted to ask her how she obtained it, but I brushed it off and helped her in analyzing Naotaro's blood. Just as Anna and I suspected, the components that make up Naotaro's blood are not human related, proving that he is an Xilien. This discovery also raised some questions about what other lies the Xiliens threw at us, which led us to the planet, Gorath. While Ozaki went to inform Namikawa about the situation, Miyuki received a call from her colleague, Dr. Hachiro Jinguji, about Gorath. Once Ozaki returned, we all headed to meet Dr. Jinguji and learned from him that Gorath is a hologram. Along with the news of Gorath being a fake, Ozaki even brought more bad news when he told us that even Namikawa was an Xilien.

"They must have switched our leaders when they were taken into the ship," Miki speculated, "Who knows how many people are compromised."

"How do we know who to trust then ?" Miyuki asked.

Ozaki snickered before suggesting, "Well, it's possible that there's still one person we can trust."

As I waited for Ozaki to retrieve his acquaintance, I waited with the girls in Miyuki's office. We were discussing ways to find out more information on the Xiliens and who they compromised. For some odd reason, my eye scar was feeling sore again and tried to rub it once more when it started giving me a headache. It went away once more as I returned to the task at hand. Suddenly, Ozaki finally arrives with the person he believes is not an Xilien in disguise, Gordon.

Gordon greets himself to the girls before approaching me, "So…you some kind of badass scientist or what ?"

"Huh ?"

"You know, cause you have that eyepatch…..Nevermind. The name's Gordon. Douglas Gordon. I was one of the people that fished you out of the water."

"Well, thank you, Gordon. My name is Daisuke Serizawa. I'm….living proof of the Xiliens' sinister side."

"Yeah, Ozaki told me everything on the way here. Let's hope you're not a spy, Doc."

"I could say the same to you. Now let's get going."

Lots of things happened so fast as I, along with Miki and everyone else, proceeded to execute our plan to take down the Xiliens. We recruited the help of Muasaka and the Mutants while Anna was busy hosting an interview with Naotaro, the Controller, and an Xilien. In our efforts to stop the Xiliens, we managed to take down the Namikawa and Kunikida fakers and learned of the Xiliens' true form, which would ultimately prove their deception. Everything was finally going according to plan for once and I was somewhat…happy to work alongside Miki and the others. I was also happy to know that I would finally be able to get my revenge on Grisha.

We all reached the room where the interview took place and revealed the true identity of the Xiliens once and for all. Gordon shot Naotaro, which I didn't expect to happen, and everyone in the room watched as Naotaro's head splits open and shows an Xilien head. What we all didn't expect was the Controller being shot in the head by his own subordinate, X, who began to laugh as he stood in front of all of us.

It wasn't difficult to describe what kind of person X was after meeting him for such a small amount of time, but I never imagined that he was just as dangerous as Grisha. While Grisha was unemotional and monotone in his speech, X was….the exact opposite. He displayed more sinister looking facial expressions while speaking like a normal human would, but his motivations were just like Grisha. It was a mistake for us to believe that he was nothing more than a subordinate. We were oblivious to how truly powerful he was and the kind of threat he became.

"Looks like the whole act is over now. Just like the Doctor predicted," X said to us as more Xiliens appeared next to him, "I guess I'm the new Controller now."

"I don't care about you," I said to X, "I only care about Grisha. You better tell me where the hell he is !"

"Who the hell is Grisha ? I'm pretty sure there's no Xilien by that name. Hehe," X said sarcastically.

"Don't give me that nonsense ! You've been revealed now. There's nothing else that you can do."

"Hmmm….lab coat….eyepatch. So you must be Serizawa. The Doctor talked about you a lot. He did say that you would be trouble to us after we learned that one of our ships was shot down by the humans. No matter, once he's done with the machine, you humans are all cattle to us."

"Oh, is that what you think ?" Gordon said as Muasaka and the Mutants entered the room and surrounded X and the Xiliens, "You may have better technology than us, but whatcha gonna do against all of us ?"

As the Xiliens prepared to fight the Mutants, X stopped them and turned to see Miki, "I know you too. You're one of our most valuable assets. Or…used to be. The Doctor told me that if I ever saw the two of you on Earth, he told me to give you his thanks for giving our people the upper hand."

With a simple hand motion, X began to give all of the Mutants, except Ozaki, severe headaches as the lights were flickering. Ozaki tried to fight back against X to release his allies, but failed as X beat him and disappeared with the other Xiliens. At first, we all thought that the Mutants were simply stunned until they all turned to look at us with malicious intent. At the same time, Miki became horrified to see that the Xiliens managed to utilize mind control abilities similar to her. However, she also tried to remove the mind control by using her own powers and managed to stun the Mutants. Despite her efforts, Miki failed to free their minds and became exhausted. The Mutants continued their approach to us, but Muasaka stepped up and fought back against them, allowing everyone else to escape.

As I, Miki, Ozaki, Miyuki, Anna, and Gordon left the building, Komura arrived and picked us up in a van. Although we managed to get onto a highway, one of Ozaki's friends, Katsunori Kazama, caught up to us and took down the van, forcing Ozaki to fight his brainwashed ally and knocking him out.

Afterwards, we all made our way to the underground EDF base where Gordon led us to the massive warship, Gotengo. Gordon proceeded to gather whatever remaining crew members were working on the Gotengo and gave them a pep talk before taking us into the ship. After I had helped Ozaki heal his friend, we both went to the briefing room where everyone was discussing the plan to defeat the Xiliens. Now that they have released the monsters onto the world once more, I wasn't sure what kind of plan would be able to counter the Xiliens' monster army. Until Miki and I heard a bizarre plan from Gordon.

"Godzilla ? You want to use him as a weapon ?" Miki asked with concern.

"You can't really be thinking about utilizing him, Gordon," Komura stated, "The entire world would be at risk."

"The world is already getting its ass kicked. Godzilla couldn't possibly make it worse,"

"Then, what would happen if the Xiliens managed to get a hold of him like all of the other monsters ?"

"I think it's highly unlikely," Everyone turned their attention to Miyuki, "From what we discovered in Gigan, the Xiliens, the Mutants, and even the bits left behind from Ebirah, there have been traces of M-Base in their DNA. Godzilla seems to be the only exception since he has no M-Base."

Ozaki added, "That basically means that the Xiliens can control any being with M-Base, but besides Godzilla, what does that mean for me and Miki ? We both had M-Base, but we didn't get controlled like the others."

"Well, for Miki, she had low traces of M-Base when I first analyzed her, so she might have not been affected anyway. As for you….I'm actually not sure, but it's good that they didn't manage to control you two."

"Then that's that. We will use Godzilla to defeat the monsters," Gordon stated.

"And if he does manage to do so, what happens after ?" Komura questioned him.

"I'll just trap him in ice again. Just like I did years ago."

"So that's your whole plan, then ?"

Gordon nodded his head, "Yes."

"No."

Everyone turned to Miki, who surprisingly rejected the plan as she continued, "I don't agree to this plan. I don't want Godzilla to be used as a weapon only for him to be locked up. Why was he even locked up anyway ?"

Gordon rubbed his head before replying to Miki, "Godzilla has been our enemy since 1954 when he first showed up. Ever since the 2000s, he progressively got worse and we all knew that he had to be put down. The world joined together and we put a stop to Godzilla. I don't know why you're siding with that monster after everything he did to humanity."

"You don't know everything about him ! There's a good side to Godzilla that none of you will ever understand ! Humanity will never give Godzilla the chance to become more than just a monster !"

"Look, right now, the Earth is in danger. I don't care if Godzilla has a good side, but he's our best shot at defeating the other monsters. We're going through with this plan, whether you like it or not," Gordon argued.

Miki became extremely upset and stormed out of the room. I decided to follow her while everyone else prepared to get the Gotengo ready. I finally caught up with Miki as she was sitting in a room by herself. I had to do something because I was perhaps the last person that could understand her relationship with Godzilla. I went and sat next to Miki just as she started to talk to me.

"The Godzilla that they mentioned….it has to be Junior, right ?" Miki asked me.

"It's likely. Gordon said that Godzilla has gotten worse since the 2000s and the last time we saw Junior was a couple of years before that."

"The only way I'll know is if I look into his mind. I need to use my powers again."

"You can't. You've been through a lot with Grisha's experimentations and it might put more stress upon your mind. Not to mention that your powers are diminishing and it might not work at all."

"I have to try, Serizawa. I don't want him to be the enemy again. Not when things were starting to get better back then when Godzilla left humanity alone in peace. He only ever attacked us because we always provoked him. I'm not going to let humanity make the same mistake again."

"Miki, wait !" I called out to her as she ran back to the briefing room while Miyuki, along with Ozaki and Gordon, went to say goodbye to Anna outside of the Gotengo. Once they returned, we all went to the control room where the pilots were prepping the Gotengo for launch. I wanted to convince Miki to let Gordon and everyone else handle the situation, but she refused to listen and approached Gordon.

"So…you finally agree to the plan, Ms. Saegusa ?" Gordon asked her.

"I have a few changes to the plan. Instead of luring Godzilla, I wish to try and communicate with him first with my powers."

Gordon raised a brow, "You sure it'll work ?"

"I don't know, but it's worth a try. It's certainly better than to lock him up again."

He sighs before replying, "Alright. But if it fails, then we go my way."

Everyone in the control room activated certain systems of the Gotengo until the roof of the hangar opened up. As Miki and I stood next to Miyuki in the room, we all listened as Gordon made a small speech.

"This is our last effort to save the Earth. Once we wake Godzilla, we will only have one chance to stop the monsters and the Xiliens. This is the mission that will determine the fate of humanity. This is Operation….Final Wars."

It was a shaky ride as the Gotengo drilled through all of the rubble on top of the underground base. Afterwards, it was smooth as the warship finally made it to the surface and flew through the air. Technology has come so far compared to Miki's time and especially my time, but it was definitely not enough to combat the Xiliens from what I had seen. To think that Godzilla would not only become humanity's biggest threat, but also humanity's best hope. It was a weird feeling after I basically killed the first Godzilla, so I never really expected to be the one to rely on him to save the human race.

In just a few hours, we managed to make it to the place where Godzilla has been frozen for years. Suddenly, there was a monster pursuing us. Apparently, it was the same monster that was petrified in the Defense Force Museum, Gigan. With one hit from a beam attack, sparks were flying everywhere within the control room. Miki and I held onto whatever we could get our hands on while the warship was violently shaking from another attack from Gigan. Despite the Gotengo attacking back, Gigan dealt serious damage to the ship and caused all of us to crash into the ice. However, we did manage to release Godzilla from his prison and he unleashed his Atomic Breath at Gigan, pushing the Kaiju back.

The second that Godzilla had left from the icy ground, Miki became shocked to see him immediately fire his Atomic Breath at the command center nearby and kill the staff members. She didn't hesitate to use her powers, but it was clear that she was struggling a lot to use them. As Godzilla battled Gigan, Miki fell to the floor as Miyuki and I tended to her.

"Miki, it's okay. Don't force yourself," I told her, but she insisted.

"No, I almost got to him. I need to do this !"

We all turned to see that Godzilla had quickly finished off Gigan before turning to us. As the Gotengo crew quickly tried to get the ship back online, Godzilla began to approach us with killing intent.

"We're ready to go !" one of the crew members shouted.

"Alright, let's get her in the air !" Komura shouted.

"Wait ! I-I can do this !" Miki said as she got back up.

"You better make it quick before Godzilla gets us !" Gordon responded before turning to look back at the large monitor displaying Godzilla.

Everyone became anxious as they all waited for Miki to do something. She used her powers once more and proceeded to struggle again, but it was worse. Miki was visibly shaking as if she was enduring an extreme headache and even tried to raise her hands up at Godzilla. A bright blue glow shone at us and we all knew that time was running out as Godzilla prepared his Atomic Breath at us. Miki began screaming at the top of her lungs before running out of breath and collapsing to the ground. Fortunately, Godzilla flinched for a brief moment before looking around as if something had distracted him. Seeing that Miki was unable to do anything else, Komura, Ozaki, and the crew drove the Gotengo into the air. Godzilla looked back at us before following us from behind, ignoring what had happened to him.

Miyuki and I took Miki to the room where Kazama was and put her to rest on a bed. As Miyuki checked on Kazama's wounds, I looked after Miki and waited by her side until she woke up. For a while, the Gordon and the Gotengo crew took us all around the world and successfully lured Godzilla into fighting the Xiliens' Kaiju army. In the midst of our journey, I took a small nap leaning against Miki's bed. I had been through so much stress at the time that I had not taken the time to relax ever since I invented the Oxygen Destroyer. Not even a little sleep could help as I was kept on being reminded of the horrors Grisha unleashed upon my life. I suddenly woke up after feeling a slight chill down my neck and turned to see Miki reaching her hand out to me.

"Are you okay, Serizawa ?"

"I should be the one to ask you that. You went too far, Miki. I tried to warn you."

"I know. I'm sorry," Miki was visibly sad, "I thought that I could do it, but everyone nearly died because of me and my ignorance."

"It's all right. The plan is still taking place and Godzilla is following us as expected. All you need to do right now is rest."

As I tried to fix her blanket, Miki continued talking to me about what had happened, "You know…I did manage to see his mind."

"I can see that. We all did. You managed to buy us a moment to escape back from the South Pole before he could destroy us all, but….what is it that you learned about him ?"

"I learned….that he really is Junior. The sweet, innocent Junior that I've known for years….turned into a monster by none other than humanity."

"What happened to him, Miki ?"

"After….Godzilla died by the meltdown, Junior evolved and transformed from the residue radiation, making him stronger. However, without a parental figure in his life anymore, he sought me out because I was one of the only humans he had a bond with. He tried looking for me in the cities, only for the Military to mistook his intentions and attack him. They were so afraid that he would become so much like his father that they didn't hesitate to provoke Junior. After years of being attacked, Junior became angry and believed that humanity had betrayed him, causing him to become more hostile over the years."

"So it was humanity's fault. Because they couldn't understand Junior."

"If all of this is over and we manage to defeat the Xiliens….I won't be able to stop Junior next time. He'll just destroy the humans for everything they did to him."

"He should," Miki and I turned to Kazama as he sat up on his bed, "He's a Kaiju. He's meant to destroy us all. To show us no mercy."

"And you're fine with that ?" I asked Kazama, "Instead of seeking another solution, you decided that it's best to accept things the way they are ?"

"How else are we supposed to take it ? You know what we Mutants have been through when we were first discovered ? We were raised to fight and that's all we knew. As long as there's monsters in this world, we Mutants will continue to be soldiers fighting back against them."

"And what of after that ? What if there's no more monsters left to fight ? You never thought of living a peaceful life ?"

"Heh….Even if there's no more monsters, there will always be someone to fight. Even if they have to be humans. Mutants will never have a normal life."

"Does it matter if we live a normal life ?" Miki said as Kazama and I turned to her, "You and I…are both Mutants taught to use our powers for the benefit of humanity. Maybe we are meant to do the things we've learned to do, but that doesn't make us who we are. I had my own ideals and even went against humanity for the sake of Godzilla."

"Miki, you had a chance to live a peaceful life if it weren't for the Xiliens."

"I don't care. I always knew that I could never lead a normal life, but that's not going to stop me from doing the best I can to help others without my powers."

"Why would you want to help others if you don't even have powers anymore ?" Kazama asked her, "Why protect others if you might not be able to protect yourself ?"

"Because she's not alone," I told Kazama, "Humanity is never alone when it comes to world-ending threats. From what she and I learned, the world banded together to stop Godzilla and his rampage. And now, we all need to work together with Godzilla to stop the Xiliens. Even if Miki and I are nothing but ordinary people, that won't stop us from helping you all out."

"So you're both willing to risk your lives ? Why ?"

"Well," I looked back at Miki before turning back to Kazama, "We're both people that lost everything, so….there's nothing left for us to lose."

Kazama nodded softly as he somewhat understood. In the meantime, we heard Gordon on the intercom as he told every crew member that we had finally arrived at the location of the Xilien Mothership. Kazama took a moment to take a few deep breaths before deciding to get up from his bed and put on his armor. As he headed out, Kazama took one more look at Miki and I.

"Ozaki. He's the only Mutant I know that's different from the rest of us. I know that he'll be a great help to the both of you."

He immediately left and that was the last time we both ever saw him. From what we witnessed minutes later, Kazama had apparently sacrificed himself to take down the shield protecting the Mothership. We only knew him for a brief moment, but Kazama certainly surprised Miki and I.

The Gotengo shook violently as the ship drilled into the Mothership and Miki and I decided to head to the control room. As we approached the room, we heard gunfire and saw sparks from the room, causing us to take cover and peering inside to see what was happening. We were both shocked to see most of the crew members died while Ozaki, Miyuki, Gordon, and Komura were alive. The Xiliens that infiltrated the room teleported our friends away, leaving Miki and I on our own as we tried to leave the Gotengo in search of them.

After we left the Gotengo and entered the Mothership, Miki and I tried our best to navigate through the massive interior of the vessel. During our search, I was having terrible chills as I was reminded of everything Grisha did, but Miki held my hand as we ran through the hallways together, reassuring me that I was not alone.

After running around for a few minutes, Miki and I were slowly losing hope in saving our friends in time. However, as I went ahead of Miki for a bit, I quickly turned around and noticed that Miki stopped. I thought that she had found the others for a second, but I returned to her and became confused at what she was looking at. What was surprising was that Miki seemed to recognize the object in front of us. It certainly was odd, though. We were both looking at some kind of futuristic aircraft, but the design looked like it did not belong to the Xiliens at all.

"It can't be," Miki said while I was clueless, "This ship is not supposed to be here."

"You know it ?"

"Remember one of my stories that I told you ? Specifically the one with the time traveling expedition ?"

I nodded as Miki continued, "The vessel that I went on was known as the MOTHER and this ship right there is a part of it. The only part that wasn't destroyed, but….it was supposed to be in the future by now."

Miki went towards the ship in a hurry as I followed her lead. We entered the non-Xilien ship and looked around. Though, I wasn't sure what we were looking for. We made our way into some kind of room where there were seats and a set of controls, which resembled some kind of control room. Miki messed around with the controls in an attempt to turn the ship on or something like that while I just sat back and watched. Suddenly, Miki noticed a strange console where there was a cylindrical shaped object and interacted with it.

"M11 ? Is this you ?" She said to the console.

"Standby…..Tzzzk….Refreshing Information….Diagnostic check in progress…." The strange machine spoke as a beeping sound was heard, "Multiple damages to KIDS hull…..Time-warp engine….functional…Response Dialogues…..available…."

Miki and I waited for the machine to finish its routine before it began to speak to us normally, "M11, at your service, may I ask who is currently speaking with me ?"

"M11, it's me. Miki Saegusa. One of the people you and the Futurians interacted with on the Godzilla expedition to 1944."

"Miki….Saegusa. Ah. It is nice to hear a familiar voice after so long. It is a pleasure to meet you again."

"M11, what happened to this ship ? Why is it not in the future ?"

"Hmmm….From what I recovered from my memory bank, Emmy and I were unable to initiate the time warp and were intercepted by unknown beings. They attacked us and brought us to their ship before taking Emmy away. I have not seen her since. I theorize that they might have eliminated her."

"I see. Did anything else happen while you were in their grasp ?"

"I was interrogated by one of them. It appeared that they wanted to know more about Futurian technology, but I shut myself down after sensing hostile intentions."

"At least you didn't say anything. Who knows what could have happened if the Xiliens knew about the time traveling capabilities of this ship."

"Wait a minute, Miki," I turned to her, "This is a good opportunity for us."

"What do you mean ?"

"We can go back in time !"

"But, Serizawa…"

"We can fix everything from the very beginning. I….can fix everything ! All I gotta do is return to 1954 and make sure that Grisha never gets his hands on the Oxygen Destroyer research !"

"Serizawa…"

"Better yet. I could prevent Destoroyah's birth by not using the Oxygen Destroyer and convince everyone to spare Godzilla instead. We can fix everything !"

"Serizawa ! It won't work !"

I looked at Miki with disbelief as I asked, "What do you mean it won't work ?"

"If you go back to 1954, then there'll be two of you in that time period. Due to the laws of time, not two of the same entity can exist at once, which means that either the past version of you disappears…or you disappear."

"But…..but…..even if I disappear, then you'll still be there to stop me from making that horrible machine. You can still fix everything on your own, even if I'm not there."

"And what if I fail ? What if I can't do this myself ? What if you're too stubborn to listen to me and I end up….It's just too risky for me."

"Miki, please…..It's the only way…"

A laser shot startled us both as Miki and I quickly turned to see several Xilien soldiers standing in front of us with their weapons drawn. It was already too late as they didn't hesitate to grab both of us and take us out of the KIDS. The machine, M11, quickly shut down at the sight of the Xiliens, which gave us some relief when we knew that M11 wouldn't let them find out the time warp abilities of the ship.

As the Xiliens took us outside of the KIDS, I decided not to struggle and follow along with the Xiliens' commands. Unbeknownst to them, I took the time to memorize the path from the KIDS to wherever they were taking us. To my shock, I stopped memorizing the path when Miki and I came face to face with none other than Grisha.

He stood in front of us along with his Xilien assistant, X-65, as the Xiliens holding Miki and I pushed the both of us towards them. I wanted to launch myself at Grisha and finish what I started, but I learned from my mistake of fighting him in 1996 and held myself back in order to not make things worse.

"Here they are ! Finally back into your hands, my superior !" X-65 said to Grisha, "Hopefully, they will not escape you once again."

"They better not. At least not until I get something from them first. In the meantime, bring them to the main room. The Controller wants his audience."

Grisha, X-65, and the other Xiliens lead the both of us to the main chamber where we saw Ozaki and the others waiting. X stood in front of them with a few more Xilien soldiers, watching through a holographic projection of Godzilla making his way back to Japan while defeating two more Kaijus. X became frustrated before making his way over to us with Grisha and X-65 standing by his side.

As Miki and I lined up with the rest of our friends, X said to us, "Hmph. I hope you humans finally understand the superiority of our race."

"So you finally gonna tell us what you Xiliens want ?" Gordon asked.

"I know what they want," I replied to him, "These Xilien bastards want nothing more than to make us their own personal lab rats ! They've been experimenting on the human race for thousands of years and they've been infiltrating our society ever since !"

"Thousands of years ? Just like Gigan. That explains why there's been traces of M-Bases from ancient history," Miyuki whispered to us.

"Things are going to be different now. You're no longer gonna be lab rats to us. We're promoting you to become something of more importance to us. You humans are gonna be our food source from now on."

We all widened our eyes in shock, but I was the only one that faced Grisha as I told him, "Humans, Grisha ?! For a food source ?! Why now of all times has your people decided to treat us like this ?! Why haven't you used us as a food source in the past ?!"

Grisha took a deep breath as X let him take the attention, "For a long time, Serizawa, my race has been….more on the cybernetic side. As I recall from our last encounter, I told you that a computer dictated all of my people's decisions. However, from the first experimentation on the human race, we found a new powerful species created by both Xilien and human DNA. In order to search for this new species, we developed a new generation of Xiliens with more biological components."

"That would be us," X said as he pointed to himself.

"Unfortunately, their life must be sustained like that of a human. In order for them to survive, they must maintain a constant level of energy for their bodies to function. The only mistake my scientists and I made was creating the new generation of Xiliens to sustain only on human mitochondria, which powers their biological cells made from remnants of human DNA."

"You really think that kind of Xilien would be beneficial to your race, Grisha ? Because it seems to me that you're being hypocritical."

"And why's that ?"

"You told me that emotions are useless for your people, but this new generation of Xiliens, with biological DNA and all that, are prone to emotions ! You'll be leading your people to become like us humans ! Is that what you want ?! After you and I once agreed that humans are weak !"

Everyone was speechless, but Grisha and X were unfazed by my emotional outburst. In the meantime, the Xiliens received news about Gorath's imminent approach to Earth. We all watched the holographic projection of Godzilla firing Gorath with his Atomic Breath with surprisingly great accuracy and precision. However, Gorath finally landed with Godzilla unfazed by the impact. From the dark sky that enveloped the entire land, we all witnessed Godzilla facing a powerful Kaiju. A skeletal reptilian monster we learned to be Monster X.

At first, Godzilla managed to hold his own against the Xilien Kaiju. They traded hits after a while and it looked like a fair fight. That is until we saw another Kaiju arriving at the battle, one that resembled a colorful moth. I thought that it was another Kaiju that was there to fight Godzilla, but it appeared that Miki was a bit hopeful seeing the Moth Kaiju, so I decided to go along with it. The Xiliens sent out another Kaiju to combat the Moth Kaiju, which was a rebuilt Gigan with upgraded features. Unfortunately, the Moth Kaiju lost and Gigan began assisting Monster X in fighting Godzilla.

"Hahahahaha ! Soon, Godzilla will lose this battle and we will finally unleash our weapon upon the Earth," X said to Grisha.

"Weapon ?" Ozaki asked.

"Yes. We were originally going to use a device to improve the production of mitochondria, but we're missing some….important components," Grisha said as he had some Xiliens bring something into the chamber.

"It can't be" I was shocked to see that their device was modeled after the Oxygen Destroyer. Only this time, the device was triple the size of the original and possesed a darker shade of grey, causing me to become much more fearful of how many the Xiliens developed.

"You know, Serizawa, humans are definitely weak," Grisha placed his hand on the weapon, "Although, I wasn't trying to be hypocritical about possessing emotions. In fact, I have to thank you for introducing me to it."

"What are you thanking me for ?"

"After 1996, I took your words in consideration and started defecting from the Controller. I started….having emotions of my own and made my own decisions. I started….taking pleasure in doing my experiments. I…never felt so free to experience it."

"You're sick, Grisha. I didn't think that you having emotions would lead to something worse and it has. I hope that you will suffer from regret and guilt for the things you've done !"

"Highly unlikely, Serizawa. In order to prove that Xiliens are stronger than humans both physically and emotionally, I'm going to do something very, very painful to you in order to get what I want….and I'm going to enjoy it," Grisha walked up to me, "However, I'm willing to spare you the pain if you tell me what I want."

I thought that Grisha was going to hold someone hostage. Someone with a close enough bond with me that he would use as leverage against me. It was obviously going to be Miki since she's the only one that I've known better than Ozaki and the others in the EDF. I stood there in front of Grisha and took deep breaths, deciding on what was the right thing to do at the moment. What I feared had unfortunately come true. The fear that I would be held accountable for someone's life in an attempt to recreate a weapon of mass destruction. The stress of the situation caused me to rub the eyepatch again as the scar began hurting me.

As I gave no answer to Grisha and he knew that I would not say a thing regardless, he did the unexpected, "Well, Serizawa, you've always been the one to keep secrets. I'm not surprised, but you should know something."

Grisha suddenly kicked my legs and forced me on my knees. Ozaki and the others tried to come towards me, but X-65 and the Xiliens held them back. X smiled sadistically as he watched Grisha put his hands on my head. He proceeded to remove the eyepatch that Emiko gave me and tossed it before quickly jabbing his thumb into my eye scar.

"RRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH !" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I struggled against Grisha's might, but ultimately failed as dogged his thumb deeper into my face.

I breathed as hard as I could to endure the intense pain while Grisha removed his thumb and reinserted it along with his index finger. I continued screaming as Grisha grabbed something from within my head, which he slowly pulled out. Afterwards, Grisha finally removed the object from within me and allowed me to drop onto the floor with blood leaking from my former eye scar. I coughed repeatedly from breathing too hard and the vision from my only good eye was somewhat blurred. As I slowly regained my vision, I caught sight of Godzilla being overpowered by both Monster X and Gigan from the holographic projection. Regardless of what was happening to him, I turned my attention back to Grisha as he activated the object, which was a small metallic orb.

"Back in 1954, I knew that you weren't going to tell everything about your invention, Serizawa. So I decided to use an alternative."

Grisha activated the orb and a small holographic projection emanated from it. It showed things from my past, ranging from my childhood memories to the day that I first invented the Oxygen Destroyer. With that device in hand, Grisha had finally got what he needed to complete the weapon. My memories.

"I've waited years for this to download everything from your mind. After I removed the Oxygen Destroyer chemicals from your body, I had to make sure that you couldn't die no matter what. Which is why I put you in ice for so long so that your mortal body wouldn't end your life. And now….I no longer need you."

Grisha headed over to the weapon with X-65 before turning to X, "I need time to mass produce the missing component. Have fun with our guests. Controller."

X nodded, chuckling as he turned towards us while Grisha and X-65 headed out of the main chamber. As Miki struggled herself out of the Xiliens' grasp, she quickly headed over to me and held pressure on my bleeding scar. Ozaki proceeded to do the same and freed himself from the Xiliens, charging at Grisha and X-65 in order to prevent them from taking the orb away, but was suddenly stopped by a stream of electricity coming out of X's hand. Ozaki was then tossed away from Grisha and came face to face with X while Grisha and X-65 left the chamber. On the other hand, Gordon, Komura, and even Miyuki continued to be held back by the other Xilien soldiers.

"Just a little fun fact, I was the first Xilien of the new generation that the Doctor created," X boasted to Ozaki, "He was hoping that by creating me and others like me, he would be able to find what he was looking for."

"Oh, yeah ? And what exactly was he looking for ?" Ozaki asked.

"A powerful being capable of unlimited potential. A Kaiser. There's only supposed to be a one in a million chance for a Mutant to become a Kaiser, but there has only been one that has been recorded in Xilien history. Until now."

"Let me guess. You're this….so called Kaiser ?" Ozaki said rhetorically.

"I am. And so are you."

Ozaki was a bit surprised until X continued, "At first, I wanted you to join our side. To show you what it's like to feel powerful. To truly become a Kaiser. But the Doctor advised me otherwise."

"Well, I guess you better listen to the Doctor's orders. Cause there's no way in hell I'm gonna be joining your army."

"Hmph ! What a waste. I guess it can't be helped. I'll just have a little fun until the Doctor's done with his work."

We all watched as Ozaki and X fought each other, while at the same time, Godzilla was fighting Monster X on his own. Eventually, Godzilla accidentally hits the Mothership with his Atomic Breath, allowing Gordon and the others to have a chance to fight back against the Xilien soldiers. Miki carried me by the shoulder as we tried to make our way out of the chamber. There was only one thing we could do to prevent Grisha from using the weapon and it was M11 and the KIDS.

Just as Miki and I reached the doorway, we were suddenly surprised to see the appearance of the real Namikawa, Naotaro, and Kunikida. They fired several shots from the Xiliens' laser guns and assisted the others. Miyuki, Gordon, and Komura quickly headed over to us while Ozaki was still over by X.

"Get out of here ! All of you !" Ozaki shouted towards us, despite our reluctance, "I'm not done with things here yet !"

"You better hurry up and kick his ass. Don't get left behind," Gordon responded to Ozaki before heading out of the main chamber with the rest of us.

I watched as Ozaki continued his fight with X before turning my attention towards the Xilien soldiers pursuing us. Even though I felt like my mind was ripped out of my head, I tried my best to remember the path towards the KIDS and tried to have Miki take me there. Unbeknownst to our allies, Miki and I separated from them and headed towards the path leading to the KIDS.

As everyone else headed for the Gotengo, Miki and I finally returned to the KIDS and quickly entered the vessel. Miki called out to M11 and he immediately turned himself on. Miki placed me down on one of the seats before going over to the controls and putting in the destination of the time period.

"M11, can you send this ship back to 1954 ? No. Do 1953 instead," Miki requested of the machine.

"Certainly, I'll have the time warp ready and input the destination right now."

"Why….1953 ?" I asked Miki.

"I just wanted a full year to convince the Past you to get rid of the Oxygen Destroyer. I figured that I wouldn't have enough time to convince you on the year you use it."

"Are you….okay with this ? It's like you said…..you'll be alone."

"I know, but we're losing. If Grisha detonates that weapon, humanity will lose greatly. There's no other way to beat them, Serizawa. I need to do this."

"Be…careful, Miki. Slap myself in the face if you have to. Do whatever you must to save humanity. Even if….you have to kill me."

Miki sadly nodded, "Let's hope it doesn't come to that."

A few beeping sounds were heard and we both looked at the control console to see the destination date for 1953. Miki went up to the console and sat in the pilot's seat before turning to M11.

He proceeded to tell her, "The designated time period has been set. I'll be preparing the time warp in…."

Suddenly, a laser hit M11 at his core and Miki and I turned to see an Xilien soldier behind us, aiming his laser gun at us. I immediately got up from my seat and fought back against the soldier. With such a small space to fight in, we tried to wrestle each other onto the ground while Miki tried to fix the damages done to M11. However, sparks started coming from his core until the controls began going crazy.

"Tzzzk ! Tzzzzk ! Warning ! Malfunction detected ! Attempting repair to core damages !"

Rather than trying to fix M11, Miki decided to fly the KIDS and lifted it into the air, causing me and the Xilien to bump around in the room. I wasn't sure what Miki was trying to do, but I made sure that the Xilien soldier wouldn't get close to her. Eventually, we took our fight towards the entrance of the ship, but I was losing due to my injury. My mind gave me a headache and I had a hard time seeing through my good eye, which the Xilien soldier exploited by punching it. Just as the Xilien soldier grabbed me by my shirt collar and prepared to toss me out of the ship, Miki crashed the KIDS through the inside of the Xilien Mothership. The Xilien and I fell on the floor of the KIDS as the ship broke into the main chamber.

"What the hell ?!" I heard Ozaki's voice and turned to see him standing next to X as they both stopped fighting, "Doc ?! What the hell are you doing ?!"

Before I could answer, the Xilien soldier continued to beat me to a pulp, causing Ozaki to come over and save me from the beating.

"Doc ! Are you alright ?!" He asked me as I was coughing.

"Ozaki….we….know how…to stop the Xiliens. Come with us."

Ozaki hesitated as he looked at X before turning back to me and nodded. He took me back inside of the KIDS just as X began laughing maniacally.

"HEHEHEHAHAHAAH ! YOU LOSE ! YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE CATTLE !"

The KIDS then took off and Miki flew the ship out of the Mothership while Ozaki placed me back into the passenger seat. We made our way towards the destroyed EDF base where everyone and the Gotengo were at. However, M11 became worse as the controls to the ship became unusable and the KIDS slowly glided to the ground. We all saw Miyuki, Gordon, and everyone else in our direction as we braced for the impact of the crash.

The next moment was a bit blurred, but Gordon and the others entered the KIDS and carried us out. Ozaki was fine, but Miki had the worst of it as she received a few burns from M11's short circuiting. However, as we left the ship, I could hear M11's heavily distorted voice.

"Wa….wa….warning ! Repairs dis…disrupted ! Tzzzzk ! T….ti…time warp engine…..overloading !"

As I recovered from everything that happened, I looked around to see everyone gathering together. Ozaki, Miki, Miyuki, Gordon, Anna, and the EDF leaders. With no other plan left to combat the Xiliens, the only thing left we could do was watch the remainder of Godzilla's fight with Monster X. After Gigan's defeat and the Moth Kaiju's disappearance, Godzilla and Monster X were the last ones left. Or so we thought as the Xiliens summoned another Kaiju.

Miki and I were horrified to see Destoroyah being summoned in a flash of light and appearing in front of Godzilla and Monster X. Letting out a screech, Destoroyah caught Godzilla's attention, forcing him to turn towards my devilish creation. Godzilla growled angrily, somewhat remembering Destoroyah from the past and attacking him in a fit of rage. However, Monster X took advantage of Godzilla's anger and attacked him from behind. Destoroyah proceeded to join his ally in beating Godzilla to death.

"JUNIOR ! NOOO !" Miki began crying at seeing Godzilla roar in extreme pain as both Monster X and Destoroyah fired their deadly beams at him, causing chunks of flesh to fly off of his body.

Destoroyah roared in a way that made it seem like he was laughing sadistically while Monster X did something similar. Godzilla fell to the ground as he struggled to get back up from the injuries he sustained from his enemies. Monster X then grabbed Godzilla and lifted him up into the air before throwing him at Destoroyah, who used his horn to create some energy blade and slammed it down at Godzilla. The two Kaijus continue to inflict more pain on Godzilla by punching, kicking, biting, and even stabbing him. It was hard for all of us to watch as the only hope for humanity was brutally beaten, especially for Miki.

Afterwards, the Kaijus had their fun and decided to finish off Godzilla once and for all. Monster X began to power himself up with yellow energy while Destoroyah opened his mouth to prepare a beam. The two Kaijus then unleashed powerful beams of purple and yellow energy at Godzilla, forcing him to roar loudly in pain as he became enveloped in an explosion that pushed us to the ground. Once the explosion dispersed, we all turned to see Godzilla lying lifeless on the ground, letting out one last growl. Miki broke down as she became filled with extreme distress after seeing her old friend passing away. Other than me, Miki was the only other person in our group that lost just as much.

Once the Xiliens withdrew Monster X and Destoroyah into their ship, we all watched as the weapon Grisha made leaves the Mothership from the bottom. It was a clear sign to us that the Xiliens had won and we had lost. The only thing we didn't know was the purpose of the weapon, but I had a feeling that it wouldn't have mattered anymore. There was truly nothing we could do. Until….

"What the fuck is that ?" Gordon asked as we all turned around to see the KIDS emanating a bright white light with bits of electricity surrounding it.

Just as the Oxygen Destroyer based weapon hovered just above us, it began filling with some sort of green energy, indicating that it was going to activate in a matter of seconds. With us in the middle between two objects that would likely kill us, we decided to brace the pain that was coming. In just a few seconds, the KIDS was the first to act as it exploded in a bright light that spanned across the entire EDF base. There was only silence.

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The once dark sky that brought a grim fate to the human race became a bright sky filled with greenery and chirping birds. We all looked around and saw that we were in a completely different place. Well, not a different place, but more like in a different time of the place we were in. The EDF base had also apparently traveled along with us, but it resulted in it being further destroyed due to the difference in terrain.

Wondering when we were, I, along with Miki and everyone else, headed over to the KIDS and entered the control room. It was still intact, which led us to believe that the explosion was caused by the time warp. What shocked us even more was the time destination inputted into the controls. Due to the damage done to M11's core, we went further into the future rather than the past. That was when we first learned that we all traveled 2000 years into the future.

"Tzzzzk ! Ap….Apologies…..for the incorrect time…." M11 stated.

"M11, are you still functional ?" I asked him, hoping that he could still take us back to the past.

"I'm…tzzzzk….afraid not…..tzzzzk….my sys….tems…are beyond re…re…repair."

Miki spoke up after wiping her tears, "C-can you tell us what happened ? What did the Xiliens do ?"

"Tzzzzk….I…don't know….there are….no…records….history…has been…tzzzk…changed…Futurians no longer….exist."

Even if there were no records, the truth was obvious. The human race was used as a food source. What we weren't sure of was whether Earth was abandoned and the humans were taken to the Xiliens' home planet. Regardless, we couldn't do anything. Without knowledge on how to fix M11, our time travel plan has gone to waste, leaving us stuck in the far future.

"Thank you for trying to help us, M11. You can deactivate now," I told him.

"I…I…I'm ssssory fo….r….ev…every…thing….I…wi…sh….you…all…theee..bbbbest….uuuff….luuuucck….."

M11 officially turned off permanently. Even for a machine, he tried to be helpful and set things right for humanity. In the end, we ultimately could no longer rely on him or the KIDS. As we left the ship, we all decided to check for supplies in the remnants of the EDF base along with any potential survivors. Luckily, we managed to find a severely injured Muasaka, the rest of the Mutants, and even most of the EDF staff that were unconscious or wounded. It totaled to at least 1500 surviving members including me and the others, which was a surprisingly bigger number than we anticipated. After we rounded everyone up, some of us headed back to the KIDS to try and salvage it, only to find that it had vanished. It made sense since the future that M11 and the KIDS originated from had no longer existed, causing M11 and the ship to disappear from existence.

As night fell on our first day in the future, we all took refuge in the broken base and rested after everything that happened. After having my scar bandaged up, I was starting to feel better. Physically, but not mentally. I didn't have the energy to scream my heart out after knowing that the human race was defeated. And I only had myself to blame.

What was supposed to be a dream of bringing peace to the world only resulted in the destruction of the human race caused by my hands. Ever since the day I created the Oxygen Destroyer, I had already sent humanity to a doomed future where they now served as a food source to an extraterrestrial race. Everything was my fault and I had to pay for it. Kyohei, Ogata, Ijuin, Kenichi, Yukari, and even Emiko. I missed them so much. Why did I ever waste my life on science ? Why didn't I spend time with those important in my life ?

I wandered around the base at night, unable to fall asleep. However, I wasn't the only one as I saw Miki sitting on a small rock a couple of yards away from the base. I approached Miki and sat by her side, noticing that she was crying silently as she stared at the moon. She turned to see me before deciding to lean on my shoulder. We didn't say anything to each other that night. Eventually, Miki was able to sleep, but I was still haunted by Grisha and his weapon. We had no way to find out what that weapon was used for or what it was supposed to do, leaving us in the dark as the next day arrived.

After closing my eye and taking a small rest as the sun shined, I began hearing screams coming from the EDF base. Miki and I quickly turned around as we both witnessed everyone running away from something. We were horrified to see seven massive humanoid figures preying on our allies. The ones you all called the Titans.

Several EDF members were easily picked up by these monstrous beings and were brutally chewed on before being swallowed. It was a terrifying sight that forced Miki and I to run along with everyone else. The only problem was that we didn't know where to go or know what to do against the Titans. There was no place to hide except for the EDF base, but their large size made it easier for them to catch up to us. It was a miracle for some of us to get to cover, but we didn't have anything to combat the Titans, leaving us trapped.

"What are these things ?!" Miki asked me as she held onto me tightly.

"I don't know, but we need to do something fast !"

"Wait ? Is that Anna and Miyuki ?!"

We saw Anna and Miyuki running away from a bipedal Titan and trapping themselves underneath some rubble. The Titan tried reaching its hand under to grab them both, almost reaching them. Without hesitation, I ran out and attracted the attention of the other Titans, even the one going after Miyuki and Anna. The two of them quickly escaped from the rubble and went towards Miki's position, but one of the Titans noticed them and ran after them. I slid to another piece of rubble, causing the Titans chasing me to bump into each other, and watched to see if Miyuki and Anna made it. Unfortunately, Miyuki was picked up and about to be eaten, much to my shock.

Luckily, Miyuki was saved by Ozaki and several Mutants as they arrived with their Maser Rifles. Ozaki swooped in and caught Miyuki as she fell while the Titan fell flat on the ground. The Mutants proceeded to finish off the rest of the Titans in the area until it was safe enough for everyone to get out of cover. Anna then went to hug Miyuki tightly, crying after seeing her sister nearly killed.

"Miyuki ! I'm glad that you're okay," Anna said before turning to Ozaki, "Thank you for saving my sister !"

"No problem, but…I wished we managed to save everyone else that got eaten," Ozaki said as we all looked to see the bloody corpses around the base.

Besides our fallen allies, we turned our attention to the Titans as their bodies were smoking excessively. It was a strange sight, but seeing large humans was much stranger. However, we didn't have the time to study them at the moment when we realized that they were actually regenerating their injuries. We found out too late when the Titan next to us began getting up and reaching its hand out towards Miyuki and Anna. Just as Miyuki was going to be grabbed once again, Anna immediately pushed her sister out of the way and got grabbed in her place. Ozaki and the Mutants tried firing their Masers at the Titan to save Anna, but they quickly became occupied by the other regenerating Titans. Miyuki screamed out to Anna as Miki and I tried to get her to safety.

"NO ! ANNA !" Miyuki cried out as we all witnessed Anna being slowly put into the Titan's mouth.

"I love you, Miyuki ! I'm s-s-sorry !" Anna responded before bursting out into tears as the Titan bit down on her.

Miyuki began screaming as her sister was eaten by the Titan while Miki and I took her under cover at the base. The Mutants continued their assault at the Titans while Miki and I comforted Miyuki as best as we could. It took a long while to defeat the Titans because we didn't know how to kill them, but the Mutants eventually took them down. Once we all went out of cover for good that time, Ozaki went over to me and the girls as he comforted Miyuki with us. Gordon and other survivors arrived from another part of the base and checked the casualties. Gordon saw us and headed over to see Miyuki crying before looking around in a worried manner.

"Hey. Where the hell is Anna ?" He asked us as I shook my head, causing him to take a moment to find out what happened.

Gordon became depressed to know that Anna had died, indicating that he had some kind of attraction towards her. He fell to the ground and kneeled with his head down before turning to see a bloody camera on the ground. He picked it up and sighed before putting it away. Along with Miyuki and Gordon, there were also many EDF members that mourned the loss of their coworkers and friends killed by the Titans. On that day, we lost over 200 members. It took us a while to gather the corpses of those we lost and place them in a position where we burned their bodies in a huge bonfire in order to save time on burying them. After the Xiliens defeated us, the Titans made things worse for the rest of us, lowering our numbers.

From that day forward, the Mutants were sent on patrol around the base in order to prevent the Titans from getting near us. Over a week later, we managed to salvage what we could from the remnants of the base. Computers, weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and much more. One of the first things the EDF did was set up drones to scout the area around us. The plan was to see the status of Japan and potentially, the whole world if we had the chance. We set up several computer monitors while the base was undergoing repairs in order to protect ourselves better from the Titans. Namikawa and the other leaders had decided to move the entire base underground by using the remains of the underground hangar where the Gotengo and other warships were stationed. It took nearly two months after that to move everything to the underground and the Titans were no longer an issue. Once the Mutants were given a break, they took the time to mourn for their fallen comrade, Kazama. While the other Mutants didn't experience his death firsthand, Ozaki described it in a way that Kazama was shown as a better hero than himself. Afterwards, we still needed to make some adjustments and eventually ended up with the base that we have today.

However, the morale was terrible. The loss that almost every member including Miyuki had made Miki, me, and others so worried for their mental health. One night, I went to Miyuki's room with Miki, Ozaki, and even Gordon. We saw her lying in bed, softly crying with a picture of her and Anna by her side. Ozaki sighed, walking up to Miyuki and holding her in his arms as he caressed her. Miki, Gordon, and I stood in front of them as we tried to have Miyuki talk about her loss, hoping to make her feel better.

Gordon was the first to speak up, "You know, uh….your sister….she was…she was a very smart person."

Despite Gordon feeling a bit awkward, Miki continued and added, "Serizawa and I didn't know her all that well, but she was really helpful in helping us stop the Xiliens. Your sister, Anna, was one of the few daring people that did their best to help others."

"She always wanted to do good. That's why she went into reporting. Even if she's not as brave, Anna would still risk her life for the greater good. I just didn't think she would actually have to do that. For me."

"Is that a bad thing ?" I asked her.

"No. Of course not. It's just that…I felt like it was my fault for her death. Anna shouldn't have been the one to die."

"You're wrong about one thing. It's not your fault. It's mine."

Everyone turned to look at me with confusion as I kept talking, "Don't you all see ? Everything that happened until now was my fault. I was the reason for Grisha creating the weapon and the Xiliens attacking the Earth. It was also my fault that most of humanity is gone and the reason why we're now stuck in this situation."

"I'm not blaming you for Anna's death, Serizawa," Miyuki told me, "I'm blaming the Xiliens. Especially that Grisha guy."

"Listen, Doc. We all know you lost a lot and it brought you a fuck ton of pain, but who's to say that the Xiliens would've attacked regardless of you anyway ? Even without the weapon, they would have used someone else instead of you," Ozaki stated.

"He's right," Gordon added, "They've been here on Earth for who knows how long. Someone else might be to blame for the Xiliens' uprising. Not just you."

"Serizawa, out of all of us. Out of possibly the whole human race. You've been through much more than each of us," Miki told me, "Despite the torture Grisha put you through, the people you lost, and the fact that you're a man out of time, you pushed through that pain and tried to help everyone."

"But what does that mean for all of you ? I've barely got to know any of you throughout this whole time and you've ended up like me. This….is not something that I would wish upon anyone else and I've failed to prevent that."

"Does it matter if we end up like you ?" Miyuki asked, "It just means that we're not alone on this. It gives us a reason to connect with each other. I may have lost Anna, but I'm glad that I have you guys to understand my pain. I'd rather have someone with me than being alone."

Gordon agreed, "I'd also rather have a crew with me than to fight alone with no backup. Right now, we all need to stick together. For all we know, we're the only humans left on Earth."

"But do we even have a chance anymore ?" I asked everyone as Ozaki got up.

"Yeah, we do. We got the chance to rebuild. And if those Xilien motherfuckers come back, we have another chance to kick their asses. But most importantly, we have the chance to give meaning to the lives that we lost. That way, they didn't die in vain."

I nodded in agreement with Ozaki as I looked at everyone else. They all had a feeling of hope that reminded me of when Ogata and Emiko convinced me to use the Oxygen Destroyer. There were a few times in my life where I was willing to risk my life for those closest to me, but this time was much different. I was willing to live for the sake of my new friends and I decided not to isolate myself anymore.

Miyuki felt better after our conversation with everyone, but she was still getting used to the mourning process, just like I was with Emiko and Ogata, Miki with Junior, and Ozaki with Kazama. Gordon tried to get his mind off of Anna by working with Komura on finding ways to repair the Gotengo with limited technology. However, they stumbled upon the Archives when looking for the Gotengo blueprints and came across blueprints of other stuff. They eventually found the blueprints of the Mechs that you all witnessed, but were scrapped due to their failure to stop Kaijus in the past. Gordon and Komura asked permission of the EDF leaders to rebuild these Mechs, but they refused at first. It wasn't until Miki stepped up and helped Gordon and Komura convinced them, saying that without Godzilla, they would need Kaijus of their own to fight the Xiliens. The leaders reluctantly approved, but wanted to make sure that we put all of our effort into building them before the Xiliens returned.

Aside from the Mechs, there was another thing of interest that came to us. Just as we began reconstructing the Mechs, we received news from our Surveillance crew about what the drones have recorded. I, along with everyone else including the EDF leaders, watched as we saw footage of something that we never considered a possibility. We all saw the Walls for the first time.

No Xiliens. No advanced technology. Just regular people stuck inside large stone walls. We weren't sure what to think of this, whether it was something we should interfere with, but we were too curious. We initially planned on how we were going to introduce ourselves to the people of the Walls, but we needed to make sure that the Xiliens were not involved with them in some way. We sent out spies at first to investigate the society within the Walls, but we were unable to get further inside the Inner Walls. With no way of knowing whether you all were working with the Xiliens, the Earth Defense Force ultimately made the decision to conceal our existence from the Walls.

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Year 845

Five years since our time in the future had passed and we made significant progress in the Mech division of the EDF. Although they were nowhere near completion, the blueprints found in the Archives had helped us greatly. Gordon and Komura were the lead instructors on the piloting of the Mechs, despite never having any experience. In the meantime, I got closer with Miki and everyone else, learning to see them as my new family. I even worked as an actual doctor after studying modern medical technology and practices, but I never really applied my skills since we barely had any injured personnel for the past five years. I still continued my work as a scientist, but I wasn't alone as Miyuki was one of my partners, along with other scientists that survived the Final Wars such as Hachiro Jinguji. We did research on the Titans in order to find out what they were and see if they were connected to the Xiliens, but their flesh made it difficult since it constantly disappears into thin air. However, we did find some things interesting about them.

We learned that the Titans possess radiation within their bodies using Geiger counters, causing us to believe that they're somehow related to Kaijus. We conducted numerous experiments on them to test their regenerative process and determine what was the cause of it. In the end, even with our best technology, we were still unable to receive results. Luckily, their radiation level is contained within their bodies, so we didn't have to worry about getting irradiated while experimenting on them.

On the other hand, Miki joined the Surveillance crew since she had nothing else to do without her powers at the time and she also possessed some technical skills. She wanted to help out as much as she could and wanted to at least contribute. There were times when Miki would try using her powers from time to time and hoped that they would return. Through her time in the Surveillance room, she and other EDF members discovered that the land in Japan had drastically changed and there were no signs of the buildings from the past. It did make sense since we've traveled 2000 years later and never experienced the changes happening on Earth. With the planet changed so much, it was hardly recognizable to us anymore.

Ozaki and the Mutants have been training themselves for the whole five years in an effort to strengthen their minds. Muasaka was fully healed during the first year and he didn't train the Mutants again until around the third year, which gave him enough time to get back into shape. The Mutants even modified their Maser Rifles using blueprints of past Maser weapons in the Archives in order to fight the Titans they encountered on their field exercises. Eventually, the Mutants became the spies that journeyed past the Inner Walls and infiltrated the government in order to find out who we were dealing with.

About one month before the….Colossal Titan attacked Shiganshina, I was tinkering with a prosthetic eye that I had been working on for a while. However, once I finished the object and tested it out, I became so used to having just one eye that I just put the prosthetic in storage. I didn't want to open up my scar again just to put a device in my head that might not even work while causing me pain.

As I headed out of my room, Miyuki approached me from out of nowhere and told me, "Serizawa ! The Surveillance crew just discovered something important ! It's something you need to see !"

I followed Miki towards the Surveillance room where everyone were present as they were watching a large monitor at the back of the room. One of the Surveillance crew members pulled up footage of Shiganshina on the big screen and zoomed in on a certain household. I widened my eye as the people who lived at that house were none other than Grisha as well as Eren, Carla, and Mikasa. We all watched as Grisha was smiling as if he had done nothing wrong. As if he hadn't conducted torture on me and Miki. I couldn't help but feel envy and anger at Grisha. Why did he get to have a family ? A son, a daughter, and a wife ? I kept thinking over and over that Grisha should pay for what he did and yet he didn't.

I left the room in blinding rage, but Miki and the others quickly stopped me. They didn't say a word to me, but I knew what they were thinking. Even I began to remember what happened when I had gotten this angry and prevented myself from making another mistake.

We continued to spy on Grisha, along with Carla, Eren, and Mikasa. Although we didn't see anything out of the ordinary, we still had suspicions. We were only confused on how Grisha lived for 2000 years and had a theory that this was someone else, but it was quickly dismissed anyway since it didn't make sense. Then, the day the Colossal Titan appeared, we witnessed the arrival of another unexpected individual. I was in the Surveillance room with Gordon and Miki when it happened.

"Isn't that….Godzilla ?"

"Yep, it definitely is," Gordon said, "But that ain't the same Godzilla we knew back then. Probably another one of his kind."

"He does look different than the previous one. A bit bigger, I suppose," I pointed out.

"And he's helping humans, which means that he is undeniably on our side. That makes things easier for us."

"Wait, look what he's doing," Miki told us as she zoomed in on the footage with me and Gordon taking a closer look.

We saw this new Godzilla helping Carla from the debris that fell on her, which amazed us all. Just when we thought that we had lost Godzilla as our last hope against the Xiliens, we never thought that another one would appear out of nowhere, let alone become an ally to humanity.

After the Shiganshina incident, we spied on the new Godzilla while continuing to keep an eye on Carla, Eren, and Mikasa, hoping to see where Grisha went. During the night he disappeared and we lost him, our drones were unable to follow Grisha as he brought Eren with him into a dark forest. We withdrew our drones and decided to wait for him to return to the hospital where Carla and Mikasa were at. However, Eren came back with that man, Keith Shadis, and Grisha was nowhere to be found. Grisha's disappearance was something that we did not take lightly and we spent some time trying to pinpoint where Grisha's location was. This eventually led to me becoming Carla's caretaker.

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Year 846

"Serizawa, are you sure you want to go through with this ?" Namikawa asked me after showing her and the other leaders footage of Keith requesting his acquaintance to look after Carla.

"Yes. I think that it's beneficial for us to infiltrate Grisha's family and find out what they know of his disappearance."

"How can you be so sure that they know anything about his Xilien heritage ?" Kunikida spoke up.

"I don't, but….I believe that I can take the place of this caretaker and try to gain the family's trust. In time, I hypothesize that they would eventually tell me something about him that may prove vital to our operation."

The leaders looked at each other before deciding their action as Namikawa said, "The only problem that we find with this proposal is whether you can control yourself when meeting with Grisha's family. We know how much pain Grisha brought you and we do not wish to see you act irrationally."

"I can control myself fine. Besides, it's Grisha that I have a grudge against, not his family."

"Then….we approve of this mission. While the Mutants are tasked with espionage on the government of these Walls, we will provide any assistance to you on your mission to infiltrate Grisha's family. We wish you luck on your mission, Serizawa."

"Thank you. All of you," I said before making my way back to my room with Miki by my side.

As I began packing my belongings, Miki was concerned about me heading into the Walls on my own and expressed her concerns with me.

"Are you sure you want to do this alone ? Wouldn't it be best if I came with you too ?"

"If there are Xilien spies in the Walls, I don't want you or anyone else to get hurt because of me again. If they cause trouble and end up attacking me, then I'll make sure that they never find the base."

"That's what I'm afraid of. You dying alone without us by your side when we could've been there to help you."

"It'll be okay, Miki. I know that if I'm out there, you and everyone else will be looking after me," I finished packing and heading out of my room with Miki, making our way towards the hangar where Ozaki and the Mutants were waiting for me.

"Hey, you ready, Doc ?" Ozaki asked me as he stood on the ramp of the transport ship after hugging Miyuki.

"Yeah…let's do this," I said as I got onto the ship with him and the other Mutants.

"You nervous ?" Ozaki asked me.

"About the Xiliens ? No."

"Nah, I meant living with these Wall people. It's going to be very different from living in 1954."

"How bad could it be ? It's nothing compared to traveling through time and facing extraterrestrial threats."

We both watched as Miki and Miyuki waved goodbye to us before waving back at them. The ramp to the ship closed and we rode our way to the Walls.

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"And that's….the end of my story."

Everyone was in complete silence as Serizawa and the EDF waited for them to say something or ask questions. Instead, they just watch as everyone displays various reactions towards Serizawa's story. While the soldiers of each faction were shocked, the Military leaders were perplexed at the fact that Serizawa was basically the oldest living human in history. Everyone else such as Levi, Mike, their Squads, and the recruits were either feeling pity for Serizawa and the EDF or feeling scared by the Xiliens' power.

"Damn, and I thought we've been through hell," Jean stated, "But these guys had it worse than we did with the Titans."

"They lost everything just like me," Connie pointed out, "At least I understand their pain to some extent."

"I guess I'm not the only one that's been taken advantage of and betrayed. I'm surprised they still trust others so easily," Ymir thought to herself.

Eren, Carla, and Mikasa were horrified to hear the truth of Grisha's deeds and what he did to Serizawa and humanity in the past. Carla never would have believed that the one who saved her parents was also the same person that doomed humanity. Eren, on the other hand, was conflicted about the true purpose of his powers and his father's reason for choosing him to have the Titan powers. After everyone took a few moments to process Serizawa's story, Hange was the only one that had a wide-eyed and excited reaction.

"I….have….sooo….mannnyyy…..QUESTIONS !" She shouted as she skimmed through her notebook.

Levi walks up to Serizawa and warns him, "You should probably answer everyone else's question first. You talk to her, then you'll be wasting a whole day listening to her."

"Noted."

Serizawa avoids Hange, despite her trying to make her way over to him, and heads over to Eren, Carla, and Mikasa first while everyone else was still getting over the story. He knew that they would have the most questions concerning Grisha and decided to make sure that they come to terms with everything.

As Serizawa sits by their side, he watches as Carla holds both Eren and Mikasa's hands. Although Carla was visibly distressed at learning the truth about Grisha, she surprisingly speaks with Serizawa on a different subject.

"There's something that I'm a bit confused about, Serizawa," she asks, "The part in your story where you planned on replacing Keith's friend."

"Oh, um…what about that part ?"

"Ever since we first met each other, I always find it odd that you were so focused on helping me get fake legs. You were so forward about it too. I just wanted to know why you were so motivated to take care of me, even though that wasn't a part of your mission."

Even Miki and the others in the EDF were curious since they weren't sure why Serizawa cared so much about Carla before they even met. Everyone in the room got close to hear Serizawa's response as he took a deep breath.

"It's because…..you reminded me so much of Emiko."

"I do ?"

"You see, back in 1996, when I first saw her again, Emiko was old and alone. Her niece and nephew weren't there most of the time to look after her. Even Ogata, who I thought would make her happy, wasn't even there either. Although I managed to spend a few days looking after her, it was the only time where I felt….relaxed and normal. Everything bad that happened to me was gone from my mind. The only problem was that Emiko still suffered and no one was there for her."

"That caretaker was going to be with me anyway. I wasn't going to be alone."

"But you would have suffered nonetheless. Despite the fact that I was using you to get to Grisha in the first place, I couldn't help but sympathize with your situation. I didn't think that Keith's friend would provide a better companionship, so I decided to replace him because looking after you…would have made me feel like I was taking care of Emiko again. If I had gotten another chance to be with her again, I wouldn't hesitate. I guess I just saw that chance in you, Carla. You're a great friend to me just as Emiko was."

Carla softly smiles at Serizawa's speech while everyone else, except the EDF, was impressed that he had the guts to reveal something so personal. Especially when they wouldn't do something like that for anyone else. Regardless, Erwin approaches Serizawa after looking through Hange's notes and finding something odd in Serizawa's story.

"Excuse me, but I need you to address something, Mr. Serizawa."

"Uh, sure. What is it ?"

"The part where you lost Grisha in a forest when he was apparently taking Eren with him. How was Keith Shadis involved ?"

"What do you mean ?"

"You specifically said that Keith Shadis returned Eren to the hospital Carla Jaeger was staying at after Grisha had disappeared. Did you, or the Earth Defense Force, by any chance speak with him about that event ?"

Serizawa looks at Miki and the others in the EDF in confusion before replying, "No, we didn't speak with Keith Shadis. We didn't think that he would provide anything important on Grisha, so we decided to leave him be."

"I really think that we should meet with him. Maybe he does know something about where Grisha went."

While Serizawa and Erwin continue discussing, all of Eren's friends gather around him to speak with him on the Keith situation.

"Keith Shadis ? It can't be the same one as our instructor in the 104th, right ?" Connie asked.

"It is," Armin answered, "Mr. Shadis has been close with Eren's family for a long time. In fact, he was the one that convince Mrs. Jaeger to let him and Mikasa join the Military."

"Hey, Eren. If you've known Mr. Shadis for that long, was he ever nice or was he always mean ?" Sasha asked curiously.

"Forget that. Do you even remember what happened that night when your dad was gone, Eren ?" Jean asked, "I know you have memory problems or something like that, but you gotta know something at least."

"I'm sorry, but I don't remember anything that night. No matter how much I try to remember, it just hurts my head."

Mikasa added, "Maybe once we see Mr. Shadis again, you'll be able to remember something."

"Yeah, she's right," Jean agreed, "He could remind you of some details and you can take it from there."

"I don't know, you guys. What if it doesn't work ?"

"Then we still have his dad's basement to check out," Levi said as he and the rest of the Scouts approached Eren and the others, "If Keith Shadis has nothing for us, then we move on. That's it."

Hange then gets in between everyone as she speaks to them in an upset manner, "Hey, you guys ! Looks like we're going to meet Shadis, but we have to wait a bit longer to ask questions. This sucks !"

"At least you'll have more time to come up with more questions," Mike stated.

"But I already have all the queeeesssstions !" Hange whined, "I can't stop thinking about all the cool details Serizawa put in his story ! Like the other types of Kaijus he's seen and especially the time travel vehicle !"

"You can wait, Four Eyes," Levi said, "Let's hurry up and go meet Shadis and see what he knows."

The meeting between both sides of humanity had quickly reached its end, but Namikawa, Naotaro, and Kunikida remained with Darius, Pixis, and Nile at the Walls. They discuss with the Walls' leaders on humanity's next move while everyone else heads towards Eren and his friends' training camp from their time in the 104th Cadet Corps.

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As Keith Shadis was outside on the training field, he became worried over the recent events that occurred in the government. Throughout his time at the training area, Keith couldn't keep his mind off of Carla's safety after hearing about her being sent to the Capital due to Eren's trial. He hoped that she and Eren were doing okay, but knew someone would be taking care of them while he was working. However, Eren, Carla, and the others arrive, catching him off guard as he meets with the EDF for the first time.

"Carla ? Eren ?"

Erwin steps forwards and approaches his former commander before greeting him, "Hello, Keith. It's been a long time."

"Erwin ? What the hell's going on ? Who are these people ?"

"It might be difficult to explain, but I hope you have the time for it."

After nearly an hour of explaining the situation to Keith, everyone watched as he reacted calmly after learning the true reason Serizawa replaced his friend and his story of humanity's past. Keith takes a deep breath before turning to Serizawa.

"Thank you for looking after Carla, Serizawa," Keith said, "I didn't think that I could trust you at first after meeting you that one time, but seeing who you really are and how much effort you put into this caretaking job, I can see that I was wrong."

"Besides that, Keith. We have some questions for you regarding Grisha Jaeger. If you have the time, of course," Erwin said as Keith nodded.

"I have the time, but I'm afraid it'll just be a waste. What I know about Grisha won't help you all."

At first, everyone was a bit disappointed until Carla spoke up, "Please, Keith. There must be something you know that can help. After all, you were the one that introduced me to him."

Keith sighs as he looks at Carla before deciding to tell her and everyone else everything he knew.

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He begins telling everyone about his past when he first met Grisha outside of the Walls around the year 832. There was nothing unusual between Grisha and Keith's interaction in the story as everyone learns a bit about Keith's life in the past. However, when Keith got to the part where he was dealing with the aftermath of the Fall of Wall Maria, they found out that Keith had been keeping a close eye on Grisha afterwards. He explains how he followed Grisha and Eren into a forest one night, but lost them when he became distracted by the presence of someone else.

Eventually, Keith searched the forest for Eren and Grisha until he stumbled upon Grisha meeting with some strange looking people, who were revealed to be X-65 and a few Xiliens. With Eren missing, Keith decided to observe Grisha interacting with the mysterious people and eavesdropped on their conversation.

"It has been quite a long time, my superior," X-65 said, "I do say that this is an odd choice of pickup. I would have figured that you were still at Facility 11, supervising the Titan production."

"I was….scouting new land for further expansion of our Facilities."

"I see, but there appears to be some odd structures around here. I believe that I just saw large stone walls."

"They are just remnants of humanity's architecture from years ago," Grisha seemingly lied, "They won't pose a problem. Let's get going."

Keith then witnessed Grisha and X-65 disappear in a flash of light, shocking the soldier. He wasn't sure what to think of what he just saw, but something else caught his attention. A sudden lightning bolt appeared from another part of the forest, prompting Keith to investigate the disturbance. After finally finding the area where the lightning struck, Keith came upon an unconscious Eren in the middle of a large smoking skeleton. Keith's story soon came to an end when he brought Eren back to the hospital that night.

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"That's basically it."

As everyone set themselves up for more disappointment, the EDF were actually surprised that Keith did end up finding out what happened to Grisha. They just didn't realize that the event was so confusing to him that Keith felt that no one would believe him at that time, causing him to believe that his knowledge was useless. On the other hand, the Scouts withdrew their theory of Grisha being eaten by Eren. After learning that Grisha was gone elsewhere, they began to wonder among themselves about who Eren ate to receive his Titan powers. Even Keith was unsure as he didn't see anyone else other than Eren, Grisha, and the Xiliens that night.

Setting aside the situation with Grisha for a moment, Hange speaks up to Keith about the reason he quit the Scouts, "So this whole time…you left the Scouts because you weren't 'special' ? That's a pretty dumb reason."

"Easy, Hange," Eren warned her as he turned back to Keith.

"You were right about something though, Commander. I'm not special at all. Who knows why my father conceived me, but it's clear that….he's the enemy. Even if…."

"It's okay, Eren. You don't need to keep on talking about this," Serizawa said as Eren continued anyway.

"It's not okay, Mr. Serizawa. My father has done unspeakable things to you and everyone else in the Earth Defense Force ! I don't even know if he even cared about me, or my mom, or even Mikasa ! I… I …. I just wish that I could remember !"

Eren stormed away from the training grounds as he teared up. Mikasa and Armin went after him as the rest stood by and watched.

"You know, it's not everyday that a kid learns that his dad is an alien that doomed all of humanity," Gordon remarked.

Carla turns to Serizawa, "Don't you have anything that could help bring back his lost memories ?"

"Even with our technology, Carla, we don't have anything advanced enough to do something like that."

Miki stepped forward in front of everyone as she pointed out, "Maybe we don't need technology."

As Mikasa and Armin eventually catch up with Eren, they stand by his side and comfort him as he was letting his anger out. They noticed Miki approaching them by herself before turning to her.

"Eren. Do you mind if I do something for you ?" Miki said as Eren, Mikasa, and Armin walked up to her.

"Something for me ? What is it ?"

"I believe that I can do something to bring back your memories, but I want to give you a choice first. I want to make sure if you really want to remember. Otherwise, you might remember something that could possibly change you from who you are now."

Eren wanted to say yes at first until he heeded Miki's warning. He thought more about what to do and decided what was best. Eren looks at Mikasa and Armin, hoping that his lost memories wouldn't change his relationship with his friends and especially his mother. In the end, Eren needed to know what happened specifically that night his father disappeared and saw that there were more benefits than risks. He accepts Miki's offer, determined to get the information about that night for his mother and the EDF. Miki places out her hands, prompting Eren to grab a hold of them. Miki proceeds to close her eyes while Eren does the same. Mikasa and Armin keep their distance from the two so as to not disturb them in any way. They both watch as everyone else arrives to witness Miki and Eren in a trance. Concentrating on repairing Eren's mind, Miki uses her powers without struggle and searches deep within his psyche. Afterwards, Miki and Eren were both standing in the same forest on the same night of Grisha's disappearance.

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Just to be absolutely clear (If this wasn't obvious from the start), I don't own the Godzilla franchise or the Attack on Titan series. This chapter references the events of past Godzilla movies through Serizawa's perspective and connects the Showa, Heisei, and Millennium Eras. HOWEVER, this is just purely headcanon stuff and does not affect the canon in any way. And one more thing, just like every fanfiction, this one is set in an alternate universe as well. (Actually, I probably should have said this stuff from the very beginning, but whatever.)

Other than that, I just wanted to say that this was a pretty hard chapter to make with how much stuff I wanted to put in here. At the same time, I also didn't want to elaborate too much on the movies referenced in this chapter because you all have probably already watched the Godzilla movies at least once and already know what happens. If not, then I hope that I didn't spoil too much.

Despite this being my longest chapter so far, I hope it's a decent read on the backstory of the EDF and especially Serizawa's journey. The only thing I'm probably worried about is whether Serizawa's development seems realistic, or just not good enough. That's up to you guys to decide, though. I don't consider myself a professional writer, but I try my best. Another thing that I want to know is whether you guys like longer chapters like these or just shorter chapters. Not ones that's like 3000 words, but around 10000 at least.

Anyways, see you all later and feel free to ask any questions. Preferably through PM, but reviews are fine.