Chapter One: The Titans

Years ago the Titans Uranus and Gaea, the sky and the earth, fell in love and produced a line of titans and powerful beings. Among these beings were monstrous things which Uranus looked upon with utter disgust. He locked them away in a pit, much to the sadness of their mother, Gaea. She told her son, Cronus, to free them when he was old enough. He fulfilled his mother's wishes, defeating Uranus. However, he himself became a cruel Titan, swallowing his children, except for Zeus, who escaped with help from his mother.

History repeated itself as Zeus overthrew Cronus and threw him along with the majority of the Titans into the Pit of Tartarus. Most of the other Titans did things that displeased the ruler of Mount Olympus and were given harsh punishments, except for Gaea. Prometheus had his liver eaten and regrown every day while Atlas had to carry Earth. After they were freed by Hercules, they helped break the Titans out of the Pit of Tartarus. Their invasion was destroyed and the kinder ones slowly grew evil, Prometheus changing his appearance to look like a monster.

They managed to break out of their prison, by destroying the walls. They became conquerors of the world underground ruling subterranean kingdoms and destroying others. On the surface world more monsters appeared. Gojira, King Seesar, Mothra, and Gabara were a few. Others were spawned by nuclear testing. Some of them were actually benevolent, unlike the wicked Titans. One day their paths would cross, resulting in a large-scale battle.

Years Later

It is 2005. The Earth was harassed by monsters of all kinds. The people could only guess at the underground wars between all that was left of creatures such as the Cyclops or the Gorgon. Cronus could devour almost anything with his silver maw. His whole body was covered in silver scales, brown armor protecting him from large subterranean beasts. He carried a mighty sword which could cause earthquakes if slammed into the ground.

Atlas's legions carried heavy fast-firing spear-shooters. This was nothing compared to holding Earth. After Hercules freed him, cosmic science held the planet in its proper place. Atlas led bulky four-armed creatures that could move mountains when in groups of ten. The other subterraneans feared these mighty monsters and had good reason to.

Prometheus had gained the ability to spread fire from his head and hands. He was probably the kindest Titan besides Gaea, but then he had turned into one of the most powerful beings on earth. He named almost everything he acquired after himself. His Prometheans lived in Promethea and they jumped out of volcanoes to check on the progress of the mortals. This made Prometheus one of the most well-informed titans of the events going on above him.

Gaea had also turned to darkness, although she was still very beautiful. Her clothing was made of plants and her skin was green. Little animals used to climb around on her, but that ended a long time ago. She was originally the entire surface of the planet, but since she was the only Titan loved by Zeus, her mind was allowed to enter a walking body. She found many ways to grow vegetation underground and hated it when Prometheus played around with his destructive fire right around her "children".

There were two other Titans never mentioned in the annals of Greek Mythology, mainly because only the Norse knew about them. The first one was Ymir, who had been there alongside Uranus and Gaea. He now lived under the northern part of the world, controlling many men in heavy clothing. Ymir could freeze lesser beings with his icy breath and wielded a large axe.

The second one was Surtur, who like Prometheus, was a master of fire, only his body was covered in the burning thing. Prometheus merely had black volcanic skin with lava bubbles appearing on him every now and then. Surtur was probably one of the most feared Titans since he would release lava flows on his enemies.

The Titans met in a large underground structure made of crystals and diamonds. They all sat in cushioned chairs by a large table, since each Titan was at lest 300 feet tall. Ymir sat by Surtur, whose fire was getting on his nerves. Usually they were buddies, but this was it. A snow giant didn't like to sit by burning objects unless he could put the fire out with his icy breath.

"Surtur, lessen your infernal flames. They are beginning to annoy me," he complained in his cold voice.

"Yeah," commented Prometheus, "It's really getting on my nerves."

Cronus looked at Prometheus and opened his mouth. "Stop talking in the mortal tongue of the Americans! Can you not use Titanian speech? I am alright with you observing the surface men, but don't adopt their customs!"

"Hey, who helped you get out of Tartarus? Me!"

"Actually I did most of the work." said Gaea. "I grew large plant tentacles to break down the walls. You just punched your way through while the others looked on.'

"Cease this bickering," said Atlas. "We must discuss what we came to discuss."

"Correct, Atlas," smiled Cronus. "Now, we must think about what to do with these man-made monstrosities."

Prometheus's eyes lit up with fire. "I have sent spies to look at them. Most of them have the intelligence levels of normal animals. The ones we should fear the most are Mothra and Gojira, who's more internationally known as Godzilla."

"We will fear nothing!" exclaimed Surtur in anger.

"I think the remedy for this situation is very simple," snapped Cronus. "Kill the monsters and then take over the surface world."

A flat-faced creature barged into the meeting. "Please forgive me, sirs, but there is a lightning-shooting monster digging its way here. It has large ears, a horn on its snout, and resembles a dragon. He came while we were battling the sub-bots of Suros."

"Well done, Mink." Prometheus said to his Promethean messenger. "I can easily say that it's Baragon, an ancient animal awakened by men. His element is underground."

The Surface World

Dr. Owen Dirk, a professor at the 21st Century University, put on his jacket and walked to the new Mexican Restaurant. With him was another professor, Mr. Raymond Filler. They went into a two-man booth and after taking their orders began to talk. 21st Century University was, as its name implied, a new college dedicated to the new science seen in mutated monsters and alien invasions. Dr. Dirk studied underground patterns and creatures, especially Baragon, while Dr. Filler was an expert at anti-alien invasion weapons and plans.

"Hey, Owen, have you been studying those crazy quakes that have been happening?"

"Yes. I think there's something under the surface besides Baragon. It's like there's a war down there."

"Oh come on Owie. Do you think there's little guys with big eyes fighting for mastery of the world?'

"Maybe. Oh thanks."

Owen received a plate of enchiladas while Raymond got a large burrito.

"What's your evidence?"

Owen pulled out some photos while putting Mexican beans in his mouth. Ray's eyes widened.

"What's this?" He pointed to a dead blackened body with a flat face. Owen smiled and after eating some of his enchiladas he said, "It's intelligent. You can tell by its clothing and weaponry. Actually it's probably a he, not an it. They found it killed by natives on an island with a volcano."

"Hm. Maybe there are underground wars shaking the planet." He paused, and then continued. "I forgot to tell you. You've been invited to come to Greece on an archaeological dig. There's been some slight rumbling over there."

The Pacific Ocean

Godzilla swam towards the beautiful island. It was just his size and the life seemed fruitful. He stepped onto the island. There were enormous plants which seemed to move like tentacles. This reminded Godzilla too much of Biollante. The green tentacles defended the island for Gaea and they started encircling the leviathan's legs. Godzilla roared in anger and fired his atomic breath, severing two of his assailants. More green enemies kept popping out and soon the reptile was covered twisting vines and tentacles.

Godzilla saw the things coming out of a hole encircled by large, red petals. He blasted the hole, hearing strange sounds as the activity of the central plant and its appendages died down. After using his breath to blast apart the remains, he decided to leave this island. It wasn't as friendly as it looked.

Underground

Prometheus stomped his way through the tunnels, followed by an army of Prometheans with heavy siege weapons. The Titan was looking for Baragon. He had not yet battled any of the giant monsters but he knew a lot about them. Other Prometheans ran towards him, yelling for help.

Yellow lightning hit Prometheus in the chest, knocking him back onto several of his own soldiers. Ballistae fired their ammunition, which bounced harmlessly off the approaching dinosaur. More yellow lightning scattered the troops, destroying their ballistae. Prometheus got up and threw fire at Baragon, who leaped onto him. The two giants grappled and the war between Titans and monsters began.