Godzilla: The Birth
Chapter 6
The Revenge
Nearly a year later.
A lot had changed. The infants had all grown into young adults. They were all about the same height as their parents now. All except Godzilla. He had sprouted up much higher than his parents and siblings. He was a good head and neck taller than his father. He also stood more upright than the others, making him seem even taller. His scales had developed a rougher texture than his fellow gojirasaurs. His muscles were more pronounced. The fins on his back were solid and a silvery-grey color. They were a spiky shape and aligned in three rows.
Godzilla had become much stronger with age. He spent much of his spare time wrestling with Anguirus and Rodan. The two other monsters had matured as well. Anguirus' spikes had grown sharper and he had gained considerable bulk, which made him a powerful brawler. Rodan had become much faster over the months he had lived on the island. He now was able to make whole rows of trees bend over and break in the wake of his sonic flight.
Godzilla remained the strongest of the three, but they had all become stronger than others of their races. Anguirus had become the Alpha of his herd after the previous Alpha had fallen to illness and old age. Rodan never spent much time with others of his race. Ever since his parents vanished while hunting one day, Rodan had distanced himself from other Radons. He would never know that they had perished in the flames of a powerful volcano; victims of a plot hatched by the humans they had foolishly tried to hunt.
Godzilla spent much of the early morning wrestling with Anguirus while Rodan watched from a nearby hill. Godzilla and Anguirus locked claws as they tried to push the other down. Unfortunately for Anguirus, Godzilla's hind legs were far stronger than his and thus he could get better thrust. He flipped Anguirus onto his back. As the four-legged monster flailed uselessly to pick himself up, Godzilla stepped on his chest and let out a victory roar.
The deep and powerful cry reached even the furthest edges on the island. The Gojirasaurs all perked up at the sound of the call, knowing its source. Mixed emotions filled much of the herd. Some saw Godzilla as dangerous and different. Most saw him as strong and admired him.
From his privet den, the Alpha also herd the call of the younger male. He flashed his teeth and growled his annoyance. Ever since the first day he had laid eyes on the strange child, the Alpha had disliked him. His smell, his appearance, his abnormal strength; it all made him uneasy. He hated Godzilla. What's more, he hated that he had the respect of the other members of the herd. The Alpha liked his position, and he'd sooner die than lose it.
After the brawl, Godzilla returned to the herd and prepared to join the other males in a hunt. He joined his father and brothers as they marched into the water with the other males while his mother and sister waited on the beach.
Godzilla loved the ocean. He honestly felt more at home in the salty seas then on land. He also proved to be quite the hunter, gulping down schools of fish and easily snatching dolphins and whales. He swam quickly through the sea, enjoying the floating freedom of the water.
The peace of his swim was cut shout with a cry of terror. Godzilla turned to see one of the herd being attacked by Ebidrah, the giant lobster, its claw stabbing through the poor creature's side. The monster had crossed paths with the gojirasaurs many times, though this was the first time Godzilla had seen it. The monster continued to attack the saurians as it always did, purely out of its aggressive instinct.
Godzilla watched as its kin were attacked one by one. Most of the group tried to retreat and his father and brothers were amongst them. But when Godzilla refused to join them, his father turned back to get him.
What his father saw on the younger male's face was something he had never seen before. It was an expression that sent chills down his spine. It was an expression that held more emotion and more impact than any he had ever seen.
It was an expression of pure, unbridled RAGE!
Ebidrah, having killed the ones that had tried to fight it, noticed the stragglers and charged at them. While the elder male tried to dodge, Godzilla simply floated there in the middle of the water as the demonic arthropod thrust its spear-claw at him.
Godzilla caught it.
He caught it and held it in his hand, blood seeping as the sharp edges cut the skin. Godzilla showed no sign of pain. Ebidrah became puzzled at this. It couldn't move the claw from his grasp no matter how hard it tried.
Godzilla let out a powerful roar, pulled back his claw, and then swung it forward with such force that it cracked the monster's shell. The claw slipped from his grip as Ebidrah reeled from the impact. It turned and swam at him again, but Godzilla was already swimming at it full speed towards it. The two monsters collided and began wrestling under the water. Ebidrah tried snapping its pincer-claw at Godzilla, but Godzilla held it off as he scratched the arthropod's shell with his claws. The diamond-hard claws cut into the hard exoskeleton far deeper than had ever been done before.
They crashed into the base of a small island, wrestling against the rocks. Ebidrah pinned Godzilla by his neck with the pincer and then stabbed his shoulder with the spear. Godzilla roared in pain as the spear twisted in his shoulder. He balled up his claw and punched the lobster right in the eye, destroying the eye and causing it to cry out in pain. He then pried off the pincer claw from his neck and braced his foot on the monster's underside. Gripping the spear, Godzilla used his mighty leg muscles to tear the impaling appendage clean off of its owner.
Screeching in pain and violently dismembered, Ebidrah began to try and swim away. Godzilla wouldn't have that and grabbed the sea monster's tail. Godzilla dragged it litterally kicking and screaming to the surface. He lifted it up and slammed it down ward against the hot sand of the shore. Ebidrah flailed in pain as it tried to right itself. Godzilla's spines shown as he sprayed his fiery acid, setting the lobster's underbelly aflame.
Ebidrah rolled onto its underside and began to scuttle towards the water in panic. Godzilla stepped on its back, pinning it down in the sand and holding it steady. He bent down and gripped the arthropod's head in his jaws. With a quick twist, Godzilla tore the head from the body, finally killing the chronic menace to his herd once and for all.
As he spat out the head, Godzilla noticed the other males gathering on the island. They looked on in amaze as they realized what he had done. Godzilla's kin were especially taken aback by this amazing scene.
Godzilla's expression softened, but only just enough to let them know he wasn't going to attack them next. He then inhaled deeply and released the loudest, most powerful roar any of them had ever heard. It was a true call of victory.
AN. Finally starting to show the familiar GZ we all know and love. Godzilla's first true victory. Yeah its only Ebidrah, but I tried to make it a bit more intimidating in this story. Hard to do with a monster that got its exoskeleton handed to it by humans on foot with simple laser guns. Next up, Godzilla finally earns the title of king.