Chapter 2

South Pacific, off the coast of Odo Island (Bonin Island Chain)

Darkness. A dark void of endless time spreads out into every direction. Nothing is visible as the dark consumes all. But suddenly a light emerges. It grows in depth and scatters away the dark into the farthest corners. An intense feeling of heat ecompasses his entire being. The heat hurts him tremendously as something is absorbed into his thriving body. But slowly it dissipates as it's mouth opens and bubbles race up into the indefinite space above. The figure feels engery return to it's dormany body. Something it has not felt in a long, long time. It feeds off this renewed power as every muscle flexes from its now outstretched arms. Everything felt wonderful. Senses become fully restored as smell and sight come roaring back. It overwhelms him at first, but he gains control of his body as it becomes fully functional. Only a horrific roar is emitted from the object but the full magnitude of it was muted from the water. Now an old myth has suddenly been reborn into an unsuspecting world...

Tokyo, Japan

They say that a person who questions can be a powerful soul. Someone who will step out of their comfort and call into question the very thing that they are doing. This kind of reasoning can be troublesome, especially for those who are in a position to do something and frown down upon something resembling change. Even if this is done in a matter to help people and continuing the growth as a hole, or done in a way to expose the pundits who believe in a different type of thinking. A thinking that truly only benefits the one in power. This can be a powerful, and persuasive tool which has come to exemplify the very figure sitting alone, in a ragged down apartment.

Dr. Ishiro Serizawa could be considered the very definition of this rationale. He was once considered the top Biologist in the world and the very founder of the study of Kaijuology. Kaijuology is a sub-branch of zoology, except the people in this field observe the habits of Kaiju or "giant monsters". This was a subject that the weary scientist was very fond off and was very vehement about its integrity as a credible study to the scientific world. It would take the extreme degree of which these giant monsters started to appear around the world to explicitly take this study into a formidable research field.

However, this is also what led to the once proud scientist's demise. The scientist started to question what he was doing and wanted to find a higher degree of understanding. This caused problems because as with anything that becomes successful, there are the few who reap the benefits and hated to see a change.

Serizawa became obsessed with the idea that the Kaiju have a universal connection. This connection was what, according to Serizawa, drives the monsters to "act" out. To sporadically attack communities, only these weren't random. Serizawa would go on to try and justify that the Kaiju where the rulers of Earth long before man made their arrival. A sort of earth's' answer to mankind.

Predictably this notion was considered outrageous, and that he had no physical evidence to support his preposterous claims-which was true. Fifteen years of strenuous research proved effortless...at least from a physical point of view.

Serizawa was convinced from what he "studied" that his idea was applicable. That he had observed enough evidence to validate his claims. However, it was not enough. His image was destroyed, and left none the wiser. His fall from grace was a horrid ordeal to witness for his closes friends and colleagues. But this did not change the scientist, it only fueled him more and so he continued his research...even if it was at an agonizingly slow pace.

There was one difference now: Serizawa became more refined with his obsession. His clarity became focused on one certain type of Kaiju. One that has been dubiously named "Godzilla" which was an american tag for the japanese word "Gojira". It was about three years ago that Serizawa came across reports from the mid 1950's of a giant serpentine monster being reported by numerous eyewitnesses. Normally that would have not interested the scientist; a few sightings was nothing to shake a finger at simply because that happens with anything. What caught his attention was the reported "attack" on the rising sun's capital city: Tokyo.

It was a curious observation to note that there was hardly no information regarding this event. The most he could find was, again, eyewitness reports. Nothing else, and what little he did come across had sections just completely blanked out. Serizawa even checked and rechecked the government database which resulted in a headache. Nothing. It was as if whatever happened was trying to...be blanked out of existence. But why? was what drove the scientist and led him to further research this Gojira. However, this road proved also futile as there was little to none information regarding this creature. Gojira had simply become a creature of myth.

This myth idea was actually not a bad thought for Serizawa as the only bit of information regarding such a creature came from a story. An old myth, that was told to young sailors just before they were to leave for the sea. This story had originated from an Island chain of the coast of Japan, the Bonin Island, and more importantly from the island named Odo Island. It was curious to note that Serizawa was actually familiar with this story as he was told it on numerous occasions when he was just a young boy but to consider the possibility that this myth, this legend could be true was a staggering revelation.

So this is all what led to the scientist being here, in this cramped apartment typing on a miniature laptop next to him. He was typing down his latest series of thoughts on Gojira, although most of it has become flimsy hypotheses and guess as he had no real evidence. Or nothing outside of how other Kaiju have acted over the decades and how more common animal act. Gojira has become his newest passion and he longed to be able to find him.

Taking a break from his typing, Serizawa rubs between his eyes and lets out an audible yawn as he can feel the tendrils of exhaustion take a hold of him. He has spent the past 48 hours theorizing a possible set of characteristics for Gojia and checking through his "network". His network that consisted of a mixture of back channel news feeds from around the globe to help keep track of Kaiju. He set up these channels about a year ago, although most of them have proved extremely disappointing. Besides the occasional Kaiju sighting, there was nothing regarding his prized ideal. It just made his job more tiring and he came close multiple times to questioning his own self on what many would consider a wild goose chase. Sighing Serizawa pushes himself away from his worn computer desk and stretched his arms and finally took noticed of his environment. In his restless past few days he has really let his home go to waste. There was some empty cans scattered around the room, some left over food boxes laying on a desk to his right and clothes scattered to the four corners of his apartment. For once, the weary scientist was seeing how much his obsession has taken ahold of him. With a shake of his head and the vow to clean up later, Serizawa looks out his tiny window which overlooked the downtown portion of Tokyo. The sight was not much to look at.

Thats when he heard a soft beep emit from his computer. Begrudgingly, Serizawa turns towards his desk and squints at his computer screen as if he had hoped he could magically pull up his screen from his spot at the window.

Shaking his head, he finally rushes back to his computer and notices it was an email notification. Staring at with a whimsical look, Serizawa hurriedly clicks a command and his email materializes before him. Upon seeing the email, the scientist felt a knot form in his stomach. He did not recognize the sending address, but it was the subject that got him riled up.

Subject: Gojira/Odo Island Connection, Tokyo.

This brought both excitement and some nervousness to him. One feeling aroused from his obsession of finding the truth, while the other came from the fact that he did not know who this was from and briefly wondered if could be a hoax. After all this would have not been the first time he has been the victim of some cruel email pranks. But cursing his foolishness under his breath, Serizawa opens the email and begins to read.

Once he was finished with what he read, Serizawa eyes grew big and his obsession was just fueled with a renewed desire. However, unknowing to him events beyond his imagining where starting to unfold.