AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I apologized for the delay. College held me captive though, but I still managed to saved my documents of this story.
So, here we go!
As a child of the Director of Monarch, Madison Russell's life isn't as simple as it seems. Well, everyone knows that the last name "Russell" is too revealing. After the Battle of Boston and the involvement of Monarch, including the fact that her mother Emma Russell is "on the side" of Alan Jonah, hoping that this would tip the balance against the Titans by using the ORCA device (not to mention she did this for her deceased son Andrew Russell) and also awakening King Ghidorah. True, her classmates at school (even the teachers, though some took pity on her) blame her and her mother's, but that doesn't stop her from believing that Godzilla is the True Alpha. She grew fond of him, and even Mothra on the day she met the little larva for the first time.
On one occasion, Madison didn't understand why she was almost killed in the battle; she took refuge at her old home, almost getting crushed by a rubble, then her parents found her alive. But the word "dead" means something she had seen...
Darkness.
That's the only thing she saw.
The total void of dark matter.
She had enough of this.
She wanted to die rather than stay with her goddamn mother.
She knew her dad would grow without his family. They had already lost their son; now they've even lost her. Gladly, in her own self-sacrifice, she deserves it.
Soon, she will see her brother.
Ready to float in an afterlife...
Suddenly, she heard a strange voice, calling out her name. Madison snapped her eyes open. There was no solid matter to be seen of whoever was calling her. It was just an endless, eerie void ringing in her ears...
Then a beat.
A second.
Then out of nowhere, a light emitted above the human girl's head. She felt warm, like a mother embracing her child. It was so good.
Not knowing that there were multiple rainbow strings encircling her body. Then her eyes became heavy as she slowly fell asleep peacefully.
But not before the intense brightness of the light shifted into a mysterious stranger, all covered in white.
Behind the stranger were a pair of beautiful and ethereal glossamer rainbow moth wings flapping gracefully just as Madison falls asleep, in the arms of a stranger.
The stranger brushes her brunette locks, before whispering...
"Live, young Russell..."
And Madison Russell felt herself drenched in rain, with the sounds of thunder, and Mark and Emma's voices ringing in her ears from the real world.
Madison couldn't picture out the person's face. Yet she was revived and returned to the living world. She was lucky to have survived it all, with her father thanking for whatever God has saved her and she was quite confused about the person who had saved her life and soul, from a nearby death. Madison sketched a little from her blank journal, which she was good at.
The person she saw was only a body, dressed in whites, and had tattoos with strange patterns. She thought it was a woman, her voice sounded like church bells chiming. However, the most shocking thing was that she had a pair of wings identical to the Queen of Monsters, Mothra. Yet, they were slightly different. This led Maddie to investigate this paranormal occurrence. This mysterious woman was like something Maddie could imagine from another world.
Well, she just needed to take a rest for a while...
Now back to the present, the now 19-year-old daughter of Dr. Mark Russell is seen sitting on a bench, listening to the podcast while drinking a can of soda, dressed in a gray shirt over a dusty blue jacket, black jeans, and brown boots. She had just taken a quick break from Monarch with her dad, and was lucky enough to go back to Colorado. She now lives there after her mother's death. Still, with her dad on work, she has a free rein over a little home.
Madison traveled to Florida just to buy something for herself when she spotted a girl not much older than her, but she seemed really petite, if you could picture it.
The girl had an exquisite beauty, simple and fair skin, her blue eyes gleaming like endless sapphires, and her long midnight black hair tied in a half-bun. She was dressed in a white blouse and knee-length cherry pink ruffle skirt, with black sandals and wore a blue headband with white daisies atop. She had a pair of golden earrings, a strange bracelet on her right wrist and a ring on her left finger, and a necklace that Maddie would be jealous of how much it would cost. Whether she came from a wealthy family or not, it seemed she was different from the other greedy people.
The girl, on the other hand, was singing alongside a man older than her. He strums his guitar just to vocalize her lovely voice. Many people around their age passed by and stopped their heels to gain their attention to her. Crowds gathered around to see her...
You had the best of me
According to your
Idea of how you wanted me
I grew so tired of
Being so many
Versions of me I gave up
Her tone was soft, yet soothing and meaningful. It made Maddie's heart soften a bit. Is this girl of Asian descent?
I lay awake
And I dream about
A place I can call home
Where I am free and I can be myself
And I won't give this up for anything or anyone
I am awake and dreaming
Maddie couldn't help but feel her legs pushing her to go from the crowd just to listen to the song. So she stood up, brushing her clothes and began walking towards the crowded people. Some of them took out their money to throw it in a bucket below them as the girl continued to sing...
I am giving up the dead
I'm letting go of
The fear and I will move ahead
I have found room in my soul
Reverse where I've been led
I embrace the worthy thoughts
I lay awake and I dream about
A place I can call home
Where I am free and I can be myself
And I won't give this up for anything
Not anymore
I am awake and dreaming
I am awake and dreaming
I am awake and dreaming
While she was singing, the girl caught a glimpse of the Monarch Director's daughter. She hid her grin. Well, Maddie didn't know her very well, but she was going to meet her with a little chat after this song...
I've grown tired of this web
Feeling trapped within this end
Not sure what I have lined up
Though I no longer feel the dread
I will chase what is beyond
I will find myself
Where I am taken
For I'll be there
For a reason
I lay awake and I dream about
A place I can call home
Where I am free and I can be myself
And I won't give this up for anything
Not anymore
I am awake and dreaming
And dreaming
And dreaming
As the song ended, people clapped their hands while some cheered and commented on how great her voice was, wondering if she was a professional singer. The crowd parted ways to return to their regular business, leaving Madison alone in a clearing. The man beside the girl gave a big smile.
"I must say, you have a lovely voice, Ms. Villares!"
"Well, it's just my talent, sir," shrugged the girl, Ms. Villares.
"Here's your other half as promised!" The man gave her the money they had received from the people. "Do you have some time to yourself, or a duet?"
Ms. Villares brushed her hair. "I prefer solo, but I'm not going to participate in a contest, so I took a liberty to practice by myself..."
"I see, but anyway," he grabbed the bucket and the guitar. "Thank you for helping me!" And so he walked away, whistling a tune from her song earlier, leaving the girl alone.
Ms. Villares then cast a glance at Madison, who was staring at her like a high school boy staring at a pretty girl.
"What are you looking at, Ms. Russell?"
Maddie snapped her thoughts out, seemingly dazed for a moment, realizing she was staring straight at the Asian girl. She stuttered, trying to form her words. How embarrassing, she didn't have any money to give her! And how did she know her name?!
"It's alright, you seemed surprised by my talent, for the first time?" Ms. Villares assured her.
"Huh? Oh um...yeah! I didn't mean to, you know, staring at you..." Maddie blushed.
She chuckled, adjusting her sling bag before approaching her. "Well, most people would stare at you for how long, that's quite obvious if you're pretty or weird."
"...I think so," she said.
"By the way, where are my manners?" The petite girl extended her hand. "My name is Celeste Villares. And you must be Madison Russell, right?"
"Uh-huh, nice to meet you, Ms. Villares." Maddie shook hands with her.
"Please, call me Celeste."
"Oh, right. So," Maddie began, "Are you interested about the Titans?" Then she shut her mouth.
Goddamn it! That wasn't in an asked-and-answered book of her head!
Celeste, on the other hand...
Well, that was an interesting topic! Celeste knew she had an affinity for Titans. Gigantic proportions that are part of the Natural Order, alongside Godzilla and Mothra. For her, she has outranked the Monarch Director's daughter in intelligence, but decided not to reveal her intentions yet. So she decided to pretend that she knew a little detail about them.
"Yes, that answers your question," Celeste replied. "I have grown in this world where Natural Order is a huge discovery. And do you want to know who's my favorite Titan? Well, it's the King and Queen of the Monsters."
Madison gasped. This girl, has a favor of Godzilla and Mothra! Even her too! Excitement bubbled her head as if she were about to explode with thousands of questions.
The Asian girl raised her hand as a pause. "Before you ask me a question, would you care to talk somewhere else?"
She smiled sheepishly. Forget about it. They were in public, so most people would stare at random gossip and rumors about her. But who cares? They're just obvious.
The two went for a little walk, stopping by at Celeste's restaurant and coming out a few minutes later with two paper bags, telling each other that it was for her dinner tonight with her friend. They both reached the third floor of the mall, where they found empty seats and decided to have a little snack. They shared information about their interests.
As it turns out, Celeste came from the Philippines, grew up among her parents before her "aunt" wanted her to study abroad due to financial reasons. She doesn't want to because she didn't want her parents to leave without her. That's when she got a scholarship for her education course and after her high school graduation, she and her family moved on to the U.S., whereas now she has settled in San Francisco, California. Here, she witnessed the battle between Godzilla and the MUTOs, but luckily, she was safe beside her mother's maternal family side. Celeste explains that she grew fond of the King and Queen of the Monsters after she saw a footage of the Battle of Boston, forever telling Madison that they have a unique symbiosis, which intrigues her even more. She presented her sketchbook to Maddie, a drawing of Godzilla looking above his Queen, Mothra, with the background of a lovely sunset on the sea. This impressed Madison upon seeing Celeste's unique talent and her fundamental intelligence about the Titans coexisting with humans.
Madison and Celeste talked for hours until Madison's phone rang. She snatched her phone from her pocket jeans and saw that it was Mark Russell, her father. Quickly making up an excuse for Celeste to call him, she walked to another spot and answered the call.
With Madison on the phone with her father. Meanwhile, Celeste picks up a pair of sunglasses with blue and pink highlights from her sling bag and taps it gently. Unknown to everyone, including Madison, this shade is a highly advanced technological accessory. It enables her to see far and wide, surpassing both an expensive space telescope and even more technologically advanced microscopes in their detection capabilities. The shades have GPS functionality, allowing them to identify people like Madison and detect magic and technology. Using her psychic powers, Celeste contacts Tasha through the shades' perspective, activating their sensors.
[~]
"You call, young lady?" Tasha asked.
"I am," she said curtly, via telepathy. "What are they talking about?"
"You mean, Madison Russell and Mark Russell?" The AI Model asked.
Celeste responded with a nod.
"Very well, I'll hint at recording their business once we get home." Tasha then typed a holographic keyboard from one of her sensors.
"I definitely should trust Madison..." She muttered.
"...What's your idea?" Tasha perked up, still typing and adjusting the recording sensors.
"Do you remember my mission here? I think next week, I have to go to their headquarters, The Castle Bravo."
"Castle Bravo, the Outpost 54, on a Bermuda Triangle where Godzilla resided and monitored by the Monarch Organization. Their main headquarters." Tasha deducted in a calculative way.
"That's true, let's just hope that we won't gonna spoil us a secret." Celeste hoped.
"Very well," Tasha's eyes moved to the other direction where Madison had almost finished her conversation to Mark.
"Let's continue our discussion tomorrow."
Then there conversation ended with a single twinkle.
[~]
Celeste returned to the real world, still wearing her shades, but in an arranged juxtaposition of holographic files and sentimental data from the screen. Then she saw Madison walking next to her, with a pouted face and a frown.
"Dad talk?" She asked.
Maddie blinked.
How could she possibly sense their conversation? A part of her told her to suspect something about their family background, but the other part reminded her to trust her instincts.Well, Maddie nodded to her.
"He's looking at me," she told her. "He doesn't want to lose out again..."
"Madison," Celeste began, "Don't force yourself to read that 'topic' of yours; all that matters is that you have your father..." Then she added something about her thoughts... "Except that motherly bitch..."
"I hope so." Madison muttered, still not talking about her family. "By the way, nice shades you have."
Celeste shrugged. "Getting old now..." The two laughed.
The Asian girl stood up from her seat, grabbed her paper bags, and said... "We should be heading home now..."
The Monarch Director's daughter was about to say something, but Celeste raised her hand. "And of course, we'll meet each other some time. I'm too busy for my stuff. If you want to text me, here's my number."
She pulled out a small strip of index paper, with Celeste's name and the phone number, then gave it to Madison. Then she too, presented her phone number on Celeste, who took a picture on it.
The two said goodbye to each other and went their separate ways.
Celeste's home was not on a mainland. It was half on land and half on the sea, where the land and sea meet.
Her house was just as simple, but modern styled and a hints of technology. Painted cream white with dark blue rooftops, it even has a balcony to relax, and crystal clear windows, with a great wooden oak door. Her home also has a beautiful and rare garden, like a paradise of nature.
Celeste's home was far from the city of Florida, but just only 14 kilometers away. Humans and their technology won't gonna detect her because of how highly advanced her technology was. Tasha had sorted out her stuff and data to ensure their safety and precautions.
Speaking of Tasha, the AI Model was on a garden, trimming some overgrown roses, in her human disguise while wearing an apron complete with gardening tools. It was her favorite past time alongside Celeste because the Asian girl had been experienced in agriculture with her parents when time is scarce and needed to survive. They have a lot of work to do, so in a meantime, she's going to make it simple.
The sun was setting down behind the house, and Tasha is expecting to wait her young lady to go home.
That's when she saw a cool portal appeared in the sand, then a figure jumps out behind it as the portal disappeared out of thin air. Celeste brushed her skirt and adjusted her hair and shirt, before marching towards the gates and opened it with a slight creak.
"Good evening, Ma. Celestina," Tasha greeted. It seems Celeste is a close nickname to her real name so, she disguised it quick and easy upon talking to people. She brushed the remains of the dirt from her gloves and putting down some tools from the basket.
"How's your talk with the young Russell?"
"Same as always, it seems that we're exchanging interests about Titans," the Asian girl said.
The disguised AI Model shook her head in amusement. "She is known for her vast knowledge of Titans, and believing they were not monsters, like Dr. Ishiro Serizawa. And we can listen their conversation after dinner."
The Asian girl nodded. She know every full details of what was happening in this world of MonsterVerse. She doesn't want to spoil it through the others, it's for the best that they'll keep this a secret. She decided to change the topic.
"By the way, Tasha. I brought some dinner for us." She presented the two paper bags to her.
"That's great!" The disguised AI Model exclaimed. "Rest for a while, then you'll take a shower before me, I need to prepare first, and we're gonna have a dinner."
Granted, Celeste - Ma. Celestina as what her real name is given - walked inside the cozy home, but not before she took out her sandals and placed it on a shoe shelf beside the door. She put the two paper bags on a kitchen counter. Then she went upstairs where her bedroom was. She unlocked the door and close it, putting her belongings on a bed, then undressing herself and throw her clothes on a basket for washing them later. Good thing the windows and curtains are closed just to make sure nobody would peep out. Grabbing a towel and a comb on her vanity table, she sprinted towards the bathroom and took a nice, warm shower. After that, she dried her hair off and wore a sleeveless light pink shirt and black shorts. Then she went downstairs to prepare for a dinner with Tasha. Ma. Celestina was good at cooking, but only if she were a skilled chef and she might have a job sooner; she sometimes has issues of igniting a fire and some hazardous stuff, at least she is careful with it. Few minutes later, Tasha came downstairs after she took a quick shower, wearing a periwinkle blue shirt and dark blue pants, her hair pulled in a braided style. Once she saw the petite girl finishing the last touches of cooking and arranging their dinner together, she smiled secretly.
"This young lady has a remarkable chores she do, every since her parents' disappearance," Tasha frowned at that words.
For some reason, Ma. Celestina's parents were gone, the girl claiming that they were caught on a terrible storm alongside her brother, believing they were dead. The girl told Tasha earlier that a certain person took her in before she took on a dimensional travelling after discovering her powers are driven from the Cosmic Crystal she had after she is healed from asthma at the age of 5. She travelled across the worlds, meeting new friends and allies, together she fight for anything that is possible and discovering new powers along her way.
That's when Tasha was born when Ma. Celestina was 16, finding a mysterious Tech Cube from one of her training grounds. The Cosmic Crystal granted its access to the Tech Cube, subsequently creating an adult AI Model, who presented herself as Tasha. That point, Tasha served under Ma. Celestina's order, in a good way. They salvaged metals, stealing and hacking the enemies' data and information, and even building a newer and highly advanced technological weaponry and gadgetry, able to outstand every enemies on their way, without getting detected or caught of course. That is, Tasha will do anything to ensure the safety of Ma. Celestina after discovering that she is the Cosmic Princess granted and christened by Sailor Cosmos, which in turn, finding a pure vessel to continue the legacy of the Universe and the Cosmos. It was quite shocking and challenging at first for the Asian girl, but understands the truth. She needs support and guidance as well as helping her everyday life.
Back to the present day, Tasha sat down on a chair with Ma. Celestina following at her and the two proceed to eat together. They both talked each other, sharing some basic stuff and the function of their advanced vehicle they bought during their trip.
After their dinner, Ma. Celestina volunteered to wash the utensils. Then she and Tasha moved into the living room. The disguised AI Model blinked her eyes, and on a crystal clear table, there appeared a holographic screen complete with data and some information that is tied to different files. Selecting a file that held the recorder of Madison and Mark's phone conversation, they listened to the call.
Turns out, Mark apologizes Maddie from their argument this morning before Ma. Celestina's arrival on afternoon. Their argument was based on a subject about his deceased wife Emma if they were to create another ORCA device, but Maddie insisted that they will build a better device capable of communicating a Titan unlike using the former device of awakening the Titans in the first place. Mark still doesn't trust Godzilla for a million times, not after the Battle of Hong Kong with Kong (he is hesitate that point when he met Dr. Ilene Andrews, the Kong Whisperer, Dr. Nathan Lind, a former Monarch member and studying the Hollow Earth, and Andrew's adoptive daughter, Jia, the last Iwi member who has a bond with Kong using sign language; and after several escalations over their interests of the two Titans, he decided for the trio to study on Hollow Earth and Kong, settling down their outpost). Madison stormed out of their home when Mark was away from his meeting to the Monarch, still fully distrustful and it break her skull to pieces. That is when she took a lunch from the mall and meet Ma. Celestina, under her alias "Celeste". On their call, he wanted to talk to her privately on their house once she got home.
Seems a father and daughter relationship is intensifying especially being a single father of his rebellious daughter. Sometimes they get along, Mark loved his daughter for all of his life and would do anything to protect her from danger.
After listening to the voice recorder, Ma. Celestina and Tasha said each other goodnight before she went into the bedroom and locked the door. She layed down on her bed, feeling all of the activities today is clear.
She rolled towards the nightstand table, where a picture was sat beside the lampstand and an Astronomy book.
The picture consist of a 3-years-old Ma. Celestina holding her doll and wore a bright pink dress, smiling with her 6-years-old brother. He had black hair, fair skin, and dark brown eyes gleaming with happiness, who wore a button-sleeved white shirt and a black pants with cyan and yellow sneakers. The young girl is held by a man around 30s with tan skin, brown eyes, and black hair wearing a grey shirt over a dark blue vest and khaki pants with black shoes. He wore a smile of pride and joy. Beside him was a woman with fair skin, shoulder-length black hair and warm brown eyes, wearing a light green dress with brown ballet flats, her smile that made Ma. Celestina's heart melt at the sight of them.
She loved her family dearly, but now they were gone for good, she still believed that they're always watching and guiding her life, hoping that the Asian girl will have a better future, if not for the fact that she has magical powers came from Sailor Cosmos' Cosmic Crystal, who is now the Chosen Wielder of the Cosmic Crystal in another Universe.
From now on, she needed to solve this quest.
Ma. Celestina stood from the closed double doors, before opening them with a soft click that lead to the balcony. The night was still young, yet calm and serene. The moon softly glowed on a starry night, even the sea helped its tranquility of the Mother Nature. She loved it in peaceful way...
She sighed when she spotted a White Star that is bigger and brighter than the others, twinkling in its way.
Thinking for her friends and allies on another world, she thought about them. It was truly miracle that they were kind enough to train her and even exchanging about their jokes and laughter even at hard times. Someday, she will come back with them once her mission here is done.
Ma. Celestina then sung a short song from her head...
Maboroshi datte shinjiteta
Itsuka wa kitto furerareru to
Omoide no saki he aruku
Hana wa shizuka ni saite chitta
Tadashisa wa dare mo shiranai
Hohoemu anata wo sagashite
GUDDOBAI EBAAGURIIN
Subete wa sugisaru no ni
GUDDOBAI EBAAGURIIN
Boku wa sayonara no tochuu
Her goddess-like voice echoed across the vast ocean, she didn't care if she did that. She calmed herself down, trying not to cry herself.
Ma. Celestina walked back from her bedroom, casting a final glance at the star, then locked the double doors. She crawled from the bed, pulling over the warm covers, and slept peacefully...
Meanwhile, far from the Atlantic Ocean, which led into the south eastern parts of the Pacific Ocean, that goddess-like voice spread throughout the world.
Godzilla, who just happens to return back from his swim, suddenly perked his head upon hearing a strange song calling out of knowhere.
"That voice..." Godzilla trailed off.
A beautiful voice...
That is similar to his Little Princess...
Yet...
Is she's out there?
Hope and faith poured on his titanic heart.
Yes.
He heard that.
Yet, filled with sadness and faith.
Wait...
Mothra Astra...
...is back?
Godzilla tried to erase those dreadful memories of her death. He have to find this voice. A voice that contrasted his deceased daughter's angelic voice.
He needed to see her.
She was there.
He won't gonna stop looking for her...
...for she will continue the legacy of theirs.
"Godzilla?"
The King snapped out of his thoughts, looking behind where his orange eyes met Mothra's calm blue ones.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I heard her..."
"Hear what?"
"She's..." More tears threatening to fall from his reptilian cheeks, but his smile never faltered, there was a hope.
A hope that will change the world forever.
"She's here, I can hear her."
Mothra looks puzzled by her King's words, then she heard a strange but beautiful goddess-like voice echoed across the sea. She gasped, her heart fluttered with hope and joy, tears fell from her eyes. Mothra sat beside Godzilla.
"I...I don't understand..." Mothra was loss at words...
"I know she's there," Godzilla then became serious, determination spread in his heart, "For our legacy continues. She's out there, looking for us, calling our names of our kind!"
Mothra half-believed at her husband's words, but decided to take it as a yes for her.
If their daughter is alive, then they'll have to find her first.
"Do you...wanted to...go?" She asked.
He nodded at her, "You can come with me as long as we saw our child."
Mothra smiled.
Tomorrow, they'll be leaving. They don't mind the humans who kept following them behind, as long as their daughter was there, then everything will be changed.
For Mothra Astra is the rightful ruler of the Earth and the Natural Order's gift...
...and so was the return of the Angel of Stars from the heavens.
Godzilla and Mothra looked one more time at the starry skies, completely unaware of a White Star twinkling in a speed of light, and an angelic voices synchronizing throughout the Universe.
Mothra Astra is reborn.
And the Legacy of the Titans shall continue further.
In the future.
Took me an hour to rewrite again with errors. So sorry for the delay. Yet with bonus song.
~ Awake Dreaming by Laura Brehm
~ Evergreen (cut short) by Xai (from Godzilla: The Planet Eater OST)
Anyway, stay tune for the next chapter!