Author's Note: Been awhile guys. Not gonna lie, hit writers block hard. I've also been focused on my classes since I graduate high school this year. (Corona ruining my senior year) After that is over and summer hits, I should have more free time. Main problem is I know what events I want to happen in this story just don't know how to actually lead up to them with the proper character development. Been winging it the whole time so let's see if I can keep it up. This chapter is a bit slower and more for a bit of character and bond development between Godzilla and Charlie. This took a lot longer than I wanted.

Cinderfall201, you'll just have to read and find out.

To the guest going by Wolf Mike, I love that idea of Ghidorah singing his own version of Be Prepared, but I'm not good at song writing and most likely won't make any characters sing.

To another guest, I'm not sure if you're also Wolf Mike, but I like what you wrote for Ghidorah singing Be Prepared.

Chapter 12: Memories

It had been an hour since Godzilla had been bandaged up. He was currently sitting on his bed and checking up on Junior with his crystal. From what he could see, Junior had been patrolling Monster Island before bedding down. He had been doing it every night.

Godzilla was so deep in thought that he didn't hear a few knocks at his door. After not getting a response, the door creaked open and Charlie stuck her head in. She saw Godzilla on the bed facing away from her. She stepped in and slowly shut the door behind.

Once she knew it was closed, Charlie walked over to Godzilla and looked over his shoulder to see what he was holding. Godzilla knew it was her. "Your father gave this to me so I could watch over my son."

Charlie looked confused as she spotted Junior in the crystal. "Why doesn't he look just like you?"

Godzilla sighed. "He isn't my son by blood if that's what you're getting at. He's my adoptive son. Humans found his egg and he hatched. It's a long story but in the end, they decided to release him and let me take him. I thought I was the first and last of my kind. You have no idea the amount of joy and relief I had finding out that another existed."

Charlie smiled softly and sat next to the kaiju. "I would like to hear that story one day."

Godzilla continued watching the crystal. "Perhaps one day I will tell you."

They both watched Junior. They were both happy at that moment, Godzilla because he was proud of what he had become and Charlie because Godzilla was happy. "He changed you, didn't he?"

Godzilla sighed. "I guess he did a little bit. After he came, I was a lot less angry and didn't attack humans as much. Still hate them, however."

"That's a start. See, you're closer to redemption already." Charlie was smiling brightly.

Godzilla snorted. "We'll see about that."

Both of them continued watching Junior. After a few moments, Charlie decided to take advantage of Godzilla's good mood. "Will you tell me the story of how you came to be? I mean you briefly explained it, but it wasn't the full story."

Godzilla once again sighed. "Perhaps I can show you with this crystal."

Charlie looked at the crystal. "I don't see how you couldn't. You use your mind to tell it to show Junior, so it should work with memories."

Godzilla nodded. "Alright. The story starts in the year 1946."

Charlie watched as the crystal shifted to a large reptile in a dense forest. The only resemblance she could see between it and Godzilla was the face. "Is that you?"

"Yes. This is before my mutation."

Charlie watched as the unmutated Godzilla march through the forest and into a clearing. He had stumbled across what she could only assume were humans. Her eyes widened in shock when they drew guns and started shooting at the dinosaur. She could see the bullets pierce his hide and his face scrunch up in pain.

Godzilla let out a roar and charged forward. He stomped on several of them and chomped down another human. Upon witnessing this, the rest of the group began running while shooting at him.

Seeing the many bullet wounds and the obvious pain Godzilla was going through made Charlie begin to tear up. "Why did they start attacking you?"

The present Godzilla sighed. "I guess I caught them by surprise and frightened them. I wasn't going to kill them when I did find them, but once they attacked, I changed my mind."

They continued watching the crystal. They saw the dinosaur chasing after the humans and killing any foolish enough to stop and shoot him. A moment later, a missile slammed into him, blowing a massive and burning wound on his midsection.

Charlie gasped and tears streamed down her face. She watched as Godzilla let out a pain-filled shriek and topple over. Blood began seeping out of the wound. "How could they do such a thing? You were just an innocent creature living on an island."

"Humans tend to kill what they feel is a threat and think about self preservation."

Godzilla looked over at Charlie. 'Why so much emotion for me when it hasn't even been that long since we've met?' Putting his curiosity aside, Godzilla looked back at the crystal. "Do you see now why I hate them?"

Charlie wiped away some tears. "I do, but it doesn't justify having killed so many when it was just a few that attacked you."

Godzilla glared a bit. "It's not over yet. You have yet to see the worst part."

Charlie was confused. She watched sadly as the unmutated Godzilla was struggling to breath and coughing up blood. The humans had long since escaped the island. The vision changed. It had fast forwarded to a week later. The wounds on Godzilla were covered in dry blood and filled with infection. He was barely alive.

The dinosaur looked up and saw a plane in the sky. It had just dropped a strange object. Suddenly, there was a bright and blinding flash of light. There was a massive explosion and a shockwave blew all the trees in the forest down and incinerated them all.

Charlie watched as the blast passed the dinosaur and was saddened at seeing what happened. He had been severely burned and was struggling to breath. The entire island had become unstable and was breaking apart. The sea was swallowing it up.

Godzilla decided to break the silence. "They not only came to my island and mortally wounded me, they also completely destroyed my island."

Charlie couldn't believe it. "How could they do this to such an innocent creature?"

"Because they wanted to test their latest atomic bomb. The humans only set foot on the island to make sure no ancient human tribes lived on it. They didn't care what creatures lived there so long as they weren't human."

"But that's not right, every living thing has a right to live."

Godzilla sighed. "Not how they see it. Now I will show you my rebirth as the monster I am now."

Charlie watched as the severely wounded dinosaur began to transform. He grew in size and his scales turned charcoal black. His claws lengthened and sharpened, along with his teeth. The tail grew longer and more muscular. Finally, the feature she recognized the most were the maple leaf shaped spines growing along the back.

The monster she saw now looked more like Godzilla, but still held some differences. Charlie could tell he was smaller. His spines were not as prominent as they are now. His snout was a bit shorter as well. Godzilla's tail was also shorter than she recognized.

"Why do you look so different?"

"I was not as powerful as I am now. Over the years, with every battle, I grew stronger and bigger."

Charlie nodded her head in understanding. She continued watching. Godzilla went on to further explain. "I only showed you the sped up version of the mutation. The transformation actually took eight years."

They watched as the younger Godzilla's eyes shot open. He stood up from the sea floor and roared. Then suddenly, a bright white flame spewed from his mouth. The kaiju snapped his jaws shut and his eyes widened.

"As you can see, I discovered my new powers as soon as I woke up. And just like my body, my atomic breath was also weaker and not as developed."

Charlie watched as the young Godzilla looked off in the distance and narrowed his eyes. He let out a rage filled roar and kicked off the bottom of the sea. He was swimming at an incredible speed.

Charlie tilted her head. "What just happened?"

"After discovering my power, the memories of what happened to me and my home came back. I was angry and wanted to punish the humans, so I used my new senses to find the nearest human presence. You can guess what happened afterwards."

"You attacked a city and killed thousands."

Godzilla silently nodded.

"Although I don't agree with what you did, I can see why you reacted the way you did upon waking from your transformation."

Godzilla sighed. "In time, you will understand a lot more."

Charlie smiled softly. "Look on the bright side, at least you got to meet your son. If it wasn't for the transformation or the humans, you would have never met him. Also I wouldn't have gained a new friend and great body guard."

Godzilla's mouth barely curled into smile, but it was enough for Charlie to notice and make her smile wider. She pointed at him. "Hey, is that a hint of a smile I see. I knew I was gonna break you eventually."

Godzilla's expression quickly turned back to his usual frown. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Charlie still held her grin. "Oh don't be like that. Smiling a little wouldn't hurt."

Godzilla simply snorted and slid the crystal under the bed. "It is getting late."

Charlie frowned. He was right. It was getting late and she was feeling tired. "Will you show me more another time?"

Godzilla thought for a moment, and then turned to her. "Yes, another time."

Charlie smiled and stood up and turned to the door. "Thank you."

Godzilla just nodded and turned to lay down on the bed. Charlie walked to the door and stopped to look back. "Goodnight, Godzilla."

Godzilla huffed in response. Charlie then turned back to walk out the door and shut the door behind her.