This is a story I've had for 20 years and I think it's improved since then. I doubt Toho or Legendary will make it real, but I wanted to write it anyway. I'm going to do things I WANT to do, not what I think other people want me to do or what I think other people expect of me.
Godzilla vs. Mothra; Puget Sound Destruction Directive Treatment:
The year is 1984 AD. We start on one of the Washington State ferries, probably near Anacortes or the San Juan Islands. People are relaxing, laughing, having a good time. Suddenly, Godzilla, sporting his 1964 Godzilla vs. Mothra design, emerges from the water, roars, shoots his heat ray, then submerges as the ferry catches fire and parts of it explode!
Governor’s office, Olympia. John D. Spellman is a mixture of furious and panicked. He proclaims the action likely the result of a Soviet satellite and comments the state doesn’t have the budget to defend public transportation from violations of the UN Space Treaty. A cabinet member has visited one of the victims in the hospital, who claims Godzilla was responsible. Spellman orders the cabinet member to take the day off, adding “There’s no way Godzilla survived that Red Bamboo nuke 18 years ago!”
The cabinet member arrives at home, unsure what to do as he believes the survivor’s story. After talking about it with his bus driver wife, who doesn’t believe him either, he sees in the newspaper than Mr. Martin, Emiko Yamane and Shinichi Chujo have arrived in Seattle to help protest Hanford and the arms race. He hurries there, interrupting a press conference by flashing his badge and saying there is a survivor of a nautical disaster they need to see.
The three question him, Emiko growing nervous as the details are all-too-familiar to her. Mr. Martin is also uneasy. Mr. Chujo uses a Geiger counter, which nearly spikes. “We’ll need to speak with your boss.” He tells the cabinet member. “Meanwhile, you should head to this location and ask for help.” He hands him a map showing him a small island halfway between Japan and Indonesia.
That night, another ferry is out. People aboard are uneasy due to the previous night’s maritime disaster. Within plain view of the coast, Godzilla re-emerges, roars and shoots his atomic ray, setting fire to this ferry and making parts of it explode.
Due to the numerous witnesses, John D. Spellman permits the three into the cabinet meeting to offer expertise. They lay out the kaiju/Titan history of this world;
1954-Godzilla attacks Tokyo, is killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, which also kills Dr. Serizawa
1955-Godzilla and Anguirus attack Osaka while battling each other. Godzilla wins and heads to an island of ice, military bombardment buries him under the ice.
1961-Mothra’s twin fairies are abducted from Infant Island, causing her to destroy Tokyo as a larva and San Francisco (represented by New Kirk City stock footage) as an adult.
1964-Mothra’s egg is held by greedy businessmen after it washes ashore in Japan. It is theorized in the last 9 years, the ice around Godzilla melted and he got caught in the typhoon, which is why he also washes ashore. Godzilla goes on a seemingly unstoppable rampage and fights and kills the adult Mothra. The twin larvae hatch and cocoon Godzilla, causing him to tumble into the sea.
1966-A group of people end up on Letchi Island, which is defended by the giant lobster/shrimp Ebirah. Godzilla is also on the island, asleep, and is awoken to stop the terrorist organization Red Bamboo and free the slaves from Infant Island. Godzilla defeats Ebirah, a giant condor and the Red Bamboo’s air force before briefly fighting Mothra. A nuclear weapon detonates the island after Mothra rescues the people, they think they might see Godzilla swimming away, but are unsure.
John D. Spellman notes that only Mothra can beat Godzilla and asks how to get her help. Mr. Martin replies they sent his cabinet member to Infant Island to ask for help.
The cabinet member arrives on Infant Island. It is desolate, there are vampire plants and skeletons of wildlife everywhere. He wonders if the arms race and “Star Wars” nuclear weapons idea are truly what the world needs. Daiyo, from 1966, finds him and takes him to the fairies. He asks them for Mothra’s help, stating that Godzilla has returned and is destroying his country. The fairies berate him, his country bombed their island and practices uncontrolled nuclear weaponry and capitalism, preying on the weak and destroying those they disagree with. Why should Mothra fight Godzilla a third time to defend such a place? Better that it burns in the radioactive fire it spawned in the first place.
The cabinet member agrees with the fairies’ assessment of America, but states the country has the potential for good. People are protesting the arms race, they are asking for a better nation, they want a hopeful world, and such people deserve life. Where Godzilla is attacking is full of such people, and because his boss doesn’t agree with him or those people, the cabinet member knows with or without Mothra’s help, it is doubtful he will have a job next January and will need to find new work, which will be easier if Mothra tries to stop Godzilla. The fairies relent and sing, Mothra, sporting her 1992 Godzilla and Mothra; The Battle for Earth design, takes off for Seattle. The cabinet member thanks the fairies and heads back to the Pacific Northwest.
Godzilla makes landfall in Tacoma, destroying much of the city underfoot or with his heat ray. Tanks, F-15 Jets and Frontier Missiles (on cruisers) are brought in, but they don’t phase him. Godzilla destroys the tanks and jets with his heat ray and while the missiles cause him to fall in a crater, he gets back up and roars defiantly.
Mothra flies in and Godzilla stares at her, remembering their past battles. Mothra hits Godzilla with antennae lasers, Godzilla roaring angrily at being caught off-guard. He shoots his heat ray at her, but she dodges and blasts him some more, strafing him. Godzilla roars, slamming his tail onto the streets as if to say “come here and fight like a man!” Mothra flies at him, blasting him, Godzilla grabbing her head and shooting her back with his heat ray. He tosses her into some buildings and shoots again, making a big fireball come up. Godzilla snarls and looks at it for several seconds, then heads North.
John D. Spellman screams Mothra was worthless and he shouldn’t have trusted hippies to save Washington State and should’ve phoned Reagan instead. The fairies appear in his office and assure him that Mothra is still alive, just resting for the moment.
Godzilla rampages through the mountainous forests between Tacoma and Seattle. More tanks and jets are sent in, firing upon him. Artificial Lightning Generators are constructed, as well. Godzilla pretty much ignores all their attacks, shooting down the jets, melting or trampling the tanks and knocking over the generators. He heads towards Seattle and roars.
John D. Spellman groans, “This is going to ruin my re-election.”
“That’s all you can think about, not the dead and wounded?!” asks Mr. Martin. “Good Lord, you really are just a politician, aren’t you?!”
“He’s right, you’re no leader.” Adds Emiko. John D. Spellman sighs with resignation.
Godzilla enters Seattle, smashing any famous downtown building in 1984 that isn’t the Kingdome (Alvin Davis and Mark Langston need to get 1st and 2nd for Rookie of the Year SOMEWHERE) or the Space Needle (saving that for the final battle). Mothra chirps overhead. Godzilla glares at her and roars in response. Mothra strafes him with antennae lasers so hard he falls over into the inferno he just created! She flies northward, Godzilla getting up and roaring indignantly. Mothra hovers around the Space Needle. Godzilla slams into it, tearing its base apart and knocking it over, trying to hit her with it. It doesn’t work as she moves out of the way and blasts him. Godzilla hits Mothra with his heat ray, then strikes her wing with it, causing her to falter. He approaches her, crushing the Pacific Science Center (if it exists in 1984) underfoot. Mothra rights herself and unleashes a yellow powder, annoying Godzilla. His spines light up, but his heat ray doesn’t fire, Mothra has disabled it! She blasts Godzilla with her antennae lasers as he claws at her, trying to get through the powder cloud. Godzilla loses balance and falls to the ground, Mothra grabbing him as he lays on his back. She flies up to the Arctic and drops him into the ice, which freezes around him as he gives one last spiteful roar.
There is celebration among the three past heroes in Olympia, John D. Spellman wonders if he’ll get re-elected and if his focus on power has put him out of touch with humanity. The cabinet member comes in, saying he was watching it all at home on the news. He shakes the hands of the three past heroes and resumes his post in the cabinet. John D. Spellman gives him a wry smile.
“What do you think my chances of re-election are?” he asks.
“Nowhere near as good as the Gipper, John.” He replies woefully.
“That’s what I thought.” States John D. Spellman. He resumes business as usual.
The End
Post-credits scene:
Godzilla breaks out of the ice and roars, heading through the Arctic back towards civilization. Vengeance will be his!
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