The City of New York was being slowly repopulated, and rebuild. On the Brooklyn Bridge, the military was lifting up the massive carcass of a mutated animal.
Physically, the creature resembles modern depictions of theropod dinosaurs, specifically dromeosaurids, with some inspiration from iguanas and crocodilians. He has a rough, square-shaped underbite and a pronounced chin, a long and thick neck with a small, spiky dewlap, large, fin-shaped scutes instead of the character's traditional maple leaf-shaped dorsal plates, and long, powerful legs and arms. His mouth is lipless with numerous small, pyramid-shaped teeth that are always visible, even when his mouth is closed, and stick out over both his upper and lower jaws, much like a crocodile. His eyes are fiery-looking, with bright yellow pupils and orange sclera. Each of his 13.7-meter-long feet possess three large, dinosaur-like primary digits on the front and a much smaller, seemingly vestigial, hallux on the back.
This is Godzilla, a massive animal that invaded New York to reproduce.
And one man, looked at the scene, and was probably the only one who felt sympathy for the beast.
His name is Dr. Nico 'Nick' Tatopoulos, major researcher in nuclear mutated animals, mainly earth worms. Nick Tatopoulos has a light beard, dark, straight hair and is dressed relatively casual. He is a small, slender man, and he is often seen with a headgear.
This whole mess started in the Pacific Ocean, when the Japanese fishing vessel Kobayashi-Maru was sunk at sea by a gigantic creature, leaving only a single survivor. The creature dredged the shipwreck ashore in Panama, leaving behind a trail of footprints across the island. Believing the monster was the result of a secret nuclear test their country had conducted in French Polynesia 30 years ago, the French government authorized a team of secret servicemen led by a man named Phillipe Roaché to investigate. Posing as an insurance agent, Philippe investigated the shipwreck, which had its entire payload of tuna removed, and interviewed the only survivor of the incident. The survivor had been exposed to a great deal of radiation during the attack and claimed he saw Gojira, a giant sea monster from Japanese legend.
In the meantime, the American Military deployed forces to Panama to further investigate the incident, and established a scientific team composed of Nick, Elsie Chapman, and Mendel Craven to determine what caused it. Elsie proposed the shipwreck and footprints were left behind by some kind of huge lost dinosaur, but Nick believed otherwise. He hypothesized that the animal was a brand new hybrid spawned from exposure to nuclear radiation, a new mutant species created as a side effect of human activity.
Sometime later, the creature traveled up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, causing multiple shipwrecks as it approached New York. Finally, the creature, a huge reptilian creature standing approximately 180 feet in height, came ashore in Manhattan, tearing apart the docks and wandering through the city, causing extensive damage before vanishing into the urban jungle. Taken completely by surprise by the attack, the military scrambled to evacuate the city and prepare countermeasures against the monster. Nick determined that the monster was piscivorous, and proposed a plan to lure it into Flatiron Square with 20,000 pounds of fish. The plan was set into motion, with a mound of fish being dumped into the street and military forces being stationed around the area. After manhole covers in the area were opened, the creature broke through the street and began eating the fish. Nick took photographs of the beast before the military opened fire on it. The monster fled from the military's attack, and began picking off the AH-64 Apache choppers deployed after him one-by-one. In the end, the monster evaded the assault, with the military inflicting more damage on the city than he did.
Nick was able to recover a blood sample from the creature left behind by the attack, and after close analysis discovered that the creature was capable of asexual reproduction and about to lay eggs. Nick's former college sweetheart, Audrey Timmonds, reunited with him and stole some of his classified videotapes about the monster, intending to use them to advance her aspirations as a news reporter. Audrey's boss, Charles Caiman, stole the story and reported it on live television, giving the monster the name "Godzilla" after mispronouncing Gojira. When the military found out, they promptly kicked Nick off the task force dealing with the monster. Nick was subsequently kidnapped by Philippe and his men, who wanted to work with Nick to find Godzilla's nest under the city before his young could hatch.
The military prepared for another assault against Godzilla in Central Park. Once Godzilla surfaced and entered the park, the military opened fire on him, sending him into retreat again. Godzilla dove into the Hudson River, where two Ohio-class submarines and one Los-Angles class sub were waiting for him. The submarines locked onto Godzilla and fired torpedoes at him while he attempted to burrow to safety. The torpedoes struck the monster, and he sank to the bottom of the river. The military declared Godzilla dead, and the city breathed a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Philippe's team, secretly followed by Audrey and her cameraman Victor "Animal" Palotti, made their way through the subway tunnels under New York until they discovered Godzilla's nest inside Madison Square Gardens, which contained 228 eggs and a large supply of fish to feed the young. The eggs began hatching into Baby Godzillas, who caught the smell of fish on Nick and the others and began attacking them. Eventually, Nick and Philippe met up with Audrey and Animal, and they all boarded themselves inside the arena's media room. Using the broadcasting equipment, Audrey broadcast a live news report to the city showing the Baby Godzillas roaming through the arena and warning of the threat.
Major Anthony Hicks ordered three F-18 Hornet Jets to blow up the arena, and gave Nick and the others a brief window to flee. Using an assault rifle to shoot down chandeliers on the ceiling, Philippe cleared a path for himself and the others to escape just before the arena exploded with all the Baby Godzillas still inside.
The four believed they were finally victorious but were proven wrong when the still-living adult Godzilla rose up from under the street. After seeing the charred corpses of his young, Godzilla became enraged and started chasing the humans. They quickly hijacked a taxi and began fleeing from the monster, who chased them across the city. Nick established contact with the military, warning them that Godzilla was still alive. The taxi began luring Godzilla to the Brooklyn Bridge so that he could be easily targeted by the military, but the creature caught the cab in his mouth.
Thankfully, they were able to electrocute the monster's mouth with jumper cables, making him roar in pain and allowing the cab to drive back out onto the bridge. Godzilla continued giving chase, jumping onto the bridge and quickly becoming ensnared in the suspension cables. With Godzilla trapped, the three F-18 Hornets flew overhead and unleashed their payload on the stationary monster. Godzilla roared out in pain, and after a number of direct hits finally collapsed to the ground. Nick stared into Godzilla's eyes as the monster breathed his last and finally died. New York immediately erupted into celebration, with the threat of Godzilla finally eliminated.
Nick was just walking the streets of New York, heading towards the Madison Square Gardens wreckage. However, there was much resistance. So, Nick made some noises by chucking rocks, and making them run towards it, with many weapons.
Nick headed down the caverns, and listened carefully. As he does, there were many flashes to the people who were studying the original Godzilla's body. However, he was full of guilt, being responsible for the death of this creature, and he exploded in anger yelling, "I STUDY LIVE SPECIMENS, NOT DEAD DISSECTION!!!!!"
Just then, a tiny cry was heard. Nick carefully made his way down a trench, and there, stuck under some rubble, was a little baby Godzilla.
Nick knew that if he just left this poor thing, it would be shot on sight. He couldn't let it happen again. He had to do something. So, Nick, being very careful, cleared the rubble off the baby, all while avoiding it's jaws. Nick noticed that the baby looked a bit thin. It must be starving. Nick then guided the Baby to an opening, and bought many fish for the thing to eat.
"Okay," said Nick, "Now to get you back to the wild."
As Nick thought, the Baby Zilla nuzzled him lovingly, and showing him much affection. Just then, he toughed on Nick's rain coat, and Nick had an idea.
The harbor was very crowded, and Nick guided this 'son' through the crowds.
"Okay son, right this way. Don't wonder off."
The Baby Zilla wasn't planning on leaving Nick anytime soon. He had imprinted on Nick. He now confirmed that this thing that helped him get away from the people with bang bang sticks and gave him fish, was his 'mother'. So, he made sure to keep close to him.
However, luck would not be on their side right now.
"Hey, you got any spare change?" asked a homeless man, talking to the Baby Zilla.
He then walks up to the disguised baby, and said, "Hey!! I'm talking to you!!"
He uncovered the hood, and jaws snapped at his hand. The man then screams, and Nick quickly leads the baby towards the water.
"Quick!! You have to go!! Into the water!! They'll kill you if you don't run!!"
But the Baby Zilla was not leaving. He just looked at Nick confused, and stubbornly, stood there, whining like a spoiled brat. However, Nick did something that he knew was the only thing that would save the baby. He started yelling at it, pushing him away, and even throwing rocks. The baby, heart broken, dives into the water, and hurries away. Nick then takes off, making sure that no one saw him.
He then climbs up to a pier, and said to himself, "I will find you. And I promise, I will help you find a place in this world."