This is my attempt at a novelization of the NES game: Godzilla: Monster of Monsters. Between playing this game more than twenty years ago as a child, then picking up the game again as an adult, many questions remained unanswered. How did the aliens get some of the monsters? Many of the monsters that Godzilla and Mothra faced were from Earth, yet they fought on the side of the aliens, even those that were at times allies to either Godzilla or Mothra. How were the stages based on the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, etc) even possible? Some of these were easier to piece together than others, such the battles taking place on moons, rather than the planets themselves, and this is why there is always the planet in question always in the background. Other answers, however, I've taken more creative liberties at explaining and hopefully put together an enjoyable read that may spark up nostalgia and encourage to pick up this classic (albeit, sometimes difficult) game to relive childhood memories or perhaps even introduce a new generation to the gaming relics that should never be forgotten. In all honesty, however, the NES game is an acid trip. Most of the enemies that are not kaiju make little to no sense. Play the game and you will see what I mean. And with that little ramble, we begin with Chapter 1: The Saviors from Planet X

They came under a banner of peace…

The mysterious inhabitants of Planet X had long since seen the plight of humanity as they struggled against the giant monstrosities that roamed the surface of their world. They too had been plagued with their own monsters throughout their civilization's history, until science turned the tide against their own kaiju. The aliens willingly offered to likewise free the Earthlings from their nightmares. Despite the concerns from the Earthlings for the well being of their new visitors, the aliens constructed a monolithic device on Monster Island. With advanced technologies, the likes of which humans could not even begin to dream of, the aliens were able to accomplish what Earthlings could not. Their flagship descended through the atmosphere to hover seemingly innocuously over Monster Island. Hangar bays opened, crafts of various shapes and designed swarmed out with practiced ease that made for an astonishing aerial ballad as they zoomed around the island at unimaginable speeds. One by one, the monsters were coaxed or coerced out of their respective nests, pacified by force under a barrage of lasers and lightning. Unconscious or lacking the strength to fight further, they were ensnared by carrier craft that were apparently designed with the idea of holding subdued creatures of their immense size. Each kaiju was brought before monstrous device, its size dwarfing the now captive creatures. With an ominous hum that grew ever louder in intensity, the device came to life, firing a beam at each prisoner. Varan was the last to be blasted, his cry of defiance cut off as he ceased to be. In an instant, the monsters were gone, perhaps never to be seen again. The civilizations of Earth were at long last able to enjoy a peace many had believed since to be impossible.

Only the benevolent Mothra was spared, as was Godzilla, who had managed to elude capture and even maintain his location secret since the arrival of Earth's alien visitors. No sooner had the aliens finished their duty that they immediately departed back to the stars from whence they came. No words of departure were given, no chance for the humans to express their unending gratitude. The aliens were gone, as were the giant monsters that had been the cause of so much destruction The seasons came and went without incident. Sightings of Mothra were commonplace as she flew near her home on Monster Island. This warranted no actions on the part of the human governments, and sightings of Godzilla were non-existent. The endless war with the kaiju was finally at an end. However, the end of one war inevitably leads to the beginning of another.

At first, the humans reveled in the appearance of the tenth planet in their solar system when Neptune and Pluto switched orbital positions. It was Planet X, and the earthlings waited with anxious breaths, eager to perhaps hear from their saviors anew. The message that finally came was not what they had hoped for. The aliens broadcasted a declaration of war through every viable means of communication. Every human that heard paled as the aliens arrogantly announced their plans of conquest with the very creatures they had removed from Earth. Lacking any means of stopping or even stalling the invading armada and legion of monsters, the Earth could only watch helplessly with her myriad of powerful telescopes as the aliens encroached from the far reaches of the solar system towards the Earth. The moons of the outer gas giants were the first to be colonized. Terraforming each previous lifeless surface, the aliens not only created new worlds for themselves, but added a wealth of resources for their war effort. With each new base constructed, the days before the conquest of Earth lessened.

Desperate efforts were made to understand the device left abandoned on Monster Island, the humans hoping it might reveal some manner of aiding them against the incoming invasion. The most brilliant minds that humanity had to offer were brought in. Meals were forgotten, sleep ignored. There was no greater challenge than determining not only the true function of the abandoned device, but how to activate. Perhaps if it could remove monsters, then it could be turned into a weapon to remove the aliens that had now staked their claim on Mars.

The answer as the device activated itself, panels and monitors suddenly reviving as the last of its power reserves were used to establish a temporary link with a similar device now active on Deimos, one of Mar's moons. At last, they discovered what it was, but it was neither weapon nor could it be used as a defense. It had been a teleporting device of some kind, capable of transporting even something as large as kaiju across the stars, to the aliens' homeworld of Planet X. However, readouts displayed that there was not enough power to function properly with the transporter on the Martian moon. Once the last of the monsters had been removed, there had been no need to replenish it, or even to dismantle and retrieve it. Planet X had taken what it needed from the Earth, and a mere transporter was insignificant. Debates raged and arguments roared between the governments. Even if they could power up the device, what then? Their armies were incapable of matching the glimpse of power present when the aliens subdued the kaiju, much less fight on extraterrestrial soil. There was not even enough power to send single soldier to the Martian base. Dread spiked further as the transporter on Monster Island revealed yet another device. The Earth's moon had now been colonized by the invaders of Planet X. The invasion of Earth would soon begin.

One last summit of the now united nations was called to order to decide the final course of action for humanity. There would only be war, or surrender. Defeat, and conquest, seemed inevitable. A pitiful hush fell over the delegates as the chairman gave them their choices. Tightened throats and constantly darting eyes gave no answers, no one wishing to be the first one to agree that surrender was likely the best scenario. Suddenly, a pair of faint and synchronous voices chimed in. Almost inaudible at first, until the voices spoke directly into the microphone before them. No one had seen the pair of tiny priestesses enter, much less realize that they had taken their place at the chairman's desk. As one, they spoke, their single word carrying a desperate hope that instilled as much fear in the delegates as their impending doom at the hands of the invaders.

"Godzilla."