[Dagon's Ghost Scene]

Godzilla: Isn't this a great place?

Serena: It is beautiful. But I don't understand something. You've been alive all this time. Why didn't you come back to Pride Mountain?

Godzilla: {Climbing into a "hammock" of hanging vines} Well, I just needed to... get out on my own. Live my own life. And I did. And it's great. {He sounds almost as if trying to convince himself as well as Serena.}

Serena: {Voice catching, as though barely under control} We've really needed you at home.

Godzilla: {Quieter} No one needs me.

Serena: Yes, we do! You're the king.

Godzilla: Serena, we've been through this. I'm not the king. SpaceGodzilla is.

Serena: Godzilla, he let the kajiuraptors take over the Pride Lands.

Godzilla: What?

Serena: Everything's destroyed. There's no food. No water. All the Pokémon gone into hiding.

Godzilla Jr: What about the Legendries?

Serena: They were no much for SpaceGodzilla. Look Godzilla, if you don't do something soon, everyone will starve.

Godzilla: I can't go back.

Serena: {Louder} Why?

Godzilla: You wouldn't understand.

Serena: What wouldn't I understand?

Godzilla: {Hastily} No, no, no. It doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata.

Serena: {Confused} What?

Godzilla: Hakuna Matata. It's something I learned out here. Look, sometimes bad things happen...

Serena: Godzilla!

Godzilla: (Continuing, irritated) ...And there's nothing you can do about it. So why worry?

{Godzilla starts away from Serena, walking on a fallen tree. Serena trots back up to him.}

Serena: Because it's your responsibility!

Godzilla: Well, what about you? YOU left.

Serena: I left to find help! And I found YOU. Don't you understand? You're our only hope.

Godzilla: Sorry.

Serena: What's happened to you? You're not the Godzilla I remember.

Godzilla: You're right. I'm not. Now are you satisfied?

Serena: No, just disappointed.

Godzilla: You know, you're starting to sound like my father. {Walking away again}

Serena: Good. At least one of us does.

{Godzilla is obviously cut by the comment about his father; he tears into Serena with his words.}

Godzilla: {Angry} Listen, you think you can just show up and tell me how to live my life? You don't even know what I've been through!

Serena: I would if you would just tell me!

Godzilla: Forget it!

Serena: Fine! {Turns her head away from Godzilla, then she begins to sob}

{Godzilla walks off. Camera switch to Godzilla pacing in a field.}

Godzilla: She's wrong. I can't go back. What would it prove, anyway? It won't change anything. You can't change the past. {He looks up at the stars.} You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not. And it's because of me. It's my fault. It's my fault.

{He bows his head, choking back tears. The camera backs to a far view and then zooms over to Caesar in a nearby tree. We hear his chant.}

Caesar's Chant:

Asante sana!

Squash banana!

We we nugu!

Mi mi apana!

{Godzilla seems slightly annoyed by the chant. He moves away. Caesar, elated by the sight of Godzilla, follows him. Godzilla lies down on a log over a pond. A rock disturbs the water; Caesar, now in a nearby tree, starts his chant again.}

Godzilla: Come on, will you cut it out? {Caesar, laughing, is doing random acrobatics in the trees nearby.} Caesar: Can't cut it out. It'll grow right back! {laughs}

{Godzilla starts walking away. Caesar follows.}

Godzilla: Creepy old man. Will you stop following me? Who are you?

Caesar: {In front of Godzilla, then right in his face.} The question is: Whooo... are you?

Godzilla: {Startled, then sighing} I thought I knew. Now I'm not so sure.

Caesar: Well, I know who you are. Shh. Come here. It's a secret.

Asante sana!

Squash banana!

We we nugu!

Mi mi apana!

Godzilla: Enough already. what's that supposed to mean, anyway?

Caesar: It means you are a baboon - and I'm not. {laughs}

Godzilla: {Moving away} I think... you're a little confused.

Caesar: {Magically in front of Godzilla again} Wrong. I'm not the one who's confused; you don't even know who you are.

Godzilla: {Irritated, sarcastic} Oh, and I suppose you know?

Caesar: Sure do; you're Dagon's boy. ... Bye!

{Godzilla is surprised by this revelation. Caesar disappears off stage right.}

{Cue music: "Lala" theme.}

Godzilla: Hey, wait!

{Godzilla chases after him. When we catch up. Caesar is in a meditative lotus position on a rock.}

Godzilla: You knew my father?

Caesar: {Monotone} Correction-- I know your father.

Godzilla: I hate to tell you this, but... he died. A long time ago.

{Caesar leaps off the rock over to a dense jungle-like area.}

Caesar: Nope. Wrong again! Ha ha hah! He's alive! And I'll show him to you. You follow old Caesar, he knows the way. Come on!

{Caesar leads Godzilla through the brush. Godzilla has trouble keeping up due to his size. The music slips into African chant.}

Caesar: Don't dawdle. Hurry up!

Godzilla: Hey, whoa. Wait, wait.

Caesar: Come on, come on.

Godzilla: Would you slow down?

{Caesar is seen flitting through the canopy ahead of Godzilla, laughing hollowly and whooping. Godzilla struggles to keep up. Suddenly, Caesar appears with his hand held up right into Godzilla's face.}

Caesar: STOP!

{Caesar motions to Godzilla near some reeds.}

{He parts the reeds and points past them with his staff.}

Caesar: Look down there.

{Godzilla quietly and carefully works his way out. He looks over the edge and sees his reflection in a pool of water He first seems a bit startled, perhaps at his own mature appearance, but then realizes what he's looking at.}

Godzilla: {Disappointed sigh} That's not my father. That's just my reflection.

Caesar: Noo. Look harder.

{Caesar motions over the pool. Ripples form, distorting Godzilla's reflection; they resolve into Dagon's face. A deep rumbling noise is heard.}

Caesar: You see, he lives in you.

{Godzilla is awestruck. The wind picks up. In the air the huge image of Dagon is forming from the clouds. He appears to be walking from the stars. The image is ghostly at first, but steadily gains color and coherence.}

Dagon: {Quietly at first} Godzilla. . .

Godzilla: Father?

Dagon: Godzilla, you have forgotten me.

Godzilla: No. How could I?

Dagon: You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Godzilla. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life.

Godzilla: How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be.

Dagon: Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king.

{Close up of Godzilla's face, bathed in the golden light, showing a mixture of awe, fear, and sadness. The image of Dagon starts to fade.}

Dagon: Remember who you are.

{Dagon is disappearing rapidly into clouds. Godzilla runs into the fields trying to keep up with the image.}

Godzilla: No. Please! Don't leave me.

Dagon: Remember...

Godzilla: Father!

Dagon: Remember...

Godzilla: Don't leave me.

Dagon: Remember . . .

{Godzilla is left out in the fields. There is just a cloud left where his father's image was. The wind tosses the grass restlessly. Caesar approaches.}

Caesar: What was THAT? {laughs} The weather-- Pbbbah! Very peculiar. Don't you think?

Godzilla: Yeah. Looks like the winds are changing.

Caesar: Ahhh. Change is good.

Godzilla: Yeah, but it's not easy. I know what I have to do. But, going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long.

{Caesar whacks Godzilla on the head with his staff.}

Godzilla: Oww! Jeez-- What was that for?

Caesar: It doesn't matter; it's in the past! {laughs}

Godzilla: {Rubbing his head} Yeah, but it still hurts.

Caesar: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it.

{He swings at Godzilla with his staff again. This time Godzilla ducks.}

Caesar: Hah, you see! So what are you going to do?

Godzilla: First, I'm gonna take your stick.

{Godzilla tosses Caesar's staff to the side.}

Caesar: No, no, no, no! Not the stick!

{As Caesar picks up his staff, Godzilla starts running off.}

Caesar: Hey, where are you going?

Godzilla: {Shouting back} I'm going back!

Caesar: Good! Go on! Get out of here! {laughs, hoots, n' hollers. As he holds his staff above his head, a few shooting stars zing across the sky. Music rises into celebratory "Busa" theme:}

Busa le lizwe

Busa le lizwe

Busa le lizwe

Busa lomhlaba

Sabusa le lizwe

Sabusa le lizwe

Sabusa le lizwe

Busa lomhlaba

[Rodan and Serena Scene]

{Camera switch to Rodan and Anguirus sleeping. Rodan is curled up on Anguirus; Anguirus is lying on his back. Both are snoring. In his snore, Anguirus occasionally mumbles "Grubs, grubs." Serena approaches and taps Rodan with her hand.}

Serena: Hey. Hey, wake up.

{Rodan wakes up and see a huge hunan face in his view. He starts screaming and Anguirus joins in.}

Serena: It's OK. Whoa, whoa. It's OK. It's ME.

Rodan: Don't ever do that again! Human hunters, oy!

Serena: Have you guys seen Godzilla?

Rodan: {Holding a hand to his head} I thought he was with you.

Serena: He was, but now I can't find him. Where is he?

{Caesar's laughs; he's sitting in a tree above them.}

Caesar: Ho, ho, ho, ho. You won't find him here. Ha ha. The king... has returned.

Serena: {Quietly} I can't believe it. {louder, amazed} He's gone back.

Rodan: Gone back? What do you mean. {Looks where Caesar was; Caesar is now gone} Hey! What's goin' on here? Who's the old man?

Serena: Godzilla's gone to challenge SpaceGodzilla.

Rodan: Who?

Serena: SpaceGodzilla.

Anguirus: Who's Godzilla from space?

Serena: {Shaking head} No, no, no. It's his uncle.

Rodan: The old man's his uncle?

Serena: No! Godzilla's gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king.

Rodan and Anguirus: Ohhh.

[Running Scene]

{With accompanying music (a restatement of the "Busa" theme), we see a far shot of Godzilla charging full speed across the desert. A layover is faded in of Godzilla's feet pounding the sand.}