Chapter 10: EPISODE 10: THE THIRD PARTY
EPISODE 10: THE THIRD PARTY
It was 2.30 a.m. at the time. Haruzaki was still in the direction room, in his uniform, researching something on his computer. The other members were already asleep.
"Where did the ray come from?", said him while playing CCTV footages, one-by-one. He was confused, concerned at the same time with a black-colored ray that saved Mebius multiple times since the new members arrived at the Phoenix Nest. The other members were not concerned and curious as much as Haruzaki did, including Mebius himself.
"There's got to be something inside these images and footage! I wasted almost a day to find all of these!", monologued Haruzaki while continuing with his research. He tried to slow down the footage to the highest level the system could handle. He repeated multiple times but still, ended up with no results. He also tried to use the photo-editing skills he learnt from Yuko to make the pictures clearer but still, the scenes were too foggy. More editing could cause the picture to pixelate. Unfortunately, he gave up half an hour later as no clue was found in all of the sources that could help him find the source of the black ray.
"Dammit! I've gotta know where did that ray come from! It will decide…whether he's an ally or an enemy.", monologued him right after he hit the table hardly. Eventually, he would become tired and slept at his own station for the night.
Suddenly, he dreamt of something strange. In the dream, he realised that he's in a foggy desert.
"What is this? Why am I here at this desert?", said the worried Haruzaki. After that, he tried to reach his Memory Display in his pocket, only to be realised that the Memory Display wasn't inside his pocket at the time. "Dammit…Where's my Memory Display?", said him.
At the same moment, he would be startled as he heard a sudden roar.
"What on Earth is that?", said him while covering his ears. After a few moments, he would realise that the situation has become calmer, only to be interrupted 10 seconds later by a clanging sound. He knew that the sound came from behind him. Therefore, he would turn back slowly and carefully. And, then, he saw something weird.
"Hibino-san? Wait a minute…It's that titan again!", Haruzaki monologued while looking at the titan sword-fighting with the enemy, which was a kaiju.
"Enemy or not, I will find out who he is!", said the determined Haruzaki before he started to run towards the fighting titans. As he was about to reach them, the titan who looked like Mebius won the duel when he stabbed the enemy using the 'Mebium Blade' look-alike. He immediately stopped running after he saw that. The 'Mebius' would pull his blade out of the enemy's abdomen. The enemy would explode into pieces, leaving Haruzaki and the titan inside the dreamland.
Both of them would stare at each other like mortal enemies.
"Who are you?! You're not Hibino-san. You're not Ultraman Mebius!!! Tell me! Suddenly, the titan would unleash a light ball from his hand. The lighting would dazzle his view.
As the light faded away, he would realise that he was in a pitch-black surrounding. "WHERE AM I? WAIT, WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE YOUUUUUU??!!!!!", shouted Haruzaki.
In that morning, Haruzaki was still asleep although it's already 8.00 a.m. The captain and the crew would enter the direction room right after they took their breakfast.
"Ahhhh! Hinode-san's breakfast special today, was something, don't you think so?", asked Donna to the members while entering the room. As soon as they entered, they were astounded when they saw a devoted crew like Haruzaki was still asleep at a time like that.
"Haruzaki's sleeping at a time like this? That's an equivalent of Eiji staying up for the whole morning.", confessed George as Eiji usually slept during the morning, he woke up only if there's a case to be handled. Eiji, on the other hand, was already at his secondary 'bed' beside his bedroom.
"Hey…Haruzaki. Haruzaki! Wake up! It's morning already!", said the captain while patting his shoulder to wake him up. The young man would wake up suddenly right after the captain's third try of waking him up.
"WHO ARE YOU?!", shouted Haruzaki right after he woke up. That shouting would startle every member inside the direction room including the already-sleeping Eiji.
"Haruzaki! What happened to you? Are you okay?", asked the concerned Ryu. The young man would catch his breath before he replied to Ryu's questions.
"I'm okay…captain…It's just a nightmare. Maybe I slept late last night.", replied Haruzaki.
"Well, unfortunately, you missed Hinode-san's breakfast special, you know? We were waiting for you for minutes!", said Ryu.
"Really?... Well…glad to hear that…", said the exhausted crew. The crew started to suspect something from him especially George and Donna.
Both of them would grab his head and George would shout, "Hey, alien! Get out of his head! You're messing his life!". Donna would continue, "Yeah! You've made me, finish his breakfast just now! Now, my stomach is in big trouble, you know?!". Suddenly, all crew would look at Donna weirdly.
"You finished his breakfast?", asked George. Donna started to let go of Haruzaki's head and slowly squatted to his knees while covering his head awkwardly.
"It looks too mamma mia. Since Haruzaki's not there, I took his breakfast, secretly.", confessed the ashamed Donna.
"No wonder your burp at the café earlier was too…glorious.", said Marina.
"Glorious? I thought it was stin-", asked Mirai, before his mouth was covered by the man who burped.
"It was just a figure of speech, Mirai-kun.", explained Marina.
After that, the captain would ask him for real.
"What did you do last night?", asked the captain. Haruzaki would open his computer and showed what he's done the late night before.
"What's that? Is that…", said Kazuya.
"The unidentified Black Ray?", continued Mizuka.
"Yes, I was researching about that since midnight. I really wanted to know…who was the entity who saved Hibino-san multiple times? Who saved us recently?!", asked Haruzaki determinedly.
"But, why do exactly you want to know his entity?", asked Ryu. At that exact moment, he stopped talking. He became silent for a few moments before the adjutant and his secretary entered the direction room. All of the members would take their seats.
"Morning, people! Today, I, Toriyama, one of the highest personnel in CREW GUYS Japan have a huge announcement for all of you!", said Toriyama.
"Is it a good thing or a bad thing?", asked Marina.
"What are you talking about? Of course, it's a good thing! So that, our standard of the procedure will go smoothly…", explained Toriyama.
"Now, we just need to wait for the chief inspector and the director to join us!", added Maru. Coincidentally, both Misaki and Sakomizu entered the direction room.
"Welcome! Welcome! Chief Sakomizu! Director Misaki! I'm sure both of you will be excited about my huge announcement!", Toriyama welcomed the two highest personnel in CREW GUYS Japan.
"Well, I'm looking forward to it, Toriyama-san.", said Sakomizu.
The adjutant would thank them for coming. Later, he would step forward to unveil his huge announcement.
"CREW GUYS Japan, this year, we witnessed the return of our legendary 2nd generation team. Therefore, to make things easier, I, Toriyama, would propose to you guys, to divide into squads!", said Toriyama excitedly.
"Squads?!", asked the shocked members except for Haruzaki and Eiji who who didn't react to the situation. Teppei, at the same moment, would spit out his morning coffee out of shock.
(Mebius no Uta played)
The shocked members would start to talk about the squad concept among themselves.
George asked, "Wait?! Does the headquarters approve this?".
"Of course, they did! If they didn't, I would have announced this to you guys! Besides, it's my idea! My idea would always work.", answered Toriyama.
"Most of it came from me…", whispered Maru to the members while pointing to himself. Toriyama would realise what his subordinate did, and spanked him at the back of the head. Maru would step away from his superior in disappointment as he wasn't mentioned by him.
"So…adjutant, how will this work?", asked Donna.
"You see…Maru…", said Toriyama while calling his subordinate. His subordinate would look away from his superior with a pouting face. Toriyama would shout his name louder. Maru would be shaken and immediately followed his superior's orders once again. "Ahhh…sorry…my bad.", said Toriyama while laughing awkwardly. Later, Maru would fold-out 4 different banners that were put at the front of the direction room.
"GUYS-ATTACKER…? What is this?", asked Mizuka after she read one of the banners.
"You see, our team will be divided into four; GUYS-ATTACKER, GUYS-INVESTIGATOR, GUYS-OBSERVATOR, GUYS-OPERATOR. Each team will be divided based on their professions and their abilities.", said Toriyama.
"Does that mean that…we're not in the same team anymore?", asked Konomi after she stood up.
"NONSENSE! You're all be here, in the same base, doing the same job that you guys have done it a thousand times before.", said Toriyama. Konomi was definitely relieved right after he said that.
"We're doing this so that we could differentiate you based on your profession. And, that's what we've done! We've divided you guys into squads according to your professions!", added Maru.
Then, Maru started to distribute identification cards to all of the members according to the list he's holding.
"Please scan the identification cards using your Memory Display. It will reveal what squad you're in.", said Maru. The members would do what Maru ordered them to do.
"Oh, I got GUYS-OBSERVATOR!", shouted Teppei.
"Me too!", said Kazuya while embracing his partner.
"Congratulations, Teppei-kun! Hibiki-kun! Your squad will be the ones who handle tasks such as experimenting, bio-analysing (including body scanning). You guys are also responsible for planning the plan since we're usually facing a living threat.", said Toriyama.
"Wait, meteors are living things, sir?", whispered Maru in confusion. Toriyama would look at him sharply and Maru would fall down to his knees.
"Oh, almost forgot! Since each squads have different professions, I've reached the headquarters to ask about the special types of equipment, each for one squad.", said Toriyama. "Like for you guys, you will get sets of kits, for medical, archeological, mechanical, marine, and many more!", added Toriyama. At the same time, Teppei would fall off his chair and pass out in excitement right Toriyama mentioned the kits.
"Unfortunately, those kits were still in the making process since we're only getting started with this concept.", said Maru. Kazuya would be disappointed after that, so does Teppei who was already on his seat with a long face out of a sudden.
After that, Toriyama continued.
"Next, we moved on to the both of you!", said Toriyama while looking at Konomi and Yuko.
"Both of us?", asked Konomi and Yuko simultaneously.
"That's right! Both of you will be included in the GUYS-OPERATOR squad!", said Toriyama.
"Oh, like the operator from the telephone company, right?", asked Donna before his face got hit with a cola can that was thrown by Toriyama. Donna's nose was bled after that throw.
"PLEASE, NO JOKE AT THIS TIME!", said the serious Toriyama.
"Sir…he's not wrong. Their job course is similar to the telephone operators.", whispered the terrified Maru. Toriyama quickly regretted his act towards Donna. He thought that Donna was doing a joke like he usually did during meetings. Donna would pull out a number of tissues and stuff them into his nostrils before he left the base to clean them.
"Is he gonna be alright?", asked the regretful Toriyama to the captain.
"I…think so…Continue, please…", said the uncertain Captain.
The adjutant would clear his throat before saying, "As Donna-kun said earlier, it's very similar to a regular telephone operator. Both of them will be in charge of handling emergency calls, signals, or calls from the headquarters. They will also be in charge of checking the past documents and registering the new registry codes into the archives.", explained Toriyama.
"They will also receive special documents which are exclusive for their use only.", added Maru.
"But…why are those documents are exclusive to them only? I mean like it will be easier if we had one of those, each, right?", asked George.
"The headquarters is very cautious when handling the classified documents. Besides, most of their time will be in front of their computers while you guys were out there. We afraid that the documents might be ended up in an unwanted situation.", said Misaki.
"I see…", said Mirai.
Toriyama continued to the next team.
"We continue with the next team. MIZUKA-CHAN! HARUZAKI-KUN! MIRAI-KUN! You'll be in the GUYS-INVESTIGATOR squad!", said Toriyama while calling the particular members.
"This team will be the lead whenever there's a case. They will be collecting information or clues and will be sent to the direction room for analysing.", explained Maru.
"You guys will also receive special equipment for your investigation such as…", said Toriyama before he presented the equipment onto the screen. "Metal detectors, X-Ray goggles, enhanced headphones, and many more.", said Toriyama.
"But, do we actually need that?", asked Eiji out of a sudden.
"What do you mean, Eiji-kun?", asked Marina.
"We already have an Ultraman right in front of our eyes. Do we actually need those gadgets if he could use his powers to do those things?", asked Eiji. Haruzaki would be mad and immediately stand up.
"Eiji-san! It's our job as Earthlings to protect Earth! We can rely on Hibino-san all the time!", said Haruzaki determinedly.
"I agree with Haruzaki-san. Mirai-san will need some rest to fight the kaiju.", said Yuko.
"That's right, fighting the kaiju physically is harder than us, who fought them in fighters.", said Teppei.
"Okay…okay…I've heard enough. Jeez, these people…I only asked a question.", said Eiji. Haruzaki would become even mad and wanted to give Eiji a lesson. But, Mirai would block his way to do it.
Toriyama would continue with his presentation by introducing the next team.
"Now, we move on to the final team, GUYS-ATTACKER! George-kun! Marina-chan! Donna-kun! You guys are selected to be the members of this squad.", Toriyama revealed the members.
"You guys will protect the other members whenever they're on duty from the third parties. Therefore, to help you guys, we have reached the headquarters to provide new weapons for all of you.", said Maru. All three members were very happy when Maru mentioned the new weapons. The picture of the new weapons was projected to the screen.
"Well, they're lucky to get new weapons. Why don't we get the new weapons as they do? We're fighting kaijus like them, too, you know.", said the unsatisfied Eiji.
"The squads are divided for a reason, Eiji-kun.", said Mirai.
"Mirai's right. We're doing this so that you guys could handle the situations systematically. Besides, don't you have the Triger Shot with you, Eiji?", asked Sakomizu.
"Hmmm…fine. But, if someone dies, it's obviously not my fault.", said Eiji. That statement had threatened all members especially Haruzaki.
"What did you say, you brat…?!", said Haruzaki while being blocked by his seniors. He would eventually take his seat back right after he managed to control his anger once again.
And, at the same moment, when Toriyama and Maru observed their conversation, Maru realised something.
"Ummmm…sir, did we mention that Eiji guy's name?", asked Maru.
"Hmmm…I don't remember mentioning his name. Can you check the list again?", said Toriyama. After the re-checks has done, Maru went back to Toriyama with a concerned face.
"Sir, we forgot to list him in the list.", whispered Maru.
"WHAT?!", shouted Toriyama worriedly.
"Not just that, we have forgotten to analyse his aptitude test. His record must be in between the unselected participants' records.", said Maru. All members realised the worried faces theirs.
"Adjutant, is there something wrong?", asked the captain.
"Ummm…Ummm…no…no! There's nothing to be concerned about! Please, please, continue your conversations!!", said Toriyama.
Suddenly,
"I know that face, adjutant.", said George with a creepy face, who was in between the adjutant and the secretary out of nowhere. The two personnel would be startled when they saw George appeared at their back out of nowhere.
"What do you mean…?! Man, my heart…", said the shocked adjutant. "Since when you were standing right there?", asked the adjutant.
"Don't change the topic right now, adjutant! I know that face very much!", said George right into Toriyama's face. Maru tried to sneak out of the situation.
"Going somewhere, Maru-san?", asked Donna with a big smile.
"Well…well…adjutant, just say it to them!", said Maru to the adjutant.
"What are you talking about?! You've said it to me!", said Toriyama to his subordinate. Both of them continued the blame game until a man sounded.
"You've forgotten to enlist me, right, adjutant?", asked Eiji out of nowhere. Maru would push the adjutant to the front while he backed up alongside the other members, leaving him alone, shaking terrifyingly.
"Well…well…Eiji-kun, you see…we're facing a technical problem. We have to separate the CREW GUYS members' records, the CREW GUYS Trainee records', the CREW GUYS Aptitude Test's Participants' records, and…", said Toriyama before he got interrupted by Eiji.
"I get it…I get it…I bet you guys didn't even remember me joining the team, right?", asked Eiji. Both Toriyama and Maru were silenced.
"Calm down, Eiji. It's just a slight technical problem.", said the captain.
"Or, is it because…you just don't believe that people like me could be a member of CREW GUYS…old man?", said Eiji. His statement once again has made everybody got threatened especially his arch enemy.
"Hey, brat! You better take that back, or I'll take you down!", said Haruzaki while approaching him out of anger. Teppei and Kazuya stepped up to block him away from Eiji.
"Your behaviour, your anger, Haruzaki, makes me questioning, "Why do people like you got accepted in CREW GUYS?".", said Eiji. That statement had made Haruzaki got even madder than before.
"Let me go, Teppei-san, Kazuya-kun! Let me teach him a big lesson he deserved!", shouted Haruzaki while being blocked by Teppei and Kazuya.
Eiji would start to walk away from the conversation while saying, "Well, I think you should teach yourself how to control your anger." Haruzaki's mad level would exceed. He would run over Teppei and Kazuya. Then, he would rampage through Eiji, only for Eiji to dodge his rampage elegantly. Haruzaki would be madder and punched him right into his face.
"What's wrong with you, Eiji-san?! Everything that we do ever since you joined CREW GUYS has been wrong to you! What do you want from us, Eiji-san? What can we do to satisfy you?", asked Haruzaki.
"Nothing…except for justice.", said Eiji before he left the direction room, leaving all members silenced.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the Sahara Desert, a man in a black robe suddenly appeared. It turned out to be Heolstor who apparently teleported himself from Japan. After that, Heolstor used his psychokinetic ability to dig a hole. Eventually, he flew into the hole, and landed in the underground after a few minutes.
"This is where the treasure is kept? Intriguing.", said Heolstor right after he witnessed his surroundings. The surrounding was filled with priceless artifacts and a huge amount of gold coins. But, all of that, didn't take any attention from Heolstor at all, because his attention was the thing behind the door of the tomb.
Heolstor then, approached the door of the tomb. However, his journey was interrupted when he stepped onto a tile of the bridge connected to the desired place. Traps started to come out including flying arrows, rolling boulders and spider walls, complete with a hole containing poisonous animals below it. However, Heolstor wasn't impressed by the traps.
"Traps…intriguing, but amateur class.", said Heolstor. Then, he started to walk through the traps like a normal man walking through a clear road. "Hmmph…waste of time. I envy you." , said Heolstor right after he managed to walk through the traps.
After that, he walked towards the door of the tomb. Right there, he would use his psychokinetic ability once again but, instead of using it to find the key to the door, he would compress the door into the size of a small particle. At the exact moment, he would witness a humongous rock statue right in front of him.
"I've found you! My treasure!", shouted him. "It's time, my friend. You have waited for 36 long years…It's time to bring back the sand storm.", said Heolstor while observing the statue. Then, he would raise his hands towards the statue. A violet light would come out from his hands and would soon land onto the top of the statue. Suddenly, a yellow light appeared from the statue.
In the meantime, at the headquarters of CREW GUYS Africa, a member would find out about the unusual wave-reading, detected in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
"Captain! Come over here!", said the particular member to the captain in the local language. "Look at the wave-reading. It's not the usual reading as before!", added the same member.
"This could be trouble. Call the CREW GUYS International HQ! Report the situation to them and let them decide what we're gonna do with it.", ordered the captain.
"Captain, can't we take action by ourselves?", asked the previous member.
"We can…but it could be ET. ET is not our profession to deal with. We need to get help from the expert ones.", said the captain.
Later, at the Phoenix Nest, the alarm has sounded. All members who were having their lunch at the time immediately reported for duty at their respective stations.
"What's the situation, Konomi-chan, Yuko-chan?", asked Sakomizu.
"We received an incoming video call from Director Misaki.", said Konomi right after she checked through her computer.
"Yuko-chan, answer it and project it to the screen.", said Sakomizu.
"G.I.G!", Yuko responded. Later, she would project the video call to the screen. At the same time, Ryu and the other members entered the base. They would take their seats and the video call would start.
"CREW GUYS Japan HQ received a message from CREW GUYS Africa through CREW GUYS International HQ.", said Misaki.
"CREW GUYS Africa? Wait, is that even existed?", asked Donna.
"Through the orders from the commander of CREW GUYS International, they have decided to select us, CREW GUYS Japan, to be the supporting role in one of CREW GUYS Africa's mission.", said Misaki.
"Wait a minute, Misaki-san! Does that mean we have to go to Africa?", asked Ryu.
"Specifically, the Sahara Desert. CREW GUYS Africa detected an unusual wave-reading in the middle of the Sahara Desert. We think it could be coming from underground since nothing was detected at the surface. We need you to assist them with their mission since their expertise is not handling ETs.", said Misaki.
"But, if it's from the underground, how can we assist? We don't have that kind of equipment for that.", asked George.
"Yeah, George-san's right. We might need a driller for this kind of a mission.", added Teppei.
Suddenly, they received another call from the chief mechanic Araiso.
"Yes, this is the Direction Room. This is Oshida speaking.", said Yuko.
"This is Araiso talking. Gun Tornader is ready to be used. I repeat, Gun Tornader is ready to be used. The Gun Tornader is already at the hangar.", said Araiso. The name 'Gun Tornader' has made the members questioning it.
"This is Aihara. Thanks for the message, old man. We'll be dispatched in a few minutes.", said Ryu using Yuko's microphone.
"You better take good care of it. Or, I'll take out all of you. One-by-one!", said Araiso.
"Alright…alright…I get it! Thanks for the help, old man.", said Ryu before hung up the call although Araiso had never stopped talking. "You heard that, guys! We're going to the Sahara Desert.", said Ryu.
"Captain, what is the Gun Tornader?", asked Mizuka.
"Gun Tornader is one of the special machines that was sent from the International HQ. It will be used in underground missions such as the current mission. The machine is based on the initial designs of the Gun Booster but it includes the TORNADriller, a special laser-emitting drill using METEOR technology. A special Gun Speeder was included and it's required for this mission. I wish you all the best.", said Misaki before she hung up the call.
"Special Gun Speeder, what is she talking about?", asked Donna.
"Controlling the Gun Tornader might not be the same as the way we control the other machine.", replied Sakomizu.
"Well, we have to witness them ourselves. George, Marina, use the Gun Loader, protect the Gun Tornader. Mirai, Mizuka, you'll take the extra Gun Speeder. Haruzaki, Eiji, you'll take the Gun Winger. You guys will be leading this mission. While the others, you're coming with me. We're entering the Gun Tornader. Meet you guys at the Sahara Desert.", ordered Ryu.
"This might be our first mission outside Japan but I believe in you guys. I'll look after the direction room alongside the adjutant and his secretary. Captain Aihara, lead the way.", said Sakomizu.
"G.I.G! You heard what the chief inspector said.", said Ryu.
GUYS! SALLY GO!
"G.I.G!", the members responded before they dispatched.
When all of the members were on their way to their respective Gun Speeders, they would witness the arrival of the Gun Speeder DRS, the special Gun Speeder exclusive for the Gun Tornader.
"Wow! That's a huge Gun Speeder right there!", exclaimed Donna. After that, the members separated into their own machines. The six members who were selected to aboard the Gun Tornader entered the Gun Speeder DRS. Ryu would scan their way into the Gun Speeder using his Memory Display.
"Welcome to Gun Speeder DRS."
"So, this is that special Gun Speeder the Director was talking about.", said Teppei who was observing the new Gun Speeder. This type of Gun Speeder contains 6 seats, 2 for the right, middle, and left side. After they all took their seats, all machines would take off to the Sahara Desert.
Minutes later after they took off at full speed, they have reached their destination.
"Captain! We have arrived at the designated coordinates; the Sahara Desert.", said Yuko.
"Yosh! All machines, ready to land, follow our lead.", ordered Ryu through the radio.
"G.I.G!", the members responded. Moments later, they would see the GUYS Africa's tents below them. The mechas would land on a flat surface, prepared by GUYS Africa's personnel, so that the mechas wouldn't get 'drown' into the sand.
Moments before they landed, Heolstor was actually witnessing their arrival at the site from below.
"Well...well...well, look who's here? Well...today, no more hiding for you, I should say.", said Heolstor.
After they landed safely, all members would get off their machines, and later approach the GUYS Africa's personnel. A GUYS Africa officer had greeted them.
"Welcome! Welcome! It's an honour to see you guys!", said the officer in English while shaking each members' hands. Unfortunately, not all members could understand what he's saying since not all of them are experts in English. Some of them would understand English a bit like Teppei, George, and Marina.
"Hey, it's great to see you too!", replied Donna in English out of a sudden. All members were surprised by Donna's ability to speak English.
"Please come in! We have something for you guys to see!", said the officer. They would walk into the tents while being led by the officer himself.
In the meantime, Ryu would tell Donna something.
"I didn't know you could speak English, Donna.", whispered Ryu.
"Well, you didn't ask me, captain.", said Donna. Suddenly, Ryu would pinch him very hard.
"Well, you're lucky that I wouldn't have to use your money to pay for a translator. You're lucky that their schedules are full.", said Ryu while Donna was crying in pain. Ryu would eventually release him.
"I didn't know you couldn't speak English, sir.", said Donna.
"Who said that I didn't know English? I know it! It's just...I only learned the basic words.", said Ryu.
"I learnt a little bit of English when I'm in Spain. But, I spoke Spanish more frequently than English in outside countries.", said George.
"I learnt English a little before I joined the motoring world.", said Marina.
"We learnt it from school.", said the other members except for Mirai and Eiji.
And, finally, Mirai would ask, "What is English?". The situation would become silent as cricketing sounds would emerge out of nowhere in the middle of a desert.
"It's a language, Mirai-kun.", said Marina.
"Really? I've never heard of it! Maybe I should start reading English books!", said Mirai.
Then, the officer continued with his presentation.
"Look at the wave-reading! This is the wave reading for the last 12 months. And, this is the wave reading yesterday.", said the officer while two sheets of paper to the captain.
"What did he say?", asked Ryu to Donna.
"He said that the normal wave-reading is the wave-reading for the last 12 months. And, this abnormal wave-reading...is yesterday's reading.", Donna translated what the officer said. However, the officer was still not finished as he gave Ryu another sheet of paper.
"What is this?", asked Ryu.
"This is the wave-reading when we dig a hole.", said the officer in English. All members were shocked when they compared the readings of the day before and the readings when they dug a hole.
"What is this?! How can a little hole caused a huge change to the wave-reading?!", said George.
"The headquarters were already expecting this! No wonder they gave us the Gun Tornader.", said Ryu.
"Captain! What are we going to do right now?", asked the worried Haruzaki.
"We have to do something right now, Ryu! If it's a kaiju, we might be in great trouble.", said Marina.
"What's wrong, Marina? Tell me!", asked Ryu.
"The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia. It covers 9 million square kilometres, amounting to 31% of Africa.", said Teppei.
"Therefore, it will threaten eleven countries at once.", said Mirai.
"Dammit....! We have to find out what it is before the media arrives. If the media took part, we might bring panic to these countries. Even worse, all Africa...", said Ryu.
"But, captain, what's the plan?", asked Mizuka.
"GUYS-ATTACKER, GUYS-INVESTIGATOR, you guys will get onto the Gun Tornader! We have to find out what caused the abnormal wave-reading! But, Mizuka, I want you to stay here, help Teppei and the others, search for clues or any information that could help us with this case through their records.", ordered Ryu.
"G.I.G!", Mizuka responded.
"But, Ryu-san...the Gun Speeder DRS only had 6 seats...", said Konomi.
"I can stay all trip if I had to! No worries about that.", Ryu insisted to proceed. "Donna, tell that officer to follow us. We might need his help.", said Ryu.
"G.I.G!", Donna responded before he went to persuade the officer to come with them. "Sir, can you follow us? Your help might be needed here. ", said Donna to the officer.
"It will be my honor, sir!", replied the GUYS Africa officer. Donna would approach his captain when the officer had accepted their request.
"Captain, he had accepted our request! Therefore, we can proceed!", said Donna.
"Yosh! Let's go!", said the excited captain.
"GUYS, SALLY GO!".
"G.I.G!", the members responded. Their mission to the underground would proceed. Seven members of CREW GUYS Japan and a member of CREW GUYS Africa would get on the Gun Tornader while the remaining members of CREW GUYS Japan would proceed with the records.
Before they launched into the underground, Ryu had contacted Teppei through the Memory Display.
"Yes, this is Teppei!", replied Teppei after his Memory Display sounded.
"Teppei, I need your help. Contact the Direction Room and tell them to send a security team to secure the site from outsiders.", ordered Ryu.
"G.I.G!", Teppei responded and he immediately contacted the Direction Room.
"Direction room, Teppei here, do you copy?", asked Teppei.
"Sakomizu here. Teppei, what can I help you with?", answered Sakomizu from the Phoenix Nest.
"Captain, we need your help to send a security team to the site immediately. It's to secure the site from outsiders. We can't let the public know about this.", explained Teppei.
"Alright, I'll send a team there immediately.", said Sakomizu before he disconnected with Teppei.
Back to the current situation, the Gun Tornader was in the position to start the drilling process. When the instructors gave them a green light,
"TORNADriller, full output!", shouted the pilot; George while pushing the lever. The TORNADriller would be set to the maximum output so that the process would become faster. The drilling process took about 5 to 10 minutes as the approximate depth of the hole was about 500 metres. Later, an alarm would be sounded indicating that the designated depth was reached. All members would get out of the Gun Tornader and later would scan their surroundings.
"Nothing suspicious detected, except for the unusual wave-reading.", said Marina.
"We need to find the source, quickly! Donna, lead the way.", ordered Ryu.
"G.I.G!", Donna responded. "Sir, which way should we head to?", asked Donna to the officer.
"I can't be sure, because maybe we should try both ways?", asked the officer.
"Are you kidding me?! Can you do something?!", said Donna.
"Calm down, Donna-san. We don't know what's down here. It could be anything.", said Haruzaki.
"Let's try this side first, okay?", the officer persuaded the members to go to the right side. The members would follow the officer to the right side. However, the members would turn back to their initial gathering spot as the right side had led them to a dead end. Then, they would go to the left side. Unfortunately, their journey was wasted as they faced the same result which was a dead end.
"How can this be? Hey, are you sure this is the right coordinates?", asked the raging Eiji.
"Hey, what did he say?", asked the officer to Donna.
"He asked whether you've led us to the right coordinates or not.", explained Donna.
"Of course, it's the right coordinates! Don't you see the wave-reading? It's the same as I told you earlier. ", said the officer.
Suddenly, Mirai started to move towards the wall of the underground. All members would notice his movement.
"Mirai-kun, what's wrong?", asked Marina. Mirai would stare at the wall for a number of moments. Then, the others would join him.
"Mirai, what are you looking at?", asked George.
"Look at the wall...there are drawings on them...", said Mirai while staring continuously at the wall.
"Wait, isn't this hieroglyphics? The ancient Egyptian writing?", said Ryu.
"Well, technically we're in Egypt...so it's logical.", said George.
"I think we should call Teppei-senpai for this.", said Donna. The members would agree to him. Donna would then contact Teppei through the Memory Display.
"Oh, you're right! There are drawings on the wall! But, I don't think that's hieroglyphics.", said Teppei after looking through the screen.
"What do you mean?", asked the curious Ryu.
"The drawings are just out of this world. This couldn't be a human's doing.", said Teppei.
"So, you're saying this is the doing of an extraterrestrial life?", asked George.
"For now, that's the only hypothesis I could think of. There are other types of ancient writing just like those drawings such as cuneiforms and ideograms, but when I compared them, they're just not the same. Or, maybe there's an ancient writing that humankind had never discovered yet.", said Teppei.
"I see. Thanks, Teppei. Let's continue with our mission.", said Ryu before he disconnected.
Teppei, on the other hand, was worried about the so-called 'ancient writing'. Konomi would realise through the reaction of his face.
"Teppei-san, is there something wrong?", asked Konomi. The other GUYS members would join their conversation.
"I was worried when I found out that the ancient drawings they found at the site don't match with the ancient writings that were already discovered by humans.", said Teppei.
"Why? Because it could be written by extraterrestrial life?", asked Kazuya.
"That could happen. But, I'm worried if this could be one of their traps.", Teppei explained his worries to his comrades.
Suddenly, they heard a commotion happening at the backside of the tents. They would look there and saw all of the CREW GUYS Africa members were gathering at a spot. They would investigate what's going on there.
"What's happening here?!", asked Mizuka while trying to see what's going on.
"Ahhh...if only Donna-san or George-san's here...", Kazuya confessed as they were too short to investigate the situation.
Out of a sudden, the CREW GUYS Africa members would make way for one of their members. They looked confused and shocked by the looks on their faces. Teppei and the others would look to the incoming member.
"Oh, it's the officer from earlier!", said Yuko when she saw the particular man.
"Wait, they've finished already? We just talked to the minutes ago!", said Kazuya.
"Exactly, their journey to the site had already taken an hour. How can they be here in just minutes from the underground?", said Mizuka. At that exact moment, Teppei and Konomi would realise something.
"NO WAY!!! Could it be?!", shouted both of them. Moments later, the juniors would realise the same thing.
Back in the underground, the crew was still figuring out how to find the source of the wave.
"So, captain, what are we going to do now?", asked Haruzaki.
"Well, to be honest, I have no idea left. Maybe we should regroup at the tents. What do you guys think?", asked Ryu to the GUYS-J members. The members would agree to him.
In the meantime, the officer would get closer to the wall. He would touch the wall. Suddenly, a hallway was made. Without warning, they would be hammered into the hallway. The wall would eventually close when all of the members were inside the hallway. Luckily, the members only suffered minor injuries as they regained consciousness.
"Mirai! Haruzaki! Marina! George! Donna! Eiji! Are you okay?", shouted Ryu in the pitch dark surrounding. A light would emerge as Mirai would use his unused torchlight to illuminate his surrounding.
"Ryu-san! I'm here!", replied Mirai who had George and Marina at both of his sides. Ryu would realise that Marina was holding her elbow. Ryu would immediately approach them.
"Marina! Are you okay?", asked the concerned captain. They would found out that Marina's elbow was scratched and bleeding.
"My elbow...it hurts...", said Marina.
"George-san, can you hold this for me?", said Mirai while handing his torchlight to George as he would check up on Marina. He tried to bend Marina's arm. Luckily, she only felt a little pain when her arm was bent. Then, he and Ryu would help her to stand up.
"Teppei, this is Aihara.", Ryu tried to contact Teppei with his Memory Display. However, he heard a glitching sound instead of Teppei's voice. "Dammit! We can't contact people from here! The connection's bad!", said Ryu.
Suddenly, they heard Donna's voice from far.
"HEY!..... ARE YOU GUYS THERE? CAPTAIN!", shouted the lost man.
"DONNA-SAN! WE'RE HERE!!!", shouted Mirai. Then, Donna and Haruzaki would emerge from the dark side. Unfortunately, they emerged with bad news.
"Captain! We couldn't find that officer! He's missing!", said Haruzaki.
"Missing?! Dammit...how are we going to continue without a lead?", said Ryu.
And, then, out of the blue, they became startled as they heard a gunshot far away from them.
"WOAH!!! Is that a gunshot?!", exclaimed Donna.
"We should head there! Maybe he's there!", said Mirai.
"Looks like we got no choice. Let's head there. But, be careful, alright?", said Ryu. "Donna, George, lead the way. I've got your backs.", added the captain.
"You can count on us! Right, Ikaruga?", replied Donna.
"I shouldn't have let you use that name...", confessed George. Mirai and Haruzaki, on the other hand, would accompany the injured Marina.
As they came closer to the source of the gunshot's sound, they would see light emerging from far. The light would get bigger and bigger from time to time. The light would eventually lead them to a way out. However, they were extremely shocked when they found Eiji who was pointing his Triger Shot towards the CREW GUYS Africa officer.
"Oy, Eiji! What are you doing? Are you crazy?", asked Donna.
"Let him go, Eiji-kun! He may be the only chance of us getting out of here!", said Mirai.
"Or, maybe the only reason why we're stuck down here!", said Eiji. The crew would be confused when Eiji said that.
"Eiji-san, what do you mean?", asked Haruzaki.
"He said that he knew the coordinates based on the unusual wave-reading. However, right when we entered the Sahara Desert zone, I took the chance to measure the wave reading. After that, I took a tour around the desert, and the reading was still the same. Then, I compare their wave-readings with mine. It's exactly the same. Now, tell me, how exactly can you guess the exact coordinate when the whole Sahara Desert has the same wave reading?", said Eiji. The whole crew would be silenced after that. Then, Eiji added, "Oh, you don't have an answer? Well, allow me to ask you an easier question? What's....your....name?", asked Eiji to the officer. The officer would be silent for the whole moment. "Looks like you don't have an answer, officer, or should I say Mr. Rasta?", said Eiji while brought out the officer's identity card.
"Eiji, how did you get that?!", asked the captain.
"Well, I got it from the clothes. But, it's certainly not his! Now, tell me, who are you?!", said the threatening Eiji.
Suddenly, the officer would bring his out own gun and point it towards Eiji. The crew would be even shocked when they saw him did that.
"Good thinking, you have there...", said the officer but this time, in Japanese.
"Wait, he's speaking Japanese! Didn't you say that he doesn't speak a foreign language besides English, Donna?", asked George.
"He did say that earlier!", replied Donna.
"You've busted yourself. Now, reveal your true self!", urged Eiji to the officer.
The officer would walk a few inches away from the crew. Eiji would eventually shoot him due to his lateness. However, the laser that came out of the Triger Shot has stopped its movement. The officer or the imposter Mr. Rasta would reveal himself as Tamika, the person who caused problems in Yuko's friendship with her best friend, Riko.
"Wait, I know you...You're Yuko-chan's classmate, right?!", said Mirai as he recognised her.
"Oops, looks like my real identity has been revealed by you...Ultraman Mebius.", said Tamika. The crew would be surprised when she knew that Mirai was Mebius.
"How do you know that I'm Mebius?", asked Mirai.
"I told her...Why, you got any problems with it, Ultraman Mebius, or, Hibino Mirai?", said the emerging man in a black robe.
"Who are you?!", asked the captain while pointing his Triger Shot to the man.
"Forgive me, master Heolstor!", said Tamika while bowing down to the dark entity.
"Heolstor...? So, you're the mastermind?!", said George.
"Woah...Woah...relax! Before that, I would like to present to you, a sincere gift from me...", said Heolstor.
"Gift? What do you mean?", asked Haruzaki.
At the exact moment, an electric ray would come out of the darkness from the other side. The crew, fortunately, managed to dodge it. The emitter of the electric ray would later reveal itself to the members.
"That's...that's the beetle from the drawings!", said Mirai when he saw the gigantic creature.
"KING BEETLE! DESTROY THEM INTO PIECES!", Heolstor ordered the kaiju. The kaiju would soon follow his orders.
"Haruzaki-kun! Take Marina-san away! Let me deal with that thing!", said Mirai while handing the injured Marina to his junior. After that, he would run towards the kaiju.
"Mirai! What are you doing?!", shouted Ryu while retreating from the kaiju.
Ignoring Ryu's orders, Mirai would transform into Mebius.
MEBIUS!!!
As Mirai changed into Mebius, he would grab the kaiju and bring it to the surface. The crew, in the meantime,
"Dammit...now, how are we going to get out of here?", said Ryu. At the exact moment, Mebius would put the Gun Tornader at the place where they were trapped moments before using his Ultra Psychokinetic Technic.
"Arigato...Mirai! Guys, let's go!", said Ryu while getting on the machine. The others would follow him. Moments later, the Gun Tornader would blast away from the site, leaving Tamika and her master, Heolstor.
"Master...should we follow them?", asked Tamika.
"Don't worry, let them roam for a while. We'll get them at the right time.", said Heolstor.
Meanwhile, inside the Gun Tornader,
"Donna, take care of the weapons! George, analyse that thing! Eiji! Haruzaki! You will bring Marina back to the tents. Bring her to Teppei so that he could treat her! I'll handle the controls...", ordered Ryu.
"G.I.G!", all flight crew responded. Suddenly, they would hear a loud glitching sound came from the speakers.
"CREW GUYS...Be careful with what you're facing right now. King Beetle has never been defeated before. In fact, many have become his victims. I was sad, though, it had to wait for 36 years to resurrect. But, since you guys and Mebius are here, might give you a little surprise to welcome you.", said Heolstor who emerged on the screen out of a sudden.
"Therefore, you gave it your powers to resurrect him?", asked Eiji.
"Good guess from you, young man! I'm impressed, honestly...", said Heolstor.
"Cut it out, Heolstor! What do you want from us?!", asked Ryu.
"Really?! Do you want to know it, right now? Man, you're boring! The game wouldn't be fun if I tell you right now! This game, however, should be fun!", said Heolstor while referring to the showdown between Mebius and King Beetle.
"Mirai-kun will never lose to you! Never!", said the injured Marina.
"Really?! Well, let's see for ourselves, shall we?", said Heolstor before he faded out from the screen.
Back to the showdown, Mebius was dominating the fight as King Beetle struggled to fight the titan.
"Master, King Beetle didn't look too good against Mebius!", said Tamika.
"I agree, why don't we give him a little help? King Beetle! Throw Mebius to the left!", shouted Heolstor to the kaiju. The kaiju would use its 'tentacles' and its hard shell to fight against Mebius. As Mebius got grabbed by one of its tentacles, King Beetle would throw him to its left.
As Mebius tried to stand up after he got thrown by the kaiju, he got sucked into the sand as he accidentally stepped onto the quicksand that was created by Heolstor. Half of Mebius' body would be sucked into the sand.
"King Beetle! Go to the tents! Your dinner has already been served!", said Heolstor. King Beetle would vanish from the site as he changed into a black sandstorm. The sandstorm would leave the place, leaving Mebius half-sucked at the site.
Back at the tents, the Gun Tornader would land onto the designated space. Haruzaki and Eiji would bring Marina out of the machine while the other three would remain inside. The two members would eventually meet Teppei and the other GUYS-J members.
"Teppei-san! Take Marina-san! Her elbow was bleeding when we're at the underground!", explained Haruzaki while handing Marina to the medical expert.
"Haruzaki! Eiji! You'll assist the others. George, Donna, and I will help Mirai.", said Ryu who contacted Haruzaki using the Memory Display. At the exact moment, Gun Tornader would blast off.
"Not this time...Not this time...", Eiji monologued. Later, Eiji would grab one of the helmets on the table and run towards the Gun Winger.
"Eiji-san! Where are you going?!", shouted Haruzaki. Eiji, on the other hand, would ignore Haruzaki's calls. "Damn that guy. So hard to listen!", said Haruzaki.
"Haruzaki-kun, just go and help him. We got this.", said Teppei.
"Alright, Teppei-san! Thank you very much!", said Haruzaki before he took one of the helmets as well.
"I'm coming with you, Haruzaki-san!", said Mizuka who took a helmet as well. Haruzaki would agree and then, ran towards the Gun Loader.
As the Gun Machines has left the scene, Teppei and Konomi would assist Marina to the medical tent when suddenly, the black sandstorm appeared. The kaiju would start its attack on the members. Unfortunately, a few lives were taken to be its victims. The GUYS Africa's crew would commence their attack onto the kaiju. The remaining members of GUYS-J on the other hand would take cover while giving them assists.
Out of nowhere, Spacium Missiles were shot towards the kaiju. They would find out that Gun Winger was at the blind spot of King Beetle's sight. Unfortunately, the Gun Winger was taken down by the kaiju as its antenna managed to detect the machine. The Gun Winger would soon be crash-landed.
"Dammit! The Gun Winger has been taken down! We should help Eiji-san!", said Kazuya before their hiding spot was attacked by the kaiju.
"We have to go, now! I'm sure Eiji-kun had survived that crash. Although he's like 'that', his intuition sometimes is higher than us! Let's go!", said Teppei before they ran away from the kaiju.
When they were running away from the kaiju, King Beetle would attack them multiple times using its electric ray from its antennas. Fortunately, Gun Loader and Gun Tornader were there to save them.
"Gun Loader, you'll take on King Beetle! We're gonna land and take them inside. And, then, we'll assist you, okay?", ordered Ryu.
"G.I.G! Mizuka-san, let's go!", said Haruzaki.
"Right behind you!", said Mizuka.
The Gun Tornader would land on the surface. Teppei, Konomi, Yuko, Kazuya, and Marina would enter the machine with help from Ryu and Donna. After that, the machine would blast off yet again to assist the Gun Loader.
"METEOR ban, lifted!", shouted Ryu.
"Permission to shift, maneuver!", Donna and Haruzaki activated the METEOR Maneuver mode.
"Shining Pinpoint Laser, fire!", Haruzaki fired the Shining Pinpoint Laser as the tail of the Gun Loader was opened into two, acting as a solar panel, enabling the sun's ray to power up the laser emitter.
"Roaring Tornado, release!", Donna unleashed the Roaring Tornado from the TORNADriller. Both of the attacks would hit King Beetle but both of them weren't enough to stop King Beetle's rage.
"Dammit! The attacks were not effective enough!", said George. At the same time, their fate got even worse.
"Captain! The gas tank! We're out! We have to land!", Haruzaki reported from the Gun Loader. The captain couldn't believe what's going on. At the same time, the alarm was sounded.
"What's that alarm?!", asked the captain.
"Ryu! Our gas tank is about to be empty as well! We have to land right now!", said George who took a look at the gas meter. The captain would soon land the Gun Tornader beside the already-landed Gun Loader unwillingly. The captain and the GUYS-ATTACKERS would commence their attack onto the kaiju to stall its movement.
Luckily, at the right time, Mebius appeared at the site after he got an assist from CREW GUYS Africa's flight power to pull him out of the quicksand. Mebius immediately took on the kaiju. However, Mebius would be interrupted by the kaiju's sandstorms that were emitted through its antenna. After the sandstorms faded, it immediately took its chances to attack Mebius.
"Teppei! Kazuya! Is there any way to stop the kaiju?", asked Ryu.
"I think there's a way to stop that if only my guess is true. If that thing resembles a real beetle, then we need to destroy the antenna on its head. It is used to detect or sense what is around, or even, behind it. Adding to that, it's used to emit powerful rays and sandstorms, in our case.", explained Kazuya.
"Yosh! Mirai! Take down the antenna! That should prevent it from emitting the rays and the sandstorms!", shouted Ryu to Mebius. Mebius would hear his orders and started to target the antenna of King Beetle. However, the antenna was significantly thick as Mebius tried to chop and even kick it off. He even tried to use the Mebium Blade but useless in the end.
As he was about to become hopeless, Mebius suddenly remembered something from his past. After that, he would jump a thousand metres up in the sky, and would soon perform the Mebium Drill Kick which he learned back at the time where he faced Alien Reflect. The antenna would be taken off its head.
"Mirai! Finish him!", shouted George. Mebius would charge his powers before finishing the kaiju using the Mebium Shoot. The kaiju would soon fall to its back.
"Did he get it?", asked Donna.
"No, not yet...", answered Ryu.
Unfortunately, the kaiju was still alive even though the Mebium Shoot was used.
"Ahhhh, so that's what prevented it from being destroyed. Beetles have an external shell. The shell protected the kaiju from the Mebium Shoot!", said Kazuya. At the same time, Mebius would fall to his knees as his color timer was already blinking before he unleashed the Mebium Shoot.
"Mirai! That's enough! Detransform now!", shouted Ryu as King Beetle started to approach the weakened Mebius.
As the kaiju was about to hit Mebius with its tentacles, suddenly, the tentacles would fall off from the kaiju, simultaneously. All members were confused and shocked at the same time. And, then, the mysterious black ray would emerge at the scene, penetrating King Beetle's outer shell and later, its body. The kaiju would explode into pieces as a result of the emergence of the black ray.
"Woah! What is that ray?!", asked Teppei.
"It took out the kaiju by one hit!", said Donna. And, then George would notice something behind Mebius.
"Look at that!", said George. Mebius and the crew would take a look and soon found out that the source of the mysterious black ray finally emerged.
"Is that an Ultraman?", asked the curious Konomi.
"That's...the Ultraman from my dreams! The black Mebius.", Haruzaki monologued while remembering his recent nightmares which the shadows of Mebius emerging in his dreams.
'The black Mebius' would leave the scene, leaving Mebius and the CREW GUYS with many questions on their minds. Mebius would soon detransform in front of them.
"So, he's the one who has been saving me recently...But, the question is; is he an ally or not?", the exhausted Mirai monologued. At the same time, the injured Eiji appeared from the crash site.
"Eiji! Are you okay? What happened to you?!", asked Donna.
"I was attacked by the kaiju, causing the Gun Winger to lose control and eventually, crash-landed. Luckily, I still manage to walk all the way here...", said the injured Eiji.
"Captain! We should take them to the nearest medical facility!", said Donna. At the same time, the CREW GUYS Africa's helicopter would land at the spot to give them a ride to the nearest medical facility. When they were on their way there, though, Haruzaki and Mirai were still looking at the foggy shadows of the 'black Mebius' who left the scene right after he defeated King Beetle with one hit.
(Believe- KIYOSHI played)
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