Ultraman the First Regenerate
The Ultraseven Saga
Part One
Disclaimer: I do not own Ultraman, Tsuburaya does.
AN: please read Ch 5 of the main story before reading this.
Previously on Ultraman the First Regenerate-
As he rose, something caught his attention. Hovering in the distance he saw a red figure with a silver face. He paused in mid air to confirm what he saw, but the figure had disappeared…
… It almost looked like… he thought … like another… Ultraman…
Heaven, Sovereign Nation of the URE, former North America
Vice Minister Graham scoured as he stood in the elevator. He was traveling down into the subterranean levels of the secret research complex. As it descended, tubes containing incomplete mutations passed across the glass screen. He paid no mind to them however.
In his mind, the minister ran over all the attacks that had failed. Bemular, Edenodon, Seamera, all beaten. He grit his teeth as he thought of the one responsible. Ultraman… "Because of that alien's interference, our plans to destroy Valhalla have been completely foiled," he muttered to himself. Then he thought to the most recent operation, the attack with Red King and Chandlar. Although they hadn't counted on Red King cannibalizing Chandlar, that mission had actually been successful. Although he knew the Valhallan's likely thought they had won the day, it was actually a victory for the URE. "Now Ultraman," he said, "you shall know defeat."
The elevator stopped. Graham stepped out and walked into a hallway. The hall lead to a sealed chamber. Placing a hand on a scanner, Graham was allowed access. He entered into a laboratory with several white-coated scientists.
One of the Scientists walked up to him. "Welcome, Vice Minister."
Graham nodded in acknowledgement. "How's it coming?" He asked sternly.
"We've already altered the skin with the new Specium resistant composition we tested with Mutant #801. We made adjustments to add to its sturdiness and ensure that it is not as easily defeated. Along with the cybernetic enhancements, it should easily subdue our target."
"When will it be ready?"
"Within the week."
Graham walked forward. The lab had a window which he stared through to the topic of their conversation. Outside the lab was a massive glass chamber. Looking through it, Graham saw a gigantic red crystalline structure. Light ran along it from the inside, illuminating it slowly.
Graham stared and gave a satisfied grin. "Bio-mechanical Destroyer, Model: Z-10. With this, Ultraman shall be no more."
"ZEH…TAWN"
Usagi Shundou soaked his rag in the soap bucket before returning it to the side of his Odin. He had agreed to help clean up the craft after their last recon. Luckily, the fighter wasn't too dirty and cleaned off easily. After wiping the side, Usagi got off the ladder he had used and moved it.
He turned. "Okay Pygmon, hit it!"
Standing on a neighboring rig, the little monster growled gladly and lifted the hose it was holding in its bony claws. It turned it on and shot water at the vehicle, cleaning it off of suds. Some of the spray managed to bounce onto Usagi, who laughed as he was splashed.
"Pyg, cut it out!" He called out.
Pygmon gave a raspy laugh as it shut off the hose. It continued laughing at its human friend.
"Very funny," said Usagi, still smiling. He went to get a towel when another officer walked up.
"Privet Shundou Sir," said the officer.
"Yeah," replied Usagi informally.
"Someone's here to visit you. She was listed on your visitors."
Usagi looked at him in confusion. Then, a young woman moved from behind the man.
Usagi's eyes widened in surprise. "Erica-chan."
"Hey, Usagi," she replied.
Usagi was speechless for a moment. Noticing the officer standing to the side, he cleared his throat. "Thank you, you can leave."
Nodding, the soldier left.
Things were quiet for a moment. Both stood and stared away awkwardly, unsure what to say.
Usagi spoke first. "You look good," he said.
"Thanks," Erica replied. "You look… wet."
She giggled a bit as Usagi looked over his soaked jumpsuit. He joined a bit in the laughter.
"Yeah, well. I had a little mishap cleaning the fighter."
Erica laughed more. She settled down and smiled lightly. "It's good to see you again Usagi."
"You too," he replied. "I hadn't seen you at school."
"Well," Erica said, holding the sound. "I had my schedule changed so we have no classes together."
"Oh," Usagi said sullenly.
Again, awkward silence.
Erica sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't have come."
"No," Replied Usagi quickly. "I mean… it's no bother really. I'm actually happy to see you."
Erica smiled softly at that. "I'm glad too," she said. "It's just… AHHHH!"
Erica had looked past Usagi, just as Pygmon got down from its rig. It screeched back Usagi turned and saw what had scared her and sighed in exasperation.
"Pygmon…" he said. "you know you can't just jump out like that in front of new people."
Usagi nearly jumped in surprise when Erica latched onto him. "What is that?" She asked nervously.
Usagi smiled in light bemusement. "Erica, this is Pygmon, Science Patrol's new mascot." He motioned to the monster, then motioned to Erica. "Pygmon, this is Erica."
The monster walked nervously towards them and extended a bony hand. Reluctantly, Erica reached out and shook hands with the little monster. She then made a hesitant move to pet it.
"Go ahead," said Usagi. "Pet it. It won't bite."
Erica moved her hand forward and ran it across on of Pygmon's scales. The little monster purred under her touch. This caused Erica to smile a bit and she continued to pet the creature.
"See," Usagi said as he joined her. "Pyg wouldn't hurt a fly. Well, unless it thought you could eat it."
Erica laughed at that.
Usagi and Erica walked along an elevated walk. They leaned on the rail and looked out at the fighters below. They were silent for a time, just thinking of what to say.
"So," Usagi said, breaking the silence. "How have you been?"
"Okay," she replied.
A brief silence.
"Usagi?" she said.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"Is it hard for you, fighting I mean?"
He sighed. "Not as hard as it is for the front guys. Ultraman has been lucky, only a few monsters have shown up. And I have a good team fighting beside me."
"I'm glad," she said. "I'm glad you're doing well."
Usagi looked at her. "Is that all?" He asked.
She sighed and turned away from him. "I still don't know if I can handle this. All this stuff has really screwed with my mind." She looked over her shoulder at him. "I just needed to see you again. I just had to know you were doing okay."
Usagi nodded. "I'm glad. Don't worry, I'll blow away an army of monsters before I allow myself to die."
Erica nodded sullenly.
"Want me to see you out?" Usagi asked.
Erica shook her head. "I'll see myself out," she said. She began walking away. She then paused a second and said, "I'll pray for you."
"Arigato."
She continued walking away.
Usagi sighed in frustration. He began to walk in the other direction when the alarms in the base went off.
"Emergency Situation! Pilots Scramble! Emergency Situation! Pilots Scramble!"
Instinctively, Usagi ran to the command room.
In the Command room, Usagi found Reilly, Donahue, Janson and Hayata, as well as Colonel Xander. "Did I miss anything?" he asked.
"Not yet," replied Hayata. He turned to Xander. "Colonel?"
Xander stepped forward. We just received radar confirmation of a URE carrier shuttle flying over the Atlantic at high speed. It's headed straight for us."
"Let me guess," said Reilly. "It's carrying a monster isn't it?"
Xander nodded. "All scanners are detecting signs of giant life signs. Safe to say this ship is carrying a monster. We're sending all available fighters to attack it before it reaches land-side. Reilly, Shundou, I want you boys to join them in the your Odin. If it does reach the mainland, we'll have Thor on standby.
"Roger!" replied Reilly and Shundou.
"Everyone else, stay here and remain at ready." Xander stood straight. "VICTORY Standby!"
"ROGER!"
The massive ship flew steadily over the sea. It made amazing time flying towards its destination. A squad of mechanized fighters flew in formation around it until a series of blasts shot across its hull.
A squad of Odins flew towards the ship, guns blazing. A dogfight ensued between the Odins and the URE fighters.
Inside the carrier's bridge, the robot captain made a call to its home-base.
"Yes captain?" came Graham's voice.
"We have engaged enemy troops as predicted," replied the Robot.
"What is the force strength?"
"Over one-hundred fighters present. The new battleship is not present."
"Excellent," replied Graham. "How long until you are in launch range?"
"Not long sir," It said. "Less than ten minutes now."
"I want no hesitation!" Commanded Graham. "Once you get in range launch immediately!"
"Roger sir!"
Outside, the Odins were maneuvering around fighters. In their Fighter Reilly and Usagi found themselves dogged by an enemy fighter. Usagi tried his hardest to steer them out of the situation.
"This guy won't quit riding our ass!!" Called Reilly.
Their ship shook from impact.
"We can't take too much of this!" Called Usagi.
Suddenly, the pursuing ship was shot down. A trio of three red fighters shot past them.
"The Valkyries!" Exclaimed Usagi.
"Man those birds never looked prettier!" said Reilly.
"The pilots or the planes?" Usagi replied humorously.
"BOTH!"
Inside the ship's cockpit, the robot captain sat in its command chair, waiting. The ship shook under fire from enemy missiles. A beacon began to flash on its panel.
"Launch position reached." It said as it typed in commands. "Awakening Z-10 now."
Inside the ship's hold, an electrical charge ran into a large form. A gigantic red crystalline structure shone in the dark.
"ZEH-TAWN!"
"Mutant Z-10, release."
From outside, all who watched were shocked as the carrier vessel blasted apart. It was shocking because they had yet to inflict fatal damage on the machine.
Usagi's eyes went wide as he watched something break out of the machine. "Kami-sama."
A gigantic green colored monster broke out of the ship's destroyed hull. As it fell, the monster's back opened like an insect's shell and a pair of semi-translucent dactylic wings extended from under it. It also revealed a pair of indents, which widened and exploded with thruster-like blasts. The monster then shot off like a jet towards mainland.
Reilly stared after the creature's path. "Why do get the distinct impression we just got played?" He asked angrily.
"Because we just got played," replied Usagi with equal scorn.
Back at the base, the remaining Science Patrollers and Xander awaited word from the strike force. They heard a beeping.
"Call from the battle," said a tech. "It's Shundou and Reilly."
"Put them through," said Xander.
"On audio sir."
"What's the word boys?" he asked.
"It was a trap Colonel!" Shouted Reilly over the comm. "The monster can fly, and it's headed straight towards you! Bastard mechs only sent the monster by carrier to distract us and pull us away from the city! No way we'll catch it before it gets there!"
Xander sighed in frustration. "Come back as quickly as humanly possible!" he ordered. "We'll do the best we can at our end."
"Roger sir!"
Xander turned to a tech. "Prepare the Thor for launch!" he said.
"Yes sir!" replied the tech.
"Let's mobilize all remaining fighters! Prepare for battle!"
It was dusk, and the city was quiet. An alert had everyone in shelters for fear of a monster attack. A low roar could be heard in the sky. A single person stood out in the street. He had long blond hair and wore a black leather coat. He watched as a large dark form descended on the city.
The creature hovered over the street before allowing itself to drop. It folded its wings and shut its back again. The monster was predominantly dark green in color, with silvery ring-like flesh on its arms and thighs. It stood on green reptilian feet. It's arms ended in green metallic pincers. It's back had a brown beetle-like shell with silvery spots across it. It's chest had a large yellow-colored dome split vertically down the middle. It's head had no visible mouth or any recognizable features common of normal animals. It did have a pair of long yellow horns and a long red crystalline "eye" running up its head. Light ran along this in an artificial manner.
"ZEH-TAWN!"
The monster walked slowly down the street. It's movements were almost mechanical as it walked along. A building came into its path and it punched through it casually before continuing forward. It walked with intent through the city. Suddenly, a series of laser blasts ran across its skin. Unflinching, the monster turned to see the Thor flying above it.
"ZEH-TAWN!"
Inside the ship, the Patrollers and Xander looked down at the strange attacker.
"What is it?" asked Janson.
"Pull up a full scan please," said Donahue.
A scan appeared on the screen in front of him. Infra red showed many cold spots in its body as well as warm spots. Other scans showed huge amounts of metal inside.
"Holy shit!" he exclaimed. "It's a cyborg!"
"A robot?" asked Xander.
"A bio-mechanical super-monster," Donahue replied.
"Unbelievable," said Hayata.
"Charge Mjolnir!" Commanded Xander. "All guns open fire!"
The ship fired at the monster with all it had. The monster turned and raised its arms. "ZEH-TAWN!" Blasts shot from barrels in its arms. The Thor charged its main gun and laid down its anchors after dodging the shots.
"Fire Mjolnir!" commanded Xander.
The Specium weapon shot at the monster. It quickly raised its arms to its shoulders. The blast connected with a translucent energy field which quickly formed around the monster. It disbursed over the barrier and was repelled.
Donahue watched this in amaze. "A force-field. It has a force-field!" He exclaimed.
"Dear God!" said Hayata.
"Fall back!" Shouted Xander.
"ZEH-TAWN!"
The monster's "eye" glowed bright red before releasing a flaming energy ball at the ship. The Thor barely dodged the shot. The monster moved to shoot again before being shot in the back by a missile.
"ZEH-TAWN"
It turned to see a squad of Odins baring down on it. All the fighters shot at the giant beast. It shot back with its arm-guns and fire blasts.
The Fighters dodged and attacked the monster with all they had. The Valkyries came at it and launched a flurry of missiles at it. It raised its shield to block them and then fired at the ships. The trio barely dodged the shot.
In their Odin, Reilly and Usagi did their best to help. However, during the fight they found themselves in the path of one of the monster's guns. Their wing was clipped by a shot and the plane began to destabilize.
"Crap!" shouted Reilly. "Time to eject!"
Usagi nodded and grabbed the handle of the ejector. They ejected from the fighter and parachutes floated them to the ground. Usagi found himself separated from Reilly when he landed and quickly made for an alleyway to transform. He found one and made to grab the Beta Capsule. However, he soon saw a man with long blond hair close to where he was. The man disappeared around a corner as Usagi ran to check on him. When he turned the corner the man was gone.
"That's weird," Usagi said thoughtfully. "Why was he not in the shelter?"
"ZEH-TAWN!"
Usagi returned his attention to the monster. Without a second thought, he drew his hand into his jacket and pulled out the capsule. He raised it above his head and pressed the button.
A red vortex appeared. Ultraman flew out and landed a flying kick on the monster. He got into a fighting stance as the monster righted itself.
"ZEH-TAWN!"
Inside the Thor everyone was suddenly excited at the appearance of the silver superhero.
Ultraman ran at the monster full force. However, the creature held its ground and Ultraman was knocked back. He got back on his feet and punched the monster across the face several times. He then gripped his hands in pain, as the monster's face was as hard as steel. The monster punched him in the gut, knocking him down again.
On the ground, Reilly watched in fear. "Come on!" he said. "Take it down Ultraman!"
Ultraman stood again as the monster began shooting fire-blasts again. He dodged the shots as they hit a nearby building, then quickly threw an energy disk. The monster erected its barrier and the disk shattered against it. Ultraman flinched in shock. The Monster quickly shot at Ultraman with its arm-guns.
Ultraman ran at it again. The two wrestled, but Ultraman was at an obvious disadvantage. He was tossed into a building, hard. The monster walked up to see the status of the alien. It didn't expect a laser blast at close range. It staggered back from the blast as Ultraman stood. He thrust his arms to the left, then raised them over his head, gathering power. Specium Slayer Light Stream! He brought his arms into the plus position and fired at the monster.
The beam struck it in the chest before it could raise a shield. It took all of the blast. Just about everyone who watched this thought the fight was over. However, when Ultraman stopped firing, the monster was still standing. The dome on its chest glowed bright. It raised its arms and white energy gathered between its arms. A blast of specium energy shot out from its body and struck Ultraman.
The hero was knocked back hard by the blast. He fell to his knees as his timer started to flash. The pain was so intense, he fell completely to the ground.
The blond man watched from the ground as the monster walked up and kicked Ultraman. He took off his glasses, revealing an Asian face. "What now, Ma'un?"
"ZEH-TAWN!"
Ultraman groaned in pain as the monster kicked him. It stepped back and made to fire at him again.
The man pulled a small red mask from his coat. He held it out in front of him as the monster charged its eye.
"DUA!"
He thrust it to his face and was consumed in red light.
The monster was about to fire when a red flash of light appeared. Then it was struck by a streak of silver. The silver streak hit it hard and fast and knocked it off its feet. The streak then flew back to its source. The giant figure was slightly blurred in the light of the setting sun. as the sun set lower, it became clearer. Ultraman flinched in shock.
The giant was predominantly red except for his face, chest-plate and lines that ran down his body to his thighs which were all silver. He had red armoring on his arms and legs. His chest plate extended all around his upper torso, with extensions over his shoulders. His face featured a rectangular jaw and an indent in which its eyes sat. A blue circular gem sat in the middle of his forehead. His fin extended over the back of his head and had a flat front-end, making it a wedge-shape.
The Thor crew were stunned at what they saw.
"Is that for real?" asked Janson.
"Holy mother!" said Donahue.
On the ground, Reilly saw the new giant and was astounded.
"A second… Ultraman."
The red giant stepped forward towards the monster. He passed Ultraman who watched it in shock.
Ultora… Se'ban
"ZEH-TAWN!"
The monster had gotten up and moved to attack. It's swipe was blocked and its face punched by Se'ban. The giant got into a fighting stance as the monster attacked again. This time he pulled it into a shoulder throw and tossed it to the ground. The monster rose and fired a flame blast. Se'ban flipped out of the way as it hit pavement. He then reached up and put both hands beside his fin then tossed it at the monster like a boomerang.
The monster raised its barrier and the fin scratched against it, flying under unknown power. Se'ban ran and kicked the fin, causing it to crack through the barrier and lodge itself in the dome on the monster's chest. The monster roared in pain as the damaged dome sparked.
"ZEHHH-TAWHHN!!"
It raised its arms and tried to aim its guns. Se'ban placed the index and middle fingers of his hands next to the jewel on his head, which fired a thin white beam. The beam quickly severed both arms, causing the monster to growl with more pain.
Se'ban extended his hand. Suddenly, his fin burst from the monster's chest and flew into his hand. He reattached it to his head then crossed his arms over his chest. He then thrust them out to the sides, light emanating from his finger-tips. He bent his elbows and clenched his fists. Light flowed into his arms, charging them. Specium Slayer… He swung his arms around and then moved them together, putting his left hand under his right elbow and forming an L with his arms …Wide Shot! A blast of specium shot from Se'ban's whole right arm. The blast hit the monster full force. It tried to stand against it, but the blast was over-powering it.
"ZEH… TAWHHHHHN!"
The monster exploded in a powerful blast. All who watched sighed in relief. Reilly leaped up and shouted in happy excitement.
Ultraman stood and walked towards Se'ban. He extended a hand in gratitude. Thanks Se'ban. Usagi said telepathically. I really…
Usagi! Get away from him!
Huh?
Se'ban gripped Ultraman's arm and pulled him into a face punch. The hero staggered as the red Ultra laid down more punches, knocking him off his feet. Safe to say everyone was shocked by this.
Se'ban stood over the knocked down hero. Ultora Ma'un, by the laws of Ultora and the allied Ul system, I hereby place you under arrest.
To Be Continued…
OOH, Suspense. The first part of my Ultraman The First Regenerate special. Hope people like it.
Next Chapter: The Battle of Giants, Ultraman VS Ultraseven. Who will win? What will be the price?
Kaiju in this chapter:
Zetton