Max Power Productions Presents...
ULTRAMAN NEXUS: THE NEXT GENERATION
Disclaimer: I do not own Ultraman Nexus, Tsuburaya owns it. I only own the OCs in this story.
Somewhere within the Balinese forests, 6.00am
The sun rises over an undiscovered section of Bali's vast forests, revealing a set of ancient ruins, covered in vegetation that grows over the area for over a millenia. A statue of a garuda, an ancient bird from Indian mythology, can be clearly seen on the eastern part of the ruins. Meanwhile an ancient structure with the same kind of architecture found on the Buddist temples of Thailand stood proudly within the ruins. An ancient altar, with the heads of a giant rat and a dragon carved into it, is literally dwarfed by the massive pillars behind it. The structures themselves are located just a few meters from the ruins' main building: a huge, ancient temple that literally dominates the entire complex. The temple itself resembles an upright spaceship.
A young, tan skinned woman, around 24 years old, stood on a nearby rock formation overlooking the ancient complex. The woman has shoulder-length black hair, an athletic build, as well as a prominent bust that completed her look. Currently she is wearing a black leather jacket over an olive green T-shirt, blue denim jeans, and black, military boots. The woman's black eyes stared at the complex's main building seriously, as eagles soared above the proud ruins.
"The awakening..." the woman said to herself, "...is near."
The screen went black for a few seconds before a huge explosion brings the screen to life, as red and blue energies danced around to Kenji Kawai's Main Title. The energies twirled around, forming the title "ULTRAMAN NEXUS: THE NEXT GENERATION" before several streaks of light smashes through the letters, shattering the letters' red and blue coating, revealing the title's true color: a shining dash of silver.
OP: Eiyuu by doa
The scene changes into clips showing the everyday life of people in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. First we see people stuck in traffic jams, then we see people performing a massive protest in front of the Parlement Building. Then we see highlights from a football match between Indonesia and Malaysia, before the scene switches again into the image of a mother and her child playing at Menteng Park. The final three clips shows people boarding buses, a bunch of high school boys hanging out at a 7-Eleven store, and police arresting traffic violators. During this clip show, a male voice reads the narration.
"We're alive. Living in a peaceful world, where everything's normal. A world where no shocking shit scares the daylight out of us. But do you get that feeling that our lives are 'too normal?' Do you get the feeling that some mysterious force is controlling the everyday scenario of our lives? Do you also feel that there something inhuman that lives among us? Well, not a lot of people have that feeling...but unfortunately, one of those people...is me."
Hotel Indonesia Roundabout, 10am
A young and healthy 19 year old man, wearing a white shirt, black trousers, and white sneakers, looked at the proud Selamat Datang monument. The man's hair was was jet black and spiky, glistening against the sun, an indication that this young man had used hair gel to make his hair spiky. His eyes were as black as night, while his skin was tan brown, a sign that he had done many outside work underneath the blazing sun. The man lets out a smile, before grabbing his black Eiger rucksack, walking away from the monument.
Episode 1: Silver Giant
Jakarta-Bekasi Highway, 10pm
A red, Hino Dutro truck stopped at a quiet-looking convenience store. The truck was being driven by William Prasastro, a bulky, white-skinned Indo-Chinese young man with curly black hair, a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and a scruffy goatee. Accompanying him is Darren Kosasih, a fat, white-skinned Indo-Chinese young man with short, spiky brown hair and like William, a scruffy goatee.
"Why the hell are we stopping here, William?" Darren asked.
"Well, I'm going to take a piss," William replied, "And also buying some bottles of Red Bull to keep us awake."
"So what am I supposed to do?" Darren asked again.
"You stay here and look after the truck, okay? It won't be long," William said as he disembarks from the truck. He then runs towards the store's toilet.
Darren sighs in both boredom and fatigue. He and William had been driving for more than 10 hours right now, bringing with them several tiles of high-grade marble tiles from Tulungagung. They are currently delivering the tiles to Jakarta, where the tiles would be used for the construction of the new Tune Motel at Pasar Baru. Just as Darren was about to turn on the radio, he notices the fuel gauge decreasing rapidly...by itself.
"Huh?" Darren wondered as he looked at the decreasing fuel gauge, "That's strange, the fuel gauge is half full when we stopped here...now it's only a quarter full. Something must be leaking."
Location Unknown, 10.03pm
Several high-rise LCD computer screens glowed in a mostly dim-lighted computer room. A tube-shaped tank, with several jellyfishes, is seen next to one of the computer screens. Suddenly the screen next to the tank jolted into life, showing the map of the Jakarta-Bekasi highway. A chart then pops up next to the map, showing an unusual spike in wavelength activity as the computer gives out a beeping noise. The sound of furious typing is heard, echoing inside the room.
"Wave signal confirmed," a female voice reported.
Jakarta-Bekasi Highway, 10.05pm
Darren walked out from the truck, flashlight in hand. The fat man crawled on the ground, moving his flashlight along the bottom of the truck, before hearing the sound of dripping liquid. Quickly Darren points his flashlight at the source of the sound...which is the truck's ruptured fuel tank.
"Oh, shit, William is not going to be happy about this," Darren muttered as he looked at the leaking fuel tank. The tank was leaking fuel at first, before leaking a strange, slime-like purple liquid. The liquid quickly forms a puddle underneath the truck, absorbing the leaked fuel. "What the hell?" Darren wondered as he looked at the puddle.
The puddle suddenly slides itself towards Darren, increasing in size as it does so. Darren shouted in fear as the puddle slithers towards him, the man stumbling back as the puddle lets itself out from under the truck. The puddle materalizes itself into what could be described as a purple-pink slug-like creature with a humanoid/saurian torso, complete with a pair of arms that ends with purple tentacles and adorned with fleshy, tentacle-like appendages growing from the creature's bloblish back and tail area. The creature's "head" was saurian in shape, with two, purple tentacles in place of eyes and a small, curved purple horn located in the back of the head. A black void could be seen stretching out from the creature's neck towards the crotch, with smaller tentacle appendages lining up the edges of the void. The creature screeched as it moved towards Darren.
"Oh, f**k!" Darren yelled as the creature opens up it's void, engulfing the fat man into it's own body.
William walked out from the convenience store with a 6-pack of Red Bull in his arms, only to hear Darren screaming for his life. Dropping the 6-pack into the ground, William rushes over to help his assistant, only to see the creature literally consuming Darren alive. William soon screams and runs away from the area, with the creature following him. The creature then extends it's left tentacle which wraps itself around William's left foot, yanking the young man off the ground. William can only scream louder and louder as the creature opens up it's void, ready to consume the man.
The screen then went black for a few seconds, before a night-vision version of the creature trying to engulf William comes into the screen.
"This is Night Raider," a male voice said, "The target is over there."
"This is CIC (Combat Information Center)," the female voice from the computer room replied, "Attack level C3. Commence operation."
The scene reverted back into normal as several orange lasers appeared out of nowhere, blasting the creature, distracting it's attention as it releases it's grip on William. Terrified, the creature quickly makes a dash to the darkness. Letting out a sigh of relief, William looked around him, checking if there's more of the creature.
"What was that?" William asked himself as he looked around.
Meanwhile, the creature fled towards a dark and quiet road, hoping it could evade the mysterious lasers. It was wrong. The lasers pursued it, blasting the creature's back and tail as it was cornered into a tunnel. The creature let out a terrified screech as it retreated into the tunnel.
"As planned, the target has moved to point 9," the female voice said, "And there's no human signals at point 9. Be on alert level 2."
"Roger," the male voice responded, "Entering the final phase..."
Suddenly two, state-of-the-art fighter planes appeared out of nowhere and landed in front of the tunnel. The two of them are painted blue and silver, with the logo "NR" emblazoned on the sides of each cockpit. One of the fighter plane was streamlined in design, while the other one had two, rotor-type engines on it's wings. Despite the radical differences on the designs, these two planes are actually the same. They're Chrome Chesters, fighter planes designed by the Terrestrial Liberation Trust (TLT). Their job is to combat Space Beasts, which are creatures from outer space that came to Earth in order to place mankind on their menu. The creature that retreated to the tunnel earlier is one of them. TLT had given the slug-like Space Beast the codename "Pedoleon Kurain."
The cockpits of the Chrome Chesters opened and two men and two women, all of them clad in blue and black leather uniforms, black protective vests, helmets, elbow pads, and knee pads, jumped out from their fighter planes, grabbing their heavily modified combat shotguns as they raced into the tunnel. They are the Night Raider, TLT's spearhead in the war against the Space Beast. The team's job is to track down Space Beasts and destroy them covertly in order to prevent hysteria among the people. This team of four consists of people who are experts on their respective fields, thus making this team a force to be reckon with. The missions of the Night Raider are so classified that TLT went as far as inserting an invisibility cloak feature on the Chrome Chesters in order to prevent the public from knowing about their existance. Basically, in the eyes of the public, Night Raider and the Space Beasts they are fighting doesn't exist. TLT sure knows how to prevent mass hysteria.
The Night Raider members prepared their Divalt Launchers (that's their heavily modified combat shotguns) and activated the headlight on their helmets as they venture deeper into the dark tunnel. After going in for about 500m, Pedoleon Kurain's screech can be heard. One of the male Night Raider members lifted his right hand, gesturing his teammates to stop. The man then activates his night vision camera, scanning the area for any signs of Pedoleon Kurain. Suddenly the man saw a huge pool of purple slime on the tunnel's roof. Immediately the man pointed his Divalt Launcher at the puddle, causing the puddle to slither down to the ground, transforming into Pedoleon Kurain. The slug-like fiend screeched as the Night Raider members aimed their Divalt Launchers at it.
"Eliminate it at once!" the member that aimed his Divalt Launcher at Pedoleon Kurain's puddle form commanded.
Pedoleon Kurain screeched, expanding it's void as it tried to consume the Night Raider members, only to be met with a flurry of orange energy bullets from the weapons. The bullets literally caused huge orange bulges to appear on Pedoleon Kurain's body. As the Night Raider intensifies their barrage, slowly but surely Pedoleon Kurain's body was covered in orange bulges, which turned blue after a while. The creature let out a final screech as it exploded into a million pieces, forcing the Night Raider members to shield themselves. As the smoke from the explosion cleared, Pedoleon Kurain was no more. All that was left of the fiend was a small, blue flame that died out after a few seconds.
"Target destroyed," the lead member reported, opening his helmet's visor, "We're done."
"Confirmed," the female voice said, "In 37 seconds the White Cleaner will arrive."
"What about the Beast's human victim?" the lead member asked.
"Don't worry," the female voice replied, "Memory Police will handle everything from here."
The Night Raider members looked at the still smoking remains of Pedoleon Kurain, satisfied that they had accomplished their mission.
"Withdraw," the lead member commanded, walking away from the smoldering remains as his teammates opened their helmet visors.
As the lead member walked away from the scene, a black Toyota Hiace pulled up to the area. Several men dressed in white haz-mat suits (that looked like the robes of the members of the Ku-Klux-Klan) got out from the car, bringing with them several hi-tech looking silver briefcases. Opening up the briefcases, the men took out several large, metallic tweezers and several paperbags. They then picked up the remains of Pedoleon Kurain with the tweezers and places the remains into the bags. One of the men takes out a small, portable water tank and straps it to his back. He then pulls out a silver hose and plugs it into a port on the water tank. The man walked towards the smoking remains and doused it with water. As the men are cleaning up the area, the other members of Night Raider decided to analyze the remains of Pedoleon Kurain.
The team's other male member kneeled down in front of a Pedoleon Kurain chunk as he prepares a device mounted on his right wrist. The device itself looked like a state-of-the-art wristwatch, with a flip-top LCD screen and several buttons that enabled the member to use the device properly. The member pressed on a button on his Pulse Breiger (that's the name of the device), causing the device to fire a small blue beam of energy. After the Pulse Breiger had stopped firing, the device's screen showed a loading bar which filled up quickly, before displaying the information on the chemical Ethanol.
"A Beast made out of CHO, eh?" the member asked himself, "Like a slug, this Beast was composed of 95% water...and CHO made up the other 5%. And here's another thing. That bastard loved drinking ethanol!"
A female Night Raider member walked towards her teammate, kneeling down besides him. "Isn't that the main ingredient in beer?" the female member asked.
"Yeah," the male member replied.
"I hate getting drunk!" the female member exclaimed.
"Ethanol can also be found in gasoline and light oil," the male member said, closing his Pulse Breiger and hoisting up his heavy Divalt Launcher as he stood up, "So to slow down the acidity..."
"...it ate a human."
The male and female member turned around to see the Night Raider's other female member, her face more serious than her teammates. She opens up her Pulse Breiger and pressed on a button. The device fired a purple beam of energy that incinerated the Pedoleon Kurain chunk.
"A monster is a monster," the serious female member said, closing up her Pulse Breiger, "They're all the same." The serious female member then walked away from the scene.
"Deputy Captain," the other female member called as she walked up towards the serious female member, "Is it true that we're going to get a new member?"
"Yeah," the Deputy Captain said, although delightment can be heard in her tone, her face remained as serious as ever.
Suddenly the Deputy Captain stopped. Barring her path to the Chrome Chesters was the young woman from the ancient ruins. The young woman and the Deputy Captain exchanged stares for a moment, before the young woman vanishes into thin air.
"Something wrong?" the female member asked.
"No," the Deputy Captain replied, "Nothing at all."
Mt. Galunggung, 5am – One week later
Mist envelops Mount Galunggung as usual. An orange Search and Rescue helicopter breaks through the mist as it approaches the mountainside. Two men, one of them was wearing a red jacket while the other one was wearing blue, waved at the helicopter as it approaches them.
"Found the victims," a male voice reported as the helicopter got even closer with the mountainside, "Commencing rescue."
The tan-skinned young man from the beginning looked at the thick mist that separates them from the two men. He is now wearing his standard orange Search and Rescue uniform, complete with the white helmet.
"I doubt the weather will change," the young man said, "Let's avoid a disaster. I'm goin' down!"
The young man jumped from the helicopter, the safety line strapped to his waist. The helicopter stabilizes itself, allowing the young man to descend to the two men's location. A few meters off target and the young man must battle through the mist, rocky terrain, and cold weather in order to rescue the two men.
"Just a bit further," the young man said as he approaches the two men's location.
Suddenly the mist around the young man became thicker and the weather became colder. At the same time, an image flashed into the young man's mind. The image depicts a younger version of the young man, around 9 years old, drowning into a river, struggling to breathe. Immediately after seeing the image, the young man gasped as he struggled on the safety line. The young man tried to grip on a nearby rockface, only for his grip to slip and the man to dangle helplessly on the safety line.
"What is it, Krishna?" another young man yelled from the helicopter, "Hurry up and correct yourself!"
Krishna Sadhana, the tan-skinned young man, tried to recover himself by climbing up the safety line, but the mist around him became more and more thicker as it covers Krishna completely out of sight. A loud yell is heard afterwards...
SAR HQ, 12pm
It was already lunch time at the Search and Rescue headquarters, but Krishna gave the fried chicken in front of him an uneasy look. The incident this morning had really bumped him off. He felt that he had failed to do his job as a rescue worker.
"Everyone makes unavoidable mistakes," a male voice said, "So don't be down."
"That's right," another male voice added, "In the end those two men are rescued after all."
Krishna looked up and stared at his two friends. Both are them are tan-skinned and black-haired, as well as having muscular builds. However, the one sitting in front of Krishna had spiky hair, while the one sitting next to him had slick, black hair.
"Ridha, Satrio," Krishna started, "Captain Geraldo...is replacing me."
Immediately Ridha Tjiptobroto, the guy sitting in front of Krishna, spits out his drink. "Replacing you?" he growled, "That...that...cheatin' son of a bitch!"
"You're getting fired?" Bonifasius Satrio, the young man sitting next to Krishna, asked.
"No, no, I'm not getting fired," Krishna said, chuckling, "I love my job, but the Captain said that this job doesn't suit me."
"That also means that you're getting fired!" Ridha shouted.
"No, the Captain said I won't get fired," Krishna said, "I'm getting transferred."
"Where?" both Ridha and Satrio asked.
"Classified," Krishna answered.
At the same time, a tall, white-skinned and chisel-faced young man with short, brown hair walked into the mess hall. On his right hand is the brown envelope that will change Krishna's life...forever.
"Hey, guys," the young man, Himerius Canggara, greeted.
"Hey, Him," Ridha replied as Him approaches Krishna, handing over the brown envelope.
"Krishna Sadhana," Him said, "Captain Geraldo gave me this letter. He said to me to give it to you."
Krishna stood up, accepting the letter from Him as the chisel-faced young man takes his seat. Krishna reads the letter, his face still gloomy, but suddenly he smiled.
"Guys," Krishna said, "Does any of you know about TLT?"
Ragunan Zoo, 14.30pm
"You're going to work where?" a short, chubby white-skinned girl with black hair in a pony tail style asked. The girl is currently wearing a black T-shirt, grey skirt, and pink sneakers. A number 2 pencil is seen on her right hand and on her lap, an A4 drawing book is seen.
"TLT," Krishna said, smiling.
"Isn't that the organization that investigate covert matters?" the girl asked, "Like CIA?"
"Quiet, Johanna!" Krishna scolded, "TLT asked me to keep this as a secret!"
"Okay, okay, I'll be quiet," Johanna Kurniawati, Krishna's artist girlfriend, said, avoiding a pinch from her boyfriend.
"By the way, later today I'll undergo an examination for TLT," Krishna said.
"Where?" Johanna asked.
"God knows. TLT asked me to wait at Menteng Park," Krishna replied.
"So, what kind of examination will you undergo?" Johanna asked again, grinning from ear to ear.
"Physical, duh," Krishna said, wiping away sweat on his forehead, "In my job, my health is more important than training."
"Well, good luck with your examination!" Johanna said.
"Thanks," Krishna said. He then notices Johanna is now drawing the two giraffes that they are watching right now.
"By the way," Krishna said, "The lions, the elephants, the giraffes...Johanna's animal drawings are all about families, aren't they?"
"Yeah," Johanna replied, "In college, that was my graduate thesis. Portraits of families."
"Portrait of families, eh?" Krishna wondered, "I'd like to meet your family sometime."
Johanna looked at Krishna, giving the young man a rather frightened look. Realizing that he had gotten himself in a awkward situation, Krishna let out a loud laugh.
"I don't mean anything serious," Krishna said as he laughed, "Just it'd be nice to say hi to them, I think."
"Okay," Johanna said, smiling, "I'll think about it."
"Really?" Krishna shot in astonishment, before breaking down in laughter again, "That's nice." As he laughed, he took a quick glance at his wristwatch. "It's time already?" Krishna gasped.
"What is it?" Johanna asked.
"I'm going to take that examination now! Wish me luck!" Krishna said as he got off from his seat, grabbing his rucksack in the process and runs towards the exit.
"Good luck!" Johanna exclaimed, waving at her boyfriend.
Menteng Park, 15.00pm
"Thanks for the ride, Sir!" Krishna thanked the taxi driver as he disembarks at Menteng Park. A popular place for teenagers to hang out and families to spend their quality time, at weekends and holidays Menteng Park is packed with teens doing their stuff and also families who made the park the perfect picnic spot. While at weekdays, the park was mostly quiet. But today's Saturday...and the park's awfully quiet. Too quiet...
Krishna looked at his wristwatch, before switching his attention towards the letter that he had brought along with him. He reads the time and location on the letter before comparing it with the current situation.
"The time and location is correct," Krishna said to himself, "But this place is virtually deserted. I wonder why..." What Krishna didn't know, that a few hours earlier a pack of Pedoleon Kurains had rampaged through the park, consuming all of the teenagers. The Night Raider made short work of the slimy Space Beasts and the place had been decontaminated. Well, except for a small piece of slime that slithers itself into a manhole located a few meters behind Krishna...
Suddenly from a distance Krishna sees a black Toyota Alphard speeding towards him. As Krishna watched on, the car approaches the park and stops right next to him. The car immediately rolled down it's front windows, revealing the driver and the front seat passenger. The driver was a tall, muscular Samoan man with black hair that has been styled into a ponytail, along with a pair of black sunglasses and a neat-looking tuxedo. While sitting next to the driver is a middle-aged man with slick, but graying black hair. His skin was a bit tanned and he is currently wearing a pair of glasses. Like the Samoan driver, the middle-aged man is currently wearing a neat-looking tuxedo.
"Officer Krishna Sadhana, right?" the middle-aged man asked.
"Yes," Krishna answered.
"My name is Iman Usman," the middle-aged man introduced himself, "Please come with us."
And with that, the passenger doors of the car slides open, as two, muscular men with the same features as the driver (except that one is African-American while the other one is Asian) came out from the car and grabbed Krishna by the arms.
"This way, Sir," the African-American man said as he and his partner shoved Krishna into the car.
Suddenly the park's manhole burst open, and out came a small, flying, purple slug-like creature with tentacles growing from it's sides as well as it's tail. The creature's head is identical with Pedoleon Kurain's head. The creature screeched and charges towards the two muscular men.
"Shit!" the African-American man cursed as the creature glided towards them, "A Pedoleon Furigen!"
"Must have missed the White Cleaner's decontamination!" the Asian man said, pulling out a Desert Eagle. The Asian man fires the pistol at the flying creature, but Pedoleon Furigen easily dodges the bullets, before extending a tentacle from it's void. The tentacle wrapped itself around the Asian man's neck, strangling the man as Pedoleon Furigen prepares itself to consume a huge meal. The Asian man's Desert Eagle dropped to the ground.
Wasting no time, Krishna grabbed the Desert Eagle and fires it on the tentacle wrapping around the Asian man's neck. The tentacle was severed and Pedoleon Furigen screeched in pain. The African-American man takes out a small, spherical green device and throws it at Pedoleon Furigen. The device was absorbed into Pedoleon Furigen's slimy skin, before detonating itself, incinerating the flying creature into ashes.
"Whoa," Krishna looked at the now burning Pedoleon Furigen in awe.
"You, get in," the African-American man said with a stern tone, swiping the Desert Eagle from Krishna's hands as the young man kept staring at the burning Space Beast in awe. The African-American man then approaches his Asian comerade, who is still recovering himself, "You alright?"
"Yeah," the Asian man said, before letting out a few coughs as he accepts his Desert Eagle back, "Just a little bit choked."
"You call the White Cleaner and tell them to make sure that there's no flying slug Space Beasts in Menteng Park," the African-American said to his Asian partner as the the African-American shoves Krishna into the car once again.
"Okay," the Asian man said as he takes out his cell phone, getting into the car as he called the White Cleaner. The Toyota Alphard then drives off the scene, while behind it a Toyota Hiace pulled up at Menteng Park. The White Cleaner, a team consisting of men wearing white haz-mat suits with the task of cleaning up Space Beast mess, emerged from the car and cleaned up the remains of the Pedoleon Furigen.
As the car approaches the Rasuna Said flyover, Iman takes out a black blindfold from his suit pocket. "In the mean time," he said, "Please wear this."
"Hey!" Krishna yelled as Iman places the blindfold over his eyes. The screen then went black for a few seconds.
Location Unknown, 17.10pm
Krishna's blindfolded was lifted at a dim-lighted, medical checkup room. The location of the checkup room itself is unknown.
"Good," Iman's voice said through the PA as Krishna tried to fight a blinding white light that has been shined into his face by an unknown person, "Go ahead and open your eyes."
Krishna opened his eyes, only to find himself stark naked, strapped to a bed in an unknown medical checkup room, surrounded by men wearing white haz-mat suits, and had electrodes strapped all around him. The young man looked around and saw some of the haz-mat suit wearing men are looking at the surrounding machinery and taking notes. Suddenly Krishna notices that one of the machines is monitoring his heartbeat and another monitors his brainwaves.
"Crap," Krishna's mind muttered, "Now I'm going to be a human guinea pig."
"The case file 10.007," one of the haz-mat guys said.
"The figure from the previous examination.." another haz-mat guy said as one of his comerades installed more electrodes on Krishna's torso, "..plus 73."
Krishna tried to break himself free from his restrains, but his efforts are made futile.
"The needle is going from K-02 to K-55," another haz-mat guy said.
"It has a R7 factor," yet another haz-mat guy declared.
"Is this how Takeshi Hongo felt when Shocker converted him into Kamen Rider?" Krishna's mind muttered again as he looked at the passing haz-mat guys who are examining him.
"What the hell is this?" Krishna demanded as the haz-mat guys continued their observation on him.
"What's wrong?" Iman asked from the PA system, "Are the belts too tight?"
"That's not it!" Krishna yelled, "What is this? Who are you? What are you doing to me? And most of all, where the f**k are we?"
"Don't worry," Iman said again from the PA system, "The examination will soon end."
"What is this examination?" Krishna asked, unaware that one of the haz-mat guys behind him had picken up a taser.
"Now to silence you," the haz-mat guy with the taser muttered as he approaches Krishna. A loud buzzing noise is heard as the taser was activated.
"What the f**k are you doing?" Krishna asked as he saw the taser-wielding haz-mat guy.
The response was a swift stab to Krishna's neck. The young man groaned in pain as the taser sends volts upon volts of electricity through his body, before finally the shock had rendered him unconscious.
"Now, we can start..." Iman said from the PA system as the screen went black again...
Menteng Park, 18.50pm
The black Toyota Alphard speeds along the highway before stopping on the Menteng Park parking lot. The African-American man and his partner shoves a still knocked-out Krishna into the ground, before the car speeds away from the location.
Location Unknown, 19.00pm
"This is Elizabeth Yohana Kristanto with the Evening News," a rather chubby young woman with white skin and shoulder length curly hair said on the television, "A week ago, at an Indomaret convinience store at the Jakarta-Bekasi highway, 25 year old Darren Kosasih was reported missing."
The TV screen switches from Yohana reporting the news to a potrait of Darren, with the words "MISSING – DARREN KOSASIH" written underneath it.
"The police believed that Mr. Kosasih might have been involved in some incident," Yohana continued her report, "If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Kosasih, please..."
Yohana was interrupted as the person watching the TV switched the device off.
The next day
SAR HQ, 8am
"Excuse me," Krishna said as he entered the SAR captain's office, "Is there something that you've...oh."
Krishna was startled by the appearance of Iman Usman sitting on his boss' desk, a silver colored briefcase can be seen on the desk.
"You," Krishna growled, "I don't know what you've done to me, but I'm not going through that again! You may probe Krishna Sadhana once, but you'll never do it twice!"
"Listen," Iman said, trying to calm down the fuming Krishna, "About the other day, I'm deeply sorry for my henchmen's...rudeness."
"So?" Krishna asked.
Iman smiled as he got up from the captain's seat, walking towards Krishna. "I believe you've heard from your manager, Officer Krishna," Iman said, smiling, "That from this day forth, you're no longer a member of the Indonesian Search and Rescue Team. From this day forth also, you're now a member of the Terrestrial Liberation Trust."
"Eh?" Krishna gave Iman a startled face.
"Here's your first mission," Iman said, reaching for his suit pocket and taking out a small piece of paper.
A puzzled Krishna recieves the piece of paper. "Congratulations! Today you're a member of the TLT, or Terrestrial Liberation Trust," Krishna reads the contents of the paper.
"No, you don't spell TLT as T-L-T," Iman said, "You pronounced it as tilt."
"Okay, tilt," Krishna said (from now on TLT will be pronouced tilt but written as TLT).
"Our establishment goes above the nations," Iman starts his explanation, "We're a special organization set up to promote peace. You have been chosen as one of it's workers."
"You're kidding me," Krishna said.
"No, I'm not," Iman said, "It's more than the police, more than the army, TLT is literally ABOVE all of them. Only the best of the best are collected from each field. It's the ultimate organization." Iman then walked towards the silver briefcase and opens it, revealing a Pulse Breiger. He then activates the device. He then places the Pulse Breiger back on it's briefcase and turns it around so Krishna can see what the device is currently displaying. A beeping noise is heard coming out from the device.
"What's this?" Krishna asked as he looked at the device.
"Pulse Breiger," Iman said, "You will soon know how to use it. For now, new employees are going to use it for navigation."
"Sweet! My own hand-held GPS!" Krishna said, grinning like a cat.
"Also," Iman said as he walked out of the room, "The location of your next assignment is absolutely top secret. Don't forget about that."
"I won't," Krishna said.
Ragunan Zoo, 10am
"You've what?" Johanna asked in disbelief as she enters the grounds of the Ragunan Zoo, her pencil and drawing book in her left hand as she is currently holding her Nokia 5310 with her right hand, "You've quit the Search and Rescue Team?"
"Yeah. My assignment was changed. I've was accepted to the TLT," Krishna said from across the line (note: Krishna pronounced TLT as T-L-T in this conversation, for the sake of the organization's secrecy).
"You've been accepted? That's great! Congratulations!" Johanna exclaimed.
"Yeah, unfortunately my new job requires me to not see you for the day, so..."
"That's alright," Johanna said, smiling, "Just give me a really nice date next time. By the way, where's your new job?"
"That is..." Krishna muttered, knowing that Iman had told him that the job's location was top secret.
"Does your new job requires you to save people too?" Johanna asked.
"Probably," Krishna replied.
"Very good," Johanna said as she looked at a nearby elephant, "Krishna. You were chosen for this job to save someone."
"Yeah," Krishna said from the other side of the line, "Shall I call again when the time is right?"
"Hell yeah," Johanna replied, "By the way, Krishna.."
"Yeah?"
"Take care of yourself," Johanna said, before hanging up.
Cibubur, 12.00pm
A blue Mitsubishi Fuso minibus drives through the quiet and winding road of Cibubur. The van is carrying a group of college students from Germany who are spending their holiday at Jakarta. Right now the Germans are heavily drunk due to the amount of beer that they've drank. Cans upon cans of Heineken can be seen scattered on the van's floor. The Germans are now singing Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole," which sounded a bit terrible and funny due to the Germans' drunken state.
"C'mon, sing your hearts out!" a tall and muscular male student with curly blonde hair shouted.
"Tobias, you should change the tune a bit," a red-haired female student said, "We've been singing this song for half an hour."
"Fine, I'll change it," Tobias said as he got up from his seat and dragged himself towards the front of the bus.
"And bring some beer while you're at it!" a male student exclaimed.
"Hey! Driver, what about another song?" Tobias asked as he dragged his drunken self towards the driver.
"Good!" the driver exclaimed, "I've been listening to this shit for 30 minutes! It's about time you guys listened to something else!"
Suddenly a screech was heard. Tobias and the driver could only watch as a Pedoleon Furigen appeared out of nowhere, spitting out slime from it's mouth. The slime attaches itself into the bus' front window, covering the window completely.
"Shit! I've got no visual!" the driver cried as he lost control of his bus.
"We're gonna die!" Tobias screamed.
The bus swerved back and forth repeatedly, before slamming itself into a nearby mango tree.
Meanwhile, at the same time, the young woman from the ancient ruins is running through the nearby forest, when an image of the Pedoleon, now in it's Pedoleon Kurain form, approaching the wrecked bus flashed into her mind. The driver of the bus is now dead, his face completely obliterated by the impact with the tree, as Tobias and the other Germans struggled to get out from the wrecked vehicle. Tobias managed to smash the door open with his right leg, before easing himself out from the wreck. Before he could do anything though, Pedoleon Kurain extends it's right tentacle, ensnaring Tobias with it. The German can only scream in terror as Pedoleon Kurain prepares it's void.
Location Unknown, 12.03pm
The computers in the mysterious computer room began to shift into life as a slim, tan-skinned girl with long, black, hair, wearing a white nightgown began to type furiously on her keyboard.
"Area 3, Space Beast Wave at point 247 confirmed," the girl declared, "Night Raider, prepare to scramble!"
Night Raider HQ, at the same time
The Night Raider's headquarters was basically a simple grey room. Your usual command table is seen smack dab on the center of the room, while computers are seen on the table's right side. A laboratory room is present just behind the computers, meanwhile the recreational room is located just behind left side of the command table. The four Night Raider members are currently relaxing on the command centre, until an alarm blares through the room.
"SECONDARY ALERT! SPACE BEAST HAVE BEEN DETECTED! NIGHT RAIDER SCRAMBLE!"
"Alright! Night Raider, time to scramble!" 35 year old Captain Alvin Cahyadi, a well-build, white skinned man with short brown hair, and a pair of glasses on his face, commanded as he stood up from his seat.
Immediately, without asking, the rest of the Night Raider crew ran towards a room located next to the recreational room. Opening the lockers on the room, the Night Raider members puts on their protective vests, elbow pads, and knee pads over their black and blue uniform.
"Time to kill some Space Beast bastards!" a short but athletic young woman with a very serious look on her face said as she puts on her protective gear. The woman had curly, shoulder length black hair, tanned skin, and a pair of glasses resting on her face. This is the Deputy Captain of the Night Raider, 26 year old Elisabeth Tioria.
Captain Alvin then passes around the team's helmets after putting his own helmet on. Elisabeth then puts on her own helmet before passing the final two helmets to 25 year old Michael Jonathan and 22 year old Putri Ajeng Intan Novita Sari. Michael was a white-skinned athletic man with short, spiky and slick black hair. Besides having good looks, Michael is also a very smart person, one of the youngest Biology professors in Indonesia and also a certified computer expert. Because of that, he is the Night Raider's technical analyst and expert on Space Beast. Meanwhile Putri, or PJ as she was called, was a slim, white-skinned young woman with an athletic build. Her black hair extends down to her shoulders, while her ocean blue eyes and beautiful face can attract guys pretty easily. But don't mess with her, because she's the Night Raider's ammunition expert.
Elisabeth walked up towards a compartment on the room's wall that stored the Divalt Launchers. She then pressed a button on the compartment, causing the compartment's steel doors to slide down. The members of Night Raider then picked up their respective Divalt Launchers, before going to their respective Chrome Chesters.
Cibubur, 12.15pm
Krishna drives his blue Toyota Avanza through the quiet Cibubur road, enjoying the scenery as he followed the directions on his Pulse Breiger.
"I keep getting more and more isolated..." Krishna muttered as he looked at this Pulse Breiger, "...is there really a building there?"
Suddenly Krishna saw the mangled Mitsubishi Fuso bus in front of him.
"Eh?" Krishna wondered, "What is a bus doing here? Better investigate."
Krishna stopped his car just a few metres from the wrecked vehicle and got out from the car. He then walked towards the wrecked bus, before noticing that the bus' door is open. Deciding to investigate even further, Krishna enters the damaged vehicle and immediately he was greeted by a gruesome sight. The driver's body is still stuck to his seat, his face pulverized beyond recognition due to the sheer impact of the crash. Fresh blood still drips from the driver's shattered face.
"Yikes," Krishna tried to hold his urge to throw up as he explored into the passenger area of the bus. Kicking the cans of Heineken scattered on the bus' floor, Krishna couldn't find any signs of life inside the bus, even though the belongings of the Germans can be seen lying on the seats. "Better call the cops," Krishna said to himself as he prepares himself to leave the bus. Suddenly a Heineken can rolled towards his feet...by itself.
"Eh?" Krishna wondered as he picked up the can, "The structure of the bus, even though it was badly damaged, isn't inclined enough to allow a can to roll down from the back of the bus to here...but how come this can moved all by itself?"
Suddenly purple slime began to pour out from the can. Krishna let out a surprised yell as he throws the can into the floor in reflex. The slime began to converge behind Krishna...forming something sinister...
Meanwhile the young woman from the ancient ruins stopped running as she approaches the Cibubur road, grabbing something from her jacket pocket. It's a white, wand-like device with two, red lights on it's sides, a red, V-shaped mark on the middle, and a green, oval-shaped light above the V-mark.
"What...what do you want from me?" the young woman asked as she stared at the device. The device's red lights and green lamp began to glow as a response.
Location Unknown, 12.20pm
The mysterious young girl looked at her computer screen, checking the Space Beast signal's movement on the screen. Suddenly an unknown wave signal appears on the screen, startling the girl.
"What's this?" the girl said as she typed on her computer, "A new wave signal had just appeared in Area 3...and it's not a Space Beast signal! There's no doubt about it...has it...awakened?"
Cibubur, 12.25pm
Pedoleon Kurain had managed to kick Krishna off the bus and is now chasing the currently fleeing young man. Even though Krishna is now a member of TLT, he had no weapons whatsoever, meaning that he has to run in order to survive. Pedoleon Kurain shot out it's right tentacle, wrapping itself around Krishna's waist as the Space Beast had managed to bring Krishna down to the ground. Krishna tried to kick the tentacle in retaliation, but Pedoleon Kurain instead dragged him towards it's void. Krishna then grabbed a nearby lamp post, trying his best to hold on it. Annoyed, Pedoleon Kurain screeched as he pulled even harder.
"No!" Krishna growled, "I won't die here!"
Krishna started to lose his grip as Pedoleon Kurain added more strength to his pull, forcing the young man to grab the lamp post even tighter, to the point that he almost hugged the post! Suddenly the image of a young Krishna drowning flashed into the young man's mind again. But this time, a mysterious being reached into the flowing water and grabbed the boy by the hand.
"Don't give up," the mysterious being said.
Suddenly a blinding flash of red light appeared above both Krishna and Pedoleon Kurain, startling the two of them. A ball of red energy quickly descends from the sky and slammed itself into Pedoleon Kurain, vaporizing the Space Beast in a huge explosion! Krishna was thrown back into the road, the Pedoleon Kurain's tentacle still stuck around his waist. As the young man turned around, he saw a shining object literally pulverizing Pedoleon Kurain into blue particles. The glow on the shining object gradually disappeared, revealing the object to be a giant arm, it's fist planted firmly on the ground. Blue particles seep out from the crater that the fist had created. Krishna got up, unwraps the tentacle around his waist, before gasping in awe. A giant, humanoid warrior stands in front of him, his right fist firmly stuck to the ground where Pedoleon Kurain used to stand. The base color of the warrior was silver, with some black parts. On his wrists are red devices with a blue diamond on the end of each device near the fists, also with yellow blades protruding from underneath the devices, one in each arm device. Thick silver armor dominated the warrior's back and chest, and on the chest is a huge, red, V-shaped mark. The warrior's head is mushroom-like; with his headfin sailing towards the air and four lamps surrounds the headfin. The warrior's eyes are white in color and egg-like in shape.
"You've...got...to...be...kidding me," Krishna gasped as he looked at the silver giant.
The silver giant slowly lifts his fist from the ground, leaving a huge crater on the road. The silver giant then stood proudly in front of Krishna.
"Who...who are you?" Krishna asked. The silver giant looked at Krishna with his large, egg-shaped eyes. "This is a dream, right?" Krishna asked again. The silver giant didn't responded as he glowed red and disappeared from sight.
Krishna looked at the clear skies, before turning his attention towards the crater on the road. "And now Aston Kutcher is going to show up and tells me that I'm being Punk'd," Krishna mutters to himself.
Somebody did show up. But it's not Aston Kutcher. Instead it was Deputy Captain Elisabeth who immediately rushes over towards Krishna as she saw him. The rest of the Night Raider followed her. Krishna immediately turned around as he saw the Night Raider members rushing towards him.
"Holy Batman, the wave levels are correct!" Captain Alvin exclaimed as he looked at his Pulse Breiger, "The target is already dead. For now, ensure the safety of the survivors."
"Okay," Michael responded as he, PJ, and the Captain approaches the crater, while Deputy Captain Elisabeth approaches a clearly bewildered Krishna.
"What happened here?" Elisabeth asked sternly as she looked at the young man. Recieving no answer, the strict Deputy Captain opened her helmet's visor. "I'm asking you what happened," Elisabeth said again, this time with a more demanding tone.
"Well..." Krishna is about to start his story when suddenly he thought, "Wait. There's no way I'm going to tell everyone that a giant had just crushed a man-sized slug right in front of me. People will think I'm nuts!"
While Krishna is still lost in his train of thought, Elisabeth dialed in a code into her Pulse Breiger. The screen started to show a loading bar before displaying Krishna's biodata, along with his potrait. Elisabeth smiled as she closed her Pulse Breiger and looked at the young man in front of her.
"I see," Elisabeth said, "It's you."
"Yes?" Krishna asked, puzzled by Elisabeth's sudden change in behavior.
Suddenly Elisabeth notices a small gunk of purple slime on the wall behind Krishna. Immediately she dropped her smile and assumed her serious face again.
"One bit of advice," Elisabeth said as she aimed her Divalt Launcher at Krishna, before firing a bullet of energy that immediately vaporized the Pedoleon Kurain piece behind Krishna.
"What the..." Krishna muttered as he looked at the smoking wall behind him. Blue particles seeps out from the blasted section of the wall.
"Next time, be sure to watch your own back," Elisabeth said, casually putting down her Divalt Launcher before walking away from the still startled young man.
(Krishna's Narration)
This is the first time I've met my best friends...and also the first time I've met that silver giant. But from that day...I've began to wait for that shady reality...that reality that I can't run from, I can't hide from...the reality that I...must face. But I don't know a single thing about that reality.
As Krishna watched the Night Raider members investigating the crater in front of him, neither he or the Night Raider members are aware that the young woman from the ancient ruins are watching them from a distance. A smile developed on the young woman's face.
"Another one of those bastards...taken care of," the woman said, taking out her wand-like device from her jacket pocket. The wand glowed as the woman looked at it.
TO BE CONTINUED...