Previously, on Ultraman Nexus: The Next Generation
Pedoleon Guros screeched again, extending two tentacles from it's void that reached into an alleyway, grabbing both Decky and Vincent as the Space Beast made the stakes even higher for the Night Raider members.
"Help us!" Decky yelled as he and Vincent are being held hostage by Pedoleon Guros.
"If we attack in this situation," Krishna said as he aimed his Divalt Launcher at Pedoleon Guros, "Those two men would get hit too!"
Pedoleon Guros turned around, screeching as it walked away from the scene.
At that time, I was...fairly helpless.
Just as Elisabeth is about to aim her Divalt Launcher at Pedoleon Guros, Krishna jumped into her line of fire.
"Don't fire!" Krishna yelled.
Suddenly Elisabeth saw the mysterious woman in black standing at a nearby water tower. "That woman..." Elisabeth gasped.
The mysterious young woman in black stared at the Space Beast, while at the same time taking out her wand-like device, called the Evoltruster, from her jacket pocket. The woman then looked at her Evoltruster for a few seconds, before taking off the cap from the device. She then waves her Evoltruster into the air. A bright, red light came out from the device and envelops the woman in a bright pillar of light. Both Elisabeth and Krishna watched in awe as the pillar of light transforms itself into a ball of light, which flies off from the water tower and crashes itself in front of Pedoleon Guros. The Space Beast screeched in shock as another, larger pillar of bright light materializes in front of it, glowing for a few seconds before the light died out, revealing the silver giant, in a crouching position, in it's place.
"The silver giant," Krishna said in awe.
Furthermore, of the reality of the world that I entered...I had yet to truly understand any of it.
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
Episode 3: Ultraman
Manggarai Water Distilation Plant, 7.30pm
The silver giant stood up, giving Pedoleon Guros a good stare as the Space Beast screeched again.
"SHIAH!" the silver giant barked as he assumed a battle pose.
Captain Alvin, Elisabeth, Krishna, PJ, and Michael regrouped as they saw Pedoleon Guros and the silver giant preparing themselves for battle.
"So, the silver giant does exists," Captain Alvin said.
"SHAH!" the silver giant jumped into the air, throwing his right hand behind his head. "HEAH!" the silver giant thrusts his right hand forward, a blue whip of energy coming out from the diamond located on the giant's right wrist device. The whip of energy wraps itself around Decky and Vincent, swiping the two men from Pedoleon Guros' tentacles. The whip of energy then transforms itself into an orb of energy as the silver giant landed on the ground.
"What is he doing?" PJ asked.
The silver giant then throws the orb of energy to the ground. The orb of energy landed on the ground safely, glowing for a few moments before disappearing, revealing a knocked out Decky and Vincent in it's place.
Pedoleon Guros screeched in anger as the silver giant turns around, before assuming another battle pose in front of it. "SHIAH!" the silver giant barked again as he prepares to attack the Space Beast. But before that could happen, a bullet of energy exploded in front of the silver giant, much to the shock of the Night Raider members. Krishna turned around and saw Elisabeth aiming her Divalt Launcher...at the silver giant!
"Deputy Captain!" Krishna yelled, "What are you doing?"
Elisabeth didn't answer the question as she prepares to fire another shot at the silver giant.
"Do not fire!" Krishna yelled as he runs towards Elisabeth.
Krishna's pleas, however, fell on deaf ears as Elisabeth fires another shot from her Divalt Launcher, blasting the silver giant on his shoulder. The silver giant turned around and looked at Elisabeth with his gigantic white eyes, giving her a "what-the-hell-was-that-for" look with his face. Deciding that the Night Raider Deputy Captain is too stubborn to listen to his words, Krishna jumped once again into Elisabeth's line of fire.
"The giant is not our enemy, Deputy Captain!" Krishna exclaimed.
"Shut up!" Elisabeth shouted, shoving Krishna out of her way before once again aiming her Divalt Launcher at the silver giant.
Fortunately for the silver giant, Pedoleon Guros, bored that it's opponent is too busy dealing with a human who is shooting energy bullets at him, screeched as it walked towards the giant. Seeing the incoming threat, the silver giant assumes another battle pose before charging towards the incoming Pedoleon Guros.
"HEAH!" the silver giant yelled as he performs a side kick on Pedoleon Guros' stomach, sending the Space Beast stumbling back a few metres. "SHEAH!" the silver giant performs a jumping chop on Pedoleon Guros' neck, before giving the fiend a combo of punches into it's head. A roundhouse kick from the silver giant then sends Pedoleon Guros tumbling down on the ground. Pedoleon Guros got up again, only for the silver giant to kick it's sides several times, before the silver giant jumps to the air and performs a heel kick on the back of Pedoleon Guros' head, sending the Space Beast to the ground once again. Enraged, Pedoleon Guros immediately swipes it's tentacles at the silver giant, but the heroic warrior manages to dodge the swipes just in time, leaving a cloud of dust behind him as Pedoleon Guros' tentacles hits the ground instead. The silver giant then grabs hold of Pedoleon Guros as the Space Beast grabbed him at the same time. The two then wrestled for a few moments, before Pedoleon Guros chucks the silver giant to the ground. Quickly recovering himself, the silver giant kicked Pedoleon Guros on the stomach once again, causing the fiend to screech in pain as the silver giant once again jumped into the air and performed the same heel kick, this time hitting Pedoleon Guros' back. Landing behind the Space Beast, the silver giant grabbed the tentacles that lined Pedoleon Guros' back, attempting to tear the Space Beast apart. Pedoleon Guros screeched as it expels a cloud of white gas from it's back, blasting the silver giant right on the face.
"UWARGH!"
Blinded and choked, the silver giant stumbled back as Pedoleon Guros expels more and more of the gas into the surrounding air. Meanwhile, on the ground, as Captain Alvin, PJ, and Michael are trying to help Decky and Vincent back on their feet, the cloud of white gas reached them.
"What is this gas?" PJ asked as the gas began to surround the Night Raider members and the survivors.
"Michael! Analyze the gas!" Captain Alvin commanded.
"Roger!" Michael replied, activating his Pulse Breiger. The device analyzed the gas and revealed the result that sends shivers through Michael's spine. "Holy shit! We're f**ked."
"What is it?" Captain Alvin asked.
"The gas is highly explosive!" Michael responded, recieving gasps of horror from Captain Alvin, PJ, and the already resucitated Decky and Vincent.
Grabbing his Divalt Launcher, Captain Alvin immediately runs towards Elisabeth, who is still aiming her Divalt Launcher at the two fighters.
"Elisabeth!" Captain Alvin shouted, "Don't fire! It's kerosene gas!"
"Kerosene? Shit," Elisabeth mutters as she lowers her Divalt Launcher. Suddenly she notices something a bit odd. The kerosene cloud is now surrounding Pedoleon Guros, enveloping the Space Beast's body. As Elisabeth watched the unfolding scene, both Krishna and Captain Alvin joined her as they watched blue flashes of light glowed from the cloud gas, before a giant Pedoleon Furigen flies out of it.
"It transformed?" Captain Alvin yelled as the gigantic Pedoleon Furigen flies above them.
Seeing that his opponent has taken to the skies, the sliver giant jumped into the air, assuming a flying pose as he went after the giant Pedoleon Furigen.
"The target has taken off!" Captain Alvin yelled as he, Krishna, and Elisabeth retreated from the scene, the cloud of kerosene around them slowly clears off, "And the silver giant is with them! What should we do, CIC?"
"Please pursue," came the response, "The always crowded Manggarai Station is four kilometres away from here and the Beast is heading towards it!"
The Chrome Chesters takes off from the Manggarai Water Distilation Plant, before chasing both the Space Beast and the silver giant, activating their invisibility cloaks along the way. Meanwhile, several hundred meters in front of the Chrome Chesters, Pedoleon Furigen screeches as the silver giant chases after it, with the speed of the silver giant increasing in every single passing second. Pedoleon Furigen then turned around, hoping to lose the silver giant that way, only for the silver giant to fly above Pedoleon Furigen before descending behind it, still in pursuit of the Space Beast.
The Chrome Chesters' radar system showed the locations of the Chrome Chesters, Pedoleon Furigen, and the silver giant.
"The target is four thousand meters away from the Manggarai district," Michael said as he looked at his radar.
"It'll reach it in two hundred and thirty seconds at this rate," Krishna added, "We won't make it!"
Pedoleon Furigen looked at the lights flickering in the distance, a sign that it is approaching the nearest human civilization. The Space Beast screeched in joy. Soon it will transform back into it's Pedoleon Guros form and consume every single resident of the Manggarai district, truly a literal "all-you-can-eat-buffet" for the Space Beast. But the silver giant, still in pursuit behind the Space Beast, won't let that happen. The silver giant places his right wrist device over his V mark on his chest, the blue diamond on the device glowing. He then waves it back. Water like light appears all around him, and soon he transforms. The giant's body became more muscular, as red color dominates him now, with some black and silver arranging the body lines. The chest part now enlargens, with two prominent spikes at the shoulder. The V mark had shrunken a bit, with an oval, glowing blue gem on top of it. The silver giant then touches his right arm blade, before bringing his arms into his left side. Bubble-like energy was transferred from the blade into the left fist. The silver giant then punches his left fist forward, releasing all of the energy contained within it. The bubble-like energy became an energy stream, which missed Pedoleon Furigen by a milimetre. But the silver giant intended for that to happen. The energy stream then hits a part of the sky, transforming itself into yellow energy bubbles that formed themselves into a yellow dimensional portal. Pedoleon Furigen went straight into the portal, with the silver giant following afterwards. The yellow energy bubbles then disappeared afterwards. At the same time, the signals that indicate the locations of both Pedoleon Furigen and the silver giant...vanishes from the Chrome Chesters' radar system.
"Target...lost..." Michael muttered in disbelief.
The Chrome Chesters de-activated their invisibility cloaks as they flew around, looking for signs of both Pedoleon Furigen and the silver giant. But they found nothing. It's like the two of them are wiped out from the face of the Earth at the same time.
"Where the hell did those two go?" Elisabeth asked as she and Krishna checked the surroundings for any signs of life.
Suddenly a huge explosion in the sky rocked the Chrome Chesters, startling the Night Raider members. At the same time, on the ground, a chubby, middle-aged man walked through the Manggarai alleyway, drinking his can of soda as a huge, greenish explosion occurs in the sky above the man. The man looked at the sky, before looking at his can of soda.
"I've heard of alchohol-related hallucinations," the man said as he throws the can of soda away, "But I've never heard of soda-related hallucinations!"
Back to the Chrome Chesters, Krishna gasped in awe as he looked at the explosion, which sends out a red ball of light into the ground. The ball of light landed, transforming itself into the silver giant in his crouching position. The silver giant then stood up and crosses his arms above his chest, the two diamonds on his wrist devices glowed as he performs the move. After that, the silver giant proceeds to throw his arms apart, assuming a pose similar to the poses bodybuilders usually made when showing off their biceps. A red tornado of light appears from below the silver giant, slowly engulfing the silver giant as he disappears from sight. The Chrome Chesters then flew above the location where the silver giant used to stand.
"The Beast..." Captain Alvin mutters in disbelief.
"Has been destroyed," the mysterious girl in white responded from CIC, "The target has been eliminated. Please head back to Base Pandawa."
"Roger," a still shocked Captain Alvin replied, "I wonder...did he destroyed the Beast all by himself? Just what is that giant?"
"Ultraman," Krishna muttered in awe.
Location Unknown, 8pm
The mysterious girl in white throws her arms behind her head as she watched the silver giant's battle footage again and again. Especially the part where the silver giant fires his dimensional portal beam. The girl knits her brows together, puzzled by the dimensional portal beam. Suddenly the girl lets out a smile as she typed on her computer, in her usual furious manner. A few minutes later, a results screen popped up into the computer.
"I've got it," the girl said to herself, "I've got the ideal conclusion."
Manggarai District, at the same time
The mysterious young woman in black collapsed to the ground, her left hand clutching her abdomen while her right hand is clutching her Evoltruster. Her breathing is heavy and her skin is drowning in her own sweat.
"I could barely keep up," the woman gasped heavily, before taking a glance at her Evoltruster. The device glowed as the woman glanced at it.
The next day
"This is Elizabeth Yohana Kristanto with the hourly Headline News. Last night the newly opened Manggarai Water Distilation Plant was caught on fire. Although the fire was minor and the damage to the water plant is minimal, one man, plant worker Dominicus Kristanto died in the inferno. The other victims, plant worker Decky Hermansyah and security guard Vincent Giovanni, are currently recovering in the hospital. With no evidence of the fire, the reports are piling of other possibilities."
"This is Kevin Siraj with Seputar Indonesia Terkini," a young, tan-skinned Arabian man with spiky brown hair said on the television screen, "Late last night, in the skies above the Jakarta district of Manggarai, an unexplained explosion occured. Many citizens witnessed the flames."
TLT Court Room, 10am
Krishna and Captain Alvin walked into a dark court room, with three, shadowy figures as the court's judges. The figures are from the high command of TLT. They have recieved news about the explosion in the sky and the silver giant that single-handedly destroyed a Space Beast, and because of that, they have called both Krishna and Captain Alvin into the TLT Court Room since they have encountered the silver giant in action. Krishna even saw the silver giant twice. Both Krishna and Captain Alvin take their seats inside the court room.
"Officer Krishna," one of the figures said, "Is it true that you have encountered the silver giant twice?"
"Yes," Krishna replied, "On the day I was hired and last night."
"Okay," the other figure said, "About your first encounter...the silver giant saved your life, didn't he?"
"Yes," Krishna replied.
"Are you sure?" the second figure asked again.
"100%," Krishna responded, "If Ultraman hadn't appeared that time, I would have been devoured by the Space Beast."
"Ultraman?" the third figure asked.
"Yesterday when I was looking at the giant, for some reason that name came to me," Krishna replied.
"Captain Alvin," the first figure said, "What do you think? Is the silver giant an ally to us humans? Or instead an enemy that pretended to be a hero?"
"To be honest..." Captain Alvin responded, "...I don't know." Krishna gave Captain Alvin a rather uneasy stare. Ignoring the stare, Captain Alvin continues, "However, if he's our enemy, he'd be impossible to eliminate with our current weaponry. I think we'll need to do further research."
"Understood," the figures said in unison.
Base Pandawa Corridor, 10.30am
Both Krishna and Captain Alvin left the court room and heads back to the Night Raider HQ. As the two walked along the corridor, Krishna tapped his captain on the shoulder.
"Er, Captain," Krishna said, "Do you really not believe in Ultraman?"
"We're dealing with an unknown life form," Captain Alvin replied, "I don't have enough evidence that he can be trusted."
"But, Captain, I know you saw it too," Krishna argued, "He saved those two humans from the Beast!"
"Maybe he was just stealing his prey?" a female voice asked with a rather cynical tone. Both Captain Alvin and Krishna turned around and saw Elisabeth walking towards them, already wearing her protective vest. "He's a Beast too," Elisabeth said cynically as she approaches Krishna, "It's safer to think of him that way."
"I can't believe it," Krishna muttered.
"Not everything you see is the truth," Elisabeth said again, walking away from the two men, "Trust me, I've been there and I've regretted it."
As Elisabeth disappeared around the corner, Krishna turned his attention towards Captain Alvin. "Captain," Krishna said, "Why is Elisabeth so mistrusting? Isn't it obvious that the silver giant is on our side?"
"Like I said, there's not enough evidence that supports your theory," Captain Alvin said, in a rather regretful tone.
"But I have," a male voice said. Both Krishna and Captain Alvin turned around again and saw Iman standing in front of them. "It's Elisabeth's dark past."
"Elisabeth's...dark past?" Krishna asked, "How come the past life of the Night Raider's Deputy Captain can show us why the silver giant can be trusted?"
"Not to answer that question, my boy," Iman said, "It's to answer your question about why is Elisabeth sometimes...mistrust people."
"That's right," Captain Alvin said as Iman stood up next to him, "When she was 9, her mother was killed...by a humanoid Space Beast."
"So sorry to hear that," Krishna said with a solemn tone.
"Also, your straight forwardness reminded her of a man who once loved her dearly," Iman added, "And it is very dangerous if you retain that attitude."
"Tell me more about that man," Krishna said, this time in a more curious tone.
"Like you, that man was also a one-man show. His will was strong," Iman explained, "But as a result, it ended in catastrophe."
"What kind of catastrophe?" Krishna asked.
"Let's just say...he is literally consumed by the Darkness. You'll learn more about him later," Iman finishes his explanation, smiling.
"Krishna, I would like to train you," Captain Alvin added, "It is important for a member of a team to trust his or her teammates, even though their ideologies are against yours."
"That's a good idea," Iman said, "That way you'll blend in easily with the other members of Night Raider. By the way, 30 Rock is going to start and I don't want to miss it. See you later then."
Krishna and Captain Alvin nodded as Iman walked away from them.
"I'll better catch up with Elisabeth," Krishna said, "Something that she said to me bothers my mind a bit and I would like to ask her about it. Where is she going anyway?"
"She's wearing her protective vest," Captain Alvin replied, "Elisabeth only wears her protective vest on two occasions: missions and target practice. Try finding her at the firing range."
"Thanks," Krishna said as he runs off.
TLT Firing Range, 10.35am
Elisabeth stood up in the middle of a huge, spacious white room. In front of her are several black practice targets, supported by metallic wires that held the targets in place. Smirking as she looked at the targets, Elisabeth grabs a hi-tech looking handgun from a holser located on her right waist. Aiming the Divalt Shooter (that's the name of the handgun) at one of the targets, the Night Raider Deputy Captain calmfully pressed on the trigger. Flashes of red energy appears on the Divalt Shooter's muzzle as the weapon fired several red energy darts at the target, piercing through the area around the target's bullseye. Unknown to Elisabeth, Krishna is silently entering the firing range, watching the girl firing her weapon in awe.
"That's incredible," Krishna said to himself as he looked at the pierced practice target, before turning his attention towards Elisabeth. "Better talk to the Deputy Captain about what she said," Krishna said to himself again as he walked towards Elisabeth.
"Not everything you see is thet truth," Elisabeth's words echoed inside Krishna's mind as the young man approaches the Night Raider Deputy Captain.
"Hey, Deputy Captain, can I ask you about something?" Krishna asked as Elisabeth fired her Divalt Shooter at the target in front of her, oblivious of the young man's presence. "I repeat, can I ask you something, Deputy Captain?" Krishna repeated his question, only to recieve the silent treatment as Elisabeth continues to fire her Divalt Shooter at the already battered practice target. "How many times should I repeat myself..."
Suddenly Elisabeth aimed her Divalt Shooter at Krishna, much to the young man's shock.
"What...what the...what are you doing, Deputy Captain?" a shocked Krishna asked.
"In our mission yesterday you stood in front of my gun, didn't you?" Elisabeth responded, "If I had shot you that time...I'm sure it would come out as an accident. Jumping in front of a gun...how reckless."
"It can't be..." Krishna said slowly, "A Night Raider member wouldn't shoot his or her comerade!"
Suddenly Elisabeth sticks the muzzle of her Divalt Launcher on Krishna's chest, startling the young man as cold sweat began to appear around his face.
"Are you f**king insane?" Krishna asked in a startled and terrified tone.
"Why do you simply believe in people?" Elisabeth asked back, "There are situations where you don't know who's a friend or enemy until the last second!"
Both Krishna and Elisabeth stared at each other. Krishna's black eyes met with Elisabeth's brown eyes. While the Deputy Captain's face indicate calmfulness and seriousness, Krishna's face indicates otherwise, a face of shock and fear all happening at the same time. Krishna gulped as Elisabeth slowly presses the trigger on her Divalt Shooter. Knowing that his fate has been sealed, Krishna closed his eyes as Elisabeth prepared herself to fire her Divalt Shooter at point blank range...
"NO BULLETS! NO BULLETS! PLEASE RELOAD IMMEDIATELY!"
Krishna opened his eyes and let out a sigh of relief. The Divalt Shooter doesn't contain any bullets.
"I've emptied the bullets a few moments ago," Elisabeth said, lifting the gun from a relieved Krishna's chest and placing it back into it's holster, before walking away from the young man.
"Please wait!" Krishna called, "I still have a question to ask. Not everything you see is true. What do you mean by that?"
Elisabeth turned around, her eyes looking directly at Krishna's confused face. "Come with me," she said.
Cibubur, 12.15pm
A black Toyota Kijang Innova drives through the winding Cibubur road, before stopping near a crowd of people in black flocking around a mango tree. The same mango tree where the bus carrying those innocent German students crashed into. The same mango tree where Krishna had encountered Pedoleon Kurain and the silver giant. Elisabeth and Krishna both got out from the car as they looked at the mango tree.
"This place..." Krishna said, remembering the time when he had encountered the empty bus, when he was chased down by Pedoleon Kurain, and when a giant fist destroys the Space Beast in front of his eyes. "Why'd you bring me here?" Krishna asked.
"Look there," Elisabeth pointed at the crowd of people surrounding the mango tree, crying and placing several bouquets of flowers underneath the tree. "Those people are from Germany, who had come all the way to Indonesia just to mourn their children and relatives who had been devoured by the Space Beast."
"Why on Earth they're crying at the tree?" Krishna asked.
"Didn't you see it by yourself? The bus had hit a tree before the Space Beast devoured it's passengers. At least that helped us in making an excuse for the victims' families," Elisabeth replied.
"An excuse for the families?" Krishna asked again.
"That's right," Elisabeth said, "All the victims of Space Beast attacks are reported as dying in accidents. The grieving families are never told the truth."
"In other words," Krishna said, "The families were being fed with lies?"
"It's a bit rude to say it that way...but yeah, the truth about the victims are being hidden," Elisabeth said, "If the general public knew about how the victims really died, a mass hysteria could occur! The Jakarta Riots of 1998 could repeat itself! That's why we exteriminate Space Beasts in secret."
"I understood," Krishna said.
"Not everything you see is true," Elisabeth said again, "There's your answer."
"But what about the witnesses?" Krishna asked, "You can't hide the testimony of survivors. The truth will surely..."
"The witnesses will not speak the truth," Elisabeth interrupts, "TLT has a special section for that."
Krishna bit his lip. This whole "exteriminating Space Beast in secret" thing is really bothering his mind. Suddenly he remembered what Iman said during the day when he was hired...
"Do not worry. If you forget everything, you will return to your normal life. In other words, your memory about this place will be erased."
"That's impossible...there's no way an organization has the power to erase people's memories," Krishna muttered.
"Something wrong?" Elisabeth asked.
"Er, if I told people about the truth, will TLT erase my memories?" Krishna asked.
Before Elisabeth could answer the question, a loud snap can be heard from the bushes behind Krishna. Immediately Elisabeth grabbed her Divalt Shooter and jumped towards the bushes.
"Wait for me!" Krishna yelled as he followed the Deputy Captain into the bushes.
Ten minutes later...
Krishna and Elisabeth are now running through a forest as they are chasing after something...or even someone. The two Night Raider members are now holding their Divalt Shooters, ready to shoot everything or everyone that gets into their way. Suddenly Elisabeth stopped, looking around her for any signs of life. Unknown to her, she is currently being watched from behind a nearby tree by an unknown being, possibly the being that both Elisabeth and Krishna are chasing. Just as Elisabeth turned her attention towards the tree, the unknown being reacted, hiding itself from sight. At the same time, an exhausted Krishna catches up with his superior.
"What the hell was that?" Krishna asked.
"Someone's watching us," Elisabeth replied, before noticing the Divalt Shooter in Krishna's right hand. "Grabbing your gun against an unknown threat...you're learning quite quickly, Krishna Sadhana."
"Thanks," Krishna replied the compliment.
Elisabeth then activated her Pulse Breiger, which detected a signal about half a kilometre in front of them.
"I knew it," Elisabeth said, before taking off again, "Space Beasts."
"Wait for me!" Krishna said, running after Elisabeth.
Meanwhile, the mysterious young woman in black walked away from a bush towards an opening, when suddenly she saw Elisabeth and Krishna running towards her. The young woman gave the two a puzzled look as they stopped in front of her.
"I knew it," Elisabeth said, walking towards the young woman, "So you weren't just a figment of my imagination. Have you been following us?" Before the young woman could give a response, Elisabeth pointed her Divalt Shooter at the young woman. "Answer!" Elisabeth demanded.
The young woman sighed. "It's true something was following you," the young woman said, grabbing something from her jacket pocket, "But it wasn't me!" And with that, the young woman pulled out an odd-looking white, grey and red pistol, aiming the weapon at Elisabeth.
Both Elisabeth and the young woman stared at each other, neither of them willing to fire their respective weapons. Just as the situation is going out of hand, Krishna interrupts them. "Ummm, just who are you?" Krishna asked.
Suddenly a snap from a broken twig echoed through the area. The mysterious young woman knew all too well where this is going. "Run!" the young woman shouted, "Hurry! Before those bastards came again!"
But it was too late. The area was quickly surrounded by three Pedoleon Kurains, all eager to devour the three humans. The Space Beasts screeched as they approaches Elisabeth, Krishna, and the mysterious young woman.
Location Unknown, 12.45pm
"Beast signal confirmed in Area 3 Point 247," the mysterious girl in white declared, before noticing an unusual signal on the screen. The signal that usually marks the arrival of the silver giant. "There's a signal on the scene that's not Night Raider's?"
The screen in front of the girl indicates the whereabouts of Elisabeth and Krishna (which is symbolized as square signals) along with the three Pedoleon Kurains (which on the screen is symbolized by three pink triangles). Suddenly a red, round signal flashes back and forth right next to both Elisabeth and Krishna.
"So even that woman is with them," the girl concluded.
Cibubur Forest, 12.46pm
"Come with me!" the mysterious young woman yelled as she runs through the forest, with both Elisabeth and Krishna following her. The three Pedoleon Kurains chased after the humans as they screeched in hunger.
After a few minutes of running in the forest, the young woman immediately hides behind a mahogany tree, while Elisabeth and Krishna took cover in another tree located next to it. The young woman pulls out her pistol once again, aiming at the three Pedoleon Kurains. Elisabeth did the same thing and aimed her Divalt Shooter at the Space Beasts, firing red darts of energy at one of them. At first the attack worked, but the longer Elisabeth fired the weapon, the more ineffective it became as the targeted Pedoleon Kurain screeched in annoyance, sliterhing even closer towards the three humans. Suddenly the targeted Pedoleon Kurain jumped into the air and landed in front of the trio, extending it's tentacle at Elisabeth who is preparing herself to fire her Divalt Shooter once again. Fortunately Elisabeth manages to dodge the tentacle just in time as the tentacle slams itself on the ground.
"Time to take out the big guns," the young woman mutters as she aimed her pistol at the Pedoleon Kurain. She cocked the weapon before pulling on the trigger, releasing a small blue orb of energy from the pistol's muzzle. The orb of energy hits the shocked Pedoleon Kurain, causing the Space Beast to explode into blue particles much to the surprise of the two Night Raider members.
"Did she just...killed it in one shot?" Krishna asked, "That is one awesome gun."
Suddenly Krishna yelled in pain as a Pedoleon Kurain tentacle wraps itself around his left leg, pulling the young man to the ground as he is dragged into the Space Beast's void. Krishna's Divalt Shooter dropped to the ground after he was dragged.
"Not this shit again!" Krishna cursed as he aimed his Pulse Breiger, firing blasts of red energy at the awaiting Pedoleon Kurain. Sadly, it didn't work. "Oh, cock," Krishna said to himself as Pedoleon Kurain opens it's void, ready to consume the Night Raider member.
"Don't give up!" the young woman yelled as she runs towards Krishna, aiming her pistol Pedoleon Kurain's tentacle and fires a shot at it. "Eat this, asshole!"
The blast severs the tentacle, allowing Krishna to unwrap himself as Pedoleon Kurain retreated back, screeching in pain. As Pedoleon Kurain makes it's way back into the forest, Krishna and the young woman looked at each other, with Krishna trying to catch his breath after the ordeal.
"It can't be..." Krishna said as he looked at the young woman, "...you are..."
Before Krishna can finish his sentence, the third Pedoleon Kurain appears. Seeing this, Elisabeth runs fron her hiding spot and fires her and Krishna's Divalt Shooters at the fiend. Red energy darts pierced through Pedoleon Kurain's body, but the creature didn't screech in pain even once. Even with the doubled firepower, the Divalt Shooters still didn't work against Pedoleon Kurain. While firing the Divalt Shooters, Elisabeth notices Krishna is still sitting on the ground with a bewildered look on his face.
"Why are you spacing out?" Elisabeth scolded her junior teammate while at the same time tosses Krishna's Divalt Shooter at him, "Help me finish off this bastard!"
"Fine!" Krishna yelled, standing up as he grabs his Divalt Shooter with his left hand and preparing his Pulse Breiger at the same time. The two of them then fired their respecitve weapons at Pedoleon Kurain, but even with Krishna's Pulse Breiger joining the fray, the blasts of red energy didn't inficlt any damage on Pedoleon Kurain at all.
Suddenly the young woman aimed her mysterious pistol and open fire, obliterating the third Pedoleon Kurain in a blink of an eye. As the blue particles disappeared, Elisabeth, Krishna, and the mysterious young woman all let out a sigh of relief. A few peaceful moments ensues before a screech can be heard in a distance.
"Watch out!" Krishna yelled.
Suddenly, from the young woman's direction, the wounded Pedoleon Kurain had transformed itself into a Pedoleon Furigen, heading towards the trio! The young woman ducked just in time as Pedoleon Furigen flew above her. Quickly, Elisabeth whips up her Divalt Shooter, Krishna prepares his own Divalt Shooter, and the young woman takes out her awesome pistol once again. The trio open fire, but Pedoleon Furigen's speed caused the blasts to miss their target. The young woman charges her pistol once again, this time gathering more energy into it's muzzle, before firing a larger orb of blue energy at the flying Pedoleon Furigen. The orb of energy struck the flying Space Beast, reducing it into nothing more but blue particles.
"Well, I have to say, that is one badass weapon," Elisabeth said, mimicking Nick Frost's British accent as she said that.
"Knock off the British accent, Deputy Captain," an annoyed Krishna replied as he, Elisabeth, and the young woman lowered their weapons.
The mysterious being from before watched from a distance as Elisabeth, Krishna, and the young woman placed their weapons back at their respective places, the Divalt Shooters at their holsters while the mysterious pistol inside the young woman's leather jacket.
"They lured you here," the young woman said as she approaches the two Night Raider members, "Those creatures fight the strong and absorbs their intelligence. From that, they can become stronger and smarter at the same time...just like a malicious virus. Right now they're still biding their time...waiting for an exact moment to launch a much larger attack. Before that can happen, if their hiding spot is not found in time..."
"Then we're going to face an invasion of those slug-butts," Krishna continued.
The young woman responded with a nod before walking away from the scene. Seeing that the mysterious young woman is leaving, Elisabeth immediately aimed her Divalt Shooter at the young woman.
"Stop it right there!" Elisabeth shouted, "You really think that I'm going to let you off the hook THAT easily, do you?"
"Elisabeth, the woman saved our butts!" Krishna tried to argue, "At least show her some appreciation!"
But Elisabeth didn't listened to Krishna. She instead walked towards the young woman, still aiming her Divalt Shooter at her. "Drop your weapon!" Elisabeth shouted again, "You're coming to our base!"
"You know what?" the young woman growled, "I'm not coming with a son of a bitch who didn't say thanks to a woman who had saved her and instead places her savior within gunpoint!"
And with that, the young woman casually strolled away from the scene. Enraged, Elisabeth fires her Divalt Shooter, only for...
"NO BULLETS! NO BULLETS! PLEASE RELOAD IMMEDIATELY!"
Krishna was about to burst out into laughter, only for a serious glare from Elisabeth to stop him from doing that. Meanwhile, the young woman stopped, before making a casual whirl, looking at both Elisabeth and Krishna in a rather mocking stare.
"Your load of bullets have already been emptied," the young woman said, like Krishna she is also trying to hold her laughter.
The young woman then walked away from the two Night Raider members once again. A frustrated Elisabeth drops her weapon and tried to tackle the mysterious young woman, only for Krishna to stop her.
"Please stop!" Krishna said, grabbing Elisabeth by the arm, only for the young man to recieve a good slap to the face by the Deputy Captain.
Elisabeth then aims her Pulse Breiger and aimed at the young woman's direction, only to find that the young woman had disappeared into thin air. Rubbing his cheek in pain, Krishna looked around the surrounding forest, only to find that the young woman had vanished.
"She's gone..." Krishna muttered.
"Damn it..." Elisabeth replied in frustration.
Base Pandawa, 7pm
Base Pandawa's hangar whirled into life as a blue Chrome Chester with a streamlined cockpit and a heavily armed, bulky body was lifted into the area. The words "CHROME CHESTER GAMMA" can be seen emblazoned on both sides of the plane.
Night Raider HQ, at the same time
"Chrome Chester Gamma," Captain Alvin said, showing the video feed of the Chrome Chester being lifted into the hangar on his laptop. The Captain is currently showing Krishna the various Chrome Chesters that the Night Raider uses. He had shown the young member the Chrome Chester Alpha, the streamlined jetfighter and also the Chrome Chester Beta, the jetfighter with the rotor-like engines. Now he is showing Krishna the last of the Chrome Chesters, the heavily armed Chrome Chester Gamma.
"The controls of this plane is similar to the other Chrome Chesters," Captain Alvin explained, "But it's a bit more maneuverable and more armed than the two Chrome Chesters. I wouldn't recommend you to pilot this, Krishna. It's a bit difficult. Only experts can pilot this baby."
"Awesome," Krishna gasped in awe.
"Trust the Captain," PJ suddenly said as she walked past the two men, "I've pilot it a few times...and and I always threw up after piloting it during missions!"
"Good ol' PJ," Captain Alvin chuckled, "She's the joker of the team, you know?"
"Yeah," Krishna replied, giggling.
PJ, laughing from her own joke, walked away from the two and at the same time, Deputy Captain Elisabeth approaches them. She looked at Krishna's amazed face and lets out a brief smile.
"You like it, don't you?" Elisabeth asked.
"Like what?" Krishna asked back.
"The plane, you dumbass."
"Oh, of course!"
In the end, the Deputy Captain didn't tell anyone about that mysterious young woman. For me, I still don't know what reality I should believe in.
Krishna's Quarters, 7.30pm
Krishna slams his body against his bed, letting out a tired sigh as he reached for his Blackberry Bold 9800. He then acceses the device's contact menu and searches for Johanna's phone number. He then dials it.
"Hello?" Krishna started the conversation.
"Hey, Krishna," Johanna responded.
"You still at the zoo?"
"Are you insane? Of course not. I'm at Points Square right now."
"What are you doing there?"
"Thinkin' 'bout you."
"Thanks."
"By the way, you'd never called me so late. What is it, Krishna?"
"Nothing. I just suddenly got the urge to listen to your voice, Johanna."
"What's wrong? Work-related issues?"
"Not really. I just really wanted to listen to your voice."
Unknown to Krishna, from outside the base, the mysterious being is currently watching him, letting out an evil smile as it looked at the young man.
But, my always important conversations with Johanna, for me, has not changed at all, whatever reality that I believed in.
Casablanca Tunnel, midnight
A black Proton Saga speeds into the quiet Casablanca Tunnel. The tunnel is famous throughout Jakarta due to a female ghost living inside there. Called a kuntilanak merah, the ghost will wait for any helpless soul to join her in the afterlife, luring unsuspecting motorists who had forgotten to honk their horn three times inside the tunnel. It is believed that the honks is a sign to the kuntilanak merah that the motorists doesn't want to hand over their souls right now. If the motorist had forgotten to honk his or her horn three times, the kuntilanak merah will haunt the motorist until he or she crashed into the tunnel walls, thus allowing their souls to join the ghost in the afterlife.
The car had entered the tunnel a few seconds ago and let out the infamous honks, before speeding down the tunnel towards the exit. Suddenly the headlamps on the car went out and the car came into a screeching halt, startling the three passengers inside the car.
"Hey, don't stop so suddenly! It's dangerous!" a chubby, white-skinned girl with curly brown hair and glasses said.
"Sorry, Claudia!" the driver, a bulky young man with tan skin, short black hair, and a moustache replied, "But I didn't step on the brake! The car stopped by itself!"
Suddenly a loud thud noise is heard above the car, startling the driver, Claudia, and the third passenger.
"Dion, Claudia, what the hell is that noise?" the third passenger, a fat young Chinese man with spiky black hair and white skin asked, "Is it the kuntilanak merah?"
"Nonsense, Berlin, there are no such things as ghosts," Claudia replied.
"So why the hell Dion honked three times when we entered the tunnel?" Berlin asked.
Before Dion can answer the question, suddenly a slimy tentacle showed up on the car's front window. The tentacle has an elderly Chinese man wrapped on it.
"Please...save...me..." the Chinese man groaned.
Immediately Dion, Claudia, and Berlin screamed in terror as the Chinese man was dragged above, revealing that he was being ensnared by a Pedoleon Kurain lurking above the tunnel! The Space Beast immediately devours the Chinese man, before turning it's attention towards the car, causing the three occupants to scream even louder. Adding more terror to the scene, around six more Pedoleon Kurains suddenly appeared out of nowhere, completely surrounding the helpless Proton Saga. Suddenly a loud screech was heard and from a huge puddle in front of the car, a Pedoleon Guros rose up, it's tentacles ready to ensnare the car and consume it, along with the helpless Dion, Claudia, and Berlin. The creature then extends all three of the tentacles on it's right arm, ensnaring the car as Dion, Claudia, and Berlin let out screams of terror. Pedoleon Guros then opens up it's void, ready to devour the car and it's occupants.
"Somebody save us!" Dion, Claudia, and Berlin screamed as Pedoleon Guros screeched in joy...
ED: Forever by Kamelot
TO BE CONTINUED...
