Zero flew to the top of a very tall building and landed on it's roof. He looked around, and seeing no one he figured that he must have been earlier than he thought. While waiting, he walked over to the edge of the roof and looked down at the city below. Once a couple of minutes had passed, he crossed his arms and began to sway from one leg to the other in impatience. Just then he heard something fly by and land behind him. Zero smiled to himself as he felt a pair of slender hands on his shoulders. "Miss me?"he heard a feminine voice say. Zero turned around to see a blue and silver female ultra who's height came up to his chin, and her form was slim and well toned as that of any other Ultrawoman.
Before Zero could say anything, she reached up and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, before grabbing his hand and pulling him along with her.
"Hey, where are we going?" Zero asked, amused by her eagerness.
"Oh, who cares?"she responded happily. "We could fly off to some nearby star, or meteorite. As long as we're alone I don't care where we go."
"Sure, as long as I'm back in time for a meeting later. But we should have plenty of time though."
"Great, Zero! So where should we go?"
"Any place you want to, Attea."
Meanwhile, back at headquarters Ultraman and Commander Zoffy were in the conference room preparing the material, in which was going to be discussed at the briefing that evening. There had been some radioactivity detected in a certain sector, which could pose a threat to life in that area, so they wanted to be sure it was checked out before it became anything major. However, while they were still organizing the paperwork on this, Jack came in to report a recent bulletin.
"Guys, I picked up something strange in the main control room."
"What is it Jack?," Ultraman asked concerned. "Is it an update on the level of gamma radiation in sector 9?"
"No, I'm receiving some sort of foreign transmission."
"Transmission from who? ," Zoffy asked in his usual serious tone.
"I'm not sure yet. But, I've been trying to trace it and have detected it's approximate location with coordinates of about two hundred light years from here."
"Do you think it could be an S.O.S," Ultraman asked directly to Zoffy.
"It's possible. Put everyone on alert just in case.," Zoffy said while turning back to jack. "Jack, try to regain contact with the source and attempt to determine it's origin."
Jack gives a quick nod before exiting, leaving Ultraman and Zoffy alone for further discussion. Not long after, Jack was able to regain transmission from the previous party and immediately notified the rest of the Ultra brothers. They all gathered in the main control room, just as the connection was becoming clear enough to receive full visual transmission. They all stood in eager anticipation as a picture finally came on to the screen. Their full attention was instantly caught when an unusual green, serpent like alien appeared on the screen. Without wasting a moment the male alien began to speak.
"People of the Land of Light, I am a member of the high counsel of the planet Salamandria, located within the cosmic ocean galaxy."
"Cosmic ocean?" Taro started. "I believe I've heard of that place."
"Yes, so have I, "Seven stated. "However, I can't recall any Ultraman ever being assigned to patrol there. I hear it's rather secluded."
"It's true," the alien on the screen continued. "We don't entreat many visitors, but this message is meant to be a proposal of peace."
"You mean you wish an alliance between both our worlds?," Ultraman asked.
"Yes, our supreme ruler, Queen Nephthys, desires a treaty of unified alliance, which would be initiated on the grounds of certain conditions."
This immediately alerted Zoffy and the others. "What sort of conditions?" Zoffy demanded, suspicious.
"Under the conditions, that there is a union of matrimony between one of your people, and of that of the Salamandrians."
"What?!"said Zoffy, confused by this ,completely out of the ordinary, request.
"Wait, are you referring to a marriage?" Ultraman asked, just as perplexed as Zoffy.
"That is correct. You see the queen-"
"Just hold it a second!" Taro interjected. "Your saying that the only way there can be a peace treaty between us, is that an Ultra, and one your kind are randomly married?!"
"That is what I said," the Salamandrian said sounding displeased, because of their skeptical reaction. "It is the custom of our kingdom that our supreme ruler be wed to a member of a foreign nation. And our most esteemed Queen Nephthys, has chosen yours."
The Ultra brothers were so perplexed by this that many of them were speechless, but Seven; however found his voice and rebuked the alien with, "This agreement of yours is completely ludicrous, and out of the question!"
"How so?" anger was hinted in the Salamandrian's voice.
"For one thing, no union between two beings should be made under such circumstances. Marriage is never something that should be forced," Seven continued," And even if we considered it, it's unlikely any Ultraman could be found, who would agree to it."
A small smile crept it's way onto the salamandrian's face as he responded, "Oh, but one has already been found."
"What?"Seven responded confused.
"What are you saying?," Ultraman further questioned.
"I'm saying that one of yours has already been selected, and by queen Nephthys, herself. And I can guarantee that her majesty will be less than understanding if the offer should be refused."
"Which Ultraman are you referring to?," Zoffy asked obviously becoming irritated with this whole obscured idea.
"Oh, I'm sure you know him, with him being one of the finest specimens of your species. He quite impressed the queen, and I must say, she is not one who is easily pleased."
"Who is he?," Ultraman pressed on, growing impatient.
" I believe her majesty said his name was Zero, Ultraman Zero."
Complete shock crashed down on the entire group, particularly that of Ultra Seven, who honestly thought he must have heard wrong. For a minute no one send anything, since they were still trying to register what they had just heard. Finally Zoffy prepared to give a harsh response to the outrageous assumption made by the salamandrian, but didn't get the chance when someone suddenly entered the control room. It was Zero. All heads immediately turned.
Upon seeing every ones odd reaction from him entering the room, Zero then asked confused, "Uh.., what did I miss?"
Author Note: I hope you all will enjoy this story I'm working on. I haven't written one in a long time, so please be patient and bare with me, if it seems kind of lame. I plan on trying my best though.
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