Ultraman Tiga doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Tsuburaya Corp. The OCs are.
Episode 6: Second Contact
Transformed Monster Gazoto and Plasma Organism Critters appears
OP: V6 – Take Me Higher
A mysterious cloud appeared without warning above the Sunda Strait. The Terrestrial Peaceable Consortium, or TPC, has organized a special investigation team to obeserve the cloud, headed by the renowned meteorologist, Professor Geraldo William. Albert Gregorius of GUTS was also chosen to participate with the team, but because of health issues he was unable to join them today. Incidentally, Prof. Geraldo was Albert's old mentor.
A modified medium-sized aircraft, designed for meteorological purposes, flew above the Sunda Strait, heading towards an ominous looking dark cloud, lightning emitting from the said cloud. The plane approaches the cloud, releasing a drone-like device from its underside.
Inside the aircraft, several meteorologists are discussing about the cloud they were researching, while Prof. Geraldo, a tall and skinny tan-skinned 51 year old man with short black hair and a pair of glasses on his face, sat in front of his computer, looking at its screen in interest.
Outside, the drone device flew towards the dark cloud, entering it.
"God's Eyes has entered the cloud," announced Prof. Geraldo, "At last we can learn what this cloud truly is."
The other meteorologists in the plane clapped their hands in delight, knowing that they can finally study this mysterious dark cloud.
"Professor Geraldo, your hypothesis may finally be proved," said a female Russian meteorologist, "If you're successful, this will be the first contact."
"Yes, I can only hope," smiled Prof. Geraldo, laughing in delight with the Russian meteorologist.
Suddenly a piece of paper was printed from Prof. Geraldo's computer, the Russian meteorologist retrieving it. She read the paper carefully, before giving away a frightened expression.
"What's this awful racket?" asked the Russian meteorologist to Prof. Geraldo, "We're detecting amino acids."
"Amino acids?" gasped Prof. Geraldo.
"I guess this only means that the cloud is..."
"No more, don't continue," interrupted Prof. Geraldo, "It's far too early to draw conclusions. After all, it's highly unusual for this cloud to even be at such a low altitude."
Suddenly the aircraft's body began to shook as it enters the dark cloud, electricity surrounding the aircraft. Everyone inside the aircraft could only look around in shock, having no idea what had caused the sudden turbulence.
"Professor!" called a Australian meteorologist, "What is this?"
"Everyone, please put on your seatbelts!" shouted the pilot through the intercom.
Outside, a pair of demonic-looking yellow eyes appeared from the cloud, a bone-chilling screech was also heard from the cloud. The aircraft shook even more as the screech became louder and louder, the lights inside the aircraft flickering on and off. The meteorologists could only look in horror as a row of jagged teeth came towards the aircraft. It was the last thing that they saw.
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Meanwhile, Albert leaned himself against a balcony outside of TPC HQ, looking towards the sea in front of him.
"Man, I wish I could have gone with them today," said Albert, looking at the clouds as he cleared his runny nose.
"Officer Albert, please report to the GUTS command room," called Nimas via the intercom.
"Right," nodded Albert, zipping up his GUTS uniform before throwing away the tissue that he had used to clear his nose.
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A GUTS Wing 1 was prepared down the hangar, ready to witness action. The hangar door then opened, before the jet flew away out of it.
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"Have we gotten back any data from the cloud?" asked Albert loudly as he entered the command room, attracting the attention of everyone in the room, "I wish I could be in Prof. Geraldo's shoes. Today he may finally prove his hypothesis."
As Albert cheerfully enters the room, everyone gave him a rather mornful stare, even Nimas and Nurul who are busy behind the computers. Albert look around, completely having no idea what is going on with the team.
"What's wrong?" asked Albert.
"We've lost contact with the Finch," replied Captain Tennissa slowly.
"Eh?" gasped Albert.
"Krishna is now en route," added Handoyo, "He's going to investigate."
"It can't be..." muttered Albert, "Professor Geraldo was so excited to..."
"Cap!" called Nimas, "We have a report from the meteorological group. They say there's something strange about the cloud's movement."
"What is it?" asked Handoyo as he looked towards Nimas' computer.
"It's accelerating. If it continues in this direction, it will reach Jakarta," said Nimas.
"Krishna!" called Handoyo.
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The GUTS Wing 1 from before flew above the Sunda Strait, the ominous dark cloud appearing in front of it.
"This is Krishna. The cloud has come into view," reported Krishna, "Something does appear out of the ordinary. It't like it's emerging from a cocoon."
Krishna's GUTS Wing 1 flew around the dark cloud, a huge bulge appearing from it as lightning continues to be emitted from the cloud. Krishna's GUTS Wing 1 then flew towards the bulge before entering it, disappearing from sight.
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The ambience within the GUTS command room became more intense after Krishna's report. The team are fearing that the mysterious cloud was no ordinary cloud, it might hide a hostile being inside it.
"Good grief. I knew something wasn't right here," muttered Nunu.
"It maybe disguising itself," added Handoyo.
"Is the Professor alright?" asked Albert, but no one listened to him.
"Krishna could be in danger," said a concerned Nimas.
"No!" shouted Albert suddenly, attracting everyone's attention.
A brief moment of silence ensues. Everyone looked at Albert, seemingly shocked at the Tech Officer's sudden outburst of emotions. They had never seen Albert getting angry before today, clearly this is a surprise for them. Knowing what the other team members are thinking, quickly Albert bowed in apology.
"I'm sorry," said Albert, "I let my emotions get the best of me."
"That's alright," nodded Captain Tennissa, "Just keep a cool head and everything's going to be fine."
"Professor Geraldo theorized that the cloud are a nesting ground for plasma-based life forms. He called them Critters," said Albert.
"Critters?" asked Nurul.
"Life forms who spent their entire lives at the ionosphere," replied Albert.
"How could they survive at such a place?" asked Nunu sternly, "And why is their nest descending now? To attack our airships?"
"I have no idea," answered Albert, "That cloud should remain at the ionosphere, but now..."
Suddenly the command room's alarm began to sound, Krishna appearing on the command room's screen, ready to deliver the report on the mysterious cloud.
"The cocoon appears to be alive," reported Krishna, before the screen went static.
"Krishna? Krishna? Are you there?" called Captain Tennissa, "Krishna!"
"Shit! The electromagnetic waves are too intense! The system is going down!" shouted Krishna from in between the static.
"Get out of there!" shouted Nurul.
"Eject...Impossible...I must..." muttered Krishna, before the screen went dark.
"Krishna!" called Captain Tennissa and Nurul in unison, worried for the young man's well being after the loss of communication.
"That's odd," said Nimas as she looked at the readings on the mysterious cloud-like cocoon, "The cocoon is absorbing electromagnetic waves."
"Nurul! Head out with Nunu in GUTS Wing 2," commanded Handoyo, "We'll find Krishna and perform a search and rescue mission. If possible, we're going to investigate that cocoon further as well."
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GUTS Wing 2 took of from the TPC HQ's hangar, ready to intercept the cocoon which is currently flying over the city of Anyer at the Province of Banten. If the cocoon continues its course, it will arrive at Jakarta in around half an hour, so GUTS are hoping to intercept the object somewhere over Tangerang.
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"The cocoon seems to be surrounded by a magnetic field," said Handoyo to the GUTS Wing 2's intercom, while looking at the result of the cocoon's bio scan from the biotic sensors scattered across Banten, which is displayed in the command room's TV screen, "Maintain a distance of 1 km."
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"Roger," replied Nunu, closing up the intercom.
"Hey Nunu, in flight school I heard talk about creatures that man has yet made contact with," said Nurul, slowly accelerating the jet as she spoke, "Some refer them as gremlins."
"Gremlins?" asked Nunu.
"Yeah," replied Nurul, "I always thought it was just a story to scare rookies."
"Thinking that anywhere on this Earth there are living creatures that have yet to be discovered by man," added Nunu, "I don't like it."
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As GUTS Wing 2 disappeared into the clouds, from inside the GUTS command room Nimas slowly retreated from her computer before she knelt down on the floor, looking at the ceiling above her as she slowly closes her eyes, starting to pray.
"Krishna...please still be alive," whispered Nimas.
Handoyo lets out a brief smile as Nimas finished praying, returning to her computer. He knows that Nimas cares a lot for Krishna, both being the youngest members of the team at 19 years of age. Krishna has adapted a lot at GUTS thanks to Nimas and when he went missing, it made Nimas worried, so its normal for her to pray for his well being. Slowly Handoyo went towards Nimas' computer, letting out a warm smile.
"You cared a lot for Krishna, huh?" asked Handoyo, leaning himself against Nimas' computer desk.
"Yeah," replied Nimas, opening up the applications on her computer again, "He's the newest member of the team and like me, he's also the youngest. I helped him blend in with the team during his first days."
"No wonder he went along so well with the other members," nodded Handoyo, replied by Nimas with a smile. Handoyo then places up his serious face once again, knowing that they have a mission to complete, "What's the course that the cocoon is following?"
"As it accelerates to its destination," replied Nimas, typing madly on her computer, "The speed at which its falling is also increasing."
Suddenly Nimas' computer screen went static, flashing out random images and numbers much to the shock of both Nimas and Handoyo.
"What's happening?" gasped Nimas as she looked at her screen, which is now displaying the Blue Screen of Death, before flickering into colors, still retaining its BSOD text.
"Nunu! GUTS Wing 2! Do you read me?" called Handoyo to the intercom. He received no answer.
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Meanwhile, at the outskirts of Tangerang, GUTS Wing 2 had managed to catch up with the flying cocoon as the two of them flew towards the Jakarta airspace. The cocoon emits large amount of blue electricity around itself, while GUTS Wing 2 is tailing it from a kilometer behind.
"Deputy Captain, do you read me?" called Nunu to his intercom. Like Handoyo back at the command room, he received no answer. "Damn it! The intercom's not working. Nurul, keep an eye on that thing. It's obviously hostile. I'm going to shoot it down..."
"Don't!" stopped Nurul, "Krishna is still inside that thing!"
"Man, I wanted to shoot it down," murmured Nunu in disappointment.
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As Nimas tinkered with her broken computer, Handoyo walked around the command room, scratching his chin in confusement. Albert, in the other hand, stayed at a corner of the room, thinking hard.
"If only we could get a look inside it," muttered Handoyo as he walked around, his right hand now scratching his head as his left hand continues on scratching his chin.
Albert looked at his confused Deputy Captain, before thinking more and more about the missing Prof. Geraldo and his project. Suddenly something struck his mind.
"If God's Eyes is still active," muttered Albert, "It was designed to communicate via satellite. Maybe we can make use of it!"
Quickly Albert jumped out of his seat, running towards the computer desk. As Nimas looked in surprise Albert jumped into the seat next to her, activating the inactive computer next to Nimas.
"What's gotten into you?" asked Nimas as Handoyo approached the two in interest.
"Damn it! Those electromagnetic waves sure are powerful," cursed Albert, the same multi-colored BSOD displayed in front of him. The Tech Officer didn't give up howerver, as he kicked the desk in front of him very hard. Immediately the BSOD disappeared and the computer's desktop screen appeared.
"Why didn't that worked on my computer?" asked Nimas.
"It's only temporary," replied Albert, looking at the screen in front of him seriously, "But it should give me enough time to perform a thermal scan on the cocoon, thus finding out the current whereabouts of the Finch and Krishna's GUTS Wing 1!"
Hearing that, both Handoyo and Captain Tennissa looked at Albert in interest, the Captain even turning around her seat to face the Tech Officer.
"You found them?" asked Captain Tennissa.
"Yeah," replied Albert excitedly, "I'll display it on the main screen."
With a press of a button the results of the cocoon's thermal scan was displayed on the command room's screen. A huge blob, colored red and yellow, appeared on the screen, along with several black dots that followed it. An ear-piercing screech was also heard.
"Are those Critters?" asked Captain Tennissa as she looked at the blob.
"What are those small dots?" asked Handoyo, pointing at the black dots that littered the screen.
Albert quickly typed something into the computer, before his face showed an expression of horror.
"I detect signs of metal," gasped Albert, "They're the fragments of the Finch..."
"What?" gasped both Captain Tennissa and Handoyo at the same time.
Suddenly Nimas' computer went back to normal, showing a radar screen of Jakarta. The mysterious cocoon, which is over the Cengkareng district before the computer went down, is now over the Kemayoran district. And its altitude is approaching zero, meaning that its about to crash.
"It's about to crash!" gasped Nimas, "The cocoon is about to crash at Kemayoran!"
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The Kemayoran district at Central Jakarta. Formerly an international airport, after the opening of the larger Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the Kemayoran airport was closed and demolished, the area was then turned into a housing project for the middle to lower class people of Jakarta, as well as some of the elite who inhabited apartments around the district's golf course area. The PRJ Exhibition Hall, one of Jakarta's most famous exhibition halls, is also at Kemayoran, standing proudly at the center of the district, while several high-rise offices of government bodies stood proudly at the outskirts of the district, as well as several offices of airlines that served the Indonesian archipelago.
The mysterious cocoon suddenly descended from the skies above the district, emitting large amounts of electricity as it crashlanded on a field behind one of the low-cost apartment built for the Kemayoran housing project, a huge explosion appearing from the crash site.
As the smoke from the crash site cleared away, a behemoth stood up from the remnants of the mysterious cocoon, screeching loudly. The creature that came out from the cocoon was bipedal, its body mostly white on the chest and legs but its head, the middle of his chest, and back were blue, yellow spots adorned the kaiju's abdomen. From its body jotted two membranes resembling wings. Its arms were flipper-like in appearance but the most hideous trait of this creature was a wide mouth filled with super razor-sharp teeth, each of them the same size of an adult male human.
Transformed Monster Gazoto made another horrifying screech, announcing to everyone at the district that it has arrived.
"A monster appeared from the cocoon!" exclaimed Nunu as GUTS Wing 2 arrived at the crash site, "Preparing to attack!"
GUTS Wing 2 fired a pair of laser beams at the newly awakened Gazoto, causing the ground around the kaiju's feet to explode. Gazoto screeched in anger, its demonic yellow eyes scanning the area for the source of the attack. GUTS Wing 2 went on the offensive again, firing more of the lasers, blasting Gazoto right on the creature's chest and neck. Flailing its flipper-like arms in anger, Gazoto decided to ignore the attacks, moving towards the residential area of the Kemayoran district. But GUTS Wing 2 appeared again, firing lasers into the ground around Gazoto, covering the fiend's legs in a series of explosions.
As Gazoto reeled itself from the explosions, GUTS Wing 2 flew over the remnants of Gazoto's cocoon, which is still emitting significant amounts of electricity. There they found a macabre collection of shredded metal, hints of human blood, as well as bits of plastic, aluminium, and rubber. In the middle of the collection, Nurul and Nunu saw something amazing – Krishna's GUTS Wing 1 is still intact inside the cocoon!
"We've spotted Krishna's GUTS Wing 1 inside the cocoon!" exclaimed an excited Nurul, "Are there any signs of life?"
"We'll rescue him later," replied Nunu, "Right now our priority is to stop the monster."
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Krishna lie unconscious inside his GUTS Wing 1, whatever happened inside the cocoon must have damaged his plane and knocked him out. A voice of a young child began to echo inside the young man's head.
"Will you play with me?"
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Residents of the Kemayoran district fled in terror as Gazoto moved in towards the district's residential area. The police are now directing their evacuation, leading people away from their houses. Gazoto's huge figure rose up from behind the low-cost apartments, screeching in glee as people ran in terror underneath it.
GUTS Wing 2 came for another attack, firing lasers at the kaiju. Gazoto screeched in pain as the lasers exploded on its skin, but it still endures the pain caused by the lasers.
"How do you like that?" asked Nunu as GUTS Wing 2 flew over Gazoto's head.
The creature looked towards the houses in front of it, opening its hideous mouth. Plasma energy began to gather around Gazoto's mouth, forming a blue ball of plasma. Gazoto then fires the ball of plasma, more of them following suit. The plasma balls hits the surrounding houses, causing them to explode, reducing the houses into a pile of rubble much to Gazoto's sick glee.
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"Nurul, take the monster head on," Nunu's voice echoed around the command room, much to the delight of everyone in the room.
"The intercom system's restored!" smiled Captain Tennissa.
"Nunu, can you read me?" called Handoyo.
"Deputy Captain!" replied Nunu.
Albert looked at the computer screen in front of him, before looking at the video feed of Gazoto's rampage from GUTS Wing 2. He then realized something...
"As our civilization evolved, man drove more and more electromagnetic waves into the ionosphere. This forced the Critters out of their territory, even changed their apperance," muttered Albert, "Right. This is not a Critter. This is something more sinister."
"Damn it!" cursed Nimas as she typed madly on her computer, the screen displaying what appeared to be pictographs, "What kind of language is this?"
"What languange?" gasped Albert, "This could be the Critters speaking to us! The sound translator!"
Immediatly Albert ran towards the command table, picking up his GUTSCOM from his drawer.
"They're just animals, after all," said Albert, his right hand grabbing his GUTSCOM firmly.
"Do you intend to speak with the monster?" asked an amazed Captain Tennissa, stopping Albert in his tracks.
"Yes. Though we never met it before, it's a living being from Earth, just like us," answered Albert excitedly, "It is not happy at us, but if we can communicate with it, we wouldn't have to fight like this."
"That's one crazy plan," nodded Captain Tennissa, "But it is possible. Do you think you can pull it off?"
"I'm not that sure...but I'll try. I'll do my best," replied Albert, "Cap, Professor Geraldo has always inspired me to hold to my dreams. I want to follow his example."
Captain Tennissa gave out a smile and nodded, prompting Albert to run towards the computer, ready to try to communicate with Gazoto.
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Gazoto looked around at its surroundings with its yellow eyes, screeching in delight at the sight of the fleeing humans below it. The behemoth slowly moved towards the fleeing human crowd, opening its hideous mouth as it fixed its eyes on one of the fleeing humans.
"Damn it," cursed Nunu, horrified at what Gazoto is doing right now, "It looks like the monster is targeting people."
As the crowd ran away in terror below it, Gazoto screeched in delight, lowering its head, ready to devour one of the humans running away from it. Suddenly a flurry of laser beams hit Gazoto on the head, causing it to screech in anger. GUTS Wing 2 flew overhead it, angering Gazoto even more. Turning its head towards the flying aircraft, Gazoto opens its mouth, charging another plasma ball.
"Shit, its charging its weapon!" cursed Nurul, trying to turn the plane away from Gazoto's line of fire.
Gazoto fired a plasma ball, striking GUTS Wing 2 right on the tail!
"We need to make an emergency landing," announced Nurul much to Nunu's dismay.
The damaged GUTS Wing 2 slowly makes its way towards an open area, making an emergency landing there. Ignoring the downed GUTS Wing 2, Gazoto continues its rampage, stomping through buildings as if they were made of cardboard. Gazoto screeched in delight, pleased at the wanton destruction that it has caused.
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"Come on, come on, come on..." muttered Albert, his GUTSCOM connecting with his computer as he tried to establish a connection with Gazoto.
Gazoto's screeched was being transmitted into the computer, a series of pictographs appearing on the screen.
"It looks delicious," announced a female voice from the computer, translating the pictographs displayed on the screen.
"Nice," smiled Albert.
"Is that the monster's voice?" asked Captain Tennissa anxiously, "Can you communicate with it?"
"I'll try," nodded Albert, clearing his throat, "You've come from the skies, haven't you? There's no need for violence."
Everyone looked anxiously at the command room's screen, which displayed Gazoto standing up in the middle of the half-destroyed Kemayoran district. The creature paused its rampage, looking left and right for the one who tried to communicate with it. It then gave out a screech, unable to hear what Albert has said.
"Maybe it can't hear you," said Captain Tennissa.
"Yeah, it also can't see whoever's trying to talk with it," nodded Albert in agreement, "Captain, I'm going to Kemayoran."
"There's not much time," said Handoyo, "Make use of it."
"Roger!" replied Albert, disconnecting his GUTSCOM as he run off to retrieve his translation device.
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"Hurry! Please run!" shouted Nurul as the people of Kemayoran ran past her.
After their jet had been shot down, Nurul and Nunu decided to help the police in evacuating the Kemayoran district from Gazoto's wrath, the monster screeching loudly as it continues on with its rampage.
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"Krishna," the voice in an unconscious Krishna's head said again, "Please hang in there."
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"Run!" shouted Nunu, aiming his GUTS standard handgun at the incoming Gazoto, the fleeing crowd running past him.
Nurul evacuated the last of the people, before walking towards Nunu, brandishing her own gun.
"Damn it," cursed Nunu as Gazoto approaches the two GUTS members, "That bastard's planning on eating us."
Nunu fired his weapon, blasting Gazoto right on its eyes! The kaiju screeched in rage, rubbing its eyes with its flipper-like arms.
As Gazoto backed away in pain, a GUTS Wing 1 is seen flying in the air, heading towards Gazoto.
"Look, its GUTS Wing 1," said Nurul, pointing at the incoming jet.
"This is Albert," Albert's voice spoke through Nurul's GUTSCOM, "Don't do anything that might anger the monster."
"Eh?" asked Nunu, lowering his weapon, "Has he gone mad?"
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"Even if the Critters are actually from this planet," said Captain Tennissa, "I doubt we can reason with it. I wonder if Albert will really be able to communicate with it."
"Beats me," Handoyo shook his head.
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Albert's GUTS Wing 1 landed in the middle of the Kemayoran district, with the Tech Officer soon running out of it, carrying his GUTSCOM and translation device along with him. Both Nurul and Nunu looked at him in amazement.
"Out of my way, I'm coming through," said Albert as he went towards his two comerades.
"Are you insane?" asked Nurul, barring Albert's path, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to communicate with the monster," replied Albert.
"You've lost your mind?" asked Nunu, "It's attacking people as we speak!"
"Just let me do this," replied Albert, "Please."
Slowly Nunu and Nurul backed away reluctantly, allowing Albert to continue. The Tech Officer nodded, knowing that he could count on his two comerades, before making his way towards Gazoto. Nunu clenched his fist in anger, grabbing his gun as he prepares himself if Gazoto attacks Albert.
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"Huh?" slowly Krishna opened his eyes, coming to from his unconsciousness, the screech of Gazoto echoing around him, "Where am I?"
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Gazoto coughed, spitting out the blood-stained clothes of the man that it had eaten before. As the kaiju rubbed it's flipper-like arms in delight, Albert approached it from below, activating his GUTSCOM and translation device, ready to communicate with Gazoto.
"What's your name?" shouted Albert, "My name's Albert."
Gazoto turned around, its demonic eyes staring at Albert. The beast then lets out several screeches, in an attempt to communcate with Albert.
"We're not enemies," shouted Albert again, "We're friends."
"Gazoto liked it here," spoke the translation device, translating Gazoto's screeches.
"Gazoto?" asked Albert, "Is that your name? Please settle down and stop attacking my friends."
"Friends..." the translation device spoke again.
"That's right! You and I are friends living on this planet!" shouted Albert.
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Captain Tennissa and Handoyo looked at Gazoto and Albert's conversation from the safety of the GUTS command room. The two are amazed at the ongoing conversation.
"They're actually communicating..." said Handoyo in amazement.
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A brief moment of pause ensues after Albert has spoken. Suddenly Gazoto lets out a soft screech.
"Friends are a treat," translated the translation device, much to Albert's horror.
"Eh? Is that right?" asked Albert, unsure if he heard that right.
"Friends are delicious, Gazoto like to eat friends," spoke the translation device again, confirming Albert's fears.
"Shit..." cursed Albert under his breath.
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"Eating friends?" gasped Captain Tennissa, "Albert! It's possible that in order to survive, the Critters are forced to eat one another while living in the ionosphere."
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"The Hell?" cursed Nunu, securing himself on the cockpit of Albert's GUTS Wing 1.
"No, it can't be," gasped Albert, "The Critters are cannibals? Then the Professor...is he also...eaten?"
Gazoto slowly marched towards Albert, giving out a continuous screech as it approaches the horrified Tech Officer.
"My friend," translated the translation device.
Albert screamed in terror, knowing all too well that Gazoto is going to eat him.
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"What in the world..." muttered Krishna as he tried to release himself from his seatbelt, clutching his hurting head at the same time, "I feel so dizzy..."
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"Stay back!" screamed Albert as Gazoto approaches him.
Deciding to take action, Nurul quickly rushes towards Albert, pulling out her gun before firing it towards Gazoto. Meanwhile Albert's GUTS Wing 1 took off, Nunu piloting it. The laser blasts from Nurul's gun hits Gazoto's torso, causing the creature to screech in pain. GUTS Wing 1 fired its own lasers as well, blasting Gazoto's head. Nurul continued to fire her gun, showering Gazoto in tiny explosions. And then...Nurul's gun went out. Gazoto screeched in delight, continuing its advance on Albert. Albert continued to scream in terror, Gazoto coming closer and closer towards him. Gazoto opens its mouth, ready to fire a plasma ball.
"Don't do it!" screamed Nurul, running towards Albert.
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Suddenly Nurul and Albert's combined screaming echoed in Krishna's head, awakening his instincts. Instinctively the young man grabbed the Spark Lens from his pocket and activates it, unleashing the power of Ultraman Tiga.
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As the Sun sets on the Kemayoran district an orb of light navigated its way around the district's low cost apartments, slowly materializing into Ultraman Tiga. Tiga looked towards Gazoto as he rushes towards the kaiju. Quickly approaching it, Tiga gave out a roundhouse kick with his right leg, another roundhouse with the left, and a jab to the chest. Gazoto was stunned by the quick succession of the attacks and he was sent to his back. As Gazoto recovers itself Tiga stood in front of it, assuming his usual fighting pose, before kicking Gazoto on the stomach. The fiend screeched in pain, Tiga delivering another side kick to its stomach.
"Albert!" called Nurul as she approaches the clearly shocked GUTS member, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm okay," replied Albert as he and Nurul left the area.
Tiga threw Gazoto to the ground, the creature screeching in pain. Gazoto stood up, before lunging towards Tiga, the hero performing the same thing. The two grappled with each other, testing each other's strengths, before Tiga lifts Gazoto over his head, spinning around before throwing Gazoto yet again. Gazoto landed on its back, giving away a loud thud. Tiga assumes his fighting pose again, before tackling the downed monster, delivering a flurry of solid punches on the fiend's body, before Gazoto kicked him off its body. Tiga rolled on the ground as Gazoto stood up.
Gazoto screeched, charging towards Tiga. The behemoth swung its arms around, but Tiga manages to avoid it. The warrior of light retaliates by kicking Gazoto's legs, forcing the creature to kneel down, before delivering a couple elbow drives into the fiend's head. Forcing Gazoto to stood up, Tiga delivered a knee-jerk to the stomach, before kicking the kaiju at the same spot, sending Gazoto back first to the ground.
Gazoto stood up, only to see Tiga gathering white energy into his right fist. Tiga then delivers a powerful energized jab into Gazoto's body, sending the creature crashing to the ground again. Energy surges through the monster's entire body as Gazoto's eyes went dark.
Tiga looked at his opponent's seemingly dead body, before preparing himself to fly towards the clouds above. But before he could do anything Gazoto's eyes lit up, the creature stood back up behind Tiga, apparently Gazoto faked its own death! Tiga turned around only to see Gazoto opening its hideous mouth, before making a bite on Tiga's right shoulder!
(Insert Song: V6 – Take Me Higher)
Tiga yelped in pain as Gazoto planted its razor sharp teeth on his shoulder. And then the unbelieveable happened, Tiga bled light from the bite wounds! Never before has an opponent has cause an injury such horrific on Tiga.
"What the Hell is that thing doing?" asked Nunu, "Is it...eating Ultraman Tiga?"
GUTS Wing 1 released a flurry of lasers, blasting Gazoto right on its head. The creature screeched in pain, backing away from Tiga, releasing its bite as it was knocked to the ground. Tiga backed away also, clutching his injured right shoulder. Gazoto stood up, opening its mouth as it lets out its continued screech again.
"My friend..." spoke Albert's translation device, translating Gazoto's screeches.
"It thinks of Ultraman Tiga as a friend," gasped Albert in disbelief.
"But it said that friends are its food," said Nurul, before she realized it, "It's going to eat Ultraman Tiga?"
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"So the attempt of communication is futile," growled Handoyo, "That thing's a monster in a purest sense of word."
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Gazoto screeched, electricity surging through its body.
"Ultraman Tiga, watch out!" warned Nunu.
Tiga nodded and he quickly switches into Sky Type. Gazoto fires a plasma ball from its mouth, which Tiga manages to dodge as his red markings turn purple, his body became slimmer. Tiga then took off, still clutching his injured shoulder in pain. Gazoto screeched again, looking at his flying opponent, before it took flight as well.
The mother of all dogfights soon erupted above the Kemayoran district, as Tiga flew around the apartment buildings of the district, with Gazoto chasing him. Tiga was unable to attack Gazoto for a moment due to his injury, knowing this he tried to buy some time for himself to recover. Gazoto fired a flurry of plasma balls at Tiga, the hero manage to dodge each single one of the balls, but as a consequence the balls hit the apartment buildings instead, causing them to explode.
As a being of light, Tiga has the ability to convert sunlight into light of his own. With this ability he absorbs the remaining sunlight from the setting Sun, the light bleeding from his wound slowly fades away as the wound heals itself, allowing Tiga to resume his normal flying position. Flying over the PRJ Exhibition Hall, Tiga looked behind and saw Gazoto firing three plasma balls at him. Quickly Tiga dodge the balls, the balls hitting the apartment buildings near the exhibition hall instead, a series of explosions erupting from the buildings that got hit.
Nunu looked out from the window of Albert's GUTS Wing 1, gasping in awe as he saw Tiga and Gazoto chasing each other next to his aircraft.
Tiga flew upwards, trying to lure Gazoto back to the ionosphere, when the hostile kaiju fires three more plasma balls. This time Tiga couldn't dodge the balls and he was hit on the back. Tiga yelped in pain as he loses altitude, his color timer blinking as well. But soon enough, he recovered himself from the pain surging through his body and he resumed flying.
Nurul and Albert looked above at the ensuing dogfight in amazement, as both combatants flew above the totally decimated Kemayoran district.
Tiga then turned around, flying towards the incoming Gazoto. Seeing its opponent flying towards it, Gazoto opens its mouth, charging another plasma ball. At the same time Tiga prepares to fire a Hand Slash. Gazoto fires its plasma ball at the same time as Tiga fires his Hand Slash, both attacks cancling each other out in the air as the combined attacks causes a bright flash of light to appear. As the flash of light disappears, Gazoto stopped flying, as it saw that Tiga has vanished as well. The fiend then hovered in the air, its eyes scanning around for the whereabouts of its opponent.
Suddenly Tiga appeared over Gazoto, surging blue energy into his right fist. Performing the same energized punch as before, Tiga slams his right fist against Gazoto' skull, sending the kaiju plummeting into the ground. The creature crashlanded at the heart of the Kemayoran district with a loud thud, the ground shook as Gazoto impacted with the earth. Tiga landed as well, assuming his fighting pose in front of the recovering Gazoto.
Gazoto stood up, screeching in anger as it glared at Tiga. The fiend then charges electricity through its body, ready to fire yet another plasma ball. Reacting quickly Tiga charged the Ranbalt Light Bomb, firing the attack at Gazoto. The arrow of energy struck Gazoto's chest, prompting a huge explosion to appear from it. Gazoto screeched in pain, energy from the Ranbalt Light Bomb surging through its dying body. After letting out one final screech of pain, Gazoto collapsed to the ground, exploding in a brilliant manner as the bloodthirsty creature was no more.
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Tiga backed away from the destroyed Gazoto, knowing that his job here is done. Giving out a nod Tiga quickly jumped into the air, flying away from the scene and into the clouds above.
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From inside the GUTS command room, Captain Tennissa leaned herself against her chair, smiling in delight, knowing that Ultraman Tiga has destroyed yet another threat to the planet.
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Nurul and Albert looked at the heavily damaged Kemayoran district, both of them pleased with this victory. Suddenly Nurul saw that a glow came out from where Gazoto had exploded moment before. Quickly she poked at Albert.
"Albert, look at this," said Nurul as Albert looked at the glow as well, the young man gave out a surprised but delighted gasp.
From where Gazoto had exploded, hundreds upon hundreds of tiny tranlucent jellyfish-like beings flew up towards the sky, each of them giving out screeches that resembles a child's laugh.
"Critters..." gasped Albert.
"Beautiful, aren't they?" asked Nurul, "They looked like angels..."
"At least on the surface," replied Albert, "I wish Professor Geraldo is alive to see this..."
The huge swarm of Critters flew up towards the twilight sky, returning back to the ionosphere where they had came before. Someday one of these cute creatures will mutate into another Gazoto, but only God knows when. When that happens, GUTS and Ultraman Tiga will surely stop Gazoto again.
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Next Episode
Episode 7: The Man from Delta
Nurul's estranged father, Razif, returned to Earth after he and his crew at Space Station Delta destroyed what appears to be a hostile alien ship. But he was followed by an alien, Regulan Seijin, hell bent on revenge for the destruction of his family who was inside that ship. Razif was then abducted by Regulan and was held hostage. Will Nurul cast aside her dark past away in order to save her father, the man who had abandoned her during her childhood? Or will Regulan have his revenge?
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ED: Chikyuu Bouei Dan – Brave Love, Tiga