Ultraman Tiga doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Tsuburaya Corp. The OCs are.
Episode 13: Destroyer of Worlds
Intergalactic Agent Kesam appear
OP: V6 – Take Me Higher
It's afternoon at the Way Kanan National Park, located at the Lampung Province in the island of Sumatra. As usual afternoons in the vast forest are a quite and peaceful one, with the sounds of insects echoing in the air. Suddenly the peaceful afternoon was interrupted when a black wormhole appeared in the sky above the national park, a pair of energy orbs are fired from the wormhole before it disappeared. The energy orbs are red and blue in coloration, with the red one considerably larger than the blue one. The orbs splits up, with the blue one landing right at the forest floor, thick vegetation growing around where the blue orb has landed.
As the smoke from the blue orb's landing cleared away, a young man, around 22 years old of age, stepped out of the small crater that the blue orb had created when it landed. The handsome looking young man was from an East Asian descent, possibly between Japanese or Korean, with fair white skin and curly brown hair. An odd metallic device is seen on the young man's chest, a series of silver pipes coming out from the metallic black circular device resting above the man's chest, while a metallic waistband circles the man's waist. A metallic gauntlet-like device is seen on the young man's right arm, with three grey buttons and a small, black, dome-shaped structure implanted on the gauntlet, the dome-shaped structure apparently functioning as an indicator of some sorts. The young man wore a long black trenchcoat with a dark grey undershirt and trousers.
The young man stood silently on the crater, before he slowly walked out of it, electricity began to appear from the metallic device on the man's chest as well as his gauntlet. The man knelt down, witholding an intense pain surging throughout his body as blue liquid trickles out from the cuts on his forehead and arms, apparently the blue liquid has the same function as blood. Slowly the man stood up, limping away from the crater. The man writhes in pain as he disappears into the forest.
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Meanwhile, at the GUTS command room, Nimas was busy watching a music video of the K-pop idol group Super Junior on her computer, when suddenly a notification popped up. Quickly Nimas paused the video and opened up the notification, which came from her computer's extra dimentional vibration scanner. Quickly Nimas opens the application, which displays a full Google Maps view of the Indonesian archipelago, a red blip appearing from the island of Sumatra, precisely at the Lampung Province. Knowing that something is not right, Nimas quickly pressed on the intercom.
"All members please report to the command room immediately. Thank you," called Nimas in her usual cheerful manner, but still retaining the urgency of the current situation.
A few minutes later the other members of GUTS gathered around the command table, ready to listen to Captain Tennissa's briefing of the situation.
"A few minutes ago Nimas has detected an unusual dimentional vibration above the Way Kanan National Park at the Lamping Province," said Captain Tennissa, "Before she could investigate further, however, the vibration disappeared."
"Could it be an interdimensional monster?" asked Nunu.
"We don't know," Captain Tennissa shook her head, "I suspect that it might be a meteorite."
"The posibilities are limitless," added Handoyo, "With the disappearance of the dimentional vibration a few seconds after detection, we need a manual checking of the area."
"Krishna, Nurul, go to Way Kanan National Park and investigate there with GUTS Wing 1," said Captain Tennissa.
Krishna and Nurul stood up, grabbing their helmets from the command table.
"Roger!" both Krishna and Nurul spoke in unison, saluting at their captain, before leaving the command room.
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Back at the Way Kanan National Park, the young man from before leaned himself against a large tree, groaning in pain as he does so. Slowly he lifts up his right arm towards his face, his eyes fixed on the gauntlet device on it. The young man pressed one of the three grey buttons on the gauntlet, prompting a series of red arrows to appear on the dome-shaped indicator, the arrows pointing outwards as they were aligned in a circle. The arrows flickered on and off irratically, the sound of static could be heard coming out from the gauntlet. The young man quickly turns off the gauntlet, sighing in frustration.
"No good," he muttered.
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At the same time, a GUTS Wing 1 is seen flying over the Way Kanan National Park, searching for any signs of anything that the dimentional vibration has left behind. Krishna is seen piloting the plane, with Nurul acting as co-pilot.
"A few months here and you've gotten a hang of it," praised Nurul, "You're an excellent pilot, Krishna."
"Thanks," smiled Krishna in gratitude, "You too."
"You don't need to say that, I'm more experienced than you are," blushed Nurul.
"There's no evidence of a monster, by the way," said Krishna, scanning around the forestation with his eyes as he changed the topic of conversation, "I wonder if Nimas' application went haywire..."
"Impossible," Nurul shook her head, "Nimas always updated her applications all the time, and besides, some of them she made them by herself, so she knows what she's doing. It's gotta be something extraterrestrial or interdimensional."
"But if it's something extraterrestrial, wouldn't that get caught on the surveillance satellites?" asked Krishna.
"Hm, good point," nodded Nurul.
Krishna landed the GUTS Wing 1 in a forest clearing, before he and Nurul sets out into the forest in order to continue their search by foot, their GUTSCOMs in hand. The two walked into the still pristine forest, searching for any signs that the dimensional vibration has been left inside there. Nurul could only gasp in awe as she looked at the vegetation around her, the sounds of birds and insects competing with each other in the air. Nurul couldn't help herself to stretch her body for a bit, after all, she had been stuck inside GUTS Wing 1 for quite a while.
"Such a beautiful place..." praised Nurul, taking a deep breath of fresh air, "You couldn't find places like these anymore in Indonesia!"
"Yeah," nodded Krishna in agreement, "A lot of people has abused the forests in Indonesia for their own personal gain, clearing huge areas for farming and housing, hunting down animals for game, food, or superstitious Chinese medicines which effectiveness are still in doubt, and also exploiting too much wood for furniture or export. The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are under huge threat of de-forestation, forest fires, illegal logging, as well as poaching, and because of that the government has established national parks like this to protect what is left of the Indonesian forestation in the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, along with the untouched ones at Sulawesi and Papua."
Krishna and Nurul are walking through the forest in a relaxed pace, before suddenly their GUTSCOMs began emitting loud beeping noises, much to their annoyance.
"Aw man, I wish we could stroll down forests like this a little bit longer," pouted Nurul as she opens up her GUTSCOM, Krishna following suit.
"There's nothing wrong with admiring nature, but don't forget about your mission," reminded Nimas from the screens of Krishna's and Nurul's GUTSCOMs, her face showing a teasing smile at the two of them.
"You interrupted our forest walk to tell us that?!" yelled Krishna, glaring at the now laughing Nimas.
"Krishna, you look funny when you're mad," laughed Nimas, "And don't forget to take me as well on your next forest walk, Krishna!"
"Yeah, yeah," said Krishna.
"Don't forget to turn off your GUTSCOMs once in every five minutes," reminded Nimas again, "We must conserve electricity, right?"
"Right," nodded both Krishna and Nurul in unison.
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After that rather awkward conversation, Krishna and Nurul decided to split up to cover more ground, communicating with each other using their GUTSCOMs. Nurul looked around some dense vegetations, using her GUTSCOM to detect anything unusual, only for her to find nothing. She then contacted Krishna with her GUTSCOM.
"Krishna," called Nurul, "Found anything unusual?"
"Nope," replied Krishna, "I'm going further down the forest now."
"Roger," nodded Nurul, "Watch out for those elephants."
Krishna giggled from the screen of Nurul's GUTSCOM, before the young woman closes up the conversation. As Nurul looked around the vegetation around her once again, a strange veil of mist began to build up around her. The veil of mist became more and more thicker in each passing second, until the entire area around Nurul is enveloped in fog.
"That's strange," said Nurul as she looked at the foggy environment around her, "This isn't the weather for fog."
Quickly Nurul took out her GUTSCOM again, before she attempted to establish a connection with Krishna. But before she could make a connection, the screen of her GUTSCOM went static, the words "SIGNAL MISSING" flashing in the middle of the static. Nurul could only gasp in surprise at this sight.
"Krishna? Krishna?" called Nurul, trying to establish a connection with Krishna, but since the signal in the area is missing, she couldn't establish one.
Nurul places her GUTSCOM back on her pocket, before making a dash towards the area of the forest where Krishna is investigating. Before she could go further, however, she tripped on a tree root, stumbling down into the forest floor as a result, dropping her GUTSCOM in the process.
Meanwhile, Krishna was investigating another part of the forest, when he suddenly notices something glowing at a nearby clearing. Krishna went towards the clearing, where a yellow glow of light awaits the GUTS member. Knowing all too well that the glow might be the object left by the dimensional vibration, Krishna headed towards the light, investigating further.
Nurul, in the other hand, found herself at a lower part of the forest, her body aching from that fall. Groaning in pain, Nurul tried to stood up, only for her sprained right ankle to prevent her from doing so. As Nurul struggled with her sprained ankle, she suddenly heard a static noise echoing around her. Using a nearby branch to help herself back to her feet, Nurul looked around the area, searching for the source of the noise, before finding a small cave near her location, the entrance is slightly obscured by the vines from the vegetation around it. Slowly Nurul approached the cave, the static noise became more and more louder. Nurul took out her flashlight as she limped into the cave, following the narrow entrance into a large chamber inside the cave, rocks littering the floor of the cave. The static noise became even louder as Nurul went further down the cave, before Nurul's flashlight flashed upon a series of red arrows glowing and flickering in the darkness, the static noise apparently coming from the direction of the arrows. Suddenly an alien-looking gun was pointed at Nurul from the darkness, prompting Nurul to took out her gun as well. Before Nurul could do anything, the alien gun fired first, firing a blue laser beam towards Nurul's gun, swiftly disarming the GUTS member much to her shock. Nurul then aimed her flashlight towards the direction of the gun, only to find the young man from before leaning against a rather large rock, the static noise and arrows apparently coming from the gauntlet device on the man's right arm, while the gun was being held by the man's left hand, still pointed at Nurul. The young man's face displayed a threatening look, despite some hints of pain was displayed for a moment.
"Who are you?" asked the young man, his gun still pointed at Nurul.
"My name is Nurul Aulia Hafidza Qolbi," replied Nurul, undeterred by the threatening look that the man gave out, "I'm a member of the team responsible for this planet's defense, the Global Unlimited Task Squad, or GUTS."
"GUTS?" asked the young man again.
Slowly Nurul limped towards the young man, a fearless look was displayed on her face.
"What are you doing here?" asked Nurul, before noticing that the young man's right hand was clutching his side, probably a sign that he's injured, "You're injured, aren't you?"
The young man only looked at Nurul with a threatening glare, not giving any word.
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Outside, in the forest, Krishna is still navigating himself through the forest, following the direction of the yellow glow that had been attracting him for the past few minutes. As Krishna went towards another forest clearing, the glow slowly dims out, revealing a gigantic, diamond-shaped metallic capsule embedded at a rock face near the forest clearing where Krishna is at, two yellow lights are seen at the ends of the device.
"Wonder what's that?" asked Krishna as he looked at the gigantic capsule in front of him.
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Back in the cave, the young man decided to lower his gun, placing it back on his trenchcoat pocket as Nurul sat next to him, a warm smile coming out from the woman's face. The young man gave a rather uneasy sigh, before proceeding to tell Nurul about his backstory.
"My name is Kesam," introduced the young man, "And I'm not from around here. Here as in I'm not from Earth."
Nurul could only gave a shocked look at the young man, realizing that she is sitting next to a possibly hostile alien.
"While I was travelling through space," Kesam continued, "There was trouble with my gauntlet device, and I was thrown onto this planet."
"Where's your spaceship?" asked Nurul.
"Spaceships are too mainstream," replied Kesam, showing Nurul his gauntlet device, "We Intergalactic Agents used our gauntlet devices to travel between planets. All I have to do is place in the coordinates and pressed one of the three buttons present on my gauntlet device, the middle one, to be exact."
"Intergalactic Agents?" asked Nurul again.
"Our duty is to travel from planet to planet," said Kesam, "Executing missions that our superiors gave to us."
"So that dimensional vibration, it's..." said Nurul.
"It's because of my gauntlet device," interrupted Kesam.
"If that's the case, let me contact my teammates at GUTS. Maybe they can help you," said Nurul as she slowly stood up, "And then you can resume on whatever mission that your superiors gave to you."
Suddenly Nurul groaned in pain, clutching her sprained ankle. Kesam notices this and gave a smile of pity.
"You won't go anywhere with that injury," said Kesam.
"This is nothing," said Nurul, slowly limping away from Kesam.
"Wait!" called Kesam, stopping Nurul, "When you meet your teammates, please don't tell anyone about me. I'll leave this planet in peace as soon as my gauntlet device is repaired. My mission's not here anyway."
"I have a duty to report you as a member of GUTS," said Nurul, slowly limping away from the cave once more.
"Please don't do it," said Kesam, slowly standing up as he tried to catch up with Nurul despite his injuries. Before Kesam could do anything, however, he collapsed, groaning in pain.
Nurul turned around and saw Kesam on the ground, feeling sorry for the injured Intergalactic Agent. Quickly Nurul limped towards Kesam and helped him back to his feet.
"You're injured," said Nurul as she leaned Kesam against the rock where they had leaned against before, "You shouldn't force yourself."
Nurul took out a pack of bandage from her pocket, smiling ever so sweetly at the injured Kesam. Kesam smiled back, as he felt that his vision slowly blurred away, slipping into unconsciousness...
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Back at the GUTS command room, the other members of GUTS are gathering around the command table, as Krishna is about to inform the team about the giant capsule that he had found earlier, via the TV screen located in front of the command table.
"The object that resulted from the dimensional vibration is a capsule, 10 meters in length," reported Krishna, "I'm going to send you a live video feed now."
The display on the command room screen switches from Krishna into the giant capsule, still embedded in the rock face in front of Krishna.
"What is that?" asked Captain Tennissa, scratching her head in confusement.
"Like I said, it's the result of the dimesional vibration earlier today," replied Krishna.
"I'm sending back up," said Captain Tennissa, "Nunu and Albert will catch up with you two in a few minutes...by the way, where's Nurul? I haven't heard anything from her."
"I called her several times before I contacted the command room, but she didn't replied," said Krishna.
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Kesam woke up around ten minutes after he blacked out. He found himself being laid into a rather large slab of stone, still inside the cave. Kesam then looked at himself, only to discover that all of his injuries had been patched up. And much to his shock, Kesam founds out that his gauntlet device has been fixed, good as new.
"You've woken up," greeted Nurul, letting out a warm smile as she limped towards Kesam, using a rather long branch as a makeshift crutch, on her left hand was a small bottle of water, "I went out to get some water."
"You...did this?" gasped Kesam, looking at himself in awe.
"My friend taught me," smiled Nurul, "She's a really nice fellow, I'm going to introduce you to her someday."
Nurul sat down next to Kesam, placing her crutch besides her.
"Don't worry, I haven't contacted anyone yet," said Nurul, before offering Kesam her bottle of water, "Want some?"
"What is this liquid?" asked Kesam out of curiosity, accepting the bottle of water from Nurul before drinking it, "It's refreshing! Despite not having that metallic taste, but still, I can feel my energy increasing by consuming this!"
Nurul smiled after hearing Kesam's comments, glad that the alien had liked her bottle of water.
"By the way, why haven't you contacted anyone yet?" asked Kesam again.
"It was a request from a hurt person, I needed to listen to it, right?" smiled Nurul as a reply, "To help others in need, that's another duty of a GUTS member. No matter if it's human...or alien."
Suddenly the flickering arrows on Kesam's gauntlet device all dimmed out, with the exception of one, which blinked continuously. This attracted Nurul's attention.
"What's that?" asked Nurul.
"My gauntlet device is charging power for the Dimensional Transportation device," replied Kesam, "Once all six lights are illuminated, it can be used."
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A GUTS Wing 2 is seen flying over the Way Kanan National Park, flying above the lush vegetation below it. The aircraft then approaches an area of the forest which has been covered with a thick layer of fog, but strangely enough, the height of the fog layer didn't reached the flying GUTS Wing 2 at all.
"What a fog," gasped Albert as he looked at the fog layer below the aircraft.
"Yeah," nodded Nunu, who is piloting the GUTS Wing 2, "Better land this baby somewhere safe."
Nunu then guided the GUTS Wing 2 towards the lower level of the forest, trying to find a forest clearing for them to land outside the thick layer of fog.
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Back at the cave, Kesam is busy tinkering with his gauntlet device as Nurul sat in front of him, watching the alien in interest.
"Hey," called Nurul, "Is your name really Kesam?"
"Yeah," replied Kesam, "That's the name that my parents gave me."
"So from what planet do you come from?" asked Nurul.
"From a distant galaxy, maybe around the Andromeda system, lightyears away from your solar system," replied Kesam, "In fact, the Intergalactic Agents headquarters is in that galaxy. My parents are also Intergalactic Agents like me."
"I see," nodded Nurul, just as the second arrow on Kesam's gauntlet device began to blink, "Where do you get that look? I mean, if you're not an alien, you have got to be one of the most handsome Japanese men I've ever seen."
"I don't know what handsome means, but from the way you said it, it must be a good expression," smiled Kesam, "This is actually how the people from my galaxy look like. Pretty much like your so-called Japanese men from Earth."
"You must have traveled to so many planets with that gauntlet of yours," praised Nurul as she gazed upon Kesam's gauntlet device.
"Yeah, my missions require me to do so," said Kesam, smiling, "I couldn't meet my family and friends that often, but as a plus side I've got to see so many new species in this vast universe...including the ones who touched my heart...like you, Nurul Aulia Hafidza Qolbi."
"Awh, thanks," blushed Nurul, "To be honest, I envy you."
"Envy?" Kesam lifted one of his eyebrows.
"Yeah. Being able to travel to any planet in an instant...meeting new people...it's something that I always dreamt about since I was a little girl," replied Nurul.
Kesam only gave a smirk and a short laugh as a reply.
"Did I say something weird?" asked Nurul.
"No," Kesam shook his head, "I was just surprised by your very simple mentality."
"Simple mentality?" asked Nurul, "What's so simple about that? Being able to understand people from distant planets...I think it's wonderful."
"Meeting them?" asked Kesam as he stood up from his rock seat, "That's only one part of being an Intergalactic Agent and that's barely the essence of the job!"
Kesam then kicked the pebbles in front of him, startling Nurul.
"By exchanging knowledge we can learn so many things!" said Nurul, "That's something worthy for an Intergalactic Agent! That is an essence of your job! To advance the civilizations of our kind!"
"That is not the duty of an Intergalactic Agent!" argued Kesam, "The Intergalactic Agents are formed after countless battles had ripped our dear universe apart. Each and every one of those battles lacked meaning and they are destroying our very universe!"
Nurul could only look at Kesam in disbelief.
"Knowledge brings civilization," continued Kesam, "Civilization brings war! There's no time for each of us to understand each other even further. I only need to understand what I need to understand."
"No..." muttered Nurul, "It can't be..."
"On this very planet...the so-called humans are waging war against each other," continued Kesam, "They are not worthy of becoming humans if they keep on killing each other and destroying the environment like savages! During my mission briefing I had witnessed what the humans had done to the Palestinians at the Gaza Strip, to the Iraqis at Iraq, to the Bosnians at Bosnia, to the Jews at Europe, and especially...what the humans called Americans had done to two innocent cities in the Japanese archipelago!"
"No, Kesam," Nurul tried to speak some sense into the alien, "Not all humans are evil. There are some good humans as well, such as Barack Obama, the Pope, Ban Ki-Moon, and that child activist in Afghanistan!"
"Majority rules," said Kesam, "The amount of good humans in this planet is equivalent to the amount of precious metals spread in this universe. There's very little of them, since this planet has been corrupted by negative emotions. You believe you own the Earth."
"Kesam...you're not going to..." Nurul tried to speak again, only for Kesam to pull out his gun, pointing the weapon at Nurul's head.
"Don't move," threatened Kesam, "Soon, everything will be over."
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Krishna looked around the part of the forest where Nurul had patrolled earlier, when he suddenly found Nurul's GUTSCOM lying on the ground. Quickly Krishna retrieved the device from the ground and opens it, to see that a number of missed calls had littered the device.
"This is Nurul's..." muttered Krishna.
As the fog around the area became more and more thicker, Krishna places Nurul's GUTSCOM into his pocket and went further down the forest, trying to find the missing GUTS member.
"Nurul!" called Krishna repeatedly as he vanishes into the fog, going down into the lower parts of the forest.
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At another part of the forest, Nunu and Albert had gotten off their GUTS Wing 2 and headed towards the forest clearing where the gigantic capsule has been found. The two of them lets out gasps of amazement as they saw the giant capsule embedded on the rock face in front of them.
"Wow!" gasped Albert, taking out his GUTSCOM as he scanned the capsule in front of him, "Such high energy readings!"
"What could it be?" asked Nunu.
"I wonder if it's a bomb..." wondered Albert.
"What?" shot out Nunu in surprise.
"I don't know," replied Albert, "It's only a hypothesis. Let's hope it's not true."
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Nurul was pinned against the cave's rocky wall by Kesam, cowering in fear in front of Kesam as the alien continues to hold her in gunpoint. As a terrified Nurul watched on, Kesam continues his story.
"I have placed a bomb in this very forest, in a valley near here to be exact," said Kesam, "A bomb that will purge this planet from all evil beings."
"To purge all evil beings from Earth?" asked Nurul, "Is that the mission that your superiors had given to you?"
"Yes," nodded Kesam coldly, lifting up his gauntlet device so Nurul can see it, "My gauntlet is actually the bomb's detonation device."
"What? Kesam...you've deceived me!" Nurul gasped, tears started to stream down her face, her heart completely broken by Kesam's betrayal.
"The organization wanted me to cleanse this planet from all evil beings," said Kesam coldly, "And since majority rules is our principle...I have considered that everyone in this very planet are...evil."
"It can't be!" cried Nurul, sobbing aloud, "You're planning to destroy this planet just to fulfill some twisted ideas from your superiors?"
"Once a mission is always a mission," replied Kesam, "With that explosion, this planet will be reduced into nothing. Cities will be decimated, oceans will be dried up, forests will rip part, mountains will crumble...and the evil humans...they will be vaporized."
"Your superiors are wrong!" cried Nurul again, "There are many innocent people in this planet, men, women, and children alike! Your organization is judging this planet based on the actions of a few bad apples!"
"My superiors are the most intelligent beings on this universe, you can't question their wisdom," said Kesam, "The words from my superiors are the law to us Intergalactic Agents. We must obey them at all costs!"
"You're mad!" cried Nurul, her tears already dripping down her face and into the ground, "If you do that, you'll be..."
"...back at my organization's headquarters, ready to destroy another evil planet like yours," continued Kesam coldly, "Like I always have."
"Like you always have?" gasped a saddened Nurul, "You've destroyed other planets before?!"
"Killing all evil races who are destroying their planets," replied Kesam, "That's the ultimate mission of the Intergalactic Agents. We're here to clense the universe from those races."
"Please don't do this!" pleaded Nurul, wiping some of her tears away as she slowly stood up in front of Kesam, "You've said that I have touched your heart, right? That means this planet has something meaningful after all! Humans may spoil the Earth, but there are countless others who are trying to make it a better place! Maybe my actions to you have touched your heart, Kesam...maybe you can reconsider."
Kesam stood in front of Nurul silently, already four arrows are illuminating on his gauntlet device. Memories of what Nurul had done to him flashed into Kesam's mind. Nurul had nursed him back to health, accompanied him during their time in the cave, as well as showing some affection to him. Maybe the Earth has some worthy people like Nurul after all. Maybe, for the first time ever, Kesam's superiors are wrong. Maybe the Earth is worth saving after all. As Nurul cried in front of him, a pair of teardrops ran from Kesam's eyes and into his face. Something has definitely touched this Intergalactic Agent's heart.
"I believed in you, Kesam," sobbed Nurul, "Maybe...if I really touched your heart...you will believe in me...and spare this planet."
Slowly Kesam lowered his gun, as Nurul slowly lets out her sweet smile again. Kesam wiped away the tears from his face, also letting out a smile. The two beings from different planets then looked at each other, their eyes still teary, before they prepared to embrace each other. But, just as Nurul and Kesam are about hug each other, they were interrupted by the sound of footsteps. Someone had came into the cave. Quickly Kesam pushes Nurul away from him and took out his gun again, aiming it at the person coming into the cave.
It was Krishna! Krishna quickly took out his gun and aimed it at Kesam, ready to fire at any moment.
"I have found your bomb, alien!" exclaimed Krishna as he aimed his weapon at the Intergalactic Agent, "And I will foil your plan!"
"Krishna, it's not what it seems..." Nurul tried to spoke but she was interrupted by Kesam firing his gun at Krishna.
Krishna dodged the blue laser coming at him, causing the ground where he once stood to explode, as Nurul lets out a scream of terror.
"That bomb can't be stopped by humans," said Kesam in an arrogant manner, showing Krishna his gauntlet device, "Only I have the power to disarm it."
"Kesam, please stop it!" pleaded Nurul, "I thought you're convinced that not all humans are evil!"
"Apparently your friend here proved otherwise, barging on us like that and pointing his weapon at us," said Kesam in a bitter tone, before turning his attention at Krishna, showing his gauntlet device once more at the young man, "When the sixth light illuminates, the bomb will become active, and you can kiss goodbye to your world. It's exactly like those so-called Mayans had said."
"You're the one who's responsible for the Mayans' prediction of the end of the world," gasped Krishna.
"Paid them a visit a long time ago to give them the warning about what's going to happen today!" barked Kesam, firing his gun again.
Krishna managed to dodge the incoming laser again, before firing a laser blast of his own from his gun. Kesam dodged the incoming laser, before grabbing Nurul and pointed his gun at her again, using Nurul as his hostage.
"Kesam!" screamed Nurul in fright.
"Let go of Nurul, immediately!" shouted Krishna.
"Like I care, pesky human!" yelled Kesam, the fifth arrow on his gauntlet device began to illuminate.
Bringing Nurul with him, Kesam quickly fled the cave, with Krishna giving chase.
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At the GUTS command room, Captain Tennissa bit her lower lip anxiously as she waited for Nimas, who is conducting a scan on the giant capsule, in order to make sure that the capsule is not a bomb of some sorts.
"The scan has been completed!" announced Nimas in her usual cheerful manner, causing Captain Tennissa to immediately rush towards Nimas' comptuer desk.
"Is it a bomb?" asked the anxious GUTS captain.
"Looking at the energy readings that the capsule is emitting, without a doubt it's a bomb," replied Nimas, breaking out the bad news, "Sorry, Captain."
"Nah, it's alright," said Captain Tennissa, taking out a digital stopwatch from her pocket, "How much time do we have left?"
"Based on the energy charge rate, I'd say that we only have ten more minutes of existance, Captain," replied Nimas, "If detonated, this bomb can destroy the entire planet."
"Ten minutes?" gasped Captain Tennissa.
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Krishna has managed to chase Kesam back into the forest, the latter still pointing his gun at the chasing GUTS member, with Nurul as hostage in his arms.
"Kesam!" cried a terrified Nurul, "Please stop!"
Krishna came out from behind a series of trees, his gun pointed at the Intergalactic Agent in front of him. Seeing the incoming threat, Kesam decided to retreat further into the lush vegetation of the forest, dragging Nurul along with him.
"Anything you do is already too late," said Kesam, retreating behind the trees along with Nurul as fog began to build up around the area, "The civilization of this planet will end."
Krishna could only watch as Kesam and Nurul disappeared behind the trees and the thick layer of fog, slowly lowering his gun and holstering it back, knowing that he has only one option to do.
"I won't allow that to happen!" exclaimed Krishna, taking out the Spark Lens from his pocket and raising it into the air, activating the device.
Ultraman Tiga was unleashed into the world, rising up from the thick vegetation. Albert and Nunu quickly saw the Giant of Light standing in the middle of the forest, letting out gasps of amazement.
"Ultraman..." gasped Nunu.
"...Tiga!" finished Albert.
Tiga went towards the rock face where Kesam's bomb has been planted, slowly pulling out the bomb from there with his bare hands. Tiga knew that he must place the bomb as far away as possible from Earth before it detonated.
Kesam and Nurul watched the entire scene unfolding from the ground, with Nurul letting out a gasp of fear, as Kesam gave Tiga an angry glare. Quickly Kesam threw Nurul into the ground, causing the young woman to cry out in pain, before he ran towards a forest clearing, his eyes fixed at Tiga.
"So you're Ultraman Tiga, the so-called guardian of Earth that my superiors had warned me about," said Kesam, glaring at Tiga who is standing in front of him, "My superiors has also ordered your execution, for the crimes of killing alien beings with cold blood!"
Kesam quickly crosses his arms in front of him, the gauntlet device giving away a red glow. An energy tornado soon engulfed Kesam's body, going up into the air as Nurul slowly stood up, horrified at the scene unfolding in front of her eyes.
"Kesam!" cried Nurul.
The energy tornado continues to grow until it was as high as Tiga himself, before the tornado disappears, revealing a dark grey humanoid being in Kesam's place. The humanoid has black armoring covering his shins, the sides of his thighs, his arms, as well as his torso, with several metallic highlighting on the armor covering the torso and the arms. A pair of silver circles are seen adorning the humanoid's breastplate, while a pair of curved shoulder blades popped up from the humanoid's shoulders, the ends of the shoulder blades interconntecting with the humanoid's chest and back. The humanoid's face was metallic in color with some black highlighting, resembling a mechanical marionette of some sorts, with a pair of blood red eyes which are glowing in anger. The familiar-looking gauntlet device is seen on the humanoid's right arm. This is Kesam's true form, a battle form he puts up every time he faces a powerful opposition that his human form couldn't handle.
Tiga immediately assumes his fighting pose, Kesam's bomb still in hand. Slowly Kesam walked towards Tiga, extending his right arm and pointing at the bomb in Tiga's hand. Tiga looked at the bomb in his right hand, before extending his left arm towards Kesam, trying to give a warning to the Intergalactic Agent. But Kesam shook his head in refusal, immediately assuming a fighting pose of his own. Knowing that Kesam couldn't be reasoned with in any means necessary, Tiga resumes his battle pose. A tense moment then blanketed the battlefield as Nurul, Albert, and Nunu all watched the battle anxiously, as the two combatants stared down at each other. Kesam then took a brief glance of Nurul, the young woman looking at the alien in front of her in fear. After that, Kesam had his eyes fixed on Tiga.
A few seconds later Tiga was sent flying from a powerful right jab executed by Kesam, the Ultra crashing into the rockface where the bomb was previously planted. As Tiga recovers himself, the bomb still safely in his right hand, Kesam fired a green wave of energy from his left fist. Tiga tried to protect himself and the bomb from the incoming wave with his own body, dozens of tiny explosions showering the hero's body as Tiga grunted in pain. Kesam then fires a barrage of the energy wave from his left fist, pinning Tiga into the rockface. Deciding that he has tortured Tiga enough with the energy wave, Kesam quickly ran towards Tiga, his body becoming a blur as he moved in supersonic speeds. But Tiga saw this coming, quickly rolling out of the way as Kesam punched the rockface instead.
Tiga stood up, the bomb still in hand, before having to avoid a swift punch from Kesam. Kesam then executed another punch, which Tiga parries it with his own arm, before a kick landed on the Ultra's stomach. As Tiga recovers himself from the pain, Kesam went in for another punch, which the hero manage to avoid by ducking out of its way. Before Tiga could land an attack of his own, Kesam quickly grabbed Tiga's left arm, throwing Tiga into the rockface as the bomb slips away from Tiga's right hand and into the rockface. Kesam slowly approaches the rockface, ready to retrieve his bomb, before Tiga came in with a tackle. Both giants rolled around in the ground, before Tiga delivered a series of jabs on Kesam's face. As the alien grunted in pain, Tiga jumped away from Kesam, rushing towards the rockface as he approaches the bomb. Kesam quickly stood up and made an attempt to catch up with Tiga, but the Giant of Light manages to parry both of Kesam's incoming punches, before kicking the Intergalactic Agent away from him with a side kick to the stomach. Tiga then quickly picked up the bomb and ran towards another rockface, hidden from Kesam's sight. The hero then planted the bomb there, deciding to deal with Kesam first before the sixth arrow on Kesam's gauntlet device could illuminate.
Tiga quickly delivered a swift kick towards Kesam, but alien easily spun out of the kick's way. Kesam tried a sneak punch from behind, but Tiga kicked Kesam's fist away as he turned around, facing the Intergalactic Agent. Tiga cart-wheeled away from Kesam, before making a dash towards the alien being and throwing a series of jabs into Kesam's chest, with each punch pounding against Kesam's breastplate. The alien slowly backed away, despite the fact that the punches didn't harmed him that much due to the breastplate, the vibrations from the attacks still shocked him considerably. Tiga then delivered a roundhouse kick, only for Kesam to parry it with both hands. A trade of hand-to-hand blows then ensures, with Tiga and Kesam both punching and kicking at each other, parrying some of their own attacks as their other attacks hit each other. Kesam then held Tiga on the shoulder, punching the hero several times on the chest before grabbing Tiga on the neck, executing a choke throw afterwards, sending Tiga crashing to the ground.
Tiga slowly stood up, rather disoriented by the throw performed on him earlier. Knowing that in this rate he couldn't keep up with Kesam's rapid combo of attacks, Tiga decided to switch into his Sky Type, ready to fight speed against speed. As Tiga and Kesam prepared to fight again, GUTS Wing 2 appeared in the air, heading towards the battlefield. Nunu and Albert are seen inside the craft, ready to give support to Tiga.
"Stinger Missiles, ready!" exclaimed Albert.
"Fire!" replied Nunu, pressing on the trigger.
GUTS Wing 2 fired a barrage of Stinger Missiles towards Kesam. The alien, however, saw this coming. Kesam placed his right hand over his chest, the gauntlet device glowing green. He then places his right hand in front of him, activating an EMP field which held all of the Stinger Missiles in the air, while at the same time forcefully pulling GUTS Wing 2 towards him.
"We're losing control!" exclaimed Nunu as GUTS Wing 2 went haywire, alarms echoing in the cockpit.
"Oh, shit!" cursed Albert.
Nunu couldn't control the GUTS Wing 2 as it was forcefully attracted into the EMP field, heading towards the swarm of missiles in front of Kesam. As the plane was now trapped in the missile swarm, Kesam gave the fingers of his left hand a snap, detonating the missiles in an instant. Nunu and Albert screamed as the missiles exploded around them, it's only a matter of time until their GUTS Wing 2 exploded as well. Quickly Tiga jumped into the air, grabbing GUTS Wing 2 from the EMP field as explosions surrounded the warrior of light. Performing a quick somersault, Tiga landed gently on the ground, placing Nunu and Albert's GUTS Wing 2 safely on the ground, away from harm.
"Thank you, Tiga," said Nunu out of gratitude, with Albert nodding at the same time.
Tiga replied with a nod, before he stood up, facing up against Kesam once again. Kesam thrusts his right fist forward, firing a barrage of red energy darts from his gauntlet device. Quickly Tiga erected the Tiga Barrier, protecting himself from the incoming darts. Kesam repeatedly fires more of the darts from his gauntlet device, but all of them are neutralized by the Tiga Barrier.
On the ground, Nurul slowly approaches Kesam, who was still busy firing away at Tiga.
"Kesam!" called Nurul, trying to attract the giant alien's attention, but with no avail.
The darts soon stopped coming, allowing Tiga to deactivate the Tiga Barrier. Kesam then make a dash towards Tiga, his body becoming a blur again as he used his supersonic speed. But this time, in Sky Type, Tiga was able to match up with Kesam' supersonic speed, running towards the incoming Kesam as his body turned into a blur as well. A quick trade of blows then ensues, with Tiga able to keep up with Kesam's incoming attacks. Tiga and Kesam then jumped away from each other, staring down at each other again. Tiga then started the offensive once more, dashing towards Kesam with his supersonic speed, only for Kesam to use his own supersonic speed to avoid the incoming attack, before executing a sneak attack on Tiga. A pair of red whips came out from Kesam's gauntlet device and wrapped themselves on Tiga's body, ensnaring the hero. Kesam then lifted his right hand to the air and as a result, the ensnared Tiga was now in mid-air, the whips tightening themselves around Tiga's body. As Kesam prepares to blast Tiga with another energy wave, Nurul limped away from the vegetation and towards the battlefield, tears streaming from her eyes as she attempted to reason with Kesam for one last time.
"Kesam!" cried Nurul, "There must be away for the human civilization and Earth to coexist together!"
Upon hearing that, Kesam slowly deactivates his energy wave, his entire body trembling as he lowered his left arm. Somehow Nurul's words had gotten into him again. The alien then slowly turned his attention towards Nurul.
"We can understand each other!" cried Nurul again, "I have no regrets in saving you! Even if you are the destroyer of worlds, I still have no regrets in saving your life! Kesam...even though we're galaxies apart...somehow, I feel this connection when I'm with you...maybe it's possible for us to be together!"
Kesam froze up, his mind and heart torn apart between duty and his growing feelings of affection towards Nurul. Tiga seized the opportunity from this pause and broke free from the whips restraining him, attracting Kesam's attention. The alien, obviously enraged, fired his energy darts at Tiga, only for the hero to flew around the incoming attacks. Tiga then charged up the Ranbalt Light Bomb, before firing the attack in a series of blue energy arrows which descended down from the sky. Kesam manages to dodge most of the incoming energy arrows, but he couldn't avoid the last energy arrow, which pierced through his left chest! Kesam groaned in pain as sparks flew away from both the entry and the exit wounds. Kesam then immediately knelt down, clutching his left chest as he was mortally wounded from Tiga's Ranbalt Light Bomb. Tiga landed in front of the dying alien, his color timer blinking. Smoke came out from Kesam's wound as the alien wheezed in pain, his left lung being punctured by the attack while his heart was badly scratched, and Kesam could felt that an artery in his body has been pierced by the attack, severing the artery as a result.
"Kesam..." gasped Nurul in sorrow as she watches Kesam dying right in front of her eyes, tears streaming down her face as she sobbed.
Meanwhile, at another part of the forest, a different kind of mood surrounds Nunu and Albert. Both of them are smiling in victory, knowing that Tiga has managed to neutralize the latest threat to Earth.
"Alright!" exclaimed Nunu, pumping his fist in excitement.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Albert, jumping to the air.
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Captain Tennissa smiled as she and Nimas watched the video feed of the battle from the GUTS command room, high-fiving Nimas as the two of them gave each other victorious smiles.
"Alright, good job, Tiga!" praised Captain Tennissa, while Nimas gave out a smile of her own.
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Tiga slowly approaches the dying Kesam, a feeling of pity could be seen from the hero's eyes. Slowly Tiga reached his hand towards Kesam, trying to help the Intergalactic Agent back to his feet. But instead, Kesam collapses to the ground, his body vanishing into nothing. Tiga slowly backed away, his head held down as a sign of mourning. But then, something struck Tiga's mind.
The bomb!
Quickly Tiga went towards the rockface where he had planted the bomb before, grabbing the bomb with his right hand before taking off to the skies, bringing the bomb along with him as Tiga makes an attempt to bring the bomb away from Earth as soon as possible.
Back on the ground, a mortally wounded Kesam has reverted back into his human form, clearly dying as he groaned in pain, squirming on the ground. Sparks of electricity appearing from the damaged metallic device on Kesam's chest, while a severed pipe on the device flows out Kesam's precious blood all over the ground. Clearly Kesam was now bleeding to death as he was now lying in a pool made out of his own blood, the severed pipe continously flowing more and more of the blood as a small amount of blood trickled out from Kesam's mouth. The Intergalactic Agent then blacked out, as the sixth arrow illuminates on his gauntlet device.
The bomb is about to detonate soon.
As Tiga flew through the clouds, the yellow lights on the bomb suddenly went out, much to the hero's surprise. Suddenly the lights on the bomb went back on, but this time it's red and it's blinking, a sign that the countdown to the bomb's detonation has begin.
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Captain Tennissa looked at her stopwatch in fright. The countdown until Earth's destruction has begin.
"There's no more time!" gasped Captain Tennissa.
Nimas, in the other hand, started to pray, hoping that Tiga could pull off a miracle in the last second.
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Albert and Nunu gasped at each other, knowing that the time of the bomb's detonation is near after Captain Tennissa had informed them via Nunu's GUTSCOM. There's only 20 seconds left until detonation, which means utter destruction of the Earth.
"The bomb!" gasped Nunu.
"Oh no!" Albert gasped as well.
At another part of the forest, Kesam slowly regained his consciousness, his life flashing before his eyes. When he was born, when he celebrated his birthdays, when he enrolled himself into the Intergalactic Agents, when he destroyed countless planets without remorse due to the command of his superiors. And then...the images of Nurul taking care of him flashed before his eyes. Never before during his life that someone had cared so much for him. A feeling of guilt soon came into Kesam's heart, he now realizes that he's a mere puppet to his superiors' somewhat sinister plans. Maybe Nurul is right. Maybe the Earth is worth saving. For the first time in his life, he had fallen in love with someone else, but sadly, he's minutes away from death. Tears began to stream out from Kesam's eyes, as he now knows all too well the feeling of guilt from destroying those planets, as well as a feeling of regret that he couldn't express his newfound love for Nurul, as well as regretting that he couldn't stay by her side in the future. Slowly Kesam reached for the buttons located on his gauntlet device, his fingers making their way for the middle button. Kesam then pressed the middle button, deactivating his gauntlet device as a final act of redemption.
"Thank you, Nurul Aulia Hafidza Qolbi," said Kesam, letting out a smile as he closes his eyes, finally drifting off into death.
As a result of Kesam deactivating his gauntlet device, the bomb was deactivated as well, the lights on the bomb went dark much to the relief of Tiga. As Nurul smiled at the sight of the bomb's deactivation, Tiga flew up into the atmosphere, disappearing behind the clouds. Somewhere in space, Tiga will destroy the bomb, denying the device a chance to harm anyone.
Nurul then limped her way into the forest, towards Kesam's lifeless body. The young woman was shocked by the sight in front of her.
"Kesam!" shouted Nurul as she went towards Kesam's lifeless body, checking for any signs of life. There were none.
Nurul couldn't hold on to her emotions for much longer, crying and sobbing aloud as she embraces Kesam's lifeless body. She also had feelings of affection towards the alien and like Kesam, she didn't have a chance to express her newfound love for him in time.
"Kesam..." sobbed Nurul as she held on to Kesam's motionless body, "I wanted to say something to you but it's too late...I...I...I think I might have some feelings for you, Kesam. If only you have the courage to disobey your superiors...I think we could have been a great couple. I love you, Kesam..."
"We should give him a proper human burial."
Nurul looked around and saw Krishna walking towards her, the young man placing his right hand over his heart as a sign of respect.
"That's the least we can do," said Krishna again, "The guy had redeemed himself by deactivating the bomb. He deserves it."
A few minutes later Nurul and Krishna are kneeling down in front of a small mound of earth, a shovel resting behind it. Nurul continues to sob as Krishna places a rather large tree branch near the mound, using Nurul's Swiss army knife to carve the words "HERE LIES KESAM, A TRUE HERO IN OUR HEARTS" into the branch. After Krishna had finished carving, the two of them prayed for Kesam's safety in the afterlife accroding to their own religion, Islam for Nurul and Hinduism for Krishna. After the two had finished praying, both Nurul and Krishna stood up, giving Kesam their final respects as Nurul places a flower stalk on the grave.
"Rest in peace, Kesam," smiled Nurul, wiping away the tears from her face as Krishna comforts her.
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Later that night, at the GUTS command room, Albert is finishing up the report on the mission, while Nimas continues to watch her cancelled Super Junior music video. Nunu rests himself on the command table, sitting next to Krishna.
"Destroying civilizations to save planets," said Nunu, "Even though it's for a good cause, it just doesn't feel right."
"If there's no civilization, the seven of us wouldn't be here in the first place," added Krishna, with everyone else nodding in agreement.
The command room's door then opened up, revealing Nurul. The young woman's sprained ankle had been patched up, although she is restricted to the crutch for the next few days. Slowly but surely Nurul went into the command room, using the crutch to help her walk properly. She immediately went towards Captain Tennissa, who is reading yet another book from Agatha Christie.
"Captain," called Nurul, prompting Captain Tennissa to place a bookmarker on the page that she's now reading before closing the book, turning her attention towards Nurul, "I'm sorry for whatever happened today. It's my fault that humanity was endangered this time."
"You should have reported him as soon as you found him," said Captain Tennissa, "Neglecting that was your mistake."
"I know, and I'm sorry because I didn't report him," said Nurul, bowing in apology in front of the GUTS captain.
"But I don't believe that decision was entirely misguided," said Captain Tennissa again, letting out her usual motherly smile, "You tried to believe in a person who came from space, you even fell in love with him. Unfortunately it ended badly. But this is exactly what the goal of the formation of TPC is, to form relations with extraterrestrial beings out there. We shouldn't lose our ability in believing in others, both terrestrial and extraterrestrial."
"Captain..." said Nurul, letting out a warm smile.
"I can only hope a day comes that all of us who live in this universe can understand each other," said Captain Tennissa, giving Nurul a soft pat to the shoulder, "That's why I've joined TPC in the first place. Nurul, I need you to carry on to that spirit as well."
"It will come!" exclaimed Krishna all of a sudden, "I believe it will come in the near future!"
The rest of the team gave nods of agreement. Nurul looked at both Captain Tennissa and her teammates, smiling happily. She knows that she must believe in everyone, even though that person is going to destroy the planet anyway.
"I will, Captain," smiled Nurul, "I will carry on to that spirit as you wish."
Captain Tennissa smiled and gave out a nod as a response, which Nurul replied with a nod as well. The rest of the team can only smile at the sight at this warm moment.
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Next Episode
Episode 14: Hunting Ground: Earth
A pair of capsules from space has crashlanded separately in the Bumi Serpong Damai district at Tangerang, each of them containing a young woman in blue identified as Rika and Eliza. GUTS members Krishna and Nurul manages to find and save Rika as she was being chased by a ruthless bounty hunter, Muzan Seijin. It turns out that Muzan has sent both Rika and Eliza to Earth as prey for a cruel game of cat and mouse, with Earth now being Muzan's hunting ground! Will GUTS find Eliza before it's too late? Can GUTS protect both Rika and Eliza from the ruthless Muzan Seijin? Or will the bounty hunter succees in getting his bounty?
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ED: Chikyuu Bouei Dan – Brave Love, Tiga