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Episode 14: Hunting Ground: Earth
Bounty Hunter Alien Muzan Seijin appear
OP: V6 – Take Me Higher
Bumi Serpong Damai. A perfect example of a satellite township in Indonesia, this district in South Tangerang is one of the most prestigious residential district in the nation. And like any other part of Indonesia, night time at BSD are a peaceful time where the people of the disrict can rest from their daily activities.
But this night is not like any other night.
A large fireball streaked through the sky above the Teraskota Mall, before crashing into a construction area located in front of the shopping mall, causing a huge explosion to rock the entire BSD district. As the blazing inferno rages throughout the construction area, a young woman, around 21 years old, emerged from the flames. The average-built young woman has white skin and long, shoulder-length brown hair with blue streaks on them, and is currently wearing a blue and black jumpsuit, with a face that would cause any man to fall in love with her. A metallic bracelet is seen on the young woman's right wrist. The young woman slowly walked out of the inferno, as if nothing had happened to her and to her surroundings. The young woman then headed straight for the BSD residential area, with her intentions still unknown.
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The next morning, a GUTS Wing 1 is dispatched to the construction site, investigating the mysterious fireball that apparently caused a huge fire to broke out throughout the site. The fire at the site had been already extinguished by firefighters from the South Tangerang Fire Brigade when the GUTS Wing 1 flew above the construction site.
"That's where the explosion was last night," said Nunu, flying the GUTS Wing 1 above the charred construction site, with a significant amount of damage seen at a large crater located at the site.
"Looks like a meteorite," commented Albert, his eyes fixed at the large crater below them, "Let's investigate that right away."
"Yeah," replied Nunu, preparing to land the GUTS Wing 1 in the construction site for further investigation.
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Meanwhile, at the heart of the BSD township, the young woman from last night walked groggily through the crowded area, apparently finding the area still strange to her. She saw children going to schools, men and women going to work, as well as a few young people having their breakfast at a McDonalds restaurant nearby. A numerous amount of cars, trucks, and minibuses drove past the young woman, attracting her curiosity as she watched the vehicles past by her. As the young woman watched every vehicle that drove past her in full detail, she notices a young girl and her mother walking towards her, the girl bringing a red balloon along with her. The girl then releases the balloon to the air, causing the young woman to turn her attention to the hovering balloon, watching the object's movement in interest. She then makes a superhuman jump into the air, grabbing the balloon and bringing it back to the ground, much to the amazement of the onlookers around the area. Giving out a smile, the young woman gave the balloon to the amazed girl.
"Thanks," smiled the little girl.
"Thank you very much, young lady," added the mother.
The young woman smiled as the little girl and her mother walked away from her. But soon that smile transformed into a look of fear as the young woman saw a suspicious looking man standing among the crowd. The man was tall and muscular, with dark skin and a bald head, indicating that he's from an African descent. He is now wearing a brown shirt with a black leather vest over it, along with a pair of black trousers and black running shoes, a pair of black gloves are seen on the man's hands. The man gave the young woman a sharp glare with his eyes, striking fear into the young woman.
The young woman then makes an escape from the area, running through the crowds as she went towards a rather quiet alleyway nearby. She enters the alleyway and leaned herself against a wall, ensuring that the man is not following her. But much to her horror, the man is indeed following her, but much to her relief, he didn't payed much attention to the alleyway where she was hiding. The young woman then ran further into the alleyway, intending to avoid being near the man.
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Meanwhile, Sherlock is seen patrolling the BSD district, going around the BSD entrance roundabout before joining the other vehicles in the BSD main road. This time Krishna is on the wheel, while Nurul rides shotgun next to him. The young man drove Sherlock through the bustling BSD main road when he suddenly heard a woman screaming echoing inside his head. Slowly but surely Krishna decreases the speed on Sherlock, attracting Nurul's attention.
"What's wrong?" asked Nurul.
"I think I just heard someone scream," replied Krishna, "I'm pulling over so we can investigate."
"Scream?" Nurul scratched her head in confusement, "I didn't hear anything."
Krishna quickly pulled over, parking Sherlock at the side of the road, before he emerged from the car, looking at the area around him.
"Krishna, what are you doing?" asked a confused Nurul, "There's nothing here."
"I could have sworn that I've heard someone scream from around this area," replied Krishna.
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Unknown to both Krishna and Nurul, the young woman is now running at a nearby alleyway, trying to avoid detection from a fearsome looking African man who has probably detected her whereabouts and is now following her. The young woman moved from one alleyway to another, before making her way towards an alleyway behind a local hospital, slowly making her way through it as she makes sure that no one knew that she's inside the alleyway.
Leaning herself against the hospital's wall, the woman looked around her before letting out a sigh of relief, pleased to know that the man is nowhere near the alleyway. But, just as the woman is about to leave the alleyway, she lets out a shriek of fear as the fearsome looking African man is now standing right in front of her, as if he had just appeared out of thin air. The man looked at the woman, letting out an evil smile as he took off his gloves, revealing a pair of blackish hands adorned with five clawed fingers in each hand. The woman fled once more as soon as she saw the man, knowing all too well that if she got caught by the man, something really bad is going to happen to her. But much to her horror, the alleyway where she's been ends with a dead end.
As the woman is now trapped inside the alleyway, the African man slowly made his way towards her, letting out an evil smirk. The woman hid herself behind a garbage can as the man's head began to morph in a grotesque manner, transforming into a head of an alien being. The head now resembles a fusion between a man's head and a scorpion, colored black with a pair of glowing royal blue eyes. The jaws on the alien's head are located on the cheek areas, in the form of bone-white structures with a row of four jagged teeth in each one, the jaws opening themselves in a sideway manner. A small, forward-facing horn is seen on the top of the alien's head, clearly resembling a scorpion's stinger.
The man had transformed himself into the Bounty Hunter Alien, Muzan Seijin.
Muzan lets out a laugh in a deep, evil tone, causing the woman to flinch in fear inside her hiding place. The alien then fired a thin blue laser from his horn, forcing the woman to jump out of her hiding place as the laser blows up the garbage can in front of her. The woman leans herself against the wall, looking in fear as Muzan slowly approaches her. Before Muzan could lay a hand on the frightened young woman, a shout stopped him in his tracks.
"Wait!"
Muzan looked behind and saw Krishna and Nurul running towards him, the two aiming their weapons at the hostile alien. Growling in anger, Muzan fired his horn laser at the two GUTS members.
"Look out!" yelled Krishna, pushing Nurul out of the way as the laser blasted the wall near them instead.
After making a swift recovery from that laser blast, Krishna fired his own weapon, letting out a red laser beam towards Muzan. The alien easily avoids the attack, with the laser hitting a nearby clothesline instead. But the shock from that attack is enough to send Muzan retreating. He doesn't want to make a fight with the two GUTS members right now, fearing for his life as his goals, still unknown, are not being achieved yet. Krishna saw that Muzan is running away from the fight, before he notices the frightened young woman in front of them.
"Nurul, take care of her," said Krishna, gripping his gun tightly as he went after Muzan.
"Okay," nodded Nurul, going towards the young woman.
Krishna quickly navigated his way around the alleyway in pursuit of Muzan, chasing the alien through the narrow passage. But suddenly, just as he was about to catch up with Muzan, the hostile being vanished into thin air, much to Krishna's frustration. Letting out a frustrated yell, Krishna heads back to Nurul, who is now comforting the young woman. The young woman shows no sign of being frightened at all, apparently Nurul had calmed her down when Krishna is still chasing Muzan.
"Is she alright?" asked Krishna, holstering his gun back in place.
"Yeah," nodded Nurul as she places a small bandage on a cut on the woman's right arm, "She suffered some minor injuries but other than that, she's alright."
Nurul then showed Krishna the young woman's bandaged arm, as the young woman gave a cheerful giggle. Suddenly Krishna notices a greenish spot underneath the bandage. He knows the spot is the accumulation of blood coming out from the cut, but in normal human beings, the color of the spot is dark red. Why does this woman has green blood?'
"Green blood?" wondered Krishna as he looked at the young woman's arm.
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Krishna and Nurul took the young woman back along with them to the TPC HQ, where the young woman is immediately placed at the medical bay for further observations and treatment for her minor injuries sustained during her scuffle with Muzan.
A few minutes later, Krishna arrived at the room where the girl was being treated, along with him are Handoyo and Nimas. Along with Ratih, who is taking care of the young woman for the time being, the GUTS members decided to ask some questions regarding the young woman's identity and origin, which was recorded into Nimas' GUTSCOM.
During the questioning, the young woman told the four in a rather worried manner about her backstory. It was quite a believable story as Krishna, Handoyo, Nimas, and Ratih all nodded to the young woman's accounts. Sadly, neither of the four understand anything about what the young woman has said, since she is speaking in a rather strange language, unlike any language on Earth. They couldn't get the foggiest idea on what was the young woman talking about.
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At the command room, Captain Tennissa and Nurul are watching the young woman's condition from the screen in front of them, when Nimas rushed into the room, bringing her GUTSCOM with her.
"Did it work?" asked Captain Tennissa, "Did the translation device on your GUTSCOM work?"
"Sadly, no," Nimas shook her head, quickly hooking up her GUTSCOM with her computer, "The GUTSCOM built-in translator only works with all known terrestrial language from the prehistoric era to this modern day. Luckily enough, I have made several modifications to the translation application on my computer, so it can translate any language from any planet in this known universe. I call it, the Nimas Linggar Saraswati Ultra Translator, or the NLSUT. With the NLSUT I will track down what language that the young woman is speaking during the recorded conversation of her questioning and translate it to a language that all of us understand."
"Nice acronym," commented Nurul.
"But the tracking down and the translation process might take a while," said Nimas, "So please bear with me."
"We will, Nimas," smiled Captain Tennissa, before turning her attention towards Nurul, "Do you think that young woman came from outer space?"
"Probably," nodded Nurul, "But we still needed to find out much more."
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At the medical bay, Krishna, Handoyo, and Ratih are still trying to strike a conversation with the young woman.
"I...am...Handoyo," said Handoyo slowly as he pointed at himself in a rather slow manner as well, prompting Krishna and Ratih to restrain themselves from breaking any laughter, since Handoyo looked and sounded very ridiculous when he does things slowly.
The young woman looked at Handoyo, giving the Deputy Captain a rather uneasy stare.
"This...is...Krishna..." Handoyo slowly pointed at Krishna, causing the young man to restrain his laughter even harder, before Handoyo slowly points at an in-the-verge-of-breaking-into-laughter Ratih, "And this...is...Ratih."
The young woman gave Handoyo an even uneasier look, completely confused at what he is trying to say to her.
"What's...your...name?" asked Handoyo slowly, pointing slowly as well at the young woman.
Finally knowing what the three people in front of her are trying to do, the young woman lets out a brief smile, pointing at herself.
"Rika," said the young woman.
"Rika," repeated Krishna, which the young woman, named Rika, replied with a nod.
"What a nice name," commented Ratih, exchanging smiles with Krishna and Handoyo.
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Meanwhile, at the BSD Municipal Forest, located near the Taman Tekno complex, another average-built young woman in a blue jumpsuit emerged from the thick bushes, the only difference between her and Rika that this woman has an Oriental-looking face as well as straight, long black hair with blue streaks that extends to the small of her back. This young woman is slightly younger than Rika, in Earth years her age is around 19 years old. Like Rika, a metallic bracelet is seen strapped to her right wrist.
As the sounds of birds echoed around her this young woman quickly ran from bush to bush, as if she was running away from something. All of a sudden, a red light on the bracelet flashed, promtping the young woman to stop running and gave the bracelet a rather horrified look, as if the glow was a sign for something. The young woman then looked at the vegetation around her, a look of both horror and worry is seen on her face.
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Back at the TPC medical bay, Rika also felt that the light on her bracelet has flashed, a feeling of worry came into her senses. While Handoyo and Ratih are busy discussing about Rika's condition, the young woman quickly touched Krishna's right hand, immediately getting the young man's attention. Rika gave Krishna a horrified look, breathing heavily and loudly which also attracts Handoyo and Ratih's attentions.
"Rika, what's wrong?" asked Krishna.
"What is it? Tell us," added Handoyo.
Rika looked at the trio in front of her. She wanted to tell them something but sadly the language barrier prevented Rika from doing so. Instead, Rika grabbed Krishna's right hand slowly but surely, establishing a telepatic connection between her and Krishna. Krishna immediately saw what Rika is thinking, as her mind is now literally being flashed in front of his own eyes. Krishna saw the image of Muzan in front of him, the Bounty Hunter Alien smiling in a frightening manner as he managed to corner Rika and a friend of hers, which turns out to be the young woman from the forest. The alien then captured the two young women. The images went dark afterwards.
"That monster..." gasped Krishna, before he releases Rika's grip on his hand, turning his attention towards Handoyo, "She must be asking us to protect her from the enemy that's after her."
Handoyo gave a brief nod, before he looked at the frightened Rika.
"Rika," said Handoyo, "You don't need to worry as long as you're here. We will protect you."
Rika nodded, before she slowly shows both of her index fingers at Handoyo. Krishna immediately knew what this means, since he saw Rika's friend being captured as well along with her.
"She's not the only one who's being chased," said Krishna, "That monster is after someone other than Rika too."
Rika gave a sad nod as a reply.
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At the BSD Municipal Forest, Rika's friend was still running through the forest's dense vegetation. The young woman then left the forestation and into a valley filled with limestone rocks, jumping on and off the rocks as she continues her run. Facing up against a large limestone wall, the young woman quickly scaled the large natural structure, climbing her way towards the lush forest located above the gigantic limestone.
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Krishna walked around the command room, scratching his chin as millions of thoughts ran through his mind. The other members of GUTS, with the exeception of Nunu and Albert, are sitting on their usual seats on the command table as Krishna walked around them.
"What could it want with them?" wondered Krishna, the image of Muzan capturing Rika and her friend still lingering in his mind.
"I don't know," replied Handoyo, scratching his head as well.
"The main thing is, we've got to find Rika's comerade before the monster finds her," said Captain Tennissa, "It's a she, right?"
"I believe so," nodded Krishna.
Suddenly the command door opened, with Nunu and Albert entering the room, huge smiles are seen on their faces.
"We're back!" exclaimed Albert.
"Good work," said Captain Tennissa as Nunu and Albert joined the rest of the GUTS members on the command table.
"We have completed our examination on the meteorite that landed in the heart of the BSD area," reported Nunu.
"And we will begin analysis on the fragments immediately," added Albert.
"Do what you can," said Captain Tennissa.
"Okay!" nodded Albert, quickly standing up from his seat before heading straight for the exit.
"Albert," called Krishna, causing Albert to stop immediately, "Would you mind analyzing it for similarities with the meteorite that has hit the Bumi Serpong Damai Municipal Forest not long ago?"
A few days earlier another meteorite did hit the BSD Municipal Forest and the fragments had been gathered by TPC and was placed inside Albert's laboratory. The investigation on the current meteorite which had hit the BSD township has caused further analysis on the BSD Municipal Forest meteorite to be cancelled until further notice.
"Sure thing," smiled Albert.
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A few minutes later a pair of examination tables are being set up by TPC scientists at the command room. Two meteorite fragments, one of them from the BSD Municipal Forest meteorite and the other one from the BSD meteorite, are then placed on the examination tables. With gloves on his hands, Albert activated a handheld ultrasonic device, before placing it over the meteorite fragments. The device lets out a loud pitched noise as it scanned the composition of the fragments using ultrasonic frequency. Much to the surprise of the entire crew, the ultrasonic frequency emmitted by the fragments are just the same.
"These both have the same composition," gasped Albert.
"I knew it!" Krishna clenched his right fist in excitement, "Both meteorites are the same!"
"Oh my God!" Nimas' cheerful and excited screen echoed throughout the command room, causing everyone to turn their attentions at Nimas and her computer.
"What is it, Nimas?" asked Captain Tennissa.
"I have modeled this based on the fragments," replied Nimas, pressing a few buttons on her computer, "What we thought was a meteorite is actually a capsule."
"Capsule?" asked Albert.
As a reply, Nimas showed the entire team a 3D image of a pair of metallic capsules on the command room's screen, much to the amazement of the GUTS members. The capsule images were built based on the fragments of the BSD Municipal Forest and the BSD meteorites, which are adequate enough for Nimas to built an artist's rendition of the capsules. The capsules look identical to each other.
"What happened to the contents of the capsules?" asked Albert again as he looked at the images of the two capsules.
"One contained Rika, who is here now..." Krishna tried to build an explanation, "...which means..."
"...the other capsule might had held someone as well!" continued Albert.
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Hiding behind a small limestone rock at a part of the BSD Municipal Forest, the young woman who was Rika's comerade looked around her surroundings, making sure that she hasn't been followed. After she's sure that the surroundings are safe, the young woman quickly fled from the limestone rock and into the dense forestation once more.
Unknown to the young woman, the African man from before stood at a taller limestone formation a few meters behind the rock where the young woman had hid herself a few moments earlier. The man lets out a wicked smile as the young woman fled back into the jungle, revealing his true form of Muzan Seijin. The alien lets out his usual deep-pitched laugh.
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Meanwhile, at the TPC medical bay, Ratih entered the room where Rika has been treated, bringing a chart containing the results of Rika's medical tests along with her. Just as Ratih took a brief glance of the room, she was shocked to find out that Rika has vanished from the room. There was no presence of Rika whatsoever in the room. A shocked Ratih dropped her chart on the floor, before rushing outside of the room, looking around for any signs of Rika. Instead, Ratih saw a confused Della walking towards her.
"What's wrong, Ratih?" asked Della, noticing the shocked look on her junior's face, "Is everything alright?"
"Do you see Rika?" asked Ratih back, "The patient in this room! Do you see her?"
"I haven't seen anyone leaving the room," Della shook her head.
"Fine," sighed Ratih, "Can you help me in finding her?"
"Sure," replied Della, "What does she looked like?"
"She's easy to notice, since she is wearing a blue jumpsuit and had blue streaks in her hair," described Ratih.
"Alright then, let's go find her," said Della.
"Thanks for the help," said Ratih.
"You're welcome," replied Della.
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After minutes of rigorous searching throughout the TPC HQ, Ratih and Della arrived at the balcony area which overlooks the sea where the base is built at, leaning against the HQ's outer wall as they tried to catch their breath. Apparently the two of them are tired after searching the base for any signs of Rika, only to find nothing.
"Man, that girl's a tough one to catch!" commented Della, wiping away the sweat from her forehead.
"We've searched high and low," added Ratih, "From the GUTS command room, to the hangar, and even the meeting rooms and the Inspector General's office. And still, no signs of Rika whatsoever!"
Suddenly the two female nurses notices a young woman in a blue jumpsuit standing just a few meters from them. The woman is currently standing at the edge of the balcony as she looks at the sea in front of her.
"Ratih, the patient that you've mentioned...did you say that she's wearing a blue jumpsuit?" asked Della.
"Yeah," nodded Ratih, "That's Rika alright!"
Rika slowly extends her right arm towards the sea, her left hand clenched into a fist over her chest. As the amazed Ratih and Della approaches Rika, the alien young woman closes her eyes, as she is now trying to connect with someone via telepathy.
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Immediately the images of Rika's friend, the young woman at the BSD Municipal Forest, flashed into the alien's mind. Rika saw that her friend is now literally running for her life through the BSD Municipal Forest, being pursued by a heart-shaped spaceship. The spaceship is predominantly silver in color, with the exception of its glowing white center and a green bulb located on its front.
Muzan is seen piloting the spaceship, placing his clawed hands over a triangular console, which is glowing green right now.
Rika then saw Muzan's heart-shaped spaceship cornering her friend into an edge of a limestone cliff, the young woman whimpering for her life as the spaceship quickly approaches her. Inside the spaceship, Muzan lets out a demented laugh as he gave the console a press, causing the device to emit a red glow. A green laser was fired from the bulb on the spaceship's front, just as Rika's friend made a jump for it. The cliff edge erupted in a medium-sized explosion as Rika's friend plummeted towards the lush green valley below.
Muzan's spaceship flew over the cliff, the alien giving a demented laugh as he saw no signs of Rika's friend on the valley below.
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The red light on Rika's bracelet flashed once again as she opens her eyes once again, letting out a rather worried smile. Seeing that Rika has finished with whatever that she's been doing, Ratih and Della slowly approaches the alien, attempting to convince Rika to return to the medical bay.
"Rika," called Ratih.
Rika turned around, before she gave out a gasp of surprise as she saw Ratih and Della standing in front of her, the two of then giving out smiles at Rika.
"Please return to the medical bay with us," said Della.
Rika didn't gave any response as Ratih slowly approaches her, giving out her hand to Rika. Rika silently looked at Ratih's hand, before giving a rather menancing look to Ratih.
"Eliza," muttered Rika, her right hand moving straight towards Ratih's waiting hand. A few seconds later Rika's bracelet emitted volts of electricity which surges into Ratih's hand, shocking the young woman.
Ratih screamed in pain as she collapsed to the ground, groaning in pain as she clutches her numb right hand.
"Ratih!" shouted Della, before giving out a glare to Rika, "Damn you..."
Della charged in, trying to subdue Rika, only for the alien to easily push Della away from her. Della shrieked in surprise as she was thrown into the wall by Rika's superhuman push. As Rika slowly approaches the weakened Della, Ratih managed to recover herself and grabs Rika by the ankles. Enraged, Rika gave Ratih a swift heel kick to the face, knocking away Ratih's glasses away from her as she was knocked down once again, clutching her face in pain.
Rika gave out a devilish smile as she looked at the downed TPC nurses, both of them groaning in pain. Just as she was about to approach a downed Della in an attempt to attack her once more, a body of a human male suddenly came out from the balcony area's door, tackling himself against Rika and forcing her to the ground. Ratih and Della groggily stood up as they saw their savior pinning Rika against the ground.
It was Krishna.
Ratih wiped away the blood running out from her nose, before picking up her glasses from the ground. She and Della then retreated to the sidelines as Krishna and Rika grappled with each other on the ground.
"Rika, stop!" shouted Krishna, "What are you doing?"
Rika didn't gave a reply, instead she pushed Krishna away from her and went towards the edge of the balcony, attempting to jump into the sea below. Before Rika could make the jump, Krishna quickly stood up and grabbed her once again, pulling her away from the balcony's edge. As a response, Rika grabbed Krishna's right wrist with her right hand, sending a surge of electricity into Krishna's body. Krishna backed away in pain as Rika jumped over the balcony, but the young man was quick enough to grab Rika's left arm. Using all of his might, Krishna tried to pull Rika back up, only for the young woman to electrocute Krishna once again, forcing him to release his grip. As Krishna, Ratih, and Della watched in horror, Rika plummeted down towards the sea below, plunging down into the depths. Much to their surprise, however, Rika survived the fall as if it was nothing and immediately she made a quick swim towards shore.
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At the Cilincing Beach, North Jakarta, a pair of boys are seen walking along the beach's rocky shores, looking for shells among the rocks that littered the beach.
"Man, we can't seem to find any shells today!" complained a boy.
"Hey, just be patient, okay?" said his friend, "We're going to find some shells for our rock pond sooner or later."
"Fine," the first boy nodded.
As the boys searched through the rocky beach, a loud splash startles the two boys as something came out from the waters. The boys could only watch as Rika emerged from the waters, before she made her way towards the rocky shore.
"Wow," gasped the two boys as Rika walked past them.
Rika looked at the two boys, gave them a wink, before she quickly ran away from the shoreline.
"Are we dreaming?" asked the first boy, which the second boy shaking his head as a reply.
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Krishna punched the wall of the GUTS command room, letting out a frustrated yell. He is quite upset about Rika running away from the TPC HQ like that, knowing all too well that Muzan is after her. And to top it all off, he and the rest of GUTS must find Rika's friend before its too late.
"Why?! Why did Rika run away?!" yelled Krishna as he continues to punch the wall in frustration, the other members of GUTS watching him from a distance.
"Krishna, please calm down," said a concerned Nimas from behind her computer, the other GUTS members nodding in unison.
"I know that monster will go after Rika," said Krishna, walking away from the wall that he had punched. The young man then slams himself against a chair next to the command table, letting out a loud frustrated sigh.
Knowing that Krishna is all too well frustrated over Rika's escape, Captain Tennissa decided that she and the other members of GUTS must help him in searching the alien young woman before its too late. Quickly Captain Tennissa made her way towards Nimas and her computer, knowing that Nimas could track Rika down with her computer.
"Nimas," called Captain Tennissa, "Can you trace the signal from Rika's bracelet?"
"On it," nodded Nimas, "This should be easy as pie."
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As his spaceship hovered over the valley where Rika's friend had fallen into, Muzan decided that he must continue his chase on foot, making his way towards the lush vegetation. The alien navigated his way through the dense amount of trees around him, before he notices something odd on the ground where he stood. Muzan's royal blue eyes notices that the ground below him has been disturbed, with signs of footprints littering it. Muzan gave a nod, before he made his way back into the spaceship. The heart-shaped spaceship then flew over the forest area where Muzan had walked before, following the footprints there.
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After a few minutes of mad computing, Nimas had managed to track Rika down using her Signal Tracer application. By inputting the signal emitted by Rika's bracelet into the application, Nimas has managed to trace out Rika's movements since her escape. The red dot representing Rika is seen moving away from the Jakarta Metropolitan area and into the South Tangerang area in frightening speeds.
"I've got Rika!" exclaimed Nimas cheerfully, causing her teammates to surround Nimas and her computer, "She's moving very quickly. If she maintains her speed and in this path, she will reach the Bumi Serpong Damai Municipal Forest in around 45 minutes."
"The BSD Municipal Forest!" gasped Nunu.
"That's where the meteorite, I mean the capsule, fell," added Albert.
Suddenly Nimas gasped in shock as another red dot came into her Signal Tracer application, also from around the South Tangerang area. The signal from the second red dot has exactly the same frequency as the signal emitted by Rika's bracelet.
"I'm picking up another bracelet signal!" exclaimed Nimas.
"Where is it?" asked Handoyo.
"Let me see," replied Nimas, before she gave a horrified look, "It's at the Bumi Serpong Damai Municipal Forest!"
"So Rika's catching up with her friend there," Krishna makes the conclusion, "The monster must be chasing that person as well!"
"Cap!" called Handoyo.
"On it," replied Captain Tennissa, knowing what to do next, "GUTS, head immediately to the Bumi Serpong Damai Municipal Forest. Nunu and Krishna in GUTS Wing 1, while Handoyo, Nurul, and Albert in GUTS Wing 2."
"Roger!" replied the other GUTS members.
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A few minutes later a GUTS Wing 1 and a GUTS Wing 2 are seen leaving the TPC HQ, flying straight towards the BSD Municipal Forest. Little do the members of GUTS know that they are now going to participate in a deadly game of cat and mouse...
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Rika's friend hid herself behind a huge limestone rock, a number of cuts oozing green blood are seen on her limbs from the effect of the earlier fall that took her into the valley where she is hiding right now. The young woman tried to catch her breath as she wiped away the green blood trickling from a cut on her forehead, when she suddenly saw Muzan's spaceship flying overhead.
Inside the spaceship, Muzan gave out an evil laugh as he pressed on the spaceship's console device.
Rika's friend gasped in fright as Muzan's spaceship fired its dreaded laser, having to jump out of the way as the laser blasted the ground where she previously stood. Quickly recovering herself, the young woman went on the run again as large explosions erupted around her, with Muzan's spaceship firing at the fleeing alien with no mercy.
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At another part of the BSD Municipal Forest, Rika ran into a limestone formation as she suddenly saw a tall pillar of smoke billowing out from a nearby valley, the same valley where her friend is now running for her life. Rika gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, knowing all too well about what is happening right now.
"Eliza," muttered Rika.
Deciding to take action, Rika decided to head towards the valley where Eliza, her friend, is currently being chased by Muzan's spaceship.
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At the valley, Eliza tried her best in avoiding Muzan's spaceship, who is still firing lasers into the ground around the young woman. As explosions erupted around her, Eliza tried to run towards a rather dense area of the valley, hoping that the trees there would hide her from Muzan's spaceship. But just as she was about to leave the open area and back into the forest, Muzan's spaceship fires one final shot, which struck Eliza on the back. The young woman yelled in pain as she was sent crashing to the ground, pain surging throughout her body. Slowly Eliza stood up, trying to fight against the pain surging throughout her body, only to realize that the energy discharged from Muzan's laser had cooked her internal organs, causing her body temperature to shot up dramatically as one by one her internal organs began to shut down. Eliza was mortally wounded and she will die in a matter of seconds.
"Rika!" shouted Eliza to the heavens, before she collapsed to the ground, smoke billowing from her body.
Eliza's body then went up in greenish flames, reducing the young woman into a pile of ash, with only her bracelet still intact.
From a distance, Rika could only see the scene unfolding in front of her eyes in horror as Muzan's spaceship landed near Eliza's remains, with the vile Bounty Hunter Alien approaching the pile of ash. Knowing all too well that it could happen to her if Muzan and his spaceship gets her, Rika decided to run away from the valley, making her way even deeper into the forest.
Muzan slowly walked towards Eliza's charred remains, picking up the bracelet there with his clawed hands. As ash poured out from the bracelet, Muzan gave out an evil laugh as he makes his way back to his spaceship. Little does he know, a nearby hiker has spotted Muzan's actions. Clearly frightened, the hiker decided to fled after the alien has left the scene.
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The members of GUTS had just arrived at the BSD Municipal Forest when the clearly terrified hiker ran out from the vegetation, flailing his arms wildly as he approached the clearly surprised GUTS members.
"What's the matter?" asked Handoyo as the hiker calmed himself down.
"Monster!" exclaimed the hiker, "There's a monster at a valley near here!"
"Did you really see it?" asked Krishna.
"Yeah!" exclaimed the hiker again, "It's right over there!"
The hikers pointed to the direction of the valley where he had saw Muzan. The members of GUTS exchanged looks, knowing that they must be quick in saving Rika from Muzan.
"Let's go!" commanded Handoyo.
The team immediately ran towards the direction where the hiker has pointed, wasting no time in executing their mission.
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Meanwhile Rika is still running through the dense vegetation at another part of the Municipal Forest, trying to hide herself from Muzan. The young woman quickly leaned herself against a large tree, catching her breath. The sounds of birds and insects echoed through the sky as Rika calmed herself down. She doesn't want to look like a cornered prey to Muzan, if she's going to make it out alive she must keep her cool and stay focused. After a quick check-up of the surroundings, Rika quickly continued her run again, dashing through the dense vegetation.
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The members of GUTS are now surrounding the charred remains of Eliza. They examined the pile of ashes, only to find that her bracelet has vanished, since Muzan had took it earlier.
"The monster took off with the bracelet," said Handoyo as he finished examining Eliza's remains.
"I wonder what that bracelet is all about..." said Nurul.
"If the bracelet is proof of something," replied Albert.
"Wait a minute!" interrupted Krishna, "This must be some kind of game."
"Game?" asked Nurul.
"Yeah," nodded Krishna, "Ratih told me that a friend of hers is a professional hunter in Canada. The hunter usually tags his game animals before he hunt and releases them back into the wild. He then traces the tagged animal with his tracking device and finishes them off when he finds it. We're dealing with an intergalactic version here and a more crueler one as well."
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Back at base, Nimas has managed to translate the recorded interview of the GUTS members and Rika using her NLSUT, translating the conversation from Rika's native alien language into English, so everyone could understand what Rika is trying to tell them. Immediately Nimas saved the translated recording and placed it on her computer's media player, linking the player to the intercom so the other GUTS members in the field could hear the translated recording as well.
"And now...pressing Play!" said a cheerful Nimas, pressing on the "PLAY" button.
"My friend Eliza and I are thrown into the Milky Way as targets by the intergalactic bounty hunter from the planet Muzan," spoke the translated recording.
"My God," gasped Captain Tennissa, "That guy from Muzan...that must be the monster that we're after!"
"And a cruel one too," added Nimas, "I mean, throwing out innocent creatures into other planets just so he could hunt them down like game animals? That's beyond sick!"
"Apparently Krishna's hunch was right," said Captain Tennissa.
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"Rika and Eliza were captured by the bounty hunter, before being tagged with those bracelets. They were then loaded into those capsules as prey and sent out into space," explained Krishna, examining Eliza's remains once again, "The bounty hunter from Muzan tracks them, hunts them down, kills them, before taking away their bracelets as proof to his comerades back at Muzan."
"That fiend!" growled Nunu, clenching his right fist tightly.
"We have to find and protect Rika immediately," said Krishna, "That bounty hunter is probably here and is hunting her right now. We can't afford to have an innocent life lost because of some sick game!"
As the members of GUTS are preparing themselves to search the entire forest for Rika, the young woman in question popped out from the lush vegetation at another part of the same valley, running into the open. She hid herself behind a limestone rock as Muzan's spaceship made itself known once again. Knowing that the demented alien is now hunting her, Rika immediately ran off once again, leaving her hiding place as she seeks out for a better one.
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At base, Muzan's spaceship was detected by the radar on the GUTS command room, immediately alerting Captain Tennissa and Nimas to the threat that is going on.
"Cap, it has appeared!" exclaimed Nimas as a red triangle representing Muzan's spaceship appeared on her computer screen, which displayed a Google Maps view of South Tangerang.
"Location?" asked Captain Tennissa.
"Bumi Serpong Damai Municipal Forest!" Nimas gave the immediate reply.
And with that, Captain Tennissa quickly activates the intercom, establishing a connection with Handoyo.
"Command room to Deputy Captain," called Captain Tennissa.
"Yes, this is Handoyo," replied Handoyo.
"The bounty hunter from Muzan has appeared. Look for an unidentified flying object flying above the BSD Municipal Forest area. Be on the lookout."
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"Right, we'll search the skies immediately," said Handoyo, closing up his GUTSCOM before turning his attention towards his teammates, "Let's go!"
"Roger!" replied the other GUTS members.
Immediately the members of GUTS ran into their GUTS Wings, Krishna and Nunu in GUTS Wing 1, while the rest in GUTS Wing 2. The two aircrafts took off to the skies, ready to intercept Muzan's spaceship.
On the ground, Rika is now in a mad dash for her life as she was being chased by Muzan's spaceship. The heart-shaped spaceship fired a flurry of lasers at the fleeing young woman, covering the ground around her in a series of large explosions. As Rika ran through the limestone covered valley, the demented Muzan kept on firing his spaceship's lasers, determined in bringing down Rika once and for all. Just as Muzan was preparing to fire another laser beam, his spaceship suddenly shook, startling the bounty hunter.
Muzan's spaceship has entered a dogfight as it was now being pursued by both GUTS Wings 1 and 2.
"I'll fire the lasers once again!" said a determined Nunu from the cockpit of GUTS Wing 1.
GUTS Wing 1 immediately fired a flurry of green lasers at the fleeing Muzan spaceship. Seeing the incoming attacks, Muzan immediately navigated his spaceship around the laser beams, before making his spaceship vanish from sight, much to the surprise of Nunu and Krishna.
"It vanished..." gasped Krishna.
Meanwhile, a clearly exhausted Rika collapses on a limestone surface, tired from the intense chase earlier. As Rika tried to catch her breath, unknown to her, Muzan had disembarked from his spaceship and is now continuing his hunt on foot, slowly approaching the unsuspecting young woman. Rika suddenly notices Muzan walking nearby, prompting Rika to conceal herself behind several limestone rocks, avoiding Muzan's detection as the vile alien is now looking around to his surroundings. Rika lowered herself behind the rocks, unaware that she had let some pebbles slipping down towards Muzan's direction.
Muzan quickly heard the sound of pebbles coming towards him and immediately fired his horn laser at Rika's hiding place, causing the young woman to jump out from the limestone rocks, avoiding the ensuing explosion. As Muzan growled in rage, Rika made her run once again, making her way through the valley. An enraged Muzan gave chase, getting more and more determined to finish Rika off once and for all.
A tired Rika made her way towards a forest clearing, letting out a delighted smile as she is now only meters away from the safety of the dense forest. Tailing behind closely, Muzan slowly decreases his running speed before he stopped completely, standing right in the middle of the forest clearing. Seeing that his prey has been tired out and weakened by the long chase, Muzan lets out his usual demented laugh, knowing that in a matter of minutes Rika will pass out within the lush vegetation of the forest in front of her. Seizing the opportunity to finish the weakened Rika once and for all, Muzan began to charge his horn laser.
Suddenly the members of GUTS emerged from the nearby vegetation, horrified at what they are watching right now. A weakened Rika trying to save her own life using the last of her strength, as Muzan is preparing to finish her off right in front of the eyes of the GUTS members. Krishna decided that he had enough of this sight.
"Stop!" yelled Krishna.
But it was too late. Muzan fired his horn laser, striking a weakened Rika on the back. A huge explosion erupted from where Rika had stood before, instantly vaporizing the young woman into nothingness as her bracelet was thrown into the air. As the bracelet touched the ground, Krishna gritted his teeth in anger, grabbing his gun from its holster as he charged towards Muzan. Muzan turned around and saw Krishna coming straight at him, the young man's weapon aimed at the alien.
Deciding to attack first, Muzan fired his horn laser again, only for Krishna to roll out of his way and retaliate with a laser shot from his gun. The laser shot blasted Muzan on his chest, causing the bounty hunter to groan in pain. Immediately Handoyo and Nurul fired their guns as well at Muzan, this time striking the vile alien's shoulder and stomach. Clutching his wounds in pain, Muzan lets out a loud groan as his body started to glow green. The green glow engulfed Muzan, transforming into a green pillar of light. The GUTS members slowly backed away as the pillar of light in front of them disappears, revealing a gigantic humanoid being in Muzan's place.
The humanoid being was predominantly grey in color, with a segmented white section that runs from the humanoid's neck towards the crotch area, the white section was being sandwiched by thick grey armor. The humanoid had a pair of shoulder spikes growing from each shoulders, while a pair of spikes grows out just an inch from the buttocks. The arms and legs of the humanoid are muscular in build, with a set of five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot, the fingers and toes are equipped with a set of sharp claws. The head of the humanoid retained its shape from Muzan's human-sized form, with the exception of a longer set of jaws and a slightly longer and more curved horn. The neck and vertebrate of the humanoid being are segmented in structure.
Muzan Seijin had morphed into his giant, kaiju-sized form, screeching in rage as a signal of his arrival.
The members of GUTS immediately aimed their guns at the giant Muzan, but the lasers fired from the guns couldn't even scratch the gigantic bounty hunter.
"Damn it!" Krishna gritted his teeth in anger, clutching his weapon as he charged straight towards Muzan.
"Krishna!" called Nurul.
"Krishna, come back!" called Handoyo.
Muzan screeched, firing a blue laser from his horn straight at Krishna, engulfing the young man in a huge explosion, much to the horror of the other GUTS members. But, from within the explosion, Krishna took out his Spark Lens and activates it, unleashing the power of the Giant of Light.
Ultraman Tiga was unleashed into this world in a red pillar of light, a sign that Krishna has transformed into Tiga under the influence of his rage. Immediately Tiga charged towards Muzan, executing a side kick on the alien's chest. Muzan lost footing as he fell down to the ground, as Tiga assumes his usual fighting pose.
"Tiga!" exclaimed Nurul.
Muzan stood up, screeching loudly, his royal blue eyes fixed at Tiga. The two combatants than stared down at each other for a while, waiting for the first move of the battle to be executed. Tiga retained his fighting stance while Muzan slowly aimed his horn at the hero, ready to fire his horn laser. After a few tense moments, Muzan decided to attack first, screeching aloud as he fired his horn laser. Quickly Tiga dodged the incoming attack, jumping to the air as the ground below him exploded. Before Muzan had the time to react, Tiga executed a pair of heel kicks on Muzan's skull, causing the alien to fall down to the ground once again as Tiga landed gently nearby.
Muzan groggily stood up, clearly pissed off by that attack as he lets out several angry screeches at Tiga. The alien kicked a nearby boulder in rage, which Tiga manages to destroy with a swift chop, angering Muzan even more. The bounty hunter charged towards Tiga, swiping his claws around. The hero manages to avoid the quick swipes, before parrying one with his left arm, sending a punch to Muzan's chest with his right. As a response Muzan kicked Tiga on the stomach, but this didn't deter the hero from attacking even more.
As the members of GUTS watched on from the sidelines, Tiga literally manhandles Muzan with his hand-to-hand skills. As Muzan tried to headbutt Tiga, the hero quickly grabbed the alien's shoulder spikes, holding Muzan in place, which allows Tiga to execute a series of powerful right-handed chops on the bounty hunter's vertebrate. Groaning in pain, Muzan could only watch as Tiga literally kicked him in the face, sending Muzan stumbling back groggily. Before Muzan could recover, Tiga delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to the alien's torso, forcing Muzan to the ground.
Seizing the opportunity, Tiga jumped into Muzan's back, sending a flurry of punches into the bounty hunter's vertebrate. As the alien continues to struggle, Tiga grabbed Muzan's horn, forcefully pulling the fiend's head along with it. Tiga then placed his hands on Muzan's jaws, using his might to forcefully pry the jaws open. Muzan screeched in pain as Tiga continues his assault on the alien's jaws. Suddenly Tiga felt a jolt coming out from Muzan and he was knocked off from the alien's back.
Tiga was in for the shock of his life when he recovered, as he saw Muzan had transformed yet again, this time into a four-legged scorpion-like beast, with the alien's arms and legs acting as the four legs, the shoulder spikes acting as pinchers, and to top it all off, Muzan's neck and vertebrate had detached from the fiend's back, creating an illusion of a scorpion's tail with Muzan's head as the "stinger."
"What the?" gasped Albert as he and the other GUTS members saw Muzan's sudden transformation in shock.
Muzan screeched, marching on all fours towards Tiga. The hero was not afraid of his opponent's new form, as he quickly stood up and assumes his fighting pose, ready to fight Muzan at any time. The alien aimed his horn at Tiga once again, firing his horn laser. And just like before, Tiga manages to jump out of the laser's way, causing the laser to blow up a large limestone slab instead. Before Tiga could land, however, Muzan slams his neck against the hero's body, sending Tiga to the ground. As Muzan crawled his way towards Tiga, the hero's color timer began to blink, a sign that Tiga doesn't have much energy anymore. He needs to finish the fight as quickly as possible.
Muzan reared up his head, before aiming his horn laser on Tiga. The hero tried to escape but Muzan's front right limb prevented Tiga from escaping by gripping on Tiga's left leg tightly. Tiga struggled to escape as he was now at the mercy of Muzan, the alien ready to blast Tiga with his horn laser. But luck was on Tiga's side today as he manages to free himself from Muzan's grip. The hero quickly rolled out of the way as Muzan fired his horn laser, this time hitting his own body instead! Muzan lets out a loud squeal, pain surging throughout his massive body from the alien's own horn laser.
As Tiga squatted up, assuming his fighting pose once more, an enraged Muzan lunges his entire body forward as an attempt to crush Tiga with the alien's massive weight, only for Tiga to pick up a large boulder from the ground and thrusts it towards Muzan's incoming head. The boulder was smashed to pieces and Muzan backed away slowly, clearly disoriented after hitting the boulder head first. Quickly Tiga grabbed Muzan's neck, switching into Power Type in the process. Using the natural strength of Power Type, Tiga swung Muzan around by the neck, before he releases the alien. Muzan screeched in pain as his body impacted against the ground, the bounty hunter could feel that some of his bones had been broken by the fall.
Knowing that he must finish the fight immediately, Tiga charges up the Delacium Light Stream as Muzan slowly recovers himself. Before Muzan could do anything, Tiga fires the Delacium Light Stream, the fiery attack striking Muzan's four-legged formation. The alien gave out a screech of pain, going limp as the energy from Tiga's Delacium Light Stream surges throughout Muzan's body. Slowly Muzan collapses to the ground, dead. A few seconds afterwards the alien's body exploded, signalling the end of Muzan's vile bounty hunting career.
Pleased with this victory, Tiga immediately took off to the skies, disappearing into the clouds above.
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Later that evening, the members of GUTS gathered around Rika's bracelet, mourning the death of the alien that they are suppose to protect. A saddened Krishna slowly picked up Rika's bracelet and placed it against his heart, closing his eyes as a sign of respect. Knowing that the incident has shocked Krishna considerably, Handoyo decided to comfort the young man, giving Krishna a soft pat to the shoulder.
"Krishna, I think we should give Rika a proper human burial," said Handoyo, "It's the least we can do to make up for failing to protect her."
"Yeah, just like we did with Kesam the other day," added Nurul, nodding in agreement.
"I wonder if that would make them happy," said Krishna, looking sadly at the bracelet in his hands.
A few minutes later the members of GUTS left the BSD Municipal Forest, leaving behind a small mound with Rika's bracelet placed on it, a final resting place for both Rika and Eliza. Hopefully Rika and Eliza would rest in peace in the afterlife, away from the dangers of the universe. With Muzan now dead, the inhabitants of the universe can now live in peace without the fear of being captured and then sent into another planet as prey for a cruel hunting game. But there's stil a lot of threats lurking in the universe, and both GUTS and Ultrmaan Tiga are determined to stop them all.
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Next Episode
Episode 15: Phantom Speed
TPC are developing a system that sends microwaves transformed from the electricity generated by the sunlight to the Earth, in order to produce clean energy for the Indonesian archipelago. But the system has a dark side effect – the microwaves mutated a second batch of Critters in the ionosphere, giving birth to a much more powerful Gazoto! Things got personal when Gazoto II attacks the airplane carrying Andi Rachman, Della Shahadati Yansah's younger brother! With the TPC Solar Power Plant at Neglasari, Tangerang at sight, Gazoto II had a much more clearer goal than the first one, to destroy the solar power plant! Can GUTS and Ultraman Tiga stop Gazoto II before it achieves its goal? And GUTS will receive an unexpected help as one of the most heartwarming moments of the series comes up in the next episode.
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ED: Chikyuu Bouei Dan – Brave Love, Tiga