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Episode 21: Our Courageous Deban
Evil Demon Enomena and Small Mascot Monster Deban appear
OP: V6 – Take Me Higher
It was a calm, peaceful morning at the Menteng District in Central Jakarta. Small groups of people are seen enjoying the morning Sun by jogging around the district's pedestrian areas, lush with greeneries growing around it, while others are seen relaxing at Suropati Park, enjoying the pigeons flying around and buying some morning coffee from the street vendors patrolling the park every morning. Yes, it seems that a rare peaceful day in this age of monsters and aliens is coming to a start. Or is it?
Suddenly without warning the ground around Imam Bonjol Road, one of the district's most picturesque boulevard, began to shook, alerting the joggers there as they soon head towards a safer area. Trees, electric, and telephone line were uprooted by the sudden tremor, as people began to flee the area in terror, fearing yet another monster attack. And they were proven true, as a large bolt of yellow lightning suddenly struck the ground, a large explosion erupting from where the lightning has struck. As the dust cleared away, a huge humanoid being stood proudly over Imam Bonjol Road, a pair of prominent spikes is seen on the humanoid's shoulders, while a set of bear-like claws are seen on the humanoid's hands. A pair of evil-looking cyan colored eyes glowed from within the settling dust cloud, an evil laugh echoing from the humanoid being…
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Alarms blared immediately at the GUTS command room as a Google Maps view of the Menteng District is displayed on the command room screen, a red blip could be seen on the map. The members of GUTS went into overdrive as soon as they received the alert, apparently having knowledge of the newest threat that has attacked Earth, having faced it several times in the past few days, all of them ending in failure.
"I'm detecting a huge amount of electromagnetic waves from the Menteng District," announced Nimas as she read the display of her computer out loud, "That's our monster alright."
The command room screen switched displays to a radar view of the Menteng District; a huge purple cloud of electromagnetic energy is seen over the said district, specifically over Imam Bonjol Road.
"The waves are presently at 50.000 Hertz," Krishna reads the command room screen's display out loud.
"Display a 3D radar view of the area, please," ordered Captain Tennissa, an anxious looking Handoyo and Nurul standing next to her.
"Roger," nodded Nimas, typing in a few commands into her computer.
A few seconds later a 3D radar view of the Menteng District is shown on the command room screen, and much to everyone's horror, a huge spike of energy is detected from the district.
"Here we go," muttered Handoyo, ready to deploy both Nurul and Krishna to the field for this mission. Albert and Nunu are out on patrol that morning; they should provide quick assistance and investigation for this mission when they're told to.
But suddenly, without warning and just as sudden as its appearance, the electromagnetic waves blanketing the Menteng District vanishes. The spike on the radar display disappears, so does the purple cloud.
"It vanishes!" gasped Nurul, while Captain Tennissa lets out a depressed sigh.
"Just like what happened in at the districts of Ancol, Kalideres, Kampung Melayu, and Kebayoran Lama, all in the Jakarta metropolitan area," Nimas bit her lower lip in frustration, "Not to mention the Cimone District at Tangerang, Bintaro District at South Tangerang, Cimanggis District at Depok, the northern regions of Bekasi, the districts of Pasteur, Pasir Koja, and Dago at Bandung, as well as the Kedung Halang, Dramaga, and the Farming Institute of Bogor complex, all of them in Bogor. That's 14 attacks in the past few days and we still haven't added the additional attacks recorded across the Banten and West Java area."
"That's one prolific monster," commented Krishna.
"Have you pinpointed the last appearance of the monster's electromagnetic wave?" asked Captain Tennissa.
"As the matter of fact, I did," smiled Nimas as she typed on her computer, "It's at the Menteng District, guess we all know that, but the electromagnetic waves were last recorded at its strongest at the Imam Bonjol Road, just a few hundred meters away from the H.O.S Cokroaminoto Road intersection."
"GUTS, let's go!" commanded Handoyo, slamming his left fist against the command table in full determination.
"Roger!" replied Nurul and Krishna in unison.
As Handoyo, Nurul, and Krishna headed towards the hangar, Captain Tennissa establishes an intercom connection with Sherlock, which is now being used by Nunu and Albert in their ongoing morning patrol.
"Sherlock, please head to the Imam Bonjol Road-H.O.S Cokroaminoto Road intersection," commanded Captain Tennissa.
"We're heading there right now," replied Nunu from the intercom.
Captain Tennissa lets out a soft sigh as the Google Maps display of the Imam Bonjol-Cokroaminoto intersection came into the command room's screen, a blue dot flashing over the said intersection.
"Just what is this monster trying to do anyway?" wondered Captain Tennissa.
"Captain," called Nimas, attracting Captain Tennissa's attention, "May I have a word with you?"
Captain Tennissa immediately replied with a warm nod, "What is it that you wanted to tell me, Nimas?"
"You see, Captain, I've been thinking about Professor Larras' offer the other day," Nimas started the conversation, "And I'm considering accepting it."
"Wow, that's terrific, Nimas," smiled Captain Tennissa, "But doesn't it mean that if you join Professor Larras' research team, you must leave your position at GUTS?"
"I know," replied Nimas, her voice didn't sound as cheerful as usual, "That's what I've been thinking for the past few days. How to say my farewell with the team that I have grown close with for the past two years. They're like a family that I never had."
As Nimas said that, her computer is displaying a live video feed from the TPC HQ's hangar, where Handoyo, Nurul, and Krishna are boarding their GUTS Wings. A pair of tears rolled out from Nimas' eyes, the young woman couldn't bare of thinking a way to say goodbye with her teammates.
"Yes, maybe GUTS will receive a capable replacement," said Nimas, sobbing softly, "But what am I without them?"
"Nimas, you're not that young girl who tried to hack into the Indonesian government anymore," Captain Tennissa comforted Nimas, "You're a mature woman now. Surely you can find a way of breaking the news to your comrades."
Nimas lets out a smile, wiping away her tears as she embraced Captain Tennissa, while at the same time, the live video feed on Nimas' computer displayed a GUTS Wing 1 and a GUTS Wing 2 being dispatched, with Krishna piloting the GUTS Wing 1 solo, while Handoyo and Nurul shared the controls on the GUTS Wing 2.
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"There's nothing weird going on at the Imam Bonjol-H.O.S Cokroaminoto intersection," reported Nunu as Sherlock drove across the said intersection, making a left turn into Iman Bonjol Road, "But just on the safe side, we're going to focus our morning patrol on the Menteng District."
As Sherlock was patrolling the quiet Imam Bonjol Road, which is still recovering from the earlier tremors, Albert, who was driving the car, suddenly notices a small commotion going on at Suropati Park. He saw a parked white Volkswagen Samba on the park, with several men dressed in clown attire taking out several equipments from the van. As Albert drove Sherlock around Suropati Park, he couldn't help to notice a peculiar humanoid being helping out the street performers, cheering up the previously frightened crowd who are now flocking Suropati Park.
"Nunu, did you see that?" asked Albert, pointing at the small humanoid being performing amongst the street performers.
"Yeah, I see it too," nodded Nunu, "Shall we stop and investigate?"
"Sure," Albert replied, parking Sherlock on the available parking space located across Suropati Park.
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In no time, Nunu and Albert are instantly glued to the show, enjoying themselves among the crowd watching the street performers. For the past 30 minutes, the performers had performed a variety of entertainment for the watching crowd, from basic clowning around, slapstick comedy, a few rounds of stand up comedy, and now, the performers are performing a sketch.
"Looks like the monster mailman is in big trouble right now!" announced a chubby young man around his early twenties, with spiky black hair and tan brown skin, his green attire resembles that of a circus ringmaster, clearly the leader of the street performer group, "He has eaten up all of his own mail! Because of that, he had to run and run until he slips and fell in front of Paijo's house!"
As if on cue, a small humanoid being ran out from behind the ringmaster, wearing a mailman's bag and a barrette hat. The humanoid was child-sized, as tall as an average 7 year old, with thick silver armoring on his forearms and thighs, which makes the humanoid seems like it was wearing a metallic jacket and a pair of metallic skirts. The humanoid's rocky brown skin was exposed on the areas down his elbows and knees, as well as a vertical line that runs down his neck into his crotch. A set of yellowish claws are seen on the humanoid's hands and feet, while the humanoid's lamb-like head was coated in the same silver armoring that covers his forearms and thighs, with a set of wide eyes, each of them adorned with blue irises and black pupils. A pair of wide pink lips is seen on the humanoid's face, a set of small yet sharp pearly white teeth are seen inside the humanoid's wide grin. But the humanoid's most notable features were the orange colored spikes that came out from the sides of his head, which functions as his ears. Small Mascot Monster Deban lets out a brief squeak before making a run across the stage, but not before tripping on himself, causing him to collapse face first on the ground.
"That's when the clown helps him," said the ringmaster, prompting a man in clown attire to approach the fallen Deban, helping the small humanoid back to his feet, "And he runs and runs again and slips and falls."
As the ringmaster finished his narration, Deban quickly ran across the stage again, before slipping up and falling down again, much to the amusement of the crowd watching the performance. The ringmaster laughed as Deban struggled to get up, his mail scattered around him, before falling down once again on his bum, causing uproars of laughter to erupt from the ringmaster, his street performers, as well as the audience.
"Now that's what I call entertainment," commented Nunu as the street performers helped Deban to stand up again, before placing his mail back inside his bag, "Haven't seen stuff like these in ages!"
"You look like a bright, young boy," called the ringmaster, pointing his staff at both Albert and Nunu, "Our show today is guaranteed to bring that frown upside down!"
"Thank you!" replied a delighted Albert, only to receive a sharp poke on the ribs by Nunu, "What do you do that for? They're dedicating the show for me!"
"What's so funny?" glared Nunu, his face dead serious.
"He called me a bright, young boy," replied Albert, trying to hold back his laughter, "Like I said, they're dedicating the show for me."
"Idiot, he's talking to me, you know," said Nunu, prideful as usual.
"You won't make friends with that attitude," Albert shook his head in dismay as Nunu laughed at his friend's reaction.
Suddenly flashes of white light appeared out of nowhere in the sky, attracting the attention of both Albert and Nunu, as well as the crowd flocking Suropati Park, the street performers and Deban taking notice as well. With the sound of thunder echoing in the sky, a huge yellow lightning bolt suddenly appeared from the heavens, striking down an area just a few hundred meters away from Suropati Park, an explosion erupting from where the lightning has struck. As the dust settled, a gigantic humanoid being stood at the same spot where the lightning has struck a few seconds earlier, towering over Suropati Park. The humanoid was demonic in appearance, colored mostly metallic white with silver armor covering the humanoid's forearms, waist, and thighs, the armor themselves resembling that found in a samurai's armor. A pair of black spikes is seen on the humanoid's shoulders; while the humanoid's muscular arms are adorned with a set of golden claws, each of them razor sharp and resembling bear claws. Golden pointed boots adorned the humanoid's bulky legs, while golden breastplates are seen on the humanoid's chest. Black flesh with golden accents is seen from the gaps of the humanoid's armor. The humanoid was wearing a cobra-shaped headdress; a pair of sinister-looking cyan patches is seen on the headdress, with a glowing blue gem located dead on the humanoid's forehead. The humanoid's face was mask-like, pale white in color with a demonic smile and a pair of evil-looking cyan eyes, glowing sinisterly from their sockets. Evil Demon Enomena lets out a guttural laugh, letting his presence known to the humans below his massive feet, his eyes scanning the entire area until he has found what he has been looking for.
The ringmaster lets out a cry of terror as he saw Enomena heading straight for his crew of street performers, while the crowd watching the show began to flee in terror. As Albert began assisting the evacuation, Nunu quickly grabbed his GUTSCOM and contacted the GUTS command room.
"Nunu to Command Room," said Nunu, "Our monster has appeared at Suropati Park, Menteng District."
"Handoyo, Krishna, and Nurul are on their way," replied Captain Tennissa, "Assist with the evacuation."
"Roger," nodded Nunu, closing up his GUTSCOM as he helped Albert in evacuating the park.
"Everyone, please run to the shelter!" ordered Albert as he directed the crowd away from Suropati Park, "It'll be safer there than here. Please hurry!"
The street performer crew quickly packed up their items into the VW Samba, with the ringmaster quickly leaping into the driver's seat. Deban lets out a frightened squeal as two clowns pushed him into the van. As another clown went into the van, the two clowns inspected the surrounding areas quickly for any of their leftover equipment, before making their way into the van as well.
"Is everyone alright?" asked the ringmaster, receiving nods from the clowns, with Deban kept on squealing in terror, "Good. Let's go!"
The ringmaster immediately turned on the van's engine and stepped on the gas, the VW Samba roaring into life as it drove away from the Suropati Park, unaware that Enomena's hatred-filled eyes are fixed on it. As Enomena saw the van disappearing into the traffic, the monster lets out a frustrated hiss, crossing his arms above his chest before throwing them apart. An eerie glow began to envelop Enomena's shoulder spikes, before a wave of intense purple electromagnetic energy was released from Enomena's shoulder spikes. The energy wave blanketed a large portion of the Suropati Park complex, those unfortunate to be caught inside the waves began to clutch their heads in pain, kneeling down and collapsing to the ground as they lets out screams of torture, as if their brains are about to explode.
Nunu saw what Enomena was doing with the crowd, gritting his teeth in anger as he saw the demon's energy wave torturing the trapped people below. Taking out a rifle that he had grabbed from Sherlock's baggage a few moments earlier, Nunu took aim at Enomena's chest, before firing twin streams of lasers from the rifle. The lasers struck Enomena on target, causing the demonic entity to let out a grunt of pain, cancelling his energy wave in the process. But the damage has been done.
"Damn it!" cursed Nunu, taking aim at Enomena again, this time planning to fire his rifle on one of the kaiju's shoulder spikes.
Suddenly without warning a man came out of nowhere, his eyes glowing purple as foam are seen leaking out from his mouth. The man immediately charged towards Nunu, grabbing onto the GUTS member's rifle much to his shock. Soon Nunu was engaged in a tug-of-war with the crazed man, struggling to retain possession of his weapon as the crazed man tries to pry the rifle out of his arms. With a resounding push Nunu shoved the crazed man away from him, grabbing onto his rifle tightly in case anyone else tried to take his weapon without warning again.
"What the Hell are you doing?!" barked Nunu at the crazed man.
Instead of replying to Nunu's question, the crazed man lets out a loud scream as he charged towards Nunu again. This time Nunu saw the incoming threat and calmly steps away from the man's path, causing the crazed man to trip himself on a nearby park bench and knock himself unconscious. As Nunu was prepared to attack Enomena once again, he was soon horrified by what is now going on in front of him.
The crowd that has been tortured by Enomena's energy waves earlier has turned violent on each other, their eyes glowing purple and their mouths foaming, an eerie symptom similar to that of rabies. The rabid crowd fought each other as punches and kicks were thrown at one another, while the women use chairs as makeshift weapons. Suropati Park has literally broken down into a riot, as people began to throw rocks and dirt at each other, an unfortunate street vendor can only watch as the rioting crowd looted all of his merchandise, before throwing the merchandise at each other. Glass bottles were shattered and cakes were thrown into one another's face. It was literally a scene out of 28 Days Later being replayed in front of Nunu's eyes, as men threw chairs and tables on the ground, the women slapping each other and children giving each other wedgies. Several crazed youths are seen stealing oil and bottles from street vendors, using them to create makeshift Molotov cocktails. The Molotov cocktails were thrown at the rioting crowd, adding more chaos to an already hectic situation.
"Just what the Hell is going on here?!" gasped Nunu, looking around in confusion as he saw several women engaging in a fiery catfight in front of him.
Thankfully salvation is on its way, as GUTS Wings 1 and 2 appeared on the skies above Suropati Park, ready to engage Enomena in battle. Krishna is seen piloting GUTS Wing 1, while Nurul is piloting GUTS Wing 2, with Handoyo acting as co-pilot.
"Deputy Captain, it isn't much, but the monster is emitting the same electromagnetic waves as the ones detected in the previous attacks," reported Krishna as he reads out the result of Enomena's thermograph scan from his GUTS Wing 1.
"Be careful," warned Handoyo from GUTS Wing 2's co-pilot seat, "That monster may attack us this time."
"Albert here," Albert's voice spoke from GUTS Wing 2's intercom, "The west side of Suropati Park has been evacuated."
"Nice," smiled Handoyo, "Draw the monster to the west side of the park. Make sure that it doesn't go downtown."
"Roger," nodded Nurul.
"Roger!" replied Krishna from the cockpit of his GUTS Wing 1.
Both GUTS Wings prepared their lasers, with Krishna and Nurul aiming them at Enomena. The demonic giant saw the incoming planes, a twisted smile appearing on his face as he lets out a deep-pitched laugh. Suddenly, Enomena was struck by a huge lightning bolt that appeared out of nowhere, causing Krishna and Nurul to flinch away from the blinding flashes of light resulted from the lightning bolt. As the flashes disappear, so does Enomena, leaving behind a smoking pair of footprints, much to the dismay of the GUTS members who are eager to attack it.
"It vanishes…" gasped Handoyo.
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Later that afternoon, the members of GUTS are all gathered at the command room, discussing on how to stop Enomena before he could launch yet another attack. Photos from all 15 recent Enomena attacks are displayed on the command room screen, while Nimas is now searching into the GUTS archives for more photographs from earlier cases that involve Enomena.
"What's with this monster?" asked Handoyo as photographs from Enomena's earlier attack on Suropati Park was displayed on the command room screen, "It keeps appearing and disappearing."
"I've had enough of this whack-a-mole game," growled Nunu, pressing the bruises on his left arm with an ice pack.
"Krishna, check this out," Albert quickly pulled Krishna towards the command room screen, pointing at a shot of Albert evacuating the crowd captured on the photograph displayed on the screen, "That's me. The tiny man on the photograph. Look closely, Krishna, it is me."
"Wow, it is true," Krishna widens his eyes in fascination, "The camera truly shaves off 5 kilograms from someone."
"I look fit, do I?" giggled Albert, with Krishna giggling along with him.
"Hey!" barked Nunu, noticing both Albert and Krishna laughing in front of the command room screen, "What are you guys doing?"
"Where did you get those bruises?" asked Nurul, taking notice of the bruising on Nunu's left arm as well as the ice pack pressing against them.
"This guy attacked me out of the blue, trying to hijack my weapon," replied Nunu, "I was evacuating the people at Suropati Park when somehow the guy went mad and attacked me. During the struggle the guy who attacked me inflicted these nasty bruises on my left arm. Della said that I must compress these bruises with an ice pack regularly, they should be alright in the next 24 hours."
"But why doesn't that monster ever attack?" wondered Handoyo, looking closely at the Enomena photograph displayed on the screen.
"But it's still quite creepy," added Nurul, "Popping up around random places like that, as if that monster has nothing else to do."
"Ancol, Kalideres, Kampung Melayu, Kebayoran Lama, Menteng, Cimone, Bintaro, Cimanggis, North Bekasi, Pasteur, Pasir Koja, Dago, Kedung Halang, Dramaga, and the Farming Institute of Bogor. What do those places have in common?" Captain Tennissa sank herself into her thoughts.
"Apart from the recent riots breaking out in those places, nothing," Nimas shook her shoulders, "The riots started at Bandung, before it spreads to Bogor, Bekasi, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and finally the greater Jakarta area. The police assume that the riots were common riots committed by delinquents, so no further investigations were made. The riots and the monster's appearance were considered a mere coincidence."
"Or is it?" wondered Krishna, before noticing something peculiar on Enomena's photograph from Suropati Park. It was a white VW Samba driving away hastily from the park. Quickly Krishna poked Albert on the shoulder, "Albert, do you see that Volkswagen on that photograph?"
"Yeah, I saw that," nodded Albert, "The van was that of a group of street performers, who are performing at the park at the time of the monster's attack. The street performers left in a hurry in their van during the commotion. Why?"
"I think I saw something familiar in those 15 places," said Krishna, "Nimas, could you please show the photographs from all 15 locations where the monster has appeared in a slideshow?"
"Easy as pie," Nimas smiled cheerfully as she typed madly on her computer.
Within seconds a slideshow of the photographs from all 15 of Enomena's previous attacks were shown at the command room screen. The members of GUTS watched carefully as each and every single one of the photographs were displayed, starting from Enomena's first appearance at Bandung, at the Pasir Koja District. After that the photographs are displayed in sequence, from Enomena's attacks at Bandung, before proceeding to Bogor, Bekasi, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and finally, the Jakarta metropolitan area. And much to everyone's surprise, the white VW Samba is present in each and every one of the photographs.
"Just who are those street performers?" wondered Handoyo as he looked at the photographs, "And what are they doing at those places?"
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That night, the crew of street performers from earlier that morning has set up camp at the Kemayoran District, parking their VW Samba at an abandoned construction area. A makeshift table is set up in front of the van, with a small portable stove on it, a set of plates are also seen on the table. The ringmaster, along with his clowns and Deban, stood in front of the table, ready for their dinner with the ringmaster leading the prayer.
"God, thank you for this decent but magnificent dinner that You have given us today. We also thank Your son Jesus for protecting us throughout this day with His grace and love. We are grateful for all that You have given us today. Amen," prayed the ringmaster, with his clowns replying Amen in unison, with Deban letting out a series of soft squeaks.
A few minutes later the street performers are enjoying their meal in sheer glutton, gobbling down their rice and nuggets and slurping down their spinach soup like it was nothing. Deban also joined in the frenzy, munching several nuggets in one go.
"That's my nugget!" said a clown.
"Don't touch my spinach!" added the ringmaster.
"Deban's choked!" exclaimed another clown, pointing to Deban, who is on his back and letting out a series of squeaks, his wide mouth comically stuffed with nuggets.
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Meanwhile, at the GUTS command room, the members of GUTS are still brainstorming in order to find the connection between the street performers, Enomena's attacks, and the ongoing riot wave. They have done this from earlier that evening and until nightfall, they're still debating and discussing on the matter at hand.
"So, these street performers were in fact controlling the monster," Handoyo came up with a conclusion.
"No way," Nunu shook his head in disagreement, "They're way too comical to do such a thing, and Albert and I have watched their show. We're pretty doubtful that they're able to commit such a thing."
"So it must be the monster controlling them," Nurul came up with her own conclusion.
"Okay, now that's just downright ridiculous," Albert coldly shot down Nurul's conclusion.
"Wait a minute, maybe Nurul's got a point," Nunu interrupts Albert before he could bash Nurul even further.
"I agree," Krishna nodded in agreement, "After all, they're hardly normal people."
Suddenly Nimas entered the command room, a huge grin seen on her face as she waves a piece of paper on her right hand.
"Albert, maybe this will interest you," said Nimas cheerfully, prompting Albert to approach her, "In this paper is the complete analysis of the monster's electromagnetic waves. I made it myself."
"Nicely done, Nimas," commented Albert as he took the paper from Nimas and gave it a good read, "Oh shit, this is bad."
"What's wrong?" asked Handoyo.
"The electromagnetic waves from the monster…are directly destroying the human brain," replied Albert, speaking the last few words of his sentence in a grim manner.
"So the ones who are rioting at Suropati Park…" Nunu said, recalling his traumatic experience at Suropati Park earlier in the morning.
"…are affected by the monster's waves," finished Albert, as a photograph of Enomena emitting his insanity waves from his shoulder spikes appears on the command room screen, "Those electromagnetic waves produce a certain type of fear hormone within the brain."
As Albert spoke, photographs of the Suropati Park crowd clutching their heads and collapsing in pain under the effect of Enomena's insanity waves are seen on the command room screen.
"This fear hormone stimulates violent impulses and murder impulses, before eventually, the brain implodes from the sheer pressure, literally destroying itself," continues Albert grimly, pictures of the Suropati Park riot and the previous 14 riots are shown on the command room screen, "This is no ordinary electromagnetic waves…this is some kind of insanity waves that we're dealing with here."
"A demon?" asked Nurul, as Enomena's photograph came back into the command room screen.
"No," Captain Tennissa shook her head, "We're dealing with an invader here. If those insanity waves are allowed to continue spreading like this…"
"…then that monster will effectively destroy the entire human race," finished Krishna, clearly horrified by the monster's capability, "And that monster has the capability of pulling off such a thing without even lifting a finger."
"In short, our most dangerous opponent so far," concluded Nunu, his arms crossed as he walked around the command table, "We mustn't let that happen!"
"Something must have caused the insanity waves to vanish before it could do more damage to the rioters," said Captain Tennissa, "We have to find it before the monster does."
Suddenly the alarms inside the command room began to ring as the screen displayed a Google Maps view of the Kemayoran District, a red dot showing up at an area at the said district, a sign that a monster is attacking there. Nimas immediately went for her computer, opening her 3D radar application as she performs a quick scan of the Kemayoran District. Much to her horror, something familiar is happening at the district, and that something is bad.
"Captain!" gasped Nimas, displaying the 3D radar view of the Kemayoran District on the command room screen.
Much to everyone's horror, a huge spike of electromagnetic energy has been detected at the Kemayoran District, a sign that Enomena is going to strike soon.
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At his camp, the ringmaster was enjoying his bottled tea when suddenly he heard Deban squealing in fright near him. At the same time the ground began to shook, causing the ringmaster to perform a spit take and threw a way his unfinished bottled tea. He knew exactly what is going on right now.
"Everyone, wake up!" called the ringmaster, "Pack your stuff immediately because we're moving out!"
Two clowns grabbed Deban and shove the little monster into the van, with another clown packing up the makeshift table and portable stove, along with the still dirty plates as well. The clowns then secured themselves inside the van, as the ringmaster leapt into the van's driver seat. Immediately the ringmaster stepped on the gas, accelerating his VW Samba as the van makes an immediate dash towards the abandoned construction site's exit.
Suddenly a huge bolt of lightning appeared from the night sky and struck the ground in front of the fleeing van, revealing Enomena in all of his might and glory. The monster lets out a hiss as he notices the van heading towards him below.
"Leader! It's that thing again! It's coming towards us!" screamed a clown in terror, pointing at the imposing figure that is Enomena in front of them.
"Hold on tight, boys, 'cause this is going to be one bumpy ride!" yelled the ringmaster, gritting his teeth as he floors the gas and grabbed onto his steering wheel tightly.
The van exited the abandoned construction site, heading straight towards the main road as Enomena is now hot on the van's trails. Enomena gave out a snort as he chases after the now speeding van, determined to catch up with the fleeing vehicle as soon as possible.
"How's Deban?" asked the ringmaster as he speeds down the Kemayoran District's main road.
"His ears are glowing!" replied a clown, taking note of Deban's now glowing orange ears, "I mean his ears are really glowing!"
"Poor Deban must be frightened," added another clown.
"Poor thing," said the ringmaster, "We must get out of here immediately!"
The ringmaster drove his VW Samba into yet another abandoned construction site, this time breaking through the sealed entrance. Enomena saw what the van is doing right now, letting out an evil smile, chuckling darkly as well.
"What is he doing?" asked a terrified clown on the van's back seat as he saw Enomena standing proudly behind the moving van.
Suddenly Enomena's forehead gem glows a bright blue, with blue smoke coming out from the gem as Enomena lets out a guttural roar. Without hesitation Enomena fires a volley of plasma bombs from his forehead gem, firing them straight at the fleeing Volkswagen.
"Shit!" cursed the clown as he saw the plasma bombs are heading straight for the van.
The first plasma bomb hit the ground right in front of the incoming van, causing a large explosion that startles the ringmaster into turning his van around. The second and third plasma bombs hit the ground around the van; barely grazing it but the bombs manages to create a series of huge explosions that surrounded the fleeing vehicle.
"Jesus, Buddha, SpongeBob, please help us!" cried a clown next to Deban, clearly scared out of his pants.
Enomena lets out an evil chuckle, before letting loose with three more plasma bombs that pelted the ground surrounding the fleeing Volkswagen in a series of large explosions, each of them rivaling Enomena's own size. More plasma bombs were fired, covering the abandoned construction site in an array of explosions, trapping the van within a wall of fire.
"I don't want to die this way!" cried another clown as Deban squealed in terror.
Enomena was about to finish off the trapped vehicle with another plasma bomb when a series of green lasers struck his neck, enraging the demonic kaiju. As Enomena reeled from the stinging pains resulted from the lasers, he saw what had distracted him from his hunt.
A GUTS Wing 1 has come to the street performers' rescue, flying over Enomena's head as it prepares to attack the behemoth once more. Krishna was piloting the aircraft solo, letting loose a stream of water from his jet's underside that puts out the inferno surrounding the trapped VW Samba, sighs of relief could be easily heard from the rescued van.
"Krishna here," Krishna spoke as he activates the GUTS Wing's intercom, "I have apprehended the monster and secured the van from the photographs from the monster's attack. Now ready to engage the monster once again, this time putting it out for good."
"Do it, Krishna!" replied Handoyo from the intercom.
Krishna lets out a smirk as he prepares his lasers, aiming it towards Enomena's chest. But suddenly a flash of light bursts out from Enomena's body, startling Krishna in the process. A gigantic yellow lightning bolt then descended down from the sky, Enomena letting out an evil laugh as the lightning bolt struck his body, teleporting him away from the location.
"Damn it!" cursed Krishna as Enomena disappears from sight, "It's gone, again!"
Krishna then focused his attention on the now parked white VW Samba on the ground, letting out a relieved smile as he saw its occupants stepping out from the vehicle.
"At least we got our guys," smiled Krishna.
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The street performers and Deban were taken immediately to the TPC HQ, where they rested overnight. First thing in the morning, the street performers were interrogated immediately at the GUTS command room after breakfast, while Deban is now being examined at TPC's Biological Research Center.
"My name is Theo Gunawan and these are my Sunnydale Clowns," the ringmaster introduced himself and his clowns to the GUTS members.
"So how did you come across that creature, Theo?" asked Captain Tennissa.
"It all started at Pasir Koja, at Bandung," Theo started his story, "We are performing a show at Bandung's Festival CityLink and we were taking our lunch break before our second session. That's when I saw him standing alone near one of the stores."
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Festival CityLink, Bandung, a few days ago
Theo and his clowns are having their lunch of burgers at the shopping centre's food court, when Theo noticed Deban standing alone in front of a nearby fashion store; apparently the store's owner has kicked the friendly creature out a few moments ago.
Poor thing was just kicked out from that store just because he looked different. Feeling sorry for the little guy, I invited him to join the Sunnydale Clowns, hoping that he could be accepted by the people if he hangs around with us.
An hour later, the Sunnydale Clowns has finished their second session of performance in front of a live audience consisted of kindergarten children, all of them clapping cheerfully at them and their newest member, Deban.
"Thank you for coming!" the Sunnydale Clowns bowed in unison, with Deban bowing as well. Deban looked happier than before, waving cheerfully at the children as they left the performance arena.
He was pretty homely, but his devotion was undeniable.
After they had finished packing up their equipment, the Sunnydale Clowns decide to take a brief rest outside at the shopping centre's main lobby, taking seats on the lobby's benches. As his clowns enjoyed their mineral water, Theo notices that Deban wasn't sitting; the friendly creature was looking at the ringmaster in curiosity.
"Hey Deban, take a rest with us, would you?" Theo said, throwing a bottle of mineral water at Deban, "Have some water."
Deban accepted the bottle happily, a cheerful grin was displayed on the face. The child-sized monster was about to open his mouth to drink, when suddenly a loud guttural noise was heard from behind Deban. A huge lightning bolt appeared out of nowhere and struck the ground in front of Festival CityLink, destroying the houses there as Enomena emerges from the smoke.
"Holy shit!" gasped a clown as Theo and the others looked at the newly arrived kaiju in horror.
And from that day as well…that creature started hunting us.
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Theo finishes his story, with the members of GUTS nodding in unison, believing every word that the ringmaster had told them.
"So you've been with that creature ever since?" asked Nurul.
"His name is Deban," interrupted a clown, "Theo named the creature Deban. It's a spontaneous stage name, I suppose."
"That guy just loves the stage," added another clown.
"Yes, Deban was indeed a gift for us," nodded Theo, "Unfortunately with that monster going after us each time we perform, it's also a curse. It's like we have a monstrous stalker or something."
The command room door slid open and in came Deban, letting out several squeaks as he approaches the Sunnydale Clowns. Along with Deban was a middle-aged Chinese man, around 40 years of age, with a tall yet chubby stature. His skin was white, with a moustache on his face, while his short black hair was spiked. A pair of circular glasses is seen on the man's prideful looking face. His lab coat uniform indicates that he is a TPC scientist, with his name tag confirming it. The man was none other than the infamous Dr. Agustinus Winoto, a brilliant scientist working at TPC's Biological Research Centre. But it wasn't his talents in biological science that made him famous in TPC HQ; it was his cocky, arrogant, and prideful attitude that has gained the ire of almost everyone in base, even Captain Tennissa herself. Dr. Regina, Dr. Jeremy, and Professor Larras has stated their complaints regarding Dr. Ino's attitude, but nevertheless TPC kept him on board due to his scientific prowess, much to the dismay of the three scientists.
"So that's Deban," said Nurul as she saw the Sunnydale Clowns surrounding and cuddling the newly arrived Deban, "How cute."
"Okay then, if everyone's finished with the cute monster, now could you all please turn your attention to me, please," said Dr. Ino, in his prideful manner. More prideful than Nunu, in fact, much to the hidden disgust of the GUTS members, "I'm the man of the hour right now, thank you. I am the great Dr. Agustinus Winoto of the Biological Research Centre."
"Yes, Dr. Ino, we get it," sighed Captain Tennissa, wondering to herself why does a genius like Dr. Ino has to be born with an ego the size of Greenland, "So what have you found?"
"Well, isn't this a surprise. This little creature is actually was stopping the monster's insanity waves," replied Dr. Ino as Nurul, Nimas, and Krishna has joined the Sunnydale Clowns in tickling Deban.
"Are you serious?" gasped Albert.
"The great Dr. Ino is always serious; never does a man of my capacity have time for jokes and fun and games," replied Dr. Ino, "The creature's biological composition weakens the insanity waves that the monster emitted. Well, to put it in a language that you inferior people could understand, it makes the insanity waves disappear."
"This tiny thing?" gasped Albert again.
"Yes," nodded Dr. Ino.
"By just standing in the monster's premises?" asked Nurul.
"Yes, yes, and yes," replied Dr. Ino.
"Incredible," commented Albert, "Now we know why those riots never broke out in a colossal manner, considering what that monster is capable of doing."
"Though it appears to be a juvenile specimen of the monster, this creature possesses no attacking capability whatsoever," said Dr. Ino, trying to touch Deban on his face only for the friendly creature to avoid the arrogant doctor, much to his annoyance, "A sitting duck indeed. How inferior. Captain Tennissa Febriani, right? If you don't mind, I will be taking this specimen back to my lab…where I will dissect it to find out who could this creature…tick. I have secured the approval from the higher ups."
"Who do you think you are!" growled Theo, tackling Dr. Ino to the ground, "You can't just take Deban away from us and dissect him like some kind of alien?!"
Suddenly the command room's alarms began to blare, a sign that a monster attack is now underway. Nimas frantically returned to her computer, typing madly on it before discovering what has triggered the alarms.
"The monster has appeared at the Kelapa Gading District!" yelled Nimas.
The command room screen displayed a live CCTV feed from the Kelapa Gading District, which shows a freshly teleported Enomena standing proudly near Mall Kelapa Gading, the district's premier shopping centre.
"GUTS, move!" commanded Handoyo.
"Roger!" replied everyone else in unison, with Krishna, Nurul, Nunu, and Albert grabbing their helmets and following the already prepared Handoyo to the hangar.
"Better be quick guys," muttered Captain Tennissa as she saw the CCTV feed, "The monster's starting to use its insanity waves."
True to what Captain Tennissa has said, an enraged Enomena is spreading his insanity waves like crazy, blanketing the entire Kelapa Gading District within minutes. Everyone trapped within the field of insanity waves are now clutching their heads in pain, kneeling and collapsing to the ground as they screamed as loud as they could, as if they were horribly tortured by an unseen force. Deban could only look on in fear as the 3D radar view of the Kelapa Gading District displayed a huge spike of electromagnetic energy, a sign that Enomena's insanity waves has reached its climax.
"The insanity waves are much stronger than before," muttered Nimas as she saw the 3D radar.
Captain Tennissa held her hands tightly upon hearing that, preparing for the worst that could happen.
xxx
Elite housing complexes were reduced to rubble by Enomena's plasma bombs as the demonic entity rampages through the Kelapa Gading District, spreading wanton destruction in his path. Buildings exploded, cars overturned, and fires broke out as Enomena lets out a deep-pitched laugh, enjoying the chaos that he has made in his personal playground. What's worse, the people of Kelapa Gading are starting to riot, fighting against each other on the now burning streets and amongst the rubble, using whatever they could get their hands on as weapons. It was a literal Hell on Earth.
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"Cap, if we don't do anything soon, the entire Kelapa Gading District will be destroyed in minutes!" said Nimas, completely horrified by what she has seen on the CCTV feed, "Please let me go out there with Deban! Please, Cap! If I was going to leave the team soon, let this be my final mission."
"Deban, let's go home," said Theo as he and his Sunnydale Clowns headed towards the exit, with Deban following them.
"Don't you care on what is going on right now?!" yelled Nimas, tears starting to form on her eyes, "The people of Kelapa Gading are killing themselves right now, turning their proud homes into their own graves, and you chose to run from this fight instead of helping them?! Please Theo, Deban is their only hope. You gotta let him go with me."
"Don't you care about us too, girl?!" Theo yelled back, causing Deban to whimper in fear, "Deban here is a valuable member of our team. I can't have you and your team use him as a mere weapon like that!"
xxx
Meanwhile, GUTS Wings 1 and 2 has arrived at the Kelapa Gading District, which is now completely covered in Enomena's insanity waves. The jets fired their lasers at Enomena, only for the insanity waves to act as a barrier that prevents the lasers from scratching Enomena. The fiend gave out an evil laugh, amused at GUTS' failure in attacking him.
"Damn it!" cursed Albert from inside GUTS Wing 2, he, Handoyo, and Nurul are currently boarding the aircraft with Nurul acting as pilot, "The insanity waves' electromagnetic properties are nullifying our lasers! We'll have to hit it from directly above."
"Remember there are still people down there!" reminded Handoyo.
Down below, the people of Kelapa Gading are still rioting, breaking several cars with sticks, stones, and fists alike. Molotov cocktails were thrown into the battlefield, and in retaliation several men brandishes knives upon the Molotov throwing youths, stabbing them in short order. Women pelted cars with eggs while children hit each other with baseball bats and stones. Drivers were forcefully pulled out of their cars as their vehicles were vandalized by the rioting crowd, the drivers joining into the riot shortly afterwards underneath the influence of Enomena's insanity waves. Several policemen suddenly entered the fray, they were initially tasked in quelling down the rioting crowd, but due to Enomena's insanity waves they too participated in the riot, firing their guns at the rioting people and vehicles alike, laughing maniacally as they does so.
As the crowd continues to riot, the Sunnydale Clowns' VW Samba drove slowly into the Kelapa Gading District's main boulevard, making its way into the district as the vehicle tries its best to avoid the riot, only to fail miserably as several policemen and women threw rotten eggs at the van.
"Stop it!" cried Theo as several young men ganged up upon his van, hitting the vehicle with makeshift sticks and baseball bats, a man is even seen swinging his ice pick at the helpless Volkswagen.
Deban lets out a terrified shriek as the clowns huddled up at the van's back, completely terrorized by what they're experiencing right now.
"Leader!" cried one of the clowns, restraining himself from wetting his pants out of fright, "Isn't there some other way?"
Deban could only look in horror at the riot that is now surrounding the van. Men fighting each other with their weapons, youths throwing Molotov cocktails, stones, and even grenades at each other, women engaging in petty catfights, children giving each other wedgies, and even the senior citizens are rioting as well, choking each other within the chaos. Policemen shot armed and unarmed civilians alike, as an unfortunate man was being grabbed by four youths by his limbs, with a youth stabbing the restrained man repeatedly on the chest. It was a scene of utter violence and chaos, as cars and houses alike exploded from the Molotov cocktails, grenades, and gunfire. Kelapa Gading was literally being reduced into a sea of inferno by the violent riot and Deban could not take any more of this.
"This is why I said we should wait until nightfall," said a clown as Deban continues to whimper in fear.
"Wait until nightfall and let that Ino guy made off with Deban?" objected another clown.
As the clowns continued to argue, Deban saw a man walking up to a no parking sign and sawing it off, using the sign to whack the faces of several other men, reducing them into bloody pulps. Another man is seen ambushing a young woman from behind, embedding his axe into the woman's right shoulder. Somehow unfazed by that sudden, violent attack, the young woman turned around, brandishing a gun as she shot the man that attacked her on the stomach. At the same time, several youths ganged up on a local minibus, shattering the windows with stones as they literally ripped off all four tires of the vehicle, before forcing the driver and passengers into the open, where they too became violent from Enomena's insanity waves.
"The city, the people, everything is getting destroyed," muttered Theo as he saw the atrocities committed around his van, clenching his fists in anger, "Move it! Move out of my way!"
As Theo struggled to retain control of his van from the rioters, Deban continues to watch the violent fighting from the van's safety, horrified by the animalistic behavior shown by the rioters. They didn't care if they have killed someone or destroyed something, Enomena's insanity waves has influenced them to riot and continue riot until their brains are destroyed. The rioters now focused their attention towards Theo's Volkswagen, trying their best to damage the vehicle by using anything that they can use. Eggs, stones, and vegetables are pelted towards the van, while bats, sticks, rackets, and even bare fists are used to break through the van's windows, causing the clowns to let out screams of terror. Deban had enough of this, the friendly creature began to whimper and sob, as tears flow out from his eyes.
"Deban…" gasped Theo as he saw Deban crying, before the unthinkable happens.
Deban bravely opened the van's passenger door, before stepping out right into the heart of the riot, closing the door afterwards.
"Deban!" called Theo, worried about the creature's wellbeing as he saw Deban calmly making his way through the rioters, "Hey Deban, what are you doing? Come back! Please, come back!"
Theo then lets a scream of terror as he saw Deban disappearing into the riot, while a man suddenly threw a tricycle towards the van's front window, damaging it severely.
"Deputy Captain, what is he doing?" asked Nurul as she notices Deban walking calmly through the riot from the safety of GUTS Wing 2's cockpit.
"I don't know," Handoyo shook his head, before he notices something, "Look!"
Deban's ears began to glow orange as the creature walked through the rioting crowd, Enomena's insanity waves having no effect whatsoever on the friendly creature. A second later, orange energy began to radiate from Deban's ears, which slowly spreads throughout the Kelapa Gading District. The newly created energy wave completely cancels out Enomena's insanity waves, causing the rioters to drop their weapons, purple auras coming out from their bodies. As Deban cleanses the Kelapa Gading District with his calming waves, the rioters were reverted back to their normal selves, completely having no memory of what they had done. They were left shocked and horrified by the devastation that they had done a few moments ago.
"Deban!" called Krishna from the pilot seat of GUTS Wing 1.
"But he isn't even armed," said a surprised Nunu from the aircraft's co-pilot seat, completely amazed by what Deban is doing right now.
Deban walked on fearlessly through the mostly destroyed Kelapa Gading District, spreading his calming waves that freed the rioters from Enomena's evil influence. Some of the former rioters passed out immediately from their ordeal, while some others could only look around, confused by what is going on as they have no memory of the riot that they had done a few moments ago. Some are even helping the victims of the riot, apologizing repeatedly to them.
Obviously Enomena wasn't pleased with this turn of events, his evil cyan eyes looking around for what has caused his insanity waves to disappear just like that. He then notices Deban walking towards him, an evil smile appearing on his metallic face. Deban's ears began to glow brigher, sending out calming waves that neutralizes Enomena's insanity waves. Enraged at his failing plan, Enomena fires a plasma bomb from his forehead gem, much to the horror of the GUTS members flying overhead.
"Deban!" called a horrified Nurul.
The plasma bomb blasted Deban right on his chest, sending the kind monster flying several meters back. A weakened Deban was sent to his back, instantly knocked out by that attack.
"Damn it!" cursed Krishna, piloting the GUTS Wing 1 straight towards Enomena, regardless of the small field of insanity waves surrounding the kaiju.
"Oh no, they're going in!" gasped Albert as he saw GUTS Wing 1 attempting a direct attack on Enomena.
Enomena saw the incoming GUTS Wing 1, letting out a hiss as he fires his insanity waves at the aircraft.
"Stay out of the insanity waves, Nunu!" warned Albert from the intercom, "If they hit you…"
Nunu calmly turns off the intercom, not wanting any interruptions from GUTS Wing 2 during his and Krishna's attack on Enomena. What the monster has did to Deban has turned all of this into something personal for Krishna, and Nunu is trying to do whatever he can do to support his friend.
"Krishna, if my brain shorts out, shoot me," said Nunu, "And vice versa, if your brain shorts out, I'll shoot you."
"Sure thing, Nunu," Krishna nodded, holding on tightly to his throttle as GUTS Wing 1 entered the field of insanity waves.
The insanity waves' electromagnetic properties quickly mess up the electronic controls on GUTS Wing 1, forcing Krishna to switch into manual control. The aircraft experienced a massive turbulence as it approaches Enomena, its manual targeting system aiming for the beast's chest. Several blasts of lasers are fired from GUTS Wing 1, this time striking Enomena right on target. The beast grunted in pain as sparks flew from where the lasers had hit him on his chest.
"Alright!" exclaimed Krishna, as Nunu clenches his right fist in delight.
As GUTS Wing 1 prepared for a second attack, Enomena has recovered himself, his cyan eyes locked on the incoming jet. Laughing evilly as he smiled, Enomena fired a plasma bomb at the flying GUTS Wing 1, striking the plane on its rear end, sparks flying from the bomb's impact site.
"Dang it!" yelled Nunu as the GUTS Wing 1's alarm system began to blare, "We're hit!"
"I've lost control!" yelled Krishna, "It's no good!"
GUTS Wing 1 slowly descended from the sky, its back on fire much to the horror of the GUTS members on board GUTS Wing 2.
"Krishna! Nunu!" called a concerned Nurul as GUTS Wing 1 made a quick emergency landing on the ground.
A furious Enomena lets out a low, guttural roar, before firing a barrage of plasma bombs at the surroundings. Buildings and houses went out in huge explosions from the plasma bombs, with Enomena laughing in delight over the destruction that he has caused.
Meanwhile, on the ground, having saved Nunu and told him to evacuate the crowd from Enomena's wrath, Krishna slowly made his way towards Enomena, gritting his teeth in anger over the destruction caused by the monster. Taking out the Spark Lens from his uniform pocket, Krishna raised the relic to the air, activating it at the same time.
Enomena was about to fire more of his plasma bombs when several blasts of energy struck the fiend on its head, enraging the kaiju as he was knocked aside. As Enomena recovers himself, Ultraman Tiga landed in front of the kaiju, having fired several Hand Slashes at Enomena to announce his arrival. Tiga immediately assumed his fighting pose, challenging Enomena. The kaiju replied the challenge by firing several plasma bombs, blasting Tiga on his chest. The hero was thrown off his feet by the explosions, smoke billowing out from his chest. As Tiga groggily stood up, Enomena lets out a hiss, crossing his arms over his chest before throwing them apart. Enomena's shoulder spikes began to glow as the demon radiates Tiga with his insanity waves, sending the Giant of Light to his knees. Tiga grunted in pain, clutching his head as Enomena's insanity waves began to take effect. His righteous heart is slowly slipping away, as violent impulses began to overrun Tiga's mind. Enomena lets out a dark chuckle as Tiga was moments away from being his personal slave of destruction, grunting in sheer torture as a purplish glow began to overtake Tiga's eyes.
But just as Enomena was about to succeed in brainwashing Tiga, an orange wave of energy began to wash over the area, neutralizing Enomena's insanity waves much to the kaiju's shock. It was Deban! The friendly creature had survived Enomena's previous attack and is now using his calming waves to free Tiga from the influence of Enomena's insanity waves.
xxx
A shocked Captain Tennissa and Nimas watched on as Enomena's insanity waves was completely eradicated from the Kelapa Gading District, the electromagnetic energy readings on the district's 3D radar view began to disintegrate into nothingness.
"Captain, the electromagnetic field is disappearing," reported Nimas.
"It's Deban!" exclaimed Captain Tennissa, "Deban is still alive!"
xxx
Deban once again stood in front of Enomena, challenging the demonic kaiju with his calming waves. The friendly monster's body began to glow orange, as he unleashes all of his energy to completely cleanse Tiga of Enomena's insanity waves. The hero slowly regains his senses, the purplish glow disappearing from his eyes as he slowly stood up. Enomena, on the other hand, roared in rage as Deban's calming waves has completely eradicate his insanity waves, glaring hatefully at the still glowing Deban. The kaiju fires a plasma bomb towards Deban, only for a gigantic hand to catch the bomb in place, preventing it from harming Deban.
Enomena grunted in shock as he saw Tiga catching his plasma bomb with his bare right hand, using the Tiga Catch technique to save Deban from the incoming attack. Wasting no time, Tiga threw the plasma bomb back at Enomena, blasting the kaiju right on his chest! Enomena groaned in pain as he was sent to the ground by his own attack.
With his calming waves successfully doing its job in erasing Enomena's insanity waves, Deban slowly closes his eyes before collapsing to the ground, having exhausted all of his energy in sending out his calming waves. Tiga gasped as he saw the courageous creature lying motionless on the street below, as Theo and his Sunnydale Clowns rushes out from their van, surrounding the now catatonic Deban.
"Hey, Deban!" called Theo as he tried to wake the unconscious creature, "Deban, hang in there! Please Deban, don't die on us!"
Much to Theo's horror, he received no response whatsoever from Deban.
"Deban, please don't die! Please Deban! Wake up!"
Tiga heard every word that Theo has said to Deban, the feeling of guilt and anger rising up within the hero's heart. He was guilty for being unable to protect Deban, while Enomena's actions have angered him significantly. The warrior of light clenches his fists in anger, ready to fight Enomena to the death, ensuring that no one will fall victim to the demon's insanity waves ever again.
Enomena stood up, letting out a roar as he fires three consecutive plasma bombs at Tiga. Acting quickly, Tiga sets up the Tiga Barrier, dispersing the plasma bombs as he switches into his Power Type, assuming his fighting pose.
Immediately Tiga leapt into battle, kicking Enomena on the gut with a swift yet brutal side kick. The hero then grabbed Enomena on the shoulder spikes, flipping the behemoth over his shoulder with ease, before another throw sends Enomena back first to the ground. Enomena lashes out with his claws, which Tiga manages to avoid, before the hero was forced to parry an oncoming kick from Enomena. A couple of kicks ensued, but it will take more than those to take down Tiga in his muscular Power Type. Enomena avoided a quick roundhouse from Tiga, before the two giants kicked each other, neither having the advantage over one another.
Enomena crouched down; lashing Tiga with his claws, but Tiga parries the first attack, with the second ensuing attack failing as well. A third attack was parried, before Tiga pummels Enomena's chest armor with a series of jabs. A swift chop to the right shoulder then sends Enomena collapsing to the ground. As Enomena struggled to get up Tiga kicked him down again, stomping repeatedly on the fiend's chest. The behemoth was then forced to stand up, before being thrown to the ground by Tiga with a suplex slam.
With Enomena groggily recovering himself, Tiga quickly approaches the vile kaiju, sending a chop that severs Enomena's right shoulder spike, before another chop snaps the behemoth's left shoulder spike in half, disabling Enomena from using his insanity waves anymore. Enomena was sent to his back yet again, as Tiga pounced on top of him. The hero delivered several punches on Enomena's chest, which Enomena replied with a swift jab to Tiga's neck, sending a jolt of electricity throughout the giant's body, throwing Tiga off his body. As Tiga stood up, Enomena snorted, firing a couple of plasma bombs. Tiga rolled out of the bombs' way, causing them to hit a pair of buildings instead, the buildings were destroyed instantly by the bombs. Refusing to give up that easily Enomena fired two more plasma bombs, this time striking Tiga on his chest! Sparks flew from Tiga's chest as he was sent to the ground, Enomena laughing in delight at the sight of this.
Roaring aloud, Enomena charges for the offensive the moment Tiga stood up, with his color timer blinking. Answering the challenge with a battle pose, Tiga rolled out of the way from an incoming Enomena kick, before proceeding to parry an incoming punch with his right arm. Tiga parries yet another punch, before Enomena grabbed him and threw him to the ground. As Tiga recovers himself, Enomena quickly slashes his claws on Tiga's chest, causing the hero to grunt in pain. A swift kick to the stomach ensues, before a roundhouse kick sent Tiga into disorientation. Enomena kicked Tiga on the stomach again, before grabbing the warrior of light by the shoulders and throwing Tiga to the ground with a judo throw. Enomena lets out a victorious hiss as Tiga struggled to stand up.
Enomena quickly went on the offensive once again once Tiga has recovered himself. Seeing the incoming kaiju, Tiga wasted no time in leaping into the air, assuming a flying side kick pose as he gave Enomena a nice kick to the head. Sparks flew as the kick shattered Enomena's forehead gem, as well as giving the demon a nasty concussion. Tiga landed gently on the ground as Enomena stood up, writhing in pain from that powerful kick that Tiga just gave him. With all of his offensive apparatus disabled, Enomena decided that he has wasted his time fighting Tiga, who is obviously more powerful than he is. Enomena slowly crosses his arms on his chest before throwing them apart; prompting a huge lightning bolt to struck him from the heavens. The fiend has decided to make his retreat to heal his wounds, laughing evilly as he slowly disappears into the lightning bolt.
But Tiga won't let that happen. Crossing his arms diagonally as he charges orange energy into them, Tiga creates several strings of energy, going from one finger to the other. He then places his fists together, releasing a series of orange energy waves from his hands. The Ultra Net Waves struck Enomena, forcefully cancelling his teleportation technique before immobilizing the kaiju in place. The lightning bolt that struck Enomena suddenly disintegrates, leaving behind a confused and immobile Enomena. Deciding to finish the fight, Tiga charges up the Delacium Light Stream, firing the fiery beam of energy at his weakened opponent. The Delacium Light Stream struck Enomena right on his chest, a huge explosion erupting from the impact site as purple energy surges throughout the dying Enomena's body. Letting out a groan of pain, Enomena slowly collapses to the ground, light energy leaking out from his joints and the gaps between his armor. As his back made contact with the ground, Enomena exploded, ending all of the chaos that he has caused for good.
Tiga nodded, pleased that he has ended yet another threat to his beloved Earth. The hero then took off into the skies, disappearing into the clouds.
"He did it," smiled Nunu as he saw Tiga vanishing into the sky as he finishes up the evacuation.
A stark contrast of emotions is seen with Theo and his Sunnydale Clowns, as they're still trying to wake Deban up, only for their efforts to fail miserably.
"How's Deban?" asked Krishna as he and the other GUTS members caught up with the saddened street performers.
Theo somberly shook his head, a sign that Deban has passed away. The friendly creature has sacrificed himself in saving humanity. As the members of GUTS and the Sunnydale Clowns looked on in sadness and disbelief, Dr. Ino suddenly arrived to the scene in his green Toyota Kijang Innova. Unlike the members of GUTS and the Sunnydale Clowns, who looked genuinely concerned about Deban's condition, Dr. Ino places up a stoic, uncaring look. He knew that dead or alive, Deban is valuable to him for his research, which will involve dissecting the creature.
"Deban's…dead?" gasped Albert, unable to contain his emotions as he softly wept.
"Looks like so," replied a saddened Theo.
"Alright then, I'll be taking his remains to the laboratory immediately for dissection," said an uncaring Dr. Ino, the arrogant doctor attempting to grab hold of Deban only for one of the Sunnydale Clowns to slap his arm, preventing Dr. Ino from getting his hands on Deban's motionless body.
"Hands off!" cried the clown.
"Please, leave us alone," Theo said solemnly, carrying Deban's body into his damaged van, the other Sunnydale Clowns following suit.
The members of GUTS are left speechless by both the Sunnydale Clowns' reaction and Dr. Ino's arrogance, while Nunu and Nurul are glaring at Dr. Ino, Handoyo, Albert, and Krishna could only let out solemn nods as the Sunnydale Clowns' Volkswagen disappeared around the corner.
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Two days later…
It has been two days since the death of Enomena. Life has gone back to its usual ways at the GUTS command room, with Krishna the only one still saddened by Deban's apparent death. He felt guilty that as Ultraman Tiga, he has indirectly caused Deban's death by being trapped in Enomena's insanity waves, forcing the creature to use up all of his energy. Krishna sat on the command table, his face glum, as his teammates around him are busy doing their daily activities.
"Cheer up, mate," said Nunu, sitting next to Krishna, offering him a glass of apple juice, "He has sacrificed himself for the good of humanity. He's in a happier place right now."
"Yeah," nodded Krishna, accepting Nunu's apple juice and drinking it down, "If I kept on sulking about his death, Deban won't rest in peace, right?"
Nunu gave out a smile and a nod as a response, "There you go, mate!"
Meanwhile, the command room door opens up, as Captain Tennissa and Nimas entered the room, the two of them discussing about something.
"I think it is time for you to break the news," said Captain Tennissa.
"But how?" asked Nimas, "Krishna is still saddened over Deban's death. What if this made him even sadder?"
"Trust me, it won't," winked Captain Tennissa.
Nimas gave out an unsure look, but Captain Tennissa assures her with a motherly pat to the shoulder. Letting out a nod, Nimas slowly stepped out towards the middle of the command room, grabbing an empty glass from the command table and giving it a good hit with a tiny tea spoon.
"Attention everyone, I have something to say," Nimas announced, prompting everyone to turn her attention towards her.
"Yes, Nimas?" responded Handoyo.
"Well, remember Professor Larras? From our run-in with those robots and their mechanized island?" asked Nimas.
"Yeah, I remembered her and I think we all did," nodded Albert, "Why do you ask about that?"
"I'm being promoted to her research team," smiled Nimas, finally able to express what she had kept in her for the past few days.
After hearing those words the entire command room went silent for a few seconds, causing the smile on Nimas' face to disappear, being replaced with a nervous look. Suddenly the entire GUTS team clapped their hands in unison, cheering for their newly promoted Communications Officer. One by one the GUTS members stood up and congratulated Nimas, much to the young woman's delight.
"But…I'm going to leave GUTS," said Nimas after everyone had congratulated her.
"Nimas, as much as we want you to stay here, it is important for you to chase your dream," Handoyo said, "You do want this promotion, right?"
"Absolutely," nodded Nimas, "It has been my dream to contribute my above average computing skills to the world for the greater good. Accepting Professor Larras' offer will surely make the world recognize my talents. My ultimate dream is to have my name Nimas Linggar Saraswati being recognized as one of the most famous geniuses in the universe."
"Then chase it," said Krishna, a smile has lightened up his previously glum face, "You may no longer be a part of our team, but always remember, we will stay in your heart and support you in your every step."
Nimas smiled, relieved to know that the team is completely supporting her move, which erases all of her doubts.
"Thank you all," Nimas said, smiling widely as she wipes away her tears of joy, "Thank you for all of your support."
As the team was celebrating, suddenly the command door opened once again, with Ratih rushing into the GUTS command room.
"Krishnaaaa!" Ratih called, much to the surprise of the GUTS members, "Eh? Did I interrupt something?"
"Well we're just celebrating Nimas' promotion," replied Nunu, "And no, I don't think so."
Krishna immediately approached Ratih and the two of them left the command room. Within no time, Ratih dragged Krishna towards his room, where he saw that his desktop computer is on, displaying his Facebook page.
"Ratih, have you been stalking my Facebook again?" asked a surprised Krishna as he sat in front of his computer, Ratih sitting next to him.
"Kinda," giggled Ratih, "But that's not the point. A few minutes ago the official Facebook page of the Sunnydale Clowns sent something to your Timeline."
"How do they know about my Facebook?" asked Krishna.
"I…sort of gave it to them during their stay here," Ratih grinned sheepishly.
"We're gonna talk about this later," Krishna said sternly.
With Ratih letting an uneasy smile after hearing that, Krishna decided to look at his Facebook Timeline carefully, to see that the Sunnydale Clowns has indeed posted something there. Dated from a few minutes ago, the photograph depicts the Sunnydale Clowns members (minus Deban) in front of their van after their performance earlier this afternoon at the Klender District in East Jakarta.
"The Sunnydale Clowns would like to thank the Global Unlimited Task Squad for helping us and Deban in vanquishing the evil monster that has been following us all this time, we are glad to announce that we are alright and we're back in action," Krishna reads the caption of the photograph aloud, before noticing a slight glimmer on the van's passenger window. Krishna slowly squint his eyes on the photograph in order to see the glimmer in more detail, only to let out a gasp of realization upon knowing what the glimmer really is.
It's Deban, grinning widely from inside the van, as good as new and full of life as usual.
"Son of a gun," smiled Krishna as he saw Deban's blurred face on the photograph, "Deban survived!"
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Two days earlier
"Boy, our leader sure have duped us today!" exclaimed one of the Sunnydale Clowns as Theo drove them out of the heavily devastated Kelapa Gading District, "For a second there I thought Deban was really dead!"
"Who cared?" added another clown, "At least that Ino jerk didn't make off with Deban and dissect him."
"Agreed," nodded the first clown.
The third clown, sitting on the van's back seat, lets out a chuckle as he rubs Deban's head, prompting the friendly creature to stir from his "fake death," a pair of fake Devil horns are seen on Deban's head.
"Listen Deban," said the third clown, "From now on, your name is Paimin."
Deban lets out a surprised squeak upon hearing that, his wide eyes going wider as he lifted his hands in shock.
"We're counting on you, Deban!" exclaimed the clowns in unison, as Theo lets out a hearty laugh.
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Present day
Krishna nodded his head in delight, as Ratih watched on, smiling as well at her friend's happiness.
"Live on Deban, right here on this planet," Krishna said as he continues to look at the photograph, "Happy endings do happen in this age of monsters and aliens."
Suddenly Handoyo walked into the room, startling both Krishna and Ratih.
"Deputy Captain!" called Krishna as he saw Handoyo on his doorstep.
"Krishna, we're going to have a Hanamasa lunch today to celebrate Nimas' promotion, my treat!" said Handoyo, offering his hand to Krishna, "Let's go! You can take Ratih as well."
Both Krishna and Ratih exchanged smiles with each other, before Krishna accepts Handoyo's hand, the two GUTS members holding each other shoulder to shoulder as they headed back towards the command room, with Ratih following the two. What a perfect day indeed, Nimas getting promoted, Deban being alive and well, and free lunch at an exclusive restaurant.
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As the members of GUTS, along with Della and Ratih, stepped out from the TPC HQ in their civilian clothes for their lunch at Hanamasa, Krishna looked up at the clear blue sky, noticing a cloud floating towards him, which took shape into Deban. A smile escapes Krishna's face, knowing that Deban is living the rest of his days in peace on Earth.
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Next Episode
Episode 22: Beware the Mist
As they welcomed a new intern amongst their ranks, GUTS are called to the city of Tangerang, where a mysterious mist has been hanging over the city for several days ever since an equally mysterious meteor has landed near the city centre. To make matters worse, Dr. Regina Dhamayanti and her protégé Yulia Widiastuti are trapped in the city, with most of the population there being rendered into mindless zombies drained of their life forces by the perpetrator behind the meteor and the mist, an alien beast called Magnia. With Krishna Sadhana being put out of commission by the zombies, can Albert Gregorius rescue Dr. Regina, Yulia, and himself from Magnia's terrifying clutches?
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ED: Chikyuu Bouei Dan – Brave Love, Tiga