I awoke to see Jazz snuggling tightly to me, most probably trying to stay on the extremely tiny bunk that I was given, which was not made for two. I remembered that we had fallen asleep, the events from the day before having tired us out. I sat up, trying to have Jazz stay in her sleep, but failed, unfortunately. "Wha? Where-?" She started to say, before I said, "Relax. We're still on Courascant. We're not in danger at all." She unlatched herself from me, and stretched her arms out, and started waking up. I got off of the tiny bed, and my legs and feet immediately started cracking, an old thing that always happened in the morning. I looked at the watch, and saw its Player Pin design, symbolizing that it had enough power to pull off transformations. I turned it on, and started browsing through the forms that I could turn into.
"Alice, Neku, Danny, Odd, Ulrich, Superman, Sora, Roxas, Axel, Cloud, Sephiroth, Big Daddy,-" I said as I passed them, then immediately stopping at the next one, which was a man in a RIG suit. "Issac Clarke. Guy who destroyed a Marker, and wiped out millions of Necromorphs. And now his form is at my disposal." I said, slamming down onto the dial, and feeling the RIG suit build itself instantaneously. When I opened my eyes, which shielded my eyes from the light, I saw the inner portions of the helmet that he always wears. I sent it away, it folding back into the suit, and looked around. "Jazz, what does my health bar say?" I asked her, turning my back to her. "What? Health bar?" She asked me as I was examining the Plasma Cutter that appeared in my hand. "Yeah. These RIG suits have a bar that holographically displays my health along my spine. If it's touching both of the things at the top and bottom, with regular breaks in between, then I'm normal. If it is extremely low, and red, then I need to head to the medical bay." I explained to her. "Oh, well, you're fine." She said. I turned around as I nodded, and snapped the Plasma Cutter to the clip at my side. "Well, let's try to go get jobs. We'll need some way of keeping ourselves fed while I'm going to try to get us back to our home." I told her. She nodded, then followed me out of the room into the main hallway.
I had asked the Jedi Council, who agreed that I could be employed to be an engineer for extremely dangerous equipment, and one of my first jobs would be to repair the damage that I had caused in the Library. After I got there, the librarian looked at me first, then at the sidearm that I had with me, alongside my tools. "It came with the suit." I told her, walking over to the few droids that were assigned to aid me in fixing this job. "Alright guys, You hold the thing up, and I'll fuse it together. Got it?" I asked them. They all moved their servos on their necks to nod, then went over and easily picked up the large pane of Transparisteel. I got my helmet to come back out of my suit, and encircle my head again, protecting it. I set the toolbox down, and picked up the Fusion Cutter that I was given for the job, and started my work.
I slammed down onto the small bed in my quarters, after having switched out of the RIG suit. "God, working for ten hours sucks major ass..." I said to myself. After about five minutes, the door opened again to reveal Jazz, in a waitress's outfit. "Where did you get a job?" I asked her. I went with Obi-Wan to one of his friends, Dexter Jettster, who gave me a job at his diner. Dex's nice, too. When these guys came in and started harassing me, Dex came back from the kitchen and said that if they didn't watch themselves, then he'd grind their bones to make bread." Jazz said, plopping down beside me, and quickly passing out from exaustion. I thought about it for a couple of minutes, and then I decided to go out for a small walk.
I walked around the corner, and saw that the guy that I was looking for was close by. "Anakin!" I shouted, gaining the Jedi Knight's attention. "Oh, hey Thomas! Your work on the panel in the Library was great." He said, crossing his arms. "Thanks. Would you mind if I asked for a favor?" I asked him. "What do you need?" He asked me. I exhaled, then asked him, "I've decided to play the role of the protector of Courascant, when the Jedi are not able to. I will use the power of watch to protect the many, in times of need. However, I ask of only one thing of you. I need you to keep Jazz away from me on certain occasions. Whenever I desperately need to save the city, I'll nod to you, and then, you'll need to keep Jazz restrained. I don't want her to get hurt worrying about me. Can you do this for me?" I told him. He raised his hand to his chin, then nodded. "Thanks. I'm going to head back to my room. Ten hours of engineering work can really tire a guy out." I said to him. I then turned the corner, and went back to the room.
I was shaken awake by massive explosions, which sounded very far away. "Thomas?" Jazz asked, awake as well. "I'm here. Lets see what the hell is going on!" I said, getting the door open as fast as I could. We ran out of the room, and over to the window, where we saw a large beast, completely covered in scales, with three arms, and was on a rampage in the city. I saw Anakin coming towards us, so I went over and asked him, "Anakin! What in God's name is going on out there?" "The Zillo beast. It was long thought to be extinct, but we found one the other day. The Chancellor ordered the beast to be studied, but for some reason, its excaped, and is going on a rampage!" He said, starting to run towards the elevator. Jazz and I followed him in, and I asked him, "Do you think that a couple of Ghost Rays or Laser Arrows can hurt it?" "Nice thought, but not even a lightsaber can cut through its scales. It's only weakness is Malastare fuel, and the few gaps in between its scales." He told is. I put a thought in my head, and started up my watch.
"Okay, Big Daddy, Issac, Lightning Farron, Marth, Marth's female version, Chrom, Aeris, Master Chief Petty Officer John-114, a-ha!" I said as I was going through the people in my watch, stopping on the one important member of an old group, the Science Brigade. "Hayata, the man with the beta capsule." I said after seeing the orange jumpsuit. "Thomas? Thomas, what are you going to do?" Jazz asked me. I slammed down on the dial, and immediately gained the jumpsuit around me. Once we went onto the roof, I felt around in the inner pocket, and found the item I needed. "Thomas?" Jazz asked me again, as I got closer to the edge, the beta capsule in hand. "I'm going to fight it." I told her. Jazz made me spin in the direction of the elevator, and then clung onto me, hard. "NO! I'm not letting you go! That thing will kill you!" She said, starting to cry. I wrapped my arms around her, trying to comfort her, but I knew what I had to do.
"I'm sorry, Jasmine. I really am. But I'm the protector of the city. And this form will stop it." I told her. "Please. Don't fight him." She asked me. "I have to." I said to her. I looked at Anakin, and nodded. His eyes grew, but then he nodded, understanding what I had to do as well. He reached his hand out, and I felt Jazz start moving away from my body. I slid out of the warm, welcoming embrace of her arms, and walked back to the edge. "NO! THOMAS!" Jazz yelled, trying to get out of the Force grip that Anakin had put on her. I turned around to face them, and held my arms out at my sides, keeping the beta capsule's button within my thumb's reach. "Woah. Thomas, what are you doing?" Anakin asked me. "Stopping the Zillo Beast." I said. I shifted my weight to the back of my heels, and immediately started to free fall. I started to descend fast, so I put my hands together, making sure my right thumb was free. "Using the powers of the beta capsule, Thomas Hecox becomes-" I said, finishing the statement with my pushing of the big red button on the side of the beta capsule, causing two streams of light to come from the tip, and start encircling me.
I felt the powers of the two rays of light begin to affect me, and I felt the changes. My body started growing, and I felt the crest forming on my head. I felt a massive surge of energy flow completely throughout my body, and the important timer form on my chest. I quickly grabbed the Temple, my new body being able to hold on with ease, and saw in the mirrors that I had, indeed, become the massive alien superhero, Ultraman. I turned my head to see the Zillo Beast still on a rampage. "Shuwatch!" I yelled, the trademark grunt that Ultraman did, in the beginning of nearly every flight, like how I did, propelling myself towards the Zillo Beast. I got to him almost immediately, and so I threw a punch at it, knocking it off of the building. I landed on the nearest flat surface, which groaned under the combined weight of both me and the Zillo Beast. "Hey, buddy! Do you know the one about the bird in the hand?" I jokingly shouted at it. I ran over to him, and sucker punched it in the face, then yelled, "WELL NEITHER DO I!" I swung my hand in an arc against the creature, which caused the Ultra Disc to hit it square in the chest. I raised my hands for another attack, when I heard beeping. I looked down at my Color Timer, and saw it blinking, signaling that I was starting to run out of time. The Zillo Beast took my momentary lack of attention to it and struck, tackling me into the wall. I used the Ultra Chop on it, which caused it to back off. I knew that I had to stop it soon, or something bad would happen, so I used the most powerful piece of Ultraman's arsenal. I moved my right hand into a vertical position in front of me, while moving my left in front of it, in a horizontal position. I then launched the beam of Spacium at the Zillo Beast, directly hitting it. It then started to violently shake, then it dropped dead, and I stopped using the beam. I stood up, then looked to the sky. I squatted, then jumped from the platform, immediately going into a flight, and, of course, shouting out the traditional grunt.
"Hey guys." I said as soon as I turned back to normal, and the watch was back on my wrist, visibly. Jazz stomped over to me, and started hitting me, and crying at the same time. "Jazz!" I kept repeating as she kept hitting me, until she finally stopped, falling into my arms, and sobbing uncontrollably. "I told you not to do that. I don't want you to get hurt. If the timer on you had stopped, then I don't know what could happen! I just-" She was saying before I picked her chin up and silenced her with a quick peck on the lips. "Jazz, whenever I go up against an enemy stronger or bigger than myself, then I always use strategy. I will never intentionally try to scare you. I promise you that." I told her. She just continued sobbing, while I rubbed her back, in order to try to calm her down.