Children's Crusade
By: Ted Thompson
TENCHI Muyo and all characters contained herein are Copyright
Pioneer Entertainment & AIC Character of Yorokobi Assaiki, Dikatsu
& Events of this story Copyright (C)2000, 2001, 2002 Ted Thompson
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Part 3
Episode 16: OLD FRIENDS AND ENEMIES - PART 1
SCENE: Masaki Home
We open on a panorama of the Masaki home. It's morning, and all is
peaceful save for the chirping birds. We move inside and pan across the
living room, where Mihoshi and Ryoko set watching some sort of comedy on
TV. Yorokobi makes his way leisurely across the background and toward the
door to Washu's lab. He's dressed in clothes now that look to be
Nobouki's. As he reaches for the door....
YOROKOBI: [Gasp] (he jumps back as the door bursts open.)
SASAMI: (bolting out the door) Come on Ryo-Ohki!
RYO-OHKI: [CHAN](bolting out right behind Sasami) Mee YA!
As Yorokobi stares after them we see both heading for the door. Mihoshi
and Ryoko have turned to see what the commotion was about. The viewer
will notice at once, that Sasami now looks to be about 14 years old, even
though she is acting no differently then she has in the past. Washu steps
forward from the opening to her lab.
WASHU: [giggles] She really does hate to sit around for my check ups.
YOROKOBI: Guess so... Actually I was just coming to ask about her. I...
Washu stops him with a gesture as we see Ayeka come from off screen and
step to the windows to watch Sasami and Ryo-Ohki as they head off away
from the house.
WASHU: Come with me. [she heads back into her lab, Yorokobi follows]
SCENE: Washu's Lab
Washu walks to her customary perch and summons her transparent computer.
While doing so she talks to Yorokobi.
WASHU: You want to know if I have an answer. If I've found out what has
caused this change in Sasami. The answer is no. But I'll tell you what
I've told everyone else. [she turns to face Yorokobi] Without getting too
technical, she's suffering from hyper accelerated aging. Her Astral and
Life Force patterns still show the same strange anomalies that I detected
the day she fainted. I don't know what's causing it, but it does seem to
be related to what happened to Ryo-Oh.
We go into a Flashback. We a section of Washu's lab where Ryo-Oh and it's
container have been moved to. We also see Ayeka's back is to the camera.
She is screaming a shrill scream on the order of the one she let out when
she thought Tenchi was dead (EP6 "We Need Tenchi"). As she does, Washu
comes running from behind the camera and toward her. As Washu nears, we
go to a close up of Aeyka's head from behind, she drops to her knees and
we see the seedling of Ryo-oh, withered and brown, apparently dying as
Washu looks on it with astonishment.
WASHU: [Continuing] Which is something else I can't find a reason for. I
am starting to believe that what ever it is, may be beyond traditional
scientific reasoning.... [she trails off, staring as if something just
occured to her]
YOROKOBI: [Gravely] Does that mean that what happened to Ryo-oh, will also
happen to Sasami?
WASHU: [She snaps her attention back to the conversation] I still can't be
sure. But if Sasami's present rate of aging continues, she will have
reached the equivalent age of the oldest known Jurian, in about 180 earth
years.
Reaction shot of Yorokobi's eyes growing wide and cut to....
SCENE: The woods
It's training time again. Tenchi and Yosho both dressed in the
traditional garb they wore when we last saw Tenchi's training. Yosho
stands to the side as Tenchi balances on short logs, attempting to stay on
his feet as he dodges 3 swinging logs, substantially larger then the 1 log
he dodged in EP3 "Hello Ryo-Ohki".
YOSHO: Try to visualize what's both before you and behind you, Tenchi.
Tenchi grunts and snorts as he dodges the logs, after several near misses,
he gets too pleased with himself. He starts to grin at his accomplishment
when he gets one right in the face, and comically falls over.
YOSHO: (makes a sound of disgust as he reaches to help Tenchi up) Do not
pause to savor your victories until all your enemies have fallen.
TENCHI: [Dopey grin, he's been knocked senseless] Ewwwewwaahh...
YOSHO: [Eyes roll skyward in an "oh boy" expression] Let's take a break.
TENCHI: [grunts as he rises] Yes sir....
Tenchi steps over and sits alongside Yosho, wiping his sweaty brow.
Tenchi: Why do I have to keep doing this? You've been like a slave
driver ever since that Yorokobi guy showed up.
YOSHO: These are dangerous times for you, and for the rest of us. If half
of what Yorokobi says is true, then you need this training more then ever
very soon.
TENCHI: [Laughing] Oh come on grandpa! Galaxy police don't seem so bad
compared to the likes of Kagato or Dr. Clay. And those others he
mentioned the.... [he searches for the name, but can't seem to remember]
YOSHO: Dakatsu. [A close up shot of Yosho's face. He gets very stern
sounding, and we are treated to a flash of light reflecting off his
glasses] Tenchi! You defeated Kagato by your skills, yes, but also with
the help of others, and your gifts. Those same gifts narrowly saved you
from Dr. Clay's trap. You cannot always rely on your friends, or those
gifts that you cannot even control yet to save you in the future. And
believe me, you will need all those things and more, [we see an image of a
Dakatsu superimposed on Yosho's face] if you should ever battle even one
Dakatsu face to face....
TENCHI: Well, you said yourself that they'd never dare come here, because
Earth is inside the "Protected Territorys".
Yosho is about to give Tenchi another lecture when Ryoko steps from the
bushes, in battle attire.
RYOKO: Am I too early?
TENCHI: [Quickly jumps to his feet and looks a bit nervous] Um, early?
YOSHO: [Seems to take note of Tenchi's reaction with slight amusement] No,
I'd say your just in time.
TENCHI: [looking confused] In time for what?
Yosho steps to Ryoko's side.
RYOKO and YOSHO: [In unison] To kill you. [Ryoko's sword appears, her
stance while not blank faced is much like when Kagato was controlling her
in EP:5 "Kagato Attacks"]
SCENE: Masaki's yard
We see Sasami and Ryo-ohki-chan (That is her little girl form) running and
playing in the grass. Sasami's laughter fills the air, and we can clearly
see now that she is becoming a young woman. It is a picture of an older
sister and younger one at play. In the end a spirited game of catch ends
when Ryo-Ohki is caught off guard and is hit by the ball. She tumbles
over and true to the usual reverts to her cabit form. Sasami rushes over
and apologetically asks Ryo-Ohki is if she is ok. At the end of these
scenes, we see Ayeka still watching from one of the large windows of the
Masaki living room.
SCENE: Misaki living room
We view Mihoshi and Ayeka at an angle past Mihoshi with her in the
foreground and Ayeka in the background.
Mihoshi: [Concerned] Are you ok, Ayeka?
Ayeka: [Turns toward Mihoshi her eyes tremble slightly] Yes. It's just
that I am so very worried about Sasami. I know Washu is doing the best
she can but I just wish......
Mihoshi: [Typical perky tone] Wish what?
Ayeka: I wish I could call home... Father and Mother would have every
expert on Jurai searching for the answer. But, another part of me knows
that even all of them together are no better then Washu. While she loves
to remind us all the time, she really IS the greatest scientific genius in
the universe.
Mihoshi: Why don't you contact home anyway? It might make you feel
better!
Ayeka: [Visibly annoyed] Were you paying any attention at ALL to what
Yorokobi was telling us? That your report never made it past your
commander? The strange personnel changes in the Galaxy Police? Key
servants and members of the Royal guard dismissed without reason, and
replaced by unknown persons!? ALL arboreal ships recalled to Jurai!? If
he's right, and I fear he may be, then contacting anyone on Jurai is the
LAST thing we want to do!
Mihoshi: [As if recalling] Oh..... yeah... But, if it is all true, then
Jurai already knows where we are.... won't they just come here and get
you themselves?
Ayeka: I don't think so. I believe that my father's plan was to make it
look as though the High Council acted on their own, ordering the Galaxy
Police to retrieve us and get Tenchi "out of the way", that way Sasami and
I wouldn't blame him. And Sasami wouldn't "hate him forever", as she said
she would.
MIHOSHI: Well... Shoudn't we be doing *something* to try and find out
what's really going on?
AYEKA: [gritting her teeth like she's said it a thousand times] We are,
We're waiting to see what developes next.
Meanwhile Mihoshi looks lost in thought.
MIHOSHI: [Absent-mindedly] Oh. Why can't we contact your parents again?
AYEKA: [Disgusted, frustrated] AAK!
SCENE: Woods
We see Ryoko, now sneering and getting slowly closer to Tenchi. In the
meantime, Yosho has also drawn his weapon and faces toward Tenchi.
Tenchi: Huh? Grandpa what's this? [More frantic as Ryoko closes to
striking distance] WHATS GOING ON!?
Yosho Laughs oddly.
A swirling black cloud spirals up from the ground, surrounding Yosho as
his appearance and voice become those of Kagato.
Kagato: Even now, with all you've learned, you still do not comprehend it
all... Foolish child! Did you really think you could be rid of me so
easily? I have been around for 7000 years! [calming his demeanor again]
Do you really think you were the first to try? [He shakes his head] Still
your a most troublesome youth, I had hoped that fool Clay could at least
accomplish ridding me of your meddling interference, but I suppose I'll
just have to do that myself.
Kagato gestures for Ryoko to advance on Tenchi, and she does.
Tenchi: Huh? WAAAAAAHH!!
Ryoko: That's right Tenchi, we're going to kill you! [She swings her
blade down hard] HAAAAA!!
Tenchi blocks the blow, and their swords become locked together. He is
still keeping his focus on Kagato.
Tenchi: You were destroyed! I saw it myself! And if you weren't Washu,
Mihoshi and Ayeka would have been trapped on the Soja when it blew up....
Kagato: Washu doesn't have all the answers, boy, no matter what she may
tell you. She still hasn't figured out what I did to little Sasami yet,
has she? [He chuckles]
Now Tenchi gets angry he shoves off Ryoko and charges Kagato. Just before
he strikes his blow, Ryoko teleports in and blocks him.
Ryoko: Ah, ah, ah, you were fighting me.... remember?
Tenchi now focuses on Ryoko.
Tenchi: Ryoko! What are you doing? Don't you remember what this monster
tried to do to you!
Ryoko: Shut up and fight. Unless you *want* me to slice you to ribbons.
They now engage in a fast paced duel. Similar to the 1st episode's battle
outside the school. However, this time, Tenchiken does not do the
fighting, it's all Tenchi. The battle ends suddenly when Ryoko's sword is
abruptly knocked from her hand. As it falls it vanishes, and Ryoko finds
herself at the end of Tenchiken's blade.
Ryoko: Tenchi PLEASE! No!
Kagato: [In Yosho's voice] TENCHI STOP! Ryoko! I told you to take this
seriously!
Yosho reverts to his normal self again. Tenchi looks completely confused
until Yosho tosses a small spherical device at him.
Yosho: One of Washu's inventions. It makes whoever wears it appear as
whom ever they wish.
Tenchi: [Looks at the device he just caught and then back up at Yosho]
Uhn? You... you mean this was all a setup? [He progressively gets more
angry] A trick?!! [Really upset] WHY!?!!
Yosho: The intention was to make you feel like you were in personal
danger, and threatened with your life....
Tenchi: [Still quite ticked] It worked! [Glares at Ryoko] You were
especially convincing....
Ryoko: [Now seeing Tenchi's anger directed toward her, pleads] Please! It
was his idea.... to see if the light hawk wings would return....
Yosho: Do not blame her Tenchi, it was my idea. I thought that if you
felt like you were in mortal danger, then the light hawk wings would
appear again. [Tenchi just does a lote of glaring, first at Ryoko, then
Yosho] I'm not sure if the idea was wrong or if it was because Ryoko let
you beat her.
Ryoko: Hey! I was doing my best.... I just.... I haven't been feeling
well lately. [It comes off as a lame excuse]
Tenchi: [comes to a boil] Ahhh! Ya know somebody could have really gotten
hurt!
Yosho: Hmmm. [Turns to Tenchi and gestures to the training equipment]
You need time to gain perspective. Take these things back to the shrine,
and take the time to consider all this. If you look at it objectively,
you'll understand why I "staged" this battle.
Yosho turns and walks away into the woods.
Yosho: Ryoko.... [He is summoning her to follow, she gets up with some
difficulty and keeps looking back and forth between the angry Tenchi and
Yosho who is walking off.]
Yosho: Ryoko!! [She gets up and gives Tenchi one last glance, he's mighty
pissed. She gets a dejected look and turns to follow Yosho]
SCENE: WASHU's lab
We pickup where we left off, Yorokobi is talking with Washu, who is
sitting on her floating pillow in front of her "laptop" Yorokobi however
has moved infront of her, and stands gazing at the large "tank" that is in
front of where she works.
Yorokobi: [Marveling whisper] 180 years? ..... So short a time for a
Jurian....
Washu: [Looking up from her computer] Which is precisely why I am going to
such lengths to find an answer. [She turns back to her computer and
speaks with mock sterness] Now go away! Can't you see I'm tryin' to get
some work done?
Yorokobi thinks for a moment more, then turns to leave. As he passes
Washu he pauses. Camera angle switchs to a profile of Yorokobi with Washu
beyond him. He places one hand on her back, and leans over to speak lowly
to her.
Yorokobi: [places a hand on her back and leans toward her] Well, if anyone
can find the answer it's you Baasan...
He turns to leave and we see a profile sideways wide open eyed glance from
Washu. She then spins around, and we see her back and Yorokobi's beyond
as he walks toward the door.
Washu: [Angry] Hey there! Just because I'm over 20,000 years old, doesn't
mean you have to start calling me that!
Yorokobi: [Tilts his head but does not look back] My use of that term has
nothing to do with your age [He takes the last few steps to the door and
with his hand on it, adds] and you know it.
Yorokobi leaves via the labs entrance leaving us still viewing the back of
Washu's head, now with a sweat drop on it.
SCENE: Woods
Yosho is walking next to Ryoko. While Ryoko occasionally glances at him,
he only looks forward. We join them in conversation]
Yosho: I know you have a romantic interest in my grandson, anyone would
have to be blind and an imbecile to miss that, but you assured me you
would go through with this. I am very disappointed!
Ryoko: [At first she flashes an angry "Well screw you old man" look but
it is immediately replaced by a "who am I kidding, his scorn hurts"] I
know. I tried my best, I REALLY did! But I'm so tired.... I couldn't
keep it up.
Yosho: [Looks out of the corner of his eye at her at the last statement]
Tired? Hmmmm.... Can't sleep at night, eh?
Ryoko: [shocked] How did you know? Have you been spying on me?
Yosho: [turns and sits on a rock, and laughs a little] No... But I can
see on your face the weight of guilt, and Yorokobi told me how he watched
you fall out of the rafters that first night when he arrived. [laughs
even more] He found it quite hysterical!
Ryoko: [Glowering she says thickly] I'm sure he did....
Yosho: [regains his composure and clears his throat while continuing] What
is it that troubles you so, Ryoko?
Ryoko: [Now looking uncomfortable] I... uh... Well, um, this is kinda
awkward. I mean, we've never talked about it and.....
Yosho: Your attack on Jurai. No we haven't, and I understand how you
feel. Remember, your the whole reason I'm here.
Ryoko: Well, that's just one more thing....
Yosho: [Smiles] Tell me, how much do you remember?
Ryoko: Wellll. Not much. But I keep getting these visions of attacking
the capitol city, and the royal palace.... [She starts welling up] The
shot that killed Sasami....
Yosho: And that's all? Interesting. [He stands, and turns his back hands
clasped behind him and looking down the hillside] You know there is much
more to the story then you remember. Much more then I have told....
Scene dissolves into a tranquil scene of nearly empty streets and walkways
of Jurai. We see several scenes and angels, then Yosho standing on a
balcony.
Yosho: [voice over] I was a very unhappy young man. So many Jurians both
common and Nobel, held great prejudice against me for being half human.
[The scene changes and we see what appears to be a council chamber, with
various older Jurians in separate groups standing around. They seem to be
passionately discussing something.] The war of words raged in the
chambers of the Holy Council. Some stood by my father's will and felt
that my rising to the throne would herald a new age. Others saw only that
I was not full Jurai and could not abide the thought of my rule, saying
that Ayeka should be installed in my place. [ we now switch to a scene on
that same balcony, Azuka and Yosho are arguing. Yosho seems somewhat
pleading, while Azuka looks quite angry. We hear them, faintly.]
Azuka: ...you WILL be the next in the royal line!
Young Yosho: Father! This will only divide the people, it will not unite
the empire, it will not erase the offworlders perception that we are
elitists. At best it will result in a crippled reign of infighting and
backstabbing... At worst a civil war! I cannot accept....
Azuka: NO! IT IS I WHO CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR ANSWER! An answer of no, is no
answer... I simply wait, until you have an acceptable one!
We see only one eye of Yosho in a close up, and past his cheek we see
Azuka storm off, as he does, Azuka fades, and the bright sky above returns
to the earlier scene of early morning light.
Old Yosho: [voice over] And then one day, your attack came [blinding
flashes of light, explosions, and soldiers running] but it came in the
early morning, when no one was in the central complex. Your blasts, hit
only the most unpopulated areas.
[We switch now back the present, Ryoko is now sitting with her knees drawn
up to her face, arms wrapped around her knees, like a little girl,
listening. Yosho turns, we get a glint of light off the glasses, etc.]
Yosho: You should have succeeded. You took us completely by surprise, but
hardly ANY of your blasts were directed at any important areas. You
missed the power plants, the defenses, even the main quarters of the
palace. Although I do remember you made quite a mess of the great hall.
Sasami was the only causality, and then only because she was where no one
should have been at that hour. And you must also remember that due to the
grace of her glory Tsunami, Sasami lives!
Ryoko: [Keeping her mouth buried against her knees] So I picked bad
targets... Kagato always said I was a lousy shot.
Yosho: Your missing the point. [He pauses and thinks] Don't you ever
wonder why I did not destroy you? Why I went to the trouble of entombing
you, creating the shrine, and staying here? [He does not wait for an
answer] First I want you to know that for all those reasons back on Jurai
I welcomed an excuse to stay, and of all places here, the place of my
mother's birth. [He looks off at the woodlands again] But that's not why
I spared you....
We dissolve to a scene of deep space, Funaho, Yosho's ship, is in hot
pursuit of Ryo-Ohki, they occasionally exchange fire, but mostly the dodge
and weave one behind the other.
Yosho: [Voice over] First there were a few times in the long chase, where
I made critical errors, but you did not destroy me. You hit hard, but in
places that said to me "leave me alone" It was almost as if you or
Ryo-Ohki didn't want to kill me, just wanted to escape.
[We change to an orbital shot, Ryo-Ohki and Funaho in orbit above the
Earth]
Yosho: [Voice over] Finally we came to Earth, and you entered into an
orbit. I followed, and Ryo-Ohki rammed us, trying to throw us out of
orbit and down to the planet below. But we became entangled, just as you
did with Ryo-Oh.
[We now change to Yosho and Ryoko dueling]
Yosho: [Voice over] And then came the days of hand to hand combat. For
almost 4 days, we battled non-stop. As we neared the end, you changed my
mind, which had be set only on destroying you.
[We come back to the present again, and see Yosho kneel down in front of
Ryoko, who has not moved]
Yosho: For a brief moment, the glazed expression gave way to one of
desperation, and you uttered one word. Help. It was then that I realized
that you were not the one controlling your actions, not entirely. [He
turns back and sits on the same rock, across from Ryoko] So I took the
gems, and with your power gone, I was able to contain you. For 700 years
I waited for I don't know what, but with your body deteriorating, I knew I
had to release you and hope for the best. That's why I let Tenchi get the
keys, you know.
[We see Ryoko go wide eyed in surprise]
Yosho: Yes I knew what your status was, Funaho would show me. But getting
back to your guilt, when Mihoshi came here, I had the chance to do some
checking. Every one of your attacks were like the one on Jurai. You
always executed your orders, but tried your best to spare lives. Do you
understand what I am saying? You are inherently good, that's how Washu
made you, it was Kagato that put you up to those awful acts.
Ryoko: [Low and angry] I am not a machine, I am not a robot! And I am
still the one who caused all that destruction!
He grabs her by the shoulders
Yosho: NO! You are one of the greatest hero's of Kagato's Siege!
Because you were the one who did every thing you could to stop him!
SCENE: Shrine steps
For several seconds we are treated to views of Tenchi's trek up the steps,
as seen from in the wooded area that lines the stairway's edge. Then we
move in for a close up of his face as he makes the ascension, carrying the
wooden swords that had been used for his training. He is talking to
himself.
TENCHI: Ugh, I'm starting to think grandpa is loosing it. That cop
started telling his story and as soon as he mentioned that he thought
those Dikatsu *might* be involved Grandpa started gtarteed getting all
paniced, like I've never seen before. Then he get's obsessed with me
training, and the light hawk wings, and now he get Ryo....
At this point we hear a "whoosh" and Tenchi starts looking tenatively
around, and into the woods. We then switch scenes to view from in the
woods again as silloette moves out of shot, from between the viewer and
Tenchi. Another sound, and Tenci whips around, dropping his load and
drawing Tenchiken. The blade springs to life....
Tenchi: Al... Alright, who's there? Come on! [After a pause, he lowers
the sword and shouts] Ryoko, I'm NOT in the mood for this!
Slightly up the steps a aquirrel come bolting out of the wood, and
scampers across the steps. Tenchi get's startled out of his witts and
yells, when he does, the squirrel also get's the fright of it's life and
darts right back the way it came.
Tenchi: [Closes his eyes and puts one hand behind his head] Oh man, all
this crap this morning has made me a bundle of nerves!
He gathers the items he had been carrying and continues up the stairs. As
he does we see that the silloette is stil there, and that it is MUCH
bigger then a squirrel.
SCENE: Deep Space (near Mars)
We see the stars with a small sun in the distance and to the left of the
shot. After a second or so, one of the stars starts getting larger, and
eventually assumes the outline of a space probe. Large dish antenna, foil
covered fusalage, extended sensor/camera arms. It hurtles toward the
camera and just misses it passing on the right, as it does the camera does
a quick pan to keep the probe in shot, and as the probe retreats, we see
that the pan has left us looking at mars.
(The passing sattelite can't have the NASA logo on it due to legal issues,
however it does have a USA flag on it, which was obvious as the probe
passed.)
SCENE: Dikatsu Bridge
We are greeted by the red orange pupil slit of a Dikatsu eye, it narrows,
then widens. We hear a voice speak.
Dikatsu 1: Approaching probe Alpha. From the 3rd planet.
The Dikatsu in our extreme closeup moves aside (turning to face "Alpha")
We see very little, some angular surfaces and a sillouette (similar to the
one in the woods near Tenchi) The air is think with moisture, making a
sort of mist hang in the air, like a bathroom with a VERY hot shower
running.
Alpha: Will it detect us?
Dikatsu 1: Impossible to tell, but it's trajectory will bring it close to
us.
SCENE: Space, near mars.
We are looking over the probes shoulder, so to speak. with Mars looming
in the back ground. The probe is getting close to entering into orbit.
Probe: [Makes telemetry sounds]
SCENE: Goddard Space Flight Center
Your typical scene of a control center, with fellows in shirt sleves and
wearing ties bending over consoles. The biog screen, a feature of almost
any control center features the probes view of mars as it approaches the
red planet.
Controller Boss: Ok people, this is it. I want a flawless entry, and so
do the taxpayers. Flight control?
Flight Control: Flight control is go. Orbital burn in 10 seconds.
Controller 1: Look at the clarity of those pictures!
Controller Boss: Cut the chatter....
Controller 1: What the....
At this moment, the screen in the control room flashes BRIGHT green, and
then becomes only an interferance pattern.
Controller Boss: What the blue blazes is going on?! [He rushes over to
the Flight Control station]
SCENE: Dikatsu Bridge
We look now over Alpha's shoulder seeing only the back of his head.
Beyond, is the main view screen of bridge. A large circle, it shows the
probe's splinted remains slowly drifting in space.
Dikatsu 2: Sir, won't that make them just as suspicious?
Alpha: Let it, the Humans are so pathetically backwards they can't come
investigate. They have to send those primitive robots to go anywhere
beyond their own wor....
Dikatsu 1: Alpha! A signal from the 3rd planet.
Alpha: Finally! I detest all this sneaking around....
He gestures for the commincations to be directed to him. Distant shots
and angles keep us from getting a clear image of what they really look
like just yet.
Dikatsu Scout: My Alpha, I have managed to *sneak* [said with loathing]
into their compound. Your suspicions were correct, the Galaxy Police have
not made any arrests, in fact he seemsto be living with them!
Alpha: He failed to capture them.... Galaxy Police are so incompetent, I
knew we should have handled this ourselves. Stand by, we will be
proceeding with our secondary stratagey. Await us at the pre-arranged LZ.
Voice: [Kagato] I have been monitoring, commander.
A silloette of Kagato's bust appears on the main view screen.
Voice: [Kagato] Don't forget your *primary objective*
Alpha: [thick with barely disguised comtempt] *I* am a military commander,
you DO NOT....
Voice: Spare me your pathetic self promotion.... [he leans forward and we
see Kagato, but with a large scar cutting across his face] Our Lady does
not accept failure, and I do not tollerate incompetence.
Screen goes back to a view of the ship orbiting Mars.
Alpha: [Now her voice deep and gravely with anger] Plot a stealth
trajectory!
CLOSING CREDITS....
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By: Ted Thompson
TENCHI Muyo and all characters contained herein are Copyright
Pioneer Entertainment & AIC Character of Yorokobi Assaiki, Dikatsu
& Events of this story Copyright (C)2000, 2001, 2002 Ted Thompson
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Part 3
Episode 16: OLD FRIENDS AND ENEMIES - PART 1
SCENE: Masaki Home
We open on a panorama of the Masaki home. It's morning, and all is
peaceful save for the chirping birds. We move inside and pan across the
living room, where Mihoshi and Ryoko set watching some sort of comedy on
TV. Yorokobi makes his way leisurely across the background and toward the
door to Washu's lab. He's dressed in clothes now that look to be
Nobouki's. As he reaches for the door....
YOROKOBI: [Gasp] (he jumps back as the door bursts open.)
SASAMI: (bolting out the door) Come on Ryo-Ohki!
RYO-OHKI: [CHAN](bolting out right behind Sasami) Mee YA!
As Yorokobi stares after them we see both heading for the door. Mihoshi
and Ryoko have turned to see what the commotion was about. The viewer
will notice at once, that Sasami now looks to be about 14 years old, even
though she is acting no differently then she has in the past. Washu steps
forward from the opening to her lab.
WASHU: [giggles] She really does hate to sit around for my check ups.
YOROKOBI: Guess so... Actually I was just coming to ask about her. I...
Washu stops him with a gesture as we see Ayeka come from off screen and
step to the windows to watch Sasami and Ryo-Ohki as they head off away
from the house.
WASHU: Come with me. [she heads back into her lab, Yorokobi follows]
SCENE: Washu's Lab
Washu walks to her customary perch and summons her transparent computer.
While doing so she talks to Yorokobi.
WASHU: You want to know if I have an answer. If I've found out what has
caused this change in Sasami. The answer is no. But I'll tell you what
I've told everyone else. [she turns to face Yorokobi] Without getting too
technical, she's suffering from hyper accelerated aging. Her Astral and
Life Force patterns still show the same strange anomalies that I detected
the day she fainted. I don't know what's causing it, but it does seem to
be related to what happened to Ryo-Oh.
We go into a Flashback. We a section of Washu's lab where Ryo-Oh and it's
container have been moved to. We also see Ayeka's back is to the camera.
She is screaming a shrill scream on the order of the one she let out when
she thought Tenchi was dead (EP6 "We Need Tenchi"). As she does, Washu
comes running from behind the camera and toward her. As Washu nears, we
go to a close up of Aeyka's head from behind, she drops to her knees and
we see the seedling of Ryo-oh, withered and brown, apparently dying as
Washu looks on it with astonishment.
WASHU: [Continuing] Which is something else I can't find a reason for. I
am starting to believe that what ever it is, may be beyond traditional
scientific reasoning.... [she trails off, staring as if something just
occured to her]
YOROKOBI: [Gravely] Does that mean that what happened to Ryo-oh, will also
happen to Sasami?
WASHU: [She snaps her attention back to the conversation] I still can't be
sure. But if Sasami's present rate of aging continues, she will have
reached the equivalent age of the oldest known Jurian, in about 180 earth
years.
Reaction shot of Yorokobi's eyes growing wide and cut to....
SCENE: The woods
It's training time again. Tenchi and Yosho both dressed in the
traditional garb they wore when we last saw Tenchi's training. Yosho
stands to the side as Tenchi balances on short logs, attempting to stay on
his feet as he dodges 3 swinging logs, substantially larger then the 1 log
he dodged in EP3 "Hello Ryo-Ohki".
YOSHO: Try to visualize what's both before you and behind you, Tenchi.
Tenchi grunts and snorts as he dodges the logs, after several near misses,
he gets too pleased with himself. He starts to grin at his accomplishment
when he gets one right in the face, and comically falls over.
YOSHO: (makes a sound of disgust as he reaches to help Tenchi up) Do not
pause to savor your victories until all your enemies have fallen.
TENCHI: [Dopey grin, he's been knocked senseless] Ewwwewwaahh...
YOSHO: [Eyes roll skyward in an "oh boy" expression] Let's take a break.
TENCHI: [grunts as he rises] Yes sir....
Tenchi steps over and sits alongside Yosho, wiping his sweaty brow.
Tenchi: Why do I have to keep doing this? You've been like a slave
driver ever since that Yorokobi guy showed up.
YOSHO: These are dangerous times for you, and for the rest of us. If half
of what Yorokobi says is true, then you need this training more then ever
very soon.
TENCHI: [Laughing] Oh come on grandpa! Galaxy police don't seem so bad
compared to the likes of Kagato or Dr. Clay. And those others he
mentioned the.... [he searches for the name, but can't seem to remember]
YOSHO: Dakatsu. [A close up shot of Yosho's face. He gets very stern
sounding, and we are treated to a flash of light reflecting off his
glasses] Tenchi! You defeated Kagato by your skills, yes, but also with
the help of others, and your gifts. Those same gifts narrowly saved you
from Dr. Clay's trap. You cannot always rely on your friends, or those
gifts that you cannot even control yet to save you in the future. And
believe me, you will need all those things and more, [we see an image of a
Dakatsu superimposed on Yosho's face] if you should ever battle even one
Dakatsu face to face....
TENCHI: Well, you said yourself that they'd never dare come here, because
Earth is inside the "Protected Territorys".
Yosho is about to give Tenchi another lecture when Ryoko steps from the
bushes, in battle attire.
RYOKO: Am I too early?
TENCHI: [Quickly jumps to his feet and looks a bit nervous] Um, early?
YOSHO: [Seems to take note of Tenchi's reaction with slight amusement] No,
I'd say your just in time.
TENCHI: [looking confused] In time for what?
Yosho steps to Ryoko's side.
RYOKO and YOSHO: [In unison] To kill you. [Ryoko's sword appears, her
stance while not blank faced is much like when Kagato was controlling her
in EP:5 "Kagato Attacks"]
SCENE: Masaki's yard
We see Sasami and Ryo-ohki-chan (That is her little girl form) running and
playing in the grass. Sasami's laughter fills the air, and we can clearly
see now that she is becoming a young woman. It is a picture of an older
sister and younger one at play. In the end a spirited game of catch ends
when Ryo-Ohki is caught off guard and is hit by the ball. She tumbles
over and true to the usual reverts to her cabit form. Sasami rushes over
and apologetically asks Ryo-Ohki is if she is ok. At the end of these
scenes, we see Ayeka still watching from one of the large windows of the
Masaki living room.
SCENE: Misaki living room
We view Mihoshi and Ayeka at an angle past Mihoshi with her in the
foreground and Ayeka in the background.
Mihoshi: [Concerned] Are you ok, Ayeka?
Ayeka: [Turns toward Mihoshi her eyes tremble slightly] Yes. It's just
that I am so very worried about Sasami. I know Washu is doing the best
she can but I just wish......
Mihoshi: [Typical perky tone] Wish what?
Ayeka: I wish I could call home... Father and Mother would have every
expert on Jurai searching for the answer. But, another part of me knows
that even all of them together are no better then Washu. While she loves
to remind us all the time, she really IS the greatest scientific genius in
the universe.
Mihoshi: Why don't you contact home anyway? It might make you feel
better!
Ayeka: [Visibly annoyed] Were you paying any attention at ALL to what
Yorokobi was telling us? That your report never made it past your
commander? The strange personnel changes in the Galaxy Police? Key
servants and members of the Royal guard dismissed without reason, and
replaced by unknown persons!? ALL arboreal ships recalled to Jurai!? If
he's right, and I fear he may be, then contacting anyone on Jurai is the
LAST thing we want to do!
Mihoshi: [As if recalling] Oh..... yeah... But, if it is all true, then
Jurai already knows where we are.... won't they just come here and get
you themselves?
Ayeka: I don't think so. I believe that my father's plan was to make it
look as though the High Council acted on their own, ordering the Galaxy
Police to retrieve us and get Tenchi "out of the way", that way Sasami and
I wouldn't blame him. And Sasami wouldn't "hate him forever", as she said
she would.
MIHOSHI: Well... Shoudn't we be doing *something* to try and find out
what's really going on?
AYEKA: [gritting her teeth like she's said it a thousand times] We are,
We're waiting to see what developes next.
Meanwhile Mihoshi looks lost in thought.
MIHOSHI: [Absent-mindedly] Oh. Why can't we contact your parents again?
AYEKA: [Disgusted, frustrated] AAK!
SCENE: Woods
We see Ryoko, now sneering and getting slowly closer to Tenchi. In the
meantime, Yosho has also drawn his weapon and faces toward Tenchi.
Tenchi: Huh? Grandpa what's this? [More frantic as Ryoko closes to
striking distance] WHATS GOING ON!?
Yosho Laughs oddly.
A swirling black cloud spirals up from the ground, surrounding Yosho as
his appearance and voice become those of Kagato.
Kagato: Even now, with all you've learned, you still do not comprehend it
all... Foolish child! Did you really think you could be rid of me so
easily? I have been around for 7000 years! [calming his demeanor again]
Do you really think you were the first to try? [He shakes his head] Still
your a most troublesome youth, I had hoped that fool Clay could at least
accomplish ridding me of your meddling interference, but I suppose I'll
just have to do that myself.
Kagato gestures for Ryoko to advance on Tenchi, and she does.
Tenchi: Huh? WAAAAAAHH!!
Ryoko: That's right Tenchi, we're going to kill you! [She swings her
blade down hard] HAAAAA!!
Tenchi blocks the blow, and their swords become locked together. He is
still keeping his focus on Kagato.
Tenchi: You were destroyed! I saw it myself! And if you weren't Washu,
Mihoshi and Ayeka would have been trapped on the Soja when it blew up....
Kagato: Washu doesn't have all the answers, boy, no matter what she may
tell you. She still hasn't figured out what I did to little Sasami yet,
has she? [He chuckles]
Now Tenchi gets angry he shoves off Ryoko and charges Kagato. Just before
he strikes his blow, Ryoko teleports in and blocks him.
Ryoko: Ah, ah, ah, you were fighting me.... remember?
Tenchi now focuses on Ryoko.
Tenchi: Ryoko! What are you doing? Don't you remember what this monster
tried to do to you!
Ryoko: Shut up and fight. Unless you *want* me to slice you to ribbons.
They now engage in a fast paced duel. Similar to the 1st episode's battle
outside the school. However, this time, Tenchiken does not do the
fighting, it's all Tenchi. The battle ends suddenly when Ryoko's sword is
abruptly knocked from her hand. As it falls it vanishes, and Ryoko finds
herself at the end of Tenchiken's blade.
Ryoko: Tenchi PLEASE! No!
Kagato: [In Yosho's voice] TENCHI STOP! Ryoko! I told you to take this
seriously!
Yosho reverts to his normal self again. Tenchi looks completely confused
until Yosho tosses a small spherical device at him.
Yosho: One of Washu's inventions. It makes whoever wears it appear as
whom ever they wish.
Tenchi: [Looks at the device he just caught and then back up at Yosho]
Uhn? You... you mean this was all a setup? [He progressively gets more
angry] A trick?!! [Really upset] WHY!?!!
Yosho: The intention was to make you feel like you were in personal
danger, and threatened with your life....
Tenchi: [Still quite ticked] It worked! [Glares at Ryoko] You were
especially convincing....
Ryoko: [Now seeing Tenchi's anger directed toward her, pleads] Please! It
was his idea.... to see if the light hawk wings would return....
Yosho: Do not blame her Tenchi, it was my idea. I thought that if you
felt like you were in mortal danger, then the light hawk wings would
appear again. [Tenchi just does a lote of glaring, first at Ryoko, then
Yosho] I'm not sure if the idea was wrong or if it was because Ryoko let
you beat her.
Ryoko: Hey! I was doing my best.... I just.... I haven't been feeling
well lately. [It comes off as a lame excuse]
Tenchi: [comes to a boil] Ahhh! Ya know somebody could have really gotten
hurt!
Yosho: Hmmm. [Turns to Tenchi and gestures to the training equipment]
You need time to gain perspective. Take these things back to the shrine,
and take the time to consider all this. If you look at it objectively,
you'll understand why I "staged" this battle.
Yosho turns and walks away into the woods.
Yosho: Ryoko.... [He is summoning her to follow, she gets up with some
difficulty and keeps looking back and forth between the angry Tenchi and
Yosho who is walking off.]
Yosho: Ryoko!! [She gets up and gives Tenchi one last glance, he's mighty
pissed. She gets a dejected look and turns to follow Yosho]
SCENE: WASHU's lab
We pickup where we left off, Yorokobi is talking with Washu, who is
sitting on her floating pillow in front of her "laptop" Yorokobi however
has moved infront of her, and stands gazing at the large "tank" that is in
front of where she works.
Yorokobi: [Marveling whisper] 180 years? ..... So short a time for a
Jurian....
Washu: [Looking up from her computer] Which is precisely why I am going to
such lengths to find an answer. [She turns back to her computer and
speaks with mock sterness] Now go away! Can't you see I'm tryin' to get
some work done?
Yorokobi thinks for a moment more, then turns to leave. As he passes
Washu he pauses. Camera angle switchs to a profile of Yorokobi with Washu
beyond him. He places one hand on her back, and leans over to speak lowly
to her.
Yorokobi: [places a hand on her back and leans toward her] Well, if anyone
can find the answer it's you Baasan...
He turns to leave and we see a profile sideways wide open eyed glance from
Washu. She then spins around, and we see her back and Yorokobi's beyond
as he walks toward the door.
Washu: [Angry] Hey there! Just because I'm over 20,000 years old, doesn't
mean you have to start calling me that!
Yorokobi: [Tilts his head but does not look back] My use of that term has
nothing to do with your age [He takes the last few steps to the door and
with his hand on it, adds] and you know it.
Yorokobi leaves via the labs entrance leaving us still viewing the back of
Washu's head, now with a sweat drop on it.
SCENE: Woods
Yosho is walking next to Ryoko. While Ryoko occasionally glances at him,
he only looks forward. We join them in conversation]
Yosho: I know you have a romantic interest in my grandson, anyone would
have to be blind and an imbecile to miss that, but you assured me you
would go through with this. I am very disappointed!
Ryoko: [At first she flashes an angry "Well screw you old man" look but
it is immediately replaced by a "who am I kidding, his scorn hurts"] I
know. I tried my best, I REALLY did! But I'm so tired.... I couldn't
keep it up.
Yosho: [Looks out of the corner of his eye at her at the last statement]
Tired? Hmmmm.... Can't sleep at night, eh?
Ryoko: [shocked] How did you know? Have you been spying on me?
Yosho: [turns and sits on a rock, and laughs a little] No... But I can
see on your face the weight of guilt, and Yorokobi told me how he watched
you fall out of the rafters that first night when he arrived. [laughs
even more] He found it quite hysterical!
Ryoko: [Glowering she says thickly] I'm sure he did....
Yosho: [regains his composure and clears his throat while continuing] What
is it that troubles you so, Ryoko?
Ryoko: [Now looking uncomfortable] I... uh... Well, um, this is kinda
awkward. I mean, we've never talked about it and.....
Yosho: Your attack on Jurai. No we haven't, and I understand how you
feel. Remember, your the whole reason I'm here.
Ryoko: Well, that's just one more thing....
Yosho: [Smiles] Tell me, how much do you remember?
Ryoko: Wellll. Not much. But I keep getting these visions of attacking
the capitol city, and the royal palace.... [She starts welling up] The
shot that killed Sasami....
Yosho: And that's all? Interesting. [He stands, and turns his back hands
clasped behind him and looking down the hillside] You know there is much
more to the story then you remember. Much more then I have told....
Scene dissolves into a tranquil scene of nearly empty streets and walkways
of Jurai. We see several scenes and angels, then Yosho standing on a
balcony.
Yosho: [voice over] I was a very unhappy young man. So many Jurians both
common and Nobel, held great prejudice against me for being half human.
[The scene changes and we see what appears to be a council chamber, with
various older Jurians in separate groups standing around. They seem to be
passionately discussing something.] The war of words raged in the
chambers of the Holy Council. Some stood by my father's will and felt
that my rising to the throne would herald a new age. Others saw only that
I was not full Jurai and could not abide the thought of my rule, saying
that Ayeka should be installed in my place. [ we now switch to a scene on
that same balcony, Azuka and Yosho are arguing. Yosho seems somewhat
pleading, while Azuka looks quite angry. We hear them, faintly.]
Azuka: ...you WILL be the next in the royal line!
Young Yosho: Father! This will only divide the people, it will not unite
the empire, it will not erase the offworlders perception that we are
elitists. At best it will result in a crippled reign of infighting and
backstabbing... At worst a civil war! I cannot accept....
Azuka: NO! IT IS I WHO CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR ANSWER! An answer of no, is no
answer... I simply wait, until you have an acceptable one!
We see only one eye of Yosho in a close up, and past his cheek we see
Azuka storm off, as he does, Azuka fades, and the bright sky above returns
to the earlier scene of early morning light.
Old Yosho: [voice over] And then one day, your attack came [blinding
flashes of light, explosions, and soldiers running] but it came in the
early morning, when no one was in the central complex. Your blasts, hit
only the most unpopulated areas.
[We switch now back the present, Ryoko is now sitting with her knees drawn
up to her face, arms wrapped around her knees, like a little girl,
listening. Yosho turns, we get a glint of light off the glasses, etc.]
Yosho: You should have succeeded. You took us completely by surprise, but
hardly ANY of your blasts were directed at any important areas. You
missed the power plants, the defenses, even the main quarters of the
palace. Although I do remember you made quite a mess of the great hall.
Sasami was the only causality, and then only because she was where no one
should have been at that hour. And you must also remember that due to the
grace of her glory Tsunami, Sasami lives!
Ryoko: [Keeping her mouth buried against her knees] So I picked bad
targets... Kagato always said I was a lousy shot.
Yosho: Your missing the point. [He pauses and thinks] Don't you ever
wonder why I did not destroy you? Why I went to the trouble of entombing
you, creating the shrine, and staying here? [He does not wait for an
answer] First I want you to know that for all those reasons back on Jurai
I welcomed an excuse to stay, and of all places here, the place of my
mother's birth. [He looks off at the woodlands again] But that's not why
I spared you....
We dissolve to a scene of deep space, Funaho, Yosho's ship, is in hot
pursuit of Ryo-Ohki, they occasionally exchange fire, but mostly the dodge
and weave one behind the other.
Yosho: [Voice over] First there were a few times in the long chase, where
I made critical errors, but you did not destroy me. You hit hard, but in
places that said to me "leave me alone" It was almost as if you or
Ryo-Ohki didn't want to kill me, just wanted to escape.
[We change to an orbital shot, Ryo-Ohki and Funaho in orbit above the
Earth]
Yosho: [Voice over] Finally we came to Earth, and you entered into an
orbit. I followed, and Ryo-Ohki rammed us, trying to throw us out of
orbit and down to the planet below. But we became entangled, just as you
did with Ryo-Oh.
[We now change to Yosho and Ryoko dueling]
Yosho: [Voice over] And then came the days of hand to hand combat. For
almost 4 days, we battled non-stop. As we neared the end, you changed my
mind, which had be set only on destroying you.
[We come back to the present again, and see Yosho kneel down in front of
Ryoko, who has not moved]
Yosho: For a brief moment, the glazed expression gave way to one of
desperation, and you uttered one word. Help. It was then that I realized
that you were not the one controlling your actions, not entirely. [He
turns back and sits on the same rock, across from Ryoko] So I took the
gems, and with your power gone, I was able to contain you. For 700 years
I waited for I don't know what, but with your body deteriorating, I knew I
had to release you and hope for the best. That's why I let Tenchi get the
keys, you know.
[We see Ryoko go wide eyed in surprise]
Yosho: Yes I knew what your status was, Funaho would show me. But getting
back to your guilt, when Mihoshi came here, I had the chance to do some
checking. Every one of your attacks were like the one on Jurai. You
always executed your orders, but tried your best to spare lives. Do you
understand what I am saying? You are inherently good, that's how Washu
made you, it was Kagato that put you up to those awful acts.
Ryoko: [Low and angry] I am not a machine, I am not a robot! And I am
still the one who caused all that destruction!
He grabs her by the shoulders
Yosho: NO! You are one of the greatest hero's of Kagato's Siege!
Because you were the one who did every thing you could to stop him!
SCENE: Shrine steps
For several seconds we are treated to views of Tenchi's trek up the steps,
as seen from in the wooded area that lines the stairway's edge. Then we
move in for a close up of his face as he makes the ascension, carrying the
wooden swords that had been used for his training. He is talking to
himself.
TENCHI: Ugh, I'm starting to think grandpa is loosing it. That cop
started telling his story and as soon as he mentioned that he thought
those Dikatsu *might* be involved Grandpa started gtarteed getting all
paniced, like I've never seen before. Then he get's obsessed with me
training, and the light hawk wings, and now he get Ryo....
At this point we hear a "whoosh" and Tenchi starts looking tenatively
around, and into the woods. We then switch scenes to view from in the
woods again as silloette moves out of shot, from between the viewer and
Tenchi. Another sound, and Tenci whips around, dropping his load and
drawing Tenchiken. The blade springs to life....
Tenchi: Al... Alright, who's there? Come on! [After a pause, he lowers
the sword and shouts] Ryoko, I'm NOT in the mood for this!
Slightly up the steps a aquirrel come bolting out of the wood, and
scampers across the steps. Tenchi get's startled out of his witts and
yells, when he does, the squirrel also get's the fright of it's life and
darts right back the way it came.
Tenchi: [Closes his eyes and puts one hand behind his head] Oh man, all
this crap this morning has made me a bundle of nerves!
He gathers the items he had been carrying and continues up the stairs. As
he does we see that the silloette is stil there, and that it is MUCH
bigger then a squirrel.
SCENE: Deep Space (near Mars)
We see the stars with a small sun in the distance and to the left of the
shot. After a second or so, one of the stars starts getting larger, and
eventually assumes the outline of a space probe. Large dish antenna, foil
covered fusalage, extended sensor/camera arms. It hurtles toward the
camera and just misses it passing on the right, as it does the camera does
a quick pan to keep the probe in shot, and as the probe retreats, we see
that the pan has left us looking at mars.
(The passing sattelite can't have the NASA logo on it due to legal issues,
however it does have a USA flag on it, which was obvious as the probe
passed.)
SCENE: Dikatsu Bridge
We are greeted by the red orange pupil slit of a Dikatsu eye, it narrows,
then widens. We hear a voice speak.
Dikatsu 1: Approaching probe Alpha. From the 3rd planet.
The Dikatsu in our extreme closeup moves aside (turning to face "Alpha")
We see very little, some angular surfaces and a sillouette (similar to the
one in the woods near Tenchi) The air is think with moisture, making a
sort of mist hang in the air, like a bathroom with a VERY hot shower
running.
Alpha: Will it detect us?
Dikatsu 1: Impossible to tell, but it's trajectory will bring it close to
us.
SCENE: Space, near mars.
We are looking over the probes shoulder, so to speak. with Mars looming
in the back ground. The probe is getting close to entering into orbit.
Probe: [Makes telemetry sounds]
SCENE: Goddard Space Flight Center
Your typical scene of a control center, with fellows in shirt sleves and
wearing ties bending over consoles. The biog screen, a feature of almost
any control center features the probes view of mars as it approaches the
red planet.
Controller Boss: Ok people, this is it. I want a flawless entry, and so
do the taxpayers. Flight control?
Flight Control: Flight control is go. Orbital burn in 10 seconds.
Controller 1: Look at the clarity of those pictures!
Controller Boss: Cut the chatter....
Controller 1: What the....
At this moment, the screen in the control room flashes BRIGHT green, and
then becomes only an interferance pattern.
Controller Boss: What the blue blazes is going on?! [He rushes over to
the Flight Control station]
SCENE: Dikatsu Bridge
We look now over Alpha's shoulder seeing only the back of his head.
Beyond, is the main view screen of bridge. A large circle, it shows the
probe's splinted remains slowly drifting in space.
Dikatsu 2: Sir, won't that make them just as suspicious?
Alpha: Let it, the Humans are so pathetically backwards they can't come
investigate. They have to send those primitive robots to go anywhere
beyond their own wor....
Dikatsu 1: Alpha! A signal from the 3rd planet.
Alpha: Finally! I detest all this sneaking around....
He gestures for the commincations to be directed to him. Distant shots
and angles keep us from getting a clear image of what they really look
like just yet.
Dikatsu Scout: My Alpha, I have managed to *sneak* [said with loathing]
into their compound. Your suspicions were correct, the Galaxy Police have
not made any arrests, in fact he seemsto be living with them!
Alpha: He failed to capture them.... Galaxy Police are so incompetent, I
knew we should have handled this ourselves. Stand by, we will be
proceeding with our secondary stratagey. Await us at the pre-arranged LZ.
Voice: [Kagato] I have been monitoring, commander.
A silloette of Kagato's bust appears on the main view screen.
Voice: [Kagato] Don't forget your *primary objective*
Alpha: [thick with barely disguised comtempt] *I* am a military commander,
you DO NOT....
Voice: Spare me your pathetic self promotion.... [he leans forward and we
see Kagato, but with a large scar cutting across his face] Our Lady does
not accept failure, and I do not tollerate incompetence.
Screen goes back to a view of the ship orbiting Mars.
Alpha: [Now her voice deep and gravely with anger] Plot a stealth
trajectory!
CLOSING CREDITS....
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