Gatekeepers 2
The First Assignment: Save Tokyo From Destruction!
Sidney: What am I doing here? I'm a gatekeeper?
Spenser: Me, a gatekeeper? Cool!
Darkest-Knight88: (Breathes a sigh) Yes….
Spenser: Let me try…Fissure!!!!! (Makes a huge crack in the earth)
Rest of the crew: (Screaming in terror while falling in it) No!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer and Copyright: Gatekeepers are NOT mine. However any new characters that I create are mine, you understand? MINE! And if anyone wants this on they're website they will have to ask two people: Me, and the Webmaster of the site.
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"Welcome to the 'club'," Ukiya made a quotation sign with his fingers "of killing invaders. We call it the A.E.G.I.S Network. It may seem glamorous, guarding Earth and all, but you must be prepared to take any risks of dying, getting injured and etc-"
"I have no fear for injury, no fear for death. My only fear is that I am taken captive and refused the honor to fight among my friends!" Spenser suddenly spoke out.
"Well said, young lad! That hopefully does not happen to us, my friend!" Shirei laughed in approval of Spenser's statement. Shirei smiled and started to make introductions to the original gatekeepers.
Meanwhile, he looked towards Joshua. He was suddenly reminded of a soldier who had once fought for A.E.G.I.S. He brushed it off, thinking it was just a coincidence.
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Meanwhile, at Boat Quay, which lay next to the Singapore River...
"What kind of beer is this!" A disgruntled foreign tourist shouted out in a pub. Unruffled by the man's outburst, the barman said while polishing a glass
"Sir, it's called Tiger Beer."
"Tiger Beer eh? I'll show you a tiger!"
He laughed maniacally as he swiped off all the glasses on the bar counter. The barman continued to polish his glass without losing his cool. After all, he had seen all kinds of drunken men, and he had two heavily muscled bouncers on his side. Why should he be afraid?
He started to call for them, but he realized he didn't have to. The bouncers knew trouble when they saw it. They walked over to the "drunk" man.
"Excuse me, sir. Please leave this place quietly before-"
"Threatening me eh?" He scowled at them "Well, I've got news for you."
He looked down at his watch. It was flashing and he could hear the screeching sound of the electrical wave. (Finally,) he thought, (the Dark Lord has granted me the power to change when I'm in trouble.) He moved backwards from the bar and took out a pair of sunglasses. (At least I change with style;) he smiled as he put on the sunglasses,
changing him into a black-suited metallic humanoid.
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Suddenly, Megane came out with a large shout "I detected a large electrical wave coming from this place called 'The Singapore River'!"
"What is that?" Spenser asked in confusion. Looking down, his brother rapped him on his head. "It means there should be more of this...invaders." Sidney trailed off as he looked to Shirei to see whether he was right. To his relief, Ukiya nodded.
"Darn it! The Singapore River is far from this area! I'm afraid we won't reach it in time!" Joshua said after musing for a while.
"Never fear, Ukiya's here." Ukiya smiled smugly as he snapped his fingers. As he snapped them, the back of the plane opened up, revealing an old car with faded cyan paint.
"Are you contributing that to the scrap yard? It's that way." Spenser jested and everyone except the car's driver laughed. Ukiya swallowed hard. "Don't worry! Its perfectly safe!" he grinned enthusiastically. Much to everyone's dismay, his enthusiasm faded from his face. "I think."
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"I'm going to have to disagree with you on thaaaaaat!" Sidney yelled, as he sat, no, squeezed into the car.
With every single one of the First gatekeepers and the three Singaporeans around, they had to cram themselves into the car. And the fact that the car was now moving 300 kilometers per hour, it was true that to agree with Ukiya that it was safe was pretty hard.
"All right! Stop!" Spenser shouted into Ukiya's ear. They had reached the river.
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The red-suited metallic humanoid who had, a few minutes ago, emerged under a red hat looked on stoically as the entire quay along the river was ripped up by shockwave energy blasts. It seemed that one of the blasts was aimed at a bar. Oh well. He didn't care, as long as they did their job well.
"Get ready to fuse," He said. The black-suited ones stopped firing and stood still while facing the river. Suddenly, he received a report from their Intel.
The Earth defenders from Japan were here. Along with a few new recruits from this place.
He started a bit, but adjusted his sunglasses and thought in his mind, (No matter. They will not reach us in time.) With that, he looked at his soldiers and gave the order:
"Fuse now"
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Everyone was happy to get out from the overheated car. The air-conditioner was spoilt after years of neglect. Ruriko whispered to Ukiya "Remind me to tell Megane to throw this car away." Without shutting off the ignition, Ukiya sighed as they all headed towards where the Quay used to be.
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It could have been a great sight, if only there was someone there to witness it as everyone else had already fled for his or her lives. The army of black-suited invaders jumped into the river, including the red-suited one. After the ripples faded, it became quiet once more.
For a minute.
Then suddenly a round and black oblong shape emerged from the river. It was a submarine. Then suddenly, the voice of the red-suited man could be heard from within, if not a little muffled.
"Desolator Missiles ready. Target: Tokyo. Ready to fire in 5 seconds"
Even as the voice spoke, two long missiles had emerged from the submarine and had started to rise in a 45-degree angle.
"No way!" Ukiya shouted as he heard the words. No, he couldn't let it happen. His sister and elderly mother were waiting for him!
He unsheathed the katana, Cold Wind. The blade gleamed in the bright sunlight. He pulled the sword back and with a loud whooshing noise, blue bright energy gathered upon the blade. And with a huge thrust of his sword, he shouted " Shinkuu Misariu!!!"
A great blue blast of wind energy blew away a huge part of the sub, but it was too late. The thrusters of the missiles flared and they flew off into the pale blue sky.
"NO!" Ukiya screamed in despair. No...his mother...his sister...and everyone living in Tokyo would be killed. He looked at the submarine in fierce hatred. The Submarine, upon seeing his expression, tried to submerge.
"Oh no, you don't!" Ukiya shouted.
He brandished his sword before him. Before he could react though, three streaking arrows of lighted flashed past him and struck the Sub. It cleaved three straight holes in the sub, one apparently having hit the red suited humanoid, which was now a large rectangular block.
With a death cry it exploded, and the other black tiles followed suit. Soon, the whole sky was filled with crystals.
Normally, Ukiya would have stood there, reveling in beauty of the crystals raining down. But now, the situation was different.
Totally.
Now, Tokyo was in danger of being destroyed. He started to sit down and think: What had he done? What kind of a captain was he, to let two missiles strike Tokyo?
A comforting hand, that from touch he knew it was Ruriko's, came down on his drooped shoulders.
Suddenly, he was startled from his thoughts by an ice-cold voice saying, " Are you done thinking? Can we get back to work now?" He turned in red-hot fury, and saw Joshua sitting in the driver's seat.
"What...are...doing in my CAR!" Ukiya yelled into his ears. If it weren't for the others holding him back, he would have beaten him to a pulp.
"Listen, Ukiya…sempai. That's captain, isn't it?" Joshua cocked his head, giving him a grim look.
"Look at you. You're pathetic. You're an adult. You're a leader. A leader does something, and that's lead, not sit there and moan about what you could have prevented!" Joshua increased his volume as he went on.
"You're the leader of this team, and remember that leaders don't fail, they prevail. Got it?" Joshua stared into the eyes of Ukiya.
Ukiya stared him back. He then got into the car and motioned for the rest to follow him. He seemed to have calmed down by then. He gave a sigh and nodded "Fine. But how are we going to catch that thing? Not even I can match that speed."
Joshua shook his head slowly. Then Joshua looked through the windshield.
(It's such a beautiful day...)
Joshua scanned the beautiful sky, looking at the birds flying together.
(It's a pity these things had to happen.)
He thought as he saw a little boy go forth and examine the pieces of the devastation.
(Not if I can help it! )
He shook his head again and this time, he had a look of determination, not resignation upon his face.
He tightened on his seatbelt and pressed the accelerator.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Reiko screamed. "Where are we going?" Joshua only responded by stepping the pedestal harder.
Joshua kept his eyes on the road and suddenly, two rings of blue light, a smaller one in a larger one, appeared in front of the car.
It flashed once, and suddenly, Roman numerals appeared between both rings.
(Wha...)Megumi thought. (Twelve at the top, three at the right side, six at the bottom and nine at the left, while there are two lines, one longer than another, stretching from the middle of the circle. Wait, I know what it is!)
Megumi smiled in understanding.
(It's time.)
Indeed the gate looked like a flashing ancient clock face.
"Amazing," gasped Bancho, who had been open-mouthed ever since the gate had appeared.
Then, without a warning, the battered Toyota went into the gate.
An outside observer might have noticed that the car seemed to have vanished out of thin air. But of course that is not the case.
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In the Toyota…
It was kind of weird for everyone in the car. For instead of hearing the outside chatter and noise from outside of the car, they heard only silence.
Plain silence.
"Is it just me, or is it that the entire world has suddenly gone quiet?" a trembling Ruriko managed to speak out.
"I think," a blinking Kaoru spoke up while looking at her watch. " I think know what happened."
"What?" Ukiya turned back and asked her. Still not removing her sight on her watch, she said, "I think time has stopped."
And that was true, for even the dashboard clock had stopped moving, and everyone they saw seemed to have stopped moving. Women talking had stopped gossiping, mouths opened in mid-air. Even water that was pouring into a boy's mouth had stopped in mid-flow.
"Alright! Since we have time, let's not waste any time!" Ukiya shouted in giddy happiness. Sidney and Spenser giggled at his blunder. Only then did Ukiya realize his mistake. "Oops…wrong word to use… sorry…"
Ruriko hammered Ukiya on his head and yelled "Ukiya no baka!" Everyone laughed even though it was extremely cramped.
Joshua didn't laugh though, for he seemed intent on driving. (Too intent,) Sid noted as he saw the frozen look upon Joshua's face.
The color of the scenery outside glowed and turned into a sky blue. Everything vanished and in its place white outlines of the object. Reiko looked outside and wondered at the sight.
The bridge where they were now crossing looked like it came straight out from the blueprint. No, it felt like they were in the blueprint.
"Look out! There's a car!" Bancho shouted. Yet Joshua did nothing and continued to drive emotionlessly. Everybody closed their eyes and prepared for impact. They felt nothing. Cautiously, Ruriko opened her eyes and looked around. They had driven right through it, and the car that was driven through didn't even have a scratch on it.
Taking a great sigh of relief, everyone made tried to make themselves as comfortable as possible, since it appeared to be long trip according to the speed that they were going now. Unfortunately, they had thought wrong.
Very wrong.
Like a bolt out of the blue, the car suddenly went into full throttle, making everything outside seem like a blur. A tremendous pressure was felt, pushing everyone into his or her seats tightly. Sidney couldn't complain, for the pressure upon his chest was far too powerful for him to speak.
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The car, soaring through time and space, finally emerged from a Gate of Time and landed noisily right in the midst of Tokyo. The car screeched loudly as it skidded to a stop.
Hurriedly the Gatekeepers ran out and prepared their weapons. And they were not a moment too soon, for when they had taken out their weapons, two specks of black roared into view racing down upon them.
"Kaoru, Bancho and Reiko, your melee attacks can't do much against these missiles, so just try to evacuate the citizens. Megumi, use your Energy Force-Field to cover and contain the explosion. Rurippe, ready your arrows!" "Ryokkai, A.E.G.I.S!" They replied back, and they were on their tasks.
Three gates opened, one cyan, one yellow, and the last green. Ukiya took out Cold Wind, which he began to empower with his Gate energies.
Ruriko began to notch three arrows. Megumi began to concentrate on creating her shield. Sidney and Spenser were awed by their display of teamwork.
Soon the missiles came down, bearing upon them. Ukiya shouted "Its here! Get ready Rurippe! Ichi, ni, san!" Ukiya cried out forgetting that there were not just Japanese there.
Fortunately, Sidney and Spenser understood that it meant one, two, and three. "Shinkuu Misariu!" "Hikari no ya!" Husband and wife yelled simultaneously and released their attacks into the air.
They scored a direct hit, destroying the two missiles and would have created a great explosion the size of a large crater if it weren't for Megumi who enveloped the explosion with a shield.
As the smoke slowly dispersed in the air, Ukiya finally smiled in triumph for the first time that day. Everyone patted each other on the back and grinned at each other. A loud crack from behind stopped them and made the turn. There it was, in the quickly debilitating and soon-to-explode car, was an unconscious form. Everybody recognized it at once.
It was an unconscious Joshua, slumped over the driving wheel.
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Darkest-Knight88: Well, not that short at least. Hopefully you people are satisfied with that. As for the sempai thing, do not flame me! That was for a purpose. Other than that, flames and reviews are accepted. One other thing. As I said, I begun work on this one year ago. When I was ignorant of the Ways of the Fanfiction. So pardon me any Gary Stus, I will try hard to prevent them.